On all computer platforms can be found among a small group of
software tools programs, referred to as instrumentation
systems, and allow you to create software without any knowledge
of programming languages.
In a similar way on the Spectrum is
THE GRAPHIC ADVENTURE CREATOR (GAC)
You have the opportunity to learn to use
this interesting instrumentation system.
(C) Andrey Morozov, 1997.
THE GRAPHIC ADVENTURE CREATOR (GAC)
Anyway - MAKER GRAPHIC ADVENTYURY.
This useful product, the British company INCENTIVE SOFTWARE
appeared in its final form in 1986 and was intended to create
illustrated text adventyur.
Hundreds of people in the west used to GAC
put their scripts, but this instrumental system, like any
other, has a certain (lamersky ;-) imprint on emerging from
under her game.
Places, if not call for help his
fantasy and imaginative use of the system, without which such
artefacts are not cause of interest. Probably for that reason
to us came so mizirnoe number created, and
known can only be called a demo
toy RANSOM, included in the package GAC.
One way or another, but, having got into our country without
descriptions and concocted the mass games, CREATOR not
able to gain popularity among domestic
users.
Trying to fill the information INFORKOMA
vacuum around the system and "to line" its readers to write
their own adventyur failed only half: writing game started, but
only ... in squalid ABS. Of the games written in
GAC, I can name only APPOLO, and even then, the system is used
partially, and graphics generally imagined, it seems, in ART
STUDIO.
In short, CREATOR continued to be the thing in
themselves. Obvious difficulty caused English
language. In the sense that not only the English system, but
emerges from under her game will also be broadcast in from
England. Write a text on game English ... br-r ... :-(. It was
necessary to fully Russify system that was made back in 96th
year, and the latter Russification version appeared as early as
this.
Tested the usability of the system
spurred the imagination and, behold, there were already
thinking about a more interesting use of a GAC-than planing
toys.
Using CREATOR you can create a pictorial guides, tutorials,
expert systems, fashionable today, psychological tests, other
psevdointellektualnye programs that can fit in the 21K and do
not require constant updating of information.
Become better acquainted with the GAC-th you will be able to
determine the scope of this system, since its advantage is
universality within its capabilities.
Talking about the opportunities we start on today's lesson,
the first of the proposed cycle sessions on this instrumental
system.
But first, a few words about the version of GAC-a,
offer readers SPECTRUM PROGRESS.
Russification was chosen for the disk version
system, once published in the journal
SPECTROFON. The keyboard layout corresponds to
slozhivshimusya standard YAVERTY.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
s / shift + E ui U V W Z
Q W E R T Y U I O P
I V E R T S U P & O
c / lock A S D F G H J K L
A C D F G J K L X
Z X C V B N M
W L U M B N M
This allows the use of letters of Russian alphabet instead of
the lowercase English. Thus, it can work in a system in
Russian, and English will be required only for input
commands that specify the logic of events.
The annex to the magazine you will find Russified GAC,
consisting of three files:
GAC_R - loader
r.fnt - loadable font
syst - actually GAC
Written in the submitted CREATOR-e program will need to
connect to them Russian font, which is attained by slight
change of boot: in the last line should be replaced by the file
name "syst" the name under which your program is.
Still, probably worth saying that this version of the GAC-but
does not work with the printer, so that from main menu system,
this mode is not invoked.
Perhaps, for users who already worked with
CREATOR-ohm, said quite enough, and those
who would like to learn this system and free
understand it, to invite the first lesson
which will begin as soon as you turn to
next article in this magazine.
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