Sonic Weapons detection

[ShatteredCasis]

Hey all.

I'm wanting to check for if a sonic weapon is active, and if not, the cast it.

I've found that Spells[1012].active, or checkspell(1012) isn't reliable, as it seems to only be looking at duration. and will return true if other songs are still being sung.

The thing is, I don't "always" want to cast. Ie, there could be a reason it was dropped, like needing to sell loot or climb a gate.

So any suggestions on what I can do? I was thinking of maybe a downstream hook looking for dissipates, and then recasting the song after say, 5 seconds, to allow for some time to accomplish the task at hand. Frankly, I'd rather box fail than keep hunting without a weapon.

Dunno, it just doesn't seem very elegant to do that. I suppose I could always just do constant "glances" or "spell active", but the screen scroll would get pretty annoying.

Anyone addressed this already or have a suggestion? maybe there's an xmldata that I could grab and avoid the screen scroll.

Thanks!

[ShatteredCasis]

Here's the code for my current weapon check. It makes sure that bigshot is active, and that the "rest" script (which is what I use for selling loot) isn't active so as to avoid conflicts...


loop {
if running?('bigshot')
if running?('rest')
#ignore not having during rest routine (supports selling)
else
if !checkspell(1012)
pause_script('bigshot')
sleep 2.0
recast = dothistimeout "prep 1012", 2, /^You begin your musical chant|You change your tune slightly/
if recast
fput "sing jeddart"
else
stop_script 'badstuff'
stop_script 'bigshot'
start_script('badstuff','forceheal')
end

sleep 4.0

unpause_script 'bigshot'

if running?('bigshot')
#do nothing
else
start_script 'bigshot'
end
end
end
end
sleep 2.0
}

[Tillmen]

This will check Stormfront's active spell window, which is pretty reliable. Have to check for both name and number because it could show either based on flag showspellname.


unless XMLData.spellfront.include?('Sonic Weapon Song') or XMLData.spellfront.include?('1012')
echo 'Oh crap!'
end

[ShatteredCasis]

[QUOTE=Tillmen;1183902]This will check Stormfront's active spell window, which is pretty reliable. Have to check for both name and number because it could show either based on flag showspellname.

Ah screw me. You know, I switched to the Wizard after seeing crazy memory issues with stormfront, and now that you say that it's been since I switched to the wizard that I noticed the issue with the sonic weapon. Thanks tillmen!

[Tillmen]

Well.. XMLData.spellfront is available is you're using the Wizard too.

[ShatteredCasis]

That doesn't seem to be reliable either. Seems to always show false.



You glance down to see a sonic falchion in your right hand and nothing in your left hand.
>;e echo XMLData.spellfront.include?('1012')
--- Lich: exec1 active.
[exec1: false]
--- Lich: exec1 has exited.
You feel your added insight slip away.
>
[isigils]>sigil of resolve
You experience a momentary flash of insight on how to best overcome nature's obstacles.
>
[ Sigil of Resolve: +0:01:30, 0:01:30 remaining. ]
A lost penguin chick flaps its flippers, sending warm blood coursing through its chilly limbs.
>drop right
Your sonic falchion dissipates.
>;e echo XMLData.spellfront.include?('1012')
--- Lich: exec1 active.
[exec1: false]
--- Lich: exec1 has exited.

[Tillmen]

XMLData.spellfront is just an array of the lines that would show up in the Stormfront active spell window. Which means it could be "Sonic Weapon Song" or "1012" depending on the showspellname setting. I'm guessing you have showspellname on, which means XMLData.spellfront contains "Sonic Weapon Song", but you're checking for "1012".

[ShatteredCasis]

Yep, that was it. thanks Tillmen!