tried that AND used “instead of going to the library”… neither worked. it shows the room but doesn’t start the script I made.
OKAY it doesn’t have to be a room… it just has to trigger a script WITHOUT a command prompt.
i have a work-around that seems a bit overcomplicated when i put the player in ROOM-1 and ROOM-2 is north of there and “try going north” is combined with “instead of going to room-2” i do something else. so instead of teleporting the player to room 2 (and thus not entering it, i guess, just appearing there) i get the entrance clip anyway.
problem is, now it’s not letting my other code work. it’s filling in the first command prompt with a Y (because i replied “YES” to the new game question) and that’s bad coding.
[rant][code] wait for any key;
now the player is in introductionroom001;
try going north.
Instead of going to introductionroom002:
say default letters;
clear the screen;
say line break;
say line break;
say line break;
say "Ah, this is better! ";
wait for any key;
clear the screen;
say variable letter spacing;
say line break;
say line break;
say line break;
say line break;
say line break;
say line break;
say line break;
say line break;
say default letters;
say “This is [story title].”;
wait for any key;
say line break;
say “All sorts of nonsense will be filled in here which isn’t relevant to the code”;
wait for any key;
clear the screen;
say line break;
say line break;
center “P.A.N.I.C. Creation”;
say line break;
now the command prompt is "What is your family name? > ";
reject the player’s command.
To decide whether collecting lastnames:
if the command prompt is "What is your family name? > ", yes;
no.
After reading a command when collecting lastnames:
if the number of words in the player’s command is greater than 2:
say “[paragraph break]Right now, all I need is just your last name!”;
reject the player’s command;
now the last name of yourself is the player’s command;
clear the screen;
say line break;
say line break;
center “P.A.N.I.C. Creation”;
say line break;
say line break;
say “[fixed letter spacing]name:[unicode 32][unicode 32][variable letter spacing][last name of yourself in title case]”;
now the command prompt is "What is your given name? > ";
reject the player’s command.
To decide whether collecting givennames:
if the command prompt is "What is your given name? > ", yes;
no.
After reading a command when collecting givennames:
if the number of words in the player’s command is greater than 2:
say “[paragraph break]Right now, all I need is just your first name!”;
reject the player’s command;
now the forename of yourself is the player’s command;
now the full name of yourself is the substituted form of “[forename of yourself] [last name of yourself]”;
clear the screen;
say line break;
say line break;
center “P.A.N.I.C. Creation”;
say line break;
say line break;
say “[fixed letter spacing]name:[unicode 32][unicode 32][variable letter spacing][last name of yourself in title case],”;
say line break;
say “[fixed letter spacing][unicode 32][unicode 32][unicode 32][unicode 32][unicode 32][unicode 32][unicode 32][variable letter spacing][forename of yourself in title case]”;
now the command prompt is "Are you a boy? Or a girl? > ";
reject the player’s command. [/code][/rant]
UPDATE:
I crushed my bugs. Saw them driven before me. Heard the lamentations of their women.