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Welcome to the TADS 3 Cookbook

Tasty TADS 3 recipes for solving common and uncommon problems.

• Contribute a recipe
• adv3 periplus: Organizes the standard adv3 library by topics and subject matter
• adv3Lite periplus: Organizes the adv3Lite library by topics and subject matter

Game

• A helping hand: Offer the player introductory hints about the game
• IF is for everyone: Make menus accessible to screen reader users at startup

Tangibles

• Stay flexible: Write a description that changes based on the situation
• Special descriptions:
  • Absolutely unique: Give an item a unique room listing (specialDesc)
  • First impressions: Give an item a different room listing until it's moved or picked up (initSpecialDesc)
  • The bloom is off the rose: Give an item a unique introduction when it's first seen (useInitSpecialDesc)
• "Who you are": Make a keyboard
• Same-same, but different: The distinctions between Decoration, Fixture, and Immovable

Actions

• Separated by the same language: Make multiple verbs mean the same thing

Travel & locations

• Leave nothing but footprints: Make an auto-closing door
• Ubiquity: Put an item in multiple locations (adv3Lite only)
• Never get a second chance: Make a unique room or item introduction
• Make an entrance: Allow players to GO IN a building or room

Code

• adv3Lite, an alternate library for TADS 3
• Printed text, also known as double-quoted strings
• Writing properties as functions