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@ofail
Luxembourg edited this page Mar 19, 2013
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@ofail
command: @ofail = attribute: ofail
sets the others failure message for . this message is seen others in the same location as the actor when one of these events occurs:
- for exits: someone tries to traverse the exit but cannot because they fail the exit's default lock or the exit is not linked.
- for players and things: someone tries to pick up the object but cannot because they fail the object's default lock.
- for rooms, players, and things: someone looks around inside the room, player, or thing and fails the object's default lock.
substitution and evaluation is performed on the message before it is shown.
examples:
@ofail table = tries to pick up the table, but it is too heavy. @ofail doorway = tries the knob on the door, to no avail.
related topics: get, look, @afail, @fail, failure.