Firstly, it should be addressed I am trying to make a text adventure game, but am mimicking a sort of gamebook feel. What I am trying to do, however, is hyperlink certain "options" to let the player make various choices. I tried creating objects and hyperlinking them to do this, but it isn't working out how I want.

What I want is to have something hyperlinked and that run a variety of scripts when clicked upon. For example, if the character is asked if he wants a cup of coffee or not, I want to have the options to "accept" or "decline". Then, if "accepted", it prints a bit about it being given to him and then his tiredness is decreased an X amount. I know this is a shoddy example, but I can't really go into detail since I have no idea how it can be done and what it'd really look like implemented.

Can this be done using commands? I know you can hyperlink commands but I don't really know how to use those yet, what purpose they serve, or what the use of hyperlinking them is.

Hyperlinked commands sound like exactly what you want. They create hyperlinks which, when clicked, will execute a command script. Here is an example (in code):

  <command name="AcceptCommand">
    <pattern>accept</pattern>
    <script>
      msg ("You take the coffee and now feel more alert.")
    </script>
  </command>
  <command name="DeclineCommand">
    <pattern>decline</pattern>
    <script>
      msg ("You sniff at the coffee, but it's not what you're in the mood for at the moment.")
    </script>
  </command>

This defines two commands, one for "accept" and one for "decline". The pattern defines the text you need to pass in your hyperlinked command. You can then print out a menu like this:

      msg ("{command:accept:Accept the coffee}")
      msg ("{command:decline:Decline the coffee}")

"command:" is a text processor command. The first part between the colons is the text executed, as if the player had typed it in. This should match the pattern of a command. (You can even execute built-in Quest commands and verbs this way.) The last part is the text to show.

Note that you can create commands on a per-room basis. So if you're simulating a game book by moving from room to room, then the commands defined in each room will only be active when you're actually in the room.

I also have some code I could pass along which is a single "DoScript" command, which executes named scripts on named objects, with parameters. But that might be a bit more than what you need. Let me know (anyone) if that would be useful.

Wow, this is just what I wanted. Thanks! I really appreciate you explaining it in detail, makes it a lot easier for noobs like myself to understand.