scripting problem

[rubberdux]

minorly annoyed at this script. It won't attack. Movement works great, but can't seem to get it to attack one critter, let alone the 3 different spaws. Posting what I've got. Any help is apprecated. Really new at this.

checkroom:
match start Sorry, you may only type ahead
match R%c You can't go there
match R%c I could not find what
match logoff V'reen
match logoff morph
match filter1 a greater ghoul
match filter2 a spectral fisherman
match filter3 a death dirge
match R%c Obvious paths:
match R%c obvious exits:
matchwait

filter1:
put look
match start You can't go there.
match R%c Also here:
match attack1 Obvious paths:
matchwait

filter2:
put look
match start You can't go there.
match R%c Also here:
match attack2 Obvious paths:
matchwait

filter3:
put look
match start You can't go there.
match R%c Also here:
match attack3 Obvious paths:
matchwait

attack1:
put kick ghoul
match dead1 you hear a sound like a weeping child
match attack1 only type ahead
match attack1 Please wait
match attack1 Roundtime:
match attack1 Wait
match R%c I could not find
match R%c What were you referring to?
matchwait

attack2:
put kick fisherman
match dead2 you hear a sound like a weeping child
match attack2 only type ahead
match attack2 Please wait
match attack2 a spectral fisherman just arrived
match attack2 Roundtime:
match attack2 Wait
match R%c I could not find
match R%c What were you referring to?
matchwait

attack3:
put kick dirge
match dead3 you hear a sound like a weeping child
match attack3 only type ahead
match attack3 Please wait
match attack3 Roundtime:
match attack3 Wait
match R%c I could not find
match R%c What were you referring to?
matchwait

dead1:
pause 1
put search ghoul
goto checktre

dead2:
pause 1
put search fisherman
goto checktre

dead3:
pause 1
put search dirge
goto checktre


---------------
In case this matters, here's the opening part of the script as well

start:
pause 1
put look
match filter1 a greater ghoul
match filter2 a spectral fisherman
match filter3 a death dirge
match lost Beached Hulk
match continuehunt Table]
match logoff [Scripting Violation Limbo]
match logoff [Consultation Lounge]
match logoff [The Cell]
match lost Obvious paths:
match lost obvious exits:
matchwait

[Krinthalis]

Does it just hang when you see a creature? If so, my bet would be that you're indoors, and so the:

match attack1 Obvious paths:

isn't getting triggered. You can add another line:

match attack1 Obvious exits:

right beneath the "match attack1 Obvious paths:"

Also, you don't need to put the "put look" in the filter. If you walk into a room and see like:

<Room desc>
You also see a greater ghoul.
Obvious exits: <exits>

The "a greater ghoul" will trigger the checkroom match, and then the remaining text, in this case "Obvious exits: <exits>" will be passed to the filter and will trigger the match there.

For comparison, here's the relevant part of my zombie script, which I know works:

checkroom:
match goback You can't do that while laying down.
match start Sorry, you may only type ahead
match R%c You can't go there
match start I could not find what
match filter zombie
match R%c Obvious paths:
match R%c Obvious exits:
matchwait

filter:
match start You can't go there.
match R%c Also here:
match preatt Obvious paths:
match preatt Obvious exits:
matchwait

[rubberdux]

Thanks much! That fixed it. Now.......

I decided to expand the script - There a second part of the area, same critters but this time it's outdoors. Obvious exits: makes it abort, because that line isn't there. Can I put 3 additional filters for the same critters and just use the obvious paths: or am I going to have to settle for half the area?

[Krinthalis]

Just include both matches like I have in my zombie script. So, your filters should look like:


filter1:
match start You can't go there.
match R%c Also here:
match attack1 Obvious paths:
match attack1 Obvious exits:
matchwait

[rubberdux]

works like a dream. Working my way up thru voln at a much better pace. One quick thing. Every now and then a monster will enter an empty room as I'm moving, and the script hangs in the next room when it goes to attack said monster. Is there a way to fix that issue, or should I just live with it.

[Krinthalis]

Add:

match R%c Kick what?

before the matchwait in each attack.

I forget the exact messaging, so if that doesn't work, replace "Kick what?" with whatever messaging the game gives you when you try to kick something not in the room.