Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site wjvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!decwrl!sun!qubix!wjvax!ron From: ron@wjvax.UUCP (Ron Christian) Newsgroups: net.games Subject: ungrateful mangy rabid dog in hack Message-ID: <302@wjvax.UUCP> Date: Fri, 4-Jan-85 14:39:27 EST Article-I.D.: wjvax.302 Posted: Fri Jan 4 14:39:27 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 7-Jan-85 02:25:33 EST Organization: Watkins Johnson, San Jose, Calif. Lines: 34 (Since hack is a variant of rogue, shouldn't this be in net.games.rogue?) milord Oliver killed on level 2 by a little dog called spot This is both a warning and a question. I haven't delved into the source yet, but if anyone else has and can answer this, I'd be grateful. I'm tired of being killed by that damn dog. Ungrateful wretch, you feed him and care for him, even give him a name, and if you go down a level without him, he turns on you when you come back to get him. Even if 'spot' goes down to the next level by himself (via a trap door) he's gone rabid by the time you follow. Does anyone know if there is a way to win back the affections of the little mutt? Both times he attacked me I didn't have a tripe ration handy, and so couldn't try feeding him. I like hack, although it's voracity seems a little extreme. Me, a total winner in 3.6 and 5.3, have yet to get past level 3. Disgusting! :-) One mild complaint: Hack insists that your terminal have the termcap parameter 'ce', clear until end of line. Not all otherwise usable terminals have this capability. The old Infoton I'm using now, for instance, works fine with vi and our other four versions of rogue, but I can't play hack on it. This is silly. I can see using the parameter if it's present for display speed, but give us old timers a break as well. I guess I'll have to hack it myself. This game is the greatest thing since sliced milk. I guess I can put up with a few minor bugs. I'll never play regular rogue again. Except on the Infoton.... -- Ron Christian (Watkins-Johnson Co. San Jose, Calif.) {pesnta,twg,ios,qubix,turtlevax,tymix}!wjvax!ron