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You read a book of howtos by wolis at 24:00 on Thu 17 Feb 2005 edit

How To Do Things In COWScript

How to find things
These set the variable $found_id

How to find an specific object in your current location:


find $loc,small chair;

How to find an specific object in the actor:


find $actor,small chair;

How to find an random object in your current location:


find $loc,random;

How to find an random object which is not the actor:


find $loc,random not me;

How to find an random object which is a doorway:


find $loc,random doorway;

How to find an random object which is a player and not the actor:


find $loc,random player not me;

How to find an random object which is not a doorway, a player or the actor:


find $loc,random not doorway not player not me;

How to move an objects location
If the object to be moved is known as $found_id and the new location is $dest:


set $found_id's loc to $dest;

You would want to tell people in the old location that the object has left, and in the new location that it has arrived so the complete code is this:


var $loc to $found_id's loc;
say 'leaves',''[$actor] winks out of existance!'';
set $found_id's loc to $dest;
var $loc to $dest;
say 'arrives',''[$actor] arrives with a pop!'';

How to set a variable to a random string of text


var $colour to (red,yellow,white,orange with green bits,black and white,purple);

How to set a variable to the displayable unformated name of an object
This sets a variable $this_name
findname $trget,plain;

information on image

Written by wolis at 20:40 on Thu 14 Apr 2005 edit

You can assign images to an object in 4 ways:

1. You can assign a large image as the background to the location that shows when someone does the map command.

2. You can assign a medium sized image to an object that shows instead of its name when someone does the map command.

3. You can assign a small icon image to go beside an objects name when someone does a look command which is the standard each time you enter a room/location. You can optionally have the image text hidden so only the image shows.

4. You can assign a small icon image to go along side an objects name when someone does a list command as well as each entry in the message log screen. You can optionally have the image text hidden so only the image shows.

The 4 images cmds are:
imgloc - works on the current location
imgmap {object}
imglook {object}
imglist {object}

eg imgmap the old chair To indicate which image to use, just type in the name of the image name (you have uploaded) in the text box provided eg:
/cow/img/bananas.jpg

To upload images for use you can use this tool:
link http://wolispace.com/cgi-bin/cow_uploader.pl

This will ask you to browse for an image you have created and upload it to the /cow/img/ folder on the wolispace.com server. When it has been uploaded you can then reference it in any of the image commands as shown above.

NOTE: you can put in a complete URL to any image on the net by typing its full URL into the textbox provided for by the image command eg: http://website.com/folder/imagename.jpg

I have setup a large cardboard box in the new town as an example.. go inside it and do a map. Nothing is locked in there so you can see how its done. Please do not change the example objects so others can learn too.

And a final reminder, when you edit or write in an object if you include the text 'img' followed by a space, then an image reference as shown above, then the image will be displayed when someone examines your object.

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