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singmotor
singmotor

Reputation: 4180

How to jump over stuff in Inform 7

I have a "door" (a turnstile) between two rooms in Inform 7, and I want the player to have to jump over it.

I have:

The turnstile is inside of the Library. The turnstile is a door. 
The turnstile is locked and closed and openable.
The turnstile can be jumped over.

Instead of jumping turnstile:
    say "You jumped over the turnstile and ran into the library";
    now the player is in Collab Room;

but I get the error:

Problem. You wrote 'Instead of jumping turnstile' , which seems to introduce a rule taking effect only if the action is 'jumping turnstile'. But that did not make sense as a description of an action. I am unable to place this rule into any rulebook.
See the manual: 7.1 > 7.1. Actions

I checked out that section, and googled a bunch, no luck. Any help is appreciated!

Upvotes: 2

Views: 179

Answers (1)

JJJ
JJJ

Reputation: 33153

The jumping action in the Standard Rules doesn't accept a noun. You'll have to define a new action.

Jumping over is an action applying to one thing.
Understand "jump [something]" and "jump over [something]" as jumping over.

Check jumping over:
    say "That seemed unnecessary." instead.

Instead of jumping over the turnstile:
    say "You jumped over the turnstile and ran into the library.";
    now the player is in Collab Room;

As a side note, The turnstile can be jumped over doesn't do anything by itself: it can be used as a part of the logic for custom rules but Inform doesn't actually understand English so it doesn't automatically pick up such instructions.

Upvotes: 5

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