SC Lecter
06-04-2008, 04:06 AM
After some testing, I can reproducible cause this error. It's a neat trick and in my log above, I edited out a line which I thought was extraneous, but turns out to be the cause of the problem. Here's a new log:
> exa my deck
You examine your deck of red-backed playing cards.
A deck of red-backed playing cards with 52 cards left. The cards are made from a simple cardstock and have a faint glossy sheen to them.
(OOC: Use the verb 'understand' on the deck for syntax help, eg. 'understand my deck'.)
> deal 2 cards from deck to me
You deal two cards to yourself.
> exa my deck
You examine your deck of red-backed playing cards.
A deck of red-backed playing cards with 50 cards left. The cards are made from a simple cardstock and have a faint glossy sheen to them.
(OOC: Use the verb 'understand' on the deck for syntax help, eg. 'understand my deck'.)
> deal 2 cards faceup from deck to desk
You can only deal cards face-up on to an object, rather than to a specific person.
> deal 2 cards faceup from deck on desk
You deal two cards face-up on an office desk, revealing the nine of diamonds and the six of diamonds.
> exa deck
You examine your deck of red-backed playing cards.
A deck of red-backed playing cards with 47 cards left. The cards are made from a simple cardstock and have a faint glossy sheen to them.
(OOC: Use the verb 'understand' on the deck for syntax help, eg. 'understand my deck'.)
The bold, underlined line where you deal TO the desk is what causes the deck to magically lose 1 card when you do finally make the deal. Here's the reproducible log:
> exa my deck
You examine your deck of red-backed playing cards.
A deck of red-backed playing cards with 49 cards left. The cards are made from a simple cardstock and have a faint glossy sheen to them.
(OOC: Use the verb 'understand' on the deck for syntax help, eg. 'understand my deck'.)
> deal 3 cards faceup from deck to desk
You can only deal cards face-up on to an object, rather than to a specific person.
> exa deck
You examine your deck of red-backed playing cards.
A deck of red-backed playing cards with 49 cards left. The cards are made from a simple cardstock and have a faint glossy sheen to them.
(OOC: Use the verb 'understand' on the deck for syntax help, eg. 'understand my deck'.)
> deal 3 cards faceup from deck on desk
You deal three cards face-up on an office desk, revealing the queen of spades, the nine of clubs and the ace of clubs.
> exa deck
You examine your deck of red-backed playing cards.
A deck of red-backed playing cards with 45 cards left. The cards are made from a simple cardstock and have a faint glossy sheen to them.
(OOC: Use the verb 'understand' on the deck for syntax help, eg. 'understand my deck'.)
> deal 3 cards faceup from deck to desk
You can only deal cards face-up on to an object, rather than to a specific person.
> deal 3 cards faceup from deck on desk
You deal three cards face-up on an office desk, revealing the four of clubs, the six of hearts and the eight of spades.
> exa deck
You examine your deck of red-backed playing cards.
A deck of red-backed playing cards with 41 cards left. The cards are made from a simple cardstock and have a faint glossy sheen to them.
(OOC: Use the verb 'understand' on the deck for syntax help, eg. 'understand my deck'.)
So, to fix the bug, you gotta find out what exactly the code is doing when you deal TO an object instead of a person (on, atop work with dealing cards at an object, it's TO that's the problem. I haven't tried the whole suite of prepositions to check them, however), and why it will always deal out (and then destroy) an extra card when it does finally correctly deal on the object.
[Originally posted by Oliver White]
> exa my deck
You examine your deck of red-backed playing cards.
A deck of red-backed playing cards with 52 cards left. The cards are made from a simple cardstock and have a faint glossy sheen to them.
(OOC: Use the verb 'understand' on the deck for syntax help, eg. 'understand my deck'.)
> deal 2 cards from deck to me
You deal two cards to yourself.
> exa my deck
You examine your deck of red-backed playing cards.
A deck of red-backed playing cards with 50 cards left. The cards are made from a simple cardstock and have a faint glossy sheen to them.
(OOC: Use the verb 'understand' on the deck for syntax help, eg. 'understand my deck'.)
> deal 2 cards faceup from deck to desk
You can only deal cards face-up on to an object, rather than to a specific person.
> deal 2 cards faceup from deck on desk
You deal two cards face-up on an office desk, revealing the nine of diamonds and the six of diamonds.
> exa deck
You examine your deck of red-backed playing cards.
A deck of red-backed playing cards with 47 cards left. The cards are made from a simple cardstock and have a faint glossy sheen to them.
(OOC: Use the verb 'understand' on the deck for syntax help, eg. 'understand my deck'.)
The bold, underlined line where you deal TO the desk is what causes the deck to magically lose 1 card when you do finally make the deal. Here's the reproducible log:
> exa my deck
You examine your deck of red-backed playing cards.
A deck of red-backed playing cards with 49 cards left. The cards are made from a simple cardstock and have a faint glossy sheen to them.
(OOC: Use the verb 'understand' on the deck for syntax help, eg. 'understand my deck'.)
> deal 3 cards faceup from deck to desk
You can only deal cards face-up on to an object, rather than to a specific person.
> exa deck
You examine your deck of red-backed playing cards.
A deck of red-backed playing cards with 49 cards left. The cards are made from a simple cardstock and have a faint glossy sheen to them.
(OOC: Use the verb 'understand' on the deck for syntax help, eg. 'understand my deck'.)
> deal 3 cards faceup from deck on desk
You deal three cards face-up on an office desk, revealing the queen of spades, the nine of clubs and the ace of clubs.
> exa deck
You examine your deck of red-backed playing cards.
A deck of red-backed playing cards with 45 cards left. The cards are made from a simple cardstock and have a faint glossy sheen to them.
(OOC: Use the verb 'understand' on the deck for syntax help, eg. 'understand my deck'.)
> deal 3 cards faceup from deck to desk
You can only deal cards face-up on to an object, rather than to a specific person.
> deal 3 cards faceup from deck on desk
You deal three cards face-up on an office desk, revealing the four of clubs, the six of hearts and the eight of spades.
> exa deck
You examine your deck of red-backed playing cards.
A deck of red-backed playing cards with 41 cards left. The cards are made from a simple cardstock and have a faint glossy sheen to them.
(OOC: Use the verb 'understand' on the deck for syntax help, eg. 'understand my deck'.)
So, to fix the bug, you gotta find out what exactly the code is doing when you deal TO an object instead of a person (on, atop work with dealing cards at an object, it's TO that's the problem. I haven't tried the whole suite of prepositions to check them, however), and why it will always deal out (and then destroy) an extra card when it does finally correctly deal on the object.
[Originally posted by Oliver White]