/**
* This is an example file for the Learning domain.
*
* In this file you should learn everything you need to know to put together
* an NPC that will decorate the surfaces of player housing.
*
* There are a lot of comments in this particular file, but the basic things
* you will need to add don't amount to much.
*
* @author Una
* @September 20, 2002
*
**/
// This is the inherit you will need to use
inherit "/std/npc/surface_decorator";
void setup() {
set_name( "worker" );
// The big burly sort that does cat calls
set_short( "construction worker" );
add_property( "determinate", "a " );
add_adjective( "construction" );
add_property( "unique", 1 );
setup_nationality( "/std/nationality/agatean", "Bes Pelargic" );
basic_setup( "human", "warrior", 30 );
set_gender( 1 );
set_long("This is a construction worker. You can use him to "
"decorate surfaces in player housing to the exact specifications "
"that you will set later in this file. He is slightly grubby, "
"is covered in dust and paint, and likes to do wolf whistles.\n");
// Adding the place property ensures that the decorator will
// charge the correct currency when the player needs to pay.
// If you don't add a place property, the default currency
// will be provincial.
add_property( "place", "Counterweight Continent" );
// Add_allowed_surface() adds surfaces to the NPC that they are allowed to
// decorate. You can decorate floors, ceilings and walls.
// Note that just adding "wall" will include all of the walls in the
// room (north, south, east and west).
add_allowed_surface( "floor" );
add_allowed_surface( "wall" );
// The following bit is what adds items to the NPC's stock list.
// The first argument in add_fitted_surface() is the short description
// of the decoration that you want to add. This could be
// "wood panelling", "rough wooden beams", "neon yellow carpet",
// or any other type of decoration that would make sense with the
// surfaces you've described above in add_allowed_surface().
// The second argument is the long description that will be installed in
// the room itself. For example, the room would look like: The floor is
// covered with plush yellow carpet and the other surfaces are blah blah
// blah.
// The third argument is the cost of the decoration and its installation.
// The type of currency the player is charged in is determined by the
// "add_property( "place", <location> );" that you defined above. In
// this example, the player will be charged in Rhinu since the
// place is the Counterweight Continent.
add_fitted_surface( "plush green carpet", "covered with plush "
"green carpet", 1000 );
add_fitted_surface( "plush red carpet", "covered with plush "
"red carpet", 1000 );
add_fitted_surface( "plush yellow carpet", "covered with plush "
"yellow carpet", 1000 );
add_fitted_surface( "plush blue carpet", "covered with plush "
"blue carpet", 1000 );
// The following function defines what the surface will look like while
// it is being decorated. Note that if the worker is killed in the middle
// of his job, the surface will retain this message until the player hires
// him again and he completes the work. The default message is:
// "covered in dust and dirt".
set_under_construction_mess( "covered in dust, plaster and carpet bits" );
// This adds a domain which the NPC will freely wander around.
// In this example, if the file name of the room is anywhere
// in /w/una or anywhere in /d/cwc/Bes_Pelargic, the NPC will happily
// follow a player around.
// However, if they follow a player out of this file structure into
// another area, (say they are in Bes Pelargic and walk onto
// the T-shop, which is in /d/underworld), the NPC will be moved
// to the rubbish room and will then attempt to move themselves
// to the "good room" they were in. If they can't move themselves
// into the last "good room" within a few seconds, they will be
// dested in the rubbish room.
add_allowed_domain( "/w/una" );
add_allowed_domain( "/d/cwc/Bes_Pelargic" );
// You need to set some customised responses for the NPC so they don't
// sound like they have a stick up their arse, too. :) In this example,
// we will continue with the carpet theme used above and add a spicy
// Morporkian spicy pirate flavour to his new custom responses!
set_responses( ({
// This is what he will say if the player requests a type of
// surface you haven't added in add_allowed_surface().
"'I don't fit those kinds of surfaces matey!",
// This is what he will say if the player requests a type of
// carpet short that you have not listed in add_fitted_surface().
"'I've never heard of those sort of carpets, arrrrr.",
// This is what he will say if the player is not the owner of
// (or allowed by the owner) the house they are asking the worker
// to decorate.
"'Arr, you don't own this place, mister!",
// This is what he will say if the room he is in when the player
// asks him to decorate is not a player-housing room with decoratable
// surfaces.
"'I can't be decoratin' these here surfaces, shogun! You should "
"take me to a house!",
// This is what he will say if something goes bizarrely wrong and
// the code needs to bail before he decorates the room.
"'Arr matey, something went horribly wrong!",
// This is what he will say when he is done the job.
"'Arrrr matey, all done!",
// This is what he will say if the player doesn't have enough money
// to pay for the decoration they have requested. Leave in $decor$
// and $amount$ - they are already replaced in the inherit by
// what the player has chosen and its price.
"'You don't have enough money to pay for the $decor$! It "
"will cost you $amount$, guv!",
// This is what he will say when you ask him to list his goods.
"'I can fit $allowed$ with any of the following:",
// This is what he will say if he hasn't got any stock.
"'Cor blimey mister, I haven't got any stock.",
// This is what he will say when he starts the job.
"'Okey doke, I'll have it done in a jiffy guv'nor!",
// This is what he will say if he can't see the person that's speaking
// to him.
"'What? Who sed dat?",
// This is what he will say if he's already following someone and
// another person tries to hire him. $employer$ is replaced by the
//person who has hired him.
"'I've already got this great job with $employer$, mate!",
// This is what he will say when you hire his services.
"'Righty-o, you just take me to the room you want spiffied "
"up and ask me to fit something!",
// This is what he will say if you try to take him out of an area he
// is not allowed to go out of. You set this area with
// add_allowed_domain(), as shown above.
"'Sorry matey, bad karma over that way."
}) );
// That's all. Easy peasy. Enjoy and have fun. :)
} /* setup() */
