i want to go from a Lilly pad for a swim. I have achieved this. however when i uncheck the visible box (as i don't want to be able to click only type) the type command doesn't work as it did before it says i cant go there. so basically i want to type "go for a swim" and be in the next room. please help

I would guess "swim" is an item or place, and that is what you are making invisible? When something is invisible, the parser will not find it when trying to make a match, and so it fails.

One way would be to create a new command, and have "go for a swim" as the pattern (you can have several options, separated by semi-colons, so "go for a swim;go swim;go for swim;swim" would be better), and then in the script section, just move the player to whereever.

i want to go from a Lilly pad for a swim. I have achieved this. however when i uncheck the visible box (as i don't want to be able to click only type) the type command doesn't work as it did before it says i cant go there. so basically i want to type "go for a swim" and be in the next room. please help

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ahhh makes sense thanks so much...ok so is there any way to get rid of the blue link and/or the list of places available. Its for teaching English so i want them to have to type sentences.

Absolutely! In the GUI editor, click on game in the tree of stuff on the left. Click on the Features tab. Uncheck the box that says 'hyperlinks'.

Nice.

Ok Im cooking with gas now. Another question is there anyway to remove go or have complete control over what you can type. so i have this

It was a very hot and sunny day. Gords is chilling out on his lily pad.
"Im a little hot he thought to himself....What should i do?"

go for a swim
go to sleep
or
exercise

if i type go for a swim i go to the swim page however i have to type go exercise but i just wanna type "exercise"
its a tad anal i know but i wanna offer a choice for reading comprehension. so can i choose what they type for exits for specific rooms?

a side thought can i add a verb exersice and have this run a script to loose life?

a side thought can i add a verb exersice and have this run a script to loose life?

This (but in Quest it is called a command, a verb is a way creating a command for a specific object).

Yeah! If you are planning using a list to be present to the player, i recommend you checking about exists on documentation. However, if you are planning to leave a freeform so the player types whatever he/she wants, check on commands. Be careful to avoid the "guess the verb" game. Sometimes you want to give freedom to the player, but has only two or three options to perform. You must then indicate player what sort of actions you have in mind and also give the player options about how to format phrasing: Go for swim, take a swim, decide swim, swim, etc.

ok Ive look through the guides i cant find anything alluding to editing the command for leaving a room. Atm i can type "go swimming" and the charters moves into the swimming room. i have another room which is exorcise i want to be able to enter by typing "exorcise" not "go exorcise"

thanks

You should be able to use the script command 'move object' on the player object.