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Paul Stevens · 07-09-2009, 10:40 AM

Question lists work very differently.
If you use a question list, you are
provided the possible answers.

Using the 'Talk.txt. method, you
must visit other parts of the world
to get the proper questions. Like
who in their right mind would guess
'Teakwood"'???? You must first visit
Ralph, who gives you the clue to ask
Sam about teakwood. And, you may
later discover that Sam has other
information that he will divulge if you
ask him about the Amazon River.

The way I used this capability in my
demo, each of these words was like
a 'Key' to a door. You would not
expect to find the key at the door.
But sometimes a
person gets tired of finding and using
skeleton, square, round, winged, etc.
keys. It seems more intimate to get
knowledge via conversations.
Ultima did a lot of this to good
advantage, in my opinion.

07-09-2009, 10:40 AM	#4
Paul Stevens Drow Warrior Join Date: July 8, 2003 Location: Madison, Wisconsin Age: 85 Posts: 296	Re: Conversation Demonstration Question lists work very differently. If you use a question list, you are provided the possible answers. Using the 'Talk.txt. method, you must visit other parts of the world to get the proper questions. Like who in their right mind would guess 'Teakwood"'???? You must first visit Ralph, who gives you the clue to ask Sam about teakwood. And, you may later discover that Sam has other information that he will divulge if you ask him about the Amazon River. The way I used this capability in my demo, each of these words was like a 'Key' to a door. You would not expect to find the key at the door. But sometimes a person gets tired of finding and using skeleton, square, round, winged, etc. keys. It seems more intimate to get knowledge via conversations. Ultima did a lot of this to good advantage, in my opinion.