Useful Parents > Wander Parent

dbref:	#7419
Author:	TheFool76

Commands

wander info	shows current wander status
wander start	starts wandering
wander stop	stops wandering
wander reset	sets current room back to the start of the path
wander help	show this help text
wander	wander object only command - wander obj uses this internally

Attributes

@current_path_attr	name of attr to find room list for path - Allows easy switching between different path lists
@mode	wander mode (RAND, LIN, LOOP, RAID, SHUF)
@direction	direction of travel (A, D) (Only aplys to LOOP and LIN modes)
@wandering	indicates if the wander code is currently enabled (1, 0)
@current_dest	The room to move towards
@current_dest_num	The position of the current room in the room list
@wander_delay	time in seconds to wait between moves
@awander	replaces @amove for wanderers - triggers after room actions

Modes

RAND	picks dest from list at random
LIN	cycles through the list from end to end
LOOP	loops through the list in one @direction
RAID	bounces between the first room in the list and one randomly picked from the remainder
SHUF	like loop except the direction randomly changes each time

Room Actions

To set an action that is triggered when the wanderer enters a room define an atribute on the wanderer with the same name as the id of the room you want the action on. The room does not have to be one of the rooms in the path.

Example
@def Lost Child/#1234
@#1234 Lost Child=wander stop;@emit %n falls down the well!;@atime me="HELP! I'm in the well!

Comments

Questions and comments are welcome!

-- SluggyQBFreak - 04 Nov 2006