/* /lib/get.c
* from the Dead Souls Object Library
* handles the picking up of objects
* created by Descartes of Borg 960114
* Version: @(#) get.c 1.3@(#)
* Last Modified: 96/12/21
*/
private mixed PreventGet;
// abstract methods
int GetMass();
mixed GetProperty(string key);
string GetShort();
mixed eventMove(mixed dest);
// end abstract methods
mixed GetPreventGet() {
return PreventGet;
}
mixed SetPreventGet(mixed val) {
return (PreventGet = val);
}
mixed CanGet(object who) {
if( !((int)who->CanCarry(GetMass())) ) return "It is too heavy for you!";
if( !PreventGet && !GetProperty("keep") ) return 1;
if( stringp(GetProperty("keep")) ) {
if( (string)who->GetKeyName() == GetProperty("keep") ) {
if( !PreventGet ) return 1;
}
else return "Mystical forces prevent you from getting " + GetShort() + ".";
}
if( intp(PreventGet) ) return 0;
if( stringp(PreventGet) ) return PreventGet;
if( objectp(PreventGet) ) {
if( PreventGet == who )
return capitalize(GetShort()) + " simply will not be taken.";
else return 1;
}
else return evaluate(PreventGet, who);
}
mixed eventGet(object who) {
if( !eventMove(who) ) {
who->eventPrint("You fail to get it.");
return 1;
}
who->eventPrint("You get " + GetShort() + ".");
environment(who)->eventPrint((string)who->GetName() + " gets " +
GetShort() + ".", who);
return 1;
}
static void create() {
PreventGet = 0;
}
mixed direct_get_obj(object target) {
if( environment() != environment(this_player()) ) {
string str = GetShort();
if( !str ) str = "It";
else str = capitalize(str);
return "# You are unable to do that right now.";
}
return CanGet(this_player());
}
mixed direct_get_obj_out_of_obj(object target, object src) {
object env;
string str;
env = environment();
if( !(str = GetShort()) ) str = "It";
else str = capitalize(str);
if( env==this_player() || env ==environment(this_player()) || living(env) )
return "#You can't do that right now.";
return CanGet(this_player());
}
mixed direct_get_obj_from_obj(object target, object src) {
return direct_get_obj_out_of_obj(target, src);
}
