Fixed flag for rooms

I'm not sure I like how the check for a fixed room is done on the owner of an object rather than the object itself.

Fixed on a player extends to all his objects; but should a player in a fixed room have that apply to all his objects no matter their location?

I actually had it checking the object itself originally, but changed it. The reason I wrote the patch was because someone asked on M*U*S*H about how to stop players teleporting/going home/etc from inside a particular room/area, and the best answer anyone could come up with was 'set them fixed when they enter it, and !fixed when they leave'. My thinking was to make that easier; instead of having to mess about with the player's flags, set the room fixed instead, and whenever they're inside it they're automatically considered to be fixed in the same way as when the player has the flag set.

Hrm. Maybe a room flag that blocks leaving by any means other than an exit or @tel (to block 'home') would be better, to be set on the room in conjunction with no_tel? That might even be better, then fixed could be used as a 'punishment'/restriction for problem players, which is the main use for it I've heard, and no_tel/the new flag would better prevent players (or puppets) from cheating in puzzle areas, without totally stopping them from @tel'ing objects outside the puzzle area around legally.

Quoting Penndev (pennmush-bugs@pennmush.org):
> #7495: Fixed flag for rooms
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>   Reporter:  Talvo              |       Owner:     
>       Type:  suggested feature  |      Status:  new
>   Priority:  minor              |   Milestone:     
> Resolution:                     |    Keywords:     
> Visibility:  Public             |  
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> Comment (by raevnos):
> 
>  I'm not sure I like how the check for a fixed room is done on the owner of
>  an object rather than the object itself.
> 
>  Fixed on a player extends to all his objects; but should a player in a
>  fixed room have that apply to all his objects no matter their location?

If it doesn't, it's trivial to get around the Fixedness by entering
an object and teleporting the object.

 - Alan

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