Numerical calculator/tracker.

Posted by Xyborg on Sat 30 Aug 2003 12:03 PM — 42 posts, 115,404 views.

Xyborg Canada Sat 30 Aug 2003 12:03 PM #0

Ok. My eyes hurt from reading and failed attempts at doing this so I've just decided to make my own bloody post.

What I'm trying to do is track how much experience I am getting.

"You gain 179,304 Experience!"

is the line I get when I kill something. Now what I want to do and have been trying to do, is take that number, write it somewhere, then take the next gain and add it to that. Once they are combined, I want to write that total somewhere, discard the others, and repeat the process.

I tried using the wizard and that's more confusing to me than when I first dived into C programming at the age of 12.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[EDIT]
Oh yeah. Version 3.42 of course. Gotta keep up to date with this stuff ya know...

Xyborg Canada Sat 30 Aug 2003 01:30 PM #1

Ok. I just punched all this crap into notepad after looking at the Level_Timer plugin of Nicks. I decided I'd use a DBZ mud since I figured it would be a little easier to work with. But for some reason, I can get it to load no problem, but I still think I'm a bloody moron and can't figure this VB stuff out. So please, if you know what I'm doing wrong, lemme know and tell me how to fix it.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE muclient[
<!ENTITY trigger_match
"Your power level increases by * points." >
]>







<muclient>
<plugin
name="PL_Tracker"
author="Gar"
id="224913675cf54a90c032df56"
language="VBscript"
purpose="Displays how much PL you have gained this session"
save_state="y"
date_written="2003-08-30 06:31:00"
requires="3.24"
version="1.0"
>
<description trim="y">
<![CDATA[
When installed, this plugin will display how much PL you have gained so far.
]]>
</description>

</plugin>



<triggers>
<trigger
custom_colour="7"
enabled="y"
match="&trigger_match;"
script="OnLevel"
sequence="100"
other_text_colour="black"
other_back_colour="black"
>
</trigger>
</triggers>



<script>
<![CDATA[
sub OnLevel (name, line, wildcards)
dim cgain
dim ototal
dim ntotal
dim msg

ototal = GetVariable ("total_gain")

if IsEmpty (ototal) then
SetVariable "total_gain", now
Note "Tracking Started."
exit sub
end if

ntotal = Fix (ototal + cgain)

msg = "Total PL Gained = " _
& ntotal & "."

ColourNote "white", "blue", msg
SetVariable "total_gain", now

end sub

]]>
</script>

</muclient>

Poromenos Greece Sat 30 Aug 2003 01:36 PM #2

OK, from what I see, you are not using the wildcards anywhere. wildcards(1) will give you the number of exp points, e.g. 197,120. You then need to remove the comma and add it to whatever you want. The rest of the code seems correct, but the ototal, cgain and ntotal variables boggle me. They are not set anywhere, are they?

Xyborg Canada Sat 30 Aug 2003 01:38 PM #3

I'm a moron. I prolly screwed everything up. I didn't set any variables anywhere, don't know how to remove that comma, and well, just started this scripting junk today.

I'm totally lost...

[EDIT]
Oh yeah. Don't know how to set variables either. I was just going by what I'd seen in that one plugin.

[EDIT2]
Oh. I can load it fine but when it tries to total the numbers and stuff it goes SPLAT and crashes my client with errors lol.

Poromenos Greece Sat 30 Aug 2003 04:29 PM #4


Function fnRemCom(strNumber)
    Dim intCounter
    Dim strTemp
    For intCounter = 1 To Len(strNumber)
        If Mid(strNumber, intCounter, 1) <> "," Then
            strTemp = strTemp & Mid(strNumber, intCounter, 1)
        End If
    Next
    fnRemCom = strTemp
End Function

This function will remove your commas, call it like this:


Note fnRemCom("103,120")

This would print 103120.

To get your experience gain you should do:
cgain = Int(fnRemCom(wildcards(1)))
and then cgain will be your current gain.

Poromenos Greece Sat 30 Aug 2003 04:38 PM #5

Modded it a bit, here it is, enjoy:


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!-- Saved on Saturday, August 30, 2003, 6:31 AM -->
<!-- MuClient version 3.42 -->

<!-- Plugin "PL_Tracker" generated by Notepad? -->

<!--
Change the entity above to reflect the message you get when you gain powerlevel.
-->

<muclient>
<plugin
name="PL_Tracker"
author="Gar"
id="224913675cf54a90c032df56"
language="VBscript"
purpose="Displays how much PL you have gained this session"
save_state="y"
date_written="2003-08-30 06:31:00"
requires="3.24"
version="1.0"
>
<description trim="y">
<![CDATA[
When installed, this plugin will display how much PL you have gained so far.
]]>
</description>

</plugin>


<!-- Triggers -->

<triggers>
<trigger
custom_colour="7"
enabled="y"
match="Your power level increases by ((\d+)\,|)((\d+)\,|)(\d+) points\.$"
regexp="y"
script="OnLevel"
sequence="100"
other_text_colour="black"
other_back_colour="black"
>
</trigger>
</triggers>

<!-- Script -->


<script>
<![CDATA[
sub OnLevel (name, line, wildcards)
dim cgain
dim ototal
dim ntotal

'calculate the gain
cgain = Int(wildcards(2) & wildcards(4) & wildcards(5))
'get the previous gain
ototal = GetVariable ("total_gain")
'if there is no previous gain, note that we started tracking
if IsEmpty (ototal) then Note "Tracking Started."
'set ntotal to total gain
ntotal = Int(ototal + cgain)
'display it
ColourNote "white", "blue", "Total PL Gained = " & ntotal & "."
'store it
SetVariable "total_gain", ntotal
'we're done
end sub

]]>
</script>


</muclient>

Poromenos Greece Sat 30 Aug 2003 04:39 PM #6

It was actually almost finished, you just need to remember to use "wildcards" to get your wildcards, and remember that "now" returns the system time :P

Shadowfyr USA Sat 30 Aug 2003 07:17 PM #7

Also, it is a lot easier to use 'replace' to remove that comma that the mess that Poromenos came up with. Just use:

match="Your power level increases by .* points\.$"

and

cgain = Int(replace(wildcards(1), ",", "")

This also saves having a mess of wildcards to deal with, since you only need one.

Xyborg Canada Sat 30 Aug 2003 09:28 PM #8

Ok. I tried the one you posted Poromenos and I got some errors.

Error Number:
-2146828275
Event:
Execution of line 13 column 1
Description:
Type mismatch: 'ototal'
Called by:
Function/Sub: OnLevel called by trigger
Reason: Processing trigger ""

So that's what I got when I tried to start tracking the powerlevel.

I'm assuming it's the
ototal = GetVariable ("total_gain")
line that's causing the problem and I can't see why.

I've fiddled with what Shadowfyr had posted and I get a different error. I don't know what the hell could be wrong with it, but I'm still sitting here trying to figure it out.

Again, any help would be great. And I love you guys for, well, helping. It's more than what most people do in the other forums I dabble in.

[EDIT]
Geez. I really gotta remember to check that little box that enables the forum code...

Poromenos Greece Sat 30 Aug 2003 10:08 PM #9

You should perhaps delete your old ototal variable, the saved value is messing with the plugin. Just add
SetVariable "total_gain", ""
in the beginning of the plugin, run it once, and then delete the line. It should work normally.

Xyborg Canada Sat 30 Aug 2003 10:14 PM #10

Hrm... I added SetVariable "total_gain", "" just below dim ntotal and got the same error message but just a different line since I did put a couple more lines in.

God I wish I knew VB. Make my life so much easier.

Xyborg Canada Sat 30 Aug 2003 11:16 PM #11

Ok. I've gotten it to run without errors, but it's not adding all the numbers together and displaying the total. Below is what I've got so far. No errors but no math being done either. Maybe it's because total_gain and ntotal aren't defined as integers. Just a thought though.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>







<muclient>
<plugin
name="PL_Tracker"
author="Gar"
id="224913675cf54a90c032df56"
language="VBscript"
purpose="Displays how much PL you have gained this session"
save_state="y"
date_written="2003-08-30 06:31:00"
requires="3.24"
version="1.0"
>
<description trim="y">
<![CDATA[
When installed, this plugin will display how much PL you have gained so far.
]]>
</description>

</plugin>



<triggers>
<trigger
custom_colour="7"
enabled="y"
match="Your power level increases by ((\d+)\,|)((\d+)\,|)(\d+) points\.$"
regexp="y"
script="OnLevel"
sequence="100"
other_text_colour="black"
other_back_colour="black"
>
</trigger>
</triggers>



<script>
<![CDATA[
sub OnLevel (name, line, wildcards)
dim cgain
dim ototal
dim ntotal

SetVariable ("total_gain"), ""

'calculate the gain
cgain = Int(wildcards(2) & wildcards(4) & wildcards(5))
'get the previous gain
ototal = GetVariable (total_gain)
'if there is no previous gain, note that we started tracking
if IsEmpty (ototal) then Note "Tracking Started."
'set ntotal to total gain
ntotal = Int(ototal + cgain)
'display it
ColourNote "white", "blue", "Total PL Gained = " & ntotal & "."
'store it
SetVariable ("total_gain"), "ntotal"
'we're done
end sub

]]>
</script>

</muclient>

Xyborg Canada Sun 31 Aug 2003 12:08 AM #12

Ok. cgain works fine, but ntotal, total_gain, and ototal aren't returning anything. I have them all posting a note displaying anything that they should, but nothing comes back.

Nick Gammon Australia Forum Administrator Sun 31 Aug 2003 12:09 AM #13

This looks incredibly complicated. I wouldn't use all those wildcards, the potential for confusion is very great.

Just one simple trigger:

Your power level increases by * points.

Don't really need a regular expression.

The trigger could do a simple script. In fact, this should do the whole thing ...


<triggers>
  <trigger
   enabled="y"
   match="Your power level increases by * points."
   send_to="12"
   sequence="100"
  >
  <send>SetVariable "power", CInt (GetVariable ("power")) + _
   CInt (Replace ("%1", ",", ""))
Note "Your power level is now " &amp; GetVariable ("power")</send>
  </trigger>
</triggers>

Remember, keep it simple. :)

Xyborg Canada Sun 31 Aug 2003 12:20 AM #14

Pull out your rifles and get ready to shoot me in the head.

It appears that my intelligence is below that of a simple monkey.

I guess it's better when you ENABLE SCRIPTING!

Man I feel so stupid right now.

[EDIT]
Oh yeah. Sorry if I made any of ya feel bad by saying it wasn't working.

Plus now I was wondering if there was a way to put the commas back in to the ntotal thing.

Shadowfyr USA Sun 31 Aug 2003 12:26 AM #15

Hmm. Ok.. Lets step through this..

This line gets rid of what ever was in there before. In your case this was a time and day, so this will have gotten rid of that:

SetVariable ("total_gain"), ""

A better option would be to move it to a new sub:

sub OnPluginInstall
setvariable "total_gain",""
end sub

This will make it so each time the plugin is loaded it clears the value, 'but' only once, not every time you try to use it.

This is a problem:

ototal = GetVariable (total_gain)

getvariable requires a string. By leaving off the "" you are telling it to look in a VB variable called total_gain for a name that doesn't exist. It needs to be:

ototal = GetVariable ("total_gain")

This will work. The one you have for this will fail, because you don't tell it what they 'end' of the 'if' is actually at:

if IsEmpty (ototal) then
Note "Tracking Started."
end if

Here you have the opposite problem to when you tried to 'get' the value:

SetVariable ("total_gain"), "ntotal"

Your actually telling it here to store the value "ntotal" in totla_gain, not the contents of the variable ntotal. Change it to:

SetVariable "total_gain", ntotal

So the end result is:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!-- Saved on Saturday, August 30, 2003, 6:31 AM -->
<!-- MuClient version 3.42 -->

<!-- Plugin "PL_Tracker" generated by Notepad? -->

<!--
Change the entity above to reflect the message you get when you gain powerlevel.
-->

<muclient>
<plugin
name="PL_Tracker"
author="Gar"
id="224913675cf54a90c032df56"
language="VBscript"
purpose="Displays how much PL you have gained this session"
save_state="y"
date_written="2003-08-30 06:31:00"
requires="3.24"
version="1.0"
>
<description trim="y">
<![CDATA[
When installed, this plugin will display how much PL you have gained so far.
]]>
</description>

</plugin>


<!-- Triggers -->

<triggers>
<trigger
custom_colour="7"
enabled="y"
match="Your power level increases by ((\d+)\,|)((\d+)\,|)(\d+) points\.$"
regexp="y"
script="OnLevel"
sequence="100"
other_text_colour="black"
other_back_colour="black"
>
</trigger>
</triggers>

<!-- Script -->


<script>
<![CDATA[
sub OnPluginInstall
 setvariable "total_gain",""
end sub

sub OnLevel (name, line, wildcards)
dim cgain
dim ototal
dim ntotal

'calculate the gain
cgain = Int(wildcards(2) & wildcards(4) & wildcards(5))
'get the previous gain
ototal = GetVariable ("total_gain")
'if there is no previous gain, note that we started tracking
if IsEmpty (ototal) then
  Note "Tracking Started."
end if
'set ntotal to total gain
ntotal = Int(ototal + cgain)
'display it
ColourNote "white", "blue", "Total PL Gained = " & ntotal & "."
'store it
SetVariable ("total_gain"), ntotal
'we're done
end sub

]]>
</script>
</muclient>

I think that will fix it.

Xyborg Canada Sun 31 Aug 2003 12:33 AM #16

Thx Shadowfyr. I'll copy that too. But yeah. Now I'll juat have to get the ntotal to place proper commas, put in a command to reset the total PL gained to zero and maybe have it so you just type a command to see how much PL you've gained so far.

But for now. I'm going to bed.

Xyborg Canada Sun 31 Aug 2003 01:27 AM #17

Ok. I woke up and now none of my scripts are working. This is really driving me nuts. I did everything I did the first time I got it to work and it isn't now. Giving me that same error I got the first time about the ototal and OnLever trigger stuff.

[EDIT]
Oh yeah. And Nick. The trigger you gave me isn't working. says Send-to-script cannot execute because scripting is not enabled. every time the trigger goes off.

Nick Gammon Australia Forum Administrator Sun 31 Aug 2003 03:24 AM #18

Well, enable scripting in the scripting configuration tab.

Xyborg Canada Sun 31 Aug 2003 05:37 AM #19

I do have it enabled. Shift+Ctrl+6 and then click the little checkbox marked "Enable Script" Click 'OK' then it should be all good. But I used Shadowfyr's script there and this is the error I get.

Error number: -2146828275
Event: Execution of line 19 column 1
Description: Type mismatch: 'ototal'
Called by: Function/Sub: OnLevel called by trigger
Reason: processing trigger ""

I'm not sure what this means exactly, but it's confusing me.

And as for the trigger thing of yours Nick. I made the plugin as below since I have no idea how to use triggers the way you do.


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!-- Saved on Saturday, August 30, 2003, 6:31 AM -->
<!-- MuClient version 3.42 -->

<!-- Plugin "PL_Tracker" generated by Notepad? -->

<muclient>
<plugin
name="PL_Tracker"
author="Gar"
id="224913675cf54a90c032df56"
language="VBscript"
purpose="Displays how much PL you have gained this session"
save_state="y"
date_written="2003-08-30 06:31:00"
requires="3.24"
version="1.0"
>
<description trim="y">
<![CDATA[
When installed, this plugin will display how much PL you have gained so far.
]]>
</description>
</plugin>
<triggers>
  <trigger
   enabled="y"
   match="Your power level increases by * points."
   send_to="12"
   sequence="100"
  >
  <send>SetVariable "power", CInt (GetVariable ("power")) + _
   CInt (Replace ("%1", ",", ""))
Note "Your power level is now " &amp; GetVariable ("power")</send>
  </trigger>
</triggers>
</muclient>

Then when I have "Enable Script" checked, I still get this kind of message.

You _traumatize_ A Newbie Fighter! [35]
Your power level increases by 6 points.
Send-to-script cannot execute because scripting is not enabled.

So I'm lost as to what's wrong. I know I'm a total newb, but hey, everyone is when they first start.

Nick Gammon Australia Forum Administrator Sun 31 Aug 2003 06:23 AM #20

A problem compiling your script file might temporarily disable scripting.

Xyborg Canada Sun 31 Aug 2003 06:24 AM #21

Ok. Uh, how do i know if there is a problem compiling the script?

Nick Gammon Australia Forum Administrator Sun 31 Aug 2003 06:35 AM #22

You posted it above:

Error number: -2146828275
Event: Execution of line 19 column 1
Description: Type mismatch: 'ototal'
Called by: Function/Sub: OnLevel called by trigger
Reason: processing trigger ""

Take out that part that causes that. (or, if that is all there is, blank out the script file, so scripting is still enabled, but there is no file).

Poromenos Greece Sun 31 Aug 2003 07:45 AM #23

It's not a problem in compiling the script file. It's the bug that MUSHClient doesn't load the scripting engine if you don't use a script in a plugin, which is fixed in the next version. Just take the trigger Nick gave you, go to the Triggers window in MUSHClient, and press the "Paste" button... It'll work. Or, alternately, put this in the end of your plugin, above </muclient>:


<script>
<![CDATA[
'comment
]]>
</script>

Nick Gammon Australia Forum Administrator Sun 31 Aug 2003 07:56 AM #24

The CDATA just stops things like & from being expanded. This would do:

<script>
'comment
</script>

Xyborg Canada Sun 31 Aug 2003 02:33 PM #25

This makes no sense to me. I open the trigger window (Shift+Ctrl+8) but I don't understand exactly where I'm pasting the trigger so it'll work. I mean, I'm totally lost here.

Perhaps a step by step instruction for this would help.

[EDIT]
Ok. Well I found the paste button which does all the work for me. Now I found that it was the ntotal = Int(ototal + cgain) line that's causing a problem in the script that I want to use. But I don't see what kind of conflict it's having with the rest. I mean, without that line, we can't get the ntotal which ultimately makes the script useless.

[EDIT]
Ok. New problem... *sigh*

Error number: -2146828282
Event: Execution of line 1 column 1
Description: Overflow: 'CInt'
Line in error:

Called by: Immediate execution

I don't know what this means... as usual...

[EDIT]
Bet you love the fact that I know how to edit posts eh?

Ok. I changed CInt to Int in both instances and it's working fine now. However, I wouldn't mind finding a way to put the commas back into the total number that's displayed.

Poromenos Greece Sun 31 Aug 2003 06:27 PM #26


Function fnAddCom(strNumber)
    Dim strTemp
    Dim intCounter
    For intCounter = Len(strNumber) To 1 Step -1
        If (((Len(strNumber) - intCounter) + 1) Mod 3) <> 0 Then
            strTemp = strTemp & Mid(strNumber, intCounter, 1)
        Else
            If intCounter <> 1 Then
                strTemp = strTemp & Mid(strNumber, intCounter, 1) & ","
            Else
                strTemp = strTemp & Mid(strNumber, intCounter, 1)
            End If
        End If
    Next
    For intCounter = Len(strTemp) To 1 Step -1
        fnAddCom = fnAddCom & Mid(strTemp, intCounter, 1)
    Next
End Function

Xyborg Canada Sun 31 Aug 2003 06:28 PM #27

Huh? What's that for?

Shadowfyr USA Sun 31 Aug 2003 07:23 PM #28

Dang it Poromenos, I was right in the middle of coding and testing something to add commas myself and at the last minute scrolled down to see something only to find you had posted a solution right at the same time as I started writing mine. No fair... lol Anyway, yours is a bit shorter and less complex than mine anyway.

Xyborg Canada Sun 31 Aug 2003 07:27 PM #29

Ok. Let me put my newbie trigger script up here cause I don't know if that will work with what I'm using right now. And it's all about Nick's triggers.

http://www.badtrip-designs.com/PL_Tracker.xml

That is my script thing. I don't know if what you posted would work Poromenos, but god knows.

Let me know if there's anything different I could do to make this more effecient.

Xyborg Canada Mon 01 Sep 2003 07:16 AM #30

Ok Poromenos. How do I use that little tidbit you posted? I tried putting that in my little scripts that are run with various commands, but I can't get it to work.

Any idea?

Poromenos Greece Mon 01 Sep 2003 12:12 PM #31

You use it like this:
myNumber = fnAddCom("10000000")
and then myNumber is a string that contains the number with commas.

Xyborg Canada Mon 01 Sep 2003 08:54 PM #32

Ok. Screw it. I don't know what the hell you people are talking about and I've just decided that this plugin is just a lost cause. I'll wait till someone else does something productive.

Poromenos Greece Mon 01 Sep 2003 10:48 PM #33

Well, actually, Nick's trigger works fine :p

Xyborg Canada Mon 01 Sep 2003 10:49 PM #34

Ok. I'm pissed off that I can't get this to work and I'm not going to give up on this stupid thing.

This is one of my triggers.

<trigger
enabled="y"
match="CURR POWERLEVEL:"
regexp="y"
send_to="12"
sequence="100"
other_text_colour="black"
other_back_colour="black"
>
<send>Note "GAIN POWERLEVEL: " & GetVariable ("power")</send>
</trigger>

Ok. This is what you posted.

Function fnAddCom(strNumber)
Dim strTemp
Dim intCounter
For intCounter = Len(strNumber) To 1 Step -1
If (((Len(strNumber) - intCounter) + 1) Mod 3) <> 0 Then
strTemp = strTemp & Mid(strNumber, intCounter, 1)
Else
If intCounter <> 1 Then
strTemp = strTemp & Mid(strNumber, intCounter, 1) & ","
Else
strTemp = strTemp & Mid(strNumber, intCounter, 1)
End If
End If
Next
For intCounter = Len(strTemp) To 1 Step -1
fnAddCom = fnAddCom & Mid(strTemp, intCounter, 1)
Next
End Function

Now. This is what I think you are telling me to do. I have two variables. "power" and "battle" Where I placed them below is what I'm understanding which is prolly very wrong.

Function fnAddCom(strNumber)
Dim strTemp
Dim intCounter
For intCounter = Len(strNumber) To 1 Step -1
If (((Len(strNumber) - intCounter) + 1) Mod 3) <> 0 Then
strTemp = strTemp & Mid(strNumber, intCounter, 1)
Else
If intCounter <> 1 Then
strTemp = strTemp & Mid(strNumber, intCounter, 1) & ","
Else
strTemp = strTemp & Mid(strNumber, intCounter, 1)
End If
End If
Next
For intCounter = Len(strTemp) To 1 Step -1
power = fnAddCom & Mid(strTemp, intCounter, 1)
Next
End Function

Nick Gammon Australia Forum Administrator Mon 01 Sep 2003 11:31 PM #35

For one thing, the number formatting is too complex. Poremenos, try this:

world.note FormatNumber (1234567, 0)

That will add commas to a number. Your lengthy script is an overkill.

Xyborg Canada Mon 01 Sep 2003 11:32 PM #36

ok. So with this

world.note FormatNumber (1234567, 0)

In place of 1234567 can I place my "power" variable?

[EDIT]
I'm stupid... kinda.

Note "GAIN POWERLEVEL: " & FormatNumber (GetVariable ("power"), 0)

Works PERFECTLY.

Thank you so much for the help. I LOVE YOU!!!

In the non-gay way of course >_<

Poromenos Greece Tue 02 Sep 2003 11:01 AM #37

Nick, I hate you :P Stop dissing my scripts :P I should freshen up on the builtin functions...

Xyborg Canada Tue 02 Sep 2003 07:07 PM #38

Just wanted to know if this would work since I have so many damn triggers, many of which all perform the same function.

  <trigger
   enabled="y"
   match="You stop training your *"
   match="has reached it's peak for now."
   match="is already at maximum."
   regexp="y"
   send_to="12"
   sequence="100"
   other_text_colour="black"
   other_back_colour="black"
  >
  <send>SetVariable &quot;battle&quot;, &quot;0&quot;
SetVariable &quot;spar&quot;, &quot;0&quot;</send>
  </trigger>

*crosses his fingers* Hopefully this works.

[EDIT]
It didn't. So now I have to find a way to have tree of my triggers in one kinda and then have them all perform the same SetVariable commands... Great...

Poromenos Greece Tue 02 Sep 2003 08:43 PM #39

Lol, try this:
match="(You stop training your |has reached it's peak for now\.|is already at maximum\.)"
instead of the others

Xyborg Canada Tue 02 Sep 2003 11:58 PM #40

Yeah. I figured it out when I was reviewing some stuff on regular expressions. But thanks for pointing it out :P

Xyborg Canada Thu 04 Sep 2003 06:34 AM #41

Ok. Is there a way I can change my display to a set background and foreground color without having to tell people to change their custom colors?

[EDIT]
By 'display' I mean the echo for when a trigger is set off.