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I need a way to break/split objects. I think I have it down, but when I try the command ">break Kyoketsu-shogei"
Violence isn't the answer to this one.




Can someone help meh?

The problem is that there is a default command break that's a synonym for attack, and Inform thinks that your breaking command is the same as attacking, which gives the default response ("violence isn't the answer"). A simple solution is to define break as something new.



Also, I'm guessing you just want to remove the weapon from play, and an after routine made more sense to me than a before. Your 'is allowed' wasn't doing what I guess you thought it was doing -- it was just creating a property called 'allowed' that didn't affect the game.

When you compile a game with just one room you can go to the Index / Actions tab in the IDE and see all the commands available in the game. If you do that you'll see the break synonym I'm talking about. Also when you see a response you want to get rid of (like the 'violence isn't') you can do the rules and actions commands, and get a better picture of what's going on. For example with this code,



You get this

I suggest moving the chain and shive to the part of the Kyoketsu-shogei, then remove the K-s from play. That gives correct results if the player isn't holding the K-s.

Although you can just unlist all of the attack verbs (understand them as "something new"), it may be simpler to do this:

If you're going to do that, you might as well dispense with the breaking action and write

Instead of attacking a breakable thing: [...the actual disassembly code]

But only if you're not going to add any alternative grammars like "disassemble" or "take apart," etc.