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Posted by Caeser   (22 posts)  [Biography] bio
Date Tue 18 Oct 2005 11:24 PM (UTC)
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This question has probably been asked, but I can not seem to find it. I need help changes a text file into a .lua file. I tried saving it as script.lua, but it saved it as script.lua.txt.

If it helps, I am using the MUSH's built-in editer.
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Posted by Flannel   USA  (1,230 posts)  [Biography] bio
Date Reply #1 on Wed 19 Oct 2005 12:23 AM (UTC)
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Below the file name there is a dropdown box (for file type), change it from text, to all files (*.*), then it should accept whatever extension you give it.

If you have windows set to display extensions, you can simply delete the .txt from the end in exporer.
~Flannel

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Posted by Caeser   (22 posts)  [Biography] bio
Date Reply #2 on Wed 19 Oct 2005 12:47 AM (UTC)
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thanks a lot, that worked perfectly.
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Posted by Caeser   (22 posts)  [Biography] bio
Date Reply #3 on Wed 19 Oct 2005 10:17 PM (UTC)
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I have a different question now: While searching through these forums, I came upon something similar. I want to have (for Achaea) my cure system work off of tables. I found this code:

for _,name in pairs (names) do
if aff[name] then
eat(cures[name])
end
end

Now, I understand this code but was wondering how would I do it if some of the portions of the table don't have a cure that is eaten? Like, I need something call herb balance in order to eat cures. That would be either "on" or "off." I was wondering, if it comes upon these special circumstances (obviously, I want herb balance to be "on"), how would I flag it so that it'll either continue done the table (if "on") or keep checking until it comes upon the desired effect?
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Posted by Nick Gammon   Australia  (22,975 posts)  [Biography] bio   Forum Administrator
Date Reply #4 on Thu 20 Oct 2005 06:39 AM (UTC)
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This code looks a bit strange anyway. Why do we need a linear scan of a table to find an item? The whole idea of tables is that you can do keyed access.

Here is an example of how you might store all the afflictions in a single table:


afflictions =  
 {  
    ["blind"] = { ["cure"] = "water",    ["balance"] = true },
    ["sick"]  = { ["cure"] = "medicine", ["balance"] = false },
    ["drunk"] = { ["cure"] = "coffee",   ["balance"] = false },
 }

tprint (afflictions )

print (string.rep ("-", 50))

print ("cure for blindess = ", afflictions.blind.cure)

Output from above example

sick:
  cure=medicine
  balance=false
drunk:
  cure=coffee
  balance=false
blind:
  cure=water
  balance=true
--------------------------------------------------
cure for blindess =  water


Thus you simply key into the table to look up a particular affliction, and whether a balance flag is set.

- Nick Gammon

www.gammon.com.au, www.mushclient.com
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Posted by Nick Gammon   Australia  (22,975 posts)  [Biography] bio   Forum Administrator
Date Reply #5 on Thu 20 Oct 2005 06:44 AM (UTC)
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More simply, the code for the table can be written without all the quotes and square brackets:


afflictions =  
 {  
    blind = { cure = "water",    balance = true },
    sick  = { cure = "medicine", balance = false },
    drunk = { cure = "coffee",   balance = false },
 }

tprint (afflictions )

print (string.rep ("-", 50))

print ("cure for blindess = ", afflictions.blind.cure)
- Nick Gammon

www.gammon.com.au, www.mushclient.com
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Posted by Caeser   (22 posts)  [Biography] bio
Date Reply #6 on Thu 20 Oct 2005 09:24 PM (UTC)
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Ah, I thought I said I wanted it to automatically do whatever is needed to cure the affliction. It needs to automatically cure when it has the right balances.
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Posted by Nick Gammon   Australia  (22,975 posts)  [Biography] bio   Forum Administrator
Date Reply #7 on Thu 20 Oct 2005 09:41 PM (UTC)
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The code I wrote wasn't directly answering that question. Organising your data is the first step. You would make a trigger that recognised the affliction and do a table lookup to find the correct cure.
- Nick Gammon

www.gammon.com.au, www.mushclient.com
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Posted by Caeser   (22 posts)  [Biography] bio
Date Reply #8 on Mon 24 Oct 2005 01:47 PM (UTC)
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I see. I did it your way and it works fine. Thanks.
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