A single action in detail.<br><i>About the action rulebooks <ahref=inform:/doc178.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/help.png></a></i></p>
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<hr><b>Standard actions which move the actor</b><br>Going <ahref=7_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a>, Entering <ahref=8_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a>, <b>Exiting</b> <ahref=9_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a>, Getting off <ahref=10_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a><p><hr><p><b>Exiting </b><aname=Exit></a> (<i>past tense</i> exited)<br>
<p>Whereas the going action allows
people to move from one location to another in the model world, and the
entering action is for movement deeper inside the objects in a location,
the exiting action is for movement back out towards the main floor area.
Climbing out of a cupboard, for instance, is an exiting action. Exiting
when already in the main floor area of a room with a map connection to
the outside is converted to a going action. Finally, note that whereas
entering works for either containers or supporters, exiting is purely for
getting oneself out of containers: if the actor is on top of a supporter
instead, an exiting action is converted to the getting off action.<p><hr><p><b>Typed commands leading to this action</b><p>
<pclass="hangingin2">"get out/off/down/up"</p><pclass="hangingin2">"stand"</p><pclass="hangingin2">"stand up"</p><pclass="hangingin2">"exit/leave/out"</p><p><b>Named values belonging to this action</b></p>
<pclass="tightin2">container exited from - <i>object</i></p><p><b>Rules controlling this action</b></p><p>
<br><pclass="hangingin2">instead of <i>doing something to the cables</i> <ahref="source:story.ni#line53"><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Reveal.png></a></p>
<pclass="hangingin2">instead of <i>doing something other than examining, talking, answering, sleeping, asking, looking, waiting, getting off or exiting when the player is on the sofa</i> <ahref="source:story.ni#line56"><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Reveal.png></a></p>
<br><pclass="hangingin2">check <i>an actor exiting</i> <fontcolor="#800000">convert exit into go out rule</font> <ahref="javascript:pasteCode('convert exit into go out rule')"><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/paste.png></a> <i>name</i><ahref="javascript:pasteCode('The convert exit into go out rule is not listed in the check exiting rulebook.[=0x000A=]')"><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/paste.png></a> <i>unlist</i></p>
<pclass="hangingin2">check <i>an actor exiting</i> <fontcolor="#800000">can't exit when not inside anything rule</font> <ahref="javascript:pasteCode('can[=0x0027=]t exit when not inside anything rule')"><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/paste.png></a> <i>name</i><ahref="javascript:pasteCode('The can[=0x0027=]t exit when not inside anything rule is not listed in the check exiting rulebook.[=0x000A=]')"><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/paste.png></a> <i>unlist</i> <ahref="#"onclick="showResp('extra1000134', 'plus1000134'); return false;"><imgborder=0id="plus1000134"src=inform:/doc_images/responses.png></a> 1</p>
<divid="extra1000134"style="display: none;"><pclass="in2"> <spanstyle="color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; background-color: #8080ff;"> A </span><spanstyle="color: #000066;">"But [we] [aren't] in anything at the [if story tense is present
tense]moment[otherwise]time[end if]."</span> <ahref="javascript:pasteCode('can[=0x0027=]t exit when not inside anything rule response (A)')"><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/paste.png></a> <i>name</i> <ahref="javascript:pasteCode('can[=0x0027=]t exit when not inside anything rule response (A) is [=0x0022=]New text.[=0x0022=].')"><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/paste.png></a> <i>set</i></div>
<pclass="hangingin2">check <i>an actor exiting</i> <fontcolor="#800000">can't exit closed containers rule</font> <ahref="javascript:pasteCode('can[=0x0027=]t exit closed containers rule')"><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/paste.png></a> <i>name</i><ahref="javascript:pasteCode('The can[=0x0027=]t exit closed containers rule is not listed in the check exiting rulebook.[=0x000A=]')"><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/paste.png></a> <i>unlist</i> <ahref="#"onclick="showResp('extra1000135', 'plus1000135'); return false;"><imgborder=0id="plus1000135"src=inform:/doc_images/responses.png></a> 1</p>
<divid="extra1000135"style="display: none;"><pclass="in2"> <spanstyle="color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; background-color: #8080ff;"> A </span><spanstyle="color: #000066;">"You can't get out of the closed [cage]."</span> <ahref="javascript:pasteCode('can[=0x0027=]t exit closed containers rule response (A)')"><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/paste.png></a> <i>name</i> <ahref="javascript:pasteCode('can[=0x0027=]t exit closed containers rule response (A) is [=0x0022=]New text.[=0x0022=].')"><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/paste.png></a> <i>set</i></div>
<pclass="hangingin2">check <i>an actor exiting</i> <fontcolor="#800000">convert exit into get off rule</font> <ahref="javascript:pasteCode('convert exit into get off rule')"><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/paste.png></a> <i>name</i><ahref="javascript:pasteCode('The convert exit into get off rule is not listed in the check exiting rulebook.[=0x000A=]')"><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/paste.png></a> <i>unlist</i></p>
<br><pclass="hangingin2">carry out <i>an actor exiting</i> <fontcolor="#800000">standard exiting rule</font> <ahref="javascript:pasteCode('standard exiting rule')"><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/paste.png></a> <i>name</i><ahref="javascript:pasteCode('The standard exiting rule is not listed in the carry out exiting rulebook.[=0x000A=]')"><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/paste.png></a> <i>unlist</i></p>
<br><pclass="hangingin2">report <i>an actor exiting</i> <fontcolor="#800000">standard report exiting rule</font> <ahref="javascript:pasteCode('standard report exiting rule')"><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/paste.png></a> <i>name</i><ahref="javascript:pasteCode('The standard report exiting rule is not listed in the report exiting rulebook.[=0x000A=]')"><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/paste.png></a> <i>unlist</i> <ahref="#"onclick="showResp('extra1000138', 'plus1000138'); return false;"><imgborder=0id="plus1000138"src=inform:/doc_images/responses.png></a> 3</p>
<pclass="hangingin2">report <i>an actor exiting</i> <fontcolor="#800000">describe room emerged into rule</font> <ahref="javascript:pasteCode('describe room emerged into rule')"><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/paste.png></a> <i>name</i><ahref="javascript:pasteCode('The describe room emerged into rule is not listed in the report exiting rulebook.[=0x000A=]')"><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/paste.png></a> <i>unlist</i></p>
<br>Click on the speech-bubble icons to see the responses, or here to see all of them: <ahref="#"onclick="showAllResp(); return false;"><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/responses.png></a> 5</p>