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Is there any way to have an initial appearance of a room? I'm trying everything I can but it doesn't seem to understand what I'm telling it. I assume it's simple but I can't find anything in the documentation or online.

Thanks alot

Not working at all

Use conditional text:



The entire verbiage of your second post is off, try something more like:

Or:

The description of test room is "[first time]This is your first visit. [only]This will always be shown."

Yet another way of wording:

The description of test room is "[if unvisited]This is your first visit. [otherwise]This will always be shown."

Note I've removed "the item" because I've never ran into a situation where I had to include it.

Beware, your "This will always be shown" will only be shown after the first visit.

That's fine. When you refer to a bare property inside a property string ("[if unvisited]..."), it assumes you are referring to "the item described".

...I better add this: You can write a description containing "[if unvisited]", or "[if the item described is unvisited]".

But don't write "[if the item is unvisited]". That gets interpreted as *some* generic item, which is not at all what you want. Common mistake.

Yet another method: say "[one of]First time.[or]Later time.[stopping] Always printed."

Question: Suppose:
- the player enters SUPERBRIEF mode (don't show descriptions after moves, even on first entry)
- the player enters then leaves the room
- the player switches to VERBOSE mode (always show descriptions after moves, even after first entry)
- the player returns to the room

What do you want to happen? (That is, it isn't the player's first time in the room, but it is the first time displaying that text.)

(If you don't want that "first time text" to be shown on the return, use "if unvisited". If you do want it to be displayed, use "one of", or "first time".)

I just want to say, that's an awesome technique. Thanks for pointing it out.