TADS - Revision history

Jsummers: Categorize, cleanup

2014-12-18T17:58:45Z

Categorize, cleanup

Rhetoric X at 22:06, 9 November 2012

2012-11-09T22:06:31Z

Rhetoric X at 04:46, 5 November 2012

2012-11-05T04:46:02Z

Rhetoric X: /* Further Information */ Cloak of Darkness

2012-11-05T04:28:02Z

‎Further Information: Cloak of Darkness

Rhetoric X: Finishing

2012-11-05T04:23:10Z

Finishing

Rhetoric X at 01:32, 5 November 2012

2012-11-05T01:32:53Z

Rhetoric X: in progress...

2012-11-05T01:31:59Z

in progress...

New page

{{FormatInfo
| name = TADS
| extensions = .gam (compiled), .t (source code)
| mimetypes = application/x-tads
}}

{|
|[[File Formats]]
| >
|[[Electronic File Formats]]
| >
|[[Interactive Fiction]]
| >
| '''TADS''
|}

== Description ==
TADS (Text Adventure Development System) is an [[interactive fiction]] development system by Michael J. Roberts. [[TXT|Plain text]] source code files are created using the TADS programming language, and then compiled into a system-independent game file.

The term "TADS", unqualified, generally refers to TADS version 2 and below. [[TADS 3]] is the currently developed version of the platform, and it is incompatible with previous versions. See the [[TADS 3]] page for more information on this version.

== Compilers ==

* TADS 2 Author's Kit (Windows, freeware, [http://www.tads.org/tads2.htm website]: the official TADS 2 implementation
* FrobTADS (Unix-like, freeware, [http://www.tads.org/frobtads.htm website]: ports of TADS 2 and TADS 3 compilers for Unix systems (including Mac OS X)

== Interpreters ==
* HTML TADS Interpreter (Windows, freeware, [http://www.tads.org/tads3.htm website]): the official TADS 2 and TADS 3 interpreter with full multimedia support
* QTads (cross-platform, open source, [http://www.tads.org/frobtads.htm website]): a TADS 2 and TADS 3 interpreter with full multimedia support

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 {{FormatInfo
-| name                   = TADS
+|formattype=electronic
-| extensions             = {{ext|t}} {{ext|gam}}
+|subcat=Interactive Fiction
-| mimetypes              = application/x-tads
+| extensions             = {{ext|t}}, {{ext|gam}}
 }}
 == Description ==
 TADS (Text Adventure Development System) is an [[Interactive Fiction]] development system by Michael J. Roberts. [[TXT|Plain text]] source code files are created using the TADS programming language, and then compiled into a system-independent game file. Compiled game files can be played on any system that has an appropriate interpreter.

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 {{FormatInfo
 | name                   = TADS
-| extensions             = .gam
+| extensions             = {{ext|t}} {{ext|gam}}
 | mimetypes              = application/x-tads
 }}
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 == Description ==
-TADS (Text Adventure Development System) is an [[Interactive Fiction]] development system by Michael J. Roberts. [[TXT|Plain text]] source code files are created using the TADS programming language, and then compiled into a system-independent game file. TADS source code files typically have the extension .t. Compiled game files can be played on any system that has an appropriate interpreter.
+TADS (Text Adventure Development System) is an [[Interactive Fiction]] development system by Michael J. Roberts. [[TXT|Plain text]] source code files are created using the TADS programming language, and then compiled into a system-independent game file. Compiled game files can be played on any system that has an appropriate interpreter.
-The term "TADS", unqualified, generally refers to TADS version 2 and below. [[TADS 3]], the current version, is a radical departure from the previous versions. See the [[TADS 3]] page for more information.
+The term "TADS", unqualified, generally refers to TADS version 2 and below. [[TADS 3]], the current version, is a complete redesign of the system and is incompatible with previous versions. See the [[TADS 3]] page for more information.
 == Compilers ==
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 == Other Tools ==
-*[http://ifarchive.org/indexes/if-archiveXprogrammingXtads2.html IF Archive: TADS 2 Programming]
+*[http://ifarchive.org/indexes/if-archiveXprogrammingXtads2.html IF Archive: TADS 2 programming]
 == Sample Files ==

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 == Further Information ==
 * [http://www.tads.org/t2doc/doc/index.html TADS 2 Author's Manual]
 * [http://www.tads.org/tads2.htm TADS 2 Homepage]

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 |[[Interactive Fiction]]
 | >
-| '''TADS''
+| '''TADS'''
 |}
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 == Interpreters ==
 * HTML TADS Interpreter (Windows, freeware, [http://www.tads.org/tads3.htm website]): the official TADS 2 and TADS 3 interpreter with full multimedia support
 * QTads (cross-platform, open source, [http://www.tads.org/frobtads.htm website]): a TADS 2 and TADS 3 interpreter with full multimedia support