[TF] Help with rescue trigger (semi-tf newbie)

[johans at stack.nl (J. v. Selst)]

Hi Steve,

Steve Baker wrote:
> I'm trying to create a rescue trigger that works based on a few
> things. I'll explain what i need and perhaps someone will have
> something already written that I can modify or be able to give me some
> help. 

Although the zmud script looks rather complicated, your description is
pretty straight-forward, so I'll just use that one instead ;-)
Your script probably does quite a bit more but I don't speak zmud.

> 1) I need to be able to create a list, that contains a list of names
>    of people to rescue

There are some very nice macros for working with lists or arrays in TF,
but the easiest is a static list.

> 2) I need to be able to create a list that contains a list of tanks 

What for?

> 3) When the script sees "XYZ switches targets" it should look in the room
> 4) If the script sees someone sit/stands/flies/ here fighting "someone
>    on the rescue list" it issues rescue "person" 
>    (should probably just look for fighting "someone on the rescue list" 

These can be done with standard triggers.

Here is a simple example which you can hopefully extend to make it do
exactly what you want:


;; rescue.tf

/set matching=regexp
/set rescue_list=Gandalf|Frodo|Gimli

/def -t' switches targets' target_switch = look
/eval /def -t' fighting (%{rescue_list})' rescue = rescue %%{P1}

;; EOF


The %rescue_list variable is the list of people to be rescued; written
as a regular expression. You can change it at any time and issue a
/load rescue.tf  to reload the list and macros.

The /target_switch trigger will issue the look command when somebody
switches target. The output of look is not suppressed, so it might get
spammy if this happens a lot.

The /rescue trigger will be called whenever you see someone fighting
anyone on your %rescue_list (not just directly after the first trigger).
It will then automatically try to rescue this person.


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