quest tuning

     Alter the starting position of the monk and priest quest
nemeses to neutralize the possibility of attacking them by
zapping directly to the left as soon as you arrive on the final
level.  And give the samurai a little variety too by varying
the arrival location, although that is just cosmetic.

diff --git a/dat/Monk.des b/dat/Monk.des
index 656cb85f95d08fbba4ecbbd87aeea907be8ae296..14d7695792ca6f673f495b62efa9ad52b3524af0 100644 (file)
--- a/dat/Monk.des
+++ b/dat/Monk.des
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#      SCCS Id: @(#)Monk.des   3.4     2001/09/01
+#      SCCS Id: @(#)Monk.des   3.4     2002/04/08
 #      Copyright (c) 1989 by Jean-Christophe Collet
 #      Copyright (c) 1991-2 by M. Stephenson
 # NetHack may be freely redistributed.  See license for details.
@@ -212,11 +212,12 @@ LL........................
 .........LLL.........L....
 ENDMAP
 # Dungeon Description
+RANDOM_PLACES:(14,04),(13,07)
 REGION:(00,00,25,10),unlit,"ordinary"
 # Stairs
 STAIR:(20,05),up
 # Objects
-OBJECT:'(',"lenses",(13,05),blessed,0,"The Eyes of the Overworld"
+OBJECT:'(',"lenses",place[0],blessed,0,"The Eyes of the Overworld"
 OBJECT:random,random,random
 OBJECT:random,random,random
 OBJECT:random,random,random
@@ -239,8 +240,8 @@ TRAP:"fire",random
 TRAP:random,random
 TRAP:random,random
 # Random monsters.
-MONSTER:'@',"Master Kaen",(13,05)
-ALTAR:(13,05),noalign,altar
+MONSTER:'@',"Master Kaen",place[0]
+ALTAR:place[0],noalign,altar
 MONSTER: 'E',"earth elemental",random
 MONSTER: 'E',"earth elemental",random
 MONSTER: 'E',"earth elemental",random

diff --git a/dat/Priest.des b/dat/Priest.des
index ea75ab1f028d9d19360c16a9caee44535e9917c7..86f2d365d4335105c535301e201c35f5bcc998a0 100644 (file)
--- a/dat/Priest.des
+++ b/dat/Priest.des
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#      SCCS Id: @(#)Priest.des 3.4     1992/09/22
+#      SCCS Id: @(#)Priest.des 3.4     2002/04/08
 #      Copyright (c) 1989 by Jean-Christophe Collet
 #      Copyright (c) 1991-2 by M. Stephenson
 # NetHack may be freely redistributed.  See license for details.
@@ -197,11 +197,12 @@ LL........................
 .........LLL.........L....
 ENDMAP
 # Dungeon Description
+RANDOM_PLACES:(14,04),(13,07)
 REGION:(00,00,25,10),unlit,"ordinary"
 # Stairs
 STAIR:(20,05),up
 # Objects
-OBJECT:'[',"helm of brilliance",(13,05),blessed,0,"The Mitre of Holiness"
+OBJECT:'[',"helm of brilliance",place[0],blessed,0,"The Mitre of Holiness"
 OBJECT:random,random,random
 OBJECT:random,random,random
 OBJECT:random,random,random
@@ -224,7 +225,7 @@ TRAP:"fire",random
 TRAP:random,random
 TRAP:random,random
 # Random monsters.
-MONSTER:'&',"Nalzok",(13,05)
+MONSTER:'&',"Nalzok",place[0]
 MONSTER:'Z',"human zombie",random
 MONSTER:'Z',"human zombie",random
 MONSTER:'Z',"human zombie",random

diff --git a/dat/Samurai.des b/dat/Samurai.des
index 13545cd72799ea9e0b6d075ad44052307bca4931..e31cba8f07122516bd67a71cd32134f03983c433 100644 (file)
--- a/dat/Samurai.des
+++ b/dat/Samurai.des
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#      SCCS Id: @(#)Samurai.des        3.4     1995/06/29
+#      SCCS Id: @(#)Samurai.des        3.4     2002/04/08
 #      Copyright (c) 1989 by Jean-Christophe Collet
 #      Copyright (c) 1991-92 by M. Stephenson, P. Winner
 # NetHack may be freely redistributed.  See license for details.
@@ -265,9 +265,10 @@ MAP
            .......................           
 ENDMAP
 # Dungeon Description
+RANDOM_PLACES:(02,11),(42,09)
 REGION:(00,00,44,19),unlit,"ordinary"
 # Stairs
-STAIR:(02,10),up
+STAIR:place[0],up
 # Non diggable walls
 NON_DIGGABLE:(00,00,44,19)
 # Objects

diff --git a/doc/fixes34.1 b/doc/fixes34.1
index ed90e6b073ae644821dc63777191716db8ef7102..ac7eaedea7d459dee5ddd5e1cfe83215104b9e25 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/fixes34.1
+++ b/doc/fixes34.1
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ attempting to dig iron bars will wake nearby monsters instead of yielding
        "you swing your pick-axe through thin air"
 autodig won't accept iron bars as candidate location
 allow knight to retaliate for all thefts except those "you gladly hand over..."
+randomize starting position on goal level for M, P, and S quests
 
 
 Platform- and/or Interface-Specific Fixes