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Mobile, object and room programs
Otherwise known as mob progs, these programs are used to give life to your mobiles and your area in general. In the lessons to follow is a lesson for each type of program we have available for use on Forgotten Kingdoms. Many of the samples with real programs from the game. We will never release a whole area for download, but we will release parts to aid builders to learn how to code mob progs.
This particular lesson is not a lesson in how to write programs. This is a listing of what programs are available and a brief explanation of what they do. We will link to a lesson for each mud program type to give more detail on how to use them in your area.
Some programs will only work on mobiles, others only on objects and so on. The following tables list which programs will work for each of the three things that programs can be placed on, mobiles, objects and rooms.
Progs that work on mobiles
The following is a list of programs that will work on mobiles.
| Trigger | Triggering Variable | Explanation |
| act_prog | keyword / phrase | Works for emotes socials actions bamfs |
| speech_prog | keyword / phrase | Works on says from same room as mob |
| rand_prog | percentage | randomly triggered based on percentile |
| fight_prog | percentage | random within a fight - percentile |
| hitprcnt_prog | percentage | percent is percentage of mob's max H.P. |
| greet_prog | percentage | entry that mob can see - by mob/player |
| entry_prog | percentage | when the mob itself enters a room |
| bribe_prog | amount of gold | when a player gives the mob money |
| death_prog | percentage | when the mob dies |
| script_prog | loops by line Hour triggers start | |
| time_prog | hour and minutes | script prog - runs once on hour |
| hour_prog | hour | loops as Script for an hour from start |
| intercept_prog | keyword | when a player types a command |
| give_prog | item vnum ivnum | when character gives mobile certain object |
| arrival_prog | percentage | activates when mobile who is using mpwalkto arrives at destination |
| buy_prog | item vnum | activates when the mobile sells that vnum |
| injure_prog | percentage | activates when the mobile is injured |
Progs that work on objects
The following list of programs will work on objects.
| Trigger | Triggering Variable | Explanation |
| wear_prog | percentage | when a player wears the object |
| remove_prog | percentage | when a player removes the object |
| speech_prog | keyword/phrase | says or tells from same room as object |
| rand_prog | percentage | randomly triggered based on percentile |
| sac_prog | percentage | when a player sacrifices the object |
| zap_prog | percentage | when the player is zapped - alignment |
| get_prog | percentage | when a player gets the object |
| drop_prog | percentage | when a player drops the object |
| damage_prog | percentage | when the object is damaged |
| repair_prog | percentage | when the object is repaired |
| greet_prog | percentage | when a mob/player enters the room |
| exa_prog | percentage | when the object is Examined or Looked |
| push_prog | percentage | when a player pushes an object |
| pull_prog | percentage | when a player pulls an object |
| use_prog | percentage | See below for more information |
| intercept_prog | keyword | when a player types a command |
Notes on the use_prog program
The use_prog will be executed when the item is used. To define what will trigger the use_prog, here is a list:
- Wands - when you zap
- Staves - when you brandish
- Food/pills - when you eat
- Blood/fountains/drink containers - when you drink
- Lights/armour/weapons - when you wear/wield/hold
- Potions - when you quaff
When the use_prog is executed you will not see the standard 'use message' (ie You quaff a violet potion). What you will will be any mpechoes placed in the program. Also, any mobprog commands can be used in use_prog.
**NOTE** The use_progs on lights, armour, and weapons are executed BEFORE the player wears/holds/wields any item. Therefore, a mpforce to remove the item will not work in the use_prog. You will have to use a wear_prog to accomplish this.
Room Programs
The following is a list of programs that will work in rooms.
| act_prog | emotes socials actions bamfs |
| speech_prog | says or tells from same room as mob |
| rand_prog | randomly triggered based on percentile |
| fight_prog | random within a fight percentile |
| greet_prog | entry that mob can see by mob/player |
| entry_prog | when the mob itself enters a room |
| leave_prog | when the PC leaves a room |
| death_prog | when the mob dies |
| script_prog | loops by line. Hour triggers start |
| time_prog | script prog runs once on hour |
| hour_prog | loops as Script for an hour from start |