Alias

Thyki · **Posted:** Sun Apr 12, 2009 5:00 am

I keep trying to enter in an alias, one I have had before and accidentally deleted it and I keep getting a message saying it is an invalid alias. I have no idea what would make an alias invalid though and since I have used this exact one before, I am at a loss. Thoughts?

Aneira · **Joined:** Thu Sep 06, 2007 10:28 am **Posts:** 1538

Invalid aliases are when you try to assign an alias to a command that's already in the game. For example, you can't assign an alias to the letter 'h' because 'h' already stands for 'hit' in the game. Try out a different combination of letters.

Mithril · **Joined:** Sat Apr 04, 2009 6:39 pm **Posts:** 5

Aneira wrote:

Invalid aliases are when you try to assign an alias to a command that's already in the game. For example, you can't assign an alias to the letter 'h' because 'h' already stands for 'hit' in the game. Try out a different combination of letters.

Code:

alias h test
Alias added.

Try posting what you are typing in the game so we can tell you what you are doing wrong.

Thyki · **Posted:** Sun Apr 12, 2009 5:50 am

Aneira wrote:

Invalid aliases are when you try to assign an alias to a command that's already in the game. For example, you can't assign an alias to the letter 'h' because 'h' already stands for 'hit' in the game. Try out a different combination of letters.

I thought that may have been the case, but I had it assigned to the same word in the past and when I type that word I get the "Huh? Type 'help' for a list of commands." message. I have also tried it with different words and just random letter combinations and still get the same thing.

EDIT: This is what I had in the past and tried to reenter:

Quote:

alias thunder , closes her $7$Ie$7y$7$Ies$7, begining a soft chant under her $3$Ibr$7$Iea$3$Ith$7. ; pe voice rises in timbre, the $3$Ia$3i$3$Ir$7 around you begins to $3t$7i$3ngl$7e and the scent of $7$Io$6$Iz$7$Io$6$Ine$7 fills your nostrils. ; pe words are drowned by a sharp $1$Icr$3$Ia$1$Ick$7$I of $0$Ith$7u$0$Ind$7e$0$Ir.

Aneira · **Joined:** Thu Sep 06, 2007 10:28 am **Posts:** 1538

Hmm. Interesting. Well, there are certain commands that you can't alias, which is when I've received the 'invalid alias' message. I assumed hit would be one of them. But, yes, seeing what you're trying to alias would be helpful.

Dabi (2009) · **Posted:** Sun Apr 12, 2009 5:52 am

There is the alias limit to consider. You get 20.

There is also a safety in place so that they do not loop. You cannot follow the alias with a command of the same word.

e.g. 'alias b bash elf' would not work because b is a truncation of the bash command.

Thyki · **Posted:** Sun Apr 12, 2009 5:59 am

Don't mean to sound like a broken record, but I had this exact same alias already aliased about 20 minutes ago, I just accidentally deleted it, so I copied and pasted from my file figuring it would work again. I've only got 12 aliases right now, so this one would be the 13th.

I edited my previous post to include what it is I am trying to alias, but here you go again:

Quote:

alias Thunder , closes her $7$Ie$7y$7$Ies$7, begining a soft chant under her $3$Ibr$7$Iea$3$Ith$7. ; pe voice rises in timbre, the $3$Ia$3i$3$Ir$7 around you begins to $3t$7i$3ngl$7e and the scent of $7$Io$6$Iz$7$Io$6$Ine$7 fills your nostrils. ; pe words are drowned by a sharp $1$Icr$3$Ia$1$Ick$7$I of $0$Ith$7u$0$Ind$7e$0$Ir.

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Mithril · **Joined:** Sat Apr 04, 2009 6:39 pm **Posts:** 5

I copied what you posted and tried it. It worked fine for me.

laeZ1 · **Joined:** Wed Mar 25, 2009 10:11 am **Posts:** 941

Mithril wrote:

I copied what you posted and tried it. It worked fine for me.

Me too.

Thyki · **Posted:** Sun Apr 12, 2009 6:07 am

Mithril wrote:

I copied what you posted and tried it. It worked fine for me.

Ugh...I wish I knew what was going on all I am doing is copying and pasting and it keeps giving me the invalid alias prompt back. When I use the same keyword but with different commands it works...

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