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Glitch when seeing George run for the lake #52

Open eriktorbjorn opened 5 years ago

eriktorbjorn commented 5 years ago

If you wait in the Library for George to get out of the hidden closet, he sees you and immediately bolts for the North Lawn to dispose of the will. If you wait exactly one turn and then walk south into the hallway, you'll see:

>SOUTH
As you enter the hallway, you catch a glimpse of George running down the stairs.
End of Hallway
This is the west end of the upstairs hall. To the north is the library, where
Mr. Robner was found. Its solid oak door has been knocked down and is lying just
inside the entrance to the library. A window which cannot be opened is at the
end of the hallway.

Do I even need to say that I think there should be a blank line before the room description?

The message is only printed on this particular move. If you walk south one move earlier, you won't see George running. This seems like an off-by-one error in CORRIDOR-5-F:

<ROUTINE CORRIDOR-4-F ("OPTIONAL" (RARG <>))
     <COND (<AND <==? .RARG ,M-ENTER>
             <==? ,PRESENT-TIME <+ ,GEORGE-RUN 1>>>
        <TELL
"As you enter the hallway, you catch a glimpse of George
running down the stairs." CR>
        <RFALSE>)