> Replying to myself: this is incorrect. I assumed that when called by
> perform_violence(), the special procedure would have ch == FIGHTING(ch),
> but this is incorrect. It's also unfortunate because it makes it
> impossible to differentiate between spec proc calls on mob and violence
> pulses.
I'm easily confused, but, I thought there were only ever 2
triggers for spec procs; by command, or by pulse. All pulse (whether
moving, or casting 'poison' or the sort) happen in the mobile_activities()
loop. The 'violence' pulses don't trigger mob spec procs.
Unless that changed.
Either way, you can tell which is which because pulsed commands
will have ch == 'me', cmd is 0, and the argument is NULL. Command
triggers have ch == person who triggered it (could be 'me', but unlikely),
a valid cmd, though having an argument or not is uncertain.
I wrote something up a while ago, but I don't track changes very
well, so I'm not sure if it ever made it anywhere. It was intended to
replace section 4 of the 'coding.doc' file, and act as a more complete
primer to using spec procs. I'll give it a plug since I can't seem to
locate it on the ftp site...
http://www.imaxx.net/~dughi/mud_stuff/spec_procs.txt
PjD
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