Inform 7 Has a problem with it's OWN SCRIPT!

[Skylark]

Ok, I am at a total freaking loss. The latest version of Inform just found a bunch of errors with its own background script before I even did anything! I got these bug back with the script being nothing but “Test is a room”

 (Each time Go or Replay is clicked, Inform tries to translate the source text into a working story, and updates this report.)

In Part SR1 - The Physical World Model, Section SR1/4 - Directions in the extension Standard Rules by Graham Nelson:

Problem. You wrote ‘The verb to be above implies the mapping up relation’ : but new verbs can only be defined in terms of existing relations, all of which have names ending ‘relation’: thus ‘…implies the possession relation’ is an example of a valid definition, this being one of the relations built into Inform.

Problem. You wrote ‘The verb to be mapped above implies the mapping up relation’ : again, new verbs can only be defined in terms of existing relations.

Problem. You wrote ‘The verb to be below implies the mapping down relation’ : again, new verbs can only be defined in terms of existing relations.

Problem. You wrote ‘The verb to be mapped below implies the mapping down relation’ : again, new verbs can only be defined in terms of existing relations.

Normally I would ask if there was any way to fix this but…err…

[zarf (Andrew Plotkin)]

This is 6L38, right? What platform? Did you download the compiler from the I7 web site or elsewhere?

[Skylark]

I just downloaded it from the i7 website and installed it over the 6g60 version on Windows 7. Maybe it took some of the old scripts or something?

I have reverted back and I’m hoping that won’t hurt compatibility.

[zarf (Andrew Plotkin)]

Maybe the “over” left some old parts of the package in place? If you want to do this, trash the old version or install the new version next to it with a different name.

[DavidK (David Kinder)]

I’ve just tried installing 6G60 and the installing 6L38 over the top on Windows, and it all seems fine, so it’s probably not that.

Given the symptoms, I would make a guess that at some point in the past, you’ve copied some of the built-in extensions into the user extension area. (If you have, that’s really not a good idea.) If you look in “My Documents\Inform\Extensions”, is there a “Graham Nelson” folder, and if so, what does it contain?

[matt_weiner (matt w)]

Given the symptoms, I would make a guess that at some point in the past, you’ve copied some of the built-in extensions into the user extension area. (If you have, that’s really not a good idea.)

Is that what happens if you install a built-in extension? Inform used to prompt you to install the built-in extensions (that is, if you opened one up in the editor it would display a warning at the top and give you an “Install” button) if you’re using an old version and get that prompt, ignore it.

[DavidK (David Kinder)]

Inform used to prompt you to install the built-in extensions (that is, if you opened one up in the editor it would display a warning at the top and give you an “Install” button) if you’re using an old version and get that prompt, ignore it.

That only happened on OSX, so I don’t think that that’s the cause here.

[Skylark]

Oh whoops, there was. lol. I had to format a while ago and I just copy-pasted. I think that’s why. I copied the ‘standard rules’ Thanks guys!