I7: Now the player is not in the boat.

Authoring Inform 7
1

I want to move the player off a vehicle, but when I type…

now the player is off the boat.

or…

now the player is not in the boat.

…It won’t work. Anyone know how to do this?

2

“now the player is in the location of the boat”. Or just “now the player is in the Seaside Wharf”.

“now the player is not in the boat” fails because there are so many game locations which are not in the boat. Tom Stoppard would be proud. :slight_smile:

3

The game doesn’t know where to put the player. A positive formulation, like “Now the player is in the Docks” should work.

4

Thanks, I tried it. It works well.

5

Another formulation besides “the location of the boat” is “the holder of the boat.” If the Dock is an enterable container in the Wharf, and the dock contains the boat, the former would put you in the Wharf, while the latter would put you in the Dock.