Highlighting Key Words

[Djriacen]

What do I need to look for in my client to highlight phrases or words. i.e. "so and so rubs the dirt out of their eyes" or "the white aura around your body fades"

[Elfrosto]

In roaclient it's called "hilites"

look under the menu where you set macros and such.

[Sandbox]

in g-mud its called "wall hax"

[Djriacen]

I figured it out. Thanks.

[Sandbox]

i can't stand when people use stuff like this. If it's not built into the game it shouldn't be allowed. It's borderline cheating because it gives you an edge over other players.

[Djriacen]

It's built into nearly every client available, however. Considering each client, more or less, is free. It's completely fair, I think.

[Archbishop Monk]

I hope there was a smile at the end of that Sandy:D . Because it's things like scripts that

help some people keep up with the typing experts. Now triggers and targetting alias I have a problem

with, but it's nothing I haven't been able to still do well with (without them I mean).:eek:

[Imoutgoodbye]

Something I don't do...(because it could backfire and wastes too much of a little precious time if I needed to turn it on) is use this trigger:

So and so crawls in. Output: murder soandso

EDIT: While I don't use highlighting or triggers in PK, I have many, many, many alias sets, which is why I love gmud.

[Sandbox]

In roaclient it's called "hilites"

look under the menu where you set macros and such.

i tried this client i cant seem to get the aliases to work.... it doesn't do anything when i type them just sits there..

[Elfrosto]

i tried this client i cant seem to get the aliases to work.... it doesn't do anything when i type them just sits there..

I don't use em, so I can't help. Pali probably knows how though.

[Archbishop Monk]

I just personally like typing it out. Not anything as long as murder xyweqchwvhliw illithid squid (god I hate those names). I do tend to sometimes type murder Plai or something sometimes when trying to off one of Pali's chars.

[Sandbox]

I don't use em' date=' so I can't help. Pali probably knows how though.[/quote']

di is alot faster to type than c 'detect invis' lol. aliases are pretty much a necessity unfortunately.

[Lord Antisonic]

Hmm, I'm not sure, if I should be or not but..

I have over 30 events set - do everything from highlights - to seeing a successful disarm and instantly sacing the weapon - that msg you get when you try to flee, and your not sure how many times to spam it; Mine,just rolls over in my event text till it pops me out of combat

about 15 alisas's give or take for each class - from Rp emote stuff, to spell/skill shortening. and stuff like @cont = place where i want my consumable to go in and out, and then whatever container I have it automatically distributes... and @target shared to my macros

eg. >target mob >press f12 and i >murder @target = murder mob - ohh alias murder right down to mu

Macros F1 - F12 keys and most of my num pad, for stuff like cam/hide/flee/cure - dirtkick/trip/bash and all my diff initiate combats.

and my cartographer sits on top of my client, logs every room I'm in and shows me the area and follows me as a cursor when I move...Makes being blind somewhat easier as long as you start moving from the right room, you can see on your map where you going..

9999 line log/screen scroll, and quicktypes from 2 chars input, and scroll back for commands

That being said, I never remember to fly, have a bag full of vials/herbs and forget to take them, Play drunk and otherwise impaired (ALL of the time), and all of it can't stop me from dying once stupidly and rage deleting over 250 hours...

I just like to roleplay really...

[Mali]

in cmud you just have to type

#ALIAS ras {raspberry}

[f0xx]

If it's not built into the game it shouldn't be allowed. It's borderline cheating because it gives you an edge over other players.

If I am smarter than the other player, is that cheating too? Or if I type faster? It's not built in the game too.

Different clients offer different advantages. It is up to you to choose the one that suits you best i.e. that is most comfortable for you to use and gives you the greatest advantage.

That being said, I use triggers (highlighting, targeting, executables, tick timers) alliases, macros. I know as much as the average folk with a bit of common sense knows about programming and if I was able to set them, then everyone can.

When you say that your mud client is better than mine, I will ask what MORE does it offer than mine?

[Kyzarius]

highlights are a smart tool.

try Wintin if your client fails you.

[Elfrosto]

I don't use macros, aliases or triggers(ok i have ONE) but that doesn't mean I think they are cheating. Truth be told, we all have the same access to the same clients. It's not like someone has an unfair advantage from their client giving them GOD MODE or something.

And I've definitely seen triggers cost people fights, so it has to take some skill to set them up and not kill yourself.

[Grim_Reefer]

I used to try to use wall hax type **** like that when I first started mudding on a client... I had used telnet for the first 5 years of my mudding life (pre-FL)... Now I type so fast that I rely solely on manual speed. It really doesn't give you any kind of advantage to use all kinds of triggers and whatnots... I don't know what highlighting is, but I don't want any part of it.

[Kyzarius]

I used to try to use wall hax type **** like that when I first started mudding on a client... I had used telnet for the first 5 years of my mudding life (pre-FL)... Now I type so fast that I rely solely on manual speed. It really doesn't give you any kind of advantage to use all kinds of triggers and whatnots... I don't know what highlighting is' date=' but I don't want any part of it.[/quote']

claiming that it doesnt give you an advantage is naive.

Triggers can be deadly, but some (get 1. wield 1. when disarmed for example) can be a life saver

Alias' are superb, and to say you can type c 'powerwordkill' grim_reefer faster than I Can type pwk grim_reefer is just making stuff up man.

Highlights can be a life saver, as you can have bad things come up in red. good things in green, as a simple example. When my sanc drops I get flashing red text not the soft grey that can easily be missed while running / chasing.

[H&R]

Lol, I tried mudding drunk once. Never again

[Sandbox]

claiming that it doesnt give you an advantage is naive.

Triggers can be deadly, but some (get 1. wield 1. when disarmed for example) can be a life saver

am i really fighting you or am i fighting a machine at this point?

Alias' are superb, and to say you can type c 'powerwordkill' grim_reefer faster than I Can type pwk grim_reefer is just making stuff up man.

these are pretty innocent, as this should be built into the game but its so much to code, and its already available through clients its better to just let people use clients.

Highlights can be a life saver, as you can have bad things come up in red. good things in green, as a simple example. When my sanc drops I get flashing red text not the soft grey that can easily be missed while running / chasing.

hi-lights are the worst in my opinion. They basically give you SUPER EYES and do the pk for you. Its impossible to forget something if EVERYTHING is highlighted in bright yellow.

These things take a way too much of the human element of the game. If I wanted to fight super geared NPC i would. I enjoy playing games with PEOPLE.

[f0xx]

There is an already built in alias system.

[Kyzarius]

am i really fighting you or am i fighting a machine at this point?

In some areas you do have to deal with automatic response. On the flip side however any heavy trigger usage usually results in the death of the user. Since triggers will stack commands when you dont want to.

these are pretty innocent, as this should be built into the game but its so much to code, and its already available through clients its better to just let people use clients.

this is build into the game, help alias

hi-lights are the worst in my opinion. They basically give you SUPER EYES and do the pk for you. Its impossible to forget something if EVERYTHING is highlighted in bright yellow.

These things take a way too much of the human element of the game. If I wanted to fight super geared NPC i would. I enjoy playing games with PEOPLE.

You're making rediculous assumptions. Highlights merely help you notice important things. Every single client out there can highlight, and if you use the in game affects tools even the mud itself will use highlights on spell durations.

You do play with people, just bcause I have an easier time noticing important spells fading...takes nothing away from the game play. In truth, you can choose to either use them or not. It is not like this is something that people take advantage of that is only available to a few people.

[Grim_Reefer]

@Kyzarius

Aliasing: I do use in game aliasing.

Triggers: I have an in game get 1.;wield 1. alias.

Highlights: That does sound incredibly useful, but I do pay very close attention during combat.

I'm just saying that using all the bells and whistles of these mud clients will make your pk game dull. I won't use triggers as I do not want ANYTHING putting in a command automatically during combat. I may get disarmed, but at the same time, I may need to get away moreso than getting my weapon back. Those two commands stacking before my flee could be terrible.

[samag08]

Seeing as how I usually play when relaxing, it means a drink or three is nearby, so technically me using many highlights gives me no great edge over anyone else, just lets me see some key things passing by in a sea of blurry text, hah.

I have used highlights for many years for many reasons for many circumstances. Such as highlighting someone's name to make it easier to spot them fleeing from me in areas with tons of mobs like winter or the shadow grove. I also highlight failed skills/spells in red and successful ones in green.

I only have used a few triggers over the years, none for PK however, that is just asking to get your rear handed to you by a smart player.

I also have many aliases that I put into my client such as "fly" might be "get dragonkin back, sheath, hold dragonkin, brandish dragonkin, remove dragonkin, put dragonkin back, draw". That obviously makes it easier for me to enjoy the game knowing I am not nearly as fast a typer as some of you guys, and missing/misspelling a single word can fudge something up rather harshly if done at the wrong time.

As for aliases in ROA, you must imput the command in the alias slot, then enter the command in the output box followed by a "return". So using those aliases for hotkeys in pk is not possible unless you manually add each opponents name and a different alias. I just use the clients alias for general things as above. I use the IG aliases for offensive actions such as "hel" = "C hellstream" and I manually imput the targets. That is something avaliable to everyone that plays.