Zugg Software :: View topic - Utilizing the Achaea "observe" command for the aut

Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 8:17 pm

In Achaea, there is a skill called "observe" that allows to you take a peak at all the rooms around you:

3921h, 3324m, 19020e, 15600w ex-observe
You pause a moment to observe the surrounding area.
To your NORTHEAST you see:
A rocky island.
You see exits leading southwest and west.

To your SOUTH you see:
Lake Muurn near a cavern.
You see exits leading north, northeast, west, northwest, and in.

To your NORTHWEST you see:
A rocky island.
A yellow egg lolls about on the ground here.
You see exits leading northeast, east, southeast, and west.

To your IN you see:
The common room of the lighthouse.
You see exits leading up, down (open door), and out.

3921h, 3324m, 19020e, 15600w x-

As it stands now, this confuses the heck out of the automapper because it doesn't see me moving, but it sees a lot of keywords for rooms and a prompt. If I could configure this properly I could greatly speed up my mapping efforts.

From what I've learned, I have a general idea of what could be done to utilize this. I could definately use some help in refining this:

(Start with "You pause a moment to observe the surrounding area.")
(For each "To your (%w) you see:") {
#step %w
#create the room from the name and exits
#step reverse_direction from %w
}
(End with prompt)

The creation of the room is what has me most hung up. I'm not sure how to get it to input the rest of the room for me or if I have to do that manually. Perhaps some kind soul will help me out here.

ReedN

GURU Joined: 26 Jul 2001 Posts: 1958 Location: Canada

Maybe add in MAKEROOM

#MAKE direction [name] [description]

#MAKE n {Temple} {You are in the temple}

Creates a new room on the map to the north with the name "Temple".

And use %roomlink([vNum], dir, [i]) to set the exits to that room.

GURU Joined: 26 Jul 2001 Posts: 1958 Location: Canada

Oh you could do this simpler with:

(Start with "You pause a moment to observe the surrounding area.")
(For each "To your (%w) you see:") {
#MOVE %1
#create the room from the name and exits
#MOVE %reversedir(%1)
}

Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 8:37 pm

I ended up getting this working. Roughly this is how it goes:

1) Put myself into observeActive mode when I see the key phrase: "You pause a moment to observe the surrounding area."
2) Detect the direction I'm observing and set it to a variable
3) Detect the room name and set it to a variable
4) Detect the exits and set them to a variable
5) Set current vnum to a variable
6) #make direction description (This also moves to to that room btw)
7) #roomexit(exits observed)
8) #teleport prior_room_number
9) Loop back up to 2 until I see a prompt or see a recover equilibrium message.

It works great. You should see it throw the rooms into existance. I also set the rooms to the color black so that I know I haven't actually been to them. I then check for the black color when I enter rooms and set it to default color if it is.

I also threw in a link tester to set the rooms to a yellow if there are unfollowed links in existance in that room. This helps me keep track of which rooms have links that need exploring.