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@@ -5,15 +5,12 @@ which is a distant descendent of Rogue and Hack, and a direct descendent of
NetHack 3.6.
NetHack 3.7.0 work-in-progress is not a release of NetHack. As a .0 version,
and still very early in its development cycle, it is quite likely that there
has been, and will continue to be, quite a number of code changes and/or code
additions. The code may involve new approaches to things and may add many new
features and changes in the weeks and months ahead, and it may alter existing
behavior.
and still very early in its development cycle, there has already been changes
made, and there will continue to be many more prior to an eventual release.
In short -- there are likely to be bugs. Don't treat NetHack-3.7 branch as
released code, and if stability is paramount, then the most recent
NetHack 3.6.3 release is probably safest for you.
NetHack 3.6.3 release is safest for you.
We're making the .0 work-in-progress available so that you can observe its
development, test it out, and contribute to its development. Constructive
@@ -45,13 +42,21 @@ process. Among them:
to open up the possibility of utilizing them between different platforms,
such as between your desktop computer and your hand-held device.
Below you will find some other general notes on the changes in NetHack 3.7 that
were not considered spoilers:
- automatic annotation "gateway to Moloch's Sanctum" for vibrating square level
once that square's location becomes known (found or magic mapped);
goes away once sanctum temple is found (entered or high altar mapped)
- savefile: add support to deconstruct internal data structures down into their
individual fields and save those fields instead of the entire struct
* Add support to make the game restartable without exit (a.k.a. "play again"
support). Toward that end, many previously scattered and separate variables
have been gathered into a central 'g' structure in decl.h/decl.c. That
will benefit the porting effort to some platforms that are under
consideration.
Here are some other general notes on the changes in NetHack 3.7 that were not
considered spoilers:
- automatic annotation "gateway to Moloch's Sanctum" for vibrating square
level once that square's location becomes known (found or magic
mapped); goes away once sanctum temple is found (entered or high altar
mapped)
- savefile: add support to deconstruct internal data structures down into
their individual fields and save those fields instead of the entire
struct
- savefile: use little-endian format for fields where that makes a difference
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