General Fixes and Modified Features

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objects falling down a level don't cause everything at destination to scatter

randomize visible trap glyphs during hallucination

don't match statue entry when looking up statue trap [after trap detection]

do match statue entry when looking up "statue of a <foo>" when foo happens

to precede statue in the database; likewise for figurines

initialize random number generator before processing user configuration file

(random role selection always selected tourist)

support "character:X" and "role:X" in NETHACKOPTIONS as well as in config file

allow colon as an alternative to equals sign for `OPTIONS:whatever' and

equals sign as an alternative to colon for `pickup_types=?!="$'

make rndexp (blessed gain level) be safe for 16 bit integer configurations

don't add player's weapon proficiency bonus for weapon attacks by monsters

create quest artifact crystal balls with 5 charges instead of 0

store ghost names in the same manner as other monster names (fix pet bug)

boost kobold shaman level to 2 (was 1, too low to ever cast a spell)

boost ogre king level to 9 (was 7, same as ogre lord)

throwing quest artifact to quest leader won't cause anger; also, artifact

will be caught and thrown back instead of being explicitly ignored

boost level of fake players in endgame to match their rank titles

don't lose odd hit points (integer division truncation) when splitting HP

for cloned monsters

update status line when cloning yourself halves your hit points

suppress clone's initial inventory for poly'd player just as for monsters

update the documention describing the O command

polyself: immediately update vision when reverting to human from eyeless form

use right pronoun when a mind flayer's attack is blocked by a monster's helmet

tins of lizard meat are never rotten, just like the corresponding corpses

tattered capes should not match ape entry in database

booze should not match ooze entry in database

lowered drawbridge should not match werecritter entry

lengthen option file line length to 4*BUFSZ

make zaps of death at polymorphed players work properly

change way invisibility works, add remembered invis monsters and 'F' command

don't list pick-axe and unicorn horn as likely candidates for charging

give more accurate message when nymph steals multi-turn armor from female char

fix splitting merged group of wielded weapons for menu mode version of #loot

if a buried container rots away, bury rather than destroy any contents

the 'W'ear command now only shows armor you can actually wear at this instant,

instead of all armor you're not currently wearing

wishing for a genocided monster egg gets a dead egg, not a generic egg

"Unfortunately it is still genocided" printed only if monster is in range

(particularly important for lifesaved monster genocided off-level).

message for monster growing into genocided monster only printed if in range

include number of attached candles when formatting candelabrum's name

support attaching already lit candles to candelabrum

range of candlelight varies with number of candles

dropping ring of hunger onto sink won't falsely claim that undestroyed objects

like the Amulet have vanished

winged gargoyle can't wear body armor

self probing and stethoscope display speed with same detail as enlightenment

throwing attacks can trigger reprisals similar to hand-to-hand and zap attacks

'A' now works in dropping like when picking up

make setting bear traps and land mines be a multi-turn occupation

make lava be properly lit on special levels

add orig.female flag to handle E quest monster situation

clean up inconsistent quest text

in initial legacy message, use "goddess" when appropriate

allow FIRSTNEMESIS message to actually be printed

taking a peaceful monster's weapon with applied bullwhip will anger victim

applying an unpaid magic lamp will charge a low lighting fee instead of the

djinni release fee

teleporting a Rider will usually bring it near you instead of sending it away

Riders can open locked doors without a key, just like the Wizard

Riders, angels, and elves won't avoid stepping on Elbereth/scare monster when

deciding where to walk

Riders and angels will ignore the sanctuary effect of temples

mind flayers cannot suck out brains by hitting long worm tails

don't ignore object age when #offering a partially eaten corpse

inability to pick up is not as general as nolimbs (blobs may pick up with

pseudopods and purple worms by swallowing)

wishing for a magic lamp produces an oil lamp, not a no-charges, possibly lit,

magic lamp

blobs may not ooze under doors if their inventory can't be squeezed through

peaceful/tame monsters will not use bullwhips on the player

ghosts were not inheriting player gender in bones files

cannot wish for tins of untinnable (due to insubstantiality) monsters

flying monsters cannot fall down stairs

prevent divine retribution from destroying a wand which is being broken

fix resuming to read a spellbook which has become blank since the prior read

attempt got interrupted

make recharging cancelled wands behave like recharging other cancelled objects

prevent "late" pline calls from triggering a crash when the RIP window was

displayed at end of game (observed when bones file rename failure

under Win95 was reported to wizard mode users)

cannot shatter soft weapons (whips, rubber hoses)

being punished on the Plane of Water doesn't trigger a panic when air bubbles

try to move the ball&chain or you around

seen-invisible monsters are consistently visible but transparent, rather

than looking like normal monsters

kicked object message for hitting another object no longer claims it "stops"

kicked object hits objects (plural) if quan>1 but there is nothing else there

kicking an object which is embedded in a closed door behaves like one in rock

can't kick object out of a known pit, but could when pit hadn't been seen yet

pets, shopkeepers, unique monsters, trolls, and Riders retain

their characteristics when killed and brought back to life

being polymorphed into a black light makes you hallucination resistant

don't attempt to perform panic save if the game is already over

don't leave old game's timers, light sources, and shop data in place if

aborted restore attempt reverts to starting new game [eventual panic]

Magicbane carried by mplayers has a lower enchantment than other artifacts

if pets take longer to untame than to starve, make them go wild anyway

split up erosion to allow both rust and acid (or fire and rot)

rust/fire/corrosion/rot now work in all cases (monster/monster, monster/you)

upon arrival to quest, mark return portal as seen

can't be blinded by light while asleep

can't put boulders or big statues into containers

engulfers which engulf a pile engulf 'several objects'

polyself: use right set of hit points for hunger and strength loss

polyself: likewise when checking for troubles during prayer

polyself: stop mimicking gold immediately if shape change occurs

polyself: change monster type when sex change occurs for succubus or incubus

Y2K fix: use 4 digit year values for the dates in the score file

when changing levels, update the screen to show the new level sooner

when changing levels, a monster might displace you from the stairs upon arrival

petrify polymorphed player who has protected hands but is using a non-hand

attack on a cockatrice

fix bug where barehanded AT_WEAP by polymorphed player on cockatrice worked

prevent multiple purchases of clairvoyance at temple from overflowing the

intrinsic's timed subfield and becoming permanent

when cursed, greased or oilskin cloak might fail to protect against grabbing

when any corpse wielded by a monster rots away, unwield it to avoid "bad

monster weapon restore"

hallucination affects priest and minion names

don't try to make the word "aklys" singular

bullwhip can't yank welded weapon from target

eroded T-shirts now display the eroded shirt text consistently

fix "killed by kicking something weird" when kicking a fountain

disallow fruit names whose prefixes are valid for food (uncursed, numbers, etc.)

properly handle wishing for fruits which start with other prefixes

avoid rn2(0) divide by 0 for empty inventory when trying to crawl out of water

don't let randomly placed monsters on special levels prevent explicitly

placed monsters who target that location from being created (a web

trap's spider resulted in no quest nemesis)

don't let randomly placed stairs on special levels be covered by explicitly

placed features such as fountains

substitute random monsters when special level monsters have been genocided

fix intrinsic blockage by worn items so that wielding a mummy wrapping or

cornuthaum won't have the same special effect as wearing one

magic markers created via polymorphing tools are flagged as being recharged

unseen rust monster eating messages, and make tame rust monsters consistent

with wild ones with regard to rustproofed items

pager: guard against '%' in output from being treated as a printf formatting

directive (using '/' or ';' to look at food yields "% blah blah")

getpos: support shifted movement letters in number_pad as per help text

getpos: properly truncate diagonal movements at map edge

using #name to call an object type something could be used to distinguish

fake amulet of yendor (appeared in discoveries list) from real (didn't)

upon quest completion, leader now IDs quest artifact and also tells player

that Bell of Opening is necessary if character doesn't already have it

remove unwanted quote marks from quest message R 70

make polymorphed objects be likely to retain magic state: non-magic items

usually yield other non-magic items, magic items yield magic ones

make artifact mirrors unlikely to break when used to hit monsters

make sure that nemeses don't leave corpses if the message says there's no body

fix wizard-mode problem with generating Master of Thieves (was singularizing it)

allow weapon-using monsters who ignore gems to throw darts

make flint stones be the preferred ammo for sling wielding monsters

gaining/losing telepathy via polymorph (i.e. mind flayer) redisplays monsters

prayer result of ``escape from solid rock'' isn't inhibited by teleport

restrictions (attempting to fix all troubles got stuck in a loop)

fix surviving level teleport to a negative destination from somewhere other

than the main dungeon (was corrupting the level maps)

surviving level teleport to a negative destination ("you float down to earth")

escapes the dungeon instead of arriving on level 1

dying due to level teleport directly to heaven won't leave bones

kicking shades with blessed boots, punching with blessed gloves or when wearing

silver rings, does the appropriate damage to them

add artifacts to ending score and display

prevent used objects like scrolls and potions which immediately cause the

character's death from remaining in final inventory (disclosure+bones)

blessed genocide of '@' will list the player's role during genocide disclosure

moved skill definitions to their own file (skills.h) and embedded them in

the object table.

increased the maximum number of branches supported by dgn_comp.

increased the number of characters permitted in a role name.

the number of bits available for properties are expanded.

water demons should not chat about being freed.

since hallucinating players see monsters constantly change anyway, don't print

message when werecritter changes

artifacts which do fire/cold/electric damage to their targets can destroy

carried objects which are susceptible to that type of damage

some artifacts are now unaligned in order to be more accessible to all types

of characters

wizard mode ^F command reveals floor traps along with the map

pager: '/' was not finding data.base entries for shopkeepers, mimics, or

race/role spit when picking from the screen

small monsters like hobbits and gnome zombies couldn't wear cloaks/wraps

make sure non-erodable objects aren't eroded or erodeproof (could happen by

wishing or object polymorph)

consistently let iron non-weapons rust, etc.

handle more spelling variations ("boots of speed",&c) when granting wishes

fix 3.2.0 change which flags the castle and priest quest levels as graveyards

when stepping on a spot where "there are several objects here" (so many

objects that they aren't automatically shown to the user), report any

dungeon feature such as stairs just like when there are fewer objects

report "file empty?" rather than "version mismatch" when that's the reason

why a data file fails its validation check

to-hit bonuses don't accumulate for monsters with multiple weapon

attacks

skill definitions moved to skills.h

skills are stored in the objects[] table.

intrinsics and extrinsics are now >32 bit

number of roles no longer limited to 26 letters

renamed typename() to obj_typename()

add "You hear a nearby zap" when monster is close

fixed a bug that would print of "a Book of the Dead" instead of "The"

fixed a bug so there is no delay when a rolling boulder trap is

triggered completely out of sight

fixed emergency_disrobe() so it will drop gold

fixed a missing case that occurs (rarely) when praying during a

full moon and your god is very pleased

ask for confirmation before praying; no more accidental Alt-P

more guilt messages when you do something which lowers alignment

mplayers get more suitable equipment for their role

allow spaces before <option-name>= in the options file

dragon scales/scale mail of all colors now work when worn by monsters (in

3.2.x, only gray conferred any special benefit)

when shopkeeper takes cash from dead player's corpse, clear `been robbed'

status if there's enough gold to cover the amount so that next

player who loads level as bones data won't start out owing money

merged scrolls of scare monster crumble to dust together, matching the

existing feedback (was destroying one and leaving the rest)

properly disallow wishing for venom and allow wishing for iron balls by class

drum of earthquake can't destroy the high altars

potion of oil can't be ignited while underwater

zapping a wand of digging upwards while underwater won't dislodge a rock

from the ceiling

add "born" field so monster extinction limits the number created, not killed

allow "okonomiyaki", etc. to pluralize properly (Ranma 1/2 is popular)

fix off-by-one bug that disabled the check to see if you tried to name your

fruit after a previously existing corpse or egg

avoid a "glorkum" message if an object conveying a warning is stolen before

the warning message is delivered

flags.made_amulet flag was never being set

make sure proper message is given when tinning cockatrice while a flesh golem

fix punctuation on cancelled cobra's dry rattle message

leash cannot choke monsters that do not breathe

rothes are now brown, harder to confuse with much more powerful grey quadrupeds

defer level change for every schedule_goto() call, not just while monsters

are moving (player's move could cause an engulfer to expel character

onto a level changing trap, then attempt to access stale monster and

possibly trigger relmon panic or crash)

fix obscure worm bug which did not consider the tail tip to be visible. Bug

produced "You miss it" on 3.2 and a blatantly obvious 'I' in prerelease 3.3.

water prayer: treat already blessed potions as `other' rather than as `water'

water prayer: potions being blessed glow light blue rather than amber;

hallucination affects the color seen when changed potions glow

fix Death/Sandman #9 joke (should be 8) and make sure the message can be seen

zapping Death with wand of death multiple times could cause hit points to wrap

when pet attacks monster that attacks back, be sure it's in range (could be a

worm attacked on the tail)

Platform- and/or Interface-Specific Fixes

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micro: -uwizard-{class} counts as -uwizard when allowing debug mode

micro (assorted): readmail()--don't show fake mail text when blind; also,

update the "report bugs to" message to specify devteam@nethack.org

msdos: fix overlay separations in weapon.c

msdos: fix problem breaking compile without REINCARNATION

msdos: fix dependency in djgpp Makefile (wintty.c -> hack.h)

tty: try to use terminfo sgr0 (aka termcap me) attribute to turn off all

text attributes, instead of just using "rmso" (aka "se") attribute.

tty: change name of nethack's termcap.h to be tcap.h

tty: ^P at a long prompt printed an extra newline (and then wrapped oddly)

tty: get repeat to work properly on extended commands

tty/ASCIIGRAPH: rogue level uses PC Rogue colors and symbols

nt: in TTY port, non-English keyboard layouts that depended on AltGr-+ sequence

were getting "Unknown command 'M-\'" for '\','@','$','{','[',']','}'.

tty and X11: avoid crashing trying to display long (>128 char) menu items

X11: avoid setuid install problems by changing uid to real uid while

opening the X11 connection.

unix: compress/uncompress detects failure of the compressor, such as for

filesystem full or missing compressor, and no longer deletes the

valid file. In the uncompress case, such as uncompressing the save

file, a message is generated as well.

dlb: handle situation where lseek(,,SEEK_END) doesn't yield the size of the

contents of a file (specifically, VMS "variable length" record format)

vms: install.com couldn't handle the `copy readonly files' step when DLB

wasn't enabled

mac: added unix tty-ish menu flexability

mac: stoped using OLDROUTINENAMES

mac: added dlb support

mac: Increased the maximum number of menu items, so the inventory

won't get cut off at the bottom.

mac: Changed the behavior of Cmd-Q so it uses the new #quit command.

mac: Will only dispatch events if the window system is initialized.

This fixes a bug that would crash the system if the user had an

invalid option in the NetHack Defaults file.

mac: Added an appropriate message when eating an apple.

mac: Change the askname dialog for the new role patch.

mac: Add a gray background to all dialogs.

mac: Replace some improper calls to InitCursor().

mac: Remove a whole bunch of unused code.

mac: Added Balloon Help messages.

mac: Pop-up menus display the 3-letter file code instead of a single

letter.

mac: Pop-up menus and text item have a 3-dimensional look.

General New Features

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incorporate the "wizard patch"

`#quit' command added

`*' command added; displays inventory of all equipment currently in use

add Stone To Flesh spell

wands eventually explode if rechaged too many times

show IDed Amulet of Yendor + invocation tools in own section of discoveries

list; likewise for IDed artifacts

add infravision

add Eyes of the Overworld

add lenses

split players race from role in life

cursed figurines cam spontaneously transform when carried

`in_use' struct obj field is unconditional rather than just #if !NO_SIGNAL

add the secondary weapon slot, e(x)change command, #twoweapon

command, and "pushweapon" option.

add the quiver slot, (Q)uiver command, (f)ire command, and

"autoquiver" option (defaults to false).

add the "pickup_burden" option which controls when the user

is asked for confirmation when picking up an item.

pole-weapons can be applied at a distance, and similarly used by monsters.

'/' command's pick-a-location input (getpos) supports shortcuts to bypass the

"more info?" prompt; ':' for '.'+'y', ',' for '.'+'n', ';' for ','+ESC

monsters can throw cockatrice eggs at players

prayer trouble "stuck in wall" takes boulders into consideration

crysknives can be "fixed"

vampires now #chat back

new monsters: chickatrice,pyrolisk,fox,coyote,winter wolf cub,dingo,

gas spore,flaming sphere,shocking sphere,lynx,panther,raven,

glass piercer,mastodon,woodchuck,centipede,master mind flayer,

pony,horse,warhorse,silver dragon,lichen,storm giant,arch-lich,

dwarf mummy,green slime,disenchanter,monkey,dwarf zombie,ghoul,

paper golem, gold golem,glass golem,prisoner,jellyfish,piranha,

shark

new objects: amulet of unchanging,silver dagger,silver spear,

silver dragon scales/mail,robe,alchemy smock,kicking boots,

kelp frond,eucalyptus leaf,scroll of earth,spell of drain life,

potion of acid,potion of full healing,potion of polymorph,

potion of sleeping,ring of free action,ring of gain constitution,

ring of increase accuracy,ring of slow digestion,grappling hook,

ring of sustain ability,wand of enlightenment,saddle,various gems

add Monk role

the old Elf role is replaced by the Ranger

add Human, Elf, Dwarf, Gnome, and Orc races

add multishot ammunition

add graves, iron bars, trees, and arboreal levels

dwarvish mattocks can be used to dig

add leprechaun, cockatrice, and anthole special rooms

add the Sokoban dungeon

implement talking artifacts

members of the clergy (aligned/high/player priests and monks) are

generated with a robe instead of chain mail.

new tin of meat types

tinning kits and cameras have charges

blessed magic mapping detects secret doors

starting spells are known at start of game

pre-discoveries are listed with an *

voluntary challenges with #conduct

add a funny message when eating tridents and flint stones

allow debug-mode level teleport to the sanctum

some #monster commands now consume energy

trees can be kicked as a possible source of fruit

Wile E. Coyote references when using '/' on a coyote

Platform- and/or Interface-Specific New Features

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WinNT: implement mail support

WinNT: console mouse support added to TTY port