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Complete catalogue This is a complete list in alphabetical order. For categorised lists, use the links opposite. action.h  (Version 0.8)  Adam Stark Download   For implementing action menus AltMenu.h  (Version 6)  L. Ross Raszewski Download   To create object-oriented menus Aqua.zip  (09-Jan-2006)  Al Golden Download   A replacement library for WaterElement.h (which handles divisible and mixed liquids, floating objects, and absorbent materials) which compiles more gracefully under Inform 6.30 and which better handles Glulx. By Al Golden, based on Emily Short's library. array.h  (Version 0.1)  Evin Robertson Download   Useful array functions AskTellOrder.h  (000105)  Irene Callaci Download   To convert commands of the form "ASK/TELL SOMEONE TO DO SOMETHING" into "SOMEONE, DO SOMETHING" BannerPause.inf  (Release 1)  Jay Goemmer Download   A library extension to allow the introduction of a pause in the printing of the game's initial banner text, by printing a [MORE] prompt. Pressing any key then displays the opening room and status line. betahtml.zip  (Version 1.5)  Stas Starkov Download   To output a HTML script of the game, including user comments, as an aid to beta testing betatest.h  (Version 1.02)  Marnie Parker Download   A beta testing aid, allowing testers to add comments to the output script blackjack.inf  (11-Jun-2005)  Ashok Desai Download   Inform code to add a blackjack dealer to a game. boxclever.h  (Version 1.0)  Roger Firth Download   An extension of the standard 'box' statement that allows text to be bold or underlined bquote.h  (18-May-2005)  Martin Oehm Download   An extension to help printing block quoted text for letters, newspaper clippings etc. branch.h    Chris Klimas Download   A class for branching menus BustFlow.h  (30-May-2001)  Brendan Barnwell Download   A Glulx Inform library for passing object property execution up the object tree calyx_adjectives.h    Miron Schmidt Download   To provide a system of 'adnames', words which may be used to refer to objects without themselves implying that the object name has been typed CCPL.h  (Version 1.2)  Roger Firth Download   A library extension that displays text of the Creative Commons (http://creativecommons.org) Attribution-NoDerivs-NonCommercial 1.0 license, suitable for use as the license of a freeware IF game. Contains both the short (friendly) and long (legal) forms of the license. checkout.h  (Version 1.0)  Roger Firth Download   Adds a CHECKOUT debugging verb which identifies asymmetric and one-way paths between rooms chooo.h  (09-Nov-2005)  Krister Fundin Download   An object oriented extension to the ChooseObjects entry point classutl.h  (Version 1.0)  Matt Albrecht Download   A collection of class-related helper functions clothes.h    Denis Moskowitz and Timothy Groves Download   A clothes class for easy clothing handling. Set area, level, and covering for pieces of clothing. Somewhat updated from clothing.h clothing.h    Denis Moskowitz Download   A clothes class for easy clothing handling. Set area, level, and covering for pieces of clothing cmap.h    Rick Dague Download   To allow easy creation of game maps compass.h    Jonathan Rosebaugh Download   To remove the walls, floor and ceilings from the compass for outdoor areas converse.h  (Version 2.0)  L. Ross Raszewski Download   To generate menu based conversations daemons.h    Roger Firth Download   To cause daemons and timers to execute in priority order debuglib.h    John Cater Download   To allow for easier printing of debugging statements debugmcs.h    Cedric Knight Download   To implement a time-saving command to check Inform source for bugs caused by missing commas diary.h  (Release 1.000226)  Gunther Schmidl Download   To provide a diary and dynamically add and remove pages dirs.h  (Version 2.1)  Nicholas Daley Download   Provides a 'DIRS' verb that tells you which directions you can go in dirs_2.h    Gunther Schmidl Download   To provide an easy way of adding a 'DIRS' or 'EXITS' verb dirsmap.h  (Version 2.10)  Marnie Parker Download   Adds a 'DIRECTIONS' command to Inform. Depending on the current dirs_style, available exits are shown either with a map or in a sentence DMenus.zip  (Version 7)  Dave Robinson Download   A menuing system similar to menus.h, but allowing concealed or locked menu items, and (optionally) submenus that are embedded in parent menus. domenu.h  (Version 6.2)  L. Ross Raszewski Download   A replacement for Inform's standard DoMenu doors.h    L. Ross Raszewski Download   To make defining two-sided doors easier doors2.h    Max Kalus Download   To make the parsing of directions for doors easier dump.h  (Version 1.1)  Roger Firth Download   Provides debugging verbs DUMP (for displaying parts of the Z-machine memory map) and IS (for reporting what a given number might be) dunno.h  (Version 1.1, 010402)  Neil Cerutti Download   To add Infocom-style error messages (e.g. I don't know the word "kludge") dynmem20.zip  (Version 2.0)  John Cater Download   For dynamic memory use. Archive includes library code, an example program and documentation dynobj.h    John Cater Download   For dynamic objects easydoors.h  (Version 3.0, 010526)  Andrew MacKinnon Download   Allows simple creation of doors, with automatic door opening when not locked, and status styles elevator.inf  (Version 2)  Martin Braun Download   An elevator object which the user can control by a call button on each floor or by the buttons in the elevator itself. Entry.h    Brendan Barnwell Download   Extends the entry point routine functionality of the standard library ExpertGrammar.h    Emily Short Download   To account for common phrasings the standard grammar does not cover, such as GET DOWN, LOOK NORTH, PLACE OBJECT ON GROUND, etc. fixedpt.h  (Version 1.0)  Matt Albrecht Download   To perform 16-bit fixed-point arithmetic fkeys.h  (Version 1.0)  David Fillmore Download   Enables the use of function keys flags.h    Adam Cadre Download   For implementing boolean flags with low memory consumption follower.h  (Release 3)  Gareth Rees, Andrew Clover and Neil Brown Download   Provides support for creatures and things that can be followed by the player Footnote.h  (Version 2.0)  L. Ross Raszewski Download   To produce sequentially numbered footnotes GoNeighbour.h    Alan Trewartha Download   To allow going to adjacent rooms by typing "GO ROOM" goto.zip    Toni Arnold Download   Implements the "GO TO LOCATION" verb. Together with the library "dirs_2.h" this allows Inform games to have the same player movement as Magnetic Scrolls games. Archive includes HTML documentation, a Perl script to convert existing source code, and a converted version of the game "Advent" GPL_for_Inform_src.tar.gz    Patrick Boylan Download   Source code to add the Gnu Public License to a Z-Code game gtalk.h  (Version 3.00)  Greg Boettcher, Krister Fundin and Mark J. Tilford Download   A library for Photopia style menu-based conversations, allowing for submenus, and looping and repeating conversations. gtoolbar.zip  (15-Nov-2002)  Simon Baldwin Download   Adds a graphical toolbar, similar to those found in many OSes such as Windows and KDE/Gnome, to the top of a Glulx Inform program. gwindows.zip  (Version 0.9b, 25-Mar-2005)  L. Ross Raszewski Download   GWindows Screen Management Framework for Glulx. Handles setup of a screen layout; provides a variety of window classes for convenient graphics handling and menus; automates refreshing and restoring the contents of windows on undo, restore, and restart. GxScript.h    Brendan Barnwell Download   A menu-based conversation library for Glulx Inform, with conversation menus in a separate window HelpRoutines.h    Emily Short Download   To print information that might help new IF players, such as a list of standard Inform verbs, suggestions about what to do at the beginning of a game, how to react to being stuck, etc. Hints.h  (Version 2)  L. Ross Raszewski Download   To produce nicely formatted hints hintsms.h  (28-Mar-2006)  Peer Schaefer Download   A hint system similar to that used by Magnetic Scrolls, which requires the user to enter codes from the game's manual to obtain the hint holder.zip  (14-Sep-2006)  Jim Aikin Download   An extension that implements 'indirect holders,' tools such as tweezers and pliers that can be used to pick up game objects that, for one reason or another, can't be touched directly howtoplay.h  (24-May-2003)  Michael Coyne Download   Implements a HELP verb that displays Fredrik Ramsberg's "How to Play" instructions from his "A Beginner's Guide to Playing Interactive Fiction." If used with Menus, the library displays the instructions in a menu; otherwise, the text is displayed in the main screen. ictype.h  (Version 1)  L. Ross Raszewski Download   An implementation of the ANSI C ctype functions imem.h  (Version 2.0)  L. Ross Raszewski Download   To implement run-time allocation of dynamic memory for objects infglk-0.6.1.zip  (02-Aug-2000)  John Cater Download   A Glulx Inform library, version 0.6.1, designed to make calling Glk functions from within Glulx Inform easier InfAud13.zip  (Version 1.3)  Donnie E. Russell II Download   InfAud 1.3, a system to allow Zcode and Glulx games to play sound files through an external sound players, written by Donnie E. Russell II. Included are Windows executables, library and example files. Info.h  (Version 2)  Jesse Burneko Download   For consultation and conversation, allowing the CONSULT, ASK, etc. commands to access a database of topics. Technically a parsing issue, but very useful with conversational NPCs Real Time    Joe Mason and Gunther Schmidl Download   A rewrite of the Inform 6/10 library to allow real-time text input (in the style of Infocom's Border Zone) infunit.h  (Version 1.0)  Matt Albrecht Download   A test harness for Inform, based on jUnit (a test harness for Java) isort.h  (Version 1.0)  L. Ross Raszewski Download   Sorts Inform arrays, using the quicksort algorithm istring.h  (Version 2.1)  L. Ross Raszewski Download   Implements the standard ANSI C library string functions (see also znsi.h) links.h    Jayson Smith Download   To support linkable objects, e.g. an explosive and a detonator Locksmith.h    Emily Short Download   To allow better automatic selection of keys following an UNLOCK command longint.h  (Release 1)  Chris Hall and Francis Irving Download   To perform signed and unsigned 32-bit integer arithmetic longint_dg.h    David Given Download   To perform 16- and 32-bit integer arithmetic ManPro.h    David Glasser Download   To let the player toggle automatic pronoun assignment manual.h  (Version 5.0)  L. Ross Raszewski Download   To generate browsable text for Z-Machine books and built-in manuals mapchar.zip  (Version 0.02)  Wouter ten Brink Download   A library to map accented letters to their internal character codes for ZSCII or Glulx. Markup.zip  (21-Oct-2003)  Simon Baldwin Download   A HTML-like markup extension for Glulx and Z-code, allowing markup of text styles and formatting, inline pictures and hyperlinks (the latter two for Glulx only) math.h  (Version 1.0)  Matt Albrecht Download   Miscellaneous math functions mathpars.h  (Version 1.0)  Matt Albrecht Download   For parsing big numbers (in decimal, hexadecimal or binary) mca.zip  (28-Mar-2005)  Krister Fundin Download   A library for "Choose Your Own Adventure" type games. menus.h    Graham Nelson Download   To provide easier and better menus. (This extension is the one used as an example in Chapter VII of the Designer's Manual.) minform.zip  (07-Nov-2004)  Dave Bernazzani Download   mInform 1.1, a cut-down Inform library for generating small story files mistype.h  (Version 1.0)  Cedric Knight Download   A library to automatically correct minor typing errors by the player. Moderator.h    Emily Short Download   Provides a Scene class, which can be used to supervise the player's actions in a game with a complex plot. A scene allows entry points to control where the player is allowed to go, trigger events after a certain lapse of time, etc. money.h  (Beta release)  Erik Hetzner Download   To model the manipulation of money moveclass.h  (Version 8.10)  Neil Brown and Alan Trewartha with Matthew Russotto Download   To provide either random or directed movement for non-player characters. (Documentation in text format) movie.h  (Version 3)  L. Ross Raszewski Download   To put non-interactive "cut scenes" into a game multifloyd.h    Evin Robertson Download   To enable a game to be connected to ifMUD's multiplayer Floyd bot nameable.h    John Colagioia Download   To allow objects to be named by the player NewbieGrammar.h    Emily Short Download   Grammar lines and some verb routines to catch and correct non-standard behavior by players new to IF. Best used with HelpRoutines.h but will still work without it newflags.h    Adam Cadre and Fredrik Ramsberg Download   A rewrite of Adam Cadre's flags.h library which is designed to be more efficient with system resources NewList.zip    Andreas Hoppler Download   A customizable replacement for Inform's standard WriteListFrom notepad.h  (Release 1.000227)  Gunther Schmidl Download   Allows a game player to take short notes during play and delete them again. Also has methods for the game author to add, delete and manipulate notes. notes.h  (21-Nov-2004)  Anson Turner Download   A library for implementing footnotes in a game. NovelLib.zip (home page)    Jon Ingold Download   For writing games with a "novel" mode, that is, in the style of the author's game My Angel NpcAct.zip    Matt Albrecht Download   A framework to ease the NPC creation process, which allows NPCs to interact with one another npc_engine.zip  (Release 8)  Volker Lanz Download   To help program sophisticated NPCs in Inform. Archive includes the library file, documentation and an example game. objlstr.h  (Version 1.50)  Marnie Parker Download   An object listing debugging aid ObjNameA.h  (Version 1.1)  Michael Roy Download   To allow objects with "A" in their name properties to parse correctly OKBGlulx.h    Brendan Barnwell Download   A library providing object-oriented mechanisms for handling Glk windows, and also has underscore-free function aliases for some infglk functions OKBLib.h    Brendan Barnwell Download   A library of miscellaneous classes and routines, by Brendan Barnwell. Includes classes for rooms and adjusting their description. OKBScrpt.h    Brendan Barnwell Download   To allow branching, menu-based conversations OKBStyle.h    Brendan Barnwell Download   A library which allows text style changes to be embedded in literal strings for Glulx oldaemon.h  (03-Dec-2002)  L. Ross Raszewski Download   A daemon which combines multiple objectloops into a single loop, thus improving performance. Version 1.0, by L. Ross Raszewski. ORLibrary1.0czip  (1.0c (6.21 compatible))  Jim Fisher Download   A framework of library extensions and code templates to provide a personal Inform development environment. The modules in the OnyxRing library cover a wide range of possible functions, from world modelling to parsing. These include some replacements of standard library files, but the author may pick and choose modules without having to completely replace the standard library. Works with Inform 6.21. ORLibrary1.3bzip  (1.3b (6.30 compatible))  Jim Fisher Download   A framework of library extensions and code templates to provide a personal Inform development environment. The modules in the OnyxRing library cover a wide range of possible functions, from world modelling to parsing. These include some replacements of standard library files, but the author may pick and choose modules without having to completely replace the standard library. Requires Inform 6.30. oraction.h  (2004.06.08)  Jim Fisher Download   A base class to represent actions and detect whether or not they are available. oractionmenu.h  (2004.04.28)  Jim Fisher Download   Adds the ability to list possible player actions in a menu. Although reminiscent of the CYOA format (it can certainly be leveraged to make stories of that type), this is actually an alternate front end to the parser (as opposed to the traditional keyboard input prompt). oractionqueue.h  (2004.06.08)  Jim Fisher Download   Gives the player a queue of actions that will be executed sequentially without pause (unless interupted, or one of the next action becomes impossible). oradjective.h  (7/20/2002)  Jim Fisher Download   Implementation of adjectives for parsing nouns. orbanner.h  (4/19/2002)  Jim Fisher Download   Extends the standard library's banner routine, adding a userdefined value to append to the bottom of the output and ORLib versioning too. orbetterchoice.h  (5/13/2002)  Jim Fisher Download   Give the parser better decision making skills when considering objects, in particular for take, remove, and eat verbs. orbracketparsermsgs.h  (4/03/2002)  Jim Fisher Download   Add brackets, or other wrapping characters to parser generated messaages. orcantgoodd.h  (2/28/2003)  Jim Fisher Download   A modification to the library's cant_go behavior to distinguish between "normal" directions and "odd" directions (such as up, down, in, and out). orcenter.h  (4/08/2002)  Jim Fisher Download   Centers text (with wordwrap) orconversemenu.h  (7/21/2002)  Jim Fisher Download   A conversation menu which sits on top of the ORLibrary Ask/Tell system. ordispensor.h  (4/03/2002)  Jim Fisher Download   An object which dispenses a seemingly endless supply of other objects, like a pot of gold. ordistinctmeself.h  (10/19/2002)  Jim Fisher Download   Makes the subtle distinction between 'self' and 'me', having them equate to 'actor' and 'player' repectively. ordistinctread.h  (7/22/2002)  Jim Fisher Download   Creates a Read verb separate from Examine, and a read_value that provides the text. ordoor.h  (2/26/2002)  Jim Fisher Download   This is a generic door. It simply eases coding for the developer by utilizing generic reusable code for the door_to, door_dir properties. In order use an object derived from the ORDoor class, simply define it with the "found_in" property listing both rooms that the door appears in. ordynamap.h  (2/26/2002)  Jim Fisher Download   This module dynamically creates the ties between certain rooms based upon movements by the player, similar to an effect in the "mars" scene of Adam Cadre's "Photopia". ordynastring.h  (2/26/2002)  Jim Fisher Download   ORDynaString is a quick class to facilitate creation and printing of dynamic text. orenglish.h  (5/13/2002)  Jim Fisher Download   This is a replacement for the English language definition file which implements past test as well as the traditional present tense, plus 1st and 3rd person, as well as the traditional 2nd person. It further provides the ability to alternate between these two modes. Additionally, several library messages, which presume an action is being performed by the player rather than checking the actor variable have been changed to be compatible with NPCs performing an action. orexamwithcontents.h  (2/26/2002)  Jim Fisher Download   Adds the functionality to the EXAMINE verb to describe the contents of a container. orexits.h  (3/14/2002)  Jim Fisher Download   Implements the "Exits" verb functionality. orfirstthoughts.h  (5/12/2002)  Jim Fisher Download   Allows for a complex first description. orgibberish.h  (2/26/2002)  Jim Fisher Download   Generate and print a random, human pronouncable word. orstyleitalics.h  (5/01/2002)  Jim Fisher Download   A simple implementation of the ORStyleHint class which sets up the emphasised style to show as italics orinfglk.h  (2/26/2002)  Jim Fisher Download   A wrapping of the INFGLK wrapper which eases GlulxInform development orinformlibrary.h  (2/26/2002)  Jim Fisher Download   A rearrangement of the ORInformLibrary object. No actual code has been altered (at least not in any significant way) but the routines have been broken into smaller components which can be overridden by other modules. orinsultcompli_kt.h  (2/26/2002)  Jim Fisher Download   This module creates specialized ORKnowledgeTopics to implement Insults and Compliments. (For use with the other ORLib NPC modules.) orjustenoughglulx.h  (4/20/2002)  Jim Fisher Download   Roger Firth's Just Enough Glulx package wrapped in an easy to use ORLib module! Used to assist in creating bi-platform code (compilable for both GLULX and Z-Machine without modification) orkeyboard.h  (4/05/2002)  Jim Fisher Download   A rearrangement of the Keyboard routine. No actual code has been altered (at least not in any significant way) but the routine has been broken into smaller components which can be overriden by other modules. orkeyboardprimitive.h  (4/05/2002)  Jim Fisher Download   A modified keyboard primitive that allows other modules to specify routines to replace the normal keyboard input routines. Additionally, in Z-Code, modules can respond to the timer or terminating Zcharacter events. orknowledgescript.h    Jim Fisher Download   This class is derived from ORKnowledgeTopic. It provides the basis for scripted NPC initiatable conversations that do not repeat, like a lecture orknowledgetopic.h    Jim Fisher Download   Provides the basis for ASK/TELL Topic-based conversations including learnable conversations as well as scripted conversations, and NPC initiatable conversations that do not repeat. orknowledgeweb.h    Jim Fisher Download   Used to create a network of interrelating knowledge topics orliquid.h    Jim Fisher Download   Classes for implementing liquid behaving objects. Like water, or sand. orlistmanager.h  (2004.03.05)  Jim Fisher Download   A small class for managing property lists; supports stacks, queues, and generic list access methods. orlookroom.h    Jim Fisher Download   This module adds the functionality of examining a neighboring room. ormagic.h    Jim Fisher Download   A base class for magic spells. ormenu.h    Jim Fisher Download   Full screen multi-layered menu system that works in the z-machine or Glulx. orminimenu.h    Jim Fisher Download   A sideline menu system that works in the z-machine or Glulx. ornameable.h    Jim Fisher Download   Gives an object the ability to be named and then be referred to by that name. ornpc.h    Jim Fisher Download   A base class and controlling daemon for NPCs. ornpcverb.h    Jim Fisher Download   ORNPCVerb enables NPCs to act and react in much the same way as the PC. Much of this module is a replacment for many library verbs. ornpc_asktelllearn.h    Jim Fisher Download   Endows an NPC with the ability to answer questions and learn new information that has been told to it. This module leverages the ORKnowledgeTopic module. ornpc_converse.h    Jim Fisher Download   A module which enables NPCs to converse with the PC or other NPCs. Implements a generic TALK TO CHARACTER verb which picks a subject to converse about. ornpc_doverb.h    Jim Fisher Download   Gives an NPC the ability to perform actions as the player would. ornpc_goaldriven.h  (2004.03.08)  Jim Fisher Download   Adds the ability for NPCs to perform goals. ornpc_interact.h    Jim Fisher Download   A base class for NPC objects to derive from. Add support for interacting with other NPCs or the PC. ornpc_mapknown.h    Jim Fisher Download   For NPCs that know their surroundings. Decreases the likelihood that the NPC will become "lost" and have to "wander". ornpc_moods.h    Jim Fisher Download   Adds a "mood" or "mind-set" framework to an NPC. ORNPC_movement.h    Jim Fisher Download   Adds movement capabilities to an ORNPC object ornumberedcontainer.h    Jim Fisher Download   This is an object that is designed to emulate a collection of openable, stationary containers (like lockers). oroptionlist.h    Jim Fisher Download   A class which maintains a list of value pairs. Useful for generating menus with oroptionlistmenu.h. oroptionlistmenu.h    Jim Fisher Download   Defines an object which reads the current OptionList of an object that inherits from OROptionList and displays an appropriate menu orparser.h  (1/24/03)  Jim Fisher Download   A rearrangement of the Parser__parse routine. No actual code has been altered (at least not in any significant way) but the routine has been broken into smaller components which can be overriden by other modules. orparsetoken.h  (1/3/03)  Jim Fisher Download   A rearrangement of the ParserToken__ routine. No actual code has been altered (at least not in any significant way) but the routine has been broken into smaller components which can be overriden by other modules. orpathmaker.h    Jim Fisher Download   Object which can determine a path between two rooms (or objects) orprefixsuffix.h    Jim Fisher Download   Allows the use of prefixes and suffixes that are followed by periods (for example, "Dr. Bob" or "Col. Mustard" or "Dan Jr." or "Mr. Armstrong") orpronoun.h    Jim Fisher Download   Pronoun print rules to handle just about every imaginable scenario. orprop.h    Jim Fisher Download   Class for implementation of a generic object which can be examined but otherwise will tell the player it is not important. (Compare with scenic.h.) orrecogname.h    Jim Fisher Download   Allows for object recognition without the use of dictionary words by setting an object to match any words already in its short_name orredefineobject.h    Jim Fisher Download   Makes it easier to replace at runtime properties associated with the standard libraries orreferbycontents.h    Jim Fisher Download   An object that can be referred to by the name of what it contains. For instance a glass of water can be taken by the command "get water" orreversedirection.h    Jim Fisher Download   A simple routine to take a direction or compass object and return its opposite (eg., w_to for e_to, sw_obj for ne_obj, etc.) orreview.h  (2004.02.07)  Jim Fisher Download   An implementation of the Review Command, allowing the player to LOOK and EXAMINE things which have already been examined without any time elapsing. orrockdispensor.h    Jim Fisher Download   An object to generate GLULX rocks dynamically, so modules do not confict orroutineslist.h    Jim Fisher Download   An object that can maintain a list of routines and run them in order like additive properties. orscore.h  (2004.02.07)  Jim Fisher Download   Extends the standard library's task score system, creating an auto-initialized repository for scores, which can be normal or randomly assigned (kind of like the scoring in Leather Goddesses of Phobos). orseveral.h    Jim Fisher Download   Allows multiple objects of the same class to be described with an adjective rather than an exact number. For instance, It may be preferable that the description of 22 gold coins read as "several gold coins." orspecializedexit.h    Jim Fisher Download   Adds improved grammar for exit verbs (eg GET DOWN, EXIT BALLOON). orstylehint.h    Jim Fisher Download   An object wrapper to easily establish user-defined styles in Glulx orsupportercontainer.h    Jim Fisher Download   Allows an object to be both a supporter and and container at the same time. orsuppresstakeall.h    Jim Fisher Download   Allows suppression or altogther elimination of "TAKE ALL". ortextformatting.h    Jim Fisher Download   Simple file containing various useful print rules for bold, italic, and reverse-color styles; also handles printing from an array of characters ortransition.h    Jim Fisher Download   Glulx- or z-machine-compatible code to produce a pause in game output and spacing. oruniquemultimessage.h    Jim Fisher Download   Consolidates identical messages for actions that accept multiple objects. For example: ">TAKE ALL MARBLES FROM BOWL" gives "6 marbles: Removed." orwae_formatting.h    Jim Fisher Download   A framework for implementing text that qualifies objects, such as "(providing light)". orwriteafterentry.h    Jim Fisher Download   A rearrangement of the WriteAfterEntry routine. No actual code has been altered (at least not in any significant way) but the routine has been broken into smaller components which can be overridden by other modules. outofrch.h  (Version 2.00)  Marnie Parker Download   To define reachable areas for supporters and containers perform.tgz  (Version 1.0)  Nick Montfort Download   Perform (Perceptron Classifier in Inform) phtalkoo.h    Adam Cadre and David Glasser Download   Menu based conversation system based on Adam Cadre's routines from the game "Photopia" Platypus  (Release 4)  Anson Turner Download   Not merely an extension but a full-scale alternative library for Inform, archived with documentation and example code. (Also available as a Mac sit.bin archive or a tar.gz archive; the extension phtalkoo.h has been ported to Platypus as plphtoo.h) player_notepad.h  (Version 1.0)  David Fisher Download   An extension for taking notes during play, as used in Suveh Nux. plback.h  (Version 1.0)  Alexandre Muniz Download   A library extension (for the Platypus library only) that implements a GO BACK verb. plphtoo.h    Adam Cadre, David Glasser, and Alexandre Muniz Download   Menu based conversation system based on Adam Cadre's routines from Photopia (phototalk.inf), modified and object-oriented by David Glasser, and then adapted for Platypus by Alexandre Muniz. pmove.h    L. Ross Raszewski Download   To move objects while preserving the object lineage pname.zip  (Version 1.1, 010510)  Neil Cerutti Download   Allows more precise name constructs to be declared and causes the parser to disambiguate based on these "phrase name" constructs prand.h  (Release 1)  Anson Turner Download   To print random strings printslow.zip  (15-Mar-2003)  David Cornelson Download   A function with allows you to print text to the screen at a slower than normal computer speed rate, written by David Cornelson. Archive includes library header and an example. printtime.h  (981031)  Erik Hetzner Download   To print times in various formats QPrint.h  (17-Mar-2005)  Dave Robinson Download   QPrint, a mid-string rule printing system, version 1. Allows QPrint("You take %the 1% and put %it 1% into %the 2%.",obj1,obj2); as an alternative to print "You take ", (the) obj1... together with a variety of other shorthand. random.h  (Version 1.3)  Roger Firth Download   A replacement for Inform's random function, which ensures well-distributed (and, where necessary, predictable) results, irrespective of which Z-machine or Glulx interpreter the player is using. rap11.zip  (Version 1.1)  Nate Cull Download   Reactive Agent Planner, a goal-seeking library for NPCs rap12.zip  (Version 1.2)  Nate Cull and Sam Denton Download   Reactive Agent Planner, a goal-seeking library for NPCs. Updated with a perl preprocessor by Sam Denton. recept.h  (Version 1.0)  Peer Schaefer Download   A library for receptacles, which are containers or supporters with defined capacities. Handles weight, volume, and size SampleTranscript.h    Emily Short Download   To print out a sample transcript like the Infocom ones. scenic.h  (Version 3.1)  Richard Barnett, Joe Mason, Roger Firth and Stefano Gaburri Download   Supports lightweight scenery 'objects', embedded in room objects, which can be examined but not otherwise manipulated Scoper.h  (Version 1.0)  Daniel Barkalow Download   To help determine which rooms are visible from a given location; makes it easier to deal with, for instance, very large spaces represented by more than one location in the game, where items in the far side of the room should be visible but untouchable scrutinize.h  (22-Sep-2007)  Fredrik Ramsberg Download   An extension to help find missing synonyms for objects. seeno.h  (Version 1.21)  Cedric Knight Download   A library to change the standard Inform message "You can't see any such thing." to the more specific "You see no xxx yyy here." sgw.h  (05-Jul-2005)  Alessandro Schillaci Download   Simple Glulxe Wrapper, a simple and small glulxe wrapper, created for the novice Inform programmer. In particular, simplifies handling of music channels and provides some functions to control graphics display. sha_hint.h  (21-May-2003)  Ricardo Dague Download   A library to add a simple hint system to a game, where the user enters "hint " to get hints. shell.zip    Anonymous, public domain Download   A skeleton shell for starting coding a game from. Includes code to make the character male or female, hints, magic words and a comment verb. shuffle.h    Roger Firth Download   Pulls numbers randomly from a hat until all have been used, whereupon the process restarts smartcantgo.h  (990203)  David Wagner with Roger Firth Download   Lists the exits of rooms instead of just "You can't go that way." sorting.h    Fredrik Ramsberg Download   Implements Quicksort and shell sort routines. sound.h    L. Ross Raszewski Download   To handle sound capabilities stack.h  (19-Jan-2003)  Fredrik Ramsberg Download   An implementation of a stack, by Fredrik Ramsberg, 15 Jan 2003 StatusLineColors.inf  (08-Feb-2003)  Jay Goemmer and Roger Firth Download   A library extension that sets the colours of the status bar according to "zones" defined in the game. Colours can be enabled or disabled by the player. stringmaker.h  (Version 1.0)  Roger Firth Download   A routine to convert a byte array of characters into a packed string which can be printed (and vice versa) StrNames.zip  (Version 0.2)  Chipjack Download   A class that allows for the use of strings as names for an object, getting around the 9-character dictionary-word limitation. Includes a thorough example game. style.h    Chris Klimas Download   To embed styles in print statements swap.h    "she's long gone" Download   A function to swap two objects, moving each to the other's parent. teleport.inf  (26-Dec-2001)  Jim Fisher and Michael Huang Download   Inform source to demonstrate how to allow the player to teleport to a room by typing in the room's name as a command. text_functions.h  (Release 1.0)  Patrick Kellum Download   Functions for dealing with text timepiece.h  (Release 981031)  Erik Hetzner Download   Classes to implement watches, clocks, etc. timesys.h    Kevin Forchione Download   Enhances handling of time-oriented games (based on both timewait.h and waittime.h) timewait.h    Andrew Clover with Nicholas Daley Download   To parse the time of day and "WAIT UNTIL THREE O'CLOCK" commands torch.h    David Griffith Download   A library allowing the use of torches (the flaming, wooden kind), which can be either good (ready to be ignited), burning, or burnt-out. Triform.zip  (11-May-2005)  she's long gone Download   Triform, an alternate library for Inform based on the standard library. trinitystat.h    Jonathan Rosebaugh Download   To give games a status line in the style of Infocom's "Trinity" Unglklib    Marnie Parker Link   A library extension performing much the same job as infglk.h, but with a friendlier face. utility.h  (Version 4.0)  L. Ross Raszewski Download   Useful Inform functions (also works under Glulx) V6 Library (home page)  (Version 0.826)  Jason C. Penney Download   To help write games for the Version 6 Z-Machine. Supports multiple text windows, images, and sounds. (Documentation in PDF format or text format.) waittime.h    L. Ross Raszewski with Nicholas Daley Download   To provide understanding of English time strings, to give an enhanced "WAIT" command WaterElement.zip  (Version 0.95b)  Emily Short Download   To handle divisible and mixed liquids, floating objects, and absorbent materials wearable.zip    "she's long gone" Download   A library for clothing. whatis.h  (Version 1)  Andrew C. Murie Download   To provide commands such as "WHO AM I", "WHAT IS A GRUE", etc. whowhat.h    Andrew C. Murie and David Cornelson Download   An improved version of whatis.h writelist.h    Roger Firth Download   Replaces components of the list-maker so as to invoke an object's invent property both for inventories and during room descriptions yesno.h    L. Ross Raszewski Download   To ask a semi-rhetorical yes or no question zclock.h    Allen Garvin Download   A library that implements the timers and daemons mechanism used in Infocom games znsi.h  (Version 1.0)  L. Ross Raszewski Download   A control-code add on system for istring.h zorkh.zip  (Version 2.0)  Joe Merical Download   Zork-related library extensions, including player health and diagnosis, Zork-like lamp implementation, grue behavior, and Zork verbs and library responses A Z-Machine Floating Point Library  (1/1.020318)  Kevin Bracey Link   To provide IEEE 754-conformant floating point arithmetic for the Z-machine (i.e., the standard platform on which Inform games run). Calculates to 9 decimal digits of accuracy with exponents from 10^99 to 10^(-99); translates floating point numbers to and from text. Fully supports rounding, subnormal numbers, infinity and exceptions.

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