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Adventuron5 years ago (1 edit)

Yes, that would trigger it. Please can I see the code that you are matching with s _ , and for what purpose you are doing it?

Adventuron scans inside the on_command {} table for what looks like matching of directions, and adds in those directions to the exit list dynamically. The scanning is aware of additional inner if statements like:

: match "s _" {
   : if (is_at "stream") {
      : goto "moor";
   }
}

In the above case, it would add a SOUTH exit to the stream location.

What I'm really interested in is why you overrode the south command and why it's not appropriate to list the exit.

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ChristopherMerriner5 years ago

I use it in a few places:

1. When I leave this room, I want a message to be printed and to reset a number of flags (I'm leaving a room where I've been snooping around, opening the safe, etc so I want to leave it as I found it:


: match "s _"  {
   : if (is_at "secretarys_office") {
         : print "You make sure you leave the room as you found it!" ;
         : pocket "keyring" ;
         : door_operation door = "secretary_door"  operation = "lock_close" ;
         : if (safeopen) {
         : set_false "safeopen" ;
         }
         : if (safeunlocked) {
            : set_false "safeunlocked" ;
         }
         : if (draweropen) {
            : set_false "draweropen" ;
         }
         : goto "corridor7" ;
         : press_any_key ;
         : redescribe;
      

2. When I leave this room, I want a message to printed the first time that happens:

: match "s _"  {

:  if (is_at "bobsroom") {
      : if (bobstuff==6&&bobother==3) {
      : print "leaving room information" ;
      : increment "bobstuff" ;
      : goto "corridor2" ;
      : press_any_key ;
      : redescribe;
      

3. Here there are some doors mentioned in the description (that are just there for scenery). I thought that rather than create a locked door in each location,  I'd just do this:

: match "s _" {

: if (is_at "corridor5") {
      : print "There was a locked door in the way." ;


...I'm also matching "n_" elsewhere, but that is not causing phantom norths...

There is definitely some connection with another counter that I am incrementing. This increments at certain points in the game, after which the game is set to a new state (the player is put in another room etc). Before that change happens: no phantom souths. They appear afterwards.

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Adventuron5 years ago

Hmmm, please save  the code as it is now, so I can study it later if possible.

Then use the fix I just updated.

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ChristopherMerriner5 years ago

I fixed it! 

The full offending match statement is below:

---

: match "s_"  {
   : if (is_at "secretarys_office") {
         : print "MESSAGE" ;
         : pocket "keyring" ;
         : door_operation door = "secretary_door"  operation = "lock_close" ;
         : if (safeopen) {
         : set_false "safeopen" ;
         }
         : if (safeunlocked) {
            : set_false "safeunlocked" ;
         }
         : destroy "safe" ;
         : if (draweropen) {
            : set_false "draweropen" ;
         }
         : goto "corridor7" ;
         : press_any_key ;
         : redescribe;
   }
   : if (is_at "corridor5") {
      : print "There was a locked door in the way." ;
   }
**OFFENDING CODE BELOW**
   : if (traptor==3){
  :  if (is_at "bobsroom") {
      : if (bobtell==6&&bobask==3) {
      : print "MESSAGE" ;
      : increment "bobask" ;
      : goto "corridor2" ;
      : press_any_key ;
      : redescribe;
      }
      }
   }
}

---

I changed the offending bit to:

 :  if (is_at "bobsroom") {
  : if (traptor==3) {
      : if (bobtell==6&&bobask==3) {
      : print "MESSAGE";
      : increment "bobask" ;
      : goto "corridor2" ;
      : press_any_key ;
      : redescribe;
      }
       }
      }

And it works (of course, I have no idea why, but breathe a sigh of relief and carry on!)

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