Each simulation is in this form:

• Officer1, Direction1, Time1, Officer2, Direction2, Time2,...
• All spaces are ignored.

Officer: 2- or 3-letter abbreviation of the officer.

• (MC, SC, JC, Ch, Sen, Scr,...)

Direction: A list of steps the officer takes.

• For instance, JKVZX.
• There are special steps as well:
• -AT-X-
• Positions the officer at the given point.
• -AT_S-U-, AT_NW-U-, etc
• Positions the officer(s) next to the given point.
• S, NW, etc specifies where the officer goes.
• Example: -AT_S-U- puts the officer south of point U.
• -AT_E-MC-
• Positions the officer(s) next to the given officer.
• In this example, to the east of MC.
• For the above 3 steps, the 'Officer' field may be 'ALL' to position all officers, or a list of officers separated by a + sign.
• For instance: MC+SC+JC, -AT-X-, Now
• -W-MC-, -NE-U-, etc.
• Moves the officer next to a point on the floor, or next to another officer.
• -DIAG-U-, -DIAG_NW-J, -DIAG_SE-MC-, etc.
• Moves the officer, diagonally, to a point on the floor, next to a point, or next to an officer.
• For the special DIAG and AT keywords, you can specify a distance away from the officer or point on the floor:
• -DIAG_S-MC+E+100- would specify that the officer should go South of the MC, plus 100 'twips' East of the MC.
• Time: When the officer moves.
• Now
• Immediately
• Simult
• Arrive the same time as the previous officer
• Unsync
• Start moving now, disregarding the other officers
• After
• Start moving after the previous officer arrives
• To add delays in the simulation, use this special simulation syntax:
• "All, Delay, 0.5" to delay a half-second
• Examples:
• Mar, XZTCEVU, Now, All, Delay, 1.0, Mar, UZX, Now
• Marshal sees if all present are members or visitors.
• MC, XZR, Now, Ch, XZ-E-MC-, After, SC, XZE-N-Ch-,Simult, JC, XZ-S-Ch-, Simult
• MC, SC, JC, Ch going into the shield formation.
• SC/JC/Ch arrive together after MC is at R.