Hello and Merry Christmas.

Latest Alpha Details:

24 Dec 2008 (Release 47)
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*FIX. Character Speech Coding error in "char_commands_demo.tab"

*IMPROVED. Quotation marks deleted from input command so that eg: >say to <char>,"hello" would still work.

*NEW. "transcript" ACTION (for use in games with disabled menu)

*MODIFIED. Interaction when commanding characters can now be accomplished via 3 ways:
say <character>, command(s)
say to <character>, commands
<character>, commands

*CHANGED. Changed Font for some Editor textboxes due to reported editing problems

*NEW. An additional new text format command:
The following will operate on valid Character noun1 and/or Character noun 2 words typed by player.
%his.her.n1% - print "his", "her" or "its" depending on Char Noun 1's gender (male, female or "it")
%his.her.n2% - print "his", "her" or "its" depending on Char Noun 2's gender (male, female or "it")

*NEW. <F1> Key now holds last 10 player input commands history which can be scrolled and edited in Input Command textbox.

*NEW "playmovieX$" ACTION
Similar to "playmovie1X$" and "playmovie2X$" except will work in display modes 1 or 2. Plays videoclip in adventure window (which is also resizable during duration of movie) Example: #playmovietest.wmv#

http://tab.thinbasic.com/

Best wishes,
Phil.

Revised Alpha 47 posted today at 19:30GMT
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*NEW. 2 new Conditions:
"anycharsroom" - are any characters present in current room?
"anycharsX" - are any characters present in room X?

*NEW. 2 new Actions:
"showobjs" - list objects visible in current room (listing fashion is dependent on "objlistoff" setting)
"showchars" - list characters present in current room (listing fashion is dependent on "charlistoff" setting)

*FIXED. Errant "incflag" messagebox removed

http://tab.thinbasic.com/

Regards,
Phil