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#VISIONARY problem

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#36488From: Patrick BeaudineMar 5, 1992 7:03 AM
To Pat at OXXI, I bought VISIONARY and sent in my registration card a week ago. You should have received it by now. I compiled the MAGIC POTION game provided and everything on the startup screen works. But when I click on the West button it doesn't go to the 'ByShack' room. I examined the source code and could not find the bug. I then recompiled MAGIC POTION so that the main potion.adv file used ByShack as the INITROOM location. I got the SCREENMODE TEXT screen and typed East (e) and was able to get to the 'ByTree' room. But, again, when I typed (w) west to go back to the 'ByShack' room I kept getting the message 'You're back by the tree' and was not able to get back to the 'ByShack' room. The source code says clearly in the DEFAULT/END DEFAULT space in the 'ByTree.room that 'ByShack' is (w) and yet I can't get VISIONARY to transport me West from the SCREENMODE GRAPHICS 'ByTree' room. Do directions work while in SCREENMODE GRAPHICS using the supplied source code for the commandline in SCREENMODE GRAPHICS? Am I missing something? Patrick Beaudine P.O. Box 7611 Rego Park, N.Y. 11374
#36500From: Oxxi Tech SupportMar 5, 1992 11:29 AM
Yes, Patrick, and if you compile this mini-adventure as a text-only adventure, (w) works… The developer, who wrote this particular game, has been working on the problem, and even HE hasn't come up with an answer, but we suspect it has to do with the GO command bug that he has now fixed. If re-compiling and linking here with this new code works (I should have it today), I'll upload the new VLink and DBug modules to you in E-Mail tomorrow morning.