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@@ -4,23 +4,20 @@ NetHack 3.6 is an enhancement to the dungeon exploration game NetHack,
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which is a distant descendent of Rogue and Hack, and a direct descendent of
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NetHack 3.4 as there was no NetHack 3.5 release.
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NetHack 3.6.2 is being released as a collection of a couple of dozen bug fixes
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committed since the release of 3.6.1. The file doc/fixes36.2 in the source
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distribution has a full list of the bug fixes. The text in there was written
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for the development team's own use and is provided "as is", so please do not
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ask us to further explain the entries in that file. Some entries might be
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considered "spoilers", particularly in the "new features" section.
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NetHack 3.6.2 contains a collection of more than 15 bug fixes to NetHack 3.6.1.
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The file doc/fixes36.2 in the source distribution has a full list of them. The
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text in there was written for the development team's own use and is provided
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"as is", so please do not ask us to further explain the entries in that file.
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Some entries might be considered "spoilers", particularly in the "new features"
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section.
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Below you will find some other general notes that were not considered
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spoilers:
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* Significant performance optimizations for tty including the ability to
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do per field updating
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* Significant performance improvements in sys/winnt/nttty mainly through
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the introduction of a back buffer approach
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* a couple of windows crash bug fixes during early game startup
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* Ensuring that unix Makefiles do not rely on features unique to gnu make
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* Improvements to hilite_status parsing in an effort to ensure that all
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expected and sensible values ranges are more easily specified and accepted
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* Performance optimizations with tty including the ability to do per field
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updating
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* sys/winnt/nttty performance improvements mainly through the introduction
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of a back buffer approach
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* a couple of windows crash bug fixes
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@@ -212,28 +212,13 @@ and Integrity (aka Itanium aka IA64) but not VAX.
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Ray Chason resurrected the msdos port for 3.6.1 and contributed the
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necessary updates to the community at large.
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Shortly after the release of 3.6.1, reports of some display performance
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issues on some platforms began to emerge. With the help of some members
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of the NetHack community, those issues were tracked down and resolved.
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The display performance fixes were combined with a couple of dozen
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other bug fixes and released as NetHack 3.6.2 in late May 2018.
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The development team at the time of release of 3.6.2 consisted of
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Warwick Allison, Michael Allison, Ken Arromdee, David Cohrs,
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Jessie Collet, Pasi Kallinen, Ken Lorber, Dean Luick, Patric Mueller,
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Pat Rankin, Derek S. Ray, Alex Smith, Mike Stephenson, Janet Walz,
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and Paul Winner.
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The official NetHack web site is maintained by Ken Lorber at
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http://www.nethack.org/.
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SPECIAL THANKS:
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On behalf of the NetHack community, thank you very much once again to M.
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Drew Streib and Pasi Kallinen for providing a public NetHack server at
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nethack.alt.org. Thanks to Keith Simpson and Andy Thomson for
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hardfought.org. Thanks to all those unnamed dungeoneers who invest their
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time and effort into annual NetHack tournaments such as Junehack and in
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days past, devnull.net (gone for now, but not forgotten).
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On behalf of the NetHack community, thank you very much once again to
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M. Drew Streib, Pasi Kallinen and Robin Bandy for providing public
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NetHack servers at nethack.alt.org and devnull.net and/or for hosting annual
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NetHack tournaments.
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@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
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.ds vr "NetHack 3.6
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.ds f0 "\*(vr
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.ds f1
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.ds f2 "May 26, 2018
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.ds f2 "May 16, 2018
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.
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.\" labeled paragraph start (should be part of tmac.n, but I don't want to
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.\" make changes to that file)
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@@ -4516,26 +4516,13 @@ and Integrity (aka Itanium aka IA64) but not VAX.
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\fBRay Chason\fP resurrected the msdos port for 3.6.1 and contributed the
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necessary updates to the community at large.
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.pg
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Shortly after the release of 3.6.1, reports of some display performance
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issues on some platforms began to emerge. With the help of some members
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of the NetHack community, those issues were tracked down and resolved.
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The display performance fixes were combined with a couple of dozen
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other bug fixes and released as NetHack 3.6.2 in late May 2018.
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.pg
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The development team at the time of release of 3.6.2 consisted of
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\fBWarwick Allison\fP, \fBMichael Allison\fP, \fBKen Arromdee\fP,
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\fBDavid Cohrs\fP, \fBJessie Collet\fP, \fBPasi Kallinen\fP,
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\fBKen Lorber\fP, \fBDean Luick\fP, \fBPatric Mueller\fP,
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\fBPat Rankin\fP, \fBDerek S. Ray\fP, \fBAlex Smith\fP,
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\fBMike Stephenson\fP, \fBJanet Walz\fP, and \fBPaul Winner\fP.
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.pg
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The official NetHack web site is maintained by \fBKen Lorber\fP at http://www.nethack.org/.
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.pg
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.hn 2
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SPECIAL THANKS
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.pg
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On behalf of the NetHack community, thank you very much once
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again to \fBM. Drew Streib\fP and \fBPasi Kallinen\fP for providing a
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again to \fBM. Drew Streib\fP, \fBPasi Kallinen\fP for providing a
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public NetHack server at nethack.alt.org. Thanks to \fBKeith Simpson\fP
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and \fBAndy Thomson\fP for hardfought.org. Thanks to all those
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unnamed dungeoneers who invest their time and effort into annual
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%.au
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\author{Original version - Eric S. Raymond\\
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(Edited and expanded for 3.6 by Mike Stephenson and others)}
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\date{May 26, 2018}
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\date{May 16, 2018}
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\maketitle
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@@ -5283,25 +5283,6 @@ and Integrity (aka Itanium aka IA64) but not VAX.
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{\it Ray Chason} resurrected the msdos port for 3.6.1 and contributed the
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necessary updates to the community at large.
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%.pg
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\medskip
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Shortly after the release of 3.6.1, reports of some display
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performance issues on some platforms began to emerge. With the help of
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some members of the }\it NetHack\/} community, those issues were
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tracked down and resolved. The display performance fixes were combined
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with a couple of dozen other bug fixes and released as
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NetHack 3.6.2 in late May 2018.
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%.pg
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\medskip
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The development team at the time of release of 3.6.2 consisted of
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{\it Warwick Allison}, {\it Michael Allison}, {\it Ken Arromdee},
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{\it David Cohrs}, {\it Jessie Collet},
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{\it Pasi Kallinen}, {\it Ken Lorber}, {\it Dean Luick},
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{\it Patric Mueller}, {\it Pat Rankin}, {\it Derek S. Ray},
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{\it Alex Smith}, {\it Mike Stephenson}, {\it Janet Walz}, and
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{\it Paul Winner}.
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%.pg
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\medskip
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\nd The official {\it NetHack\/} web site is maintained by {\it Ken Lorber} at
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@@ -5316,7 +5297,7 @@ http:{\tt /}{\tt /}www.nethack.org{\tt /}.
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\subsection*{Special Thanks}
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\nd On behalf of the {\it NetHack\/} community, thank you very much once
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again to {\it M. Drew Streib} and {\it Pasi Kallinen} for providing a
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again to {\it M. Drew Streib}, {\it Pasi Kallinen} for providing a
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public NetHack server at nethack.alt.org. Thanks to {\it Keith Simpson}
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and {\it Andy Thomson} for hardfought.org. Thanks to all those
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unnamed dungeoneers who invest their time and effort into annual
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