I am trying to write a Python function which returns the same moon phase value as in the game NetHack. This is found in hacklib.c. I have tried to simply copy the corresponding function from the NetHack code but I don’t believe I am getting the correct results. The function which I have written is … Read more
A friend of mine is beginning to build a NetHack bot (a bot that plays the Roguelike game: NetHack). There is a very good working bot for the similar game Angband, but it works partially because of the ease in going back to the town and always being able to scum low levels to gain … Read more
My neutral caveman found a Mitre of Holiness and an Orb of Detection in a bones pile. I hate leaving good items, esp. artifacts, just laying around. Aside from burying them, or letting a pet have them, is there anything I can do with them? Helm of Opposite Alignment excluded–can’t wear both helms and already … Read more
I have a pet Mindflayer and am trying to equip him for the things that kill MFs (mainly, jellies). So far, he has a +1 SDSM and an alchemy smock(AcidR for Ochre Js and Spotted Js). The wiki recs YDSM for AR, but I had these available. I also have a +3 Frost Brand that … Read more
I finally get a good character going, and NetHackCocoa decides to crash on me and then show this lovely little message whenever I try to restart: Naturally I click ‘No’ and then attempt to find the nethack recover application that I’ve heard so much about. However, to my surprise I can’t seem to find it … Read more
I have an elven wizard that has found a huge stash of valuable loot by chance of trap-door discovering a multi-boned level. Unfortunately, he’s about to die of starvation locked in a room, or be killed by the invisible monster that killed the others. He’s too deep for him to fight and prayer is used … Read more
I often avoid playing established characters during a new moon because it really seems like luck is adversely affected. Monsters seem to be spawned much more rapidly, in greater quantities, stronger, faster, more dangerous, and suspiciously ready to hit me where I’m weakest.(for example, this post was prompted by this event–I had just acquired 18 … Read more
My caveman had a cursed “tattered cape” (I’m sure it was MR, found in wizard bones pile) stolen by a water nymph in the final room of Sokoban. I had to back out because I was in the broken doorway, an being triple-teamed. I left a large dog inside that had cleared most of the … Read more
I’m in need of a cloak of MR, and have amassed a large collection of elven cloaks and boots as well as a couple of robes. Being magical armor, I know that I have a shot at getting magical armor by polypiling. The wiki says that items stay within class– “potions beget potions, wands beget … Read more
I’ve been on the Quest home level, but haven’t ventured more than a few steps. I have Magicbane and Vorpal Blade, and have seen no other artifacts in my travels. I’m hoping to add 2 more artifacts with my remaining wishes before going on the quest. Looking at the wiki, I see my chances are … Read more
