Help: problems with locked container

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Hello

I’m trying to make a box that unlocks when you put in a passcode, just like on a padlock. When I put in the correct code, everything is fine and my box says what I want it to. But when I try to open or unlock the box, I get these:

open box
(first unlocking the jewelry box)
You lack a key that fits the jewelry box.

unlock box
You lack a key that fits the jewelry box.

There is no key to this box, so I don’t want this message. This happens even after I put the code in to “open” the box. I think that inputting the correct code doesn’t actually open the box, it just shows the message that I wrote.

So, I need to make it so that setting the dial to the correct code actually opens the box, and I need to remove a key from the equation.

Thanks!

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Can we see the code you used for this? A snapshot of the problem, that is. You might have not changed the box’s locked state. You will likely want a unique “check unlocking” rule, or at least a unique message for the existing one.

EDIT: Additionally, would you be having multiple code-puzzles like this in your game? Would it be standard behaviour, or a one-time solution for a single puzzle?

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You’re using the Locksmith extension? The message makes it sound like it. If so, try something like this

To say key-refusal for (locked-thing - the lockbox):
	say "You need to input the correct code to unlock the lockbox."
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Thank you so much! This worked.