Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles $Revision: 1.6.2.17 $; site trsvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxj!houxm!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!trsvax!iv From: iv@trsvax.UUCP Newsgroups: net.games Subject: Re: Hack Trouble Message-ID: <52100015@trsvax.UUCP> Date: Mon, 7-Jan-85 15:19:00 EST Article-I.D.: trsvax.52100015 Posted: Mon Jan 7 15:19:00 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 12-Jan-85 00:12:30 EST References: <633@cbosgd.UUCP> Lines: 56 Nf-ID: #R:cbosgd:-63300:trsvax:52100015:000:1189 Nf-From: trsvax!iv Jan 7 14:19:00 1985 Re: /***** trsvax:net.games / cbosgd!dpb / 4:13 am Jan 4, 1985 */ How do you shoot something with a 1. deathray 2. fire wand 3. sleep ray etc...... WITHOUT HAVING IT BOUNCE BACK AND KILL YOU!!!!!!!!??? /* ---------- */ You have to sort of play pool with your wands. Most wands I've seen will only bounce two or three times, so you must shoot your wand at an angle which does not reflect back at you. Example: --------- +.../\..| |../..\.| |./....\| |/......@ |\......| --------- Note in this example that the bolt just hit walls. Strange things happen if you fire so that you hit a door way. Also note that it is possible to hit more than one monster with one bolt. The situation you want to avoid is where your angle of incidence is 0, that is, firing directly into a wall or corner. Examples: --------- ------- +.......| +..../| |.......| |.../.| |.......| - or - |../..| |.------@ |./...+ |.......| |@....| --------- ------- Enjoy! IV (aka John Elliott IV) Tandy Systems Software; Fort Worth, TX ... {convex!ctvax,microsoft}!trsvax!iv ... cu-arpa.trsvax!iv@Cornell.ARPA