Other Key Verbs

TeleportingArguments: this none noneThis moves a player to another roomplayer:moveto(<#room>)For example: player:moveto(#3323);

A modification of this can be used to move objects to other rooms<#object>:moveto(<#room>)For example: #1234:moveto(#9876);

Example in the MOO: go to #3290 and type "watch sunset". Watching the sunset moves you toanother room. Here is the coding:#3283:watch this none none1: player:tell("As Bob watches the sunset memories long forgotten, and feelings buried for sometime rush to the surface, he is overcome by these new feelings and you feel yourself draggedalong with him on his flight through his subconscious.");2: player.location:announce(player.name, " chose the wrong scab to pick.");3: player:moveto(#3323);

Notice the location of the player:tell and player.location:announce. In this case tell andannounce take place before the player moves. The player senses a change then the changetakes place. Also,because the announcement is made before the move, the players in theoriginal room hear the announcement but the players in the room the character is teleported todo not hear the announcement.

One Object Effecting Another ObjectArguments: variesThis verb allows one object to change a property on another object. For example, subtracting apoint from a property of another object :<#object>.property = <#object>.property -1;Example: #4502.chat = #4502.chat - 1;

Example in the MOO: Go to room #4250. Then type "talk to monster". Here if you talk to themonster (#4504), then the Elizabeth character (#4502) loses a .chat point from her objectproperty called “chat”.Verb command: talk monsterLocation: room #4250#4504:talk none (at/to) this1: "set points of monster chat and if less than 1 move player to another room"2 : monster_left = this.chat;3 : if (monster_left <= 0)4 : player:moveto(#4541);5 : else6 : "tell player what happens and subtract a chat point from Elizabeth's chat property"7: player:tell("You talk to", " ", this.name, ". He grins at you. Sweet Elizabeth begs you to returnhome.");8 : player.location:announce(player.name, " talks to ", this.name, ". He grins.");9 : #4502.chat = #4502.chat - 1;

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10: "Add a point to the monster's chat property"11 : monster_left = monster_left + 1;12 : this.chat = monster_left;13: endif

Notice that changing points on another figure can be used like a video game. In this case, thegame is to show the battle between Elizabeth and the Monster for Frankenstein's affection.Every time he talks to one, that object gains points and the other one losses points. If one of the.chat properties gets to zero, the player who talks to that object will be teleported to anotherroom. Alternatively, you could make a two drinks--tea and coffee. Every time you sip tea, thenumber of sips from coffee is reduced....very Alice in Wonderland sort of effect. Finally, youcould have one object move another object by using <#object>:moveto(<#room>);

Random Numbers and ListsArguments: variableThis example is a prototype for a wandering cloud. The program shows how to make a list ofobjects and call on a random number from the list. In this case, the cloud will randomly go toone of the listed rooms. The list of rooms is in line 2. The random number between one andforty generator is in line 5. Then in line 6, the room number in the list from line 2 thatcorresponds with the random number generated in line 5. The cloud hovers in the room for30-150 seconds in line 7. Finally, in line 11, the cloud moves to the randomly generateddestination room.Verb command: cloud wander#5193:Wander this none none1: player:tell("and off it goes");2: rooms = {#62, #170, #202, #218, #224, #221, #1922, #1791, #1703, #3055, #3067, #2765,#3073, #3079, #651, #3471, #3537, #2687, #2695, #2704, #2871, #2887, #2908, #2911, #2914,#2883, #2974, #2948, #2677, #2865, #3013, #3045, #2798, #3077, #3092, #3108, #580, #218,#221, #224, #490};3: this.continue_if = 1;4: while (this.continue_if == 1)5: list_num = random(40);6: destination_room = rooms[list_num];7: suspend(30 * random(5));8: this.location:announce("the sun shines once again");9: player:tell(destination_room);10: move(this, destination_room);11: this.location:announce("A small materializes over your head, a voice inside you begs you toask 'why me?'");12: endwhile

Commands implemented in this verb:

listname = {items in list, seperated by commas};

random(<number range from 1 to listed number>);

suspend(<number of seconds>)

Object that Makes Other Objects of the Same Kind --Cloning

When you type "steal corpse" this corpse object creates a copy of itself in the inventory of the

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person who picked it up. The object recycles itself after 60 minutes (see line 17).One example is a corpse when you type steal corpse it replicates itself. See #5002. The otherexample is a plant. When you type "pluck plant" it replicates itself. See # 1382 in room #1922.#5002:steal this none none1: numstr = tostr(this.corpseNo);2: namestr = "corpse" + numstr;3: parent = this;4: object = player:_create(parent);5: if (typeof(object) == ERR)6: player:notify(tostr(object));7: return;8: endif9: for f in ($string_utils:char_list(player:build_option("create_flags") || ""))10: object.(f) = 1;11: endfor12: "move() shouldn't, but could bomb. Say if player has a stupid :accept";13: `move(object, player) ! ANY';14: $building_utils:set_names(object, namestr);15: player:tell("You now have a corpse with you, hit i<enter> to make sure he is in you inventory,then take him to the lab");16: this.corpseNo = this.corpseNo + 1;17: fork (60 * 60)18: player:tell("now");19: endfork

Forked Time EventsThis example shows how to create an event that unfolds over time. First create a property onyour object called “t” for time. Then set the value of t to zero (@set object:t 0 ). When the verb isactivated, time starts ticking in seconds. At various intervals in time (“fork (2) or fork (8)” forexample), the programmer announces something to the players in the room. Go to room #4381and type "push button".Verb command: push buttonLocation: room #4381#4640:push this none none1: if (this.t == 0)2: this.t = 1;3: player:tell("");4: player.location:announce("");5: player:tell("You press the button and the scene before you comes to life...");6: player.location:announce(player.name, "presses the button and the still scene before youcomes to life...");7: fork (2)8: player:tell("");9: player.location:announce("");10: player:tell("A few feet away, a shadow holds small William by the throat in midair.");11: player.location:announce("A few feet away, a shadow holds small William by the throat inmidair.");12: endfork13: fork (8)14: player:tell("");15: player.location:announce("");16: player:tell("William threatens the shadow and it rips a locket free from his neck. It then

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squeezes his throat before throwing his lifeless body into the thick grass.");17: player.location:announce("William threatens the shadow and it rips a locket free from hisneck. It then squeezes his throat before throwing his lifeless body into the thick grass.");" ***ETC "18: this.t = 0;19 : endfork20 : else21 : player:tell("Please wait until the scene resets");22 : endif

Notice that at the end of the verb (line 18) time is reset to zero then the "endfork" command isgiven. Also notice that this coder has given provides a blank space between each annoncementor player:tell. This is done in lines 3 and 4, then again in lines 8 and 9 and lines 14 and 15. Thespace prevents his dialogue from running together in the MOO chat screen.

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