Najniaj
Clueless newb
Information please
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Post by Najniaj on May 3, 2014 13:03:50 GMT -5
Time for a preface: I'm not very bright, but very enthusiastic. But not being bright gets in my way sometimes. Like how I have trouble understanding the basic lua documentation, how I have never scripted a line in my life and how I am not in the least interested in learning more than I need to. The problem is, I have no idea what is it I do need to learn. This wouldn't normally be a problem. After all, aliases and other easy-to-reach integrated scripting options are very much available, even to players like me. However... most accomplished players out there make use of scripting in one form or other, often way beyond the simple concepts above. Looking around in the wealth of information on this site, it occurs to me that while large, complex examples are scattered around the threads, many a player without the higher-brain functions, time and motivation would benefit from a showcase of what small, short scripts experienced players use to make their lives easier, every day. Post your favorite scripts (but do not dump a whole xml on the thread)!  I'm willing to bet even the most senior amongst us would find something neat in such a list. |
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Post by lyse on May 3, 2014 17:32:00 GMT -5
Time for a preface: I'm not very bright, but very enthusiastic. But not being bright gets in my way sometimes. Like how I have trouble understanding the basic lua documentation, how I have never scripted a line in my life and how I am not in the least interested in learning more than I need to. The problem is, I have no idea what is it I do need to learn. This wouldn't normally be a problem. After all, aliases and other easy-to-reach integrated scripting options are very much available, even to players like me. However... most accomplished players out there make use of scripting in one form or other, often way beyond the simple concepts above. Looking around in the wealth of information on this site, it occurs to me that while large, complex examples are scattered around the threads, many a player without the higher-brain functions, time and motivation would benefit from a showcase of what small, short scripts experienced players use to make their lives easier, every day. Post your favorite scripts (but do not dump a whole xml on the thread)! I'm willing to bet even the most senior amongst us would find something neat in such a list. I'd actually like this too. Honestly, this is one of the best kept secrets player side on arm. Outside of some very basic aliases and triggers shared on the gdb , I got nothin. I think the reason they aren't shared so freely is because of how powerful they are, not only in a twinky way but also as far as rp goes too because you can shortcut a lot of things as far as emotes go. You can literally see who's using them and who's typing stuff out by how fast people emote. I think the problem here is there's so many different clients, there isn't really a set way to go about it. So it might be helpful to tell which client you're using so somebody can help you with that particular client. |
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Post by jcarter on May 3, 2014 17:46:36 GMT -5
Someone put up a shit ton of their old aliases and scripts that would replace people's sdescs with their names and had other functionality. I think it was @oldtwink or drunkendwarf |
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Post by lyse on May 3, 2014 23:22:31 GMT -5
Someone put up a shit ton of their old aliases and scripts that would replace people's sdescs with their names and had other functionality. I think it was @oldtwink or drunkendwarfYup, that looked awesome, but I think it was for Tintin, which I'm totally unfamiliar with. |
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Lizzie
Clueless newb
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Post by Lizzie on May 4, 2014 0:30:40 GMT -5
I had/have a trigger that does the name thing for mudlet. I'll see if I can find it. That's really the best I can do. I don't use any other triggers or aliases or whathaveyou and probably never will. Outside of the in-built aliases for emoting like : and ph and stuff.
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Post by magickermarco on May 4, 2014 9:00:38 GMT -5
Someone put up a shit ton of their old aliases and scripts that would replace people's sdescs with their names and had other functionality. I think it was @oldtwink or drunkendwarfYup, that looked awesome, but I think it was for Tintin, which I'm totally unfamiliar with. tintin ++ ftw |
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Post by yaznokumf on May 4, 2014 9:42:00 GMT -5
GGmud supports tintin++ formatted aliases, etc.
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drunkendwarf
Displaced Tuluki
SUCK IT, NYR AND ADHIRA
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Post by drunkendwarf on May 5, 2014 9:24:58 GMT -5
Yup, it was me and it was for TT++.
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Post by tektolnes on May 5, 2014 10:16:03 GMT -5
2nd for GGmud. It allows LUA scripts. I personally use Gmud (1 G) because I can do most of what I want/need with aliases, macros and triggers. Plus, the fact that GGmud lacks a pause button, or the ability to hold the scroll bar still drives me NUTS. Sometimes I need a few extra seconds to read something. Although, I will admit I really want to make some PVP oriented scripts to alleviate the rigors of "cast 'blah blah blah-blah blah blah' amos" or "shoot bow amos n", so maybe I should quit being lazy and dig in. drunkendwarf 's #raid script was pretty inspiring stuff, to allow you to lock in a single keyword and short-cut your attacks to target that keyword. As a short term solution, you can alias something like "c sul fireball" to "cast 'sul un suk-krath viqrol hekro'" (or whatever it is) and then type "c sul fireball amos", and it will come out to "cast 'sul un suk-krath viqrol hekro' amos". It's not OMFG-WOW, but it'll cut your casting time dramatically and give you an edge. I've always found the hardest part of busting out spells was remembering the damn keywords anyhow.)= As far as LUA scripting, don't feel bad. I'm a programmer and I didn't find the LUA docs to be very helpful or enlightening, and there's really not many other good sources to learn it from. If you're die-hard about learning LUA, you might find it helpful to learn a bit about a more well-documented scripting language (JavaScript or ActionScript for example) and THEN transition to writing LUA. The dirty secret to programming is that all the complexity is usually conceptual and fairly language independent. If you learned Java, you will be able to learn C# very quickly. If you learn JavaScript, you'll be able to quickly pick up LUA. |
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delerak
GDB Superstar
PK'ed by jcarter
"When you want to fool the world, tell the truth." - Otto Von Bismarck
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Post by delerak on Dec 28, 2014 22:14:04 GMT -5
uhn. Help Prompt.. lol
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Deleted
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Post by Deleted on Dec 29, 2014 3:35:45 GMT -5
I know this isn't scripting but how did this guy get his display like that? 118/118hp 120/129mv 102/102stun riding: none walking standing sirihish If you type: prompt %h/%Hhp %v/%Vmv %t/%Tstun %k %w %s %o\ninto your client, it will reproduce the line exactly and start text on the next line. prompt %h/%Hhp %v/%Vmv %t/%Tstun %k %w %s %o\n\nwill do the same but with a blank line between other text and your prompt The helpfile for your prompt is here: armageddon.org/help/view/prompt |
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drunkendwarf
Displaced Tuluki
SUCK IT, NYR AND ADHIRA
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Post by drunkendwarf on Jan 2, 2015 11:35:16 GMT -5
Oh be nice.  Have you seen the list of help files lately? It's crazy. I bet there's still some nooks and crannies I don't know about in there. |
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delerak
GDB Superstar
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"When you want to fool the world, tell the truth." - Otto Von Bismarck
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Post by delerak on Jan 2, 2015 12:11:31 GMT -5
Okay sorry. Type help prompt in game or go to the website and look up the prompt help file. |
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