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--- exits [2025/02/04 03:07] – [Cardinal Exit Directions] jeffd
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 **DESIGN ADVICE:  To keep commands and text descriptions or audio descriptions simple, try to use the four basic directions (North, East, South, and West) before you consider introducing diagonal directions into a map.  When importing a location with a rotation applied, try to rotate by a multiple of 4 before resorting to a multiple of 2.  Use the "by" directions only as a last resort.  You can also alias diagonal directions to provide more clarity and simplicity, like giving a visible exit in the northwest an alias such as "the cave."**
-==== Portals as Objects ====
-These directions can act as imperative commands, in which case "GO" is assumed, but they may also be the direct object to other commands such as LOOK.  If a Portal object exists and is aliased to this direction, it can be the target of such a command.  For example, if Wooden Door functions as the portal to the West exit, OPEN West will be equivalent to OPEN Wooden Door. (This is helpful because a graphical user interface may provide a clickable diagram of exits, which may require their corresponding Portals to be examined, unlocked, opened or closed, etc.)  A command to look at or examine a Portal, in addition to describing the portal itself, may also attempt to look through or beyond the Portal (if it is opened or windowed) to give the player an idea of where it leads.
 ==== Self-Aware Orientation ====
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 Sometimes these directions are used outside of their relation to the local geography, for example, the "Wild West", the "Southern Hemisphere", or "Western Culture."  To prevent them from being auto-rotated, they are prefixed with a backslash in the Location file, as in the "Wild \West."
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+==== Portals as Objects ====
+These directions can act as imperative commands, in which case "GO" is assumed, but they may also be the direct object to other commands such as LOOK.  If a Portal object exists and is aliased to this direction, it can be the target of such a command.  For example, if Wooden Door functions as the portal to the West exit, OPEN West will be equivalent to OPEN Wooden Door. (This is helpful because a graphical user interface may provide a clickable diagram of exits, which may require their corresponding Portals to be examined, unlocked, opened or closed, etc.)  A command to look at or examine a Portal, in addition to describing the portal itself, may also attempt to look through or beyond the Portal (if it is opened or windowed) to give the player an idea of where it leads.
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 ==== List of Cardinal Directions ====
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 Related terms: Eastern, Easterly (Easternly), Eastward.
-=== 5: SES, East by Southeast ===
+=== 5: ESE, East by Southeast ===
 Alias: East-by-Southeast
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 ===== Standard Prepositional Exits =====
-=== Up / Ascend / Climb Up / Go Up ===
+=== Up / Ascend / Climb Up(stairs) / Go Up(stairs) ===
 Can be used in a bare form (without a direct object) when there is only one way "up."
-=== Down / Descend / Climb Down / Jump Down / Go Down ===
+=== Down / Descend / Climb Down(stairs) / Go Down(stairs) / Jump Down  ===
 Can be used in a bare form (without a direct object) when there is only one way "down."
-=== Enter / Embark / Board / Get in ===
+If you are on a [[vehicles|vehicle]] that isn't a self-hosted location (such as on a horse, but not in a commercial airplane), and there is no ambiguity with other Down exits, this command may be used as an alias to dismount.
-Can be used in a bare form (without a direct object) when there is no ambiguity about which entrance is able to be entered.
+=== Enter / Go In ===
-=== Exit / Disembark / Deplane / Get out / Leave ===
+Can be used in a bare form (without a direct object) when there is no ambiguity about which entrance is able to be entered. May also be used for a [[vehicles|vehicle]] if unambiguous.
-Can be used in a bare form (without direct object) when there is no ambiguity about which exit is going to be taken.
+=== Exit / Leave / Go Out ===
+Can be used in a bare form (without direct object) when there is no ambiguity about which exit is going to be taken. May also be used for a [[vehicles|vehicle]] if unambiguous.
+=== Mount / Board / Embark / Go Aboard / Get In / Get On / Climb In / Climb On ===
+For [[vehicles]]. Can be used in a bare form (without a direct object) when there is only one [[vehicles|vehicle]].
+=== Dismount / Alight / Disembark / Deplane / Get Out / Get Off / Climb Out / Climb Off ===
+For [[vehicles]]. Can be used in a bare form (without direct object) when there is no ambiguity about which exit is going to be taken.
 ===== Standard Prepositional Exits With Direct Objects =====
-=== Enter [Specific Location] ===
+=== Up/Ascend/Climb (up) [Portal-Object] ====
-Example: Enter [the] Building, Enter [the] Garden, Board [the] Train
+Examples: Climb up the Wooden Ladder, Ascend the Grand Stairs
-Alias: Go in (or, into) the Building/Garden/etc...
+When using climb, "up" may be omitted if the specified object only leads one direction.
-=== Enter/Board/etc... [Specific Vehicle] ===
+=== Down/Descend/Climb (down) [Portal-Object] ====
-Examples: Enter the Yellow Cab, Board the Yacht, Mount the Carriage.
+Examples: Descend the Wooden Ladder, Climb down the Grand Stairs
-Alias: Get into, Go aboard.
+When using climb, "down" may be omitted if the specified object only leads one direction.
+=== Enter [Specific Location] / Go In(to) [Specific Location] ===
+Example: Enter [the] Building, Enter [the] Garden, Board [the] Train
+Alias: Go in (or, into) the Building/Garden/etc...
 === Enter [Specific Portal] ===
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 This form is possible if the destination location of the specified Portal is a sub-area of a broader location, or an interior location being entered from an exterior location.
-=== Exit/Leave/etc... [Specific Location or Vehicle] ===
+=== Exit/Leave [Specific Location] ===
-Example: Exit the Car
+Example: Leave the Bar
 Alias: Go Outside, Go Out of (the) [Location], such as: Go out of the House.
 This form is possible if the specified location has one clear exit to either a broader interior location of which it is a sub-area, or one clear exit to an exterior location.
+This form may also be used for [[vehicles]] as an alias for Dismount (see below.)
 === Exit/Leave/etc... Through (or Out) the [Portal] ===
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 This form is possible if current location is a sub-area of a broader location accessible through the specified Portal, or if the specified Portal leads from a current interior location to an exterior location.
+=== Mount/... [Specific Vehicle] ===
+Examples: Enter the Yellow Cab, Board the Yacht, Mount the Carriage.
+Alias: Get into, Go aboard.
+See [[Vehicles]].
+=== Dismount/... [Specific Vehicle] ===
+Examples: Dismount Horse, Get out of the Car
+See [[Vehicles]].
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 === GO Through [Portal] ===
-This form doesn't care about sub-area status, or interior vs. exterior status of a location.
+This form doesn't care about sub-area status, or interior vs. exterior status of a location, but it must be a type of Portal that you can pass through.
 Examples: GO Through the Door, GO Through the Gate
+=== CLIMB [Portal-Object] ===
+If the Portal-Object is something you climb to get to another location, such as stairs or a ladder, and it only leads in one direction, the direction may be omitted.
+Examples: CLIMB Stairs.
 === GO Over [Obstacle] ===