FEATURE: radically improved rules handling to simplify usage which changed the context in which rules execute (Current Location and Current Actor no longer allowed in rules)
FEATURE: "Location Of" expression to retrieve the current location of an instance
FEATURE: syntax may now start with a parameter (an instance, like an actor name)
FEATURE: TRANSCRIPT statement in language
FEATURE: PROMPT section in language to control player input prompt
FEATURE: new debugger command language
FEATURE: tracing can now use symbolic parameter names
BUGFIX: if a dollar sign was followed by a character not defined as a printing symbol, that character was lost
BUGFIX: sometimes events would not be restored correctly from a save file
BUGFIX: positioning of error pointers in -cc mode was not always correct causing AlanIDE to point to the wrong place
BUGFIX: sometimes WinArun and Gargoyle interpreters hung on prompt
This is the Alan SDK for MacOSXwhich consists of the compiler, an interpreter, the manual and some examples. The MacOSX version are command line based, suitable both for Terminal command based work and for use with the AlanIDE, which is the recommended tool for authoring and compiling.
This is the Alan SDK for Windows which consists of the compiler, an interpreter, the manual and some examples. This is the GUI version which you need if you are working from the Windows GUI/Explorer view.
If you want to use the AlanIDE you need the command line version.
This is the Alan SDK for Windows which consists of the compiler, an interpreter, the manual and some examples. This is the command line version which you need if you are working from a command window or the AlanIDE.
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