GameObj.npcs.find

[Vordric]

Hello All,
I am very new to Ruby but have development experience. I am attempting to make a script that will allow my higher level characters automatically assist my lower level characters while hunting. The script would be passed a variable which would be the creature we are hunting, for example lesser mummy. This would then make my higher level character cast certain spells if we enter a room and that creature is in the room. The spell being cast would be different if there is only 1 of the creatures or multiple. I am in the early stages of creating this script and am struggling trying to filter out the NPCs. I realize that most of the time the NPC will only be the creature I am hunting but wanted to filter it just in case. This is what I have but it is not working:

npc = GameObj.npcs.find { |x| x.name == "lesser mummy" }


I believe this should work however, when I test it nothing is coming back in npc. Any thoughts or scripts I could learn from would be appreciated. Thank you.

[Eodus]

You may have better luck with a regex match like x.name =~ /lesser mummy|other critter|etc/

Add a lowercase i after for case-insensitive match.

[Donquix]

that works for me, what are you expecting it to return? Do you just have that one line or are you actually trying to do something with the npc variable after it is assigned and it is not working?

>;e npc = GameObj.npcs.find { |x| x.name == "lesser mummy" };fput("wave #{npc.name}")
--- Lich: exec1 active.
[exec1]>wave lesser mummy
You wave to the mummy.
>
--- Lich: exec1 has exited.

you might find more reliable help posting in the LICH folder btw You can always ask in game as well on the CODE channel. People are generally pretty helpful for coding noobs

[Vordric]

Thank you for your help and suggestions. I got help on the code channel and was able to get it working by doing the following:

npc = GameObj.npcs.find_all { |x| x.name == 'lesser mummy' };