I am trying to learn TADS 2 code for a school project, and I am stumped on making a locked doorway. When I use the lockableDoorway definition, it spits out a -332 and a -450 error code. I tried using the regular doorway definition with all the locking properties and key properties set correctly, and when I try going through it, the program doesn’t see the doorway at all. Could someone help me by writing a sample code on making a lockable doorway?
I think this would work…
[code]startRoom: Room ‘Entry Stairs’
“The front Stairs. The Front Door to the north”
north = DoorEntrySide
;
brassKey : Key ‘small brass key’ ‘brass key’ @startRoom;
DoorEntrySide : LockableWithKey, Door
location = startRoom
name = ‘Front Door’
noun = ‘door’
adjective = ‘front’
keyList = [brassKey]
initiallyLocked = true
desc = “A massive door weathered from the sun”
;
DoorNextRoomSide : LockableWithKey, Door -> DoorEntrySide
location = NextRoom
name = ‘Front Door’
noun = ‘door’
adjective = ‘front’
keyList = [brassKey]
desc = “A massive door, beautiful dark wood.”
;
NextRoom: Room ‘Foyer’
"The Next room. A door is to the south. "
south = DoorNextRoomSide
;[/code]
freefall, you’re using TADS3, and the original poster was asking about TADS2, which is a very different animal.
Yikes. I didn’t notice that. Sorry for any confusion. And I thought I was being so helpful.
Don’t worry about it!! I emailed a software engineer who worked on this kind of stuff, and here is the correct code.
[code]fdooroutside: lockableDoorway
location = housefront
sdesc = “front door”
noun = ‘door’
adjective = ‘front’
isopen = nil
noAutoOpen = nil
doordest = fronthallway
otherside = fdoorinside
mykey = housekey
;
housefront: room
in = fdooroutside
;
[/code]
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