[code][newbie] Echoing to a room via spec_proc

From: John Evans (evansj@texas.net)
Date: 01/26/97 

Greetings,

	I am trying to get a random string to echo to a certain room via a special 
procedure for that room.  Here is a shorter version of what I have:

SPECIAL(sewer_room)
{
  switch(number(1,18)) {
    case 1:
        act("The squeaking of rats can be heard echoing through the sewers.",
            TRUE, ch, 0, 0, TO_ROOM);
        return TRUE;
    case 2:
        act("The sound of dripping water reaches you from the somewhere in the"
            " distance.", TRUE, ch, 0, 0, TO_ROOM);
        return TRUE;
    case 3:
        act("Something brushes by your leg under the surface of the water.",
             TRUE, ch, 0, 0, TO_ROOM);
        return TRUE;
  }
  return FALSE;
}

This method works great for mobs, but not for rooms. :(
This snippet of code will compile and won't crash the mud, but it just won't do 
anything, and I've sat in the room for a good 10 minutes waiting for SOMETHING 
to happen. :)

I didn't think that it would work, but it was all that I could think of. 
Perhaps, if I went to bed and came back to it, I'd think of a different way of 
doing it. :)

Anyway, here's my first post to the list, and I hope that someone out there can 
help me out. 

Thanks.
John Evans
mailto: evansj@texas.net
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