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From: buzzard@world.std.com (Sean T Barrett)
Subject: Re: [Inform] Newbie Question
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Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2001 09:43:33 GMT
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MTPletsch <mtpletsch@aol.com> wrote:
>I'm working on my first game using inform, so don't laugh when I ask this
[snip]
>	move Player to BackYard;

You should never 'move' the player; instead use
the special function 'PlayerTo'; see the designer's
manual, section 19.

Yes, it's silly that this isn't mentioned in the
section about moving other objects.  Yes, it's
a silly design and probably shouldn't be that way
for the tiny performance savings it gives.

Welcome to Inform.

SeanB
