(<VERB? TELL-ABOUT>
<COND (<DOBJ? GLOBAL-SNARK>
<TELL
"\"I know, " FN "! We'd better go there fast in the " D ,GLOBAL-SUB "!\""
CR>)>)
(<COMMON-OTHER ,TIP> <RTRUE>)>>
But if you try it in the game:
>TELL TIP ABOUT SNARK
"You know as much as I do, Torbjorn."
And if you try it in the official release 16:
>TELL TIP ABOUT SNARK
Tip doesn't care.
I think part of it is that PRE-TELL-ABOUT will often invoke the ASK-ABOUT action instead, but I'm not sure exactly what happens here.
Also, the code doesn't really make sense because it doesn't check if you've already reached the Aquadome yet.
The final piece of
TIP-F:But if you try it in the game:
And if you try it in the official release 16:
I think part of it is that
PRE-TELL-ABOUTwill often invoke theASK-ABOUTaction instead, but I'm not sure exactly what happens here.Also, the code doesn't really make sense because it doesn't check if you've already reached the Aquadome yet.