

NSAMPLER testing manual            			(1/5/87)

Procedure:

   Leave bugs on my desk. I put them in the bug book. I fix them, check the
fix, and test the fix. Feel free  to examine the bug book; it's on my table
at all times. Note especially the places where I've X'ed a bug that you
think ought to be fixed.

Here are some special things to test for in NSAMPLER:

   - Move things around, open things, destroy things, etc. Then RESTART and
 	make sure that everything is back where it should be. NSAMPLER,
	unlike its predecessor, allows the user to RESTART an excerpt,
	rather than making him RESTART the entire program. This hack required
	that I manually restore all conditions in each game to their original
	positions. It's quite probable that I forgot to restore one or more
	important conditions.
   
   - Try to access as much text as possible. Huge memory problems made a
	drastic text overhaul necessary. Hence, it's likely that spaces
	or CRs have been added or deleted inadvertently.
   
   - Look for format problems. Since every game presents text differently,
	the describers have to synthetically reproduce the text formats
	according to the specs of each game. Look for cases where a CR is
	used instead of 3-space indent in LGOP, for example.
   
   - Watch for verb defaults that are uncharacteristic of the excerpt you're
	in. For example, if you're in the Zork excerpt, and some science
	fiction-type default from LGOP appears, note it.

   - Watch for LGOP sexual bits appearing where they shouldn't. NSAMPLER
	uses a LGOP kernal, and it's likely that one can do things in
	non-LGOP excerpts that one shouldn't be allowed to do. I've
	removed lots of this, though.

   - I've written lots of text. Notably:
		the boot screen
		instructions and endings for TRINITY, LGOP
	        all the parenthetical text in the tutorial
	Please note text that is badly-written.

   - The tutorial should push a new user correctly. Does it? Pretend that
	you've never loaded an Infocom game before and see if things make
	enough sense.

   - Thanks tremendously.
