Is it possible to know the number of words the player has entered? For in game with only verb and noun, it may be interesting to send him a message like "Use no more than 2 words", if he enters more than two words.
It's okay to use more than two words so long as the extra words are adjectives describing the noun. For example, I have a sharp knife, so it's okay to say GET SHARP KNIFE. What you really need to test for is the use of pronouns (such as GET IN BOAT) and a second noun (such as STAB TROLL WITH SHARP KNIFE). I've noticed that even if you enter a second noun, it gets ignored, so maybe it doesn't matter.
I'd also like to know how to use multi-word input for further down the track.
inputs() will give you the number of words entered.
My approach to this is to introduce a word limit in the settings to prevent this kind of issue.
In the meantime, you have inputs() to play with.
on_command {
: if (inputs() > 2) {
: print "This game only accepts a maximum of maximum of two words for its commands";
: done; // Stop execution
}
}There is a caveat. The local (per location) on_command {} handlers run first, so this must be added to each local handler, or each local handler must reference a subroutine first.
I'll also add a settings to configure subroutines to call before executing on_commands sometime soon, to make interceptors compatible with local handlers.