/*
* @main
* A nice little effect so that witches who plummet out of the sky
* when their brooms break in midflight will leave a crater in the
* ground where they fall.
*
* add_effect is called in the crash site; the name of the victim
* is passed to the effect. The arg of the effect is an array of
* strings, each of which is the name of someone who's landed in
* that particular crash site.
*
* @classification room.crater.broom
* @see help::effects
*/
#include <effect.h>
/** @ignore */
string query_classification() { return "room.crater.broom"; }
/** @ignore */
mixed beginning( object room, string name ) {
room->add_item( ({ name + " shaped crater", "crater" }),
"There is a large crater in the ground, as if " +
capitalize( name ) + " happened here recently, from a "
"very great height indeed." );
room->add_extra_look( this_object() );
return ({ name });
} /* beginning() */
/** @ignore */
mixed merge_effect( object room, mixed old_names, string name ) {
room->add_item( ({ name + " shaped crater", "crater" }),
"There is a large crater in the ground, as if " +
capitalize( name ) + " happened here recently, "
"from a very great height indeed." );
return old_names += ({ name });
} /* merge_effect() */
/** @ignore */
void end( object room, mixed names ) {
string name;
/* remove the items that were added for each crash */
foreach( name in names ) {
room->remove_item( name + " shaped crater" );
}
room->remove_extra_look( this_object() );
} /* end() */
/** @ignore */
int query_indefinite() { return 1; } /* don't end effect */
string extra_look( object room ) {
int *enums; /* Effect numbers */
int iterator, size;
string *shapes; /* Who made the crater */
string crater; /* The description to return */
/* Find out the effect number we have */
enums = room->effects_matching( query_classification() );
/* Make sure we have something to show them... */
if( !sizeof( enums ) )
return "";
/* Check the args. We should only have one effect, since we
* take care of merging */
shapes = room->arg_of( enums[0] );
if( !sizeof( shapes ) )
return "";
if( sizeof( shapes ) == 1 )
crater = "There is " + add_a( capitalize( shapes[0] ) ) +
" shaped crater in the ground.\n";
else {
crater = "There are " + capitalize( shapes[0] );
iterator = 0; size = sizeof( shapes );
while( ++iterator < size ) {
if( iterator != size - 1 )
crater += ", ";
else
crater += " and ";
crater += capitalize( shapes[iterator] );
}
crater += " shaped craters in the ground.\n";
}
return crater;
} /* extra_look() */
