Conflicting Keys in Ask command

gideonwilliams
20 Jun 2012, 15:35I am using an Ask command which has 5 different messages triggered by different keys.
The player needs to ask the technician about the password on the ipad to be told what the code is.
If they type "Ask technician about password" they get the password (password is a key)
If they type "Ask technician about ipad" they get a message about the ipad (ipad is a key)
If they type "Ask technician about the ipads password" I really want them to be told the password but instead they get the response for ipad.
Is there any way of getting around this?
Thanks
The player needs to ask the technician about the password on the ipad to be told what the code is.
If they type "Ask technician about password" they get the password (password is a key)
If they type "Ask technician about ipad" they get a message about the ipad (ipad is a key)
If they type "Ask technician about the ipads password" I really want them to be told the password but instead they get the response for ipad.
Is there any way of getting around this?
Thanks
Alex
20 Jun 2012, 19:01You could make your own "ask" command I suppose, but that would bypass the built-in functionality for this. It may be more practical just to combine the two under one key "ipad password", then the player can ask about "ipad", or "password", or "ipad password" and get the same response.
Sharpturn
23 Jun 2012, 18:15In a somewhat related question, How do you say multiple-word commands with ask? Ex. "ask person about cardiac arrest" works, but neither "ask person about cardiac" nor "ask person about arrest" works. Is there a way to do this?
Alex
24 Jun 2012, 12:20Should work if one of your topics is "cardiac arrest"? That should handle "cardiac", "arrest" and "cardiac arrest" automatically.
Sharpturn
24 Jun 2012, 19:27I know! I want it to go
>ask person about cardiac
I don't know what you mean.
>ask person about arrest
I don't know what you mean.
>ask person about cardiac arrest
(different text)
>ask person about cardiac
I don't know what you mean.
>ask person about arrest
I don't know what you mean.
>ask person about cardiac arrest
(different text)

gideonwilliams
25 Jun 2012, 23:08Thanks Alex. I guess I was trying to think of all the possible eventualities in terms of what people might ask. May need to make it more straightforward.