After updating a few other Windows ports of interpreters earlier this year, I’ve also now updated Windows Frotz, as described below. Windows Frotz can be downloaded from the IF-Archive, in https://ifarchive.org/indexes/if-archive/infocom/interpreters/frotz/
The changes in detail are:
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Support for high DPI and changing DPI with Windows 10: if the DPI is changed (from the Display settings app, or by moving the window from one monitor to another with a different DPI) then the interpreter rescales itself appropriately.
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The toolbar images have been redrawn for a more modern look.
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If Frotz is running an Infocom game that attempts to play a sound effect (that is, Lurking Horror or Sherlock) but no Blorb sound file can be found, a message comes up telling the user where to download the sound files from.
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Added a Russian translation of the UI by Nikita Tseykovets.
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Error messages of the form "@Attempt to address illegal object " now respect the interpreter’s error settings.