Updating the Z-Machine Standard Documents

Dannii · December 5, 2023, 8:57pm

There should be a note that some Infocom titles require a [More] with a pause, or else need to be patched. See this for details

github.com/garglk/garglk

BOCFEL: Trinity skips some text when entering the white door

opened 05:51AM - 02 Dec 23 UTC

angstsmurf

From the current [let's play of _Trinity_](https://intfiction.org/t/lets-play-t…rinity-by-brian-moriarty/65799/26): > The following text didn’t display in the game for me, so I had to pull it from the transcript: > > > >e > > As you wade to the threshold a familiar roadrunner flutters past. The ruby in its beak gleams enticingly as it slips through the white door. > > > > All color abruptly drains from the landscape. Trees, sky and sun flatten into a spherical shell, with you at the very center. A hissing in your ears becomes a rumble, then a roar as the walls of the shell collapse inward, faster and faster. > > > > “This way, please.” > > > > You turn, but see no one. > > > > “This way,” the voice urges. “Be quick.” > > > > The space around you articulates. “No!” your mind shudders. “That’s not a direction!” > > > > “It’s a perfectly legitimate direction,” retorts the voice with cold amusement. “Now come along.” I haven't checked the source code, so I'm not sure what exactly the game is doing here. It does not happen in the original Infocom interpreter (EDIT: or in Frotz. They both print the text followed by a [More] prompt, and then the title page). Attaching a zipped save file for release 12 / 860926. Just type >E. [Trinity.glksave.zip](https://github.com/garglk/garglk/files/13533504/Trinity.glksave.zip) EDIT: Now I have checked the ZIL code. [See comment below.](https://github.com/garglk/garglk/issues/797#issuecomment-1837230664)