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Custom portals
Possible uses for custom interworld links (that don't present themselves as, e.g., linking books).
- A long walk from one Cavern neighborhood to another
- Magic teleporters unrelated to the standard portal theme
- "Death" that drops you into an afterlife world instead of /panic
- A scene change that needs to be from a global instance to a private instance
Note that some of these cases bypass the standard "examine portal, details in right-hand panel" view. They might be simple links. They might be code-triggered.
Therefore, we have to be careful.
- Such links should always be uncopyable. (Or if they are copyable, they'll shed their custom nature and become normal portals).
- Unless the customization is associated with the destination loc? Then any link to that loc, from your booklet or wherever, has the custom nature.
- The onenter hook (when linking in) must exclude permission to link out. Avoid infinite loops.