Hey! I haven't been on these forums in a while, but added adverbs for the custom mob movement using the same technique so on my mud you'll see:
A Metroplex citizen walks casually in from the east.
HOW? I added an adverb subsection to medit:
> medit 100
-- Mob Number: [100]
1) Sex: male 2) Keywords: Metroplex citizen
3) S-Desc: a Metroplex citizen
4) L-Desc:-
A Metroplex citizen gives you a polite nod as he passes you.
5) D-Desc:-
Clothed in the skin-tight red and gold uniform of the Metroplex, the citizen
represents one of the best and brightest that humanity has to offer across an
infinite set of time lines. The look of pure delight tells you he recognizes
this as a once-in-a-lifetime chance to impart, or ingest, the collective
knowledge gathered by adventurers.
6) Position : Standing
7) Default : Standing
Attack : hit
R) Race : Human
V) Move Text : walks
Y) Adverbs : briskly confidently boldly casually resolutely
9) Stats Menu...
A) NPC Flags : ISNPC STAY-ZONE
B ) AFF Flags : NOBITS
S) Script : Not Set.
W) Copy mob
X) Delete mob
Q) Quit
y
1) slowly 2) quickly
3) briskly 4) clumsily
5) gracefully 6) wearily
7) noisily
silently
9) awkwardly 10) confidently
11) nervously 12) boldly
13) cautiously 14) recklessly
15) deliberately 16) eagerly
17) reluctantly 18) smoothly
19) haltingly 20) methodically
21) mechanically 22) hesitantly
23) hurriedly 24) calmly
25) urgently 26) lazily
27) formally 28) casually
29) purposefully 30) drowsily
31) energetically 32) menacingly
33) innocently 34) ominously
35) cheerfully 36) gloomily
37) stoically 38) elegantly
39) sluggishly 40) frantically
41) lethargically 42) dutifully
43) grumpily 44) gently
45) impatiently 46) patiently
47) restlessly 48) grimly
49) proudly 50) subtly
51) forcefully 52) timidly
53) jovially 54) melancholically
55) decisively 56) indifferently
57) playfully 58) joyously
59) angrily 60) merrily
61) resolutely 62) tentatively
63) fearfully 64) heedlessly
65) idly
Current adverbs : briskly confidently boldly casually resolutely
Enter adverb number to toggle (0 to quit) :
errr, i dont think i should have 65... this should prob to up to 63 as it's a 64bit long long flag.. anyway, pulling from constants.c
Code:
const char *mob_movement_adverbs[] = {
"slowly",
"quickly",
"briskly",
"clumsily",
"gracefully",
"wearily",
"noisily",
"silently",
"awkwardly",
"confidently",
"nervously",
"boldly",
"cautiously",
"recklessly",
"deliberately",
"eagerly",
"reluctantly",
"smoothly",
"haltingly",
"methodically",
"mechanically",
"hesitantly",
"hurriedly",
"calmly",
"urgently",
"lazily",
"formally",
"casually",
"purposefully",
"drowsily",
"energetically",
"menacingly",
etc.
and in act.movement.c a 'lil helper function:
Code:
/* Pick one random adverb from the mob's assigned flags. */
static const char *random_mob_adverb(uint64_t flags) {
if (!flags)
return NULL;
int idxs[NUM_MOB_ADV], n = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < NUM_MOB_ADV && mob_movement_adverbs[i][0] != '\n'; ++i) {
if (flags & (1ULL << i)) {
idxs[n++] = i;
}
}
if (n == 0)
return NULL;
and in the most unnecessarily commented function in all of tbamud, do_simple_move, I build the message (for both leaving and arriving parts):
Code:
/* Generate the leave message and display to others in the was_in room. */
if (IS_NPC(ch)) {
/* Mobs: use custom verb from medit (X Y Z style) + optional adverb. */
const char *adv = random_mob_adverb(GET_MOBADV(ch));
snprintf(leave_message, sizeof(leave_message),
"$n %s%s%s %s.",
mob_movement_text[(int)GET_MOBMOVE(ch)],
adv ? " " : "",
adv ? adv : "",
dirs[dir]);
act(leave_message, TRUE, ch, 0, 0, TO_ROOM);
} else if (!AFF_FLAGGED(ch, AFF_SNEAK)) {
if (AFF_FLAGGED(ch, AFF_FLYING)) {
/* flying PC */
snprintf(leave_message, sizeof(leave_message),
"$n hovers %s.", dirs[dir]);
} else {
/* grounded PC: verb depends on move % */
const char *adv = random_mob_adverb(GET_MOBADV(ch));
snprintf(leave_message, sizeof(leave_message),
"$n %s%s%s %s.",
movement_verb(ch),
adv ? " " : "",
adv ? adv : "",
dirs[dir]);
}
act(leave_message, TRUE, ch, 0, 0, TO_ROOM);
}
there's something else at play here, movement check of the pc and then changing walks to crawls/stumbles/whatever based on the % of their movement points.
Milholy crawls north.
5_000h 5_000n 5_000e>
Milholy crawls in from the north.
5_000h 5_000n 5_000e>
.refresh mil
You access your program library and successfully execute refresh.
5_000h 4_990n 5_000e>
Milholy shuffles north.
5_000h 4_990n 5_000e>
Milholy shuffles in from the north.
The poor PC was at 2% energy (movement) and used refresh to get her up to around 50%. I mean, critical to a mud's function? No. fun? Yes. well, adding color and making it your own is fun.
anyway - Verb is great, random adverb is icing.
