Adv3Lite Library Manual
Table of Contents
Part I: Opening Moves
Introduction and Overview
Core and Optional Modules
Starting Out — A Minimal Game Definition
Part II: The Core Library
Things
Rooms and Regions
Room Descriptions
Doors
TravelConnectors and Barriers
Keys
Multilocs
Topics
Beginnings
Endings
Part III: Optional Modules
Attachables
Events
EventList
Exits
Extras
Gadgets
Menus
Hints
Instructions
New Player Help
Path Finding
Scenes
Scoring
SenseRegion
Topic Entries
Thoughts
Part IV: Actions
Overview
Action Results
Messages
Doers
Implicit Actions
Reacting to Actions
Defining New Actions
Literal and Numeric Actions
Topic Actions
Querying the World Model
Scope
Debugging Commands
Action Reference
Part V: Actors
NPC Overview
The Actor Object
Actor States
Agenda Items
Basic Ask/Tell
ActorTopicEntry
Suggesting Conversational Topics
Special Topics
Topic Groups
Conversation Nodes
Hello and Goodbye
Player Character and NPC Knowledge
Giving Orders to NPCs
String Tags and Object Tags
NPC-Initiated Conversation
Changing the Player Character
Part VI: Final Moves
Some Output Issues
Utility Functions
Lists and Listers
The Web UI
Extensions
Exercises & Samples
Feedback
Conclusion
Change Log
Index
External Links
Adv3Lite Tutorial
Library Reference Manual
TADS 3 System Manual