Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site psivax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!hplabs!sdcrdcf!psivax!friesen From: friesen@psivax.UUCP (Stanley Friesen) Newsgroups: net.games.hack Subject: Re: How do gost levels work? Message-ID: <754@psivax.UUCP> Date: Wed, 25-Sep-85 12:11:33 EDT Article-I.D.: psivax.754 Posted: Wed Sep 25 12:11:33 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 29-Sep-85 08:13:35 EDT References: <5581@fortune.UUCP> Reply-To: friesen@psivax.UUCP (Stanley Friesen) Distribution: net Organization: Pacesetter Systems Inc., Sylmar, CA Lines: 40 Summary: In article <5581@fortune.UUCP> boozer@fortune.UUCP (Glenn Boozer) writes: >.. .. .. .. .. .. .. > >I just had a level with 2 ghost's and 3 dog's. What a mess. If there is a >bones_?? file in .../hack, what/when/where will there be a ghost on the ?? >level. I had 2 ghost's hitting me at the same time (2 dogs also!). What is >the MAX number of ghosts per level? There will be a ghost on a ghost level for *every* character killed on that level. Once a bones file is created it "captures" all deaths, so there is *no* maximum. The ghost(s) will be located at the spot they were killed on, unless they were killed on the stairs, in which case they are deflected one position to the side. > >If I polymorph the ghost(s) and kill its new form, is this no longer a ghost >level according to bones_?? ? >Do bones_?? files ever go away? When? > I believe when the *last* ghost on a level goes away the bone file disapears. BTW, if you have a good enough weapon or are high enough in level you can actually hit and kill a ghost! >I have 11 bones_?? files [from 2-22]. Is this an excessive number? > Not if you play alot. >What kind of "getting killed" creates a bones_?? file? > It is random, every time you are killed on a non-ghost level it "rolls" dice to determine whether to create a bones file. In fact entering an existing ghost level is random also. That is, say there is a bones file for level 4. When you go down the stairs to level 4 there is a 25% chance that you will end up in the ghost level and a 75% chance you will get a "new"(ghost-free) level 4. -- Sarima (Stanley Friesen) UUCP: {ttidca|ihnp4|sdcrdcf|quad1|nrcvax|bellcore|logico}!psivax!friesen ARPA: ttidca!psivax!friesen@rand-unix.arpa