https://www.armageddon.org/help/view/Alias
Alias is a command that allows you to shorten your input commands into the MUD.
I suggest to share the most popular ones you use when you set up your character in this thread.
I often set up my character's aliases with these:
alias speak change language
alias accent change accent
alias [ raise hood
alias ] lower hood
alias - change language sirihish
alias -- change language allundean
alias --- change language bendune
(and so on)
alias 0 disengage
alias cl change ldesc
alias 1 draw (weapon)
alias 2 sheath (weapon)
alias 3 change hands
Quote from: Ammut on March 09, 2022, 03:56:29 PM
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alias 1 draw (weapon)
alias 2 sheath (weapon)
...
Do you type "
1 axe" or "
1 sword.black"
Or do you alias the keywords for your weapon too?
Weapon aliases - updated depending on character's fighting style and primary weapon
alias dp draw spear (primary weapon)
alias ds draw sword (backup weapon)
alias sp sheath spear back
(no alias for sheathing the backup weapon, probably because it doesn't come out that often)
Other fightin' aliases
alias ch change hands ep etwo
alias dg disengage
alias asr ass -v room
Edit: also,
alias pq pull quiver
alias ld load sling
Languages
alias siri change language sirihish
alias bendu change language bendune
alias alun change language allundean
For 'gickers
alias spe skills magick
Aliases for specific spells as needed, set long enough that I don't accidentally them; e.g.
alias fireb cast 'sul un suk-krath foo bar'
Quote from: mansa on March 09, 2022, 04:01:12 PM
Quote from: Ammut on March 09, 2022, 03:56:29 PM
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alias 1 draw (weapon)
alias 2 sheath (weapon)
...
Do you type "1 axe" or "1 sword.black"
Or do you alias the keywords for your weapon too?
Typically I hard code the primary weapon I'm using to save time on typing. Milliseconds count when you're in combat.
elvish: change language alludian
dwarvish: change language mirukkim
common: change language sirihish
swap: change hands es ep
ds: draw spear
ss: sheath spear back
alias dc: draw club
alias sc: sheath club
etc.
for casters:
alias fly1: cast 'wek un fly'
alias fly2: cast 'yuqa un fly'
and so on
and because I learned unix at the same time I started playing muds, I always alias ls to look.
Aliases I use a lot:
ht - hold torch
rt - rem torch
gc - get coins pack
pc - put coins pack
dd - disengage
pack1 - open pack
pack2 - close pack
xx - assist <name>
yy - rescue <name>
Quote from: Rojer on March 09, 2022, 05:07:09 PM
for casters:
alias fly1: cast 'wek un fly'
alias fly2: cast 'yuqa un fly'
and so on
Oh, this reminds me of the bonkers way that I alias spells when I've played magickers (which thankfully is not often).
I would have an abbreviation (like sh for a made-up spell to summon hawk), followed by 0 or 1 for whether it's un, followed by a digit from 1-7 for the horn.
So I'd have 14 separate aliases per spell, in this case sh01 through sh07 and then sh11 through sh17.
Once it was all set up, I kind of liked having it, but it was a bit of a process.
Quote from: flurry on March 09, 2022, 05:43:45 PM
I would have an abbreviation (like sh for a made-up spell to summon hawk), followed by 0 or 1 for whether it's un, followed by a digit from 1-7 for the horn.
So I'd have 14 separate aliases per spell, in this case sh01 through sh07 and then sh11 through sh17.
Once it was all set up, I kind of liked having it, but it was a bit of a process.
I'm going to steal the leading 0 for nil, that's a great idea.
In the past I have used: fly-1, to indicate use of qntlz
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prompt \nhp:%h/%H st:%t/%T mv:%v/%V fx:%x/%X mp:%m/%M %p\ntime:%e day:%d %P\n%S\n%A sta:%c spe:%w\nf:%u t:%U b:%E\n%a %o\n\n
alias cld change ldesc
alias asv assess -v
pagelength 100
alias il BULLSHTI
alias sto stop
alias stopp stopp
alias rescur rescue
alias ch change hands
alias r DONTREST
alias spelf change language allundean
alias spcommon change language sirihish
alias spben change language bendune
alias spdwa change language mirukkim
alias spcav change language cavilish
alias spta change language tatlum
alias fbundle craft feather 2.feather 3.feather 4.feather 5.feather into #1
I paste that into my terminal on every new character
1 stop
2 incriminate
bow draw bow back
bowsh sheath bow back
cha change hands etwo ep
drbow draw bow back
drdag draw dagger gloves
drskin draw skinning sheath
drspear draw spear
drth draw throwing sheath
fosto forage stone
offtick offer ticket half
pull pull quiver
shbow sheath bow back
shdag sheath dagger gloves
shskin sheath skinning sheath
shspear sheath spear
shth sheath throwing sheath
throw throw throwing
tube make smoke papers pinch
Z for stop
Everything else is just initials or abbreviations
dkb- draw knife boots
cls - change language sirihish
Etc
Quote from: SpyGuy on March 09, 2022, 09:35:11 PM
cls - change language sirihish
Instructions unclear, entire screen has been cleared.
My main aliases are:
cl - Change Language
ca - Change Accent
ch - Change Hands
ass - assess -v
Everything else varies by character. Often times I'll do:
sad - emote @'s face draws downward into a pout
angry - emote digs %me foot into the ground in a twisting motion
etc etc
Pfb - cast 'pav un fireball'
Sfb - cast 'sul un fireball'
Etc etc for spells.
I use zmud.
I use the following pattern for spell aliases:
#alias castspell {'cast %1 %2 element sphere mood' %3}
This allows filling in the variables from the command line, with use like:
castarmor wek un me
It takes a little more typing, but only requires one alias per spell
Similarly
#alias {sshoot} {
get arrow bag
#wa 500
wield arrow
#wa 500
shoot %1 %2}
So, sshoot jozhal east
I also use:
looka -
look north
look east
look west
look south
look up
look down
hunteast
go east
#wa 2000
looka
#wa 5000
hunt
searcheast
go east
#wa 2000
looka
#wa 5000
search
And while not the same, I use a unique character string in my prompt, qzxvft .
I use the trigger:
#trigger {qzxvft} {#sub %time(c)}
This results in every prompt line starting with the current date and timestamp.
3/10/2022 10:18:39 AM xxx/xxxhp etc
Quote from: Halcyon on March 10, 2022, 01:21:43 PM
blah blah blah
That's not using the in-game alias command....Which is the point of this thread.
Make your own thread about your mud client magic.
*shakes fist in the air like an angry old man*
I'm now wondering why I do not use more myself, may have to make a day of shorten some!
Only one I use is :
ll
which is basically look in all directions.
Quote from: Kestria on March 10, 2022, 04:01:02 PM
ll
which is basically look in all directions.
You can't do that with the in-game alias command. ;D (points to previous post) (makes grumpy noise)
Quote from: SpyGuy on March 09, 2022, 09:35:11 PM
cls - change language sirihish
I do the same!
And this one is my main one that I use on all of my PC's (yes, it could be better):
alias nof disengage
The first thing I do every time is
alias f flee
alias ff flee self
The rest can wait