Turning

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



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Turning something (past tense turned): applying to one thing

Turning is the act of rotating something - say, a dial.

In the Standard Rules there are no carry out rules for this action because nothing in the standard Inform world model which reacts to it. The action is provided for authors to hang more interesting behaviour onto for special cases: say, turning a capstan.


Typed commands leading to this action

"turn [something]" - turning

Rules controlling this action

check    an actor turning  can't turn what's fixed in place rule   name  unlist
check    an actor turning  can't turn scenery rule   name  unlist
check    an actor turning  can't turn people rule   name  unlist

report    an actor turning  report turning rule   name  unlist