3.0 Aliases

Aliases are simply convenient shortcuts you can make for more complex in-game actions. They are often used during in-game combat to perform actions more quickly. Aliases can also be combined with certain changeable elements (known as variables) to make even more versatile shortcuts.

Here are some examples to illustrate the concept of aliases:

Typing "dh" instead of the longer "DRINK HEALTH" command.
Using "t jeremy" to designate Jeremy as your in-game target.
Creating a safeguard for a command you might accidentally activate, such as "GIVE" or "QUIT".
Setting up a shortcut like "cg" to perform the longer command of "consecrate ground with holysymbol".

How to Create a New Alias

Aliases are categorized as a type of reflex. This means they are quick actions performed with ease. To create and manage aliases, you'll need to go to the "Reflexes" settings option, which is located in the settings window.

Here’s how you can access this tab:

Look for a gear icon on the main game screen, situated in the lower right corner.
Click on this gear icon to open the settings window.
Within the settings window, find and click on the "Reflexes" button.
Here, you will be able to create new aliases and manage existing ones for more efficient gameplay.

Step 1. Open the settings page and click the 'Reflexes' tab.

Creating a new alias is simple. Begin by accessing the settings window. You can do this by clicking on the gear icon, typically located in the lower right corner of your game screen. When you click on this icon, you will be presented with the settings window.

Select the "Reflexes" button and a new window will appear in your browser, where you'll be able to manage and create aliases as well as many other settings.

Step 2. Click the 'Add New' Button and select 'Add an Alias'.

Within the settings window, you will see options to create different types of reflexes. For our purpose, we want to create an alias.

Here are the steps to create an alias:

Look for the "Add New" button, which is usually located in the left section of the window.
Click on this "Add New" button.
A menu will appear. From this menu, select "Add an Alias".

By doing this, you have created a new alias, but it doesn't have any instructions yet – it's undefined. Next, you'll need to define what this alias should do.

Step 3. Aliases Options.

There are three main options for aliases; Enabled, Matching and Actions.

Enabled This checkbox marks if the alias is currently being used by the system. If unchecked, this alias will not be used.

Matching is what command you would like to assign to your alias. Usually this is a shorter version of a longer command. For example I may use 'arl' for 'apply restoration to legs'.

Actions are what happens when the command is entered into the game. In the example above, 'apply restoration to legs' would be sent to the game when you type in 'arl'.

Matching Options Explained

Matching is used for creating the command for the alias you are creating. There are five settings.

Alias Text

This field is required and contains the alias text. Anything can be used to create your alias. Typically they are very short and easy to remember. for example I may use the text 'sh' and later create an action that will do 'say hello world!'.

This works hand in hand with the 'Matching Type' option. See below.

Whole Words Only

If checked, the alias will only match whole words.

For example, my alias text is 'sh'

In this case, if I type in 'sha' it will NOT match. However, 'sh a' WILL work.

If I uncheck 'Whole words only', then 'sha' will work.

In almost all cases you will just want to keep 'Whole words only' checked. Remember that whole words are separated by spaces and punctuation is considered part of a word.

Match Case

If checked, capitalization must match.

For example, if checked, 'sh' is not the same as 'SH'.

Alias Name

(Optional) The name of the alias. The name is an identifier that will show up in your list of reflexes. It is not required for your alias and has nothing to do with the actual operation of the alias.

Matching Type

There are three options for matching text.

Begins with: Will only match a command that starts with your alias text in it.
Exact match: Will only match an alias that exactly matches your alias text.
Regular expression: This will match any 'regular expression' patterns. This is somewhat advanced, but good to learn. See the examples below.

In most cases you will want to use 'Begins with'.

Action Options Explained

Once you have decided on the text for your alias, you can initiate a single action, or a series of multiple actions. Actions will fire in the order they are listed.

Above is a simple example of three separate actions that will happen when an alias is entered into the game.

Simplified Scripting

The Nexus client allows for twelve different simplified scripting actions for use in aliases. In most cases instantly returning a command is the best option. However, the Nexus client will allow you to loop through commands, use if statements, wait commands, highlight text, and much more.

All of these options, with full explanations and examples can be found here: simplified scripting.

Below is an example of a simple alias which opens a door for you if one is in your way, while trying to move south.

The first action chosen is the basic "send a command", which sends the text "south" to the game. This is just like typing south into the command line. Next, we have the "wait for" action, which creates a temporary trigger, waiting for the words "There is a door in the way.". If we get that message, then we send the next action which is, again, "send a command". In this case we send two commands, one to open the door, and another to move south.

Another slightly more advanced option, would be if you wanted to override the basic SAY command to rotate between speech patterns.

To explain this alias step by step. In the first "talk" alias, we set a local var called "talk_counter" which increments by 1 every time we talk. Based on the value of that var, we choose a different version of talking to send to the client. (Sloshing around), or (Waving his hands) for example. The labels tell the If blocks, where to go based on the value of "talk_counter". When we reach the final If result, instead of going to a label, the script simple continues to the next line. At this point, we set the value of talk_counter back to 0, so we can start the loop all over again. Also note, the use to the "Stop" command, to prevent the script from continuing after reaching the end of a specific label.

As you might have surmised, this creates a problem if you try to "SAY TO" somebody. To fix this, we create a second alias which handles the "SAY TO" input.

In this second alias, we set two local variables, and change the alias to "sayto", so that we can capture the specific case of talking to a person instead of talking in general.

Advanced Scripting

There are two main advanced scripting options. You can Call function or you can Execute script. Both options allow for the use of javascript. You can learn more and functions here and more about javascript here.

Expansions

Aliases support expansions, which allow you to add on-the-spot modifications to the command you send to the game.

For example, let's say you want to make an alias that picks up an item and puts it into your pack, called pp. To do this, you can simply make an alias with pp as the alias text, and two actions (use Add Action to add the second one), get @suffix and put @suffix in pack. The 'suffix' in this case is anything that comes after the alias in your command.

For both actions, disable the include prefix and suffix option, and you are done. See Put Pack Alias.

The available expansions are:

@match - the matched text
@suffix - anything coming after the matched text
@prefix - anything coming in front of the matched text; this only makes sense for regular expressions

Tip: You can use @line to send the original command along with the aliased commands - this is useful if you want to perform additional actions when sending a particular command, instead of replacing it.

3.0 Aliases

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How to Create a New Alias

Step 1. Open the settings page and click the 'Reflexes' tab.