How do I play test a TADS webui game?

Authoring TADS
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Yeah, I think my post is the canonical answer here:

https://intfiction.org/t/issue-running-tads-on-my-pc/56193/8?u=dfabulich

tl;dr:

  • TADS has two kinds of .t3 files, “regular” and “WebUI”
  • No modern OS/browser can play WebUI TADS 3 files in 2022
  • Despite that, Parchment can play regular non-WebUI .t3 files on iplayif.com
  • I’ve updated IFDB’s File Formats page to explain that “TADS 3 Web” games are unplayable, but still link to HTML TADS, for legacy use
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