Tads 3 moving player

Authoring TADS
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I would like to start my game with a yes no question and have it move player to 1 of 2 locations. could someone show me an example? Thanks

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@jjmcc ?

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Lol, this is what I’ve become? The kid that gets a bone thrown to him time to time?? (Couldn’t find original in quick search!)

Mean Joe Greene Upvote | Reaction GIFs

IAC, here’s how I’d do that:

gameMain : GameMainDef
   showIntro() {
        "\bDo you want to start in the bathroom? (Yes or No)";
        if(yesOrNo()) {
             gPlayerChar.moveIntoForTravel(altStartRoom);
        }
        cls();
       // rest of Intro work...
   }
   // etc

And of course give PC the primary location by default. Worked in a sample game for me!

#charset "us-ascii"
#include <adv3.h>
#include <en_us.h>

startRoom: OutdoorRoom 'Front Yard'
    "This is a featureless front yard.  A house is to the north. "
    north = house
    in asExit(north)
    vocabWords = 'outside'
;
+me: Person;
+rock: Thing 'ordinary rock' 'rock' "An ordinary rock. Only visible outside.  ";

house : Room 'Inside House'
    "This is the one room house (apparently with no door).
        The front yard lies to the south.  "
    vocabWords = 'inside/house'
    south = startRoom
    out asExit(south)
;
+pebble: Thing 'small round pebble' 'pebble' "A small, round pebble. "
    remoteDesc(pov) { "A small, round pebble, visible through doorway. "; }
;

gameMain : GameMainDef
    initialPlayerChar = me
    showIntro() {
        "\bDo you want to start in the house? (Yes or No)";
        if(yesOrNo()) {
             gPlayerChar.moveIntoForTravel(house);
        }
        cls();
       // rest of Intro work...
    }
;
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I can’t win! :joy: But seriously, I have fun solving/answering questions so I don’t want to hog ‘‘em all if someone feels the same way…

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Thank you. I can do the basics but that’s about it.

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=) don’t worry my friend I am not good. . . I’ll have more.

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