Willow
06-07-2008, 09:04 PM
@tutorial is a command the Lovecraft community has bandied about for a very long time as a way to bring @help information directly before the eyes of both new and experienced players alike.
The @tutorial command itself is a toggle to turn on/off the ability to see extra, usually OOC information that can display when entering an area, looking/examining an item, or interacting with an item.
By default all characters have @tutorial on.
The reason you haven't noticed any extra information yet is because now comes the task of populating Lovecraft Country with that helpful information. This will be an ongoing part of the game ad nauseum, and, like everything else, if you think something merits explanation please submit it via @assist.
If the information is one to three sentences we'll likely just put it all in the display. If the information is more in-depth, then it is more appropriate to display an OOC comment like:
OOC: Type @help topic-name for how to use topic-name.
Then when @help topic-name is typed we can display all manner of information to help out the player.
The first thing that will likely get added is the information discussed in the thread originally posted by Ironbeard...
Copely tower
I must seem like a real fool, but how do I get inside Copely Tower? The door's open, but I can't find a command to go in.
Oliver White replied...
Enter doors
When in doubt, use the exits command. It will list all the possible routes from your current location, including the direction to take to exit through them.
This answer helped Ironbeard out. Thanks Oliver for posting the answer! With this information in game and with @tutorial toggled on (likely displayed while still in the dorm rooms, but also displayed at the entrance to Copley Tower) one might see something like this:
<description of area just outside of Copley Tower>
@OOC: for more information on exiting and entering areas type @help exits
The @tutorial command itself is a toggle to turn on/off the ability to see extra, usually OOC information that can display when entering an area, looking/examining an item, or interacting with an item.
By default all characters have @tutorial on.
The reason you haven't noticed any extra information yet is because now comes the task of populating Lovecraft Country with that helpful information. This will be an ongoing part of the game ad nauseum, and, like everything else, if you think something merits explanation please submit it via @assist.
If the information is one to three sentences we'll likely just put it all in the display. If the information is more in-depth, then it is more appropriate to display an OOC comment like:
OOC: Type @help topic-name for how to use topic-name.
Then when @help topic-name is typed we can display all manner of information to help out the player.
The first thing that will likely get added is the information discussed in the thread originally posted by Ironbeard...
Copely tower
I must seem like a real fool, but how do I get inside Copely Tower? The door's open, but I can't find a command to go in.
Oliver White replied...
Enter doors
When in doubt, use the exits command. It will list all the possible routes from your current location, including the direction to take to exit through them.
This answer helped Ironbeard out. Thanks Oliver for posting the answer! With this information in game and with @tutorial toggled on (likely displayed while still in the dorm rooms, but also displayed at the entrance to Copley Tower) one might see something like this:
<description of area just outside of Copley Tower>
@OOC: for more information on exiting and entering areas type @help exits