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BLUE LACUNA: SNEAK PREVIEW RELEASE
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Release 1 / April 2, 2008
http://www.lacunastory.com/


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*** SUPPORTED INTERPRETERS ***
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IMPORTANT! Though Blue Lacuna is a text-only piece, it is an extremely
large story using several techniques at the cutting edge of the Glulx
standard. Therefore it CANNOT BE PLAYED ON OLDER GLULX INTERPRETERS.

Even if you already have a supported 'terp, you may need to update it to
the latest version. Ensure you downloaded your interpreter later than
the "release date" listed below.

Below is a list of compatible interpreters and where to download the
latest versions.


FOR WINDOWS

 * Recommended Interpreter:

   __Git (version 1.2 / released Jan '08).__
   http://ifarchive.wurb.com/if-archive/programming/glulx/interpreters/git/
wingit-120.zip

 * Also Supported:

   __Windows Glulxe (version 0.4.3.132 / released Dec '07)__ Runs about 5
   times slower than Git.

 * _Not_ Supported:

   Filfre. (Will start, but runs incredibly slowly and tends to lock up.)
   Gargoyle
   Zag (Java)


FOR APPLE MACS

 * Recommended Interpreter:

   __Zoom (version 1.1.2 / released Nov '07).__
   http://www.logicalshift.co.uk/mac/Zoom-1.1.2.dmg
   - Mac OS 10.4 or later is required due to a bug in I7.
   - If you want to send the author transcripts, you will need to copy and
   paste them from the Zoom window rather than using the SCRIPT command,
   due to a different bug in Zoom.

 * _Not_ Supported:

   Spatterlight


LINUX

 * No known compatible interpreters, though Zoom can theoretically be 
   compiled on *nix systems: see http://www.logicalshift.demon.co.uk/unix/zoom/
 * Best bet is probably to run Git under Wine.



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*********** HINTS ************
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Maps and hints for Blue Lacuna are available at http://lacunastory.com/
or by contacting the author at aaron@lacunastory.com.



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******* KNOWN ISSUES *********
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* Some lingering bugs with the dreams and the old man can in some cases
cause these two plot trains to derail. If you encounter an obvious
mistake in the old man's conversation (he suddenly stops responding or
moving), type UNDO until before the action you took which seemed to
cause the problem. If you are unable to wake up from a dream and nothing
else seems to be happening, type ALARMCLOCK to immediately escape. In
either case, the author would be much obliged if you could send a
transcript of the bug to aaron@lacunastory.com, so these bugs can be
tracked down and fixed for future releases.

* As Blue Lacuna is still in a rough and unfinished form, so too are
aspects of Inform 7, the language in which it was created. Issues with
the most recent development build of Inform 7 mean that extra line
breaks and paragraph breaks are sometimes printed in this release.
Development of I7 continues at a rapid pace, and this issue should be
fixed before a final release of Blue Lacuna.

* The display of menus is corrupted under Zoom for Mac, due to an issue
with Glk.

* The author dearly wishes for Cedric Knight's "Mistype" extension,
which recognizes simple misspellings, to be included as part of Blue
Lacuna, but an incompatibility with Glulx,the latest version of Inform,
and certain input processing techniques used by Blue Lacuna make this
currently impossible.

* Blue Lacuna includes an experimental parsing layer called "Grinform"
which allows it to recognize a wider range of attempted commands in an
attempt to accommodate those unfamiliar with IF conventions: phrases
like I WANT TO or WHERE IS or QUICKLY, for instance, are caught. Certain
limitations in user access to Inform's internal parsing routines mean
this sometimes behaves oddly; something like "JUMP QUICKLY UP ON THE
BED," for instance, will produce a string of error messages as Grinform
tries to find a command it understands.




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