Make CmdGet/Drop/Give give error if obj.move_to returns False. Resolves #2168.

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -37,10 +37,10 @@ without arguments starts a full interactive Python console.
 - EvMore auto-justify now defaults to False since this works better with all types
   of texts (such as tables). New `justify` bool. Old `justify_kwargs` remains
   but is now only used to pass extra kwargs into the justify function.
-- EvMore `text` argument can now also be a list or a queryset. Querysets will be 
+- EvMore `text` argument can now also be a list or a queryset. Querysets will be
-  sliced to only return the required data per page. EvMore takes a new kwarg 
+  sliced to only return the required data per page. EvMore takes a new kwarg
-  `page_formatter` which will be called for each page. This allows to customize 
+  `page_formatter` which will be called for each page. This allows to customize
-  the display of queryset data, build a new EvTable per page etc. 
+  the display of queryset data, build a new EvTable per page etc.
 - Improve performance of `find` and `objects` commands on large data sets (strikaco)
 - New `CHANNEL_HANDLER_CLASS` setting allows for replacing the ChannelHandler entirely.
 - Made `py` interactive mode support regular quit() and more verbose.
@@ -50,20 +50,21 @@ without arguments starts a full interactive Python console.
   `.get_command_info()` method for easier overloading and access. (Volund)
 - Removed unused `CYCLE_LOGFILES` setting. Added `SERVER_LOG_DAY_ROTATION`
   and `SERVER_LOG_MAX_SIZE` (and equivalent for PORTAL) to control log rotation.
-- Addded `inside_rec` lockfunc - if room is locked, the normal `inside()` lockfunc will 
+- Addded `inside_rec` lockfunc - if room is locked, the normal `inside()` lockfunc will
   fail e.g. for your inventory objs (since their loc is you), whereas this will pass.
 - RPSystem contrib's CmdRecog will now list all recogs if no arg is given. Also multiple
   bugfixes.
-- Remove `dummy@example.com` as a default account email when unset, a string is no longer 
+- Remove `dummy@example.com` as a default account email when unset, a string is no longer
   required by Django.
 - Fixes to `spawn`, make updating an existing prototype/object work better. Add `/raw` switch
   to `spawn` command to extract the raw prototype dict for manual editing.
-- `list_to_string` is now `iter_to_string` (but old name still works as legacy alias). It will 
+- `list_to_string` is now `iter_to_string` (but old name still works as legacy alias). It will
-  now accept any input, including generators and single values. 
+  now accept any input, including generators and single values.
 - EvTable should now correctly handle columns with wider asian-characters in them.
 - Update Twisted requirement to >=2.3.0 to close security vulnerability
 - Add `$random` inlinefunc, supports minval,maxval arguments that can be ints and floats.
 - Add `evennia.utils.inlinefuncs.raw(<str>)` as a helper to escape inlinefuncs in a string.
+- Make CmdGet/Drop/Give give proper error if `obj.move_to` returns `False`.
 
 
 ## Evennia 0.9 (2018-2019)

evennia/commands/default/general.py

@@ -426,11 +426,14 @@ class CmdGet(COMMAND_DEFAULT_CLASS):
         if not obj.at_before_get(caller):
             return
 
-        obj.move_to(caller, quiet=True)
+        success = obj.move_to(caller, quiet=True)
-        caller.msg("You pick up %s." % obj.name)
+        if not success:
-        caller.location.msg_contents("%s picks up %s." % (caller.name, obj.name), exclude=caller)
+            caller.msg("This can't be picked up.")
-        # calling at_get hook method
+        else:
-        obj.at_get(caller)
+            caller.msg("You pick up %s." % obj.name)
+            caller.location.msg_contents("%s picks up %s." % (caller.name, obj.name), exclude=caller)
+            # calling at_get hook method
+            obj.at_get(caller)
 
 
 class CmdDrop(COMMAND_DEFAULT_CLASS):
@@ -471,11 +474,14 @@ class CmdDrop(COMMAND_DEFAULT_CLASS):
         if not obj.at_before_drop(caller):
             return
 
-        obj.move_to(caller.location, quiet=True)
+        success = obj.move_to(caller.location, quiet=True)
-        caller.msg("You drop %s." % (obj.name,))
+        if not success:
-        caller.location.msg_contents("%s drops %s." % (caller.name, obj.name), exclude=caller)
+            caller.msg("This couldn't be dropped.")
-        # Call the object script's at_drop() method.
+        else:
-        obj.at_drop(caller)
+            caller.msg("You drop %s." % (obj.name,))
+            caller.location.msg_contents("%s drops %s." % (caller.name, obj.name), exclude=caller)
+            # Call the object script's at_drop() method.
+            obj.at_drop(caller)
 
 
 class CmdGive(COMMAND_DEFAULT_CLASS):
@@ -522,11 +528,14 @@ class CmdGive(COMMAND_DEFAULT_CLASS):
             return
 
         # give object
-        caller.msg("You give %s to %s." % (to_give.key, target.key))
+        success = to_give.move_to(target, quiet=True)
-        to_give.move_to(target, quiet=True)
+        if not success:
-        target.msg("%s gives you %s." % (caller.key, to_give.key))
+            caller.msg("This could not be given.")
-        # Call the object script's at_give() method.
+        else:
-        to_give.at_give(caller, target)
+            caller.msg("You give %s to %s." % (to_give.key, target.key))
+            target.msg("%s gives you %s." % (caller.key, to_give.key))
+            # Call the object script's at_give() method.
+            to_give.at_give(caller, target)
 
 
 class CmdSetDesc(COMMAND_DEFAULT_CLASS):