#include "defs.h"
inherit ROOM_OBJ;
int open;
void setup() {
set_short("add_item room #5b, item descriptions that change with time");
set_light(100);
set_long("add_item room #5b, item description that change with time\n"
"*BEEEP* *BEEEP* WARNING! WARNING! *BEEEP* *BEEEP*\n"
"This room is crap, and uses a non longer valid way of changing "
"descriptions, if you see anything like this, be sure to bug "
"report it.\nAlso note that \"I\" is Mithal:)\n"
+"There are a few other uses for the pasting function. One of "
+"them is to provide descriptions that change depending on "
+"certan variables. In this room there is a chest. Every other "
+"time you look at it, it is open. In the code there is a "
+"global variable 'open' that is switched between 1 and 0 every "
+"time 'look_chest' is called. The function returns 'The chest "
+"is open' if open == 1, else 'The chest is closed'. "
+"Unfortunately, the exact code cannot be put here... since the "
+"pasting function would work as you read the help text. *smile* "
+"Thus & is used in place of @ in the example code.\n"
+"A chest.\nA note.\n");
add_item("note", ({ "long", "It can be read.",
"read", "Here is the code for the chest:\n"
+" add_item(\"chest\",\"The Chest is \"+\n"
+" \"&&look_chest:\"+file_name(this_object())+\"&&\\n\");\n\n"
+"Again, the & signs are used to represent @ signs.\n"
+"The code for look_chest:\n\n"
+" string do_chest() { \n"
+" if( open ) { open = 0; return \"Open.\"; } \n"
+" open = 1; return \"Closed!\"; } \n\n"
+" I think this is a much better way to deal with stuff than the famous "
+" modify_item.\nUse and be happy!\n" }));
add_item("chest","The chest is "+
"@@look_chest:"+file_name(this_object())+"@@\n");
open = 0;
add_exit("east", __DIR__+"action_verbs2","path");
add_exit("west", __DIR__+"action_verbs","path");
add_exit( "start", MAIN, "path" );
add_exit( "exit", LEARNING +"search", "path" );
}
string look_chest() {
if(open) { open = 0; return "Open."; }
open = 1; return "Closed!";
}
