3. Exploring and Interacting With the Virtual World

3.1 Movement

Command: go direction ...

Invokes the named exits in the named order, moving through many rooms in a single command.

blip types: > go n e e u e e s e

and moves quite rapidly north, east, east, up, east, east south and east, all in one command.

Command: home

Instantly teleports you to your designated home room. Initially, this room is the $player_start room. You can change your designated home using the @sethome command.

3.2 Commands for Manipulating Objects

get
- pick an object up and place it in your inventory
drop
- remove an object from your inventory and place it in the room
put
- take an object from your inventory and place it in a container
give
- hand an object to some other player
look
- see what an object looks like

Command: inventory

Prints a list showing every object you're carrying.

Command: take object

Command: get object

Command: take object from container

Command: get object from container

Command: remove object from container

The first two forms pick up the named object and place it in your inventory. Sometimes the owner of the object won't allow it to be picked up for some reason. The remaining forms move the named object from inside the named container into your inventory. As before, sometimes the owner of an object will not allow you to do this.

Command: drop object

Command: throw object

Remove an object you are carrying from your inventory and put it in your current room. Occasionally you may find that the owner of the room won't allow you to do this.

Command: put object into container

Command: insert object in container

Moves the named object into the named container. Sometimes the owners of the object and/or the container will not allow you to do this.

Command: give object to player

Command: hand object to player

Move an object from your contents to that of another player. This doesn't change the ownership of the object. Some players may refuse to accept gifts and some objects may refuse to be given.

Command: look

Command: look object

Command: look object in container

This command is used to show a description of something. The first form, with no arguments, shows you the name and description of the room you're in, along with a list of the other objects that are there. The second form lets you look at a specific object. Most objects have descriptions that may be read this way. You can look at your own description using `look me'. You can set the description for an object or room, including yourself, with the `describe' command. The third form shows you the description of an object that is inside some other object, including objects being carried by another player.

Command: examine object

Command: exam object

Prints several useful pieces of information about the named object, including the following:

• its full name, aliases, and object number
• its owner's name and object number
• its description
• its key expression (if it is locked and if you own it)
• its contents and their object numbers
• the obvious verbs defined on it

The obvious verbs are those that are readable and that can be invoked as commands. To keep a verb off this list, either make it unreadable using `@chmod'or, if it shouldn't be used as a command, give it args of `this none this'.