NPC Carrying/Wearing

[Doctor-Agon]

Hi Everyone,
I don't know if this question has been asked before. I couldn't find it on any previous discussions. But, at the moment when an NPC is wearing clothes and carrying objects, when you look at the NPC, the description doesn't seem to differentiate between the two.
Is there a way I can split the two and have the look at NPC print out
Fred is carrying a torch. Fred is wearing a coat and hat. Or whatever...
Rather than
Fred is carrying a torch, hat, and coat.
Hope you can help. Many thanks.

[KVonGit]

Hello,

If you are using the NPCWear function from the forum, this is the best I can get it to work (and it's a tad sloppy):

NPC Carrying and Wearing.zip

<!--Saved by Quest 5.9.9166.36226-->
<asl version="580">
  <include ref="English.aslx" />
  <include ref="Core.aslx" />
  <game name="NPC Carrying and Wearing">
    <gameid>da15d6aa-2a47-4185-b584-2d8dc3e7105c</gameid>
    <version>1.0</version>
    <firstpublished>2025</firstpublished>
    <start type="script">
      // Create a list of objects for Fred to wear call NPCWear (must be done for each NPC)
      list = NewObjectList()
      list add (list, toga)
      NPCWear (Fred, list)
    </start>
  </game>
  <object name="room">
    <inherit name="editor_room" />
    <object name="player">
      <inherit name="editor_object" />
      <inherit name="editor_player" />
    </object>
    <object name="Fred">
      <inherit name="editor_object" />
      <inherit name="namedmale" />
      <inherit name="surface" />
      <feature_container />
      <contentsprefix>who has</contentsprefix>
      <hidechildren />
      <addscript type="script">
        msg ("Fred probably wouldn't like that.")
      </addscript>
      <object name="foo">
        <inherit name="editor_object" />
      </object>
      <object name="toga">
        <inherit name="editor_object" />
        <inherit name="wearable" />
        <feature_wearable />
      </object>
    </object>
  </object>
  <function name="NPCWear" parameters="object, clothing">
    // Disable the changescript which normally handles changes of POV:
    changescript = game.changedpov
    game.changedpov = null
    // change POV without displaying a new descriptions
    game.pov = object
    // handle wearing the stuff:
    foreach (n, clothing) {
      WearGarment (n)
    }
    // put the player back in control
    game.pov = player
    // and enable all the changed-pov magic again
    game.changedpov = changescript
  </function>
  <function name="ListObjectContents" parameters="object"><![CDATA[
    if ((GetBoolean(object, "isopen") or GetBoolean(object, "transparent")) and GetBoolean(object, "listchildren")) {
      if (GetBoolean(object, "hidechildren")) {
        object.hidechildren = false
      }
      if (HasString(object, "listchildrenprefix")) {
        listprefix = object.listchildrenprefix
      }
      else {
        listprefix = DynamicTemplate("ObjectContains", object)
      }
      list = FormatObjectList(listprefix, object, Template("And"), ".")
      if (list <> "") {
        msg (list)
      }
    }
    else if (DoesInherit(object, "npc_type")) {
      objects = GetDirectChildren(object)
      objects_held = FilterByNotAttribute(objects, "worn")
      objects_worn = ListExclude(objects,objects_held)
      pre = CapFirst(GetDisplayName(object)) + " " + Conjugate(object, "be")
      printed_something = false
      if (ListCount(objects_held) > 0) {
        held = FormatList(objects_held, ",", ", and", "nothing")
        OutputTextNoBr (" " + pre + " carrying " + held  + ".")
        printed_something = true
      }
      if (ListCount(objects_worn) > 0) {
        worn_objects = NewStringList()
        foreach (o, objects_worn) {
          list add (worn_objects, Replace(GetDisplayName(o), " (worn)", ""))
        }
        worn = FormatList(worn_objects, ",", ", and", "nothing")
        OutputTextNoBr (" " + pre + " wearing " + worn  + ".")
        printed_something = true
      }
      if (printed_something) {
        msg ("")
      }
    }
  ]]></function>
</asl>

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Note

I made Fred a surface in order to be able to interact with the objects held/worn, and I changed the contentsprefix used when listing his objects in that same tab.