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Teleporting using @go, @move, or @join causes various messages to appear. The messages are defined on you as properties. Here are the messages, who sees them, and when.when you teleport - yourself a player a thing
you see - self_port player_port thing_port
others see - oself_port oplayer_port othing_port
destination sees - self_arrive player_arrive thing_arrive
teleportee sees - victim_port object_port
When you @join a player, your join message is printed to you.
You can set the messages with commands like '@oself_port me is "vanishes in a shimmering haze."', '@join me is "You visit %n."', and so on.
The messages to you are printed as they stand. The messages to others are printed after your name. If you set a message to "", the null string, nothing will print for that message. But if you have a non-empty message which does not include your name, then your name will be added in front of the message. You can use the usual pronoun substitutions, like '%n' to refer to the object you are teleporting. You can also use the special substitutions %<from room> and %<to room> to refer to the original and destination rooms for the teleport.
If you are leaving your name out of the messages, and relying on its being inserted automatically, you have to be careful about the substitutions you use. If Frand has an oself_port message "jumps to %<to room>.", for example, and Frand teleports to Frand's MOOhome, the message printed will be "jumps to Frand's MOOhome." My name is there, so it isn't added in. If you want to include your name as a substitution, the one to use is %t, 'this'. "%t jumps to %<to room>." will work.