Alternative way to unlock the chest?

[IAmTheRealXYZ]

I've set up a locked chest, and I want to make it unlockable only upon typing a randomized 4-digit code, though using the GUI I can only unlock it with an object instead, and I couldn't find an if statement that checks whether or not the player typed a number or a variable or anything during the "unlock" verb.

Is there a solution to this?

[KVonGit]

Hello.

There are quite a few ways to approach this... Here's one of them (perhaps not the best, but it works, haha):

EDIT

The next comment has a much better version of this example.

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Click here if you (for some odd reason) wish to view my first attempt at an example game.

You could create a dummy object to act as a key (just to appease Quest). Then, script things something like this:

<!--Saved by Quest 5.9.9166.36226-->
<asl version="580">
  <include ref="English.aslx" />
  <include ref="Core.aslx" />
  <game name="Locked Chest">
    <gameid>b6685904-9e98-4a9a-89e3-64e76c8436bc</gameid>
    <version>1.0</version>
    <firstpublished>2025</firstpublished>
  </game>
  <object name="room">
    <inherit name="editor_room" />
    <object name="player">
      <inherit name="editor_object" />
      <inherit name="editor_player" />
    </object>
    <object name="chest">
      <inherit name="editor_object" />
      <inherit name="container_closed" />
      <inherit name="container_lockable" />
      <feature_container />
      <close />
      <hidechildren />
      <listchildren />
      <keycount type="int">1</keycount>
      <key type="object">dummy_key</key>
      <nokeymessage>{=WriteVerb(game.pov, "have")} not entered the password.</nokeymessage>
      <feature_startscript />
      <attr name="_initialise_" type="script">
        this.password = GetRandomInt(0,9) + "" + GetRandomInt(0,9) + "" + GetRandomInt(0,9) + "" + GetRandomInt(0,9)
      </attr>
      <look><![CDATA[An ordinary chest, currently {if chest.isopen:open}{if not chest.isopen:closed}.<br/><br/>It has a {object:keypad}.]]></look>
      <object name="present">
        <inherit name="editor_object" />
        <take />
      </object>
    </object>
    <object name="keypad">
      <inherit name="editor_object" />
      <scenery />
      <takemsg>It's part of the chest.</takemsg>
      <not_all />
      <feature_usegive />
      <use type="script">
        msg ("Please enter the password.")
        get input {
          if (result = chest.password) {
            msg ("Password accepted.")
            chest.locked = false
          }
          else {
            msg ("Incorrect password.")
          }
        }
      </use>
      <displayverbs type="stringlist">
        <value>Look at</value>
        <value>Use</value>
      </displayverbs>
    </object>
  </object>
  <object name="dummy_key">
    <inherit name="editor_object" />
  </object>
</asl>

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Locked Chest.zip

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You'll have to get the 4-digit code opening the debugger and looking at the "password" attribute on the chest object.

You could also add a changedlocked script to the chest object, to have a script fire when it's unlocked this way.

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Any questions, just ask! =)

Happy gaming!

[KVonGit]

UPDATE

You don't even need a key object. And Quest has a spot to put a script to call after unlocking something.

(If you want the password, you want the value chest.password, which is randomly set via the chest object's _initialise_ script when play begins. The password is four digits, but it is a string attribute, just like the player's input.)

<!--Saved by Quest 5.9.9166.36226-->
<asl version="580">
  <include ref="English.aslx" />
  <include ref="Core.aslx" />
  <game name="Locked Chest">
    <gameid>b6685904-9e98-4a9a-89e3-64e76c8436bc</gameid>
    <version>0.0.1</version>
    <firstpublished>2025</firstpublished>
  </game>
  <object name="room">
    <inherit name="editor_room" />
    <object name="player">
      <inherit name="editor_object" />
      <inherit name="editor_player" />
    </object>
    <object name="chest">
      <inherit name="editor_object" />
      <inherit name="container_closed" />
      <inherit name="container_lockable" />
      <feature_container />
      <close />
      <hidechildren />
      <listchildren />
      <keycount type="int">0</keycount>
      <nokeymessage>{=WriteVerb(game.pov, "have")} not entered the password.</nokeymessage>
      <feature_startscript />
      <look><![CDATA[An ordinary chest, currently {if chest.isopen:open}{if not chest.isopen:closed}.<br/><br/>It has a {object:keypad}.]]></look>
      <attr name="_initialise_" type="script">
        this.password = GetRandomInt(0,9) + "" + GetRandomInt(0,9) + "" + GetRandomInt(0,9) + "" + GetRandomInt(0,9)
      </attr>
      <onunlock type="script">
        msg ("The chest is now unlocked.")
      </onunlock>
      <object name="present">
        <inherit name="editor_object" />
        <take />
      </object>
    </object>
    <object name="keypad">
      <inherit name="editor_object" />
      <scenery />
      <takemsg>It's part of the chest.</takemsg>
      <not_all />
      <feature_usegive />
      <displayverbs type="stringlist">
        <value>Look at</value>
        <value>Use</value>
      </displayverbs>
      <use type="script">
        msg ("Please enter the password.")
        get input {
          if (result = chest.password) {
            msg ("Password accepted.")
            chest.locked = false
          }
          else {
            msg ("Incorrect password.")
          }
        }
      </use>
    </object>
  </object>
</asl>

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Locked Chest (2).zip