DG Scripts - Commands

Commands

A script can use any of the normal game commands. It can also use some special 'wizard-like' commands. In most implementations of DG scripts, these commands are prefixed with m, o or w (for mobile, object or room).

  • teleport - move a player, mobile or object to somewhere else.
  • echo - allows free-form text to be displayed within the room.
  • mat - allows commands to be run in other rooms.
  • purge - destroy an object.
  • load - bring a new object or mobile into the game.
  • force - make a player or mobile to do something.

The following is not to be considered gameplay advice or 'how-to-play'. It simply shows a working script for a programming language and has no use to the average player. This is intended as an example for a game designer.

This is an actual script that was used in ActsMUD for a while. In this script, if a particular cupboard becomes empty, then a cook will wash up some cups and put them away in the cupboard.

Although it seems, to the player, that the cook is reacting to events; the cook is actually a puppet of the cupboard which stays in full control. The cupboard checks itself every few seconds to see 'if' there are no cups inside (object 22222 is a cup). If so, then the cupboard creates (loads) some new cups, and forces the cook to pick them up (%force% cook get cup), and put them in the cupboard (%force% cook put cup cupboard). The say and echo commands are just to make it all seem a little more natural.

0) Vnum : 11111 1) Name : Cupboard refill 2) Intended for : Objects 3) Trigger types: Random 4) Numeric Arg : 100 5) Arguments : 6) Commands: set cook cook if !%cook% halt end if %self.count(22222)% == 0 %force% cook say Raca! There are no cups in the cupboard. %load% obj 22222 %force% cook get cup %load% obj 22222 %force% cook get cup %load% obj 22222 %force% cook get cup %echo% The cook does some frantic washing up. %force% cook put cup cupboard %force% cook put cup cupboard %force% cook put cup cupboard %force% cook Say that is better end

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