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Wanderer Joined: 31 Oct 2004 Posts: 94

basically here's what i'm doing
i have an automap created of a euclidian section of my mud. I'm executing a slow walk with the intention of stopping in every room with a guard. it does this, and kills the guard, and loots the corpse.

SubAdmin Joined: 18 Nov 2001 Posts: 5182

You can get the destination for your path with the %destroom variable. You will have to store this before doing the #WALK 75. Then after doing your #WALK @wallguardloc, you have to change the %walkmode back to slow and issue the walk for your stored destination.

Wanderer Joined: 31 Oct 2004 Posts: 94

Vijilante,

Basically here's what i'm worried about. So i'll save the %destroom to a variable, and then #WALK @destroom as soon as i get back to the room of the last kill. The problem is that (i think) it wont follow the long drawn out pre defined path that is meant for the character to go through each room. Instead it will pathfind a new efficient path to the destination, which is nice, but defeats the purpose of having it follow a path to find stuff. Like i said, i am not really sure, so thats why you are the wizard and i am uhmmm... not the wizard :)

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SubAdmin Joined: 18 Nov 2001 Posts: 5182

Oh, your working off a path. In that case write your own walking system. The basic steps involved are: putting the path into a list; using an index variable to get the commands with %item; a flag variable for in combat, running to the store, sleeping, spelling up, etc.; then enough triggers to keep the thing issueing commands, usually with a backup alarm to kick start it if it stops moving.

Wanderer Joined: 31 Oct 2004 Posts: 94

ok so 1. save the path as a string list
then 2. increment an index variable to parse through this list. this will allow me to 'save my place'

ok so lets say i wanna safe walk that path... is there a built in something or other that confirms each step?

I guess i am just not so sure where to go after i have that path and an index.

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SubAdmin Joined: 18 Nov 2001 Posts: 5182

You have to build your own confirmation system and failure system. The usual minimum to do this is to detect a common line in all rooms such as an exit line. Failed directions don't generally cause an exit line so an unknown failure message can often be detected through a timeout, whereas the exit line is part of receiving room information and most indicative that some movement occured. It isn't exactly easy and I am not about to write one for you, but that is roughly what you will have to do to get the functionality you want. After that though you can start adding extra stuff to your path like time checks, random routings, goto index or label, and other wierd stuff. I used to have a walker script that did all of that; sadly it was written before zMud and I never could be bothered to port it in either a specific or general fashion.

Wanderer Joined: 31 Oct 2004 Posts: 94

Alright, looks like i have my work cut out for me. So my one remaining question.. Is there a way I can look at the triggers that the automapper is configuring? Thats all.

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