Original version - Eric S. Raymond
(Edited and expanded for 3.7 by Mike Stephenson and others)
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you have seen on the current dungeon level; as you explore more
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you have available for spell casting. Again, resting will
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scribe things that are impossible to represent visually. If you
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Da - drop all objects, without asking for confirmation.
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an arrow while not wielding a bow, you are throwing it by
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(R)UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group.
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into its own inventory slot. If it has a name assigned,
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Offer a sacrifice to the gods. Autocompletes. Default key
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your intent before praying. It is enabled by default, and
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the shell command `fg' to return to the game. Default key
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The second paragraph lists the user interface(s) that are
included. If there are more than one, you can use the win-
- dow_type option in your run-time configuration file to se-
- lect the one you want.
+ dowtype option in your run-time configuration file to select
+ the one you want.
Autocompletes. Default key is `M-v'.
mode only.
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which may be open, closed, or locked. To open a closed door, use
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the `s' (search) command (multiple attempts are often needed; if
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new boulders with a scroll of earth. However, doing such things
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needs to be compatible with the type of merchandise carried by
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list all objects no matter how big a pile is. Note that the
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main dungeon) is a tribute to the ancestor game hack's
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ster has moved, you will attack empty air. If you guess that the
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Strained, Overtaxed, or Overloaded will be shown on the bottom
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curse state provided that you can see them land.
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taneously as primary and secondary; use the `X' command to engage
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mode) would ensure that at most 2 arrows are shot even if you
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use. To wield two weapons, you need to use the "#twoweapon"
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vegetarian players can, but with some rather unpleasant side-
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warned, however, for this is often unwise. Other types of wands
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attempt backfires. Reading a cursed spellbook or one with mystic
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Amulets. Other tools (such as pick-axe) can be wielded as
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tile weapons (if you have a sling). In the most desperate of
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brains while polymorphed into a mind flayer, is considered eating
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can't be bypassed, such as being unable to push a boulder
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Soko-Prize - Explored to the top of Sokoban
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NetHack should do things, there are options you can set to change
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tion controls whether the description includes map coordinates.
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display for end-of-game disclosure follows a set sequence.
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"no", you will exclude that gender from being picked randomly.
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sistent.
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menu of matching objects for selection. Partial skips the
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mented by the Amiga, Gem, X11 and tty ports. Default `:'.
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news is shown at the beginning of the game, there's no point in
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ing a peaceful monster;
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Specify the type of your initial pet, if you are playing a
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being underwater or engulfed, ignore this option. It does not
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be the first non-comment line. For a comma-separated list in
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if NetHack can, it should use a font by the chosen name for the
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If NetHack can, it should pop up dialog boxes, or use prompts
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statuslines can only be set in the configuration file or via
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foreground/background colors. Windows GUI only. The format is
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Set the intensity level of the three gray scales available
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any corpse from autopickup. The last example results in the
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Prefix key to move without picking up items. Default is `m'.
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norep - show the message once, but not again if no other
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MENUCOLOR="* cursed *(being worn)"=red&underline
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dice", an approximation of experience level displayed when
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is below or above. If the prefix is `<' or `>', only
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game messages to an external program, such as a text-to-speech
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coordinates relative to your character.
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bones file content in ascii text.
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%D - current time, YYYYMMDDhhmmss format
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It is initiated by starting the game with the -D command-line
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Michael Allison ported NetHack 3.1 to Windows NT.
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Jessie Collet, Ken Lorber, Dean Luick, Pat Rankin, Mike
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