From: Ryan Stuck <bosstone1@earthling.net>
Subject: Book Portals

Here is an example of what this code does. When You walk into a room where
A book is you type 'Read (book_name) and you get transferred into the
book. Well it seems that way. Its my first piece of code that i actually
wrote so have fun with it.

/**************************************************************************
*      Read Book Special Proc. - spec_procs.c spec_assign.c               *
*      Copyright 1998 Ryan William Stuck (Bosstone) Ready *2* Die? MUD    *
*      Original Author: Ryan Stuck (Bosstone)                             *
*      Feel free to use this in your mud. But please email me at          *
* Bosstone1@earthling.net just to let me know its in. Please keep these   *
* Credits in with this code. And insert me into the muds credits.         *
**************************************************************************/

/* Insert this into spec_procs.c */
#define BOOK_ROOM   800

SPECIAL (book)
{
  struct obj_data *obj = (struct obj_data *) me;
  struct obj_data *port;
  char obj_name[MAX_STRING_LENGTH];

    if (!CMD_IS("read")) return FALSE;

    argument = one_argument(argument,obj_name);
    if (!(port = get_obj_in_list_vis(ch,obj_name,world[ch->in_room].contents)))
 {
      return(FALSE);
    }

    if (port != obj)
      return(FALSE);

        act("$n starts to read from a book and suddenly is sucked inside.", FAL
SE, ch, port, 0, TO_ROOM);
        act("You start to read from a book and you suddenly are sucked inside",
 FALSE, ch, port, 0, TO_CHAR);
        char_from_room(ch);
        char_to_room(ch, real_room(BOOK_ROOM));
        look_at_room(ch, 0);
        act("$n suddenly materializes from nowhere...", FALSE, ch, 0, 0, TO_ROO
M);
        return(TRUE);
}



Well thats it. I hope it brings you happy times. This is my first snippet
i have made and it works fine with any version of CircleMUD. Well. Happy
mudding.            -Ryan    a.k.a   Bosstone