Go To The Light - TADS3.1

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Some time back I started a post titled ‘Giving light to the actor’. Bcressy furnished me with some code
for this and it worked great. It involved a magic ring which when worn by the actor turned him into a powerful wizard. I’ve since redone all of my game code and now this wizard code doesn’t work. I’ve worked on it for a few days but can’t find the answer to all the problems this piece of code is causing. I could use some help from anyone who’d care to give it.

RonG

2

Can you post the compiler error you’re getting, and the code around the line numbers it refers to?

3

I’ve removed some suspicious code from the end of my game. Next I’ll re-insert all of the ‘wizard’ code.
Will give it a try then send you the results and the errors.

RonG

4

Here is the entire section containing any wizard coding. The error I now get is under the ‘modify glowAction if-else section’. The first ‘if’ statement about power level gives me the following error
‘power level is undefined but appears to be a property name’

[code]/* Add wizard’s ring to beach. **********************************************/

ring: Wearable ‘platinum ring’ ‘platinum ring’
"Faint cryptic runes are inscribed around the band of the platinum ring. "
location=beach
dobjFor(Wear){
action(){
inherited();
"You feel a strange magical power coursing through your body! And, you
hear the faint echo of the word GLOW surrounding you. ";
gActor.makeWizard();
}
}

dobjFor(Doff){
action(){
inherited();
"You shudder as the power of the ring and the magic of the GLOW chant
leave you. ";
gActor.makeNormal();
}
}
;

DefineIAction(Glow);
VerbRule(Glow)
‘glow’
:GlowAction
VerbPhrase=‘glow/glowing’
;

modify GlowAction
execAction(){
if(gActor.powerLevel!=wizard){
reportFailure(‘At this time, you do not have the power of a wizard.’);
}
else if(gActor.brightness!=0){
"The blue, radiant light quickly fades from your body. ";
gActor.brightness=0;
}
else{
"You chant the GLOW spell!
Your body begins to glow with a bright, radiating blue light! ";
gActor.brightness=10;
}
}
;

/* Make ‘wizard’ constant. ***************************************************/

enum wizard,normal;

/* Show Actor/Player. *******************************************************/

+me: BagOfHolding, Actor
vocabWords = ‘Tom Thomas Tom/Thomas/Leavens’
desc
{
"You are Thomas Leavens; also known as Dr. Tom by all your friends and
associates. Your ex-wife calls you names that could never be repeated!
Aside from your underwear an socks, you are wearing your normal field
attire. ";
}

bulk = 10

/* Make/Unmake wizard. ******************************************************/

makeWizard(){
powerLevel=wizard;
}
makeNormal(){
powerLevel=normal;
brightness=0;
}
[/code]

5

You need to add the powerLevel property to the me Actor:

powerLevel = normal

Somewhere before the semicolon that ends the object definition.

6

Thanks for the help. That did it. Don’t know how I managed to miss that. Should have paid closer attention. I’m finally ready to start adding rooms and other objects.

RonG