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The sideshow fronts seem to be incorrectly described #24

Open eriktorbjorn opened 4 years ago

eriktorbjorn commented 4 years ago

Here is a rough partial map of the Midway area:

                   +--------------------+  +-----------------------+
                   | Hypnotist's Parlor |  | West Half of Fat Lady |
                   |      PARLOR        |  |        FAT-EAST       |
                   +--------------------+  +-----------------------+
                              |                      |
+-----------------+  +------------------+  +-------------------+
| Midway Entrance |--| Midway of Midway |--| Far End of Midway |
|     MIDWEST     |  |       MID        |  |      MIDEAST      |
+-----------------+  +------------------+  +-------------------+
                              |
                    +-------------------+
                    | Jennifer's Budoir |
                    |      BUDOIR       |
                    +-------------------+

And here is the part of FRONT-F that describes the sideshow front:

     <COND (<VERB? EXAMINE READ>
        <TELL "The " D ,FRONT>
        <COND (<EQUAL? ,HERE ,MIDWEST>
               <TELL " heralding the charms of Tina is">)
              (<EQUAL? ,HERE ,NOOK ,MIDEAST>
               <TELL " is">)
              (T
               <TELL "s are">)>
            <COND (<EQUAL? ,HERE ,NOOK>
               <TELL " warped and faded beyond recognition." CR>
               <RTRUE>)
              (T
               <TELL 
" an eyeful of dazzling, flamboyant artwork similar to that represented
in the circus program along with glowing introductions of the performers. ">
                <COND (<EQUAL? ,HERE ,MID>
                       <TELL "Each ">)
                      (T
                       <TELL "The ">)>
                <TELL "front has a small entrance." CR>)>)

The front is visible from the following rooms:

Room Description
MIDWEST The sideshow front heralding the charms of Tina is an eyeful of dazzling, flamboyant artwork similar to that represented in the circus program along with glowing introductions of the performers. The front has a small entrance.
MID The sideshow fronts are an eyeful of dazzling, flamboyant artwork similar to that represented in the circus program along with glowing introductions of the performers. Each front has a small entrance.
MIDEAST The sideshow front is an eyeful of dazzling, flamboyant artwork similar to that represented in the circus program along with glowing introductions of the performers. The front has a small entrance.
NOOK The sideshow front is warped and faded beyond recognition.

So the front at MIDWEST is "heralding the charms of Tina", even though the entrance to her place is at MIDEAST.

Actually, the description of MIDWEST doesn't even mention any sideshow fronts, so if they are described at all in this room it should probably be a general description, like "The sideshow fronts are an eyeful of dazzling, flamboyant artwork similar to that represented in the circus program along with glowing introductions of the performers." I.e. it should say "fronts" not "front" (like in MID) and not mention any entrance at all.