Combat alias

Kraz

I'm trying to write an alias set for combat so I can cycle through frenzy or claw and be able to pull my whispers off a list/table so that I can hit the alias and cycle my whispers without having to have 50 aliases for combat.

Done a number of things and only been able to get the primary attack to fire, so I ripped it all out and am starting fresh. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Ashmer

Which client/language are you coding the script in?

Kraz

I'm on mudlet, so I think that's Lua.

Kraz

To elaborate.

I'm attempting to make an alias that will look, similar to this, but work.


local nextWhisper = getNextPriority("whisper", 2)
send("claw " ..target)
send("dwhisper " "..whisper[1].." " ..whisper[2].. " ..target)
send("qe contemplate " ..target)

Claw works, contemplate won't fire and I can't get the whispers to work properly.

Toz

local nextWhisper = getNextPriority("whisper", 2)
send("claw " ..target)
send("dwhisper " "..nextWhisper[1].." " ..nextWhisper[2].. " ..target)
send("qe contemplate " ..target)


nextWhisper is the array you made, not whisper. Because of that, contemplate won't fire - mudlet scripts freak out when you try to use a non-existing value.

Kraz

Okay.

Lua syntax error:[string "function alias568()..."]:4 ')' expected near '"..nextWhisper[1].."'

local nextWhisper = getNextPriority("whisper", 2)
send("claw " ..target)
send("dwhisper " "..nextWhisper[1].." "..nextWhisper[2].." ..target)
send("qe contemplate " ..target)

also, table is

pvp.priority.whisper = pvp.priority.whisper or {}
pvp.priority.whisper.fallback = "normal"

pvp.priority.whisper.normal = {
"Seduction",
"Temptation",
"Impatience",
"Confusion",
"Epilepsy",
"Loneliness",
"Recklessness",
"Stupidity",
"Masochism",
"Dementia",
"Peace",

}

Kraz

Fixed the alias so the bug was gone, but is inactive. As in, I type in the alias command and it does nothing. No claw, whispers or contemplate.

Edit:

Got it to claw but still not getting whispers or contemplate to fire.

Toz

local nextWhisper = getNextPriority("whisper", 2)
send("claw " ..target)
send("dwhisper " "..nextWhisper[1].." "..nextWhisper[2].." "..target)
send("qe contemplate " ..target)

You missed a " on the second to last line - I missed it too the first time over. That's where that error was coming from. Not sure what you're at now/what you've done.

Kraz

Lua syntax error:[string "function alias568()..."]:4 ')' expected near '"..nextWhisper[1].."' is popping up again

Toz

Re-paste your code?

Kraz

alias

local nextWhisper = getNextPriority("whisper", 2)
send("claw " ..target)
send("dwhisper " "..nextWhisper[1].." "..nextWhisper[2].." "..target)
send("qe contemplate " ..target)

table

pvp.priority.whisper = pvp.priority.whisper or {}
pvp.priority.whisper.fallback = "normal"

pvp.priority.whisper.normal = {
"Seduction",
"Temptation",
"Impatience",
"Confusion",
"Epilepsy",
"Loneliness",
"Recklessness",
"Stupidity",
"Masochism",
"Dementia",
"Peace",

}

Toz

send("dwhisper " "..nextWhisper[1].." "..nextWhisper[2].." "..target)

should be

send("dwhisper "..nextWhisper[1].." "..nextWhisper[2].." "..target)

Kraz

That got it! Thank you sir!

Toz

Kraz said:

That got it! Thank you sir!

Yep, I just overlooked something simple both times. ("Anything in here is a string," ..anything out here is a variable.. " and now we're back to strings, which have to be closed")

If you get that error or one like it again, check your quotation marks first, then make sure variables exist.

Kraz

Of course.

If I want to set up a list for venoms and have an active one would I have to rename the whisper list to match or should it use that primary list as a fall back since I have no others?

Toz

The way modes work on TW, you'd just set up a new table with the same name and reference THAT. Example:

You have:

pvp.priority.whisper = pvp.priority.whisper or {}
pvp.priority.whisper.fallback = "normal"

pvp.priority.whisper.normal = {
"Seduction",
"Temptation",
"Impatience",
"Confusion",
"Epilepsy",
"Loneliness",
"Recklessness",
"Stupidity",
"Masochism",
"Dementia",
"Peace",

}

So make:

pvp.priority.venom = pvp.priority.venom or {}
pvp.priority.venom.fallback = "normal"

pvp.priority.venom.normal = {
"your",
"venoms",
"here",
}

So long as you make a matching pair for each mode, you'll be fine.

Kraz

So it would come out as the following for using a venom right?

local nextVenom = getNextPriority("venom",1)
local nextWhisper = getNextPriority("whisper", 2)
send("slash " ..target " with " ..nextVenom[1])
send("dwhisper " ..nextWhisper[1].." "..nextWhisper[2].." "..target)
send("qe contemplate " ..target)

Toz

send("slash " ..target.. " with " ..nextVenom[1])

but otherwise, yeah, looks fine.