Description

A single identifying name of your choice can be passed to the name command in an object's Action field in order to assign a name to the object so that it may be referenced by an action on another object. This allows the implementation of multi-object behaviors, such as clicking on a sign, lever, or button to open a door, lower a bridge, close a window, or re-paint a house.

Once a name has been assigned to an object using the name command, it is then possible to place a command on another object, which uses that command's name parameter to effect the named object. Depending on the command used, the name parameter may be used to place a new light or corona on the named object, or to animate it, or even start or stop an animation on it, to texture it, attach a sound to it, change whether or not it is solid or visible, change it's color, add sign text to appropriately tagged surfaces of it, or even move or rotate the named object by remote control.

Multiple objects may have the same name or different names. Actions applied to a name will affect all objects with that name, which are already loaded into the current scene at the time, provided they have the same owner. Named objects and the objects on which the commands are placed to control them must have the same owner in order for the named objects to be effected. This feature helps keep builders from accidentally disturbing each other's builds.

The animate command requires a name to be specified, so the name me is used with the animate command to mean this object.

Examples

create name water

create name ceiling

create name sign1

create name jumper1; texture jump2 name=jumper1

create animate mask me jump 5 9 100 1 2 3 4 5 4 3 2 1, astop; activate astart off

create animate me turn 5 5 0, astart; activate frame +1; adone sign "Warning!" color=red bcolor=yellow name=sign1

activate color name=water blue

activate light type=spot color=blue name=ceiling pitch=45

create name door

bump visible door off

create name sign, visible off

activate rotate 0 name=sign, rotate -2 name=sign1

bump rotate 0 name=sign1, rotate -3 0 .3 name=sign

activate solid trapdoor off

create name trapdoor

activate visible sign true

bump visible sign1 yes

create name rock

activate visible rock off

bump visible rock on