You can perform actions in cow that allow you to interact or communicate with objects around you.

The default action is say so if you dont specify any command you will say what you type.

Type in the words hello bob, how are you today? and if bob is logged on and in the same location as you, bob will see what you say.

If Bob is in a different location to you can shout, hello bob or say hello bob loudly.

Anything you shout or do loudly is heard by everyone currently logged on.

Other action commands like watch, think, sing etc.. will show others in your location what you are doing.

Most can be use as the word on their own laugh or with extra text laugh what are you doing there!?!

Some commands will have an effect on an object. catch will make you hold the object and zap will push an object off anything it is currenly on or beside (players get zapped out of the room).

Try this create a box. create an apple. put the apple on the box. zap the apple The apple first show as being on the box, then it is zapped off it.

readall book of actions to see all of these commands

blob

This is a pretty ordinary blob.

command called absorb

absorb {object}

Use this in a battle to absorb the money from an object that has been knocked from an object.

If you hit the battle rat and some coins come off it, you can absorb the coins

Be quick, the battle rat is good at absorbing things too.

read the command called hit

Note you can only have battles in designated battle areas.. of which there are few.

find the battle rat

command called bat

bat {object} to {object}

Hit an object towards another. eg bat the ball to alice

command called bite

bite {object}

Allows you to bite another object.

bite the chair

command called blast

blast {object}
Visual interaction with another object

command called blow

blow {object}

For those times when you find a horn or a trumpet that has to be blown.

blow the horn

This is similar to
read the command called touch

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scripting notes:

This sends out the trigger word 'blow' so you can react like this:

if target of blow then iwasblown;
##iswasblown:
print ''[$actor] dances in the gentle breeze'';


command called bowl

bowl {object} to {object}
You can bowl balls and things to other players and things eg bowl the ball to simon

command called break

break {object}
Visual interaction with another object

command called call

call {text} or {object}

You can call for an object anywhere in cow. Some objects respond to your call and come running to you.

eg call for the courrier

command called carry

carry {object}

You can carry objects around with you.

create a pot plant. paint it as limegreen. carry it

When you want to stop carrying it, just push it

Push seperates an object from its host, you being the host of the flower pot when you cary it.

You are allowed to carry players around (to save them walking) however you can not carry objects you have not locked.

Carrying a player is similar to that player following you. it is also the same as putting an object by you and then posing it as carried: create a fig paint it as peru. put it on me. pose it as carried

Related commands:

read the command called follow
read the command called push
read the command called put

command called catch

catch {object}
Catch an object that was thrown eg catch the ball You end up holding the thing you caught.

command called cede

cede {object} to {object}
change the creator and owner of an object to to something else

eg cede the dog to suinoukon

Here, the dog's owner and creator would be changed from you to suinoukon, giving him the ability to write in it, change its lock status, etc. These abilities would be taken away from you, as you would no longer be the creator and owner of the dog.

You can only cede an object that belongs to you. This means you can't steal someone's object by ceding it to yourself, so don't bother trying.

currently inopperable, will be fixed soon

command called cry

cry
If you are sad, why not just type cry

command called deploy

depoly {object}

This is a variation on the use command so you can deploy a parachute or some other object.

^{suggested by suinoukon}

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scripting notes
Sends out the trigger word deploy

eg:

if target of deploy then dosomething;
##dosomething:
print ''[$actor] makes a rumbling noise'';


command called drink

drink {object}
Gets and object and puts it in your inventory. Use inv to see what you are carrying

command called fart

This is a rather special command.

command called fix

fix {object} with {object}

Fix and object with another object.

eg: fix the bicycle with the spanner

Some objects will respond to being fixed (or being the fixing object)

command called follow

This is a rather special command.

command called force

force {object} to {cmd}
Force another object to perform the command

eg force the duck to do flies around the room

In this example the 'duck' efectvely types the command do flies around the room

So you could just as easily do things like this:
create an old wooden table
force the table to create a piece of cheese
force the cheese to paint me as yellow
force the cheese to put me on the table
force the table to roam

You can only force objects you have created or unlocked objects.

The forced object can only perform commands it has the ability to perform.

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CowScript notes:
Force is silent, however the command the forced object performs generates trigger words as normal.

command called growl

growl
growl at {object}

You can growl at nothing specific or direct your growl towards an object.

growl
growl at the frog

This is a very rushed job as a demonstration.. needs some text ability.. like nod
eg growl what are you doing here!?

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scripting notes:
This sends out the trigger word 'growl' so you can react like this:

if target of growl then imscared;

##imscared: print ''[$actor] runs away'';


command called hit

hit {object}

Hit another object.

Can be useful in a battle.

hit the battle rat

read the command called absorb if you need to some health.

command called investigate

Just type 'search' and you will automatically begin the attempt to find some hidden goody (or baddy).
But you're not guaranteed to find anything, so it could take awhile to find something (if there is anything there).

command called kick

kick {object}
Visual interaciton with an object.

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Scripting notes:
This sends out a trigger word of 'bounce' so script your object like this:

if target of bounce then iwaskicked;
##iwaskicked:
print ''[$actor] breaks into many pieces'';


command called light

light {object}

Allows you to light an object that brightens a dark location.

light the lantern

read the command called darken

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cowScript notes:

This sends out the trigger word 'light' so you can get a lantern to react to being lit like this:

if target of light then lightme;
##lightme:
$mat = $actor's material;
swap $mat add _light_;
set $actor's material to $mat;


command called mood

mood {text}

Helps set the atmosphere for a location by adding text to the message log which comes from no specific player

eg mood A chill wind whistles silently through the trees

command called pat

pat {object}

You can pat a dog or any other friendly object.

pat the huge dragon

Some objects will react to being patted.

Similar commands:
read the command called pet
read the command called use
read the command called catch
read the command called throw

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scripting example
if target of pats then purrr;
##purrr:
$sound = (purrs,growls,numbles something,blinks,laughs);
print ''[$actor] silently $sound'';


command called pet

pet {object}

You can pet a cat or any other friendly object.

pet the huge dragon

Some objects will react to being petted.

Similar commands:
read the command called pat
read the command called use
read the command called catch
read the command called throw

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scripting example
if target of pets then purrr;
##purrr:
$sound = (purrs,growls,numbles something,blinks,laughs);
print ''[$actor] silently $sound'';


command called pitch

This is a rather special command.

command called play

play with {$object}
play {object}

Visually interact with an object.

play with the ball

If you omit the word 'with' you play the object like a musical instrument.

play the piano

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scripting notes
Playing with an object generates a trigger keyword of 'play'
Playing to make music generates a trigger keyword of 'music';

So if you want an object to react to being played with do this:
if target of play then havesomefun;
##havesomefun:
print ''[$actor] really enjoys the companyof [$init_obj]'';


Or to react to being played as an instrument do this:
if target of music then iwasplayed;
##iwasplayed:
print ''You hear a string snap from [$actor]. [$init_obj] was a bit to rough'';


command called possess

possess {object}
Take control of another object and use it instead of your original player object.

eg possess the small white mouse

You can only possess objects you have created or unlocked objects

This object can only perform commands they have the ability to perform

WARNING: If you possess an unlocked object you will not be able to re-possess you original player objects so
you will have to logon to COW again to return to normal

command called sheathe

sheathe (object) in (object)

This will allow your nice blades and such to have a home whilst you're not wielding them in a dangerous sorta way.
But be careful, they like to fall out.
read the command called unsheathe

command called shoot

shoot {object} with {object}

Shoot the first object with the second, causing the first object to be pusshed off anything it was on.

NOTE: This causes no harm to iether object.

command called spin

This is a rather special command.

command called stand

stand

This causes you to stand individually within your location. In technical jargon, your host is cleared and your pose becomes 'standing'.

command called stop

stop {object}

You can stop something, if is reacts to the stop command.

stop the machine

read the command called start
read the command called use

command called stroke

stroke {object}

Visually interact with an object.

eg stroke the cat

command called swing

This is a rather special command.

command called throw

throw {object} to|at {object}

You can throw balls and things to other players and things eg throw the ball to simon
or throw the daisy at the dragon

You can use any relationship word instead of 'to' or 'at' eg:
throw the rope over the tree

If you throw something at a doorway it will fly through it!

read the command called catch
read the command called pitch

read some relationship words

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Scripting notes:

This sends out the trigger word throw so you can react as either the $target or the $second.

if target of throw then iwasthrown;
if second of throw then someonethrewatme;


command called tickle

tickle {object}

You can tickle a cat or any other friendly object.

tickle the huge dragon

Some objects will react to being tickled.

Similar commands:
read the command called pat
read the command called pet
read the command called use
read the command called catch
read the command called throw

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scripting example
if target of tickles then purrr;
##purrr:
$sound = (purrs,growls,numbles something,blinks,laughs);
print ''[$actor] silently $sound'';


command called toss

This is a pretty ordinary command.

command called touch

touch {object}

You can touch objects.

touch the screen and the object may be scripted to react to your touch.


read the command called pat
or to have some more forceful influence in the world read the command called push
or more extreme read the command called hit

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scripting notes:
This sends out a trigger word 'touch' so you can script your objects thusly:

if target of touch then thankthem;
##thankthem: print ''[$actor] thanks [$init_obj]'';


command called turn

turn {object}

You can turn objects.

turn the dial and the object may be scripted to react to you turning it.

read the command called touch
or to have some more forceful influence in the world read the command called push
or more extreme read the command called hit

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scripting notes:
This sends out a trigger word 'turn' so you can script your objects thusly:

if target of turn then knobturned;
##knobturned: print ''[$actor] squeels and a ket of steam is released'';


command called unsheathe

unsheathe (object)

The object that you're trying to unsheathe must already be sheathed.
think i wonder why
When you unsheathe an item you will automatically wield it.
read the command called sheathe
read the command called wield

command called use

use {object}
use {object} on|with {object}

use an object.. it may react.. it may not.
eg use the hammer

Or you can use on object on or with another:
use the hammer on the nail

If iether object is scrited to react to this, then it will, otherwise it is just a visual thing like:

read the command called talk
read the command called pat
read the command called throw
read the command called fix
read the command called switch

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Scripting example
if target of use then someoneusedme;
##someoneusedme:
print ''[$actor] blinks as [$init_obj] uses it'';

or
if second of use then iwassecond;
##iwassecond:
print ''[$actor] was repaired by [$init_obj] uses [$target] on it'';


command called watch

watch {object}
Visual interaction with another object

command called water

water {object} with {object}

You can water one object with another for example:
water the flower with the watering can
or
water the crops with the bucket

If the object you are watering and the object being watered are is built for that purpose then good things will happen.

so water the rock with the radio will  perform that action but nothing special will happen.

command called wear

wear {object}
Poses the object as worn by you as if you had put it on

eg wear the fur coat

Remember to push things to unpose objects

command called whistle

whistle
whistle for {object}

Useful if you have an object that responds to whistles as they are echoed loudly throughout cowland.

whistle for the doggy

This is similar to read the command called call