sanctum level shortcut

     Newsgroup discussion has pointed out that after performing the
invocation ritual to gain access to the bottom level, it is possible to
skip almost all of Moloch's Sanctum by level teleporting in (and back out
to retry if necessary) directly to the high priest's temple.  This fix
doesn't prevent entering that level via teleport or make you end up at
the stairs, it just forces arrival to be on the right side so that you'll
need to slog through the morgue room and the big chamber surrounding the
temple.  Since there isn't much before the morgue aside from a few small
rooms with a secret door or two, it's no longer a very worthwhile shortcut.

diff --git a/dat/gehennom.des b/dat/gehennom.des
index 83bfaffd89a55c450c059e5f38c19328885165fa..1d228fdca8a620e6f02ab0d0d47545cee6d4a752 100644 (file)
--- a/dat/gehennom.des
+++ b/dat/gehennom.des
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#      SCCS Id: @(#)gehennom.des       3.5     1996/11/09
+#      SCCS Id: @(#)gehennom.des       3.5     2005/02/02
 #      Copyright (c) 1989 by Jean-Christophe Collet
 #      Copyright (c) 1992 by M. Stephenson and Izchak Miller
 # NetHack may be freely redistributed.  See license for details.
@@ -672,3 +672,6 @@ MONSTER:'V',random,random
 MONSTER:'V',random,random
 MONSTER:'V',random,random
 STAIR:(63,15),up
+# Teleporting to this level is allowed after the invocation creates its
+# entrance.  Force arrival in that case to be on rightmost third of level.
+TELEPORT_REGION:levregion(54,1,79,18),(0,0,0,0),down