sonic sword script need help

[Eliseen]

As a Bard we get an animated sword, one of the issues is stopping in the middle of a hunt to execute a command. The commands are pretty basic but I wanted to make using the Singing Sword a bit more controllable. for instance if you walk into a room and other players are there It should CEASE it's attack, If it gets stuck somewhere to have it RETURN. Also a Bard may be singing a bunch of songs so a check to see if mana was low. I tried using strormfront scripts but saw Lich had some handles that would do this easily. So I tried to convert my script to Lich and here is my result:

## Singing sword utility script
## var variable is weapon type or hard code in weapon type in line 6
## If weapon is hard coded, change weapon type in Missing subroutine line 26
## Ver 1.0 usable in WL Gaveyard against Pookas and Spectral miners
## Start Singing Sword
fPut Prep 1025
@variable[1] = 'value'
fPut SING variable[1]
#Main loop
Start
If GameObj.npcs.find { |npc| (npc.status !~ /dead/) && (npc.type =~ /aggressive/) }= Spectral Miner then fput TELL WEAPON TO ATTACK Spectral miner
If GameObj.npcs.find { |npc| (npc.status !~ /dead/) && (npc.type =~ /aggressive/) }= Ghostly pooka then fput TELL WEAPON TO ATTACK Ghostly Pooka
if GameObj.pcs == 1 Occupied
match Missing Animated variable[1]
match traveling Lich: go2 active.
if upstream_get =”exit” end
matchwait
goto start
# If Sword not present
Missing:
if checkspell "Singing Sword" fput TELL WEAPON TO RETURN else goto sing
goto start
# Song not being sung
sing:
fPut Prep 1025
fPut SING variable[1]
goto start
# if room is occupied
Occupied:
If GameObj.pcs == 0 fput TELL WEAPON TO CEASE else NEXTROOM
goto start
# Check mana level
Mana:
put mana
if checkmana <=50 fput Stop 1025
echo not enough Mana avalable.
wait_until { mana(90} goto start
goto start
# Go2 Traveling
traveling:
fput TELL WEAPON TO CEASE
wait_until Lich: go2 has exited.
Goto start

Well as you can see it doesn't even get to singing the song before it errors out. Would one of you all take a look and help me correct my errors?

Thanks

[Tgo01]

I think this will do what you're looking for:

current_room = Room.current.id
target_id = nil

loop{
	if checkmana <= 50
		fput "stop 1025"
		echo "Running low on mana."
		wait_until { checkmana(90) }
	end
	Spell[1025].cast(script.vars[1]) if !Spell[1025].active? && checkmana(90)
	fput "tell weapon to return" if Spell[1025].active? && !GameObj.npcs.find{ |i| i.name =~ /#{script.vars[1]}/}
	target = GameObj.targets.find{|i| i.name =~ /miner|pooka/i }
	if target
		if target_id != target.id
			fput "tell weapon to attack #{target}"
			target_id = target.id
		end
	end
	if Room.current.id != current_room
		current_room = Room.current.id
		fput "tell weapon to cease" if checkpcs
	end
	if running? "go2"
		fput "tell weapon to cease"
		wait_while{ running?('go2') }
	end
	sleep 0.5
}

You're gonna have to play around with it a bit to be sure because I didn't test everything.

You can start it like:

;sonic lance

For example if you want to use a sonic lance.

Or:

;sonic broadsword

For a broadsword and etc etc.

[Eliseen]

Except for trying to cast 1025 continuously it works. My programming was all in basic, I can follow your structure. I think the problem is that casting the spell is inside the primary loop. So to correct this put the statement Spell[1025].cast(script.vars[1]) outside the primary loop and just do an if-then statement but I've no idea the correct format for that type of statement in Ruby.

[Tgo01]

It should only cast 1025 if 1025 is not active which is kept track by ;magic.

Do you have a custom prep message or something for 1025 that would make it so Lich wouldn’t recognize it being cast?

[Eliseen]

the actual terms are prep 1025 (obviously) and Sing weapon type. Using cast works the sword appears, but every time the loop repeats it tries to prep the song again.

[Tgo01]

Yeah Spell[1025].cast does all of that and Lich should track that the spell is active unless you have a custom spell message when casting it or something because Lich looks for the standard cast line to see if the spell was cast.

[Eliseen]

the actual terms are prep 1025 (obviously) and Sing weapon type. Here is a capture of the spell veing cast:

prepare 1025
You begin your musical chant for Singing Sword Song...
Your spellsong is ready.
>
[sss]>cast longsword
You sing a melody.
An animated longsword appears and hovers near you.
Sing Roundtime 3 Seconds.

[Tgo01]

Yeah that's the standard messaging.

With 1025 going does it show up when you do ;magic?

[Eliseen]

You'll love this:

>;magic?

- Minor Spirit:
101: Spirit Warding I - 0:41:01
104: Disease Resistance - 0:40:21
105: Poison Resistance - 0:40:23
107: Spirit Warding II - 0:46:18
112: Water Walking - 0:46:20

- Minor Elemental:
401: Elemental Defense I - 0:44:21
406: Elemental Defense II - 0:44:23
414: Elemental Defense III - 0:38:54

- Major Elemental:
503: Thurfel's Ward - 0:41:52
509: Strength - 0:41:54

- Ranger:
601: Natural Colors - 0:38:55
602: Resist Elements - 0:40:59
618: Mobility - 0:41:04

- Wizard:
911: Mass Blur - 0:38:58

- Minor Mental:
1204: Foresight - 0:39:42
1208: Mindward - 0:39:43

- Armor Specialization:
9504: Armor Support - 0:31:18

[Eliseen]

And I do have a sonic sword following me around.