Rabscuttle
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The command would activate the same interface as when you step on a double potion. So basically the player either clicks a square or selects via movement. The script can then do something with it.

It would need a bunch of options to determine valid squares, eg standard potions are no trapdoors, no yellow doors, open floor ok, not on monster etc.

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Uses:

Custom potions: place a stalwart or a brain or a wall or a lemming or a fegundo etc etc

Portable orb: hit command key, select any orb to activate it

Teleport potion: just like a clone only the original conveniently vanishes.

Finger of death: hit command key, click random monster to kill it.

Dying Flutchman
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Good call. I can't recall the number of times that I came up with a nice custom idea, just to realize it would need 'select a square' functionality. I have actually thought of building this function myself. But that's just ridiculously complicated.

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averagemoe
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You could just use scripting to decide if the square is valid after selection, and have it go right back into the select command if not.

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