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Quotation mark inconsistency regarding the Aquadome #46

Open eriktorbjorn opened 4 years ago

eriktorbjorn commented 4 years ago

It seems that AQUADOME-F is used both when asking people about the Aquadome, and when asking the game to find it. But some of these responses have quotation marks while others don't, which can make them a bit confusing:

>LOOK
(east part)
You're in the east part of your laboratory. A doorway leads out through a
corridor to the office of your lab assistant, Sharon Kemp. A Microwave Security
Scanner stands against the wall. An intercom sits on the lab desk.

>FIND AQUADOME
"The Aquadome encloses the Undersea Research Station of Inventions Unlimited, on
the ocean floor off the Atlantic coast. Most Andersson subs can reach it by
autopilot."

Who said that? There was no one nearby.

>LOOK
(SCIMITAR)
You're in the pilot's seat of the SCIMITAR, its operating control panel before
you.
A wraparound viewport, both fore and aft, provides a view ahead and astern. You
can also observe your surroundings with a sonarscope and a hydrophone listening
device. There's a sonarphone for communication. You'll discover other features
when you need them.
Tip is sitting behind you, reading a magazine.

>ASK TIP ABOUT AQUADOME
Its location is stored in the autopilot's computer memory.

Did he respond or didn't he?

I don't know if it's enough to change AQUADOME-F so that it prints quotation marks around the message depending on the action.