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Transporter (Transporter_solution.txt)

Transporter
By Andrew Laker
For Z-code interpreters

Solution by Garry Francis
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This is a minimal solution. You'll need to EXAMINE lots of things for this solution to make
sense. Some optional (but significant) commands are shown in parentheses. These can be omitted once
you know what to do.

This is a very tough game, though also quite clever. AMUSING at the end claims there are 19 ways to
die, so save frequently.

The game has a canvas backpack that acts as a carry-all, and a lot of implicit actions. If something
happens implicitly (such as automatically taking an object or putting a random object in your
backpack to make room in your inventory), this makes it difficult to write a solution, so I have
tried to avoid any implicit actions.

Scores are shown in parentheses as +A=B, where A is points earned and B is cumulative points
earned.

NOTE: On the first move, ASK WIZARD ABOUT DIAMOND (or something else). If the game crashes,
you'll have to try it on a different interpreter. I know that it works with JZIP.TTP on the
Atari ST, JZIP 2.0.1g or 2.1 for MS-DOS using DOSBox, and Frotz 2.32 or 2.40 if you use the -i
command line option to ignore runtime errors. It may work with others. I know that it crashes with
Windows Frotz, Frotz 2.50 or later for MS-DOS, Gargoyle, Filfre and Parchment.

(I) (you're carrying a canvas backpack, which is open)
WEAR BACKPACK (this will protect you from poisonous dart in end game)
OPEN DOOR
S
GET KEY
D
(E) (you're too large to squeeze through hole, so we'll come back to it later)
W (don't open the oven until you've turned it off)
GET MATCHES
TURN OFF OVEN
OPEN IT
(LOOK IN OVEN) (you find a pair of oven gloves)
GET GLOVES
WEAR THEM (to protect you from nettles later)
S
(X TABLE) (dust disturbed around top edge indicates it has been moved recently)
PUSH TABLE (you hear a click and grinding sound from another room) (+3=3)
GET BAG
OPEN IT
(LOOK IN IT) (it contains lots of marbles)
(X MARBLES) (there's roughly 100 glass marbles)
GET MOULD (don't eat it or you'll die)
(X IT) (it smells of aniseed)
N
N
GET HOSE
X JUNK (you find a battery-powered torch) (+2=5)
GET TORCH
E
N
(OPEN DOOR) (it's locked)
UNLOCK DOOR WITH KEY
OPEN IT
DROP KEY
X NETTLES (wearing oven gloves, you rummage through nettles & acquire gold ring)
WEAR RING (to save space in inventory)
(X IT) (it has a dragon carved into the cameo on top)
REMOVE GLOVES (you'll need to remove them later anyway)
DROP THEM (to free up room in inventory)
E
GIVE MOULD TO SQUIRREL (he tells you about panel, password is ELEPHANT) (+3=8)
GET ROPE
(X CUPBOARD) (it's closed)
OPEN CUPBOARD
(X IT) (it contains a pair of earmuffs)
GET EARMUFFS
WEAR THEM (to save space in inventory and save you doing it later)
W
S
W
S
E (the hole now reveals some stone steps leading down)
(L) (repeat until you see a large bear looking at you from inside the hole)
L (repeat until the bear goes away)
Z
Z
Z
E
GET MARBLES (you drop them, bear comes back and slips on the marbles) (+4=12)
DROP BAG
(GET TORCH) (if it's in your backpack)
TURN ON TORCH (don't go down the stairs before doing this or you'll die)
D
ELEPHANT (a small hidden panel has opened to reveal a dark recess)
(X RECESS) (it contains an iron grapnel)
GET GRAPNEL
TIE ROPE TO GRAPNEL
N
THROW GRAPNEL AT LOOP (75% chance of success, if you miss, keep trying)
N (you swing across the pit)
N
TURN ON TAP
DRINK WATER (the water cools you down) (+5=17)
PUT HOSE ON TAP
NW
PUT HOSE IN TANK (you fill tank and weight of it raises stone door) (+3=20)
N (earmuffs protect you from the noise)
N
N
N
GET BLOCK
S
S
S
S
SE
(TURN OFF TAP)
NE
PUT BLOCK ON STONE (triangle door opens in stone block room)
SE
S (water you drank protects you and your possessions from heat)
REMOVE RING
GIVE IT TO MAN (he gives you scroll & phial, do NOT drink it yet) (+3=23)
WEAR EARMUFFS
N
N
X SCROLL (take note of number, as it's randomly generated for each game)
TYPE <number on scroll> (door slides open)
N
BURN FUNGAS (fungas burns, but forces you back to triangular room) (+5=28)
N
N
PULL LEVER (the overhead trapdoor opens)
S (the metal door has closed again)
TYPE <number on scroll> (door slides open)
S
SW
NW
N (the earmuffs protect you from the noise)
N
N
N (the triangle door has slid into the ceiling)
E (the trapdoor is now open, because you opened it from below)
GET BALL
THROW IT AT GLASS WALL (the ball bounces off the glass, but the glass cracks)
GET BALL
THROW IT AT GLASS WALL (glass splits, water bursts in & flows through opening)
E
OPEN PHIAL
(X IT) (it contains a yellow liquid)
DRINK LIQUID (so that you don't get killed by the orange fungas [sic])
GET DIAMOND (poisonous gas sprayed in your face, but potion saves you) (+4=32)
(X DIAMOND) (it's a fake, you throw it against a wall)
(GET IT) (you'll need it later)
W
W
S
S
S
S
SE
NE (the metal door has closed again)
TYPE <number on scroll> (door slides open)
N
N (the pit is now full of water)
SWIM
GET DIAMOND (90% chance that dart hits you, but lodges in backxpack) (+6=38)
SWIM
S (the metal door has closed again)
TYPE <number on scroll> (door slides open)
S
SW
S
S
S
U
W
U
N
GIVE FAKE DIAMOND TO WIZARD (+7+5+10=60)
***THE END***