Dead Letter Solver

A MUSHclient plugin for the Discworld MUD.

• Original version written by Ruhsbaar of the Venerable Council of Seers.
• Mostly rewritten by Ross Grams AKA "Tuppy".

What Does it Do?

This plugin will display the full name and location of your dead letter target whenever you read a letter.

Installation

1. Start up the MUSHclient.
2. In the File menu, click "Plugins..."
3. Click the "Add..." button.
4. Locate and open the plugin file: "DeadLetter.xml".
5. Done!

Changelog

Version 1.1

• Added & improved a whole bunch of people's names & data.
• When multiple names match, try to sort them out based on the second address line.
  • Still show a shortlist of these people in case it messes up.
• Show the letter type before names ("dist", "close", "local", etc.).
• Added 'solveLetterTest' alias (disabled by default) to test the plugin more easily.

Version 1.0

"Ross Rewrite"

• Add local and close-by people.
• Remove manual aliases, "sl" and "solveletter".
  • Do it automatically whenever you read a letter!
• Use "Written in scribbled handwriting:" for initial trigger.
• Only ever search for the target's name.
• Stop on the line after "Written in hastily scrawled text:".
  • The "Deliver by <date/time>" line is removed if you log out and log in again.
• Also stop after 8 lines just in case.
• Add a failure message.
• Show scry name in bold instead of between brackets.
• Make variables local instead of global.
• Move duplicated code into a function.