Switch Channel at the end of Waypoints

[Personalausweis]

Hi there,

to make my bot more "undetectable" i would like to add a channel-switch at the end of the waypoints.
I searched the forum for "switch Channel" and found some code:

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sendMacro("ChangeParallelID(2);");
   player:rest(25);  

cause this is the first time i took a deeper look into LUA coding (have some experience with delphi many years ago )and the rom-bot itself, I need some help of you guys.

is it possible to insert this code into my waypoints like this:

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if "current channel" = 1 
 then "switch to channel 2"
  elseif "current channel" = 2
   then "switch to channel 3"
    elseif "current channel" = 3
     then "switch to channel 4"
      elseif "current channel" = 4
       then "switch to channel 1"
      end
     end
    end
 end

and another question what is "modifier" for?

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<skill name="PRIEST_RISING_TIDE"	[b]modifier=""[/b] hotkey="VK_3" priority="90"/>

[romvn]

To switch Channels, you can use

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repeat parallelID = RoMScript("GetCurrentParallelID()"); yrest(500) until parallelID
if (parallelID < 4) then
	sendMacro("ChangeParallelID(parallelID+1);");
else
	sendMacro("ChangeParallelID(1);");
end
player:rest(25); 

This page is useful, go for it http://www.theromwiki.com/List_of_Functions

Modifier seems to be Ctrl, Alt and Shift keys.

[Personalausweis]

The first line with "repeat parallelID ..." does this save the "elseif" part from my example?!
it seems to set a variable to the current channel but what does it repeat until what?
and why wait 500 seconds?!
what does the part in the brackets after the if mean

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(parallelID < 4)

many questions i know, but i hate c&p cause i want to understand and learn what i'm doing.

so can i put this code like this into the waypoint?!

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<!-- # 1 --><waypoint x="-1820" z="-10323">
repeat parallelID = RoMScript("GetCurrentParallelID()"); yrest(500) until parallelID
if (parallelID < 4) then
   sendMacro("ChangeParallelID(parallelID+1);");
else
   sendMacro("ChangeParallelID(1);");
end
player:rest(25); 
</waypoint>
 <!-- # 2 --><waypoint x="-1955" z="-10397">
</waypoint>

[Administrator]

First thing you're going to have a problem with is this line:

sendMacro("ChangeParallelID(parallelID+1);");

parallelID isn't known within the game's scope, so you need resolve it before passing the date:

sendMacro("ChangeParallelID(" .. parallelID+1 .. ");");

[rock5]

The first line with "repeat parallelID ..." does this save the "elseif" part from my example?!
it seems to set a variable to the current channel but what does it repeat until what?
and why wait 500 seconds?!

Unfotunately RoMScript sometimes returns nil when it shouldn't. Most of the time the repeat will only happen once but if RoMScript returns nil, it will repeat. So the repeat is just a way to make sure it doesn't return nil.

The 500 ms pause is just to put a pause between attempts. It could probably be a lot shorter, say 50 ms, or removed altogether although I do know that if too many calls to RoMScript happen in too short a time it can crash the script. Although in this case that probably wouldn't happen.

what does the part in the brackets after the if mean

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(parallelID < 4)

It's the same as writing

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(parallelID < 4)

but this way will cause errors in xml files. I personally find it easier to just flip it around to avoid the error, like this.

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(4 > parallelID)

This won't cause the error.

so can i put this code like this into the waypoint?!

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<!-- # 1 --><waypoint x="-1820" z="-10323">
repeat parallelID = RoMScript("GetCurrentParallelID()"); yrest(500) until parallelID
if (parallelID < 4) then
   sendMacro("ChangeParallelID(parallelID+1);");
else
   sendMacro("ChangeParallelID(1);");
end
player:rest(25); 
</waypoint>
 <!-- # 2 --><waypoint x="-1955" z="-10397">
</waypoint>

Yes, as long as you make the change Administrator said.

[Personalausweis]

ah ok so yrest() is milliseconds an player:rest() is seconds!?


thanks a lot you two
i'll give it a try this evenening and post my results here.

hope this will make the bot more like a common player, cause in the past i realized that a 30 minute farm-route isn't enough to make others believe that it isn't a bot
now i can try it with a 60 minute route and changing channels to avoid unnecessary whispers

[Personalausweis]

Works just perfekt!!!!!!


thank you very much

[hihi]

Works just perfekt!!!!!!


thank you very much

I was just coming here to look for something like this. Now if you could be so kind to maybe make a small guide on the steps to accomplish this for people like me who dont know how to code it would be great I get a little lost on where to place all the code in the back and forth posts.

Thanks.

[Personalausweis]

Works just perfekt!!!!!!


thank you very much

I was just coming here to look for something like this. Now if you could be so kind to maybe make a small guide on the steps to accomplish this for people like me who dont know how to code it would be great I get a little lost on where to place all the code in the back and forth posts.

Thanks.

do exactly what stands above.

[hihi]

After reading it again I understand. It just adds to the last waypoint in your waypoint file. Thanks

[fred55555]

so can yu cut and paste your final version of the switching script that goes before the last line of the waypopint file please
or is it just the ".. .." that is added

still kinda confused

thnx

[nokirk]

copy&paste version:

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		repeat parallelID = RoMScript("GetCurrentParallelID()"); yrest(500) until parallelID
			if (4 > parallelID) then
			sendMacro("ChangeParallelID(" .. parallelID+1 .. ");");
		else
		   sendMacro("ChangeParallelID(1);");
		end
		player:rest(25);

[Strange_d]

Would this work ok?

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if( player.Fights-player.free_counter1 > 200 ) then
	repeat parallelID = RoMScript("GetCurrentParallelID()"); yrest(500) until parallelID
		if (4 > parallelID) then
		sendMacro("ChangeParallelID(" .. parallelID+1 .. ");");
	else
		sendMacro("ChangeParallelID(1);");
end
player:rest(25); 

[Strange_d]

Taking another look at the wiki example I need the 'player.free_counter1 = player.Fights' line to reset the counter correct?

So it should be this or do I need something after the counter reset to start the repeat?

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if( player.Fights-player.free_counter1 > 200 ) then
   player.free_counter1 = player.Fights;
   repeat parallelID = RoMScript("GetCurrentParallelID()"); yrest(500) until parallelID
      if (4 > parallelID) then
      sendMacro("ChangeParallelID(" .. parallelID+1 .. ");");
   else
      sendMacro("ChangeParallelID(1);");
end
player:rest(25); 

This would work as well in a more basic functionality? Only swaps you between 1 and 2. Drop it best in the repair.xml file in a waypoint next to your repair npc?

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if( player.Fights-player.free_counter1 > 200 ) then
   player.free_counter1 = player.Fights;
   sendMacro(ChangeParallelID(3-GetCurrentParallelID()));
end
player:rest(25);

[fred55555]

thank you very much for sharing