Thing

BaseThing

Act ( self )

Does nothing

overload?

Announce ( self,  pWhat )

Speak to the room

This character says something which is heard by everyone in the Room (more precisely, the container).

DoCommandString ( self,  cmdstr )

Interpret a command to the actor. --

If first word is an Actor's name, interpret it as a "say" action.

There's a concept here of a command list, which I hope will become clear from other parts of the code.

Anyway, this code executes the first command as it's last act (presumeably the command list is completed by some other part of the code -- perhaps commands consume turns?).

DoNextCmd ( self )

Do the next command in the list

The command interpretation process. When complete, adds the next command via the "Scheduler".

So commands consume turns or time.

FindNoun (
        self,
        pName,
        cmd=None,
        )

Find a thing if in the room

Given the name of a noun, return the visible object. Returns None if the noun can't be found (?).

given the name of a noun, return the visible object

GetName (
        self,
        article=0,
        pLooker=None,
        )

Get the actor's name.

By default, no article will be used with it (e.g. we don't say "a John is here", we say "John is here").

LocalNouns ( self )

Everything visible from the room. --

Gets a list of objects in visible/reachable range.

There's a note here about extending it to include container's container in the search. (Not sure if that's a good idea).

get list of objects within visible/reachable range

NameToObj (
        self,
        pName,
        cmd=None,
        )

Find a thing in the room

Given the name of a noun, return the visible object. If not found, returns the name (first argument to this method).

similar to above, but if it can't find the object, return the given string

PreAct ( self,  cmd )

Gets called before doing things

Gets called before doing things. Notably, if the actor has "followers" (actors who follow it, presumeably), they are commanded to follow when this actor moves.

(This seems to be its only current use).