Any closable container with a capacity can be locked

[eriktorbjorn]

The rules for if you can lock an object are pretty simple: It has to be a door (DOORBIT) or a closed container (CONTBIT) with a capacity greater than 0. Examples of containers with capacity 0 include the whiskey bottles.

To be able to close a container, it must have a capacity greater than 0, and can't have SURFACEBIT. E.g. you can't close a table.

So which lockable containers do that leave?

• RECURSIVE-BOOK
• BATHTUB
• MASTER-BEDROOM-DRESSER
• LIQUOR-CABINET
• K-CABINETS
• K-CUPBOARD
• REFRIGERATOR
• FILE-CABINET
• CLOCK
• KEYHOLE

Suggestions:

• Change the message when trying to lock a container with SURFACEBIT so that it no longer suggests that you need to close it first.
• Don't allow KEYHOLE and BATHTUB to be closed.
• Should locking/unlocking KEYHOLE redirect to the clock, so that you need the clock key?
• You definitely shouldn't be able to lock RECURSIVE-BOOK.
• You probably shouldn't be able to lock REFRIGERATOR.
• Should you be able to lock K-CABINETS, K-CUPBOARD? I've only seen lockable kitchen cabinets in student dorms.

[eriktorbjorn]

Some of this may also apply to the "UNLOCK" verb.

[eriktorbjorn]

The Witness has the same behavior as some of the earlier games, where opening a container that has only one object inside will print its FDESC. Example:

>OPEN BATHTUB
You open the bathtub.
Lying on the ground is what appears to be a ticket stub.

But I think that if we fix all of the containers listed above that you shouldn't be able to open/close, there won't be any cases left where you can trigger the bug. (Stuff you find in containers generally can't be taken.)