can Inform 7 compile to Z3?

Nihil Vulture · Post by **Nihil Vulture** » Thu Nov 06, 2008 9:50 am

What's up ya guys?

Well I am hoping someone can help me out ... I have a thirst to make z3 (that's Z-Machine version 3 for you Interactive Fiction n00bs out there), but I do not want to leave the comforts of Inform 7... In other words how do I change the compilation from Inform 6 to Inform 5?

Thanks
Nihil Vulture

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Fri Nov 07, 2008 10:50 pm

What are you hoping to get by going to z3 instead of z5?

(And can Inform create .z5 files? I assume it can.)

Nihil Vulture · Post by **Nihil Vulture** » Sun Nov 09, 2008 6:46 pm

Hey Jonsie

I am trying to make a gameboy color compadible game from Z-Code version 3 (z3/dat files)... Cause I received a cool lil gift from mum, called the Invion slider... It can do everything I need to do... Which is camcorder, camera, movie player, sound player, Games (so far NES and GBX only!) ... But ya the I7 can compile regular z5 zcode files. I cannot program well in Inform unless I can find a decompiler that is awesome.

Nihil

bruce · Post by **bruce** » Sun Nov 09, 2008 8:48 pm

Nihil Vulture wrote:Well I am hoping someone can help me out ... I have a thirst to make z3 (that's Z-Machine version 3 for you Interactive Fiction n00bs out there), but I do not want to leave the comforts of Inform 7... In other words how do I change the compilation from Inform 6 to Inform 5?

You can't.

I mean, I guess once Graham releases the source, you could rewrite the compiler to emit I5. But there's damn little room left in the game file after the I7 libraries for a z5 game. I don't think even just the I7 the libraries would fit in z3 even if you could retarget the compiler.

Bruce

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 12:15 am

Nihil Vulture wrote:Hey Jonsie

I am trying to make a gameboy color compadible game from Z-Code version 3 (z3/dat files)... Cause I received a cool lil gift from mum, called the Invion slider... It can do everything I need to do... Which is camcorder, camera, movie player, sound player, Games (so far NES and GBX only!) ... But ya the I7 can compile regular z5 zcode files. I cannot program well in Inform unless I can find a decompiler that is awesome.

Oh, right! I honestly knew that at one point. (And obviously forgot it.) OK, I am asking around right now!

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 12:16 am

Okay, yeah, Bruce did answer that. In my asking on the ifMud, I was told that the GBA can do .z8 files (which I did not know).

Robb

can Inform 7 compile to Z3?

can Inform 7 compile to Z3?

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