Run-time problem

P55 - The scene hasn't started, so you can't ask when it did

Most problems are detected when Inform translates the source text, but this is one of the exceptions, a "run-time problem" which emerges only during play.

Suppose there is a scene called Second Stage. Asking for the time when Second Stage began or the time since Second Stage began only makes sense if Second Stage has happened (or is happening now). This problem turns up if you ask such questions about a scene which hasn't happened. It's easy to test for this: for instance, if Second Stage has happened and the time since Second Stage began is more than five minutes...