>Question 1: How to I make an actor not appear after the room description.
>"isListed = nil" should do this, right? Well, it doesn't. I always get
>"Robot Man is here." No, there isn't actually a character in my game named
>Robot Man. I'm just fooling around.
Your actorDesc method is called at the end of a room's description, so
use this to show or not show your character. Ie.,
RobotMan: Actor
.
.
.
actorDesc = {}
will display no actor decription.
>Question 2: How do I specify an actor's sex in order to be able to use
>commands like "look at him"? (This is trivial in WorldClass, I know.)
Simple. Set isHim = true or isHer = true in your actor object.
>Thanks for your help.
>
>Matthew
>
You're welcome. Questions/clarifications are welcome, as always.
Jim
jreese@leland.stanford.edu