Open pack: You feel too relaxed.

[Armaddict]

Mmmkay.  So rest is no different than sit, except with more recovery, is what you're saying.

So then...my contribution to this thread...is fix the 'broken' rest message that bothers people, and otherwise keep commands the same.  Happy?

[fourTwenty]

I always viewed rest as a more laid back form of relaxation. Like, if your sitting your still alert, ready to spring to your feet at a moments notice. But if your relaxing maybe it should take you a little longer to clamber up.

I do think you should be able to open containers on your person while relaxing. Even if it automatically made you sit up to do it.

There's also another thread floating around about -resting- in shady areas and such and having a random chance of dozing off. Maybe something else to tweak on the infinite list of shit the player base wants tweaked.

[Rhyden]

I've always seen 'rest' as one step away from a sleeping position, without your eyes closed. If you had a pack, it would probably make a very good cushion to 'rest' back against. My solution is to sit your lazy ass up and open your pack, or quit resting in general. I see no need for change.

[Qzzrbl]

Still, I don't know about anyone else, but I've been laying back and half asleep and was still perfectly capable of opening a backpack without changing my position in any way.

[Armaddict]

Still, I don't know about anyone else, but I've been laying back and half asleep and was still perfectly capable of opening a backpack without changing my position in any way.

But while opening your backpack, you were shifting, moving, and essentially no longer 'at rest', even if you could instantly return to 'at rest' when it was finished.  *continues to argue pointlessly as devil's advocate*

[musashi]

I say just change the wording to: You settle down, and rest your tired bones.

Then we can all assume you're laying prone.

[Mood]

Cognitive dissonance sure is funny.

[Qzzrbl]

Still, I don't know about anyone else, but I've been laying back and half asleep and was still perfectly capable of opening a backpack without changing my position in any way.

But while opening your backpack, you were shifting, moving, and essentially no longer 'at rest', even if you could instantly return to 'at rest' when it was finished.  *continues to argue pointlessly as devil's advocate*

Try this one day. Go lay down on your bed, and put a backpack on your belly..... Then open it. And as for most Zalanthans laying ontop of their pack, I don't really see this happening. I just don't see most Zalanthan backpacks being all that comfortable to lay on. Because most backpacks I've noticed are full of salt. Or mined obsidian. Or knives. Or live gurths. 

[Qzzrbl]

Cognitive dissonance sure is funny.

And so was your being mistaken for a woman. 

::EDIT:: Fixed.

[RogueGunslinger]

Cognitive dissonance sure is funny.

And so is you being mistaken for a woman. 

No. That was funny, but no longer is.

[Greve]

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[fourTwenty]

I like to rest my "tired" bones.

They're achy to.

[spawnloser]

I'm with Armaddict.  Resting is a position between sitting and sleeping.  Resting is NOT sitting.  If you want to be able to root around in your backpack, sit up like a real person would.  Just change the echo (as has already been mentioned) so that it doesn't say 'sit down' when the rest command is used.  Campaigning for a change in what the code allows would be ridiculous, but fixing what I consider a typo would not be.  Stop being lazy as a player.  Type a three-letter command before going through your pack, and then a four-letter command afterwards.  If you have a problem with the echo, campaign to get that changed as suggested.  My suggestion for a change is:  "You lie down and rest."

[Qzzrbl]

If you want to be able to root around in your backpack, sit up like a real person would. 

That's the thing. I, as a real person, am perfectly capable of laying on my back and unzipping a backpack laying beside me, or on my chest, without shifting my position in any real way. Without sitting up. Am I the only person here who can perform this amazing feat of acrobatics? 

If the backback is actually being worn on the back, then I can understand the need for sitting up. Otherwise, I just can't wrap my little brain around it.

[Shiroi Tsuki]

I can sure unzip a pocket while laying down.  Get something out of my backpack worn on my back?  Maybe not.

But if I have a drawstring bag in my hands, and I'm lying down... there's no reason why I can't operate the drawstring and get something out of my bag.  Worn things, maybe not.  But things in inventory, you should be able to open whenever.

[psionic fungus]

Here's the issue I have:  IRL it is -not- difficult to open and close containers while you are resting.

Seriously, it just isn't.  Try laying on the couch and opening an backpack in your inventory (in your arms, or sitting beside the couch).  Simple, wasn't it?

It is, however, difficult to impossible to rummage within a container worn on your back while it is being worn -and- you are resting.  This, however, is perfectly possible with the code.  Not only can you do it, but you can do it with unfailing accuracy and speed.  Travel cake in the bottom of your hiking pack, buried under clothing and six hides, NO PROBLEM!

Perhaps the code should be changed so that opening and closing items is not so difficult when resting, but accessing contents has a significant delay?  Perhaps objects worn on your back should be entirely inaccessible (when resting or just all the time)?

[Mood]

Resting is NOT sitting.

>sit
You SIT DOWN and rest your tired bones.

The code says... you're wrong!

[Agent_137]

this thread has gotten really f'ing stupid.

[Mood]

this thread has gotten really f'ing stupid.

Hi, welcome to the internet.

You must be new here.

[musashi]

Can we see your man boobies Mood?

[BlackMagic0]

!

[Mood]

Can we see your man boobies Mood?

[musashi]

Damn.

[Qzzrbl]

LOL
Why do all of my threads degenerate into this. v~v

[Shiroi Tsuki]

Blame Mood.  I do.