Color Triggers for MUSHclient

[Aaron Goulet]

One of my frustrations with ArmageddonMUD is the lack of ANSI color support, so I have created a set of MUSHclient triggers that colorize and highlight important in-game events.  Realizing that I am probably not the only one who might benefit from this, I uploaded my trigger file here to share with you all.

I'd like to emphasize that these triggers do not actually perform any automated commands, but rather highlight and color the following output:

• Room titles and exits.
• Says, tells, shouts, asks, and the like, whether or not you're sitting at a table.
• Telepathic messages sent or received via the Way.
• Thinks and feels.
• Anything within quotation marks.

Remember that you'll need to save the .mct file to your computer, and then import it into your world in the 'triggers' section of your configuration page.  Once you've imported the triggers, feel free to change the colors and styles to your preferences, but I'd recommend not tampering with the trigger itself unless you're familiar with regular expressions.

That's it!  Enjoy!

[Xagon]

I'm working on something similiar with C-Mud, myself. I would share it, but it goes much deeper than simple highlighting.

[MarshallDFX]

Can some of the triggers be disabled with relative ease?  If I only want a couple of those things highlighted?

[Xeran Van Houten]

Aaron Goulet wins Arm.

[HunterKiller]

I'm working on something similiar with C-Mud, myself. I would share it, but it goes much deeper than simple highlighting.

I'm still using z-mud and am in the same skimmer. It'd be nice for newer players to have access to color highlighting if nothing else because it really does make things a lot easier as well as a lot prettier on the eyes, but stripping away IC-related info and distributing a file that's already set up is problematic sometimes when you have different program versions come along that are no longer compatible with the files posted, etc. I'm wondering if it would be easier to do something similar we have in the past and compile everyone's generic trigger patterns (minus any IC-related ones) and put it in a section on the website?

- HK

[Aaron Goulet]

Can some of the triggers be disabled with relative ease?  If I only want a couple of those things highlighted?

Yep.  Here's how you do it:

1. From the menu, go to Game -> Configure -> Triggers....
2. Highlight the trigger you want to disable, and press the Edit... button.
3. Uncheck the Enabled checkbox.

And you're done!  You can always go back in and re-check that checkbox later to use the trigger again.

By the way, I found out that one of the triggers is broken (the last one on the list that's supposed to detect when people hit you); you may have noticed some pink, italicized text at the mantis head as a result.  I've removed it from the .mct file and re-uploaded, but if you've already imported it, you'll need to manually remove that particular trigger by selecting it and clicking Remove.

[Agent_137]

nice, but that's all?

I don't have time to clean mine up now (lots of too IC stuff), but i will eventually. And when our powers combine . . .

[Aaron Goulet]

nice, but that's all?

I don't have time to clean mine up now (lots of too IC stuff), but i will eventually. And when our powers combine . . .

By all means, please share them when you get the chance to tidy them up!  I'm thinking we can compile a more complete "community release", eventually.  I'm willing to host it, as well as any player-made coloring schemes for other clients.  E-mail me at aaron@gouletonline.com if you have any you'd like to share, ladies and gentlemen.

FYI: The trigger file I posted here is version 1.0, and has only seen minimal testing/use.

[FuSoYa]

I'm working on something similiar with C-Mud, myself. I would share it, but it goes much deeper than simple highlighting.

I had zMUD and now CMUD set up with colors now since I started ARM.  Highlighting things that are important to me.  Like you though, some of them and the scripts I've put in are a bit sensitive but if anyone is interested I can try and pull out the color triggers.

Brandon

[JustAnotherGuy]

I'll take a look and try it out.  I use a few Highlights, but not too many because I'm not that talented with them.

[tortall]

I've done this on my own. Things I have colored:
Each language with it's own color
say/says/ask/asks/whisper/whispers - All one color
You, your
gives you
telepathic
arrives(for when lots of people are following, then you can memorize how many arrives you should have behind you, and know if you loose someone.)

I mostly use it for things I can miss in spam, and would likely be important things I would see.

From you list, Aaron, I think the only thing I would add is languages. It's helped me a lot to notice when I'm NOT speaking the language I want to be speaking. ;-)

[Agent_137]

By all means, please share them when you get the chance to tidy them up!  I'm thinking we can compile a more complete "community release", eventually.

get my sanitized MCL file here:
---sorry the link is broken---
(you should also get my infobar and put it into the mushclient/scripts directory, login, and enter /InstallInfobar() to get it working.)

[Xagon]

I'm working on something similiar with C-Mud, myself. I would share it, but it goes much deeper than simple highlighting.

I had zMUD and now CMUD set up with colors now since I started ARM.  Highlighting things that are important to me.  Like you though, some of them and the scripts I've put in are a bit sensitive but if anyone is interested I can try and pull out the color triggers.

Brandon

I'd be -VERY- interested in seeing those scripts, especially if you've configured the automapper to any degree.

[FuSoYa]

I'm working on something similiar with C-Mud, myself. I would share it, but it goes much deeper than simple highlighting.

I had zMUD and now CMUD set up with colors now since I started ARM.  Highlighting things that are important to me.  Like you though, some of them and the scripts I've put in are a bit sensitive but if anyone is interested I can try and pull out the color triggers.

Brandon

I'd be -VERY- interested in seeing those scripts, especially if you've configured the automapper to any degree.

I have not configured the automapper but send me a PM with your email and I'll show you what I got.

Brandon

[JustAnotherGuy]

Tried to DL it and it's saying it's a broken link.

[tortall]

This is something that's REALLY easy to set up on your own.

On MUSHclient:
Display
Highlight word

You type in the word or -phrase-(I've put in whole sdescs before) you wanna highlighted.

Click on the square next to "Text" to change you color.

You can highlight ANYTHING you want.

If you have questions, feel free to IM me.

[Xeran Van Houten]

Unless I'm looking at it wrong, that only works on one thing.  You can have multiple triggers.

[tortall]

Unless I'm looking at it wrong, that only works on one thing.  You can have multiple triggers.

You just do it again for each word. :-p

[Kevo]

I only highlight two things, :Templar, and Cilops

Both bright red.

[Agent_137]

Unless I'm looking at it wrong, that only works on one thing.  You can have multiple triggers.

You just do it again for each word. :-p

you can use * to match anything if you want to highlight the entire line.

if you want to go batshit crazy like I did and learn regex for superman like matching, you can do that too. Here's a good regex tutorial:
http://www.anaesthetist.com/mnm/perl/Findex.htm#regex.htm

p.s.
IM me i like to help with stuff like this more than I like to play armageddon.

[FuSoYa]

Unless I'm looking at it wrong, that only works on one thing.  You can have multiple triggers.

You just do it again for each word. :-p

you can use * to match anything if you want to highlight the entire line.

if you want to go batshit crazy like I did and learn regex for superman like matching, you can do that too. Here's a good regex tutorial:
http://www.anaesthetist.com/mnm/perl/Findex.htm#regex.htm

p.s.
IM me i like to help with stuff like this more than I like to play armageddon.

*Brandon

[morrigan]

If anyone would be willing to share some zmud color triggers I'd lurve it. My eyes start to cross after awhile, color helps me break the text up into more readable bits. I can be reached by pm here, or on aim at mrdvant2004.