A strange bug with stock patch level 21 - notice the line "Tthe Mayor..."
124H 359M 104V > e
Inside The East Gate Of Midgaard
You are by two small towers that have been built into the city wall
and connected with a footbridge across the heavy wooden gate. Main
Street leads west from here. To the south you see the Water Shop.
Tthe Mayor is standing here.
A cityguard is here, guarding the gate.
124H 359M 103V >
However, later, when I go to the mayor's office:
128H 359M 60V > look
The Mayor's Office
You are in the not very big office of the Mayor of Midgaard. A
large and polished but completely empty desk is standing in front of an
armchair that looks so comfortable that it most of all resembles a bed
with the head end raised slightly.
The Mayor is sitting in his huge chair, snoring loudly.
And since I hate politicans sleeping on the job:
129H 359M 65V > wake mayor
You wake him up.
129H 359M 65V > look
The Mayor's Office
You are in the not very big office of the Mayor of Midgaard. A
large and polished but completely empty desk is standing in front of an
armchair that looks so comfortable that it most of all resembles a bed
with the head end
raised slightly.
Tthe Mayor is sitting here.
I looked further into this, and I eventually got to the list_one_char
routine in act.informative.c This is the routine that lists a character
(player or mob), and is indirectly called from do_look. If the character is
an NPC, and in that mob's default position, the mobs long description is
shown. Otherwise, the following is called:
if (IS_NPC(i))
send_to_char(ch, "%c%s", UPPER(*i->player.short_descr),
i->player.short_descr);
followed by a whole string of if tests to add additional information about
the mob.
Have I found the bug? The send_to_char call has two items it sends, the
first a single character which is the upper case conversion of the first
character in the character's short description. The next is a string - the
complete short description.
Now, it was obvious with the mayor, because he is ogten not in his default
position.
I guess what is really needed is a variation of the UPPER() function that
will take a complete string, and just capitalize the frist character.
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