Recent changes to patches

autodig

Jason Dorje Short — Wed, 07 Nov 2001 10:49:17 -0000

Actually, I tried Mike's patch and was disappointed. It
only saved one
keystroke. So I took it upon myself to write my own.

The patch below adds an "autodig" option to the game.
If "autodig" is
true and you are wielding a pick-axe or mattock then
moving towards a
wall will automatically start digging in that
direction. Boulders,
statues and the like are unaffected.

This patch can also be obtained from:

ftp://ftp.cse.unsw.edu.au/pub/users/malcolmr/nethack/autodig.patch

eucalyptus leaf whistles

Jason Dorje Short — Wed, 07 Nov 2001 10:47:52 -0000

-------- Original Message --------
From: malcolmr.google@cse.unsw.edu.au (Malcolm Ryan)
Subject: [Patch] Eucalyptus leaf whistles
Newsgroups: rec.games.roguelike.nethack

When I first discovered a eucalyptus leaf in nh3.3.1 my
first instinct
was
to try to apply it. Every Australian knows that the
proper use of a
eucalyptus
leaf is as a whistle with which to summon your pet
kangaroo named
Skippy.

Imagine my surprise when I found this didn't work.
Imagine my further
surprise
when I discovered you were supposed to _eat_ the leaf!
Have any of the
DevTeam
actually tried this? Blurgh!

So I wrote this patch to allow eucalyptus leaves to be
put to their
proper
use. I decided that blessed leaves should act as magic
whistles and
others
just as ordinary whistles.

This patch can also be downloaded from:
ftp://ftp.cse.unsw.edu.au/pub/users/malcolmr/nethack/eucalyptus-patch.diff

Torches

Jason Dorje Short — Wed, 07 Nov 2001 10:41:23 -0000

-------- Original Message --------
From: malcolmr.google@cse.unsw.edu.au (Malcolm Ryan)
Subject: [PATCH] Torches
Newsgroups: rec.games.roguelike.nethack

I have created a new patch which adds a torch object to
the game.
Torches are an alternative light source. They are
cheaper than lamps
but have greater limitations. A lit torch must be
carried in one of
your weapon slots. To make up for this inconvenience,
it can be used as
a moderately good beginning weapon, as it acts like a
club with extra
fire damage to non-resistant monsters.

The patch is rather large (I had to modify a fair
number of files to
force the 'wield-when-lit' behaviour) so I won't post
it here, but you
can download it from:

ftp://ftp.cse.unsw.edu.au/pub/users/malcolmr/nethack/torch-patch.diff

Let me know if you have any problems with this, or can
think of any
improvements.

Things growing in the dungeon

Jason Dorje Short — Wed, 07 Nov 2001 10:39:58 -0000

What this patch does:
Makes the dungeons feel a bit more living; herbs
grow on the
ground, water has currents that move items, trees
grow into
forests and spontaneously drop overripe fruits, with
appropriate
rainforesty sounds. :)

Possible problems:
o src/hack.c is probably not the best place for this
code.
o Currently the growths are not limited in any way.
The growths are quite slow, so I don't think this
will be
a big problem in a normal game.
One solution would be to keep a counter for each
dungeonlevel,
how many ground-herbs, water-herbs, and trees
have been made,
and make the chances of new ones decrease the
more there has
been made before.
o Catching up with the growths after the hero has
been away
can take a noticeable time on a slow computer.
The same happens when saving a game.
Solution: ???

Bugs:
o I tested the patch with several wizardmode games,
with
over 1 million turns each, and nothing obvious
popped.

You can also find the patch at
http://cs.joensuu.fi/~pkalli/code/nh331-dgn_growths.diff

wizmode #rmobj and #genoall

Jason Dorje Short — Wed, 07 Nov 2001 10:37:49 -0000

-------- Original Message --------
From: Pasi Kallinen <pkalli@cs.joensuu.fi>
Subject: [PATCH] wizmode #rmobj and #genoall
Newsgroups: rec.games.roguelike.nethack

Hello,
I finally got bored enough when testing some patches,
so I made
couple wizard-mode-only extended commands:
#genoall - genocide (or ungenocide) all monsters, and
#rmobj - delete all objects on the floor of the
dungeon level.

You can also find the patch at
http://cs.joensuu.fi/~pkalli/code/nh331-wiz_rmobj_genoall.diff