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Beginner Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 28

Problem: This is suppose to show up on my status bar and it is applied to a golden ring. It has 5 uses, and I want it to count down after each use so for example a new ring that has five uses on it when I type RENEW I get the wording of "Your Golden Ring Glows Momentarily. This is when the 5 showing on the status bar should go down to 4 and so forth. Once it gets down to 4 uses which would actually show on the status bar 1, I will type rreset and it will change the value back up to five once the ring is fully charged again.
It shows on the status bar correctly but it isn't counting down. Also my hp/sp is not updating as it should. Below the first part will be the hp/sp stuff I have.

1st Alias:

NAME: recall
~recall;#RECALL

2nd Alias:

NAME: rreset

#var rcount 5

1st Trigger

PATTERN: Your Golden Ring glows momentarily.

#cw pink
#var rcount [@rcount-1]

VAR:
NAME: recount
VALUE: 5
--------------------------------------------
HP/SP

Variables

1st: Name: chp Value 274
2nd: Name: mhp Value 274
3rd: Name: csp Value 178
4th: Name: msp Value 178

Trigger:
PATTERN: You have (%d)/(%d)hp, and (%d)/(%d)sp

#var chp %1;#var mhp %2;#var csp %3;#var msp %4;#gag

My custom status bar shows this:

@chp/@mhp @csp/@msp Target-@target Ring Uses Left-@rcount

I do not understand what I am doing at all. The help files read to me like a foreign language. Could someone help me?

Here are the mud text response on the ring:

When I use it I type renew then the mud will display this on my screen: Your Golden Ring glows momentarily.

When the ring regenerates itself one at a time it will show this text:
The Golden Ring glows on your Finger. And there is one more not sure which it does which says "The Golden Ring feels warmer on your finger."

Beginner Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 28

right now when the status bar shows the "Ring Uses Left 5" and I type renew to use the ring, it goes down to 0 instead it should be at 4.

PASTE FROM MUD:

renew

Your Golden Ring glows momentarily.
<282/186>

Status Bar: 274/274 178/179 Target-@target Ring Uses Left 0 (it showed 5 before I used the ring, 0 when I used the ring)

ring just healed once and from the mud it said: The Golden Ring feels warmer on your finger. but status bar still shows 0

also notice the status bar hp/sp didn't update

Wizard Joined: 22 Mar 2007 Posts: 2320

Well, one problem is that

Beginner Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 28

Sorcerer Joined: 15 Apr 2011 Posts: 809

When you edit the trigger in the package editor, there's a bunch of checkboxes at the bottom of the screen (you may have to click the more button to bring these up). One of the checkboxes is trigger on prompt, check it (you'll probably want to uncheck trigger on newline too).

Beginner Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 28

checked Trigger on prompt and unchecked trigger on newline. There is also a box checked that says trigger on trigger. It isn't working still.

Magician Joined: 23 Apr 2003 Posts: 358 Location: USA

Let's get a clearer picture what's going on. Are you manually typing something to get our hp/sp reported, is it part of your command prompt, or is it a separate line that is sent with the prompt or in regular intervals?

When you say the status bar isn't updating hp/sp, are the variable updating? If you type "#ECHO @chp @csp" on the command line, does it display the correct information, or the same outdated information as in the status bar? Outdated information indicates the pattern is not matching correctly.

You may try tweaking your pattern as such:

Beginner Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 28

Thank you geniusclown I must be tired because your post is way over my heard right now.

I just wanted my hp/sp to show up on the status bar and update as it increases or decreases. Nothing more than that.

Wizard Joined: 22 Mar 2007 Posts: 2320

What he was asking is this: You say that the status bar does not update. Have you checked whether the values of the variables used in the status bar have updated, or are the variables giving the same value as displayed in the status bar?

There are two possibilities here: 1) The variables are updating, but the status bar is not. 2) The variables are not updating, and the status bar is simply displaying what is in the variables. If (2) is true, then your trigger is not matching the lines from your mud, and you simply need to fix the trigger pattern to match correctly. This is the most likely problem. If (1) is true, something odd is going on.

Beginner Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 28

Double post

Beginner Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 28

This is what I have showing
I tried putting the pattern in what he showed me but it didn't work unless I did that wrong. First part is the variables listed, 2nd part is the trigger I have, and the last one is the status bar:

Beginner Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 28

here is a link of a screen cap to show you. Notice the sp didn't change on status bar to reflect the decrease by a few little hit points

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c271/Lera213/cmudscreencap.jpg

Sorcerer Joined: 15 Apr 2011 Posts: 809

Is it just the status bar that isn't updating, or the variables too? Rahab gave you two possibilities, you never said which is happening...

Beginner Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 28

sorry number 2 I believe is the case, yep just checked and the variables are staying the same no changing.

So what is the trigger and what do I place in the value and do I have to delete the variables too? See I don't know what to put what where.

Sorcerer Joined: 15 Apr 2011 Posts: 809

We can't tell you what the problem with the pattern is without seeing the line from the mud that you're trying to match. I don't see anything in the screenshot you posted that resembles your pattern...

Beginner Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 28

When I test the pattern it says it matches. *sigh* Any suggestions?

Sorcerer Joined: 15 Apr 2011 Posts: 809

Hmm, I don't see anything wrong with the code...does it gag the line at least? If it gags the trigger is firing...in that case, if I had to guess, I'd say you have duplicate variables, and the trigger is updating one set while the status bar reads from the other, you might want to check for that too. There's a useful search box in the package editor that you could use to find duplicates quickly.

Beginner Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 28

yes it is gagging the line, I try to figure out duplicates that might be it.

Beginner Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 28

I only have 6 variables listed so I don't see any duplicates.

The problem has to be with variables. This by the way worked when I was using Zmud.

Newbie Joined: 22 Mar 2008 Posts: 2

A few triggers for the golden ring
the variable used for the golden ring for these is gring, change to suit
You should be able to copy and paste these into your command line.

For renewing charges:
#trig {Golden Ring feels warmer} {#IF (@gring<5) {#VAR gring @gring+1}}

For using up a charge:
#trig {Your Golden Ring glows} {#IF (@gring<5) {#VAR gring @gring-1}}

For setting it when looking at the ring:
#trig { A (*) within the gem.} {#switch (%1 = "very bright crimson cross is glowing from") {#VAR gring 5} (%1 = "bright crimson cross is glowing from") {#VAR gring 4} (%1 = "crimson cross is glowing from") {#VAR gring 3} (%1 = "dull crimson cross is glowing from") {#VAR gring 2} (%1 = "crimson cross, which is barely visible, glows") {#VAR gring 1}}

Beginner Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 28

You are awesome, worked like a charm!

Magician Joined: 23 Apr 2003 Posts: 358 Location: USA

First, the obvious question... have you tried rebooting? I find that CMUD sometimes will glitch and give erratic results. Restarting (or better yet, rebooting) fixes those problems.

I recommend you try variable assignment through the pattern, using &Var matching. Reread my previous post while you're awake. =)

Beginner Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 28

Thank you geniusclown I will keep that reboot in mind. Permalost totally got my ring operational and even better then before.

Newbie Joined: 22 Mar 2008 Posts: 2

Also to help fix the hp/sp

#trig {^<(*)/(*)>} {#VAR chp %1;#VAR csp %2}

OR

#trig {^<&chp/&csp>} {}

geniusclown
I was actually going to see about replacing some of the triggers with events like I currently have mine set. These I'm putting up just to get TerryG up and running. Optimization later.

Beginner Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 28

I'm excited and very grateful!