TADS3 newb help

[Chris Green]

Hey all,

I'm new here (and to TADS in general), and I've been struggling away
with the guides for a few days and have reached a bit of a dead end.

What I'm trying to do is have a NPC enter a room three turns after the
PC does. I've got a feeling that I need to use "afterTravel" to
trigger a fuse which, when counted down then triggers a
moveIntoForTravel that moves the NPC. Am I at least along the right
lines here, or have I got it hopelessly wrong?

Any help'd be great, thanks.

Chris

[Chris Green]

Just a little update. I've spend more time working on this and I can
create a fuse which triggers from the player interacting with a thing
- but I still can't figure out how presentLater or moveIntoForTravel
can be triggered by afterTravel or enteringRoom. If there are any
TADS3 users out there that can lend a hand - I'd be very grateful.

[Ben Cressey]

You're on the right track. Here's an example of using afterTravel to trigger a fuse that moves the NPC.

/* ... */
bathroom: Room 'bathroom' 'bathroom'
"Just another bathroom. "
west = bedroom

afterTravel(traveler, connector) {
if (traveler == gPlayerChar && bob.getOutermostRoom != self)
bob.summon(self);
}

;

bob: Person 'Bob' 'Bob'
"It's Bob! "

isProperName = true

summon(loc) {
_targetLoc = loc;
_summonFuseID = new Fuse(self, &_summonFuse, 3);
}

_summonFuse() {
_summonFuseID = nil;
self.moveInto(_targetLoc);
"Bob has arrived! ";
}

_summonFuseID = nil
_targetLoc = nil
;
/* ... */

By the way, most of the TADS 3 activity has migrated over to intfiction.org. You'll likely get a faster response if you join the rest of us there.

[Chris Green]

Thanks Ben, that's a great help, I'll check out the new site soon!