2) How do you set and access the object (character) properties? Can some people post some examples of HP accessing, maybe something along those lines?
Thanx for your help!

Question #1
Here is an example: lets say if you use the key on the lock it will open an exit to the west to the house. Here is the code.

define room <porch>
define object <lock>
use <key> {
create exit west <house>}
end define
end define

Note that this method will create an exit not a place. You may travel to the house by going west but the house will not appear as a place.

Question #2
To my knowledge you cannot assign properties to characters, only objects and rooms. Here is what I did to get around that.

I created an object with the exact same name as the character and keep it in the same room as the character. Hide the object so that only the character is visible. Assign the properties that you will to track to the object and adjust them as needed.

Here is the code to assign attributes to an object that has the same name as a character

define object <orc>
hidden
properties <life=20; type=monster; str=10; weapon=Mace>
end define
define character <Orc>
end define

I hope this helps, Wizard

I posted this on another thread - characters are officially not the way to do things in Quest 3.0 - they only exist for backward compatability, we are now advised to code everything as an object.

define object <orc>
properties <life=20; type=monster; str=10; weapon=Mace>
end define

Thanks, so you just put properties <blah blah>........ right now how do you access them for different objects? Say you want to have 2 enemies in the room, having different HP/weapons, ect... now how would you access the different properties?

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Thanks, so you just put properties <blah blah>........ right now how do you access them for different objects? Say you want to have 2 enemies in the room, having different HP/weapons, ect... now how would you access the different properties?

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There is two main ways to keep track of what you are describing. The easiest and the way I recommend are to define two separate objects to be the two enemies. Of course they would have different names. Each one can have its own set of properties that can be referenced separately (life, str, etc.).

Here is a way to have an undetermined number of monsters available for any room.
1. Define all your monsters in one room for storage. (An inaccessible room)
2. Populate an array with the names of all the monster objects.
3. Randomly pick a number and reference that name in the array.
4. Move that object to the current room.

You can repeat this for as many monsters as you want in the room. You will need to make sure you do not duplicate monsters that are already in the room.

The second is to have one object but multiple sets of properties (life1; life2; str1; str2) that refer to multiple creatures. This gets messy.

I think you all ready know how to put values into properties, change them and retrieve them. So I wont go there.

Does this answer your question, or did I miss the point?

In response to my own post: LOOK AT PAGES 25 AND 46 OF AL'S HELPFULL PDF TUTORIAL!
........there!