Magic Words Hand-Teaching 1.2
by Amaikokonut

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:: Installation ::

BE SURE TO REMOVE PREVIOUS VERSIONS OF THIS AGENT BEFORE INSTALLATION!

This Magic Words agent requires Magic Words Core 1.3 to function fully. 1.1 will not work, and 1.2 will only let you inject agents at the hand. For your convenience, a zip file file containing Magic Words 1.3 is included in this file, but you can ignore it if you already have it (or a newer version of Magic Words) installed. A copy of the Speech Bubble Upgrades 1.2 is also included, and is required for other agents (such as the keyboard handler and the Speech Repeater gadget) to be able to use this Magic Words function.

This zip contains both an agent and a cosfile. If you rarely use this set of Magic Words frequently, you can move the .agents file to your My Agents folder and inject it by hand on a per-world basis. If you use it a lot, place the .cos file in a subfolder in your Bootstrap so it will be installed into every world. \Bootstrap\010 Docking Station is okay, but keeping all your Magic Words cosfiles in their own bootstrap folder, such as \021 Magic Words, will make it easier if you need to find them later.


:: Usage ::

The syntax is pretty simple, just type "teach [word]". Provided the word is a valid DS vocabulary word, the hand will repeat it, and all creatures in earshot will attempt to learn it. It may take them a few tries, but they'll get it. One special exception is the hand-- if you type "teach hand" creatures will learn the name of the hand according to what you've defined it as, which I believe is by default your DS username, or just 'hand' if you have an offline world. You can change the name of the hand in the DS options panel.

In this version, additional commands are available to teach a creature a random word from a specific category:

teach random: Teaches a random non-noun. 
teach drive: Teaches the word for the selected creature's highest drive.
teach qualifier: Teaches a random qualifier (very, extremely, etc).
teach hunger: Teaches a random hunger, since these can sometimes be a pain to type out.


:: Changelog ::

11-05-2023: Updated for Magic Words Core 1.3
10-14-2017: Added new commands for teaching categories and prevented the agent from injecting multiple times.
10-13-2017: New Readme Added 
11-07-2011: Intial Release