starting the game without a pet

Incorporate a slightly cleaned up version of <Someone>'s patch to enable a "pettype:none" startup option that allows one to start the game without a pet.
2002-01-20 21:05:29 +00:00
parent ce63457151
commit 7a634884b4
7 changed files with 16 additions and 7 deletions
@@ -1907,7 +1907,8 @@ If true, always display your current inventory in a window.  This only
 makes sense for windowing system interfaces that implement this feature.
 .lp pettype
 Specify the type of your initial pet, if you are playing a character class
-that uses multiple types of pets.  Possible values are ``cat'' and ``dog''.
+that uses multiple types of pets; or choose to have no initial pet at all.
+Possible values are ``cat'', ``dog'' and ``none''.
 Cannot be set with the `O' command.
 .lp pickup_burden
 When you pick up an item that would exceed this encumbrance
@@ -2349,8 +2349,8 @@ makes sense for windowing system interfaces that implement this feature.
 %.lp
 \item[\ib{pettype}]
 Specify the type of your initial pet, if you are playing a character class
-that uses multiple types of pets.  Possible values are ``{\tt cat}''
-and ``{\tt dog}''.
+that uses multiple types of pets; or choose to have no initial pet at all.
+Possible values are ``{\tt cat}'', ``{\tt dog}'' and ``{\tt none}''.
 Cannot be set with the `{\tt O}' command.
 %.Ip
 \item[\ib{pickup\_burden}]
@@ -495,6 +495,7 @@ add new Gnomish Mines levels from Kelly Bailey's patch
 jousting by players wielding a lance while riding
 when reading spellbooks, don't "continue studying" wrong book if original one
 	gets destroyed after previous reading attempt has been interrupted
+can start game without a pet via pettype:none (Dylan O'Donnell)


 Platform- and/or Interface-Specific New Features