#include <lib.h>
#include "ex.h"
#define SPIDER "/domains/town/npc/spider"
inherit LIB_ROOM;
int pre_north();
void create()
{
::create();
SetAmbientLight(30);
SetShort( "a room with a blocked exit" );
SetLong(@EndText
There's not much here. Of course, we don't talk about
the spider in the long, cause it COULD be dead.
EndText
);
SetExits( ([
"south" : "/domains/examples/room/exroom5",
]) );
AddExit("north", EXPATH + "exroom7", (: pre_north :));
SetInventory( ([
SPIDER : 1,
]));
}
void init()
{
::init();
}
/* In the pre_north() function, I am going to add a special treat!
If a creator is invisible, you can bypass the spider completely!
Woo! Woo!
*/
int pre_north(string dir)
{
if( this_player()->GetInvis(1))
return 1;
/* If the spider is present, the player can not go that way. We
are also checking to see if the spider is still alive since
we don't want a corpse to click menacingly. :)
If I were to only put if(present("spider")), then the dead
corpse would block the path and click menacingly.
By putting the if(living(present("spider", this_object())))
we accomplish two checks on one line. Simple and elegant.*/
if(present("spider", this_object()) && living(present("spider",this_object())) )
{
write("The spider blocks your exit and clicks menacingly!\n");
say("The spider blocks " + possessive_noun(this_player()->GetName()) + " exit and clicks menacingly!\n");
return 0;
}
//if we get to here, the spider is not present, so we treat as a
//normal exit. ie: do nothing. return 1 allows the exit, if you remember.
return 1;
}
