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Details — A single action in detail.
About the action rulebooks  


Standard actions which are checked but then do nothing unless rules intervene
Waiting , Touching , Waving , Pulling , Pushing , Turning , Pushing it to , Squeezing 


Turning something (past tense turned)

Turning is the act of rotating something - say, a dial.

In the Standard Rules there are no carry out rules for this action because nothing in the standard Inform world model which reacts to it. The action is provided for authors to hang more interesting behaviour onto for special cases: say, turning a capstan.


Typed commands leading to this action

"turn/rotate/twist/unscrew/screw [something]"

Rules controlling this action

before    doing something to a secret door which is unrevealed   

before    doing something to a secret switch which is unrevealed   

before    doing something when a secret door is the second noun and the second noun is unrevealed   

before    doing something when a secret switch is the second noun and the second noun is unrevealed   


check    an actor turning  can't turn what's fixed in place rule    name  unlist   1

check    an actor turning  can't turn scenery rule    name  unlist   1

check    an actor turning  can't turn people rule    name  unlist   1


report    an actor turning  report turning rule    name  unlist   2


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