Looking around at Shadows of Isildur (cool stuff-- but still think this is the better game)... I noticed that they use 's for possessive emotes instead of the % command.
So instead of writing :pats %child back ----- You would write :pats ~child's back
In SOI the latter gives exactly the same output as the former does in Arm. I think ~ is pretty straightforward, but % is a little bit odd. At least for me, sometimes I have to stop and think about it. Using 's is more intuitive.
It does require two extra characters though :)
Once I remembered which outputs what I stopped having to think about it. Keep the helpfile on the website open to that page until you've got it memorized. I don't think it's something worth changing.
Isn't this already implemented? I use it all the time.
emote kisses ~kank's delicate ankle.
Quoteemote kisses ~kank's delicate ankle.
It is but it isn't. If you used that on another person they would see: sdesc kisses you's hand. You would have to use % to get them to see the right thing.
Quote from: Thunkkin on October 01, 2008, 10:52:49 PM
Isn't this already implemented? I use it all the time.
emote kisses ~kank's delicate ankle.
That's only good if you're trying to add a New-York Italian'ish flavor to your emotes..
emote kisses you's delicate ankle.
Quote from: Malken on October 02, 2008, 12:07:22 AM
Quote from: Thunkkin on October 01, 2008, 10:52:49 PM
Isn't this already implemented? I use it all the time.
emote kisses ~kank's delicate ankle.
That's only good if you're trying to add a New-York Italian'ish flavor to your emotes..
emote kisses you's delicate ankle.
Oh man ... I do this ALL the time. ><
One more habit to break, knowhatimean? I'll break it like a knee-cap wit a baseball bat.
Quote from: Thunkkin on October 02, 2008, 12:34:45 AM
Quote from: Malken on October 02, 2008, 12:07:22 AM
Quote from: Thunkkin on October 01, 2008, 10:52:49 PM
Isn't this already implemented? I use it all the time.
emote kisses ~kank's delicate ankle.
That's only good if you're trying to add a New-York Italian'ish flavor to your emotes..
emote kisses you's delicate ankle.
Oh man ... I do this ALL the time. ><
One more habit to break, knowhatimean? I'll break it like a knee-cap wit a baseball bat.
You's go ahead and do that, kid, you's can do it!
Wait...
Isn't this what =/+ do?
emote kisses =kank shell.
The short, furry man kisses your shell.
Quote from: helix on October 02, 2008, 01:11:48 AM
Wait...
Isn't this what =/+ do?
emote kisses =kank shell.
The short, furry man kisses your shell.
I'm pretty sure that + is 'yours' because I've just recently learned about it.
I'm not sure what = do.. I use % for 'your'.
Quote from: Malken on October 02, 2008, 01:15:18 AM
Quote from: helix on October 02, 2008, 01:11:48 AM
Wait...
Isn't this what =/+ do?
emote kisses =kank shell.
The short, furry man kisses your shell.
I'm pretty sure that + is 'yours' because I've just recently learned about it.
I'm not sure what = do.. I use % for 'your'.
+ makes others see it as his/hers
= makes other see it as the sdesc + 's (ex: the short furry man's)
Command...
>em lowers her hand gently away from =slender
Output to the room...
>The krath-tanned, dark eyed lass lowers her hand gently away from the slender, blonde-curled man's.
What the target sees...
>The krath-tanned, dark eyed lass lowers her hand gently away from yours.
Quote from: Winterless on October 02, 2008, 01:30:27 AM
Quote from: Malken on October 02, 2008, 01:15:18 AM
Quote from: helix on October 02, 2008, 01:11:48 AM
Wait...
Isn't this what =/+ do?
emote kisses =kank shell.
The short, furry man kisses your shell.
I'm pretty sure that + is 'yours' because I've just recently learned about it.
I'm not sure what = do.. I use % for 'your'.
+ makes others see it as his/hers
= makes other see it as the sdesc + 's (ex: the short furry man's)
To further clarify, =/+ would be used like this:
>:places his hand over +buxom
The tall, muscular man places his hand over the buxom, tressy-tressed woman's.
Buxom would see: The tall, muscular man places his hand over yours.
So, =/+ is "yours", and %/^ is "your", if someone was using it on you.
pemote head explodes.
Quote from: Qzzrbl on October 02, 2008, 08:20:38 AM
pemote head explodes.
No kidding, I usually work around most of these. Need to make me a post it for them, though.
Not that I'm against it being implemented in the game itself, but you can probably do this with a client trigger.
Do a regex replace ~([A-Za-z]+)'s with %\1
help emoting
It is ALL THERE.
In a nice orderly list.
You can even open it on the Help Files ON THE WEBSITE.
Simple.
I do wish the code would interpret it moreso than it already has. We should use both <keyword>'s and %<keyword>.