Messages on exits and such

Every thing in KidMud has a set of messages that can be displayed when certain events happen. As an example, we will change some of the messages on the sliding door in the living room, the one that leads out to the deck.

The command to use to see all of the messages on an object is @messages.

@messages object
For example, here are the messages available on the slider:

@messages slider
@integrate_room slider isn't set.
@integrate_player slider isn't set.
@integrate_container slider isn't set.
@nogo slider isn't set.
@onogo slider isn't set.
@arrive slider isn't set.
@oarrive slider isn't set.
@oleave slider isn't set.
@leave slider isn't set.
@nothing slider is "nothing"
@no_one slider is "no one"
@through slider is "%xt{dest}{d {in} c}, you see %xt{dest}ci."

The arrive and leave messages are dispayed when someone comes through the exit, in this example the slider.

This is what it looks like when Toby comes through the slider to the deck:

Toby arrives from the Living Room.

We can make this more interesting by setting the arrive and the oarrive messages on the slider. The messages that start with the letter o are shown to others in the room. The messages that don't start with the letter o are shown to you.

@oarrive slider is wrestles with the sticking slider and tumbles onto the deck.
Changes the oarrive message on the slider

Here is what it looks like now:

Toby wrestles with the sticking slider and tumbles onto the deck.

Now we can set the arrive message in the same way:

@arrive slider is You struggle a bit with the slider...it seems
to be sticking. With a tug it opens...
Changes the arrive message on the slider.

slider
You struggle a bit with the slider...it seems to be sticking. With a tug it opens...

You can use the same technique to change any message on any object that you own. Is your exit ina tree? Make the arrive and leave messages so that you aer clambering up a trunk. Is you room in a pond? Make the arrive and leave messages say something about water or holding your breath.

Have fun!