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From: "Ian Stanley"<if@mochamail.com>
Subject: re: INFINITY OR LIMTED HOLDING
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"Ashley Price" <ashleyprice@btinternet.com> wrote:
__________
>Hi All
>
>I am currently writing an adventure and I wanted your opinions on a quite
>important point in IFs. Do you prefer the player's holding ability to be
>infinite (this includes putting items in extra "containers" as in
>Anchorhead, "you put the keys in your pocket, and take the torch", for
>example) and therefore the player could pretty much carry every carriable
>(is that a word?) object in the game?
>
>Or do you prefer it to be limited to a certain number of items or determined
>by the object's size. For instance, if the player is carrying a large item
>that, realistically, would need two hands they cannot carry anything else at
>that time?
>

This again is a subjective judgement.

Most people would call a monitor a large item . Though in a recent job where i did pc support it was not unusual for me to be wearing

> inv
You are carrying:
  backpack
  15"  monitor
  desktop pc and keyboard
  in  your pocket there is a mouse
  in your bag - na i'll leave that to your imagination

>Your thoughts would be gratefully appreciated.
>
>Ashley
>
>

