Scripting Problems

[gaz]

Hi guys, jus started writing a few scripts to make my life easier and am getting really into it.

Theres just 2 snippets i'm having problem with:

1) This is meant to check the distance from the target, then if it is too far away set to follow as long as i'm not moving.

if distance > 100 and target~="" and target~=myself and status~=33 then --If target is not close
originalx=FFXI.player_GetXPos( ) --Get Original X Y Z Position
originaly=FFXI.player_GetYPos( )
originalz=FFXI.player_GetZPos( )
Windower.script_Sleep(5000) -- Wait 5 seconds
elapsedx=FFXI.player_GetXPos( ) --Get Elapsed X Y Z Position
elapsedy=FFXI.player_GetYPos( )
elapsedz=FFXI.player_GetZPos( ) --A slight diffe in the 2 position sets indicates in the 5 secs the target has moved
Windower.script_Sleep(500)
if originalx==elapsedx and originaly==elapsedy and originalz==elapsedz then--If I've not moved in the 5 secs
Control.control_SendString('/follow')
Windower.script_Sleep(2000)
end
end


Description: What happens is, the distance check will pass in at any distance unless i put it to 400 then it wont at any distance (so if im right next to the target with it set to 300 it will still follow). I want the follow to kick in if the distance is > 100 and if i have not moved in the past 5 seconds (movement check works i believe).



Next...

2) This is just a syntax problem im sure... I want to be able to pass variables into the send string function. I asume some sort of concatenation would work but i am unfamiliar with perl.


if currentmp==maxmp and status==33 then --If MP is full and im healing then stop healing
Control.control_SendString('/tell 'mytarget' Ready: MP:<mp>')
Control.control_SendString('/heal off')
Windower.script_Sleep(6000)
end


Also tried this

if currentmp==maxmp and status==33 then --If MP is full and im healing then stop healing
Control.control_SendString('/tell ', mytarget, ' Ready: MP:<mp>')
Control.control_SendString('/heal off')
Windower.script_Sleep(6000)
end

Description: This sends a message to let my target know that i am ready. mytarget is a global defined when the program first runs by getting the current target and setting it to mytarget. However, it appears you can only send a single line string.


Any help would be appreciated, thank you.

[gaz]

Any idea's anyone?

Somebody mentioned some functions might not be working properly... which would explain why the distance is not working.

[sdphantom]

gaz said:

Any idea's anyone?

Somebody mentioned some functions might not be working properly... which would explain why the distance is not working.

Ya, excluding the chat functions, what list of functions that wasn't broken after the Dec 12th update were wiped out by the Feb 20th one.

[sdphantom]

gaz said:

Hi guys, jus started writing a few scripts to make my life easier and am getting really into it.

Theres just 2 snippets i'm having problem with:

1) This is meant to check the distance from the target, then if it is too far away set to follow as long as i'm not moving.

if distance > 100 and target~="" and target~=myself and status~=33 then --If target is not close
originalx=FFXI.player_GetXPos( ) --Get Original X Y Z Position
originaly=FFXI.player_GetYPos( )
originalz=FFXI.player_GetZPos( )
Windower.script_Sleep(5000) -- Wait 5 seconds
elapsedx=FFXI.player_GetXPos( ) --Get Elapsed X Y Z Position
elapsedy=FFXI.player_GetYPos( )
elapsedz=FFXI.player_GetZPos( ) --A slight diffe in the 2 position sets indicates in the 5 secs the target has moved
Windower.script_Sleep(500)
if originalx==elapsedx and originaly==elapsedy and originalz==elapsedz then--If I've not moved in the 5 secs
Control.control_SendString('/follow')
Windower.script_Sleep(2000)
end
end


Description: What happens is, the distance check will pass in at any distance unless i put it to 400 then it wont at any distance (so if im right next to the target with it set to 300 it will still follow). I want the follow to kick in if the distance is > 100 and if i have not moved in the past 5 seconds (movement check works i believe).

A few distance ranges for FFXI:

• ~3 = Melee range (varies dependiing on mob size and maybe weapon equipped)
  
• 6 = Target interaction (NPCs, Doors, Etc.)
  
• 18 = Sub Magic (Secondary magic type of main/sub job)
  
• 21 = Main Magic (Primaty magic type of main job)
  
• 25 = Ranged Attack
  
• 30 = Auto-Attack Engagement
  
• 50 = Max Draw Distance (All objects past this distance are no longer acknowledged by the FFXI client)
  

gaz said:

Next...

2) This is just a syntax problem im sure... I want to be able to pass variables into the send string function. I asume some sort of concatenation would work but i am unfamiliar with perl.


if currentmp==maxmp and status==33 then --If MP is full and im healing then stop healing
Control.control_SendString('/tell 'mytarget' Ready: MP:<mp>')
Control.control_SendString('/heal off')
Windower.script_Sleep(6000)
end


Also tried this

if currentmp==maxmp and status==33 then --If MP is full and im healing then stop healing
Control.control_SendString('/tell ', mytarget, ' Ready: MP:<mp>')
Control.control_SendString('/heal off')
Windower.script_Sleep(6000)
end

Description: This sends a message to let my target know that i am ready. mytarget is a global defined when the program first runs by getting the current target and setting it to mytarget. However, it appears you can only send a single line string.


Any help would be appreciated, thank you.

This'll run better.

Control.control_SendString("/tell "..mytarget.." Ready: MP:<mp>")
Control.control_SendString("/heal off")


[gaz]

..<var>.. is a new way for me to include variables in a string.

The distance thing should help, hope it works.

Cheers dude