- NetHack 3.6.4 -- General information December 17, 2019
+ NetHack 3.6.4 -- General information December 18, 2019
NetHack 3.6 is an enhancement to the dungeon exploration game NetHack,
which is a distant descendent of Rogue and Hack, and a direct descendent of
Below you will find some other general notes that were not considered
spoilers:
+ * fix potential buffer overflow when parsing run-time configuration file
* GDBPATH and GREPPATH from sysconf or -D... on compilation command line were
* being processed even if PANICTRACE was disabled but only being freed
* at end of game when that was enabled
- * fix the article used in the message when your steed encounters a polymorph trap
+ * fix the article used in the message when your steed encounters a polymorph
+ * trap
+ * allow teleporting onto the vibrating square
+ * message "your knapsack can't accomodate any more items" when picking stuff
+ * up or removing such from container was inaccurate if there was some
+ * gold pending; vary the message rather than add more convoluted pickup
+ * code
* dozen-ish assorted spelling/typo fixes in messages and source comments
- * fix potential buffer overflow when parsing run-time configuration file
+ * wizard mode wishing for terrain would leave it unmapped if done while blind
+ * wizard mode terrain wish could leave hero in water (severe vision limits)
+ * or in lava (trapped, sinking) which wasn't there any more
+ * flying hero can go down (via '>') holes or trap doors instead of escaping
+ * trap
+ * polymorphed hero hiding on the ceiling can now use '>' to unhide instead of
+ * being told "you can't go down here"
+ * fix compilation on platforms that split the ncurses and tinfo libraries
+ * Windows: allow all game files to be on a portable device via the sysconf
+ * option 'portable_device_paths'
- - - - - - - - - - -
NetHack 3.6.3 was released on December 5, 2019 containing over 190 bug
fixes to NetHack 3.6.2.
-NetHack 3.6.4 was released on December 17, 2019 containing a security
+NetHack 3.6.4 was released on December 18, 2019 containing a security
fix and a few bug fixes.
The official NetHack web site is maintained by Ken Lorber at
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+.ds f2 "December 18, 2019
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NetHack 3.6.3 was released on December 5, 2019 containing over 190 bug
fixes to NetHack 3.6.2.
.pg
-NetHack 3.6.4 was released on December 17, 2019 containing a security fix
+NetHack 3.6.4 was released on December 18, 2019 containing a security fix
and a few bug fixes.
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The official NetHack web site is maintained by \fBKen Lorber\fP
%.au
\author{Original version - Eric S. Raymond\\
(Edited and expanded for 3.6 by Mike Stephenson and others)}
-\date{December 17, 2019}
+\date{December 18, 2019}
\maketitle
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\medskip
-NetHack 3.6.4 was released on December 17, 2019 containing a security fix and
+NetHack 3.6.4 was released on December 18, 2019 containing a security fix and
a few bug fixes.
%.pg
/****************************************************************************/
/* Version 3.6.x */
-/* Patch 4, December 17, 2019
+/* Patch 4, December 18, 2019
+ *
+ * fix potential buffer overflow when parsing run-time configuration file
* GDBPATH and GREPPATH from sysconf or -D... on compilation command line were
* being processed even if PANICTRACE was disabled but only being freed
* at end of game when that was enabled
- * fix the article used in the message when your steed encounters a polymorph trap
+ * fix the article used in the message when your steed encounters a polymorph
+ * trap
+ * allow teleporting onto the vibrating square
+ * message "your knapsack can't accomodate any more items" when picking stuff
+ * up or removing such from container was inaccurate if there was some
+ * gold pending; vary the message rather than add more convoluted pickup
+ * code
* dozen-ish assorted spelling/typo fixes in messages and source comments
- * fix potential buffer overflow when parsing run-time configuration file
+ * wizard mode wishing for terrain would leave it unmapped if done while blind
+ * wizard mode terrain wish could leave hero in water (severe vision limits)
+ * or in lava (trapped, sinking) which wasn't there any more
+ * flying hero can go down (via '>') holes or trap doors instead of escaping
+ * trap
+ * polymorphed hero hiding on the ceiling can now use '>' to unhide instead of
+ * being told "you can't go down here"
+ * fix compilation on platforms that split the ncurses and tinfo libraries
+ * Windows: allow all game files to be on a portable device via the sysconf
+ * option 'portable_device_paths'
*/
/* Patch 3, December 5, 2019
* Added several grammar corrections
* Improved recognition of deafness for several situations including the
* playing of musical instruments and bribing negotiations with demon lords
- * Fixed ignoring of god's wrath when hero injured himself during altar kick
+ * Fixed ignoring of god's wrath when hero injured himself during altar kick
* Fixed several cases where persistent inventory window was not updated
* Fixed temple priests or shopkeepers moving over other monsters
* Fixed a crash-causing bug when putting on levitation boots over a sink
* the Windows platform
* Improved the layout and display of the player selection dialog used on the
* Windows graphical implementation
- * Improved performance of some tty versions by reducing the number of
+ * Improved performance of some tty versions by reducing the number of
* function calls made from mapglyph
* Allowed the msdos implementation to build with curses and PDCurses
* Included over 100 other fixes and improvements as outlined in doc/fixes36.3
*/
/* Patch 2, May 7, 2019
- *
+ *
* Over 320 bug fixes including a couple of crash bug fixes as outlined in
* doc/fixes36.2
* More than 15 enhancements or improvements
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