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Update the brief explore mode section (it hasn't been a conditional
feature for quite some time, there's an extra way to access it now, and
new game started with -X is different from switching via the 'X' command)
in the Guidebook, and add a short debug mode subsection there.
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{\it NetHack\/} is an intricate and difficult game. Novices might falter
in fear, aware of their ignorance of the means to survive. Well, fear
not. Your dungeon may come equipped with an ``explore'' or ``discovery''
not. Your dungeon comes equipped with an ``explore'' or ``discovery''
mode that enables you to keep old save files and cheat death, at the
paltry cost of not getting on the high score list.
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There are two ways of enabling explore mode. One is to start the game
with the {\tt -X}
switch. The other is to issue the `{\tt X}' command while already playing
the game. The other benefits of explore mode are left for the trepid
reader to discover.
command-line switch or with the
{\it playmode:explore\/}
option. The other is to issue the `{\tt X}' command while already
playing the game. Starting a new game in explore mode provides your
character with a wand of wishing in initial inventory; switching via `X'
during play does not. The other benefits of explore mode are left for
the trepid reader to discover.
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\subsection*{Debug mode}
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Debug mode, also known as wizard mode, is undocumented aside from this
brief description. It is intended for tracking down problems within the
program rather than to provide god-like powers to your character, and
players who attempt debugging are expected to figure out how to use it
themselves. It is initiated by starting the game with the
{\tt -D}
command-line switch or with the
{\it playmode:debug\/}
option.
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For some systems, the player must be logged in
under a particular user name to be allowed to use debug mode; for others,
the hero must be given a particular character name (but may be any role;
there's no connection between ``wizard mode'' and the {\it Wizard\/} role).
And on any system, the program might have been configured to omit debug
mode entirely. Attempting to start a game in debug mode when not allowed
or not available will result in falling back to explore mode instead.
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\section{Credits}