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    TAB Alpha Release 31

    thinBasic Adventure Builder has been updated to Alpha 31:

    http://tab.thinbasic.com

    direct link:

    http://tab.thinbasic.com/tabdemo.zip

    15 Jun 2008 (Release 31)
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    *FIX. %?% wasn't being replaced if more than one occurrence in a text.

    *IMPROVED. Player name dialog box can now be called at times other than the start of a game using new action command "getplayername" in a coding entry.

    *FIX. Save Data routine minor buglet on exiting Editor now working properly.

    *NEW. Cyclic messages using "cyclemessX" action where X is a valid message number in the Message Editor.
    Example uses %c% tags to enclose elements of the cyclic message:

    %c%I am message 1.
    %c%I am message 2.
    %c%I am message 3.
    %c%

    Cyclic messages can repeat cycle - or stop at the last element of a cyclic message (using the %end% tag)

    %c%I am message 1.
    %c%I am message 2.
    %c%%end%I am message 3.
    %c%

    *NEW. "objlistoff" ACTION command forces TAB to concatenate object listing in room descriptions and is similar to action "invlistoff". If choosing this option all object text descriptions should begin with a lower case letter and should not terminate with a period. (full stop)
    eg: "a brown satchel" is OK. "A brown satchel." is not OK for this type of object listing output.

    Example code required in Script 1:

    ' enable concatenated room object listing...

    [start]flag20=0[acts]flag20=1#objlistoff[end]

    Example output:

    "Also visible is a torch, a spanner, some food and a computer."

    You can also use %r% (random) message tags in System Message 40: "Also Visible:" eg:

    "Also visible is%r%I can also see%r%Notable objects present include"

    "Crystal_Keepers.tab" game has been set to use this format.

    *NEW. To help prevent data loss through GPF or crash TAB now autosaves currently loaded database under filename "recover.tab" into main TAB directory when selecting "Test Adventure" button on Editor Main Window - just before it displays Player.
    This recovery file can be reloaded into the TAB Editor to investigate reason and afterward resaved as normal under different filename. It is a backup datafile useful if TAB Player crashes using data which was previously unsaved by the Author via "Save Adventure".


    09 Jun 2008 (Release 30)
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    *IMPROVED scrolling when game starts

    *CHANGED. Save Adventure: TAB Editor now requires user authorisation when saving currently loaded adventure data under a different filename to the original.

    *CHANGED. Selecting "OPEN ADVENTURE" from pulldown menu on Editor version of Player: TAB now requires user authorisation before loading a different named database and warns/reminds the user that the data in the Editor will be overwritten by the new game data.

    *NEW. "replay" action command - restarts game from beginning without confirm dialog and without introductory message.

    *FIX. More than one page of richedit text on start of Editor version of Player causing crash in Graphic Adventure display mode.

    *IMPROVED. Some coding made for more than one object to exist with same noun name eg:
    "a red pencil"
    "a blue pencil"

    Implemented long noun for textual output purposes.


    Best wishes,
    catventure.
    http://tab.thinbasic.com - Home Of The ThinBasic Adventure Builder Project. (Interactive Fiction/Text Adventure Maker)

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    Re: TAB Alpha Release 31

    Hey,

    thanks a lot!
    I will check it out in few days, can't wait to try it!


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    Re: TAB Alpha Release 31

    Few days,

    phew - how could I survive such a long time
    Tried right now and I like it - thanks a lot!

    I like the added features, now it really allows to design very rich game


    Petr

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