Touching

Standard actions which are checked but then do nothing unless rules intervene



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Touching something (past tense touched): applying to one thing

Touching is just that, touching something without applying pressure: a touch-sensitive screen or a living creature might react, but a standard push-button or lever will probably not.

In the Standard Rules there are no check touching rules, since touchability is already a requirement of the noun for the action anyway, and no carry out rules because nothing in the standard Inform world model reacts to a mere touch - though report rules do mean that attempts to touch other people provoke a special reply.


Typed commands leading to this action

"touch [something]" - touching

Rules controlling this action

report    an actor touching  report touching yourself rule   name  unlist
report    an actor touching  report touching other people rule   name  unlist
report    an actor touching  report touching things rule   name  unlist