http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/alan-if/ Alan Adventure Language System Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:19:41 GMT dolphinicus2003 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/alan-if/message/2447 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/alan-if/message/2447 ... I went off to your site, finding Crimson there as well. DL'd it and your additions; read and followed the readme file and everything is working perfectly! Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:31:26 GMT dolphinicus2003 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/alan-if/message/2446 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/alan-if/message/2446 ... Ooo! Thank you for your recommendation of Crimson Steve! I'll wander about to find it and then head off to your web page, to grab the highlighting Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:54:12 GMT stephen.griffiths@... http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/alan-if/message/2445 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/alan-if/message/2445 ... [snip] ... I too used PFE, many years ago now. It was the first text editor that I really liked for writing interactive fiction. There are dozens of text Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:37:37 GMT dolphinicus2003 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/alan-if/message/2444 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/alan-if/message/2444 ... Thank you very much for the implementation Anssi! :) I had read the version in the Beginner's Guide, after I'd sent email off to Thomas. (Ooops.) The Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:59:37 GMT anssi_raisanen http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/alan-if/message/2443 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/alan-if/message/2443 ... The path1 Isa Location Description If Random 1 To 5 = 1 Then Depending On Random 1 To 4 = 1: Locate fox here. = 2: Locate crow here. = 3: Locate elk here. Sun, 11 Oct 2009 21:13:38 GMT Thomas Nilsson http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/alan-if/message/2442 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/alan-if/message/2442 I'm forwarding your message to the list, I hope you don't mind, in the hope that there are others that might help out. See some comments further down. ... I Sun, 11 Oct 2009 17:27:01 GMT dolphinicus2003 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/alan-if/message/2441 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/alan-if/message/2441 Hey all. I'm only a couple of days old in using Alan. So far, I am _VERY_ happy with the way that it's been built as well as how it functions. I came to Sun, 27 Sep 2009 07:04:53 GMT anssi_raisanen http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/alan-if/message/2440 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/alan-if/message/2440 ... After compiling, can you see anything in the taskbar in the bottom part of the screen that says 'Alan..' or similar? Click that and a DOS window should pop Sat, 26 Sep 2009 21:01:27 GMT stevgrif@... http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/alan-if/message/2439 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/alan-if/message/2439 ... Hi Jeff, I'm not sure what the scenario is. What software you're using or the sequence of actions you're taking which results in "Finished with errors". Sat, 26 Sep 2009 19:51:01 GMT jephrey http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/alan-if/message/2438 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/alan-if/message/2438 Not having much luck so far. I'm trying to compile a adventure (well, a room), mostly for the purpose of figuring out how to provide the path to imported Sat, 26 Sep 2009 17:14:24 GMT jephrey http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/alan-if/message/2437 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/alan-if/message/2437 ... Thanks, Anssi. I think you understand the type of interactions I'm talking about. I will keep that code on file. I can pretty much read it, but writing Fri, 25 Sep 2009 07:34:27 GMT Thomas Nilsson http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/alan-if/message/2436 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/alan-if/message/2436 ... Well, not necessarily. I think most authors actually do this in parallel. For example a snippet about talking to persons might need some investigation and Fri, 25 Sep 2009 07:19:10 GMT anssi_raisanen http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/alan-if/message/2435 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/alan-if/message/2435 ... Hi Jeff! ... The car Isa Object AT room1 End The. The ball ISa object At room1 IS NOT found. End the. Syntax ask = ask (act) about (topic) where act isa Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:03:45 GMT jephrey http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/alan-if/message/2434 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/alan-if/message/2434 Okay, so I think I almost grasp how this system would work. Unfortunately, the well-written part on how to prepare an adventure means I have some work to do Wed, 23 Sep 2009 05:14:23 GMT Thomas Nilsson http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/alan-if/message/2433 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/alan-if/message/2433 Hi Jeff, your are welcome to the Alan IF Mailing list. Thomas Nilsson thomas@... Alan IF Language author http://www.alanif.se