Re: Inform: How to make a drink retusable after having been drank?


Mon, 28 Aug 1995 11:52:42 -0400

Dwight or Dawn McDowell <dmcd@teleport.com> writes:
> I did this by putting it on the bar with concealed. Then when the
> bartender is asked for it the mead is given ~concealed and moved to the
> player.
> I have tried the reverse idea for the mead.
> before [;
> "You drink the mead. Yum.";
> move mead to bar;
> give mead concealed;
> ];

You have made Inform Mistake Number One. The first line prints a
message and returns; the next two lines are never executed.

--Z

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