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Basic Essential Functions

These functions are generic functions used in normal scripting. These deal with mainly everyday things, like sending stuff and echoing to the screen.

Database Functions

A collection of functions for helping deal with the database.

Date/Time Functions

A collection of functions for handling date & time.

File System Functions

A collection of functions for interacting with the file system.

Mapper Functions

A collection of functions that manipulate the mapper and its related features.

mapSymbolFontInfo, PR #4038 closed

mapSymbolFontInfo(): See also: setupMapSymbolFont()

Note: pending, not yet available. See https://github.com/Mudlet/Mudlet/pull/4038

returns

either a table of information about the configuration of the font used for symbols in the (2D) map, the elements are:

fontName - a string of the family name of the font specified
onlyUseThisFont - a boolean indicating whether glyphs from just the fontName font are to be used or if there is not a glyph for the required grapheme (character) then a glyph from the most suitable different font will be substituted instead. Should this be true and the specified font does not have the required glyph then the replacement character (typically something like �) could be used instead. Note that this may not affect the use of Color Emoji glyphs that are automatically used in some OSes but that behavior does vary across the range of operating systems that Mudlet can be run on.
scalingFactor - a floating point number between 0.50 and 2.00 which modifies the size of the symbols somewhat though the extremes are likely to be unsatisfactory because some of the particular symbols may be too small (and be less visible at smaller zoom levels) or too large (and be clipped by the edges of the room rectangle or circle).

or nil and an error message on failure.

As the symbol font details are stored in the (binary) map file rather than the profile then this function will not work until a map is loaded (or initialized, by activating a map window).

moveMapLabel, PR #6014 open

moveMapLabel(areaID/Name, labeID/Text, coordX/deltaX, coordY/deltaY[, coordZ/deltaZ][, absoluteNotRelativeMove])

Re-positions a map label within an area in the 2D mapper, in a similar manner as the moveRoom() function does for rooms and their custom exit lines. When moving a label to given coordinates this is the position that the top-left corner of the label will be positioned at; since the space allocated to a particular room on the map is ± 0.5 around the integer value of its x and y coordinates this means for a label which has a size of 1.0 x 1,0 (w x h) to position it centrally in the space for a single room at the coordinates (x, y, z) it should be positioned at (x - 0.5, y + 0.5, z).

See also: getMapLabels(), getMapLabel().

Available in Mudlet ?.??+

Note: pending, not yet available. See https://github.com/Mudlet/Mudlet/pull/6014

Parameters

areaID/Name:

Area ID as number or AreaName as string containing the map label.

labelID/Text:

Label ID as number (which will be 0 or greater) or the LabelText on a text label. All labels will have a unique ID number but there may be more than one text labels with a non-empty text string; only the first matching one will be moved by this function and image labels also have no text and will match the empty string. with mo or AreaName as string containing the map label.

coordX/deltaX:

A floating point number for the absolute coordinate to use or the relative amount to move the label in "room coordinates" along the X-axis.

coordY/deltaY:

A floating point number for the absolute coordinate to use or the relative amount to move the label in "room coordinates" along the Y-axis.

coordZ/deltaZ:

(Optional) A floating point number for the absolute coordinate to use or the relative amount to move the label in "room coordinates" along the Z-axis, if omitted the label is not moved in the z-axis at all.

absoluteNotRelativeMove:

(Optional) a boolean value (defaults to false if omitted) as to whether to move the label to the absolute coordinates (true) or to move it the relative amount from its current location (false).

Returns: true on success or nil and an error message on failure, if successful it will also refresh the map display to show the result.

Example

-- move the first label in the area with the ID number of 2, three spaces to the east and four spaces to the north
moveMapLabel(0, 2, 3.0, 4.0)

-- move the first label in the area with the ID number of 2, one space to the west, note the final boolean argument is unneeded
moveMapLabel(0, 2, -1.0, 0.0, false)

-- move the second label in the area with the ID number of 2, three and a half spaces to the west, and two south **of the center of the current level it is on in the map**:
moveRoom(1, 2, -3.5, -2.0, true)

-- move the second label in the area with the ID number of 2, up three levels
moveRoom(1, 2, 0.0, 0.0, 3.0)

-- move the second label in the "Test 1" area one space to the west, note the last two arguments are unneeded
moveRoom("Test 1", 1, -1.0, 0.0, 0.0, false)

-- move the (top-left corner of the first) label with the text "Home" in the area with ID number 5 to the **center of the whole map**, note the last two arguments are required in this case:
moveRoom(5, "Home", 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, true)

-- all of the above will return the 'true'  boolean value assuming there are the indicated labels and areas

moveRoom, PR #6010 open

moveRoom(roomID, coordX/deltaX, coordY/deltaY[, coordZ/deltaZ][, absoluteNotRelativeMove])

Re-positions a room within an area, in the same manner as the "move to" context menu item for one or more rooms in the 2D mapper. Like that method this will also shift the entirety of any custom exit lines defined for the room concerned. This contrasts with the behavior of the setRoomCoordinates() which only moves the starting point of such custom exit lines so that they still emerge from the room to which they belong but otherwise remain pointing to the original place.

setupMapSymbolFont, PR #4038 closed

setupMapSymbolFont(fontName[, onlyUseThisFont[, scalingFactor]]): configures the font used for symbols in the (2D) map.; See also: mapSymbolFontInfo()

Note: pending, not yet available. See https://github.com/Mudlet/Mudlet/pull/4038

Parameters

fontName one of:

- a string that is the family name of the font to use;
- the empty string "" to reset to the default {which is "Bitstream Vera Sans Mono"};
- a Lua nil as a placeholder to not change this parameter but still allow a following one to be modified.

onlyUseThisFont (optional) one of:

- a Lua boolean true to require Mudlet to use graphemes (character) only from the selected font. Should a requested grapheme not be included in the selected font then the font replacement character (�) might be used instead; note that under some circumstances it is possible that the OS (or Mudlet) provided color Emoji Font may still be used but that cannot be guaranteed across all OS platforms that Mudlet might be run on;
- a Lua boolean false to allow Mudlet to get a different glyph for a particular grapheme from the most suitable other font found in the system should there not be a glyph for it in the requested font. This is the default unless previously changed by this function or by the corresponding checkbox in the Profile Preferences dialogue for the profile concerned;
- a Lua nil as a placeholder to not change this parameter but still allow the following one to be modified.

scalingFactor (optional): a floating point value in the range 0.5 to 2.0 (default 1.0) that can be used to tweak the rectangular space that each different room symbol is scaled to fit inside; this might be useful should the range of characters used to make the room symbols be consistently under- or over-sized.

Returns

true on success
nil and an error message on failure. As the symbol font details are stored in the (binary) map file rather than the profile then this function will not work until a map is loaded (or initialised, by activating a map window).

Miscellaneous Functions

Miscellaneous functions.

playMusicFile, PR #7026

playMusicFile(settings table): Plays music files from the Internet or the local file system to the "media" folder of the profile for later use with stopMusic().

Required	Key	Value	Default	Purpose
Yes	name	<file name>		Name of the media file. May contain directory information (i.e. weather/lightning.wav). May be part of the profile (i.e. getMudletHomeDir().. "/cow.mp3") May be on the local device (i.e. "C:/Users/YourNameHere/Documents/nevergoingtogiveyouup.mp3") Wildcards * and ? may be used within the name to randomize media files selection.
No	volume	1 to 100	50	Relative to the volume set on the player's client.
No	fadein	<msec>		Volume increases, or fades in, ranged across a linear pattern from one to the volume set with the "volume" key. Start position: Start of media. End position: Start of media plus the number of milliseconds (msec) specified. 1000 milliseconds = 1 second.
No	fadeout	<msec>		Volume decreases, or fades out, ranged across a linear pattern from the volume set with the "volume" key to one. Start position: End of the media minus the number of milliseconds (msec) specified. End position: End of the media. 1000 milliseconds = 1 second.
No	start	<msec>	0	Begin play at the specified position in milliseconds.
No	finish	<msec>		End play at the specified position in milliseconds.
No	loops	-1, or >= 1	1	Number of iterations that the media plays. A value of -1 allows the media to loop indefinitely.
No	key	<key>		Uniquely identifies media files with a "key" that is bound to their "name" or "url". Halts the play of current media files with the same "key" that have a different "name" or "url" while this media plays.
No	tag	<tag>		Helps categorize media.
No	continue	true or false	true	Continues playing matching new music files when true. Restarts matching new music files when false.
Maybe	url	<url>		Resource location where the media file may be downloaded. Only required if the file is to be downloaded remotely.

Note: on Windows and certain files are not playing? Try installing the 3rd party K-lite codec pack.

Available in Mudlet4.15+

Example

---- Table Parameter Syntax ----

-- Play a music file stored in the profile's media directory (i.e. /Users/Tamarindo/mudlet-data/profiles/StickMUD/media)
playMusicFile({
    name = "167124__patricia-mcmillen__rugby-club-in-spain.mp3"
})

-- OR copy once from the game's profile, and play a music file stored in the profile's media directory
---- [volume] of 75 (1 to 100)
playMusicFile({
    name = getMudletHomeDir().. "/167124__patricia-mcmillen__rugby-club-in-spain.mp3"
    , volume = 75
})

-- OR copy once from the local file system, and play a music file stored in the profile's media directory
---- [volume] of 75 (1 to 100)
playMusicFile({
    name = "C:/Users/Tamarindo/Documents/167124__patricia-mcmillen__rugby-club-in-spain.mp3"
    , volume = 75
})

-- OR download once from the Internet, and play music stored in the profile's media directory
---- [fadein] and increase the volume from 1 at the start position to default volume up until the position of 20 seconds
---- [fadeout] and decrease the volume from default volume to one, 53 seconds from the end of the music
---- [start] 10 seconds after position 0 (fadein scales its volume increase over a shorter duration, too)
---- [finish] 110 seconds from the track start (fadeout scales its volume decrease over a shorter duration, too)
---- [key] reference of "rugby" for stopping this unique music later
---- [tag] reference of "ambience" to stop and music later with the same tag
---- [continue] playing this music if another request for the same music comes in (false restarts it) 
---- [url] to download once from the Internet if the music does not exist in the profile's media directory
playMusicFile({
    name = "167124__patricia-mcmillen__rugby-club-in-spain.mp3"
    , volume = nil -- nil lines are optional, no need to use
    , fadein = 20000
    , fadeout = 53000
    , start = 10000
    , finish = 110000
    , loops = nil -- nil lines are optional, no need to use
    , key = "rugby"
    , tag = "ambience"
    , continue = true
    , url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StickMUD/StickMUDSounds/master/sounds/"
})

---- Ordered Parameter Syntax of playMusicFile(name[,volume][,fadein][,fadeout][,loops][,key][,tag][,continue][,url][,finish]) ----

-- Play a music file stored in the profile's media directory (i.e. /Users/Tamarindo/mudlet-data/profiles/StickMUD/media)
playMusicFile(
    "167124__patricia-mcmillen__rugby-club-in-spain.mp3"  -- name
)

-- OR copy once from the game's profile, and play a music file stored in the profile's media directory
---- [volume] of 75 (1 to 100)
playMusicFile(
    getMudletHomeDir().. "/167124__patricia-mcmillen__rugby-club-in-spain.mp3" -- name
    , 75 -- volume
)

-- OR copy once from the local file system, and play a music file stored in the profile's media directory
---- [volume] of 75 (1 to 100)
playMusicFile(
    "C:/Users/Tamarindo/Documents/167124__patricia-mcmillen__rugby-club-in-spain.mp3" -- name
    , 75 -- volume
)

-- OR download once from the Internet, and play music stored in the profile's media directory
---- [fadein] and increase the volume from 1 at the start position to default volume up until the position of 20 seconds
---- [fadeout] and decrease the volume from default volume to one, 53 seconds from the end of the music
---- [start] 10 seconds after position 0 (fadein scales its volume increase over a shorter duration, too)
---- [finish] 110 seconds from the track start (fadeout scales its volume decrease over a shorter duration, too)
---- [key] reference of "rugby" for stopping this unique music later
---- [tag] reference of "ambience" to stop and music later with the same tag
---- [continue] playing this music if another request for the same music comes in (false restarts it) 
---- [url] to download once from the Internet if the music does not exist in the profile's media directory
playMusicFile(
    "167124__patricia-mcmillen__rugby-club-in-spain.mp3" -- name
    , nil -- volume
    , 20000 -- fadein
    , 53000 -- fadeout
    , 10000 -- start
    , nil -- loops
    , "rugby" -- key 
    , "ambience" -- tag
    , true -- continue
    , "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StickMUD/StickMUDSounds/master/sounds/" -- url
    , 110000 -- finish
)

playSoundFile, PR #7026

playSoundFile(settings table): Plays sound files from the Internet or the local file system to the "media" folder of the profile for later use with stopSounds().

Required	Key	Value	Default	Purpose
Yes	name	<file name>		Name of the media file. May contain directory information (i.e. weather/lightning.wav). May be part of the profile (i.e. getMudletHomeDir().. "/cow.mp3") May be on the local device (i.e. "C:/Users/YourNameHere/Documents/nevergoingtogiveyouup.mp3") Wildcards * and ? may be used within the name to randomize media files selection.
No	volume	1 to 100	50	Relative to the volume set on the player's client.
No	fadein	<msec>		Volume increases, or fades in, ranged across a linear pattern from one to the volume set with the "volume" key. Start position: Start of media. End position: Start of media plus the number of milliseconds (msec) specified. 1000 milliseconds = 1 second.
No	fadeout	<msec>		Volume decreases, or fades out, ranged across a linear pattern from the volume set with the "volume" key to one. Start position: End of the media minus the number of milliseconds (msec) specified. End position: End of the media. 1000 milliseconds = 1 second.
No	start	<msec>	0	Begin play at the specified position in milliseconds.
No	finish	<msec>		Finish play at the specified position in milliseconds.
No	loops	-1, or >= 1	1	Number of iterations that the media plays. A value of -1 allows the media to loop indefinitely.
No	key	<key>		Uniquely identifies media files with a "key" that is bound to their "name" or "url". Halts the play of current media files with the same "key" that have a different "name" or "url" while this media plays.
No	tag	<tag>		Helps categorize media.
No	priority	1 to 100		Halts the play of current or future played media files with a lower priority while this media plays.
Maybe	url	<url>		Resource location where the media file may be downloaded. Only required if the file is to be downloaded remotely.

Note: on Windows and certain files are not playing? Try installing the 3rd party K-lite codec pack.

Available in Mudlet4.15+

Example

---- Table Parameter Syntax ----

-- Play a sound file stored in the profile's media directory (i.e. /Users/Tamarindo/mudlet-data/profiles/StickMUD/media)
playSoundFile({
    name = "cow.wav"
})

-- OR copy once from the game's profile, and play a sound file stored in the profile's media directory
---- [volume] of 75 (1 to 100)
playSoundFile({
    name = getMudletHomeDir().. "/cow.wav"
    , volume = 75
})

-- OR copy once from the local file system, and play a sound file stored in the profile's media directory
---- [volume] of 75 (1 to 100)
playSoundFile({
    name = "C:/Users/Tamarindo/Documents/cow.wav"
    , volume = 75
})

-- OR download once from the Internet, and play a sound stored in the profile's media directory
---- [volume] of 75
---- [loops] of 2 (-1 for indefinite repeats, 1+ for finite repeats)
---- [key] reference of "cow" for stopping this unique sound later
---- [tag] reference of "animals" to stop a group of sounds later with the same tag
---- [priority] of 25 (1 to 100, 50 default, a sound with a higher priority would stop this one)
---- [url] to download once from the Internet if the sound does not exist in the profile's media directory
playSoundFile({
    name = "cow.wav"
    , volume = 75
    , fadein = nil -- nil lines are optional, no need to use
    , fadeout = nil -- nil lines are optional, no need to use
    , start = nil -- nil lines are optional, no need to use
    , finish = nil -- nil lines are optional, no need to use
    , loops = 2
    , key = "cow"
    , tag = "animals"
    , priority = 25
    , url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StickMUD/StickMUDSounds/master/sounds/"
})

---- Ordered Parameter Syntax of playSoundFile(name[,volume][,fadein][,fadeout][,loops][,key][,tag][,priority][,url][,finish]) ----

-- Play a sound file stored in the profile's media directory (i.e. /Users/Tamarindo/mudlet-data/profiles/StickMUD/media)
playSoundFile(
    "cow.wav" -- name
)

-- OR copy once from the game's profile, and play a sound file stored in the profile's media directory
---- [volume] of 75 (1 to 100)
playSoundFile(
    getMudletHomeDir().. "/cow.wav" -- name
    , 75 -- volume
)

-- OR copy once from the local file system, and play a sound file stored in the profile's media directory
---- [volume] of 75 (1 to 100)
playSoundFile(
    "C:/Users/Tamarindo/Documents/cow.wav" -- name
    , 75 -- volume
)

-- OR download once from the Internet, and play a sound stored in the profile's media directory
---- [volume] of 75
---- [loops] of 2 (-1 for indefinite repeats, 1+ for finite repeats)
---- [key] reference of "cow" for stopping this unique sound later
---- [tag] reference of "animals" to stop a group of sounds later with the same tag
---- [priority] of 25 (1 to 100, 50 default, a sound with a higher priority would stop this one)
---- [url] to download once from the Internet if the sound does not exist in the profile's media directory
playSoundFile(
    "cow.wav" -- name
    , 75 -- volume
    , nil -- fadein
    , nil -- fadeout
    , nil -- start
    , 2 -- loops
    , "cow" -- key 
    , "animals" -- tag
    , 25 -- priority
    , "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StickMUD/StickMUDSounds/master/sounds/" -- url
    , nil -- finish
)

stopMusic, PR #7026

stopMusic(settings table): Stop all music (no filter), or music that meets a combination of filters (name, key, and tag) intended to be paired with playMusicFile().

Required	Key	Value	Default	Purpose
No	name	<file name>		Name of the media file.
No	key	<key>		Uniquely identifies media files with a "key" that is bound to their "name" or "url". Halts the play of current media files with the same "key" that have a different "name" or "url" while this media plays.
No	tag	<tag>		Helps categorize media.
No	fadeaway	true or false	false	Decrease volume from the current position for a given duration, then stops the track. Given duration is the lesser of the remaining track duration or the fadeout specified in playMusicFile(). If fadeout was not specified in playMusicFile(), then the optional fadeout parameter from stopMusic() or a default of 5000 milliseconds will be applied.
No	fadeout		5000	Default duration in milliseconds to decrease volume to the end of the track. Only used if fadeout was not defined in playMusicFile().

Available in Mudlet4.15+

Example

---- Table Parameter Syntax ----

-- Stop all playing music files for this profile associated with the API
stopMusic()

-- Stop playing the rugby mp3 by name
stopMusic({name = "167124__patricia-mcmillen__rugby-club-in-spain.mp3"})

-- Stop playing the unique sound identified as "rugby"
stopMusic({
    name = nil  -- nil lines are optional, no need to use
    , key = "rugby" -- key
    , tag = nil  -- nil lines are optional, no need to use
})

-- Decrease volume for 5 seconds and then stop all playing music files for this profile associated with the API
stopMusic({
    fadeaway = true
})

-- Decrease volume for 10 seconds (or apply the duration of fadeout set in playMusicFile()) and then stop all playing music files for this profile associated with the API
stopMusic({
    fadeaway = true
    , fadeout = 10000
})

-- Decrease volume for 5 seconds and then stop all the unique "rugby" music for this profile associated with the API
stopMusic({
    key = "rugby"
    , fadeaway = true
})

---- Ordered Parameter Syntax of stopMusic([name][,key][,tag][,fadeaway][,fadeout]) ----

-- Stop all playing music files for this profile associated with the API
stopMusic()

-- Stop playing the rugby mp3 by name
stopMusic("167124__patricia-mcmillen__rugby-club-in-spain.mp3")

-- Stop playing the unique sound identified as "rugby"
stopMusic(
    nil -- name
    , "rugby" -- key
    , nil -- tag
)

-- Decrease the volume for 10 seconds then stop playing the unique sound identified as "rugby"
stopMusic(
    nil -- name
    , "rugby" -- key
    , nil -- tag
    , true -- fadeaway
    , 10000 -- fadeout
)

stopSounds, PR #7026

stopSounds(settings table): Stop all sounds (no filter), or sounds that meets a combination of filters (name, key, tag, and priority) intended to be paired with playSoundFile().

Required	Key	Value	Default	Purpose
No	name	<file name>		Name of the media file.
No	key	<key>		Uniquely identifies media files with a "key" that is bound to their "name" or "url". Halts the play of current media files with the same "key" that have a different "name" or "url" while this media plays.
No	tag	<tag>		Helps categorize media.
No	priority	1 to 100		Halts the play of current or future played media files with a matching or lower priority.
No	fadeaway	true or false	false	Decrease volume from the current position for a given duration, then stops the track. Given duration is the lesser of the remaining track duration or the fadeout specified in playSoundFile(). If fadeout was not specified in playSoundFile(), then the optional fadeout parameter from stopSounds() or a default of 5000 milliseconds will be applied.
No	fadeout		5000	Default duration in milliseconds to decrease volume to the end of the track. Only used if fadeout was not defined in playSoundFile().

Available in Mudlet4.15+

Example

---- Table Parameter Syntax ----

-- Stop all playing sound files for this profile associated with the API
stopSounds()

-- Stop playing the cow sound
stopSounds({name = "cow.wav"})

-- Stop playing any sounds tagged as "animals" with a priority less than or equal to 50
---- This would not stop sounds tagged as "animals" greater than priority 50.  This is an "AND" and not an "OR".
stopSounds({
    name = nil -- nil lines are optional, no need to use
    , key = nil -- nil lines are optional, no need to use
    , tag = "animals"
    , priority = 50
})

-- Decrease volume for 5 seconds and then stop all playing sound files for this profile associated with the API
stopSounds({
    fadeaway = true
})

-- Decrease volume for 10 seconds (or apply the duration of fadeout set in playSoundFile()) and then stop all playing music files for this profile associated with the API
stopSounds({
    fadeaway = true
    , fadeout = 10000
})

-- Decrease volume for 3 seconds and then stop all the tagged "animals" music for this profile associated with the API
stopSounds({
    tag = "animals"
    , fadeaway = true
    , fadeout = 3000
})

---- Ordered Parameter Syntax of stopSounds([name][,key][,tag][,priority][,fadeaway][,fadeout]) ----

-- Stop all playing sound files for this profile associated with the API
stopSounds()

-- Stop playing the cow sound
stopSounds("cow.wav")

-- Stop playing any sounds tagged as "animals" with a priority less than or equal to 50
---- This would not stop sounds tagged as "animals" greater than priority 50.  This is an "AND" and not an "OR".
stopSounds(
    nil -- name
    , nil -- key
    , "animals" -- tag
    , 50 -- priority
)

-- Decrease the volume for 7 seconds and then stop playing sounds
stopSounds(
    nil -- name
    , nil -- key
    , nil -- tag
    , nil -- priority
    , true -- fadeaway
    , 7000 -- fadeout
)

createVideoPlayer, PR #6439

createVideoPlayer([name of userwindow], x, y, width, height)

Creates a miniconsole window for the video player to render in, the with the given dimensions. One can only create one video player at a time (currently), and it is not currently possible to have a label on or under the video player - otherwise, clicks won't register.

Note: A video player may also be created through use of the Mud Client Media Protocol, the playVideoFile() API command, or adding a Geyser.VideoPlayer object to ones user interface such as the example below.

Note: The Main Toolbar will show a Video button to hide/show the video player, which is located in a userwindow generated through createVideoPlayer, embedded in a user interface, or a dock-able widget (that can be floated free to anywhere on the Desktop, it can be resized and does not have to even reside on the same monitor should there be multiple screens in your system). Further clicks on the Video button will toggle between showing and hiding the map whether it was created using the createVideo function or as a dock-able widget.

Available in Mudlet4.18+

Example

-- Create a 300x300 video player in the top-left corner of Mudlet
createVideoPlayer(0,0,300,300)

-- Alternative examples using Geyser.VideoPlayer
GUI.VideoPlayer = GUI.VideoPlayer or Geyser.VideoPlayer:new({name="GUI.VideoPlayer", x = 0, y = 0, width = "25%", height = "25%"})
 
GUI.VideoPlayer = GUI.VideoPlayer or Geyser.VideoPlayer:new({
  name = "GUI.VideoPlayer",
  x = "70%", y = 0, -- edit here if you want to move it
  width = "30%", height = "50%"
}, GUI.Right)

loadVideoFile, PR #6439

loadVideoFile(settings table) or loadVideoFile(name, [url]): Loads video files from the Internet or the local file system to the "media" folder of the profile for later use with playVideoFile() and stopVideos(). Although files could be loaded or streamed directly at playing time from playVideoFile(), loadVideoFile() provides the advantage of loading files in advance.

Note: Video files consume drive space on your device. Consider using the streaming feature of playVideoFile() for large files.

Required	Key	Value	Purpose
Yes	name	<file name>	Name of the media file. May contain directory information (i.e. weather/maelstrom.mp4). May be part of the profile (i.e. getMudletHomeDir().. "/congratulations.mp4") May be on the local device (i.e. "C:/Users/YourNameHere/Movies/nevergoingtogiveyouup.mp4")
Maybe	url	<url>	Resource location where the media file may be downloaded. Only required if file to load is not part of the profile or on the local file system.

Available in Mudlet4.18+

Example

---- Table Parameter Syntax ----

-- Download from the Internet
loadVideoFile({
    name = "TextInMotion-VideoSample-1080p.mp4"
    , url = "https://d2qguwbxlx1sbt.cloudfront.net/"
})

-- OR download from the profile
loadVideoFile({name = getMudletHomeDir().. "/TextInMotion-VideoSample-1080p.mp4"})

-- OR download from the local file system
loadVideoFile({name = "C:/Users/Tamarindo/Movies/TextInMotion-VideoSample-1080p.mp4"})

---- Ordered Parameter Syntax of loadVideoFile(name[, url]) ----

-- Download from the Internet
loadVideoFile(
    "TextInMotion-VideoSample-1080p.mp4"
    , "https://d2qguwbxlx1sbt.cloudfront.net/"
)

-- OR download from the profile
loadVideoFile(getMudletHomeDir().. "/TextInMotion-VideoSample-1080p.mp4")

-- OR download from the local file system
loadVideoFile("C:/Users/Tamarindo/Movies/TextInMotion-VideoSample-1080p.mp4")

playVideoFile, PR #6439

playVideoFile(settings table): Plays video files from the Internet or the local file system for later use with stopMusic(). Video files may be downloaded to the device and played, or streamed from the Internet when the value of the stream parameter is true.

Required	Key	Value	Default	Purpose
Yes	name	<file name>		Name of the media file. May contain directory information (i.e. weather/maelstrom.mp4). May be part of the profile (i.e. getMudletHomeDir().. "/cow.mp4") May be on the local device (i.e. "C:/Users/YourNameHere/Documents/nevergoingtogiveyouup.mp4") Wildcards * and ? may be used within the name to randomize media files selection.
No	volume	1 to 100	50	Relative to the volume set on the player's client.
No	fadein	<msec>		Volume increases, or fades in, ranged across a linear pattern from one to the volume set with the "volume" key. Start position: Start of media. End position: Start of media plus the number of milliseconds (msec) specified. 1000 milliseconds = 1 second.
No	fadeout	<msec>		Volume decreases, or fades out, ranged across a linear pattern from the volume set with the "volume" key to one. Start position: End of the media minus the number of milliseconds (msec) specified. End position: End of the media. 1000 milliseconds = 1 second.
No	start	<msec>	0	Begin play at the specified position in milliseconds.
No	loops	-1, or >= 1	1	Number of iterations that the media plays. A value of -1 allows the media to loop indefinitely.
No	key	<key>		Uniquely identifies media files with a "key" that is bound to their "name" or "url". Halts the play of current media files with the same "key" that have a different "name" or "url" while this media plays.
No	tag	<tag>		Helps categorize media.
No	continue	true or false	true	Continues playing matching new video files when true. Restarts matching new video files when false.
Maybe	url	<url>		Resource location where the media file may be downloaded. Only required if the file is to be downloaded remotely or for streaming from the Internet.
Maybe	stream	true or false	false	Streams files from the Internet when true. Download files when false (default). Used in combination with the `url` key.

Available in Mudlet4.18+

Example

---- Table Parameter Syntax ----

-- Stream a video file from the Internet and play it.
playVideoFile({
    name = "TextInMotion-VideoSample-1080p.mp4"
    , url = "https://d2qguwbxlx1sbt.cloudfront.net/"
    , stream = true
})

-- Play a video file from the Internet, storing it in the profile's media directory (i.e. /Users/Tamarindo/mudlet-data/profiles/StickMUD/media) so you don't need to download it over and over.  You could add ", stream = false" below, but that is the default and is not needed.

playVideoFile({
    name = "TextInMotion-VideoSample-1080p.mp4"
    , url = "https://d2qguwbxlx1sbt.cloudfront.net/"
})

-- Play a video file stored in the profile's media directory (i.e. /Users/Tamarindo/mudlet-data/profiles/StickMUD/media)
playVideoFile({
    name = "TextInMotion-VideoSample-1080p.mp4"
})

-- OR copy once from the game's profile, and play a video file stored in the profile's media directory
---- [volume] of 75 (1 to 100)
playVideoFile({
    name = getMudletHomeDir().. "/TextInMotion-VideoSample-1080p.mp4"
    , volume = 75
})

-- OR copy once from the local file system, and play a video file stored in the profile's media directory
---- [volume] of 75 (1 to 100)
playVideoFile({
    name = "C:/Users/Tamarindo/Movies/TextInMotion-VideoSample-1080p.mp4"
    , volume = 75
})

-- OR download once from the Internet, and play a video stored in the profile's media directory
---- [fadein] and increase the volume from 1 at the start position to default volume up until the position of 10 seconds
---- [fadeout] and decrease the volume from default volume to one, 15 seconds from the end of the video
---- [start] 5 seconds after position 0 (fadein scales its volume increase over a shorter duration, too)
---- [key] reference of "text" for stopping this unique video later
---- [tag] reference of "ambience" to stop any video later with the same tag
---- [continue] playing this video if another request for the same video comes in (false restarts it) 
---- [url] resource location where the file may be accessed on the Internet
---- [stream] download once from the Internet if the video does not exist in the profile's media directory when false (true streams from the Internet and will not download to the device) 
playVideoFile({
    name = "TextInMotion-VideoSample-1080p.mp4"
    , volume = nil -- nil lines are optional, no need to use
    , fadein = 10000
    , fadeout = 15000
    , start = 5000
    , loops = nil -- nil lines are optional, no need to use
    , key = "text"
    , tag = "ambience"
    , continue = true
    , url = "https://d2qguwbxlx1sbt.cloudfront.net/"
    , stream = false
})

---- Ordered Parameter Syntax of playVideoFile(name[,volume][,fadein][,fadeout][,loops][,key][,tag][,continue][,url][,stream]) ----

-- Stream a video file from the Internet and play it.
playVideoFile(
    "TextInMotion-VideoSample-1080p.mp4"
    , nil -- volume
    , nil -- fadein
    , nil -- fadeout
    , nil -- start
    , nil -- loops
    , nil -- key
    , nil -- tag
    , true -- continue
    , "https://d2qguwbxlx1sbt.cloudfront.net/" -- url
    , false -- stream
)

-- Play a video file from the Internet, storing it in the profile's media directory (i.e. /Users/Tamarindo/mudlet-data/profiles/StickMUD/media) so you don't need to download it over and over.
playVideoFile(
    "TextInMotion-VideoSample-1080p.mp4"
    , nil -- volume
    , nil -- fadein
    , nil -- fadeout
    , nil -- start
    , nil -- loops
    , nil -- key
    , nil -- tag
    , true -- continue
    , "https://d2qguwbxlx1sbt.cloudfront.net/" -- url
    , false -- stream
)

-- Play a video file stored in the profile's media directory (i.e. /Users/Tamarindo/mudlet-data/profiles/StickMUD/media)
playVideoFile(
    "TextInMotion-VideoSample-1080p.mp4"  -- name
)

-- OR copy once from the game's profile, and play a video file stored in the profile's media directory
---- [volume] of 75 (1 to 100)
playVideoFile(
    getMudletHomeDir().. "/TextInMotion-VideoSample-1080p.mp4" -- name
    , 75 -- volume
)

-- OR copy once from the local file system, and play a video file stored in the profile's media directory
---- [volume] of 75 (1 to 100)
playVideoFile(
    "C:/Users/Tamarindo/Documents/TextInMotion-VideoSample-1080p.mp4" -- name
    , 75 -- volume
)

-- OR download once from the Internet, and play a video stored in the profile's media directory
---- [fadein] and increase the volume from 1 at the start position to default volume up until the position of 10 seconds
---- [fadeout] and decrease the volume from default volume to one, 15 seconds from the end of the video
---- [start] 5 seconds after position 0 (fadein scales its volume increase over a shorter duration, too)
---- [key] reference of "text" for stopping this unique video later
---- [tag] reference of "ambience" to stop any video later with the same tag
---- [continue] playing this video if another request for the same video comes in (false restarts it) 
---- [url] resource location where the file may be accessed on the Internet
---- [stream] download once from the Internet if the video does not exist in the profile's media directory when false (true streams from the Internet and will not download to the device) 
playVideoFile(
    "TextInMotion-VideoSample-1080p.mp4" -- name
    , nil -- volume
    , 10000 -- fadein
    , 15000 -- fadeout
    , 5000 -- start
    , nil -- loops
    , "text" -- key
    , "ambience" -- tag
    , true -- continue
    , "https://d2qguwbxlx1sbt.cloudfront.net/" -- url
    , false -- stream
)

stopVideos, PR #6439

stopVideos(settings table): Stop all videos (no filter), or videos that meet a combination of filters (name, key, and tag) intended to be paired with playVideoFile().

Required	Key	Value	Purpose
No	name	<file name>	Name of the media file.
No	key	<key>	Uniquely identifies media files with a "key" that is bound to their "name" or "url". Halts the play of current media files with the same "key" that have a different "name" or "url" while this media plays.
No	tag	<tag>	Helps categorize media.

Available in Mudlet4.18+

Example

---- Table Parameter Syntax ----

-- Stop all playing video files for this profile associated with the API
stopVideos()

-- Stop playing the text mp4 by name
stopVideos({name = "TextInMotion-VideoSample-1080p.mp4"})

-- Stop playing the unique sound identified as "text"
stopVideos({
    name = nil  -- nil lines are optional, no need to use
    , key = "text" -- key
    , tag = nil  -- nil lines are optional, no need to use
})

---- Ordered Parameter Syntax of stopVideos([name][,key][,tag]) ----

-- Stop all playing video files for this profile associated with the API
stopVideos()

-- Stop playing the text mp4 by name
stopVideos("TextInMotion-VideoSample-1080p.mp4")

-- Stop playing the unique sound identified as "text"
stopVideos(
    nil -- name
    , "text" -- key
    , nil -- tag
)

getCustomLoginTextId, PR #3952 open

getCustomLoginTextId()

Returns the Id number of the custom login text setting from the profile's preferences. Returns 0 if the option is disabled or a number greater than that for the item in the table; note it is possible if using an old saved profile in the future that the number might be higher than expected. As a design policy decision it is not permitted for a script to change the setting, this function is intended to allow a script or package to check that the setting is what it expects.

Introduced along with four other functions to enable game server log-in to be scripted with the simultaneous movement of that functionality from the Mudlet application core code to a predefined doLogin() function, a replacement for which is shown below.

Note: Not available yet. See https://github.com/Mudlet/Mudlet/pull/3952

Only one custom login text has been defined initially:

Predefined custom login texts
Id	Custom text	Introduced in Mudlet version
1	"connect {character name} {password}"	TBD

The addition of further texts would be subject to negotiation with the Mudlet Makers.

Example

-- A replacement for the default function placed into LuaGlobal.lua to reproduce the previous behavior of the Mudlet application:
function doLogin()
  if getCustomLoginTextId() ~= 1 then
    -- We need this particular option but it is not permitted for a script to change the setting, it can only check what it is
    echo("\nUnable to login - please select the 'connect {character name} {password}` custom login option in the profile preferences.\n")
  else
    tempTime(2.0, [[sendCustomLoginText()]], 1)
  end
end

sendCharacterName, PR #3952 open

sendCharacterName()

Sends the name entered into the "Character name" field on the Connection Preferences form directly to the game server. Returns true unless there is nothing set in that entry in which case a nil and an error message will be returned instead.

Introduced along with four other functions to enable game server log-in to be scripted with the simultaneous movement of that functionality from the Mudlet application core code to a predefined doLogin() function that may be replaced for more sophisticated requirements.

Note: Not available yet. See https://github.com/Mudlet/Mudlet/pull/3952

sendCharacterPassword, PR #3952 open

sendCharacterPassword()

Sends the password entered into the "Password" field on the Connection Preferences form directly to the game server. Returns true unless there is nothing set in that entry or it is too long after (or before) a connection was successfully made in which case a nil and an error message will be returned instead.

Introduced along with four other functions to enable game server log-in to be scripted with the simultaneous movement of that functionality from the Mudlet application core code to a predefined doLogin() function, reproduced below, that may be replaced for more sophisticated requirements.

Note: Not available yet. See https://github.com/Mudlet/Mudlet/pull/3952

Example

-- The default function placed into LuaGlobal.lua to reproduce the previous behavior of the Mudlet application:
function doLogin()
  if getCharacterName() ~= "" then
    tempTime(2.0, [[sendCharacterName()]], 1)
    tempTime(3.0, [[sendCharacterPassword()]], 1)
  end
end

sendCustomLoginText, PR #3952 open

sendCustomLoginText()

Sends the custom login text (which does NOT depend on the user's choice of GUI language) selected in the preferences for this profile. The {password} (and {character name} if present) fields will be replaced with the values entered into the "Password" and "Character name" fields on the Connection Preferences form and then sent directly to the game server. Returns true unless there is nothing set in either of those entries (though only if required for the character name) or it is too long after (or before) a connection was successfully made or if the custom login feature is disabled, in which case a nil and an error message will be returned instead.

Introduced along with four other functions to enable game server log-in to be scripted with the simultaneous movement of that functionality from the Mudlet application core code to a predefined doLogin() function, a replacement for which is shown below.

Note: Not available yet. See https://github.com/Mudlet/Mudlet/pull/3952

Only one custom login text has been defined initially:

Predefined custom login texts
Id	Custom text	Introduced in Mudlet version
1	"connect {character name} {password}"	TBD

The addition of further texts would be subject to negotiation with the Mudlet Makers.

Example

-- A replacement for the default function placed into LuaGlobal.lua to reproduce the previous behavior of the Mudlet application:
function doLogin()
  if getCustomLoginTextId() ~= 1 then
    -- We need this particular option but it is not permitted for a script to change the setting, it can only check what it is
    echo("\nUnable to login - please select the 'connect {character name} {password}` custom login option in the profile preferences.\n")
  else
    tempTime(2.0, [[sendCustomLoginText()]], 1)
  end
end

Mudlet Object Functions

A collection of functions that manipulate Mudlet's scripting objects - triggers, aliases, and so forth.

ancestors, new in PR #6726

ancestors(IDnumber, type): You can use this function to find out about all the ancestors of something.

Returns a list as a table with the details of each successively distance ancestor (if any) of the given item; the details are in the form of a sub-table, within each containing specifically:

its IDnumber as a number
its name as a string
whether it is active as a boolean
its "node" (type) as a string, one of "item", "group" (folder) or "package" (module)

Returns nil and an error message if either parameter is not valid

Parameters

IDnumber:

The ID number of a single item, (which will be that returned by a temp* or perm* function to create such an item to identify the item).

type:

The type can be 'alias', 'button', 'trigger', 'timer', 'keybind', or 'script'.

Example

-- To do

findItems, new in PR #6742

findItems("name", "type"[, exact[, case sensitive]]): You can use this function to determine the ID number or numbers of items of a particular type with a given name.

Returns a list as a table with ids of each Mudlet item that matched or nil and an error message should an incorrect type string be given.

Parameters

name:

The name (as a string) of the item, (which will be that returned by a temp* or perm* function to create such an item to identify the item).

type:

The type (as a string) can be 'alias', 'button', 'trigger', 'timer', 'keybind' , or 'script'.

exact:

(Optional) a boolean which if omitted or true specifies to match the given name against the whole of the names for items or only as a sub-string of them. As a side effect, if this is provided and is false and an empty string (i.e. "") is given as the first argument then the function will return the ID numbers of all items (both temporary and permanent) of the given type in existence at the time.

case sensitive:

(Optional) a boolean which if omitted or true specifies to match in a case-sensitive manner the given name against the names for items.

Example

Given a profile with just the default packages installed (automatically) - including the echo one:

-- Should find just the package with the name:
lua findItems("echo", "alias")
{ 3 }

-- Should find both the package and the alias - as the latter contains "echo" with another character
lua findItems("echo", "alias", false)
{ 3, 4 }

-- Finds the ID numbers of all the aliases:
lua findItems("", "alias", false)
{ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 }

-- Will still find the package with the name "echo" as we are not concerned with the casing now:
lua findItems("Echo", "alias", true, false)
{ 3 }

-- Won't find the package with the name "echo" now as we are concerned with the casing:
lua findItems("Echo", "alias", true, true)
{}

isActive, modified by PR #6726

isActive(name/IDnumber, type[, checkAncestors]): You can use this function to check if something, or somethings, are active.

Returns the number of active things - and 0 if none are active. Beware that all numbers are true in Lua, including zero.

Parameters

name:

The name (as a string) or, from Mudlet 4.17.0, the ID number of a single item, (which will be that returned by a temp* or perm* function to create such an item to identify the item).

type:

The type can be 'alias', 'button' (from Mudlet 4.10), 'trigger', 'timer', 'keybind' (from Mudlet 3.2), or 'script' (from Mudlet 3.17).

checkAncestors:

(Optional) If provided AND true (considered false if absent to reproduce behavior of previous versions of Mudlet) then this function will only count an item as active if it and all its parents (ancestors) are active (from Mudlet tbd).

Example

echo("I have " .. isActive("my trigger", "trigger") .. " currently active trigger(s) called 'my trigger'!")

-- Can also be used to check if a specific item is enabled or not.
if isActive("spellname", "trigger") > 0 then
  -- the spellname trigger is active
else
  -- it is not active
end

Note: A positive ID number that does not exist will still return a 0 value, this is for constancy with the way the function behaves for a name that does not refer to any item either. If necessary the existence of an item should be confirmed with exists(...) first.

isAncestorsActive, new in PR #6726

isAncestorsActive(IDnumber, "type"): You can use this function to check if all the ancestors of something are active independent of whether it itself is, (for that use the two argument form of isActive(...)).

Returns true if all (if any) of the ancestors of the item with the specified ID number and type are active, if there are no such parents then it will also returns true; otherwise returns false. In the event that an invalid type string or item number is provided returns nil and an error message.

Parameters

IDnumber:

The ID number of a single item, (which will be that returned by a temp* or perm* function to create such an item to identify the item).

type:

The type can be 'alias', 'button', 'trigger', 'timer', 'keybind' or 'script' to define which item type is to be checked.

Networking Functions

A collection of functions for managing networking.

String Functions

These functions are used to manipulate strings.

Table Functions

These functions are used to manipulate tables. Through them you can add to tables, remove values, check if a value is present in the table, check the size of a table, and more.

Text to Speech Functions

These functions are used to create sound from written words. Check out our Text-To-Speech Manual for more detail on how this all works together.

UI Functions

These functions are used to construct custom user GUIs. They deal mainly with miniconsole/label/gauge creation and manipulation as well as displaying or formatting information on the screen.

cecho2decho PR#6849 merged

convertedString = cecho2decho(str)

Converts a cecho formatted string to a decho formatted one.
See also: decho2cecho(), cecho2html()

Available in Mudlet4.18+

Parameters

str

string you wish to convert from cecho to decho
Returns

a string formatted for decho

Example

-- convert to a decho string and use decho to display it
local cechoString = "<red><b>!!ALERT!!:</b><orange> Something has gone wrong!\n"
decho(cecho2decho(cechoString))

cecho2hecho PR#6849 merged

convertedString = cecho2hecho(str)

Converts a cecho formatted string to an hecho formatted one.
See also: hecho2cecho(), cecho2html()

Available in Mudlet4.18+

Parameters

str

string you wish to convert from cecho to decho
Returns

a string formatted for hecho

Example

-- convert to an hecho string and use hecho to display it
local cechoString = "<red><b>!!ALERT!!:</b><orange> Something has gone wrong!\n"
hecho(cecho2hecho(cechoString))

cecho2html PR#6849 merged

convertedString = cecho2html(str[, resetFormat])

Converts a cecho formatted string to an html formatted one.
See also: decho2cecho(), cecho2html()

Available in Mudlet4.18+

Parameters

str

string you wish to convert from cecho to decho

resetFormat

optional table of default formatting options. As returned by getLabelFormat()
Returns

a string formatted for html

Example

-- create the base string
local cechoString = "<red><b>!!ALERT!!:</b><orange> Something has gone wrong!\n"

-- create a label to display the result onto
testLabel = Geyser.Label:new({name = "testLabel"})

-- convert the cecho string to an html one, using the default formatting of testLabel created above
local htmlString = cecho2html(cechoString, testLabel:getFormat())

-- and finally echo it to the label to see
-- I use rawEcho as that displays the html exactly as given.
testLabel:rawEcho(htmlString)

decho2cecho PR#6849 merged

convertedString = decho2cecho(str)

Converts a decho formatted string to a cecho formatted one.
See also: cecho2decho(), decho2html()

Available in Mudlet4.18+

Parameters

str

string you wish to convert from decho to cecho
Returns

a string formatted for cecho

Example

-- convert to a decho string and use cecho to display it
local dechoString = "#ff0000#b!!ALERT!!:#/b#ffa500 Something has gone wrong!\n"
cecho(decho2cecho(dechoString))

decho2hecho PR#6849 merged

convertedString = decho2hecho(str)

Converts a decho formatted string to an hecho formatted one.
See also: hecho2decho(), decho2html()

Available in Mudlet4.18+

Parameters

str

string you wish to convert from decho to decho
Returns

a string formatted for hecho

Example

-- convert to an hecho string and use hecho to display it
local dechoString = "#ff0000#b!!ALERT!!:#/b#ffa500 Something has gone wrong!\n"
hecho(decho2hecho(dechoString))

decho2html PR#6849 merged

convertedString = decho2html(str[, resetFormat])

Converts a decho formatted string to an html formatted one.
See also: cecho2decho(), decho2html()

Available in Mudlet4.18+

Parameters

str

string you wish to convert from decho to decho

resetFormat

optional table of default formatting options. As returned by getLabelFormat()
Returns

a string formatted for html

Example

-- create the base string
local dechoString = "#ff0000#b!!ALERT!!:#/b#ffa500 Something has gone wrong!\n"

-- create a label to display the result onto
testLabel = Geyser.Label:new({name = "testLabel"})

-- convert the decho string to an html one, using the default formatting of testLabel created above
local htmlString = decho2html(dechoString, testLabel:getFormat())

-- and finally echo it to the label to see
-- I use rawEcho as that displays the html exactly as given.
testLabel:rawEcho(htmlString)

deleteMultiline PR #6779 merged

ok,err = deleteMultiline([triggerDelta])

Deletes all lines between when the multiline trigger fires and when the first trigger matched. Put another way, it deletes everything since the pattern in slot 1 matched.
See also: deleteLine(), replaceLine()

Available in Mudlet4.18+

Note: This deletes all the lines since the first match of the multiline trigger matched. Do not use this if you do not want to delete ALL of those lines.

Parameters

[optional]triggerDelta:

The line delta from the multiline trigger it is being called from. It is best to pass this in to ensure all lines are caught. If not given it will try to guess based on the number of patterns how many lines at most it might have to delete.

Returns

true if the function was able to run successfully, nil+error if something went wrong.

Example

-- if this trigger has a line delta of 3, you would call
deleteMultiline(3)

-- same thing, but with error handling
local ok,err = deleteMultiline(3)
if not ok then
  cecho("\n<firebrick>I could not delete the lines because: " .. err)
end

Additional development notes

echoPopup, revised in PR #6946

echoPopup([windowName,] text, {commands}, {hints}[, useCurrentFormatElseDefault]): Creates text with a left-clickable link, and a right-click menu for more options at the end of the current line, like echo. The added text, upon being left-clicked, will do the first command in the list. Upon being right-clicked, it'll display a menu with all possible commands. The menu will be populated with hints, one for each line; if there is one extra hint then the first one will be used as a (maybe containing Qt rich-text markup) tool-tip for the text otherwise the remaining hints will be concatenated, one-per-line, as a tool-tip when the text is hovered over by the pointer.

Parameters

windowName:

(optional) name of the window as a string to echo to. Use either main or omit for the main window, or the miniconsole's or user-window's name otherwise.

text:

the text string to display.

{commands}:

a table of lua code to do, in text strings or as functions (since Mudlet 4.11), i.e. {[[send("hello")]], function() echo("hi!") end}.

{hints}:

a table of strings which will be shown on the right-click menu and as a tool-tip for the text. If the number is the same as that of the commands table then they all will be used for the right-click menu and listed (one per line) as a plain text tooltip; alternatively if there is one extra in number than the commands table the first will be used purely for the tool tip and the remainder will be used for the right-click menu. This additional entry may be formatted as Qt style "rich-text" (in the same manner as labels elsewhere in the GUI).

If a particular position in the commands table is an empty string "" but there is something in the hints table then it will be listed in the right-click menu but as it does not do anything it will be shown greyed-out i.e. disabled and will not be clickable.
If a particular position in both the commands and the hints table are empty strings "" then this item will show as a separator (usually as a horizontal-line) in the right-click menu and it will not be clickable/do anything.

useCurrentFormatElseDefault:

(optional) a boolean value for using either the current formatting options (color, underline, italic and other effects) if true or the link default (blue underline) if false, if omitted the default format is used.

Example

-- Create some text as a clickable with a popup menu, a left click will ''send "sleep"'':
echoPopup("activities to do", {function() send "sleep" end, function() send "sit" end, function() send "stand" end}, {"sleep", "sit", "stand"})

-- alternatively, put commands as text (in [[ and ]] to use quotation marks inside)
echoPopup("activities to do", {[[send "sleep"]], [[send "sit"]], [[send "stand"]]}, {"sleep", "sit", "stand"})

-- one can also provide helpful information

-- todo: an example with rich-text in the tool-tips(s) - not complete yet!
echoPopup("Fancy popup", {[[echo("Doing command 1 (default one)")]], "", "", [[echo("Doing command 3")]], [[echo("Doing another command (number 4)"]], [[echo("Doing another command (number 5)"]])}, {"<p>This tooltip has HTML type tags in/around it, and it will get word-wrapped automatically to fit into a reasonable rectangle.</p><p><b>Plus</b> it can have those HTML like <i>effects</i> and be easily formatted into more than one paragraph and with <span style=\"color:cyan\">bits</span> in <span style=\"color:lime\">different</span> colors!</p><p>This example also demonstrates how to produce disabled menu (right-click) items, how to insert separators and how it now will handle multiple items with the same hint (prior to PR 6945 such duplicates will all run the command associated with the last one!) If the first command/function is an empty string then clicking on the text will have no effect, but hovering the mouse over the text will still produce the tooltip, this could be useful to display extra information about the text without doing anything by default.</p>", "Command 1 (default)", "", "Command 2 (disabled)", "Command 3", "Another command", "Another command"}, true)
echo(" remaining text.\n")

hecho2cecho PR#6849 merged

convertedString = hecho2cecho(str)

Converts a hecho formatted string to a cecho formatted one.
See also: cecho2decho(), hecho2html()

Available in Mudlet4.18+

Parameters

str

string you wish to convert from hecho to cecho
Returns

a string formatted for cecho

Example

-- convert to a hecho string and use cecho to display it
local hechoString = "#ff0000#b!!ALERT!!:#/b#ffa500 Something has gone wrong!\n""
cecho(hecho2cecho(hechoString))

hecho2decho PR#6849 merged

convertedString = hecho2decho(str)

Converts a hecho formatted string to a decho formatted one.
See also: decho2hecho(), hecho2html()

Available in Mudlet4.18+

Parameters

str

string you wish to convert from hecho to decho
Returns

a string formatted for decho

Example

-- convert to a decho string and use decho to display it
local hechoString = "#ff0000#b!!ALERT!!:#/b#ffa500 Something has gone wrong!\n""
decho(hecho2decho(hechoString))

hecho2html PR#6849 merged

convertedString = hecho2html(str[, resetFormat])

Converts a hecho formatted string to an html formatted one.
See also: cecho2hecho(), hecho2html()

Available in Mudlet4.18+

Parameters

str

string you wish to convert from hecho to hecho

resetFormat

optional table of default formatting options. As returned by getLabelFormat()
Returns

a string formatted for html

Example

-- create the base string
local hechoString = "#ff0000#b!!ALERT!!:#/b#ffa500 Something has gone wrong!\n""

-- create a label to display the result onto
testLabel = Geyser.Label:new({name = "testLabel"})

-- convert the hecho string to an html one, using the default formatting of testLabel created above
local htmlString = hecho2html(hechoString, testLabel:getFormat())

-- and finally echo it to the label to see
-- I use rawEcho as that displays the html exactly as given.
testLabel:rawEcho(htmlString)

insertPopup, revised in PR #6925

insertPopup([windowName], text, {commands}, {hints}[{, tool-tips}][, useCurrentFormatElseDefault]): Creates text with a left-clickable link, and a right-click menu for more options at the end of the current line, like echo. The added text, upon being left-clicked, will do the first command in the list. Upon being right-clicked, it'll display a menu with all possible commands. The menu will be populated with hints, one for each line; if a tool-tips table is not provided the same hints will also be listed one-per-line as a tool-tip but if a matching number of tool-tips are provided they will be concatenated to provide a tool-tip when the text is hovered over by the pointer - these tool-tips can be rich-text to produce information formatted with additional content in the same manner as labels.

Parameters

windowName:

(optional) name of the window as a string to echo to. Use either main or omit for the main window, or the miniconsole's or user-window's name otherwise.

text:

the text string to display.

{commands}:

a table of lua code to do, in text strings or as functions (since Mudlet 4.11), i.e. {[[send("hello")]], function() echo("hi!") end}.

{hints}:

a table of strings which will be shown on the right-click menu (and popup if no {tool-tips} table is provided). If a particular position in both the commands and hints table are both the empty string "" but there is something in the tool-tips table, no entry for that position will be made in the context menu but the tool-tip can still display something which can include images or text.

{tool-tips}:

(optional) a table of possibly rich-text strings which will be shown on the popup if provided.

useCurrentFormatElseDefault:

(optional) a boolean value for using either the current formatting options (color, underline, italic and other effects) if true or the link default (blue underline) if false, if omitted the default format is used.

Note: Mudlet will distinguish between the optional tool-tips and the flag to switch between the standard link and the current text format by examining the type of the argument, as such this pair of arguments can be in either order.

Example

-- Create some text as a clickable with a popup menu, a left click will ''send "sleep"'':
insertPopup("activities to do", {function() send "sleep" end, function() send "sit" end, function() send "stand" end}, {"sleep", "sit", "stand"})

-- alternatively, put commands as text (in [[ and ]] to use quotation marks inside)
insertPopup("activities to do", {[[send "sleep"]], [[send "sit"]], [[send "stand"]]}, {"sleep", "sit", "stand"})

-- one can also provide helpful information

-- todo: an example with rich-text in the tool-tips(s)

Discord Functions

All functions to customize the information Mudlet displays in Discord's rich presence interface. For an overview on how all of these functions tie in together, see our Discord scripting overview.

Mud Client Media Protocol

All GMCP functions to send sound and music events. For an overview on how all of these functions tie in together, see our MUD Client Media Protocol scripting overview.

Playing Media, PR #7026

Playing Media

Send Client.Media.Play GMCP events to play sound or music files.

Required	Key	Value	Default	Purpose
Yes	"name"	<file name>		Name of the media file. May contain directory information (i.e. weather/lightning.wav). Wildcards * and ? may be used within the name to randomize media files selection.
Maybe	"url"	<url>		Resource location where the media file may be downloaded. Only required if the file is to be downloaded remotely and a url was not set above with Client.Media.Default or Client.Media.Load.
No	"type"	"sound" or "music"	"sound"	Identifies the type of media.
No	"tag"	<tag>		Helps categorize media.
No	"volume"	1 to 100	50	Relative to the volume set on the player's client.
No	"fadein"	<msec>		Volume increases, or fades in, ranged across a linear pattern from one to the volume set with the "volume" key. Start position: Start of media. End position: Start of media plus the number of milliseconds (msec) specified. 1000 milliseconds = 1 second.
No	"fadeout"	<msec>		Volume decreases, or fades out, ranged across a linear pattern from the volume set with the "volume" key to one. Start position: End of the media minus the number of milliseconds (msec) specified. End position: End of the media. 1000 milliseconds = 1 second.
No	"start"	<msec>	0	Begin play at the specified position in milliseconds. 1000 milliseconds = 1 second.
No	"finish"	<msec>	0	End play at the specified position in milliseconds. 1000 milliseconds = 1 second.
No	"loops"	-1, or >= 1	1	Number of iterations that the media plays. A value of -1 allows the sound or music to loop indefinitely.
No	"priority"	1 to 100		Halts the play of current or future played media files with a lower priority while this media plays.
No	"continue"	true or false	true	Only valid for media files with a "type" of "music". Continues playing matching new music files when true. Restarts matching new music files when false.
No	"key"	<key>		Uniquely identifies media files with a "key" that is bound to their "name" or "url". Halts the play of current media files with the same "key" that have a different "name" or "url" while this media plays.

name

For example, to simply play the sound of a cow mooing already stored in the "media" folder:

Client.Media.Play {
  "name": "cow.wav"
}

Or some lightning stored in a "weather" sub-folder under the "media" folder.

Client.Media.Play {
  "name": "weather/lightning.wav"
}

The "name" parameter may be used for stopping media with the Client.Media.Stop GMCP event.

url

If you maintain your sound files on the Internet and don't set a default URL with Client.Media.Default, or preload them with Client.Media.Load, include the "url" parameter:

Client.Media.Play {
  "name": "cow.wav",
  "url": "https://www.example.com/sounds/"
}

type: sound

Media files default to a "type" of "sound" when the "type" parameter is not specified, such as in the example above. It is good practice to specify the "type" parameter to best keep media organized within your implementation:

Client.Media.Play {
  "name": "cow.wav",
  "type": "sound"
}

The "type" parameter may be used for stopping matching media with the Client.Media.Stop GMCP event.

tag

To play the sound of a sword swooshing and categorized as "combat":

Client.Media.Play {
  "name": "sword1.wav",
  "type": "sound",
  "tag": "combat"
}

The "tag" parameter may be used for stopping matching media with the Client.Media.Stop GMCP event.

type: music

Add background music to your environment through use of the "music" value set upon the "type" parameter:

Client.Media.Play {
  "name": "river.wav",
  "type": "music",
  "tag": "environment"
}

The "type" parameter may be used for stopping matching media with the Client.Media.Stop GMCP event.

volume: 1 to 100

As the character draws nearer to or farther from the environmental feature, consider adjusting the "volume" parameter. Example values, followed by syntax examples:

Maximum: 100 (recommended to use rarely)
High: 75
Default: 50
Low: 25
Minimum: 1 (recommended to use rarely)

Client.Media.Play {
  "name": "river.wav",
  "type": "music",
  "tag": "environment",
  "volume": 75
}

Although using the integer type is recommended, Mudlet parses "volume" values of type string ("75") into integers (75) as needed.

fadein

Increase volume from the start of the media [start position, volume one] to the number in milliseconds specified with the "fadein" parameter [position start + milliseconds, volume specified with the "volume" parameter]. Example values, followed by syntax examples:

1000 milliseconds (1 second)
60000 milliseconds (1 minute)
0 milliseconds (no fade in)

Client.Media.Play {
  "name": "monty_python.mp3",
  "type": "music",
  "volume": 100,
  "fadein": 1000
}

        +---------------------------+-----------------------+
        | Fade in 1000 milliseconds |         Normal        |
        +---------------------------+-----------------------+
Volume 1|........::::::::::iiiiiiiii%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%|Volume 100
        +---------------------------+-----------------------+

Although using the integer type is recommended, Mudlet parses "fadein" values of type string ("1000") into integers (1000) as needed.

fadeout

Decrease volume from a position in milliseconds subtracted from the duration of the media [position duration - milliseconds, volume specified with the "volume" parameter] to the end of the media [position duration, volume one]. Example values, followed by syntax examples:

1000 milliseconds (1 second)
60000 milliseconds (1 minute)
0 milliseconds (no fade out)

Client.Media.Play {
  "name": "the_matrix.mp3",
  "type": "music",
  "volume": 50,
  "fadeout": 333
}

         +-----------------------+---------------------------+
         |        Normal         | Fade out 333 milliseconds |
         +-----------------------+---------------------------+
Volume 50|%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%iiiiiiiii::::::::::........|Volume 1
         +-----------------------+---------------------------+

Although using the integer type is recommended, Mudlet parses "fadeout" values of type string ("333") into integers (333) as needed.

start

Start playing a media track at the number of milliseconds specified. Example values, followed by syntax examples:

1000 milliseconds (1 second)
60000 milliseconds (1 minute)
0 milliseconds (start from beginning)

Client.Media.Play {
  "name": "mudlet_beatboxing.mp3",
  "type": "music",
  "volume": 75,
  "start": 1000
}

Although using the integer type is recommended, Mudlet parses "start" values of type string ("100") into integers (100) as needed.

finish

Finish playing a media track at the number of milliseconds specified. Example values, followed by syntax examples:

1000 milliseconds (1 second)
60000 milliseconds (1 minute)
0 milliseconds (start from beginning)

Client.Media.Play {
  "name": "mudlet_beatboxing.mp3",
  "type": "music",
  "volume": 75,
  "finish": 35000
}

Although using the integer type is recommended, Mudlet parses "finish" values of type string ("100") into integers (100) as needed.

loops: -1, 1 or more

The "loops" parameter controls how many times the sound repeats and defaults to 1 if not specified. A value of -1 will loop the file indefinitely.

Client.Media.Play {
  "name": "clock/hour_bell.wav",
  "type": "sound",
  "loops": 3
}

Client.Media.Play {
  "name": "underdark.mp3",
  "type": "music",
  "tag": "environment",
  "loops": -1
}

Although using the integer type is recommended, Mudlet parses "loops" values of type string ("-1") into integers (-1) as needed.

priority: 1 to 100

The "priority" parameter sets precedence for Client.Media.Play GMCP events that include a "priority" setting. The values for the "priority" parameter range between 1 and 100. Given that two Client.Media.Play GMCP events have the same priority, the media already playing will continue playing. In Mudlet, media without priority set is not included comparisons based on priority.

A common place to find priority implemented is with combat. In the following example, imagine a combat scenario where some sounds of sword thrusts were interrupted by a successful blocking maneuver.

Client.Media.Play {
  "name": "sword1.wav",
  "type": "sound",
  "tag": "combat",
  "loops": 3,
  "priority": 60
}

Client.Media.Play {
  "name": "block1.wav",
  "type": "sound",
  "tag": "combat",
  "priority": 70
}

Although using the integer type is recommended, Mudlet parses "priority" values of type string ("25") into integers (25) as needed.

The "priority" parameter may be used for stopping matching media with the Client.Media.Stop GMCP event.

continue: true or false (for music)

Typically sent with the "type" of "music" is the parameter "continue", which presents the following values:

true: continues music that is already playing if it is requested again through a new Client.Media.Play GMCP event
false: restarts music that is already playing if it is requested again through a new Client.Media.Play GMCP event

Client.Media.Play {
  "name": "city.mp3",
  "type": "music",
  "tag": "environment",
  "continue": true
}

If the "continue" parameter is not specified, behavior will default to true for music.

Although using the boolean type is recommended, Mudlet parses "continue" values of type string ("true" and "false") into boolean (true and false) as needed, as not all game drivers support a boolean type.

key

The "key" parameter enables media categorization, similar to the "tag" parameter, however it adds a feature of uniqueness that halts media currently playing with the same key, replacing it with the media that arrived from a new Client.Media.Play GMCP event. This update will only occur if the "name" or "url" associated with the currently playing media does not match the new media, while the key is identical.

In the example below, consider that a player moves from a sewer area to a village. The "key" parameter is used to stop the previously playing sewer.mp3 and start playing village.mp3 within the second Client.Media.Play GMCP event.

Client.Media.Play {
  "name": "sewer.mp3",
  "type": "music",
  "tag": "environment",
  "loops": -1,
  "continue": true,
  "key": "area-music"
}

Client.Media.Play {
  "name": "village.mp3",
  "type": "music",
  "tag": "environment",
  "loops": -1,
  "continue": true,
  "key": "area-music"
}

The "key" parameter may be used for stopping matching media with the Client.Media.Stop GMCP event.

Note: Where music is bound to change, continue or stop as a player enters a new room, consider allowing for a slight pause of 1 heart beat or tick to send the Client.Media.Play or Client.Media.Stop GMCP events. This practice reduces the number of Client.Media.Play GMCP events sent when the player travels through several rooms quickly.

randomization

Wildcards * (asterisk) and ? (question mark) may be used within the name to randomize media file(s) selection.

Given that media files underdark.wav, underdark.mp3 and underdark_dark_elven_moshpit.mp3 were all present in the media/environment directory under the current game profile, the following Client.Media.Play GMCP event would randomly choose one of those files to play using the * wildcard.

Client.Media.Play {
  "name": "underdark*",
  "type": "music",
  "tag": "environment",
  "loops": -1,
  "continue": false
}

If media files sword1.wav, sword2.wav and sword3.wav were all present in the media/combat directory under the current game profile, the following Client.Media.Play GMCP event would randomly choose one of those files to play per each loop using the ? wildcard.

Client.Media.Play {
  "name": "combat/sword?.wav",
  "type": "sound",
  "tag": "combat",
  "loops": 3
}

Stopping Media, PR #7026

Stopping Media

Send Client.Media.Stop GMCP events to stop sound or music media.

Required	Key	Value	Purpose
No	"name"	<file name>	Stops playing media by name matching the value specified.
No	"type"	"sound" or "music"	Stops playing media by type matching the value specified.
No	"tag"	<tag>	Stops playing media by tag matching the value specified.
No	"priority"	1 to 100	Stops playing media with priority less than or equal to the value.
No	"key"	<key>	Stops playing media by key matching the value specified.
No	"fadeaway"	true or false	Decrease volume from the current position for a given duration, then stops the track. Given duration is the lesser of the remaining track duration or the fadeout specified in Client.Media.Play. If fadeout was not specified in Client.Media.Play, then the optional fadeout parameter from Client.Media.Stop or a default of 5000 milliseconds will be applied.
No	"fadeout"		Default duration in milliseconds to decrease volume to the end of the track. Only used if fadeout was not defined in Client.Media.Play.

all

Send the Client.Media.Stop GMCP event with no parameters to stop all playing media within a given game profile.

Client.Media.Stop {}

parameters

Send any combination of the name, type, tag, priority or sound parameters and valid corresponding values to stop playing media that matches all combinations of the parameters.

Stop the rain.

Client.Media.Stop {
  "name": "rain.wav"
}

Stop all media using the "type" of "sound".

Client.Media.Stop {
  "type": "sound"
}

Stop all media categorized with the "tag" of "combat" and that has a "priority" less than or equal to 50.

Client.Media.Stop {
  "tag": "combat",
  "priority": 50
}

Stop all media categorized with the "key" of "area-music".

Client.Media.Stop {
  "key": "area-music"
}

Decrease volume for 5 seconds (or the fadeout parameter defined in Client.Media.Play) and then stop all playing music files for this profile

Client.Media.Stop {
  "fadeaway": true
}

Decrease volume for 10 seconds all media categorized with the "key" of "area-music" and then stop the music

Client.Media.Stop {
  "key": "area-music",
  "fadeaway": true,
  "fadeout": 10000
}

Supported Protocols, PR #7058

Mudlet supports CHARSET, NEW-ENVIRON, MNES, MTTS, GMCP, MSSP, MSP, ATCP, Aardwolfs 102, MSDP, and the MXP Protocol.

CHARSET, NEW-ENVIRON, MTTS, MXP, MSSP, MSP, GMCP and 102 are enabled by default, MSDP and MNES can be enabled in settings.

NEW-ENVIRON, PR #7058

To enhance the player experience through sharing more client-supported details, the Telnet New-Environ Option may be used to transfer client environment variables from Mudlet to game servers. Sharing supporting information on information such as encoding, terminal emulation, and accessibility options aims to improve initial player setup and increase the retention rate for new gaming community members.

NEW-ENVIRON in Mudlet

Mudlet supports two methods of information exchange via NEW-ENVIRON, the first via RFC 1572: Telnet New-Environ Option, and the second is MNES: Mud New-Environ Standard, which shares a standardized set of client information across multiple clients.

Client Environment Variable Updates

Mudlet provides a user-friendly interface for managing environmental variables through its Settings menu. For certain environmental variables, manual selections made in the Settings menus can dynamically notify servers that have expressed interest in the client's environmental variables through the negotiation of the NEW-ENVIRON option. For instance, when a Mudlet user updates the data encoding for a server profile by navigating to Settings, General, and choosing a specific data encoding from the drop-down menu, this information becomes available for transmission via both the RFC (default) and MNES (requires user enabling) options.

Available Client Environment Variables RFC 1572

Two types of variables are used per RFC 152, well-known variables defines with VAR (0) and for less common variables, USERVAR (3). Some information requires a user to OPT-IN to share it with the game. Some client variables updates may be reported ad-hoc with an INFO (2) message. If there is no value for a defined variable, a VAL (1) will be sent without a value following it.

Type	Variable	Example Values	Mudlet Default	OPT-IN	INFO	Purpose
VAR	SYSTEMTYPE	MACOS, WIN64, WIN32, BSD4, CYGWIN, FREEBSD, HURD, NETBSD, OPENBSD, LINUX, UNIX		Yes		Client runs within the listed operating system.
VAR	USER	tamarindo		Yes		Character name defined in logon dialogue.
USERVAR	256_COLORS	1	1			Client supports all 256 color codes. 1 = Yes/True/ACK.
USERVAR	ANSI	1	1			Client supports all common ANSI color codes. 1 = Yes/True/ACK.
USERVAR	CHARSET	UTF-8, ASCII			Yes	Encoding set in the client
USERVAR	CLIENT_NAME	MUDLET	MUDLET			Name of the client.
USERVAR	CLIENT_VERSION	4/18, 4/17/2-DEV				Version of the client.
USERVAR	FONT	Bitstream Vera Sans Mono		Yes	Yes	Font used in the client.
USERVAR	FONT_SIZE	14		Yes	Yes	Font size used in the client.
USERVAR	LANGUAGE	en_US		Yes	Yes	Client is using this language code and country variant.
USERVAR	MTTS	2349			Yes	Bitvector defined in the Mud Terminal Type Standard (MTTS).
USERVAR	OSC_COLOR_PALETTE	1				Client supports OSC and the OSC color palette. 1 = Yes/True/ACK.
USERVAR	SCREEN_READER	1	0	Yes	Yes	Client is using a screen reader. 1 = Yes/True/ACK.
USERVAR	TERMINAL_TYPE	ANSI-TRUECOLOR, ANSI-256COLOR, ANSI, XTERM, VT100, DUMB	ANSI-TRUECOLOR			Terminal type of the client
USERVAR	TLS	1				Client supports Transport Layer Security for data encryption. 1 = Yes/True/ACK.
USERVAR	TRUECOLOR	1				Client supports truecolor codes using semicolon notation. 1 = Yes/True/ACK.
USERVAR	UTF-8	1			Yes	Client is using UTF-8 character encoding. 1 = Yes/True/ACK.
USERVAR	VT100	1	0			Client supports all common VT100 codes. 1 = Yes/True/ACK. This is not applicable for Mudlet and while defined, is not used.
USERVAR	WORD_WRAP	100			Yes	Client wraps text at this value

Negotiating NEW-ENVIRON

Negotiating the NEW-ENVIRON Telnet option empowers game servers to request one, multiple, or all client environment variables configured within Mudlet. The process unfolds with the game server sending a Telopt DO NEW-ENVIRON (39), prompting Mudlet to respond with a WILL NEW-ENVIRON (39). Subsequently, the game server can send SB NEW-ENVIRON (39) SEND to receive all available environment variables. Mudlet responds with SB NEW-ENVIRON (39) IS (0) < VAR (0) | USERVAR (3) > "<variable>" [VAL (1)] ["<value>"] [ .. [ VAR (0) | USERVAR (3) ] "<variable>" VAL (1) "<value>"] containing the list of environmental variables.

Once an environmental variable is transmitted to a server within the ongoing connection, Mudlet replies with SB NEW-ENVIRON (39) INFO (2) < VAR (0) | USERVAR (3) > "<variable>" [VAL (1)] ["<value>"] messages for select variables. Importantly, no reply from the server is required in this context. If there is a need to specify a particular list of requested environmental variables to Mudlet, the format SB NEW-ENVIRON (39) SEND < VAR (0) | USERVAR (3) > "<variable>" [ .. < VAR (0) | USERVAR (3) > "<variable>" ] can be employed.

Success example #1 (one environmental variable):

Server	Mudlet
IAC DO NEW-ENVIRON (39) IAC SE	IAC WILL NEW-ENVIRON (39) IAC SE
IAC SB NEW-ENVIRON (39) SEND (1) USERVAR (3) CHARSET IAC SE	IAC SB NEW-ENVIRON (39) IS (0) USERVAR (3) CHARSET VAL (1) UTF-8 IAC SE

Success example #2 (all environmental variables):

Server	Mudlet
IAC DO NEW-ENVIRON (39) IAC SE	IAC WILL NEW-ENVIRON (39) IAC SE
IAC SB NEW-ENVIRON (39) SEND (1) IAC SE	IAC SB NEW-ENVIRON (39) IS (0) VAR (0) SYSTEMTYPE VAL (1) MACOS VAR (0) USER VAL (1) tamarindo USERVAR (3) 256_COLORS VAL (1) 1 USERVAR (3) ANSI VAL (1) 1 USERVAR (3) CHARSET VAL (1) UTF-8 USERVAR (3) CLIENT_NAME VAL (1) MUDLET USERVAR (3) CLIENT_VERSION VAL (1) 4/17/2-DEV USERVAR (3) FONT VAL (1) Bitstream Vera Sans Mono USERVAR (3) FONT_SIZE VAL (1) 14 USERVAR (3) LANGUAGE VAL (1) en_US USERVAR (3) USERVAR (3) MTTS VAL (1) 2349 USERVAR (3) OSC_COLOR_PALETTE VAL (1) 1 USERVAR (3) SCREEN_READER VAL (1) USERVAR (3) TERMINAL_TYPE VAL (1) ANSI-TRUECOLOR USERVAR (3) TLS VAL (1) 1 USERVAR (3) TRUECOLOR VAL (1) 1 USERVAR (3) UTF-8 VAL (1) 1 USERVAR (3) VT100 VAL (1) 0 USERVAR (3) WORD_WRAP VAL (1) 100 IAC SE
	[ As updates occur in the client the following are possible... ]
	IAC SB NEW-ENVIRON (39) IS (0) USERVAR (3) CHARSET VAL (1) UTF-8 IAC SE IAC SB NEW-ENVIRON (39) IS (0) USERVAR (3) FONT VAL (1) Bitstream Vera Sans Mono IAC SE IAC SB NEW-ENVIRON (39) IS (0) USERVAR (3) FONT_SIZE VAL (1) 14 IAC SE IAC SB NEW-ENVIRON (39) IS (0) USERVAR (3) LANGUAGE VAL (1) en_US IAC SE IAC SB NEW-ENVIRON (39) IS (0) USERVAR (3) MTTS VAL (1) 2349 IAC SE IAC SB NEW-ENVIRON (39) IS (0) USERVAR (3) SCREEN_READER VAL (1) IAC SE IAC SB NEW-ENVIRON (39) IS (0) USERVAR (3) UTF-8 VAL (1) 1 IAC SE IAC SB NEW-ENVIRON (39) IS (0) USERVAR (3) WORD_WRAP VAL (1) 100 IAC SE

If a Mudlet user does not want to negotiate environmental variables, they may choose the Settings, Special Options menu item in Mudlet and enable "Force NEW_ENVIRON negotiation off". The following is an example of an attempted negotiation where "Force NEW-ENVIRON negotiation off" is enabled.

Server	Mudlet
IAC DO NEW-ENVIRON (39) IAC SE	IAC WONT NEW-ENVIRON (39) IAC SE

NEW-ENVIRON negotiation is available in Mudlet 4.18+.

MNES, PR #7058

The Mud New-Environment Standard is an alternative way to share client-supported details between Mudlet to game servers.

Activating MNES

If your game supports MNES, instruct users to toggle on the `Enable MNES` menu option on the General tab in Mudlet.

Mud New-Environ Standard Client Environment Variables MNES

MNES leverages VAR (0) to transfer up to six client environment variables. Some client variables updates may be reported ad-hoc with an INFO message. If there is no value for a defined variable, a VAL (1) will be sent without a value following it.

Type	Variable	Example Values	Mudlet Default	INFO	Purpose
VAR	CHARSET	UTF-8, ASCII		Yes	Encoding set in the client
VAR	CLIENT_NAME	MUDLET	MUDLET		Name of the client.
VAR	CLIENT_VERSION	4/18, 4/17/2-DEV			Version of the client.
VAR	IPADDRESS	127.0.0.1	<empty>		Client's IP address. Proxies may report the client's real IP address. This allows a MUD to ban specific users without having to ban an entire proxy. This is not applicable for Mudlet and while defined, is not used.
VAR	MTTS	2349		Yes	Bitvector defined in the Mud Terminal Type Standard (MTTS).
VAR	TERMINAL_TYPE	ANSI-TRUECOLOR, ANSI-256COLOR, ANSI, XTERM, VT100, DUMB	ANSI-TRUECOLOR		Terminal type of the client

Negotiating MNES

The primary differences between MNES and the out-of-the-box RFC 152 NEW-ENVIRON implementation is that MNES sends no more than 6 client environment variables, it uses a VAR (0) for the SEND (1), IS (0), and INFO (2) messages, and returns a multiple client variable response in multiple IS (0) messages.

Server	Mudlet
IAC DO NEW-ENVIRON (39) IAC SE	IAC WILL NEW-ENVIRON (39) IAC SE
IAC SB NEW-ENVIRON (39) SEND IAC SE	IAC SB NEW-ENVIRON (39) IS (0) VAR (0) CHARSET VAL (1) UTF-8 IAC SE IAC SB NEW-ENVIRON (39) IS (0) VAR (0) CLIENT_NAME VAL (1) MUDLET IAC SE IAC SB NEW-ENVIRON (39) IS (0) VAR (0) CLIENT_VERSION VAL (1) 4/17/2-DEV IAC SE IAC SB NEW-ENVIRON (39) IS (0) VAR (0) IPADDRESS VAL (1) IAC SE IAC SB NEW-ENVIRON (39) IS (0) VAR (0) MTTS VAL (1) 2349 IAC SE IAC SB NEW-ENVIRON (39) IS (0) VAR (0) TERMINAL_TYPE VAL (1) ANSI-TRUECOLOR IAC SE
	[ As updates occur in the client the following are possible... ]
	IAC SB NEW-ENVIRON (39) INFO (2) VAR (0) CHARSET VAL (1) ASCII IAC SE IAC SB NEW-ENVIRON (39) INFO (2) VAR (0) MTTS VAL (1) 2345 IAC SE

MNES negotiation is available in Mudlet 4.18+.

MTTS, PR #7036

MUD servers frequently seek information about the capabilities of a MUD Client. Despite the availability of various methods, achieving consistency and reliability in this endeavor has proven challenging. The Mud Terminal Type Standard (MTTS) aims to alleviate these issues by introducing a transparent and straightforward standard for MUD Clients to communicate their terminal capabilities. This standard builds upon and formalizes RFC 1091, which outlines the Telnet Terminal-Type Option.

MTTS in Mudlet

By incorporating the Mud Terminal-Type Standard (MTTS), Mudlet will communicate with interested servers that it possesses the following capabilities:

Support for ANSI Color Codes: The client supports all common ANSI color codes.
UTF-8 Character Encoding: The client utilizes UTF-8 character encoding.
Support for 256 Color Codes: Mudlet is equipped to handle all 256 color codes.
OSC Color Palette: Mudlet acknowledges support for the OSC color palette.
Screen Reader Support: Mudlet offers support for screen readers, with opt-in functionality (not advertised by default).
Truecolor Codes: Mudlet supports truecolor codes using semicolon notation.
Mud New Environment Standard (MNES) Support: The client adheres to the Mud New Environment Standard for information exchange.
TLS Encryption: The client supports Transport Layer Security for data encryption.

Screen Reader Opt-In

Users can find on the Accessibility tab under the Settings menu a checkbox identified as "Advertise screen reader use via protocols supporting this notice" which when checked will notify interested game servers. This information may be used to optimize the gaming experience.

Available MTTS Information

Through a Telnet TERMINAL-TYPE Option negotiation, Mudlet transfers a bitvector to game servers, (i.e., 2349) for processing. A bitvector, also known as a bitmap, is a data structure that represents a fixed-size sequence of binary digits or bits. In a bitvector, each bit corresponds to a specific position or index in the sequence, and its value can be either 0 or 1. The MTTS bitvector represents is a set of flags and boolean values, where each bit can represent the state of a particular boolean condition or flag. For example, if the third bit is set to 1, it indicates that the client is using UTF-8 character encoding. A 0 indicator would indicate that UTF-8 was not supported.

MTTS Bitvector
Bit	Property	Meaning
1	ANSI	Client supports all common ANSI color codes.
2	VT100	Client supports all common VT100 codes.
4	UTF-8	Client is using UTF-8 character encoding.
8	256 COLORS	Client supports all 256 color codes.
16	MOUSE TRACKING	Client supports xterm mouse tracking.
32	OSC COLOR PALETTE	Client supports OSC and the OSC color palette.
64	SCREEN READER	Client is using a screen reader.
128	PROXY	Client is a proxy allowing different users to connect from the same IP address.
256	TRUECOLOR	Client supports truecolor codes using semicolon notation.
512	MNES	Client supports the Mud New Environment Standard for information exchange.
1024	MSLP	Client supports the Mud Server Link Protocol for clickable link handling.
2048	TLS	Client supports Transport Layer Security for data encryption.

Negotiating MTTS

Per the MTTS guidance, game servers should initiate up to 4 TTYPE requests to complete the TTYPE cycling routine within a given connection. If the connection is reset, negotiate TTYPE again. Reference the MTTS website for more information.

Server	Mudlet
IAC DO TTYPE (24) IAC SE	IAC WILL TTYPE (24) IAC SE
IAC SB TTYPE (24) SEND (1) IAC SE	IAC SB TTYPE (24) IS (0) MUDLET-4/18 IAC SE
IAC SB TTYPE (24) SEND (1) IAC SE	IAC SB TTYPE (24) IS (0) ANSI-TRUECOLOR IAC SE
IAC SB TTYPE (24) SEND (1) IAC SE	IAC SB TTYPE (24) IS (0) MTTS 2349 IAC SE
IAC SB TTYPE (24) SEND (1) IAC SE	IAC SB TTYPE (24) IS (0) MTTS 2349 IAC SE

If a Mudlet user does not want to enable Mud Terminal Type Standard, they may choose the Settings, General menu item in Mudlet and toggle off the "Enable MTTS" checkbox.

MTTS is available in Mudlet 4.18+.

Events

New or revised events that Mudlet can raise to inform a profile about changes. See Mudlet-raised events for the existing ones.

sysMapAreaChanged, PR #6615

Raised when the area being viewed in the mapper is changed, either by the player-room being set to a new area or the user selecting a different area in the area selection combo-box in the mapper controls area. Returns two additional arguments being the areaID of the area being switched to and then the one for the area that is being left.

Available in Mudlet ?.??+

Note: pending, not yet available. See https://github.com/Mudlet/Mudlet/pull/6615

sysWindowOverflowEvent, PR #6872

Raised when the content in a mini-console/user window that has been set to be non-scrolling (see: enableScrolling(...) and disableScrolling(...)) overflows - i.e. fills the visible window and overflows off the bottom. Returns two additional arguments being the window's name as a string and the number of lines that have gone past that which can be shown on the current size of the window.

Available in Mudlet ?.??+

Note: pending, not yet available. See https://github.com/Mudlet/Mudlet/pull/6872 and https://github.com/Mudlet/Mudlet/pull/6848 for the Lua API functions (that also need documenting).

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 : Creates text with a left-clickable link, and a right-click menu for more options at the end of the current line, like echo. The added text, upon being left-clicked, will do the first command in the list. Upon being right-clicked, it'll display a menu with all possible commands. The menu will be populated with hints, one for each line; if there is one extra hint then the first one will be used as a (maybe containing Qt rich-text markup) tool-tip for the text otherwise the remaining hints will be concatenated, one-per-line, as a tool-tip when the text is hovered over by the pointer.

Difference between revisions of "Area 51"

Revision as of 23:02, 4 January 2024

Basic Essential Functions

Database Functions

Date/Time Functions

File System Functions

Mapper Functions

mapSymbolFontInfo, PR #4038 closed

moveMapLabel, PR #6014 open

moveRoom, PR #6010 open

setupMapSymbolFont, PR #4038 closed

Miscellaneous Functions

playMusicFile, PR #7026

playSoundFile, PR #7026

stopMusic, PR #7026

stopSounds, PR #7026

createVideoPlayer, PR #6439

loadVideoFile, PR #6439

playVideoFile, PR #6439

stopVideos, PR #6439

getCustomLoginTextId, PR #3952 open

sendCharacterName, PR #3952 open

sendCharacterPassword, PR #3952 open

sendCustomLoginText, PR #3952 open

Mudlet Object Functions

ancestors, new in PR #6726

findItems, new in PR #6742

isActive, modified by PR #6726

isAncestorsActive, new in PR #6726

Networking Functions

String Functions

Table Functions

Text to Speech Functions

UI Functions

cecho2decho PR#6849 merged

cecho2hecho PR#6849 merged

cecho2html PR#6849 merged

decho2cecho PR#6849 merged

decho2hecho PR#6849 merged

decho2html PR#6849 merged

deleteMultiline PR #6779 merged

echoPopup, revised in PR #6946

hecho2cecho PR#6849 merged

hecho2decho PR#6849 merged

hecho2html PR#6849 merged

insertPopup, revised in PR #6925

Discord Functions

Mud Client Media Protocol

Playing Media, PR #7026

Playing Media

name

url

type: sound

tag

type: music

volume: 1 to 100

fadein

fadeout

start

finish

loops: -1, 1 or more

priority: 1 to 100

continue: true or false (for music)

key

randomization

Stopping Media, PR #7026

Stopping Media

all

parameters

Supported Protocols, PR #7058

NEW-ENVIRON, PR #7058

NEW-ENVIRON in Mudlet

Client Environment Variable Updates

Available Client Environment Variables RFC 1572

Negotiating NEW-ENVIRON

MNES, PR #7058

Activating MNES

Mud New-Environ Standard Client Environment Variables MNES

Negotiating MNES

MTTS, PR #7036