driveto

driveto <vnum> [pause]

Drive a vehicle to a room, one step at a time.

driveto is the vehicular counterpart of walkto. The compiler expands it into a stepping loop: the owner mobile operates the vehicle controlled from a console in its current room, moving the vehicle one room closer to the destination, pauses, and repeats until it arrives or can no longer make progress.

Arguments

• <vnum> — the destination room's vnum, an int.
• [pause] — an int number of ticks to wait between steps. Defaults to 1 when omitted.

Returns

null. Like the other action commands, a successful driveto in the handle phase suppresses the event's default action.

Owner

The owner must be a mobile, at least sitting (the driving position), in a room that contains a vehicle console. For any other owner — or with no console or vehicle present — the expanded loop takes no steps.

Examples

after command (say) {
  driveto 3001 2
}

The mob drives the vehicle toward room 3001, pausing two ticks between steps, until it arrives or gets stuck.

See also

• walkto — walk to a room on foot instead of driving.
• stepto — take a single step toward a room on foot.
• pause — the suspension driveto uses between steps.
• Handlers, events, and phases