I guess I’d comment here lol. But I felt this was a really small question about ZILF. I’m playing around with it on Linux (specifically Pop os) and for some reason <USE "TEMPLATE"> has issues (I believe because it can’t locate the file or whatever?) so I’m unable to use OBJECT-TEMPLATE. Is there a fix or a specific thing I must do on Linux to fix this sort of issue?
Hi,
In my testing, I got it to work by changing the line in template.zil from:
<PACKAGE “TEMPLATE”>
To:
<PACKAGE “template”>
Then add the line in your code:
<USE “template”>
Either this or you rename the file to TEMPLATE.zil, i.e. All caps then add:
<USE “TEMPLATE”>
as before. In non-WIndows environments where case-sensitivity is an issue, both does the trick.
Now you can define templates:
<OBJECT-TEMPLATE
LIGHT-ROOM = ROOM (IN ROOMS) (FLAGS LIGHTBIT)>
Then use it to define objects or rooms (in this example):
<LIGHT-ROOM TEST-ROOM (DESC “TEST ROOM”)>
I hope this helps. Cheers
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Yeah, that seemed to work! Thanks!