EDITED:
Deleted my original post as it was not needed.
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Mystical Fists-Auto Fellow
New Version 1.0.0.1b
<MF-AF>
Updated 12/03/03

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Mystical Fists

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Welcome to MFAF!

This script was created to help with the maintaining of fellows automaticly through the use passwords and @tell commands. It'd become apparent to me that ELTank's Auto-Fellow was becoming more and more unstable as at times it was unable to recruit, add people to a wait list, remove people from a wait list, and/or tell a person their place on the wait list from time to time. This script does all of that and more.

MFAF Features:
- Auto-detection of fellow leadership (meaning you can start this upon login or while in fellow)
- Chat screen notification of program action (Enabled/Disabled)
- Auto-Recruitment via changable passwords in @tells (default is XP)
- Auto-WaitList handling (Adding, Removing, Informing, Etc)
- WaitList listing command (you'll list everyone on the wait list in order)
- WaitList holding command (you'll halt the wait list for X minutes, great in cases of fellowers computer crashing, fellowers relogging, etc).
- I can't really think of what else it may do, lol

Most of these features are activated in @tells to you, the opperator of the script, however, some commands are used by you through chat bar commands.

These are the @tell commands currently available:
help - Gives info about MFAF and the commands available to the @teller.
password - Recruits the @teller to the fellow or adds them to the wait list (Default password is XP, but may be changed).
list - Lists the @teller's specific position in the wait list.
remove - Removes the @teller from the wait list.
waitlist - Lists off all names on the wait list in order.
hold - Halts the wait list for X minutes. This function may be turned on/off, but is always available to you with the Chat line commands (Default is off).

These are the chat line commands currently available:
/ActCmd help - Shows these commands.
/ActCmd hold - Holds the recruiting and informing of open slots in fellow for X minutes.
/ActCmd waitlist - Lists every person on the wait list in order.

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***VERSION HISTORY***
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-Version 1.0.0.1b
--- Fixed some code so MFAF can warn you and self-correct being Squelched by the Server
--- Fixed some code so MFAF can warn you and stop upon an @tell error
--- Fixed a bug that could cause errors with @tells
---Added some code to make implimenting fellow chat and emotes easier in the future
--- Fixed some code i left in during testing that made MFAF think that 1 person was a full fellow
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Requirements
---Decal 2.6.0.1
---ACTool 4.4.15 AND Beta 5

Remember, this is a beta version. I have tried to do extensive testing with this, but it is possible there will be bugs. If you do find any, please post here or contact me with the information above. Also, if you have any other suggestion, changes, or additions, let me know as well. If this works ok, this will also be the non-beta version which I'll transfer over to the AC Tool Macros Forum.

TY!
MF

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Thank you to all those that've helped:

• Cam, OnceBitten, and Ipa (ACTool Developers)
• All The Decal Developers
• Ahk (TinkerBot Developer, which much of this code came from)
• DaMOB and Triane {Coding support with MFAF}
• Bug Testers---- Grayson/Diatribe, Therizon, Warsong of Zek, Tevoi-la, X-Magi, Dee-Mule, Flower of Dawn, Captain Schmidt, Coolio In Da Hood, Diamond Rage, Antoine, Eternal Death Mage, Bad Bowa, Chili Dawg, and Yura Freek.

#1 You have made an effort so you want get a RTFM from me (or worse).
#2 Datasets are a bit intimidating but once you sink you teeth into them you will love them.
#3 What about the datasets have you tried and you can't figure out?
#4 Keep at it.

Here is a simple example.

Dataset WaitingList
Name = String 80
End

//DSEdit WaitingList
DSAppend WaitingList
SetConst WaitingList[Name] = Nametobeadded
DSPost WaitingList

No need to hardcode Waitinglist but if you wish to have a maximum of 30 on a waiting list do this.

No, per Cam the dataset has to be put into the edit mode or else. So, you DSEdit, DSApend, and then finalize it with a DSPost. Now, from what I gather its a Decal thing but don't quote me on that.

When Cam first told me how to use Datasets he instructed me to do it this way and I have never done otherwise.

An example would be:

DSEdit A //A is now in an edit state
SetConst A[Name] = Blah //Whatever record number we are at is being modified.
DSPost A //Save the modified A

BUT if you want to append onto the records I was instructed and if I remember right if you don't tool will gripe and crash to DSAppend.

DSEdit A //A is now in an edit state
DSAppend //A has now just had a new record added on the tail end and our current record is the new last record
SetConst A[Name] = Blah //We are changing the name field in the current record which is the last record of A
DSPost A //Save the modified A

I sort of think of DSEdit as Open and DSPost as Close. So, if you APPEND you have to open the file/dataset first then append onto it then close it. Looking at it like this it makes perfect sense (if you have done any I/O before and you have I am sure).

Hehe -- well then don't tell anyone, b/c NONE of my macros that use datasets do that and they all DSAppend properly. If that's supposed to crash AC, or ACTools, don't let my version know, b/c it hasn't done it yet!

FnB3, and BowHunter both use DSAppend extensively and although I HAVE had dataset issues vis-a-vis LoadDecalWorldEx, I've never experienced adverse affects (or even incorrect results) from DSAppending sans DSEdit. Try it, see if it works for you too!

My understanding from the Help was that DSAppend and DSEdit are different methods for putting the dataset into edit-mode but doing so for different purposes.

Oh, and I just looked this up in ACTools' help:

DSInsert, DSAppend and DSEdit all put the dataset into Edit mode. I don't know if there is any problem with calling DSEdit before DSAppend or DSInsert, both may work without error.
I know there was an error in incStacker.mac, due to calling DSEdit before DSDelete (trying to delete a record that was in uncommitted Edit mode).

Cool something changed since Cam told me so now I can go delete all my fooking dual instances although this new way just looks stupid but each to their own.

Glad it works for you Triane but Cam told me this back in the older forums when I first asked how to use them. As I said oh, well.

Edit: only had about 4 or 5 instances of dsedit/dsappend so out dsedit went and I hope it works. The rest are dsedit go do lots of things and dsappend etc... so those I didn't touch. Every millisec counts imo.

Thanks for all the replies guys. I decided to take a crack at DataSets and it seems to be working so far. Also sampled some code from Ahk's TinkerBot macro, so it's helpin a ton as well. Changed all messaging over to the ChatHandler that was built into TinkerBot, so that I don't fork up coding for multiple people @telling me. Just found out that Companion can also track the amount of members in fellow, so I can continue coding for when to recruit someone from the list if the fellow's full.

Not really that much new, just giving a heads up if anyone's wondering about where I went too, hehe.

EDIT: Didn't really care if there was a cap or not on the wait list, it's just that before I decided to use DataSets, I knew I'd have to have a constant for each person's name on the wait list. With DataSets, it'll automaticly handle their name and number, so this should work

Ok, came a long ways from that first rendition I gave, but still not ready to fully release what I've got. Just looking for a suggestion or sample of how to decrease a value in a DataSet. Here's a short clip of what I'm working with.

The easiest way I can think of to keep the list correct is to remove people (person at the top [DSFirst]) as they're added and then just @tell the new person at the top.

IE...

If you get an @tell from someone asking their position, then just do a DSLocate on their name.
...

Wow, thanks a ton Ahk!! That's awsome. You're example also showed me some other code that I could clean up:

Replace

Mystical Fists-Auto Fellow
<MF-AF>

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***VERSION HISTORY***
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-Version 1.0.0.0b
---This is the first version!
---WTF do you think is new?!?

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Info on first post at top of page 1


I've got this posted on the vnboards as well, and already have 1 suggestion, that I was actually working on, but couldn't find a way to do it. I want to add an @tell command and chat line command that would allow people to add names to the wait list, even if they're not that person. Also, I wanted to add a chat line command to remove people (not an @tell command for fear of abuse by haters, lol).

This is the kind of code I was thinking of if anyone wants to take a look and give a suggestion or two:

Can't mix them up, I've asked that very question myself in the past

It can only be ActCmd or Using, but not both.
You can /tell yourself -- I used to do it on TinkerBot to summon portals for people who don't bother asking the portal bot that is standing right there and just spam hey anyone got this portal for 5 minutes...<uh rant off>.

Despite the fact that you can't use both, you can probably get away with using {ActCmdParam}, and splitting it up into individual parts (somewhat difficult process), and then use it to do what you want...

Ie
Procedure Test On ActCmd test
Sendtext 3, Test was called with extra parameter {ActCmdParam} !!
End

Then do this is AC:
/actcmd test hey this is my extra, parameters, that have to be split!
...or whatever you care to blurb into it hehe.
Splitting it up can be difficult, you'll need to use Str** commands to do that.

Gluck
Ahk

Mystical Fists-Auto Fellow
New Version 1.0.0.1b
Updated 12/03/03

-Version 1.0.0.1b
--- Fixed some code so MFAF can warn you and self-correct being Squelched by the Server
--- Fixed some code so MFAF can warn you and stop upon an @tell error
--- Fixed a bug that could cause errors with @tells
---Added some code to make implimenting fellow chat and emotes easier in the future
--- Fixed some code i left in during testing that made MFAF think that 1 person was a full fellow

Updated script is located at the bottom of the first post

i am looking for these files

does anyone have them, or another solution for an automatic fellow plugin?

Nothing like replying to a Thread thats SIX YEARS DEAD!!!

The Site was hacked around 4 years ago so any files where lost. but the Threads were able to be restored (Without the Files).

6 years and still looking, sad i know


oh well worth a shot right?

Yeah, having something like this would be very useful. Maybe we can come up with one using the info in this post and this forum.