Editing Building Standards (section)

== Room Creation, Step by Step: ==
STOP!

Before you build any rooms, type:

'''''@build-option dig_exit $rp_exit'''''

'''''@build-option dig_room $rp_room'''''

These will set you up so any new room you make defaults to an rp_room type and the exits to rp_exit types. It will save you so much annoyance. That said!

=== Making A New Room ===
You may not have to do too much of this, but it's ok to expand on the existing rooms if you've got good ideas in mind.

@dig creates a new room and, potentially, exits to it. review help @dig in-game for details, as you can make a room without exits, a room with one-way exists, etc.

But for a short version, '''''@dig direction1,dir1alias|direction2,dir2alias to "New Room Name".'''''<blockquote>''@dig west,w|east,e to "District One - Northwestern Plaza"''<blockquote>District One - Northwestern Plaza (#153) created.
Exit from District One - Northeastern Plaza (#147) to District One - Northwestern Plaza (#153) via {"west", "w"} created with id #154.

Exit from District One - Northwestern Plaza (#153) to District One - Northeastern Plaza (#147) via {"east", "e"} created with id #155.</blockquote></blockquote>IF for some reason your rooms are not rp_rooms or your exits not rp_exits, you can fix it with:

'''''@chparent #roomid to $rp_room'''''

'''''@chparent #exitid to $rp_exit'''''

'''''@chparent #exit2id to $rp_exit'''''

=== Set a Room Description: ===
'''''@describe #roomid as "Description Here"'''''

This is pretty easy, huh? If you forget the room ID, you can use:

'''''where,''''' if you're there;

'''''@kids $rp_room'','''  to see a list of every rproom and name in-game;

'''''@addroom <name> #number''''', to remember a room in a list you can see with @rooms;

==== Setting Up Exits: ====
This is largely just done through setting certain properties. Note, if you forget an exit's ID, @exits in a room will show you.

Here is exit #142, which appears in the room as:

The truly massive dome of District One is accessible via the western airlock ('''west''').

Looking at the properties of it with @show #142, we see the four I set, using '''''@set #exitID.property to "words here"''''':

long_description: "The truly massive dome of District One is accessible via %n."

begin_move_emote: "%N joins the queue waiting to depart through %t."

move_emote: "With a soft hiss of recycled air and a blast of UV decontamination, %N slips through %t."

arrive_emote: "%N steps through into the dome of District One."

How does this look in game?<blockquote>Silver joins the queue waiting to depart through the western airlock.

With a soft hiss of recycled air and a blast of UV decontamination, Silver slips through the western airlock.

District One - Southeastern Plaza

You can go east ('''east''') from here.

You can go north ('''north''').

Silver steps through into the dome of District One.

</blockquote>

===== Pronoun Substitution =====
If you're writing exit messages, you're going to want to sub things in. For example, a standard exit message is "%N begins to move toward the %t."

'''''help $string_utils:pronoun_sub''''' has a list of all of the pronouns, which is pretty intense. A shorter guide:

===== Names =====
%N for the person doing the action (Like @ on old UD);

%t for the target of the action - the exit name, for example;

%d for the direct object - not likely to be used in exits but in some potential crafting messages;

%i for the indirect object - ditto as above;

%l for the location where the action was performed - fills in the room name, if for some reason you need that.

===== Pronouns =====
%s: subject; he/she/they

%o: object: him/her/them

%p: possessive, dependent: his/her/their.  I.e., it's his/her/their <object>

%q: possessive, independent: his/hers/theirs. I.e., "the <object> is his/hers/theirs."

%r: reflexive: himself/herself/themself
==== Making Items: ====
If you want to put in an item into a room, it's pretty simple too:

'''''@create $rp_thing called "name here"'''''

You may then want to '''''@addalias <shorter name> to #itemID'''''. For example, @create $rp_thing called "a fossilized leviathan" will need @addalias leviathan to #itemid for 'look leviathan' to work.

Drop the item in the room.

Describe it using '''''@describe''''' as you please. If you would like this item to have any special coded function, make a note of that to present to Rune.

You can do '''''@set #itemID.integrated=1''''' to make it integrated.