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curiousdannii / parchment

The Interactive Fiction web app
https://iplayif.com
MIT License
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Difference between using a .z file and a .z.js file #35

Closed nickbe closed 7 years ago

nickbe commented 8 years ago

It seems I can use the zcode files as well as the .js files. Can you explain the difference?

Also I'd like to know how to convert the zcode files to .js myself. There seem to be some tools in a subfolder but so far I couldn't figure out how to use them,

And if I use story files with in game sound or graphics - will they work too?

curiousdannii commented 8 years ago

The .js story files are just base64 encoded copies of the original files, with a header and tail so that they can be loaded. They are only needed when loading a story from file: and possibly only from old browsers. I haven't checked for a while, but it may not be needed at all now! If you're making your storyfile with Inform 7 then it will handle creating the .js version for you. Edit: they are still needed for playing from a file:// url on Chrome.

Graphics are supported by Quixe (the Glulx interpreter Parchment uses). I'm not sure if it supports sound or not. See https://github.com/erkyrath/quixe/issues/5

nickbe commented 7 years ago

Thanks for the info :)

cibersheep commented 7 years ago

Actually, in the Ubuntu Phone, the easiest way of doing an IF app is embeding an html with Parchment. The compiler complains about having "bin files .z5" so being able to have the .z5.js has been really helpful.

Just saying :) Anyway, if it's depreciated, I will cry a bit and that's it :)