The Hobbit: Routine at 83A0

83A0: Display Locate Help Message

Prints the hint for the player's current location. Reached through the special-key table at 8271, dispatched from Command_MatchASpecialKey.
Test whose turn it is.
DisplayLocateHelpMessage	83A0	LD A,($B6EA)	Jump to InglishPrepareTheClause_3 if *CurrentCharacter is not zero.
	83A3	AND A
	83A4	JP NZ,InglishPrepareTheClause_3
	83A7	PUSH HL	Save HL and IX, and point HL at B467.
	83A8	PUSH IX	Save HL and IX, and point HL at B467.
Default message response should there be no match for the current location.
	83AA	LD HL,$B467
Use the current location ID to look-up if there is a specific help message.
	83AD	LD A,($C12B)	Using the current location number, see if there is a help message available for display. This is achieved by passing LocateHelpMessage to the Index ID Table routine.
	83B0	LD IX,$83CD
	83B4	CALL IndexIdTable
	83B7	JR Z,DisplayLocateHelpMessage_Print	If there is no message, jump directly to DisplayLocateHelpMessage_Print to display the default message.
Point to the specific help for the current location.
	83B9	LD L,(IX+$01)	Read the low byte of this location's hint message address.
	83BC	LD H,(IX+$02)	Read the high byte of this location's hint message address.
Print the message.
DisplayLocateHelpMessage_Print	83BF	LD A,$01	Write 01 to WaitCountdown.
	83C1	LD ($B701),A	Write 01 to WaitCountdown.
	83C4	CALL PrintMessage	Call PrintMessage to print message.
	83C7	POP IX	Jump back to CommandDispatchAControl to dispatch a control.
	83C9	POP HL
	83CA	JP CommandDispatchAControl