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Dropping something (past tense dropped)

Dropping is one of five actions by which an actor can get rid of something carried: the others are inserting (into a container), putting (onto a supporter), giving (to someone else) and eating. Dropping means dropping onto the actor's current floor, which is usually the floor of a room - but might be the inside of a box if the actor is also inside that box, and so on.

The can't drop clothes being worn rule silently tries the taking off action on any clothing being dropped: unlisting this rule removes both this behaviour and also the requirement that clothes cannot simply be dropped.

Typed commands leading to this action

    "put down [things preferably held]"
    "put [things preferably held] down"
    "drop [things preferably held]"

Rules controlling this action

    check        an actor dropping  can't drop yourself rule
    check        an actor dropping  can't drop what's already dropped rule
    check        an actor dropping  can't drop what's not held rule
    check        an actor dropping  can't drop clothes being worn rule
    check        an actor dropping  can't drop if this exceeds carrying capacity rule
    carry out    an actor dropping  standard dropping rule
    report        an actor dropping  standard report dropping rule