/****** This room is made my Mithal, learn and enjoy ***/
#include "defs.h"
inherit ROOM_OBJ;
void setup() {
set_short("add_item room #7, verb failure messages ");
set_light(100);
set_long("add_item room #7, verb failure messages\n"
+"Let us continue with our rat. Sometimes the general failure "
+"message just dosn't cut it. When the player fails to "
+"touch our rat, the mud should tell him/her nicely and not "
+"let them think they messed up. This rat does just that. "
+"Notice that, unlike success messages, failure messages go only "
+"to the player - not to everyone in the room. *smile* \n"
+"A filthy rat.\nA note.\n");
add_item("note", ({ "long", "It can be read.",
"read", "Here is the code for the do_touch:\n"
+"int do_touch()\n"
+"{\n"
+" if(!random(2)) {\n"
+" this_player()->add_failed_mess(previous_object(),\n"
+" \"You miss the rat!\\n\",\n"
+" ({})); \n"
+" return 0;\n"
+" }\n"
+" return 1;\n"
+"}\n\n"
+"The add_failed_mess is a pretty complicated fella. The first "
+"argument I beleve is the object that the verb failed on, ie "
+"the rat. The second argument is the failure message. Since "
+"it is going only to the player, it is really simple to "
+"understand. The third argument is the set of indirect "
+"that were used in the failing attempt. I think you can "
+"reference there name in the message as %I. But don't quote "
+"me on that. Similarly %D can be used as a substution for the "
+"direct object, ie previous_object(). It is complicated. "
+"If you stick to this form, you shouldn't have any problems. "
+"If all else fails, read the help file on it. *giggle* \n" }));
add_item( "large filthy rat", ({
"long", "It looks like it wants to be touched.",
"touch", ({ this_object(), "do_touch" }) }));
add_exit( "east", __DIR__+"verb_success", "path" );
add_exit( "west", __DIR__+"action_verbs", "path" );
add_exit( "start", MAIN, "path" );
add_exit( "exit", LEARNING +"search", "path" );
}
int do_touch() {
if(!random(2)) {
this_player()->add_failed_mess( previous_object(), "You miss the rat!\n", ({}));
return 0;
}
return 1;
}
