Some BIOSes allow calling the window function directly, bypassing the
logic that distinguishes this call from other BIOS calls. Should be
faster on some systems.
This was not previously done because the palette was not correctly set
up, and QEMU gave incorrect colors. The palette setup function now
falls back to the standard BIOS function if the VESA BIOS function
fails, which resolves the issue with QEMU. The mode selection logic now
favors 8 bit color if the tile set is compatible.
Using 8 bit mode means fewer writes to memory and fewer uses of the
BIOS window function.
Game is playable, and should compile on linux and Windows.
Assumes you have a lua 5.3 library available.
Removes level compiler and associated files.
Replaces special level des-files with lua scripts.
Exposes some NetHack internals to lua:
- des-table with commands to create special levels
- nh-table with NetHack core commands
- nhc-table with some constants
- u-table with some player-specific data (u-struct)
- selection userdata
Adds some rudimentary tests.
Adds new extended command #wizloadlua to run a specific script,
and #wizloaddes to run a specific level-creation script.
nhlib.lua is loaded for every lua script.
Download and untar lua:
mkdir lib
cd lib
curl -R -O http://www.lua.org/ftp/lua-5.3.5.tar.gz
tar zxf lua-5.3.5.tar.gz
Then make nethack normally.
