Faithful Companion — 15 of 17
Matt Weiner
Release 2
Chapter - Replacing Library Messages
Table of custom library messages (continued)
| library-action | library-message-id | library-message-text |
| -- | 9 | "You are left in darkness." |
| -- | 17 | "It is too dark to see." |
| -- | 25 | "The ghost doesn't seem to understand." |
| -- | 30 | "That's not something you can see." |
| -- | 32 | "You aren't holding that." |
| -- | 36 | "You excepted something not included anyway." |
| -- | 44 | "There is nothing available for 'all' to refer to." |
| -- | 72 | "[The noun] doesn't seem to understand." |
| -- | 73 | "I didn't understand that; you may have used a word I don't understand, or referred to something you can't see, or used a word I understand in a way I don't understand." |
| Attacking action | 1 | "This place has been vandalized enough." |
| Burning action | 1 | "This place has been vanadalized enough." |
| Buying action | 1 | "This is not the place for any such thing." |
| Climbing action | 1 | "Climbing on that will do no good." |
| Closing action | 4 | "[The person asked] close[s] [the noun]." |
| Cutting action | 1 | "You've nothing to cut with." |
| Eating action | 1 | "There is nothing to eat here." |
| Entering action | 1 | "But you're already [if noun is a supporter]on[otherwise]in[end if] [the noun]." |
| Entering action | 2 | "[Cap That's-They're noun] not something you can [quoted verb posture]." |
| Entering action | 3 | "You can't get into the closed [noun]." |
| Entering action | 5 | "You get [if noun is a supporter]onto[otherwise]into[end if] [the noun]." |
| Entering action | 6 | "(getting [if the library message object is a supporter]off[otherwise]out of[end if] [the library message object])[ignore library line break]" |
| Entering action | 8 | "The leaves swirl into [the noun]." |
| Entering action | 9 | "The leaves swirl onto [the noun]." |
| Examining action | 1 | "It is too dark to see." |
| Exiting action | 1 | "You aren't inside anything at the moment." |
| Exiting action | 4 | "You aren't [if library message object is a supporter]on[otherwise]in[end if] [the library message object]." |
| Getting off action | 1 | "You aren't on [the library message object] at the moment." |
| Giving it to action | 2 | "You already have [the noun]." |
| Giving it to action | 3 | "You hesitate to touch [the second noun]." |
| Going action | 7 | "You'll have to say which direction to go in." |
| Going action | 10 | "The leaves swirl away to the [noun][ignore library line break]" [CHANGED] |
| Going action | 13 | "The leaves swirl in from the [library message object][ignore library line break]" [CHANGED] |
| Jumping action | 1 | "You jump on the spot." |
| Kissing action | 1 | "You kiss [the noun]." |
| Looking action | 4 | "On [the library message object] [list the contents of library message object with as a sentence list option + tersely list option + not listing concealed items list option + is-are list option + including contents list option + giving brief inventory information list option + listing marked items only list option]." |
| Looking action | 5 | "[if library message object is not the location and library message object is a supporter]On [the library message object] you[otherwise if library message object is not the location and library message object is a container]In [the library message object] you[otherwise]You[end if] can also see [list the contents of library message object with as a sentence list option + tersely list option + not listing concealed items list option + including contents list option + giving brief inventory information list option + listing marked items only list option][if library message object is not the location].[otherwise] here." |
| Looking action | 6 | "[if library message object is not the location and library message object is a supporter]On [the library message object] you[otherwise if library message object is not the location and library message object is a container]In [the library message object] you[otherwise]You[end if] can see [list the contents of library message object with as a sentence list option + tersely list option + not listing concealed items list option + including contents list option + giving brief inventory information list option + listing marked items only list option][if library message object is not the location].[otherwise] here." |
| Looking under action | 3 | "The leaves swirl as if looking under [the noun]." |
| Pushing action | 1 | "[Cap It-Those noun] [is-are] fixed in place." |
| Putting it on action | 9 | "[The person asked] put[s] [the noun] on [the second noun]." |
| Rubbing action | 1 | "You rub [the noun]." |
| Saying No action | 1 | "There is no reply." |
| Saying sorry action | 1 | "[if the ghost is in the location]The ghost seems to bow its head slightly[otherwise]No one hears you[end if]." |
| Saying Yes action | 1 | "There is no reply." |
| Searching action | 1 | "It's too dark to search." |
| Searching action | 2 | "There is nothing on [the noun]." |
| Searching action | 8 | "The leaves swirl around [the noun] as if looking for something." |
| Showing it to action | 2 | "[The second noun] show[s] no reaction." |
| Singing action | 1 | "You sing a bit of Thurnley's favorite hymn. The echoes soon die away." |
| Sleeping action | 1 | "You nod off for a moment." |
| Squeezing action | 1 | "You squeeze [the noun]." |
| Squeezing action | 2 | "You squeeze [the noun]." |
| Squeezing action | 3 | "The leaves swirl around [the noun] as if to squeeze [it-they]." |
| Swearing mildly action | 1 | "Quite." |
| Swearing obscenely action | 1 | "You swear." |
| Taking action | 2 | "You cannot lift yourself." |
| Taking action | 6 | "[Cap That-Those the noun] seem[s] to belong to [the library message object]." |
| Taking action | 7 | "[Cap That-Those the noun] seem[s] to be a part of [the library message object]." |
| Taking action | 8 | "[Cap That-Those library message object] [is-are]n't available." |
| Taking action | 9 | "[The library message object] [is-are]n't open." |
| Taking action | 10 | "[Cap That's-They're library message object] hardly portable." |
| Taking action | 11 | "[Cap That's-They're library message object] fixed in place." |
| Taking inventory action | 5 | "The leaves swirl as if the ghost is looking at something it is carrying." |
| Taking off action | 1 | "You're not wearing [that-those noun]." |
| Thinking action | 1 | "You stop to think." |
| Touching action | 1 | "You touch [the noun]." |
| Touching action | 2 | "You touch [the noun]." |
| Touching action | 3 | "You press your hand to your forehead." |
| Touching action | 4 | "[The person asked] touch[es] [it-them of noun]self." |
| Touching action | 5 | "[The person asked] touch[es] you." |
| Touching action | 6 | "[The person asked] touch[es] [the noun]." |
| Turning action | 1 | "[Cap It-Those noun] [is-are] fixed in place." |
| Waking action | 1 | "If only you knew how." |
| Waking up action | 1 | "Did you nod off? You rouse yourself." |
| Waving action | 2 | "You wave [the noun]." |
| Waving action | 3 | "[The person asked] wave[s] [the noun]." |
| Waving Hands action | 1 | "You wave your hands." |
| Wearing action | 1 | "You can't wear [that-those noun]." |
| Wearing action | 2 | "You're not holding [that-those noun]." |
| Wearing action | 3 | "You're already wearing [that-those noun]." |
To decide what text is Cap That's-They're of/-- (item - an object): mark item in output; if the item acts plural or the item is the player, decide on "They're"; otherwise decide on "That's".
To decide what text is Cap It-Those of/-- (item - an object): mark item in output; if the item acts plural or the item is the player, decide on "Those"; otherwise decide on "It".
To say #if American dialect: (- #ifdef DIALECT_US; -) .
To say #if Z-machine: (- #ifdef TARGET_ZCODE; -) .
To say #otherwise: (- #ifnot; -) .
To say #end if: (- #endif; -) .
To decide which snippet is the quoted verb:
(- ((verb_wordnum * 100) + 1) -). [if command is TAKE OFF HAT, gives just TAKE]
To decide which text is (quoted word - a snippet) posture:
if the quoted word matches "stand", decide on "stand on";
if the quoted word matches "sit", decide on "sit down on";
if the quoted word matches "lie", decide on "lie down on";
otherwise decide on "enter".