Quite a bit of special case code for something so inconsequential.
Tweak the baalz level layout a little to make it be a bit more
interesting, and perform custom wallification on it so that the
beetle layout becomes clearly visible. It looks great with
DECgraphics (and presumably IBMgraphics). It's recognizeable but
not as interesting with ordinary ascii because corner walls use
'-' or '|' so don't join up nicely. It looks a little weird
with tiles; the square aspect ratio of individual tiles makes it
end up being very elongated compared to character cell map it was
designed for.
As far as the level layout goes, the pair of secret doors into
Baalzebub's chamber have been give a random alternative. The two
right-most accessible columns were diggable--I don't know whether
that was intentional; it's been reduced to one right-most column.
The middle pair of legs were asymmetrical; this fixes that. The
beetle also now has eyes and an entry door in its mouth.
It should now be randomly disabled for a 3rd of Gehennom, to make things
a tad more interesting there. It's also disabled in Baalzebub's lair,
to make things a little more interesting.
Still don't know why the beetle is disappearing.
Newsgroup discussion has pointed out that after performing the
invocation ritual to gain access to the bottom level, it is possible to
skip almost all of Moloch's Sanctum by level teleporting in (and back out
to retry if necessary) directly to the high priest's temple. This fix
doesn't prevent entering that level via teleport or make you end up at
the stairs, it just forces arrival to be on the right side so that you'll
need to slog through the morgue room and the big chamber surrounding the
temple. Since there isn't much before the morgue aside from a few small
rooms with a secret door or two, it's no longer a very worthwhile shortcut.
