orc, tell me about coins

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Does PunyInform convert a phrase like orc, tell me about coins into the Ask action, like in chapter 18 of the DM4?

It’s not a big issue whether that works or not, just a “nice to have”.

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I just quickly tried it in one of my games and it looks like it does.

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You can see all actions that are triggered by compiling in debug mode, and typing ACTIONS.

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I knew about ACTIONS (thanks), but no action is being triggered and I get the “X has better things to do message” which I thought was the default response for an order. Plus the target has an ASK routine in life which is not called.

This is with PunyInform 5.14, though I just checked the release notes for later releases and see no mention something relevant to this.

I’ll see if I can reproduce it in a small demo…

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Oh I see what I did now (duh). I mapped the verb TELL to the action ASK, hoping to simplify code dealing with conversation, but it mucks up this particular case.

Thanks everyone for the help :slight_smile:

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