From: arromdee <arromdee>
Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 06:08:58 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Fix drain life "problem" (zapping it at the floor required you to reach the
X-Git-Tag: MOVE2GIT~3517
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=1d86d33fde3284b54b5deb672efdd15cf48d5cee;p=nethack

Fix drain life "problem" (zapping it at the floor required you to reach the
floor) by not making it wipe engravings to begin with.

--Ken A.
---

diff --git a/doc/buglist b/doc/buglist
index 80c1b3c70..7bef1c930 100644
--- a/doc/buglist
+++ b/doc/buglist
@@ -43,9 +43,6 @@ speed boots when walking step by step.
 Yanked towards water with grappling hook but don't fall in?
 [psmith@spod-central.org]
 
-Drain life requires you to reach floor to wipe an engraving.
-[psmith@spod-central.org]
-
 Orc monsters should be given poison res? [psmith@spod-central.org]
 
 stone-to-flesh monsters' inventory? [psmith@spod-central.org]
diff --git a/doc/fixes33.2 b/doc/fixes33.2
index 52a1a1643..9092e38bf 100644
--- a/doc/fixes33.2
+++ b/doc/fixes33.2
@@ -373,6 +373,8 @@ monsters who get polymorphed while wearing dragon armor turn into dragons
 shape changers can't be killed by system shock when hit by polymorph
 Chromatic Dragon has silver scales too (she reflects)
 being killed when wishing for an artifact should retain that item in bones data
+the drain life spell should not wipe out engravings (especially not using a
+	function that requires you to be able to reach the floor)
 
 
 Platform- and/or Interface-Specific Fixes
diff --git a/src/zap.c b/src/zap.c
index 36c2c8f54..ee7afaf85 100644
--- a/src/zap.c
+++ b/src/zap.c
@@ -2363,9 +2363,6 @@ struct obj *obj;	/* wand or spell */
 		case SPE_FORCE_BOLT:
 		    wipe_engr_at(x, y, d(2,4));
 		    break;
-		case SPE_DRAIN_LIFE:
-		    u_wipe_engr(3);
-		    break;
 		default:
 		    break;
 		}