Re: TADS/Inform Return codes


13 Apr 1995 02:39:21 GMT

In <D6xqJF.Mnq@eskimo.com> blane@eskimo.com (Brian Lane) writes:
>If the potential user cannot solve it, then no access!
>
> So, I'm without my trusty linux machine and cannot experiment with
exit
>codes. I'd prefer to write it in TADS, but Inform is okay if TADS wont
do.
>The question is, what are the TADS return codes for solving or failing
a
>game? Does it return a score? All I really need to know is if the user
has
>completed the game, score is unimportant.

If there are no return codes, you could always just have the game spit
out a file into some protected area that indicates the user
identification and whether or not the game was completed. TADS allows
file handling now; I'm not sure if Inform does.

-- 
John Baker
"What the hell does that mean?  Huh?  'China is here.'?
 I don't even know what the hell that means!"
        - Jack Burton