rec.games.roguelike.nethack Google Group

Potions leaving behind empty bottles

2009-12-04T06:11:48Z

After reading the YANIs in the FAQ, I decided to go for one of them.
I currently have a modified version of NetHack running on my machine,
working (in TTY mode) as far as I can tell after ~an hour of
debugging, with the following changes:
-Potions can not only be Diluted, they can also be Refilled. Once a

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2009-12-02T11:52:52Z

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Devnull Stats Updated for 2009

2009-12-01T22:53:44Z

There is a site out there to track some stats from Devnull tournament
a few months after the 2008 tournament wrapped up. It's interesting
to see some of the stats regarding how different people played their
games, how long they played, etc. The tournament has its own trophies
and those are also represented on the site, but in addition there are

Xbox 360 Repair Guide Review

2009-12-01T18:18:34Z

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Pet killing aligned priest

2009-12-01T10:07:12Z

Does anyone know what happens, when pet kills aligned priest in a
temple? Especially in the case when I already bought protection. I my
current game I have pet purple worm that instakills everything in
sight, so the idea is the buy all the protection, let the pet kill the
priest, grab all his gold and go buy more protection elsewhere.

Paxed, are you there?

2009-12-01T01:25:10Z

At the top of the lowest scoring ascensions on NAO, Pug is listed with
a score of -2,145,868,906. I have a feeling this isn't recognized as
an official low scoring ascension, as it only appears up there
occasionally. Perhaps you could purge it permanently.

hot

2009-11-30T11:27:04Z

kiss pics
[link]
kiss kiss
[link]
hot pics
[link]
spicy pics
[link]
hot hot
[link]

NAO Spork

2009-11-29T18:37:47Z

At NAO I saw, in a Spork game, this part of a minetown map...
)...........
...#+###-...
..#....|...
-..#...=|...
...#....|...
...------...
.{........{.
I am uncertain why there are the iron bars as wall replacements for a
room that appears to be a shop. With just one item it's hard to tell

hearse

2009-11-29T15:24:12Z

Howdy,
Does hearse accomodate UnNetHack or is there a hearse client for that
particular fork?

monster outside of maze?

2009-11-28T21:29:31Z

Has anybody ever seen this?
[link]
Seen with amulet of esp.

quest artifact generation?

2009-11-27T22:00:13Z

Hi everyone,
Well my latest Wizard is currently heading down to the Castle, and has
just reached the level with the Quest portal on. I am planning to wish
for the Staff of Aesculapius if no more artifacts get generated in the
meantime, and this made me think of this question:
At what point does the Quest artifact, in this case the Eye of the

{UHNH]bug?

2009-11-27T21:10:58Z

By the way, third attemp to unnetack.
Program in disorder; you probably should S)ave and restart the process.
rn2(0) attempted...
...while reaching top of the new town branch.
T:~9507
not that it is specific UNHN bug, but, just to say.

For the Knight who has everything, what good is gold?

2009-11-27T05:53:40Z

So I'm playing a knight on NAO. Someone was watching me the other
night and sent me a few messages warning me of the dangers of Ixoth
(as an aside I know I've asked before, but how do I answer someone who
sends me a message on NAO) .
So rather than risk killing my knight, I went back up to dlvl where

Has Your Xbox 360 Died On You?

2009-11-27T02:51:23Z

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rec.games.roguelike.nethack Frequently Asked Questions [FAQ]

2009-11-26T17:00:06Z

Posted-By: auto-faq 3.3.1 (Perl 5.005)
Archive-name: games/roguelike/nethack/rgrn-F AQ
Posting-Frequency: twice monthly
URL: [link]
The following is a list of Frequently Asked Questions for the newsgroup
rec.games.roguelike.nethack.
(FAQ version 1.7n, last changed: 2008-02-01 (added 2.1)

writing Elbereth in the dust

2009-11-26T04:31:15Z

So normally when I have to use my finger to write Elbereth in the
dust, I write it once, get hit, then write it a 2nd time, get hit
again, then a third time, get hit, then a 4th time, and the monster
flees.
Is it better to write it all at once
'ElberethElberethElberethElber eth' will that have the same chance to

YAFAP

2009-11-26T04:13:36Z

Well, I've finally ascended! Chaotic wizard, which I suspect is the
easiest role to ascend (or maybe it's just my playing style). I
rather overprepared... I was actually intending to polypile every
scroll, potion, ring and amulet in the game into something useful, but
eventually I realized that I could easily ascend, and forced myself to

searching statues?

2009-11-25T20:15:22Z

how does one do it?

[S] Advice for first Ascension Run? [Spoilers]

2009-11-25T02:51:57Z

Hello folks - after 25 years of off and on again nethack, I've got a
lvl 30 gnome wizard who has gotten to the bottom and found the
vibrating square.
Before I wake Rodney, I wanted to see if there is any last minute
advice I can glean from the demi-gods.
Vindalo the Mage St:18/50 Dx:23 Co:24 In:24 Wi:23 Ch:18

Patching Nethack under Windows...

2009-11-24T17:25:30Z

Ok, this is killing me.
Here's what I have:
1) A fresh copy of the Nethack source code.
2) The Visual Studio 2008 patch file from nethack.org.
3) A copy of patch.exe from the DJGPP FTP site. (patch version 2.5.9
or something like that).
In excruciating detail, how do I apply the patch?
I've basically tried this: patch -pX < VisualStudio2008patch.txt

Zap self

2009-11-24T15:34:02Z

Oh hai!!
How can you zap yourself? I mean im not a n00b and ive been playing
for a while nethack (65ish games). I still dont know how to zap myself
or cast healing on myself.
I've tried 5 on the numpad "." and other things like ">" but meh
"Thats a silly thing to do" =P
Then again... maybe im n00b.
Elnono

[Spork] Latest Updates

2009-11-24T15:28:23Z

So changes aren't really going to come as frequently as before, but I've
been able to steal a little bit of time. NAO is now running 0.6.2 of
Sporkhack again, after the dgamelaunch update, and the beta server is
still chugging along nicely, with over 18,500 games played as of today
(and 155 ascensions!).

You caitiff! How dare you defend yourself

2009-11-23T21:25:59Z

so I'm playing a knight.
I was confronted by a deadly dwarf zombie. I applied my lance a
couple of times and then it moved in too close. So I switched to
Excalibur and when I attacked it this time I was told "You caitiff!"
What happened here and what am I doing wrong?

[UnNethack]YAAD/Death ray

2009-11-23T20:01:34Z

Well...
Leprechaun with a wand of death. Single shot.
At 20K turns, while playing really carefully for my second attempt on
UnNethack (first one was a YASD I'm not really proud about).
I went down till medusa, done sokoban, mines and town (this branch is...
strange). No source of reflection or anything else that would prevent it.

Visual Studio 2008 patch

2009-11-23T18:06:33Z

I'm currently blocked from nethack.org, but would like to get the
Nethack Visual Studio 2008 patch. Can someone please copy and paste
it as a reply?
Thanks!

Pet disintegrator ascension [UNNH]

2009-11-23T04:05:27Z

After all the whining I did about disintegrators, I decided to get one
on my side. Its now in the pantheon of best pets ever, and no doubt
causing quite a stir in the demigod bar.
I rolled some gnome wizards on un.nethack.nu with the goal of polytrap
dancing, so a magic whistle was paramount. Lots of shops, good

patch messing up the message window

2009-11-22T21:52:31Z

Hi,
I've been patching nethack under Windows. I've succesfully installed 4
of them, but 2 others (itemcat and trapsontop) give me some trouble.
The patch applies succesfully and compilation works fine. But when I
start nethackw.exe, the message window is blank, and every single
message pops up a message box. Also, with itemcat, activating a

YASD on the vibrating square level

2009-11-22T20:02:20Z

I am completely devastated, I just made horrible mistake.
My neutral human Archeologist after three weeks of real-time finally
reached vibrating square level fully kitted, AC -35, 219 HP, XP 21,
after many excruciating hours of mapping and digging out Gehennom.
What I did to kill myself was digging a pit on VS level crawling out

Applications for a drum of earthquake?

2009-11-22T18:41:23Z

In my current game, in Kaen's lair, there was a drum of earthquake.
I think I've posted this question some time (it feels like a decade)
ago, but don't recall that there was any useful application of the
drum of earthquake mentioned. The best I've thought of was to keep
monsters at distance, maybe to attack them ranged. Another option

YAAP - comptril - lawful-human-monk

2009-11-21T23:57:45Z

So my latest in my attempt to ascend every class and race combo (when
that's done I'll go back and do all the alignments I missed) was
comptril a human monk (lawful). I haven't reviewed the ttyrecs yet,
so my memory might be a little fuzzy on some details here.
Nothing very memorable early on. There was an encounter with a

What would a monk wish for?

2009-11-21T21:40:57Z

Playing a monk, currently XL:13, a lousy Int and Cha, other stats okay,
but HP:85 and AC:-6 not very good, especially for the Monk's quest.
The early game passed, have speed boots, gloves, helm, robe, a small
shield, and in my bag of holding a shirt. Martial arts at Expert, but
wielding the +5 Frostbrand seems more effective. Have reflection "AoR

monk getting ready to run.

2009-11-21T18:35:32Z

So this is my lawful monk:
St:18/21 Dx:22 Co:18 In:18 Wi:23 Ch:18 Lawful
Dlvl:21 $:0 HP:298(298) Pw:248(248) AC:-27 Exp:30 T:59801
Amulets
m - an uncursed amulet of life saving named Stash/temple15
B - an uncursed amulet of reflection (being worn)
Weapons
h - an uncursed knife
F - the blessed rustproof +7 Snickersnee (weapon in hand)

never trust a vampire

2009-11-21T18:04:50Z

After a few charges with a polymorph-wand on my pet, I ended up with a
vampire. Later on, i found a pair of boots, and since I already
identified all other kind of boots, i knew these were speed boots. My
vampire seems to like them as much as i do, since he kept them for
himself after i tried to make him check if they were cursed. I can't

Wizard on Astral Plane

2009-11-21T04:12:01Z

Thought I could leave the Wizard behind on Water level; he had
just appeared as I stood adjacent to the portal...
@ <-- the Wizard
@ <-- me
^
But, despite being one square away from the portal, he followed
me to the Astral Plane. (Thought he'd have no admittance ;-)
The only other thing to mention is that I noticed in the final

[UnNethack] Bug?

2009-11-20T10:34:36Z

I'm giving a try to UnNethack due to recent post (and currently boring
extinctionism game on vanila / NAO), on un.nethack.nu (Unix UnNetHack
Version 3.5.2 - last build Tue Oct 13 17:10:50 2009.)
Applying a magic whitle it happens that my cat get teleported over a bear
trap. --> The housecat suddenly falls asleep!

Unnethack 351 - impressions - spoilers

2009-11-19T17:23:55Z

Ok, I finally ascended in Unnethack 351 so I thought I'd record my
observations here. There are spoilers below.
In general, I think the game achieves what it sets out to achieve -
less randomness at the start of the game and more randomness in the
middle and endgame. In my opinion this makes it quite a lot harder

Enhance a wizard's experience level in the late game?

2009-11-19T02:48:23Z

I seem to recall that it was said that effectiveness of attack spells
like magic missile would increase if the characters experience level
increases. Incidentally my XL:18 (or so) wizard has half a dozen spare
potions of gain level. Saving them for alchemy seems not necessary any
more (he has already ~300 HPs), so there's the two apparent options to

Polymorphed shopkeeper?

2009-11-16T17:29:03Z

Well, I found a wand of polymorph in a shop. I decided to use use it
to steal, but I polymorphed the shopkeeper, not me. So It looked like
this
Asidonhopo the yellow dragon gets angry!
So anyway, what would happen if I found the bones? Would killing the
ant be murder? Would it be angry at me?Could it be appeased with gold?

[Spork] YAFM: The incubus of Kos appears before you.

2009-11-15T22:10:26Z

"Thou shalt pay for thy indiscretion!"
Time stands still while you and the incubus of Kos lie in each other's
arms...
You seem to have enjoyed it more than the incubus of Kos...
You feel full of new energy!
The incubus of Kos takes 126 zorkmids for services rendered!
So I paid 126 zorkmids for my indiscretion.

game

2009-11-15T08:25:08Z

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Copy Paste & Ad Posting job.
Work from home without boss and no daily commuting and traveling
Relax and spend only a few hours per day maintaining Rs. 20,000 a week
business
More than 10,000 foreign companies want you.
Qualification not required.

Death and Life Saving

2009-11-15T05:52:28Z

Death will drain your maxHPs, so I wonder what happens if one is wearing
an amulet of life saving. Will your maxHPs will be restored to your last
value? (Which certainly wouldn't be too helpful, and that would make the
"AoLS only worthwhile to wear when facing Pestilence or Famine.)
Janis

YAAP: javelin Mon-Hum-Mal-Cha lvl 15, foodless, weaponless

2009-11-14T07:23:31Z

Happy to announce my first foodless ascension!
Used a monk, to make intrinsics easier, and to go for weaponless at
the same time. The RNG was friendly and a found a /oW around dungeon
level 5, which went for a ring of slow digestion, speed boots, the Eye
of the Aethiopica, and GoP. A polymorph trap in the mines turned my pet

YAAP: devnull 10 conduct monk

2009-11-13T20:54:02Z

10 conduct ascension on devnull tournament:
Conducts: all except for pacifist and atheist;
recipe:
1 - played 27 neutral monks;
2 - on the 27th found a =SD on soko and identify it 1st by price ID
and
finally by wearing it while hungry;
3 - found a couple of bones around dlv 10 (I think) with [oMR and a

Polypiling dragon scales

2009-11-13T13:15:13Z

Will it change into dragon scales of another color, or potentially
some other type of armor?

Katana = longsword?

2009-11-13T11:46:24Z

This might be a stupid question, but do katanas count for dipping for
excalibur, or only actual longswords?

U an umber hulk (shambling horror) [seen: telepathy]

2009-11-12T02:13:37Z

And it's hiding in solid rock on the far corner.
Am I expected to dig out every level on the map or what?
-HJC

rec.games.roguelike.nethack Frequently Asked Questions [FAQ]

2009-11-11T17:00:04Z

[S] Slash'em crash

2009-11-10T20:20:20Z

My rogue was searching for the vibrating square on the lava level,
when the PC reset. I started Slash'em and gave the character name, and
it said I had a game in progress with that name, did I want to destroy
the game? I said no, and went to recover the game.
Level 0 is gone. Every other level seems to be there. Is there a way

Strategy Wiki's NetHack entry

2009-11-10T16:58:48Z

This may have been mentioned before, but if so, I
missed it.
Besides WikiHack,
[link]
a second Wikipedia-style resource for NetHack (and
probably one needing/open-to inputs from
well-informed participants here), is the Strategy
Wiki NetHack section:
[link]

Possible "cheat" with ability gain?

2009-11-10T16:28:44Z

Recently it has come to my attention that my abilities tend to increase
more when the relevent exercise is conducted shortly before the 600 turn
interval. Has/Can anyone looked into whether the arithmetic backs this up?