Go North? .....well, no! Unsolved hex/ansi code problem?

Posted by July on Wed 22 Sep 2004 03:51 PM — 5 posts, 20,771 views.

#0
Ok, I use the most recent version of MC and I encountered the following weird problems:

I'm a discworld mudder (discworld.imaginary.com, Port 4242, playing a witch). It seems they use an unknown letter or glyph at the end of some room descriptions of this world, which MushClient interprets as a command (NORTH).

Please view the following html-file, where everythin' should (hopefully) become clearer to you. It will stay there up to the end of September, since it's just a "borrowed" web parking lot :)

http://www.asta.uos.de/weiberkram/Tessa/mudproblems.html

I colored my commands (PINK), so I know when the clint regards lines as command or world output.

You'll see why I first thought it's a world problem, since it only seemed to happen at "Gennie Applebotooms", this is: in 4-6 rooms of this world. I even bugrepped it. But then my witch was flying elsewhere and there it was again. Sometimes it's working fine, though.

Hope you might tell me a thing or two, else I'll have to switch client.


July
USA #1
This looks like it may be a MXP problem. Try disabling MXP, and see if it does the same thing.
Amended on Wed 22 Sep 2004 05:15 PM by Zeno
#2
Yes, I put MXP off and it stops then. Pew.

But here's the next problem (even if this time only esthetically):

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<BR>It is a slightly chilly secundus autumn's night with almost no wind and medium cloud cover.<BR></RoomDesc><RoomExits>There are three obvious exits: <Exit>east</Exit>, <Exit>southeast</Exit> and <Exit>north</Exit>.</RoomExits><BR>A swarm of fireflies is buzzing around.<BR><BR>A wise old owl arrives from the north.<BR>A wise old owl succeeds in following you.<BR>> The wise old owl blinks.<BR>One of the bulging pods in the herb garden explodes with a 'Plop'.<BR>The wise old owl blinks.<BR>
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I put the term to network (in the world settings, not in cleint settings), so the world configured it as mushclient, they know the client obviously.


Mmh, if there is this problem _without_ MXP and the other one _with_ MXP.... what to do? Older version - of either the worlds onfig or the client- worked perfectly together.

clueless, July
USA #3
Did you disable MXP on both the MUD and client? Now it looks like the MUD assumes you are using MXP, and is attempting to send you MXP commands. There should be a "MXP" command to toggle it on or off.
#4
Ah, I got it!
Sooo stupid!

I discovered my silly fault when i bugreped it again (to explain to our dear creators that it's probably not their fault), when i recognized that even while typing my "north" command came again, just after the line "NORTH"

As if triggered.


Ahhhhhh.


Yeah, i had simply forgot about an old trigger i had set 2 weeks before, triggering "door", giving back "north".
And door, as we all know, is nearly everywhere in room descriptions....


So stupid. But, at least, solved.
Hope they won't get me, triggerin' forbidden....


THX so much, hope you enjoy the solution and sorry for wasting your time,

bye!