Macro Trouble

ID:160021
 
Dec 1 2008, 9:56 pm
Hi guys, just another question.
How do you stop someone from holding a macro and letting them use the verb like a spam?

'Coz I have Meditate as a macro, and when they hold 'm' it lets them spam it, even when it has an if(!usr.meditating)

thanks guys.
Dec 2 2008, 6:31 am
The problem is in your code then, post the snippet and we'll help.
Dec 2 2008, 10:10 am
Uncheck the repeat option from that macro.

Of course, if you do not have control_freak set to 1, they can still modify their local skin copy and check repeat again.

If you have a stat gain at the beginning, move it after a delay. If it is looped and you do not want the loop to stack up, specify the value to something unique, such as: 
mob/verb/Meditate()
   src << "Start meditating f00!"
   var/start = world.time   //  Sets the unique identifier to the world.time value (amount of time since world started)
   src.meditate = start
   
   while(1)
       sleep(rand(100,1000))      //  Random delay
       if(start != src.meditate)  //  If the values do not match, something is wrong... so:
            break                 //  Breaks/stops this loop.
        src << "You feel more stupid as people walk by you, staring."  //  This would not happen if the loop was broken

   src << "You finally stop acting like you were meditating."
Dec 3 2008, 5:15 pm
In response to Andre-g1
It's preset using a script file
macro//define these as Macros:
    M return "Meditate"




    player
        verb
            Meditate()
                set hidden = 1
                if(!src.onshikai && !src.onbankai)
                    if (!usr.medding)
                        if(!usr.doin)
                            usr<<output("<font color=green>You started meditating","default.Battle")
                            if(src.quest == "Starting")
                                src.quest = "Sparr"
                                spawn(10)
                                    alert(src,"Great. Now you're fully awake, why not stretch out a bit? Click the S key to Spar yourself.")
                            src.icon_state = "meditate"
                            src.canmove = 0
                            src.medding = 1
                            src.doin = 1
                            while(src.medding)
                                sleep(200)
                                src.credits += 1
                                sleep(300)
                                src.maxrei += 1
                    else
                        usr<<output("<font color=green>You stopped meditating","default.Battle")
                        src.icon_state = ""
                        src.canmove = 1
                        src.medding = 0
                        src.doin = 0
                else
                    usr <<"Please revert from shikai/bankai first."