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# [Inform 7] How to implement a blanket 'not understood' comment for an Inanimate Listener

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asked Sep 12 in Authoring by One-Armed Badger

I have two computers in different locations. Both can be talked to thanks to the Inanimate Listener extension. My intention is to have one computer that will accept commands from the player while the other will not.

I can't work out how to provide a universal "I can't do that" response from the stubborn computer.

E.g.:

Instead of asking Stubborn_Computer about anything, say "'Voice print not recognised.'"

This doesn't work because Inform regards 'anything' as a specific topic rather than a global 'everything'.

Thanks in advance.

- inform7
- notunderstood
- inanimate-listener

## 1 Answer

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answered Sep 13 by eduardomezencio (36 points)

As far as I know, you should change 'anything' to 'something'

Instead of asking Stubborn_Computer about something, say "'Voice print not recognised.'"

asked Sep 13 in Authoring by anonymous
edited Sep 13 How do I get the Inanimate Listener to respond to "Computer, hello"?

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