Transporter By Andrew Laker For Z-code interpreters Solution by Garry Francis ---------------------------------------- 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***