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A Guide to the Dungeons of Doom
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Michael C. Toy
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Kenneth C. R. C. Arnold
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Computer Systems Research Group
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Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science University of
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California Berkeley, California 94720
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ABSTRACT
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Rogue is a visual CRT based fantasy game which runs
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under the UNIX+ timesharing system. This paper
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describes how to play rogue, and gives a few hints
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for those who might otherwise get lost in the
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Dungeons of Doom.
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------------------------------------------------------------------------
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+UNIX is a trademark of Bell Laboratories
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A Guide to the Dungeons of Doom
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1. Introduction
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You have just finished your years as a student at the local
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fighter's guild. After much practice and sweat you have finally
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completed your training and are ready to embark upon a perilous
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adventure. As a test of your skills, the local guildmasters have
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sent you into the Dungeons of Doom. Your task is to return with the
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Amulet of Yendor. Your reward for the completion of this task will
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be a full membership in the local guild. In addition, you are
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allowed to keep all the loot you bring back from the dungeons.
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In preparation for your journey, you are given an enchanted mace, a
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bow, and a quiver of arrows taken from a dragon's hoard in the far
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off Dark Mountains. You are also outfitted with elf-crafted armor
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and given enough food to reach the dungeons. You say goodbye to
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family and friends for what may be the last time and head up the
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road.
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You set out on your way to the dungeons and after several days of
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uneventful travel, you see the ancient ruins that mark the entrance
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to the Dungeons of Doom. It is late at night, so you make camp at
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the entrance and spend the night sleeping under the open skies. In
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the morning you gather your weapons, put on your armor, eat what is
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almost your last food, and enter the dungeons.
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2. What is going on here?
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You have just begun a game of rogue. Your goal is to grab as much
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treasure as you can, find the Amulet of Yendor, and get out of the
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Dungeons of Doom alive. On the screen, a map of where you have been
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and what you have seen on the current dungeon level is kept. As you
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explore more of the level, it appears on the screen in front of you.
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Rogue differs from most computer fantasy games in that it is screen
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oriented. Commands are all one or two keys- trokes\[1\] and the
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results of your commands are displayed graphically on the screen
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rather than being explained in words.\[2\]
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Another major difference between rogue and other com- puter fantasy
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games is that once you have solved all the puzzles in a standard
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fantasy game, it has lost most of its excitement and it ceases to be
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fun. Rogue, on the other \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
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\[1\] As opposed to pseudo English sentences. \[2\] A minimum screen
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size of 24 lines by 80 columns is required. If the screen is larger,
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only the 24x80 section will be used for the map.
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hand, generates a new dungeon every time you play it and even the author
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finds it an entertaining and exciting game.
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3. What do all those things on the screen mean?
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In order to understand what is going on in rogue you have to first
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get some grasp of what rogue is doing with the screen. The rogue
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screen is intended to replace the "You can see ..." descriptions of
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standard fantasy games. Figure 1 is a sample of what a rogue screen
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might look like.
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3.1. The bottom line
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At the bottom line of the screen are a few pieces of
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cryptic information describing your current status. Here is an
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explanation of what these things mean:
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Level This number indicates how deep you have gone in the dungeon. It
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starts at one and goes up as you go deeper into the dungeon.
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Gold The number of gold pieces you have managed to find and keep with
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you so far.
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Hp Your current and maximum health points. Health points indicate how
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much damage you can take before you die. The more you get hit in a
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fight, the lower they get. You can regain health points by resting. The
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number in parentheses is the maximum number your health points can
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reach.
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Str Your current strength and maximum ever strength. This can be any
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integer less than or equal to 31, or
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|..........+
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|..@....]..|
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|....B.....|
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|..........|
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-----+------
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Level: 1 Gold: 0 Hp: 12(12) Str: 16(16) Arm: 4 Exp: 1/0
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Figure 1
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greater than or equal to three. The higher the
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number, the stronger you are. The number in the
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parentheses is the maximum strength you have attained
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so far this game.
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Arm Your current armor protection. This number indicates how effective
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your armor is in stopping blows from unfriendly creatures. The higher
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this number is, the more effective the armor.
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Exp These two numbers give your current experience level and experience
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points. As you do things, you gain experience points. At certain
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experience point totals, you gain an experience level. The more
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experienced you are, the better you are able to fight and to withstand
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magical attacks.
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3.2. The top line
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The top line of the screen is reserved for printing
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messages that describe things that are impossible to represent visually.
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If you see a "--More--" on the top line, this means that rogue wants to
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print another message on the screen, but it wants to make certain that
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you have read the one that is there first. To read the next message,
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just type a space.
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3.3. The rest of the screen
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The rest of the screen is the map of the level as you
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have explored it so far. Each symbol on the screen represents something.
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Here is a list of what the various symbols mean:
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@ This symbol represents you, the adventurer.
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-\| These symbols represent the walls of rooms.
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- A door to/from a room.
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. The floor of a room.
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# The floor of a passage between rooms.
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- A pile or pot of gold.
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) A weapon of some sort.
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\] A piece of armor.
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! A flask containing a magic potion.
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? A piece of paper, usually a magic scroll.
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= A ring with magic properties
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/ A magical staff or wand
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<EFBFBD> A trap, watch out for these.
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\% A staircase to other levels
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: A piece of food.
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A-Z The uppercase letters represent the various inhabitants of the
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Dungeons of Doom. Watch out, they can be nasty and vicious.
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4. Commands
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Commands are given to rogue by typing one or two char- acters. Most
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commands can be preceded by a count to repeat them (e.g. typing
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"10s" will do ten searches). Commands for which counts make no sense
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have the count ignored. To can- cel a count or a prefix, type
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`<ESCAPE>`{=html}. The list of com- mands is rather long, but it can
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be read at any time during the game with the "?" command. Here it is
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for reference, with a short explanation of each command.
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? The help command. Asks for a character to give help on. If you type a
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"\*", it will list all the commands, otherwise it will explain what the
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character you typed does.
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/ This is the "What is that on the screen?" command. A "/" followed by
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any character that you see on the level, will tell you what that
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character is. For instance, typing "/@" will tell you that the "@"
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symbol represents you, the player.
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h, H, <20>H Move left. You move one space to the left. If you use upper
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case "h", you will continue to move left until you run into something.
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This works for all movement commands (e.g. "L" means run in direction
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"l") If you use the "control" "h", you will continue moving in the
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specified direction until you pass something interest- ing or run into a
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wall. You should experiment with this, since it is a very useful
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command, but very dif- ficult to describe. This also works for all
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movement commands.
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j Move down.
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k Move up.
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l Move right.
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y Move diagonally up and left.
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u Move diagonally up and right.
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b Move diagonally down and left.
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n Move diagonally down and right.
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t Throw an object. This is a prefix command. When fol- lowed with a
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direction it throws an object in the specified direction. (e.g. type
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"th" to throw some- thing to the left.)
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f Fight until someone dies. When followed with a direc- tion this will
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force you to fight the creature in that direction until either you or it
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bites the big one.
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m Move onto something without picking it up. This will move you one
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space in the direction you specify and, if there is an object there you
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can pick up, it won't do it.
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z Zap prefix. Point a staff or wand in a given direction and fire it.
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Even non-directional staves must be pointed in some direction to be
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used.
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<EFBFBD> Identify trap command. If a trap is on your map and you can't remember
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what type it is, you can get rogue to remind you by getting next to it
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and typing "<22>" fol- lowed by the direction that would move you on top of
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it.
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s Search for traps and secret doors. Examine each space immediately
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adjacent to you for the existence of a trap or secret door. There is a
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large chance that even if there is something there, you won't find it,
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so you might have to search a while before you find something.
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> Climb down a staircase to the next level. Not surpris- ingly, this can
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> only be done if you are standing on staircase.
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\< Climb up a staircase to the level above. This can't be done without
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the Amulet of Yendor in your possession.
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. Rest. This is the "do nothing" command. This is good for waiting and
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healing.
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- Inventory. List what you are carrying in your pack.
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I Selective inventory. Tells you what a single item in your pack is.
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q Quaff one of the potions you are carrying.
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r Read one of the scrolls in your pack.
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e Eat food from your pack.
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w Wield a weapon. Take a weapon out of your pack and carry it for use in
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combat, replacing the one you are currently using (if any).
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W Wear armor. You can only wear one suit of armor at a time. This takes
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extra time.
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T Take armor off. You can't remove armor that is cursed. This takes
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extra time.
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P Put on a ring. You can wear only two rings at a time (one on each
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hand). If you aren't wearing any rings, this command will ask you which
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hand you want to wear it on, otherwise, it will place it on the unused
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hand. The program assumes that you wield your sword in your right hand.
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R Remove a ring. If you are only wearing one ring, this command takes it
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off. If you are wearing two, it will ask you which one you wish to
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remove,
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d Drop an object. Take something out of your pack and leave it lying on
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the floor. Only one object can occupy each space. You cannot drop a
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cursed object at all if you are wielding or wearing it.
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c Call an object something. If you have a type of object in your pack
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which you wish to remember something about, you can use the call command
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to give a name to that type of object. This is usually used when you
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figure out what a potion, scroll, ring, or staff is after you pick it
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up, or when you want to remember which of those swords in your pack you
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were wielding.
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D Print out which things you've discovered something about. This command
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will ask you what type of thing you are interested in. If you type the
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character for a given type of object (e.g. "!" for potion) it will tell
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you which kinds of that type of object you've discovered (i.e., figured
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out what they are). This command works for potions, scrolls, rings, and
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staves and wands.
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o Examine and set options. This command is further explained in the
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section on options.
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<EFBFBD>R Redraws the screen. Useful if spurious messages or transmission
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errors have messed up the display.
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<EFBFBD>P Print last message. Useful when a message disappears before you can
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read it. This only repeats the last message that was not a mistyped
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command so that you don't loose anything by accidentally typing the
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wrong character instead of <20>P.
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`<ESCAPE>`{=html} Cancel a command, prefix, or count.
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! Escape to a shell for some commands.
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Q Quit. Leave the game.
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S Save the current game in a file. It will ask you whether you wish to
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use the default save file. Caveat: Rogue won't let you start up a copy
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of a saved game, and it removes the save file as soon as you start up a
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restored game. This is to prevent people from saving a game just before
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a dangerous position and then restart- ing it if they die. To restore a
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saved game, give the file name as an argument to rogue. As in % rogue
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save_file
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To restart from the default save file (see below), run
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% rogue -r
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v Prints the program version number.
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) Print the weapon you are currently wielding
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\] Print the armor you are currently wearing
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= Print the rings you are currently wearing
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@ Reprint the status line on the message line
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5. Rooms
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Rooms in the dungeons are either lit or dark. If you walk into a lit
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room, the entire room will be drawn on the screen as soon as you
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enter. If you walk into a dark room, it will only be displayed as
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you explore it. Upon leaving a room, all monsters inside the room
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are erased from the screen. In the darkness you can only see one
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space in all directions around you. A corridor is always dark.
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6. Fighting
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If you see a monster and you wish to fight it, just attempt to run
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into it. Many times a monster you find will mind its own business
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unless you attack it. It is often the case that discretion is the
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better part of valor.
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7. Objects you can find
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When you find something in the dungeon, it is common to want to pick
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the object up. This is accomplished in rogue by walking over the
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object (unless you use the "m" prefix, see above). If you are
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carrying too many things, the pro- gram will tell you and it won't
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pick up the object, other- wise it will add it to your pack and tell
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you what you just picked up.
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Many of the commands that operate on objects must prompt you to find
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out which object you want to use. If you change your mind and don't
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want to do that command after all, just type an `<ESCAPE>`{=html}
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and the command will be aborted.
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Some objects, like armor and weapons, are easily dif- ferentiated.
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Others, like scrolls and potions, are given labels which vary
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according to type. During a game, any two of the same kind of object
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with the same label are the same type. However, the labels will vary
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from game to game.
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When you use one of these labeled objects, if its effect is obvious,
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rogue will remember what it is for you. If it's effect isn't
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extremely obvious you will be asked what you want to scribble on it
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so you will recognize it later, or you can use the "call" command
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(see above).
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7.1. Weapons
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Some weapons, like arrows, come in bunches, but most
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come one at a time. In order to use a weapon, you must wield it. To fire
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an arrow out of a bow, you must first wield the bow, then throw the
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arrow. You can only wield one weapon at a time, but you can't change
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weapons if the one you are currently wielding is cursed. The commands to
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use weapons are "w" (wield) and "t" (throw).
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7.2. Armor
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There are various sorts of armor lying around in the
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dungeon. Some of it is enchanted, some is cursed, and some is just
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normal. Different armor types have different armor protection. The
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higher the armor protection, the more pro- tection the armor affords
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against the blows of monsters. Here is a list of the various armor types
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Type Protection
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None 0
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Leather armor 2
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Studded leather / Ring mail 3
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Scale mail 4
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Chain mail 5
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Banded mail / Splint mail 6
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Plate mail 7
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\|8\|7\|7\|7\|7\|7\|7\|7\|
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If a piece of armor is enchanted, its armor protection will be higher
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than normal. If a suit of armor is cursed, its armor protection will be
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lower, and you will not be able to remove it. However, not all armor
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with a protection that is lower than normal is cursed.
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The commands to use weapons are "W" (wear) and "T"
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(take off).
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7.3. Scrolls
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Scrolls come with titles in an unknown tongue[3].
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After you read a scroll, it disappears from your pack. The command to
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7.4. Potions
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Potions are labeled by the color of the liquid inside
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the flask. They disappear after being quaffed. The command to use a
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scroll is "q" (quaff).
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7.5. Staves and Wands
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Staves and wands do the same kinds of things. Staves
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are identified by a type of wood; wands by a type of metal or bone. They
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are generally things you want to do to some- thing over a long distance,
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so you must point them at what you wish to affect to use them. Some
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staves are not affected by the direction they are pointed, though.
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Staves come with multiple magic charges, the number being random, and
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when they are used up, the staff is just a piece of wood or metal.
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\[3\] Actually, it's a dialect spoken only by the twenty- seven members
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of a tribe in Outer Mongolia, but you're not supposed to know that.
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The command to use a wand or staff is "z" (zap)
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7.6. Rings
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Rings are very useful items, since they are relatively
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permanent magic, unlike the usually fleeting effects of potions,
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scrolls, and staves. Of course, the bad rings are also more powerful.
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Most rings also cause you to use up food more rapidly, the rate varying
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with the type of ring. Rings are differentiated by their stone settings.
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The com- mands to use rings are "P" (put on) and "R" (remove).
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7.7. Food
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Food is necessary to keep you going. If you go too
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long without eating you will faint, and eventually die of starvation.
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The command to use food is "e" (eat).
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8. Options
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Due to variations in personal tastes and conceptions of the way
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rogue should do things, there are a set of options you can set that
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cause rogue to behave in various different ways.
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8.1. Setting the options
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There are two ways to set the options. The first is
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with the "o" command of rogue; the second is with the "ROGUEOPTS"
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environment variable\[4\].
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8.1.1. Using the \`o' command
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When you type "o" in rogue, it clears the screen and
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displays the current settings for all the options. It then places the
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cursor by the value of the first option and waits for you to type. You
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can type a `<RETURN>`{=html} which means to go to the next option, a "-"
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which means to go to the previous option, an `<ESCAPE>`{=html} which
|
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means to return to the game, or you can give the option a value. For
|
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boolean options this merely involves typing "t" for true or "f" for
|
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false. For string options, type the new value followed by a
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`<RETURN>`{=html}.
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8.1.2. Using the ROGUEOPTS variable
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The ROGUEOPTS variable is a string containing a comma
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separated list of initial values for the various options. Boolean
|
||||
variables can be turned on by listing their name or
|
||||
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ \[4\] On Version 6 systems,
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||||
there is no equivalent of the ROGUEOPTS feature.
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turned off by putting a "no" in front of the name. Thus to set up an
|
||||
environment variable so that jump is on, terse is off, and the name is
|
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set to "Blue Meanie", use the command % setenv ROGUEOPTS
|
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"jump,noterse,name=Blue Meanie"\[5\]
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8.2. Option list
|
||||
|
||||
Here is a list of the options and an explanation of
|
||||
|
||||
what each one is for. The default value for each is enclosed in square
|
||||
brackets. For character string options, input over fifty characters will
|
||||
be ignored.
|
||||
|
||||
terse \[noterse\] Useful for those who are tired of the sometimes
|
||||
lengthy messages of rogue. This is a useful option for playing on slow
|
||||
terminals, so this option defaults to terse if you are on a slow (1200
|
||||
baud or under) terminal.
|
||||
|
||||
jump \[nojump\] If this option is set, running moves will not be
|
||||
displayed until you reach the end of the move. This saves considerable
|
||||
cpu and display time. This option defaults to jump if you are using a
|
||||
slow terminal.
|
||||
|
||||
flush \[noflush\] All typeahead is thrown away after each round of bat-
|
||||
tle. This is useful for those who type far ahead and then watch in
|
||||
dismay as a Bat kills them.
|
||||
|
||||
seefloor \[seefloor\] Display the floor around you on the screen as you
|
||||
move through dark rooms. Due to the amount of characters generated, this
|
||||
option defaults to noseefloor if you are using a slow terminal.
|
||||
|
||||
passgo \[nopassgo\] Follow turnings in passageways. If you run in a pas-
|
||||
sage and you run into stone or a wall, rogue will see if it can turn to
|
||||
the right or left. If it can only turn one way, it will turn that way.
|
||||
If it can turn either or neither, it will stop. This is followed
|
||||
strictly, which can sometimes lead to slightly confus- ing occurrences
|
||||
(which is why it defaults to nopassgo).
|
||||
|
||||
tombstone \[tombstone\] Print out the tombstone at the end if you get
|
||||
killed. \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ \[5\] For those of you
|
||||
who use the bourne shell, the com- mands would be \$
|
||||
ROGUEOPTS="jump,noterse,name=Blue Meanie" \$ export ROGUEOPTS
|
||||
|
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|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
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|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
This is nice but slow, so you can turn it off if you
|
||||
like.
|
||||
|
||||
inven \[overwrite\] Inventory type. This can have one of three values:
|
||||
overwrite, slow, or clear. With overwrite the top lines of the map are
|
||||
overwritten with the list when inventory is requested or when "Which
|
||||
item do you wish to . . .?" questions are answered with a "\*". How-
|
||||
ever, if the list is longer than a screenful, the screen is cleared.
|
||||
With slow, lists are displayed one item at a time on the top of the
|
||||
screen, and with clear, the screen is cleared, the list is displayed,
|
||||
and then the dungeon level is re-displayed. Due to speed considerations,
|
||||
clear is the default for termi- nals without clear-to-end-of-line
|
||||
capabilities.
|
||||
|
||||
name \[account name\] This is the name of your character. It is used if
|
||||
you get on the top ten scorer's list.
|
||||
|
||||
fruit \[slime-mold\] This should hold the name of a fruit that you enjoy
|
||||
eating. It is basically a whimsey that rogue uses in a couple of places.
|
||||
|
||||
file \[\^/rogue.save\] The default file name for saving the game. If
|
||||
your phone is hung up by accident, rogue will automatically save the
|
||||
game in this file. The file name may start with the special character
|
||||
"\^" which expands to be your home directory.
|
||||
|
||||
9. Scoring
|
||||
|
||||
Rogue usually maintains a list of the top scoring peo- ple or scores
|
||||
on your machine. Depending on how it is set up, it can post either
|
||||
the top scores or the top players. In the latter case, each account
|
||||
on the machine can post only one non-winning score on this list. If
|
||||
you score higher than someone else on this list, or better your
|
||||
previ- ous score on the list, you will be inserted in the proper
|
||||
place under your current name. How many scores are kept can also be
|
||||
set up by whoever installs it on your machine.
|
||||
|
||||
If you quit the game, you get out with all of your gold intact. If,
|
||||
however, you get killed in the Dungeons of Doom, your body is
|
||||
forwarded to your next-of-kin, along with 90% of your gold; ten
|
||||
percent of your gold is kept by the
|
||||
|
||||
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|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
A Guide to the Dungeons of Doom
|
||||
|
||||
Dungeons' wizard as a fee\[6\]. This should make you consider whether
|
||||
you want to take one last hit at that monster and possibly live, or quit
|
||||
and thus stop with whatever you have. If you quit, you do get all your
|
||||
gold, but if you swing and live, you might find more.
|
||||
|
||||
If you just want to see what the current top
|
||||
|
||||
players/games list is, you can type % rogue -s
|
||||
|
||||
10. Acknowledgements
|
||||
|
||||
Rogue was originally conceived of by Glenn Wichman and Michael Toy.
|
||||
Ken Arnold and Michael Toy then smoothed out the user interface, and
|
||||
added jillions of new features. We would like to thank Bob Arnold,
|
||||
Michelle Busch, Andy Hatcher, Kipp Hickman, Mark Horton, Daniel
|
||||
Jensen, Bill Joy, Joe Kalash, Steve Maurer, Marty McNary, Jan
|
||||
Miller, and Scott Nelson for their ideas and assistance; and also
|
||||
the teeming multitudes who graciously ignored work, school, and
|
||||
social life to play rogue and send us bugs, complaints, suggestions,
|
||||
and just plain flames. And also Mom.
|
||||
|
||||
------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
||||
|
||||
\[6\] The Dungeon's wizard is named Wally the Wonder Badg- er.
|
||||
Invocations should be accompanied by a sizable dona- tive.
|
||||
|
||||
- 13 -
|
||||
|
|
@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ I hope you enjoy the game, and if it's your first roguelike, that it inspires yo
|
|||
|
||||
### Links
|
||||
|
||||
=> hosted/games/doom.txt A Guide to the Dungeons of Doom (txt)
|
||||
|
||||
=> hosted/games/rogue.gmi The Rogue's Vade-Mecum, a comprehensive guide to Rogue, from 1999, (gemini mirror based on source page on Internet Archive Wayback machine)
|
||||
|
||||
=> https://www.roguebasin.com/index.php/Rogue Rogue on RogueBasin (lots of links and strategy guides at the bottom)
|
||||
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