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--- place_files [2025/03/16 17:08] – created jeffd
+++ place_files [2025/03/20 00:06] (current) – jeffd
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-<code>
+====== Place Files ======
+See [[Place File Syntax]]
+<code JavaScript>
+# =================================
+# Place file for Sam Scoop
+# =================================
     GRAND AVENUE
     ----- ------
+(BASED ON "MAIN STREET" IMPORTED FROM "downtown.place" ROTATED 90)
+REFER TO IMPORTED "MAIN STREET" AS "GRAND AVENUE"
+REFER TO IMPORTED "DOWNTOWN APARTMENT BUILDING" AS "MARLOWE BUILDING"
+LOCATION DEFAULTS:
+A-CAM: *Filename(*LOCATION)
+; text after the hyphen will be ignored here since it is just a
+; clarification of a wider area.  if a location name begins with a slash,
+; the same outer location name will be kept (no need to repeat the text
+; "MARLOWE BUILDING"
+; naming an imported area opens it up for modification, while keeping all of
+; its existing properties intact until or unless they are redefined or
+; deleted.
 EXT. MARLOWE BUILDING - GRAND AVENUE
+; the exit syntax includes any of the compass directions, in their
+; abbreviated forms or, ENTER [target], EXIT [target] (both of which have
+; an optional target), or GO <target>, with the target required.
+  @DOOR INT. / GROUND FLOOR LOBBY
+  @STORE INT. CONVENIENCE STORE
   @NE ALLEY
+EXT. ALLEY
+  A-CAM: ALLEY
-EXT. ALLEY
+  @S MARLOWE BUILDING
+INT. CONVENIENCE STORE
+  A-CAM: Default("store")
+  B-CAM: Default("from-inside-store-window")
+; not sure yet how to specify how marks relate to cameras, but the location should
+; certainly know its list of possible marks
+  MARK "sidewalk" (U$ 1, 2 over; R$ 1)
+  @EXIT EXT. MARLOWE BUILDING
+; text after the slash is a sub-area, indicating greater specificity, so it
+; actually matters more than the name before the slash.
+INT. MARLOWE BUILDING / GROUND FLOOR LOBBY
+  This small lobby is more like a narrow hallway, leading to the north.
+  The door to the south leads out to Grand Avenue.
+  @N MAILROOM
+INT. MARLOWE BUILDING / MAILROOM
-  @S MARLOW BUILDING
+  DESCRIPTION
+  The mailroom has a wall lined with locking boxes.
+  The elevator is to the north, and the lobby is to the south.
+  @S MARLOWE BUILDING
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