AGI Specifications: 4.3 Command List & Argument Types

4.3 Command List & Argument Types

by Peter Kelly
Last updated: 3 March 1998
Retrived from the Internet Archive

This is a list of all AGI commands and their argument types/. The function and name of some of these is not yet known. Check out agicommands.pas the "sample code" section for a delphi/pascal unit containing this information.

Text commands

No.	Name	No.	arg 1	arg 2	arg 3	arg 4	arg 5
01	equaln	2	var	num
02	equalv	2	var	var
03	lessn	2	var	num
04	lessv	2	var	var
05	greatern	2	var	num
06	greaterv	2	var	var
07	isset	1	flag
08	issetv	1	var
09	has	1	I obj
0A	obj.in.room	2	I obj	var
0B	posn	5	S obj	num	num	num	num
0C	controller	1	cntrl
0D	have.key	0
0E	said	-
0F	compare.strings	2	string	string
10	obj.in.box	5	S obj	num	num	num	num
11	center.posn	5	S obj	num	num	num	num
12	right.posn	5	S obj	num	num	num	num

No.

Name

No.

arg 1

arg 2

arg 3

arg 4

arg 5

arg 6

arg 7

equaln

var

num

equalv

var

lessn

var

num

lessv

var

greatern

var

num

greaterv

var

isset

flag

issetv

var

has

I obj

obj.in.room

I obj

var

posn

S obj

num

controller

cntrl

have.key

said

compare.strings

string

obj.in.box

S obj

num

center.posn

S obj

num

right.posn

S obj

num

Action commands

No.	Name	No.	arg 1	arg 2	arg 3	arg 4	arg 5	arg 6
00	return	0
01	increment	1	var
02	decrement	1	var
03	assignn	2	var	num
04	assignv	2	var	var
05	addn	2	var	num
06	addv	2	var	var
07	subn	2	var	num
08	subv	2	var	var
09	lindirectv	2	var	var
0A	rindirect	2	var	var
0B	lindirectn	2	var	num
0C	set	1	flag
0D	reset	1	flag
0E	toggle	1	flag
0F	set.v	1	var
10	reset.v	1	var
11	toggle.v	1	var
12	new.room	1	num
13	new.room.v	1	var
14	load.logics	1	num
15	load.logics.v	1	var
16	call	1	num
17	call.v	1	var
18	load.pic	1	var
19	draw.pic	1	var
1A	show.pic	0
1B	discard.pic	1	var
1C	overlay.pic	1	var
1D	show.pri.screen	0
1E	load.view	1	num
1F	load.view.v	1	var
20	discard.view	1	num
21	animate.obj	1	S obj
22	unanimate.all	0
23	draw	1	S obj
24	erase	1	S obj
25	position	3	S obj	num	num
26	position.v	3	S obj	var	var
27	get.posn	3	S obj	var	var
28	reposition	3	S obj	var	var
29	set.view	2	S obj	num
2A	set.view.v	2	S obj	var
2B	set.loop	2	S obj	num
2C	set.loop.v	2	S obj	var
2D	fix.loop	1	S obj
2E	release.loop	1	S obj
2F	set.cel	2	S obj	num
30	set.cel.v	2	S obj	var
31	last.cel	2	S obj	var
32	current.cel	2	S obj	var
33	current.loop	2	S obj	var
34	current.view	2	S obj	var
35	number.of.loops	2	S obj	var
36	set.priority	2	S obj	num
37	set.priority.v	2	S obj	var
38	release.priority	1	S obj
39	get.priority	2	S obj	var
3A	stop.update	1	S obj
3B	start.update	1	S obj
3C	force.update	1	S obj
3D	ignore.horizon	1	S obj
3E	observe.horizon	1	S obj		string
3F	set.horizon	1	num	string
40	object.on.water	1	S obj		string
41	object.on.land	1	S obj		string
42	object.on.anything	1	S obj		string
43	ignore.objs	1	S obj			string
44	observe.objs	1	S obj			string
45	distance	3	S obj	S obj	var
46	stop.cycling	1	S obj
47	start.cycling	1	S obj
48	normal.cycle	1	S obj
49	end.of.loop	2	S obj	flag
4A	reverse.cycle	1	S obj
4B	reverse.loop	2	S obj	flag
4C	cycle.time	2	S obj	var
4D	stop.motion	1	S obj
4E	start.motion	1	S obj
4F	step.size	2	S obj	var
50	step.time	2	S obj	var
51	move.obj	5	S obj	num	num	num	flag
52	move.obj.v	5	S obj	var	var	num	flag
53	follow.ego	3	S obj	num	flag
54	wander	1	S obj
55	normal.motion	1	S obj
56	set.dir	2	S obj	var
57	get.dir	2	S obj	var
58	ignore.blocks	1	S obj
59	observe.blocks	1	S obj
5A	block	4	num	num	num	num
5B	unblock	0
5C	get	1	I obj
5D	get.v	1	var
5E	drop	1	I obj
5F	put	2	I obj	var
60	put.v	2	var	var
61	get.room.v	2	var	var
62	load.sound	1	num
63	sound	2	num	flag
64	stop.sound	0
65	print	1	message
66	print.v	1	var
67	display	3	num	num	message
68	display.v	3	var	var	var	string
69	clear.lines	3	num	num	num	string
6A	text.screen	0		string
6B	graphics	0		string
6C	set.cursor.char	1	message	string
6D	set.text.attribute	2	num	num	string
6E	shake.screen	1	num	string
6F	configure.screen	3	num	num	num	string
70	status.line.on	0		string
71	status.line.off	0		string
72	set.string	2	string	message	string
73	get.string	5	string	message	num	num	num
74	word.to.string	2	word	string
75	parse	1	string
76	get.num	2	message	var
77	prevent.input	0
78	accept.input	0
79	set.key	3	num	num	cntrl
7A	add.to.pic	7	num	num	num	num	num	num
7B	add.to.pic.v	7	var	var	var	var	var	var
7C	status	0
7D	save.game	0
7E	restore.game	0
7F	init.disk	0
80	restart.game	0
81	show.obj	1	num
82	random	3	num	num	var
83	program.control	0
84	player.control	0
85	obj.status.v	1	var
86	quit	1	num	(0 args for 2.089)
87	show.mem	0
88	pause	0
89	echo.line	0
8A	cancel.line	0
8B	init.joy	0
8C	toggle.monitor	0
8D	version	0
8E	script.size	1	num
8F	set.game.id	1	message
90	log	1	message
91	set.scan.start	0
92	reset.scan.start	0
93	reposition.to	3	S obj	num	num
94	reposition.to.v	3	S obj	var	var
95	trace.on	0
96	trace.info	3	num	num	num
97	print.at	4	message	num	num	num	(3 args for versions before 2.400)
98	print.at.v	4	message	var	var	var	(3 args for versions before 2.400)
99	discard.view.v	1	var
9A	clear.text.rect	5	num	num	num	num	num
9B	set.upper.left	2	???	???
9C	set.menu	1	message
9D	set.menu.item	2	message	cntrl
9E	submit.menu	0
9F	enable.item	1	cntrl
A0	disable.item	1	cntrl
A1	menu.input	0
A2	show.obj.v	1	var
A3	open.dialogue	0
A4	close.dialogue	0
A5	mul.n	2	var	num
A6	mul.v	2	var	var
A7	div.n	2	var	num
A8	div.v	2	var	var
A9	close.window	0
AA	unknown170	1	???
AB	unknown171	0
AC	unknown172	0
AD	unknown173	0
AE	unknown174	1	???
AF	unknown175	1	???
B0	unknown176	0	(1 arg for AGI version 3.002.086)
B1	unknown177	1	???
B2	unknown178	0
B3	unknown179	4	???	???	???	???
B4	unknown180	2	???	???
B5	unknown181	0

No.

Name

No.

arg 1

arg 2

arg 3

arg 4

arg 5

arg 6

return

increment

var

decrement

var

assignn

var

num

assignv

var

addn

var

num

addv

var

subn

var

num

subv

var

lindirectv

var

rindirect

var

lindirectn

var

num

set

flag

reset

flag

toggle

flag

set.v

var

reset.v

var

toggle.v

var

new.room

num

new.room.v

var

load.logics

num

load.logics.v

var

call

num

call.v

var

load.pic

var

draw.pic

var

show.pic

discard.pic

var

overlay.pic

var

show.pri.screen

load.view

num

load.view.v

var

discard.view

num

animate.obj

S obj

unanimate.all

draw

S obj

erase

S obj

position

S obj

num

position.v

S obj

var

get.posn

S obj

var

reposition

S obj

var

set.view

S obj

num

set.view.v

S obj

var

set.loop

S obj

num

set.loop.v

S obj

var

fix.loop

S obj

release.loop

S obj

set.cel

S obj

num

set.cel.v

S obj

var

last.cel

S obj

var

current.cel

S obj

var

current.loop

S obj

var

current.view

S obj

var

number.of.loops

S obj

var

set.priority

S obj

num

set.priority.v

S obj

var

release.priority

S obj

get.priority

S obj

var

stop.update

S obj

start.update

S obj

force.update

S obj

ignore.horizon

S obj

observe.horizon

S obj

string

set.horizon

num

string

object.on.water

S obj

string

object.on.land

S obj

string

object.on.anything

S obj

string

ignore.objs

S obj

string

observe.objs

S obj

string

distance

S obj

var

stop.cycling

S obj

start.cycling

S obj

normal.cycle

S obj

end.of.loop

S obj

flag

reverse.cycle

S obj

reverse.loop

S obj

flag

cycle.time

S obj

var

stop.motion

S obj

start.motion

S obj

step.size

S obj

var

step.time

S obj

var

move.obj

S obj

num

flag

move.obj.v

S obj

var

num

flag

follow.ego

S obj

num

flag

wander

S obj

normal.motion

S obj

set.dir

S obj

var

get.dir

S obj

var

ignore.blocks

S obj

observe.blocks

S obj

block

num

unblock

get

I obj

get.v

var

drop

I obj

put

I obj

var

put.v

var

get.room.v

var

load.sound

num

sound

num

flag

stop.sound

message

print.v

var

display

num

message

display.v

var

string

clear.lines

num

string

text.screen

string

graphics

string

set.cursor.char

message

string

set.text.attribute

num

string

shake.screen

num

string

configure.screen

num

string

status.line.on

string

status.line.off

string

set.string

string

message

string

get.string

string

message

num

word.to.string

word

string

parse

string

get.num

message

var

prevent.input

accept.input

set.key

num

cntrl

add.to.pic

num

add.to.pic.v

var

status

save.game

restore.game

init.disk

restart.game

show.obj

num

random

num

var

program.control

player.control

obj.status.v

var

quit

num

(0 args for 2.089)

show.mem

pause

echo.line

cancel.line

init.joy

toggle.monitor

version

script.size

num

set.game.id

message

log

message

set.scan.start

reset.scan.start

reposition.to

S obj

num

reposition.to.v

S obj

var

trace.on

trace.info

num

print.at

message

num

(3 args for versions before 2.400)

print.at.v

message

var

(3 args for versions before 2.400)

discard.view.v

var

clear.text.rect

num

set.upper.left

???

set.menu

message

set.menu.item

message

cntrl

submit.menu

enable.item

cntrl

disable.item

cntrl

menu.input

show.obj.v

var

open.dialogue

close.dialogue

mul.n

var

num

mul.v

var

div.n

var

num

div.v

var

close.window

unknown170

???

unknown171

unknown172

unknown173

unknown174

???

unknown175

???

unknown176

(1 arg for AGI version 3.002.086)

unknown177

???

unknown178

unknown179

???

unknown180

???

unknown181

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