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Known Errors in Supported Games

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
c
Domain
game-dev

Research direction

Start by reproducing the listed commands in balances.z5, seastalker.z3, and sherbet.z5, then trace where each fatal error is produced. The issue does not name files or tests, and completion criteria are not specified; confirm the intended fix in the discussion before changing behavior.

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Description

Game Command Error Type
balances.z5 take her Fatal Error: Illegal Object
seastalker.z3 help claws Fatal Error: Illegal attribute
sherbet.z5 carry my Fatal Error: Illegal object
Dominant language
C
Stars
337
Forks
48
Avg merge
9h 5m
Merged PRs (30d)
2

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First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

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