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The Wyvern Command PromptContents
OverviewYou type in commands to do lots of things in Wyvern. For example, to get everything out of a bag, you can type get all from bag. You don't have to type in commands to do most things. For example, another way to get everything from a bag is to right-click (or shift-click) on the bag, and select loot from the popup menu. Using the menus is a fine way to play when you're just getting started. However, most experienced players type in many of their commands. You don't actually have to do much typing, if you do a little preparation by making some "aliases". We'll cover aliases later. Using commands like autograb and autobag can save you even more typing by picking and organizing items automatically. Entering CommandsThere are several ways to enter commands in the Wyvern Client:
This tutorial is going to focus on the Command Prompt, which is the text box in the lower-right corner that you activate with the Enter key. The Command PromptThe Command Prompt is a text box where you can type in commands. Commands have two parts:
So if you type say hi there, the verb is "say", and the arguments are "hi there". The command prompt provides you with various features to make life easier:
We'll cover each of these in the sections below. Additionally, there are two features that can save you a lot of typing:
We'll cover these as well. Command HistoryAs you type in commands, they go into a "history list" so you can retrieve them. This is mostly to save on typing. There are two ways you can redo a previous command that you typed:
You can make changes to any command before sending it, even if you got it out of the history list. Look at the section on Command-Line Editing to see faster ways to do this. Server Command HistoryYou can use special characters in your command to access your server command history. There are two of them: "!" and "^":
If you've used Unix command prompts before, you may recognize these characters. However, Wyvern doesn't support the full range of options available in Unix shells. To use the "!" command, you have two options:
For example, if you recently typed tell rhialto hey, you there? and then entered some other commands, you can redo the tell by typing !tell, or !te. The game will search backwards through your most recent commands, looking for a command you typed that starts with the characters after the exclamation point. The "^" command has a special syntax: ^before^after[:g] It takes whatever your last command was, and tries to replace the "before" characters with the "after" characters. For instance, let's say you typed tell rhialot I have a question, and then you realized you typed "rhialto" wrong. You can send a quick fix like this: ^rhialot^rhialto It will make the substitution, and automatically send the fixed-up command: tell rhialto I have a question If you want to change every occurrence of the "before" string, just put ":g" at the end. Command-Line EditingIf you're typing in a long command, and you want to go back and make a change, you can use the arrow keys to move the cursor backwards and forwards on the line. What you type will be inserted wherever the cursor is. You can also use the Backspace key to delete the character before the cursor, and the Delete key to delete the character after the cursor. The arrow keys, Backspace key, and Delete key are the absolute simplest form of command-line editing. Everyone knows how to use them. Wyvern's Command Prompt offers some more powerful editing sequences. For example:
There are other editing keys available as well. You can customize all of them in the Keyboard tab of the Settings dialog in the client, which you can access from the Edit menu. You can change the command-line editing keys to be whatever you want. If you take a little time to master these more powerful command-line editing keystrokes, you'll become a much faster, more efficient player. AliasesAliases are the favorite tool of Wyvern's best players. We can almost guarantee that you won't make it onto the Wyvern High Score List without learning how Aliases work. Fortunately, it's really easy. An alias is a shortcut. For example, let's say you were really tired of typing your friend's stupidly long name while you're talking to him: tell toolongname hey whats up tell toolongname cn you like help me out? tell toolongname you have a dumb name You can make a shortcut for tell toolongname. Let's say you call it tt for short. Then you could just type: tt ok, much better To create this shortcut (or "alias"), you type: alias tt tell toolongname That's all there is to it. The alias command takes the first word you type, and tells the server to convert it to whatever comes after that word, every time you type it. You can make any alias you want. Examples include:
Most of the top players have over 50 aliases, or more. You can read more about the command in the Alias command documentation. HotkeysIf you make an alias that's just one key, you don't have to use the Command Prompt to invoke the alias. For instance, if you do this: alias m drink potion of healing Then you can drink a potion of healing (if you have one!) just by pressing the 'm' key on your keyboard. You don't have to enter Command Mode by pressing the Enter key. This is a very powerful feature, because it lets you bind every key on your keyboard to a command. It might seem like a lot to remember, but you can build them up over time. Even better, you can create hotkey aliases using the <Ctrl> and <Alt> modifiers. Pressing the Control key plus a letter sends over a special sequence that looks like this, for the letter 'a': Ctrl.a So now you can set up all kinds of hotkeys:
Note that the Function keys on your PC keyboard send the codes "F1" through "F12" in the Wyvern client, so you can use them as well, including with Ctrl and Alt modifiers. You can even make modifiers for Ctrl and Alt together: alias Ctrl.Alt.s shout first shout! In the example above, you could press <Ctrl> plus <Alt> plus the "s" key on your keyboard, and it would shout "first shout!", which is convenient if you want to be silly when the game has just restarted. MacrosFinally, the Wyvern command-processing system lets you create Macros, which are aliases that expand into multiple commands. You separate the commands with the semicolon (";") character. Here are some examples of macro aliases used by top players:
As you can see, players are using macro aliases to automate tedious tasks. The last one does the command buy healing nine times, which lets you stand in a hospital, completely surrounded by potions of healing, and with one keypress, buy them all. Our players are pretty hardcore. SummaryThat concludes our tutorial on the Wyvern Command Prompt. If you spend the time to learn how it works, you'll be able to accomplish amazing things in the game. Happy Adventuring!
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