However, the program is not attached to anything, and so at this stage, will never actually run. Now it must be attached to the goblin (staples are preferred, crazy glue is ok), and the conditions that will trigger it set. There are a wide array of triggers and trigger types, however these will be covered in depth later. For now, we shall use one of the simplest, grall (greet all). Grall will trigger the mprog when anyone enters the room, visible or not to the goblin. Grall also takes a percentage to determine if it should fire every time, or more randomly.

Here we enter the mobile editor for the goblin and add the mobile prog (addmprog), also vnum 120 in this particular case, using a grall trigger, with 100% chance of triggering when anyone enters. In order to test this out, the mob is then loaded, and I leave and renter the room, triggering the program.

medit 120
addmprog 120 grall 100
Mprog Added.

done
load mob 120
Ok.
south
north
In common, a repulsive goblin says 'What would you be searching for, down in the depths, man thing?'


But we wanted this program to greet people by name. In order to do that, we need to look at the variables you can use in mprogs.

Variables

There is quite a selection of variables you can use in mprogs, and you should be able to find one that suits your purpose. The following table is large, but don't panic - you are not expected to memorise it. It's here for reference.

WARNING

It is important to remember that mobs, objects and rooms see the world from slightly different perspectives, so the $ codes may vary in their output slightly when run by different entities. Please test your programs with the object/room/mob that will be running it.

An example is the following program, attached to both a room and an object with a kill trigger:

say Fataility! $n has killed $t!

The output on killing a goblin in the arena (for me) is:

ROOM:	In common, the Arena says 'Fataility Meathe has killed a goblin!'
OBJECT:	In common, -+-UlTiMaTe WeAPoN-+- says 'Fataility a goblin has killed someone!'

It's not an ideal situation, however, altering the logic of this would disrupt many current progs. Your milage may vary, simply remember to test.

From the table, either $n (name of person setting off the trigger) or $N (name and title) are what we'd like to use for the goblin. In this example, we'll replace the code 'man thing' with $N, add one line to make the goblin peer at the character and finally trigger the program again.


mpedit 120
code
-=======- Entering APPEND Mode -========-
Type .h on a new line for help
Terminate with a ~ or @ on a blank line.
-=======================================-
1. say And what would you be wanting in a place like this, man thing?
> .r 'man thing' '$N'
'man thing' replaced with '$N'.
> peer $n
> @
[enter]
Vnum: [120]
Code:
say And what would you be wanting in a place like this, $N?
peer $n
done
south
north
In common, a repulsive goblin says 'What would you be searching for, down in the depths, Meathe - devourer of fishes?'
A repulsive goblin peers at you.


You can see that the variables can be used in a mix and match style with standard player commands, like look, steal, emotes and the rest.

They are also used in mob commands and the control statements, so you will need to be familiar with how they work.

To enhance this program further, lines such as these could be added:

say I am but a poor, simple $I. I cannot be expected to know.
innocent $n
mutter
say $e's on to usss, my precioussss. $e knows of things. Kills $k we must.
scream $n
murder $n