FROM THE POSTBAG: THE COMMAND LIST
Here at the Fed2 Star, we pride ourselves on our ability to answer all the obscure questions sent in by our readers. At least, the ones we can't answer we just hide and pretend we never received, rather like everyone does with tax bills.
It's been a while since we last received a question that was fit to print, so we were delighted to receive this query recently:
I was looking at the command list on the web site. I am now using the command 'PUT' for a custom object on my planet, but it's not listed there. Why?
Since Hazed is in charge of custom objects, we asked her to answer this question herself. She said she was busy, but it looked more like she was reading some alien bodice (or the equivalent) ripper! But still, she rattled off an explanation so fast we were only just able to comprehend it, and here is what she said:
There are two types of command in the game. The first is the game commands that Bella has programmed into the actual game code - commands such as 'COMM', 'BOARD', 'BUY ROUND' and so on. Those are commands that have specific meanings and result in the same thing happening no matter what planet you are on.
The second type of commands are the ones that can be added to objects. These commands can be anything at all, and are unique to that particular object. It would be very hard to include all of these commands on the official command list: there are so many of them, and they are only going to increase as more planet-owners request custom objects.
In addition, what the commands actually do varies depending on which object the player has, and where it came from. Different players will come up with different results for the same word, and it would be impossible to describe them all in an entry on the commands list.
So that's why commands added to objects don't appear on the list.
At least, we think that's what she said...
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