zMUD 7.21 question

[Creivah]

Hi! Probably a stupid question, but since I upgraded to 7.21 I can't seem to keep the blue box with the cute little green body, name, benedictions, etc., on my screen. Each time I cast something to fight the first time the bottom line (benedictions) disappears. When I cast a second spell my legs and the bottom line of the map on the right disappear. And so it goes until the whole blue box is gone and I have no idea where I am (unlike my friend who has the entire kingdom memorized - ha!), what part of my body is heavily injured (without taking time to glance) nor what nasty things that want to kill me are still in the room. The older version it was always there so I'm confused why this goes away. I can get it back temporarily by fussing with the layout but nothing that lasts. Very frustrating when being eaten by ogres and you can't tell what your health or magic level are at.

Thanks for any advice!

[Lirith]

This happens to me from time to time. You just need to adjust the number of lines that appear in the text box using 'vt100 <number>. It might take a bit of trial an error before you find just the right number of rows. Help vt has the default at 24 but mine is actually 38 (for example).

You can always use the refresh command to set you back to normal as well, although it does clear your screen of what happened immediately before. This is useful if a particular long smote or line sets Zmud weird. It happens to me constantly.

[Raona]

Please let us know if this solves your troubles! If not, there are more complicated things one can try, but this is usually the fix. See HELP VT100 for more information.

[Creivah]

Thanks so much for your suggestions! I've been playing around with the numbers and refreshing which they work briefly but would be difficult to do especially with a group during a battle. Regular script things are fine, even talking there is no issue. As soon as I cast my first spell the line of Benedictions disappears. Second cast my legs, third the torso and so on until it is all gone and the top area is a gibberish mess of script and my spells. It was never a problem in the older version. But casting multiple times I can't keep track of my injuries, health, who is there attacking me, etc. Kind of necessary info if you can't keep up with how fast the screen can scroll in a battle. I did try VT100 full also. Didn't make a difference. Time for the more complicated suggestions! Ha ha!

[Raona]

Alrighty, let's try the low-hanging fruit first! Please try

CONFIG -PROMPT
and
CONFIG -TELNETGA
and
CONFIG -BLANK

Also, how wide is the screen you are playing on? (FK assumes 80+ character width, so if your window is less than that, problems will ensue no matter how much we fiddle here!)

Let me know the results, please! If this doesn't work, checking the preferences set within ZMud is next.