Escorting

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Escort menu in-game.

When you just can't do it yourself, it's always nice to have someone there to bring you home. The Escort Service allows you to be dragged along through the desert by a Hero.

• Anyone can be escorted; only Heroes can escort.
  • If a resident tries to escort someone, they get the message "Only Heroes have the skills needed to guide other citizens in the World Beyond...".
• One person can escort up to four (confirm) people at once.
• Escortees still contribute Control Points).
• Escortees can be given food and water, but not drugs or alcohol.
• Escortees can be prompted to search any zone, but they cannot search buildings.
• Escortees cannot be taken further away from town, only closer, unless marked otherwise.
• The Escort can only view the escortees rucksack and pick up/drop items if marked so by escortee.
• Certain objects can not be dropped: food(food containers:doggy bags, lunchbox aren't considered food in this aspect), water, Twinoid (all drugs?), weapons, fridges, others...

• When a user clicks "Wait for an Escort" the text "[escortee] has decided to wait for an escort..." appears in the zone and the user is given two options with checkboxes:
  • Don't allow my escort to take me further away from the town: this is checked by default.
  • Allow the objects in my rucksack to be viewed and used: this is unchecked by default.
• Successfully activated escort mode is indicated by "[hero] has convinced [escortee] to follow them." line in the zone log.
• While being escorted, users cannot view the in-game map or their inventory, and cannot perform any actions on their own, except for leaving the escorting party. Once a escortee leaves the party their interface is returned to normal.
• When leaving escort, the text "[escortee] has finally decided to take back their independance." appears in the zone.