Seven Towers: UCC Reference

USECODE INTRINSICS

UI_book_mode(object obj)
obj->book_mode()

Displays a book or scroll on screen. Text in the book or scroll is supplied through normal conversation methods.

Parameters

objThe object whose shape is to be used to determine what shape from 'GUMPS.VGA' is to be shown. This association is currently hard-coded (as of 2009/02/27): if the shape of the supplied object is equal to 797, a scroll gump will be displayed; otherwise, a book gump will be displayed.
SI SPECIFIC
There is one additional shape which displays a scroll gump: shape 707. This shape, and shape 705 (serpentine book), will both display text using serpentine characters; if the avatar's 'READ' flag is set, any serpentine runes will be translated into normal runes.

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See also