<object name="container within a container">
    <inherit name="editor_room" />
    <object name="table2">
      <inherit name="editor_object" />
      <inherit name="surface" />
      <alias>table</alias>
      <look>It's a typical table.  Nothing special.</look>
      <feature_container />
      <hidechildren />
      <listchildren />
      <object name="makeup kit">
        <inherit name="editor_object" />
        <inherit name="container_limited" />
        <alias>make-up kit</alias>
        <look>It's a make-up kit.  It looks like it can be opened.</look>
        <feature_container />
        <isopen type="boolean">false</isopen>
        <hidechildren />
        <listchildren />
        <maxobjects type="int">5</maxobjects>
        <containerfullmessage>It's full of stuff already.</containerfullmessage>
        <containermaxobjects>It's full of stuff already.</containermaxobjects>
        <alt type="stringlist">
          <value>make up kit</value>
          <value>makeup kit</value>
        </alt>
        <object name="red lip stick">
          <inherit name="editor_object" />
          <look>It's red!</look>
        </object>
        <object name="blush">
          <inherit name="editor_object" />
          <look>It's blush!</look>
        </object>
        <object name="concealer">
          <inherit name="editor_object" />
          <look>It's concealer!  Cover those ugly pores!</look>
        </object>
        <object name="tweezers">
          <inherit name="editor_object" />
          <look>They are tweezers.  Pluck away, unibrow!</look>
        </object>
        <object name="eyeliner">
          <inherit name="editor_object" />
          <look>Ooooh.  Add some color to those eyes, pasty!</look>
        </object>
      </object>
    </object>

XanMag wrote:If I understand this correctly, here is a solution. It worked for me.

  <object name="container within a container">
    <inherit name="editor_room" />
    <object name="table2">
      <inherit name="editor_object" />
      <inherit name="surface" />
      <alias>table</alias>
      <look>It's a typical table.  Nothing special.</look>
      <feature_container />
      <hidechildren />
      <listchildren />
      <object name="makeup kit">
        <inherit name="editor_object" />
        <inherit name="container_limited" />
        <alias>make-up kit</alias>
        <look>It's a make-up kit.  It looks like it can be opened.</look>
        <feature_container />
        <isopen type="boolean">false</isopen>
        <hidechildren />
        <listchildren />
        <maxobjects type="int">5</maxobjects>
        <containerfullmessage>It's full of stuff already.</containerfullmessage>
        <containermaxobjects>It's full of stuff already.</containermaxobjects>
        <alt type="stringlist">
          <value>make up kit</value>
          <value>makeup kit</value>
        </alt>
        <object name="red lip stick">
          <inherit name="editor_object" />
          <look>It's red!</look>
        </object>
        <object name="blush">
          <inherit name="editor_object" />
          <look>It's blush!</look>
        </object>
        <object name="concealer">
          <inherit name="editor_object" />
          <look>It's concealer!  Cover those ugly pores!</look>
        </object>
        <object name="tweezers">
          <inherit name="editor_object" />
          <look>They are tweezers.  Pluck away, unibrow!</look>
        </object>
        <object name="eyeliner">
          <inherit name="editor_object" />
          <look>Ooooh.  Add some color to those eyes, pasty!</look>
        </object>
      </object>
    </object>

Sorry. I was too lazy to make the objects 'takeable' or 'usable' but that should be easy enough.

It sounds like you probably were over complicating things (assuming I understood you right!). I just used a surface container for the table with a limited container (as the 'child' of the table) for the make-up kit and ticked both boxes to make them hide their 'children' until looked at or opened. Let me know if this works for you!

<object name="Table">
      <inherit name="editor_object" />
      <inherit name="surface" />
      <alt type="stringlist">
        <value>Coffeetable</value>
      </alt>
      <alias>Table</alias>
      <look><![CDATA[It has a huge stack of magazines, and your {command:Makeup} kit.<br/>{once:The last magazine you read is still propped open to the centerfold which features a close-up look of the inside of the featured model's stomach interior; it also has cum stains from where you squirted while masturbating the previous evening.}]]></look>
      <feature_container />
      <displayverbs type="stringlist">
        <value>Look at</value>
        <value>Take</value>
      </displayverbs>
      <makeup type="script">
        MakeObjectVisible (Makeup)
      </makeup>
      <hidechildren />
      <listchildren type="boolean">false</listchildren>
      <listchildrenprefix>It contains</listchildrenprefix>
      <object name="Makeup">
        <inherit name="editor_object" />
        <inherit name="container_limited" />
        <scenery type="boolean">false</scenery>
        <usedefaultprefix />
        <look><![CDATA[This is your makeup kit. You have a lot of makeup, but then again, you're a girl so this isn't abnormal.<br/><br/>What is abnormal is how many different tubes of lipstick are in here.]]></look>
        <feature_container />
        <hidechildren />
        <listchildren />
        <listchildrenprefix>It contains</listchildrenprefix>
        <transparent type="boolean">false</transparent>
        <object name="Red Lipstick">
          <inherit name="editor_object" />
          <scenery />
          <look>It is a bold red hue. This one has been used a lot, especially on those nights when you're having a sex party.</look>
          <displayverbs type="stringlist">
            <value>Look at</value>
          </displayverbs>
          <linkcolour>Red</linkcolour>
          <apply type="script">
            msg ("You uncap the lipstick, and with the mirror in your makeup kit, apply the red hue generously, thus your lips become as gorgeously red as your sex doll, Kelly's lips.")
            if (RandomChance(35)) {
              SetObjectFlagOn (Kelly, "Alive")
            }
            else {
              if (RandomChance(65)) {
                play sound ("swallow1.wav", true, false)
              }
            }
          </apply>
        </object>
        <object name="Pink Lipstick">
          <inherit name="editor_object" />
        </object>
        <object name="Purple Lipstick">
          <inherit name="editor_object" />
        </object>
        <object name="Blue Lipstick">
          <inherit name="editor_object" />
        </object>
        <object name="Black Lipstick">
          <inherit name="editor_object" />
        </object>
      </object>
    </object>

The Pixie wrote:Try setting the table and make-up bag to be containers. Tick container on the Features tab, then set them up on the new Container tab. The table would be a surface, the bag a closed container. There are controls there for when the contents gets displayed; I cannot remember exactly what, but if you experiment you should get what you want, without any coding.

The Pixie wrote:I would need more details to understand why that is. Can you upload your game, or just paste the code into a post?

The Pixie wrote:I meant upload the .aslx file to the forum so we can look for the bug.

The Pixie wrote:The forum does have its own upload facility. If you go to the full editor, look below the text area, there is an "Attachments" tab. But you said you had worked out the bugs, so do you need anyone to look at it now?