how do i view world.log file?

ID:173607
 
Dec 10 2003, 7:35 am
i tried making a basic world log file using it like this:

world
log = 'worldlog.txt'

mob
verb/TalkorSomething()
set name = "Talk of Something"
world.log << "[usr] has did something."

and on mob Login(), i have it like this:

mob/Login()
if(src.key = "ZDarkGoku")
src << browse(world.log)

it doesn't works. is there any tutorial on something about world.logs?
Dec 10 2003, 8:05 am
ZDarkGoku wrote:
i tried making a basic world log file using it like this:

world
log = 'worldlog.txt'

A couple problems with this section. First, you have worldlog.txt in single quotes (') which means it is a file stuck in your resource file, instead of a dynamic file in the game directory. Second, you can't set world.log at compile time, it must be set at runtime.

Replace that section with this:
world
    New() // when the world boots
        ..() // do the regular new stuff
        world.log = "worldlog.txt" // redirect log output


mob/Login()
if(src.key = "ZDarkGoku")
src << browse(world.log)

The problem here is that it doesn't recognize world.log as a file to browse.
mob/Login()
    if(src.key == "ZDarkGoku")
        // open the file "worldlog.txt" and display it in the browser
        src << browse(file("worldlog.txt"))


is there any tutorial on something about world.logs?

Not that I'm aware of, but most of the information above is readily available in the world.log reference entry and the file proc reference entry that is linked directly from the world.log entry.

Knowing to put it in world.New() is just a matter of experience. Anything you that you want to happen at runtime when your world starts should be in world.New().