Similar keywords to trigger different reaction

Posted by Winddancer on Thu 12 Feb 2026 03:32 PM — 4 posts, 3,059 views.

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Hi.
I tried to look up the explanation on how to correctly use the "sequence" entry in triggers but failed to find the documentation.

My current problem is the following.
I want to call a macro whenever I thrust a weapon at an opponent, so I have a trigger that reacts to "^You thrust your*" which will then execute the macro.

A recent addition into the game added a special bloody ritual, which unfortunately also starts the same way, but continues with a specific message "You thrust your hand with brutal force between the exposed organs..."

My idea was to add a second trigger, one with a "higher priority" that basically just does an emote but prevents the macro from being executed.
Would that be possible with simply assigning different sequence numbers, provided higher sequence number mean gets priority in execution? Or does that simply account for the order in which the triggers are processed?
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I want to call a macro whenever I

That's not what macro means in mushclient.

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provided higher sequence number mean gets priority in execution

Opposite.

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Or does that simply account for the order in which the triggers are processed?

That depends on whether you activate the "keep evaluating" option.
Amended on Sun 15 Feb 2026 09:20 AM by Fiendish
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… but failed to find the documentation.

https://www.gammon.com.au/scripts/doc.php?dialog=IDD_EDIT_TRIGGER

Scroll down to “sequence” part.

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How incoming text is processed

Would that be possible with simply assigning different sequence numbers, provided higher sequence number mean gets priority in execution? Or does that simply account for the order in which the triggers are processed?

The lower sequence triggers are processed first. If “keep evaluating” is not checked then the first matching trigger stops further evaluation, otherwise other triggers will be evaluated as well.