The new functions are very easy to use and are currently very simplisticly
coded. To put out a first working version I went for the simplest method
I could to do it and I neither claim that the code is efficient, bug free,
new or innovative - In fact its downright old hat but noone had done it before.
Okay to use it you simply use the functions in a similar way to how you would
use add_item ... the functions are ..
add_smell(string smell, string desc)
add_taste(string taste, string desc)
add_sound(string sound, string desc)
add_feel(string feel, string desc)
there are also the remove equivalents although you only have to use the specific
sense to be removed as a parameter ie,
remove_XXXX(string XXXX)
The add_XXXX functions can also be used to modify existing items due to the way
in which the code is written.
From a players point of view they simply have to type in
smell XXXX, listen XXXX, taste XXXX, feel XXXX or touch XXXX to get the
relevant stuff out of the commands ... if they player tries to get an undefined
description they get XXXX what? with the exception of listen since that also
exists as a soul command.
Limitations ...
Currently, unlike add_item, you cannot use an array to define several
particulars to one description ie,
add_smell(({"bing1","bing2","bing3"}), "Pooh");
will not work (well not unless I've done something I don't know about in the
code) This situation is being rectified.
also the listen commands format is listen <item> ... this is also being
changed to listen to <item> - just gimme a little time (my timetable
changes totally AGAIN this week - the 5th time so far in 4 weeks).
Forthcoming ....
Listen to <item> syntax. Array parameters handling. Anything else I think
of and probably everything everyone else suggests ...
Footnote ...
Because I use add_actions to handle it you can actually redefine the
do_listen, do_smell, do_feel and do_taste functions if you need a slightly
different syntax or whatever - a popular use may be to make it do something
if the input is particular and do a ::do_listen if it ain't .....
Bing on
Sojan