#include "defs.h";
inherit ROOM_OBJ;
object red_demon;
void setup() {
/* The following two lines define the description of the room when you
* glance at it, or enter it in brief mode.
* It should be something that will make the sentence:
* "This room is <determinate><short>." correct.
* eg. here it would make: "This room is the room telling about adding
* NPC's."
* This is also a useful test to see if you've used capital letters
* correctly.
*/
set_short( "room telling about adding NPC's" );
add_property( "determinate", "the " );
/* The next command define the description you see when you look at it,
* and when you enter it in verbose mode.
* It should consist of complete sentences. For normal rooms it should be
* a description of the things the player can see.
* Remember to use two spaces beween sentences, to end the sentences with
* "." and to put "\n" at the end.
*/
set_long( "This is a room showing how to add a stationary NPC to a room. "
"If you try to \"update here\" you will see that it waits a few "
"seconds after loading the room before adding the NPC and, that "
"when it appears there is a message notifying the player about "
"it.\n" );
/* set_light() defines the amount of light in the room.
* Without it you wouldn't be able to see:)
* See help light for examples of what the values mean.
*/
set_light( 60 );
add_exit( "exit", ENTRANCE, "path" );
/* add_property is used to add a value to an object, that can later be
* queried for with query_property.
* The "commented functions" and "keywords" properties are specific for
* rooms in the learning domain and is used to make it possible to search
* for subjects.
* See /d/learning/handlers/search.c for the way this is done.
*/
add_property( "commented functions",
({ "set_long", "set_short", "add_property",
"set_light", "reset" }) );
add_property( "keywords", ({ "npc", "clone", "permanent", "make" }) );
} /* setup() */
/* reset() is called when the room is created, and every 15-30 minutes after
* that.
* Note the use of call_out to make the npc appear a bit after reset is
* called. This has two purposes since it both helps to prevent "Too deep
* recursion" errors, and it makes for a more dynamic room since people
* actually see when the npc appear. The number is
* how many second to wait before calling the function.
*/
void reset() {
if ( !red_demon ) {
call_out( "make_demon", 5 );
}
} /* reset() */
/* This function is an example of how to make a complete npc, without
* having to make a new file for it. This works well, as long as you don't
* want it to be able to do anything more than hang around and be
* slaughtered:)
*/
void make_demon() {
red_demon = clone_object( NPC_OBJ );
red_demon->set_name( "imp" );
red_demon->set_short( "small red imp" );
red_demon->add_adjective( ({ "small", "red" }) );
red_demon->set_long( "This is a small red imp who has agreed to be used "
"as an example.\n" );
red_demon->set_base_weight( 10 );
red_demon->set_height( 17 );
red_demon->basic_setup("imp", 1, 0 );
/* I use a second parameter to move here, so people in the room will be
* told that the demon entered.
* Note the use of $s to make sure the verb is conjugated correctly if
* the same message is used for more than one thing entering at the same
* time.
*/
red_demon->move( this_object(), "$N materialize$s with a small *POP*." );
} /* make_demon() */
