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 and Input 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