| MG Mud User | 88f1247 | 2016-06-24 23:31:02 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | OBJECT: |
| 2 | container |
| 3 | |
| 4 | |
| 5 | DESCRIPTION: |
| 6 | A cointainer is a special object which can contain other objects. |
| 7 | It provides the same functions as the thing(S) class, but adds |
| 8 | some functions for the handling of contents. It defines some |
| 9 | properties related to what and how much is contained in it. |
| 10 | |
| 11 | The following additional properties are defined for a container: |
| 12 | P_MAX_WEIGHT, P_WEIGHT_CONTENTS |
| 13 | |
| 14 | Note that the weight of a container is handled especially: |
| 15 | SetProp(P_WEIGHT,weight) sets the weight of the container |
| 16 | without contents, while QueryProp(P_WEIGHT) returns the total |
| 17 | weight of the container plus contents. |
| 18 | |
| 19 | For now, you may use the following function to add or remove |
| 20 | weight from the container. |
| 21 | |
| 22 | AddWeight(weight) |
| 23 | Adds <weight> to the container. If its OK, 1 is returned, |
| 24 | otherwise 0. Only if the weight fits into the container, the |
| 25 | weight is adjusted. |
| 26 | |
| 27 | MayAddWeight(weight) |
| 28 | Like AddWeight, but if the weight fits inside the container, |
| 29 | the total weight is NOT updated. You may use this function to |
| 30 | test if an object fits into a container. |
| 31 | |
| 32 | NOTE: Currently, these functions may be called from outside. |
| 33 | In a alter stage, movement of objects will be done by calling |
| 34 | the move() function in the object to be moved. The move() |
| 35 | function of that object will then call (May)AddWeight() itself |
| 36 | to determine if it may enter the container. |
| 37 | |
| 38 | |
| 39 | INHERITANCE TREE: |
| 40 | container |
| 41 | |-thing/moving |
| 42 | |-thing/properties |
| 43 | |-container/description |
| 44 | | `-thing/description |
| 45 | `-container/restrictions |
| 46 | |
| 47 | |
| 48 | SEE ALSO: |
| 49 | thing(S) |