Description

The purpose of a sign or magic_mouth is to display a certain message to the player. There are three ways to have the player get this message: The player walking onto it (-> magic_mouth), the player pressing <a>pply (-> sign) or the player triggering a button/handle/etc (-> magic_mouth).

Type defined by:

object::type = 98

Attributes

Attribute	Field	Description
affected movement	obj::move_on	If set, the player gets the message when using these movement types on top of the object. "invisible 1" should be set in this case. This is the typical configuration for a "magic_mouth": The player walks through a dungeon and suddenly he gets a message. Use this to create some roleplay atmosphere, and to inform the player about possible dangers or secrets.
block view	FLAG_BLOCKSVIEW	If an item is set to block view, players (and monsters) cannot see beyond it unless they cross it or manage to stand on top.
connection	connection value	When a connection value is set, the message will be printed whenever the connection is triggered. This should be used in combination with <invisible> enabled and <activate by walking/flying> disabled. If activating your magic_mouth this way, the message will not only be printed to one player, but all players on the current map.
counter	liv::food	If a counter-value is set (greater zero), the sign/magic_mouth can be applied (printing the message) only that many times. For signs this really shouldn't be used, while for magic_mouths it is extremely helpful. Monsters walking over the magic_mouth do not decrease the counter. Often, you might want to have a message displayed only one time. For example: The player enters your map and you put a magic_mouth to tell him about the monsters and how dangerous they look and all. Later, when all the monsters are killed and the player leaves the map, displaying the same message a second time would be silly. <counter> 1 does a perfect job in such cases. Otherwise set <counter> zero/unset for infinite use (that is the default).
elevation	obj::elevation	The elevation (height above sea level) of this tile. It is used for weather calculations and should be in the range -32000..32000. The elevation of a tile must be set in the bottom-most game object; elevation values for non-bottom-most game objects are ignored by the Crossfire server.
glow radius	obj::glow_radius	If <glow radius> is set to a value greater zero, the object appears lit up on dark maps. <glow radius> can be a value between 0 and 4, the higher, the more light does the object emit.
identified	FLAG_IDENTIFIED	If an item is identified, the player has full knowledge about it.
image	obj::face	The image-name defines what image is displayed for this object in-game.
invisible	obj::invisible	Generally makes the object invisible. Depending on the object-type, some can be made visible by the show_invisible spell. If in doubt, test it. Putting an invisible object under the floor always prevents it from being shown.
material	obj::material	This bitmask-value informs the player of which material(s) the object consists. Material does also affect how likely the object can be destroyed by hazardous spell-effects.
message	obj::msg	This text will be displayed to the player.
name	obj::name	This is the name of the object, displayed to the player.
non-pickable	FLAG_NO_PICK	If set, the object cannot be picked up (Neither by players nor monsters).
number	obj::nrof	This value determines the number of objects in one stack (for example: 100 gold coins => "number = 100"). You should set this at least to one, for any pickable object - otherwise it won't be mergeable into a stack.
plural name	obj::name_pl	This is the plural name of the object. A plural name must be set for all items that can be picked up and collected by the player.
smooth level	obj::smoothlevel	If <smooth level> is set to a value greater zero, the object will be drawn partially over adjacent squares having a lower <smooth level> value. The value must be between 0 and 255 (inclusive); 0 means "never overlap adjacent squares".
title	obj::title	This is the object's title. Once an object is identified the title is attached to the name. Typical titles are "of Mostrai", "of xray vision" etc.
unpaid	FLAG_UNPAID	An <unpaid> item cannot be used unless a player carried it over a shop mat, paying the demanded price. Setting this flag makes sense only for pickable items inside shops.
value	obj::value	Adds a certain value to the object: It will be worth that many times the default value from it's archetype (E.g. "value = 3" means three times worth the default value). Value for buying/selling will be further modified by various factors. Hence, testing values in-game is usually inevitable.
weight	obj::weight	This value defines the object's weight in grams (1000g is 1kg). Objects with zero weight are not pickable for players. Still, set the "non-pickable"-flag for explicitly non-pickable objects (hey, this is opensource.. you never know ;) ).