Okay, I get the feeling that I should know this, but here it goes...


Is it possible to display an object's property? For example, say I wanted to make a "food" object, with a "taste" property equal to "sweet." Would it be possible to make it so that it would say something like, "You eat the #food#. It tastes ______?" But in the blank would be that property? Help would be appreciated.

edit: Oh, and I plan to make like a "Life" sort of game. Instead of making a seperate eat procedure for each item, I would like to make it somewhat easier, and use a property, but I don't know how to display properties.

Yep, you'd basically make a command <eat #object#> have it test that the object is edible, if it is, then msg <You eat #object#. It tastes $objectproperty(#object#; taste)$> and it's done.

Thank you, ITID. Your help is appreciated (at least by me).

Slightly more readable (but works just the same):

msg <You eat #object#. It tastes #object:taste#>

Actually even better would be:

msg <You eat #@object#. It tastes #object:taste#>

with the @ sign. Then if "object" has an alias, that will be displayed instead of the code name.

Thanks Alex, but now I'm back with another question! Whoopee! Anyway, now my question is....

How do you run an object's "action" script, as under "Properties and Actions...."

Yes, another simple one, but I would still appreciate help.

doaction <objectname; objectaction>

Thanks again, ITID.

For that matter, how do you activate an Action using QDK commands?

Matthew G.

Edit..

Add Command

Objects

Run an object's(or room's) action script



Or, under "Other Script Command", which is under "Other", put in "doaction <objectname; objectaction>", then it will detect it and set it to the above.

Thanks for the help

Matthew G.

Alex - I thought #@name# returned the ACTUAL name of the object when ou use the alias....

Is the reverse true? So it both fetches the alias AND original name when you use it (depending on which is used)...