I've got this currently for my wintitle time script. It's a variation on the one posted here, but it forces it into a 12hr format with am and pm. What I was wondering if it would be possible to implement some type of % variable like cyclic, random, or trust messages to be used based on these flag values. Something that would allow four different location descriptions based on whether it's sunrise, daytime, sunset, and nighttime. It would greatly help in varying location texts without mucking it up with scripts that post "The sun is beginning to rise" at the bottom of the description before the exits are printed.


[start]turns=0[acts]flag60=5#flag61=46#flag62=11[end]

[start]turns>0[acts]incflag61,1[end]

[start]flag61=60[acts]flag61=0#incflag60,1#incflag62,1[end]

[start]flag60=13[acts]flag62=1[end]

[start]flag60=24[acts]flag60=1[end]

[start]flag60>11#flag60<24#flag61<10[acts]wintitleTime: %flag62%:0%flag61%pm.[end]

[start]flag60>11#flag60<24#flag61>9[acts]wintitleTime: %flag62%:%flag61%pm.[end]

[start]flag60<12#flag61<10[acts]wintitleTime: %flag60%:0%flag61%am.[end]

[start]flag60<12#flag61>9[acts]wintitleTime: %flag60%:%flag61%am.[end]

[start]flag60=23#flag61<10[acts]wintitleTime: %flag62%:0%flag61%am.[end]

[start]flag60=23#flag61>9[acts]wintitleTime: %flag62%:%flag61%am.[end]

Also is there anyway to append a message DIRECTLY after the location description without creating a new line? Basically I'm picking and don't like the object system message format, or the fact that it comes after the exits. I'd rather have everything described in the location as one streamlined chunk without pointing things out explicitly.

Hi Kaele7,

Your clock/time script is very similar to the alternative one I posted to the TAB email group recently. 12 hour am/pm.
I have reproduced it below

'===============

[start]turns=0[acts]flag60=12#flag61=0#flag62=1[end]

[start]turns>0[acts]incflag61,1[end]

[start]flag61=60[acts]flag61=0#incflag60,1[end]

[start]flag60>12[acts]decflag60,12[end]

[start]flag60<10#flag61<10#flag62=0[acts]wintitleThe time is 0%flag60%:0%flag61% pm.[end]

[start]flag60<10#flag61<10#flag62=1[acts]wintitleThe time is 0%flag60%:0%flag61% am.[end]

[start]flag60<10#flag61>9#flag62=0[acts]wintitleThe time is 0%flag60%:%flag61% pm.[end]

[start]flag60<10#flag61>9#flag62=1[acts]wintitleThe time is 0%flag60%:%flag61% am.[end]

[start]flag60>9#flag61<10#flag62=0[acts]wintitleThe time is %flag60%:0%flag61% pm.[end]

[start]flag62=1#flag60=12#flag61=0[acts]wintitleThe time is 12 noon.#flag62=0#jumpPUSH[end]

[start]flag62=0#flag60=12#flag61=0[acts]wintitleThe time is 12 midnight.#flag62=1#jumpPUSH[end]

[start]flag60>9#flag61<10#flag62=1[acts]wintitleThe time is %flag60%:0%flag61% am.[end]

[start]flag60>9#flag61>9#flag62=0[acts]wintitleThe time is %flag60%:%flag61% pm.[end]

[start]flag60>9#flag61>9#flag62=1[acts]wintitleThe time is %flag60%:%flag61% am.[end]

PUSH:
rem: rest of Script 2 code goes below this....

'==================

The only difference is it allows the "noon" and "midnight" message. It starts at 12 noon.


I will think about your suggestions. Just need some time to figure stuff out.

Also I will look into the append without newline for location text when adding text in Script 1....

If you don't like the objects listed you can use the "objlistoff" action as was done in the "Crystal Keepers" demo game - but they will still be printed after the exits.
http://tab.thinbasic.com/crystal_keepers.zip (password is: 12345)

catventure.

Eureka! Thank you very much. I had forgotten about looking through the crystal keepers code for ideas.

Also I have a question about Crystal Keepers. Why do many of the examine response entries display an objmess instead of just a mess?

Hi Kaele,

A reasonable comment, Kaele.
Crystal_Keepers.tab by Doreen Bardon is a medium size adventure which I ported from the older CAT creator and as such it is a rather unorthodox example of TAB coding...
It was just easier to do it that way when transferring entries and recoding the conditions and actions. However, as a rule, I would not recommend following that procedure of using unused object messages for other types of messages when building a new adventure in TAB.
Also, the game was constructed very early on in the development of TAB.
It was done primarly as an exercise to see how TAB would respond to a fair sized game and also to help in early bug-testing to locate and weed out discrepancies.
Hope that answers your query.

Regards,
Phil.

I tried objlistoff and it doesn't seem to have any effect. I also tried playing with invlistoff and it doesn't do anything noticeable either. Also I'm having trouble getting %c% to work correctly.

Well I tried putting objlistoff in script one, and invlistoff in script two like crystal keepers. It's still not working as I expected. I guess it seems like it changed from listing them in an ordered list to listing them in a sentence with comma separators. As for the %c%:

I've tried them both in response entries like:

[start]talk to kelissa#charpresent3#room=4[acts]cmess%c%Why hello darling. Do find yourself something to do won't you? You're not the type I like to be seen in public with. Now scoot!%c%I'm sorry, didn't you hear me the first time? Get going!%c%I said get lost![end]

and in messages:

[start]talk to kelissa#charpresent3#room=4[acts]mess3[end]

Message 3
%c%Why hello darling. Do find yourself something to do won't you? You're not the type I like to be seen in public with. Now scoot!%c%I'm sorry, didn't you hear me the first time? Get going!%c%I said get lost!

Thank you so much. I'm trying not to be a hassle lol. And as for the objlistoff, I was under the impression it completely turned off the listing of objects in a room. As in I could have visible objects that were actually located in the room, but they wouldn't be explicitly noted to the player outside of the description text.

That said I think I have decided that I can live with the objects being listed in most cases, just a reworking of the sysmess and format and it looks acceptable. Thanks again.

Edit: I tried cyclemess3, it's not a valid command.

OK. Thanks Kaele.

I can confirm "cyclemessX" action is broken.

It is now fixed and I have released new update today at 17:00GMT together with other changes.

http://tab.thinbasic.com/

(Info in "Announcements" forum)

Please let me know if you now have success with cyclemessX action.

Thanks,
Phil.

Well I just tried downloading the newest version and it seems to be the previous version. The readme isn't updated, and cyclemess still is invalid.

Also, I don't know if it's just me. But there's some weird typing issue going on with the message boxes for location, message, objects, and characters. It's not a huge thing, I can just copy them to notepad to make my edits, but it just started happening.