Looking up a custom fruitname in the encyclopedia will now yield
the encyclopedia entry for "fruit" if another matching database
entry is not found. This preserves the fun associated with naming
fruits after existing objects, while also preventing a failure to
find.
Sourced from xnethack. Seems like an excellent candidate for
replacement, since the quote gets across what shades are and also
hints at their weakness.
This commit adds entries for the following items:
- Credit card
- Silver bell
- Bell
- Walking shoes
- Iron shoes
- Hard shoes
- Dragonbane
- Gauntlets of Power
- Gauntlets of Fumbling
- Gauntlets of Dexterity
- Potion of Sickness
- Splashes of Venom (Various)
- Shields (Various)
The following monsters also now have associated entries:
- Stalker
Applying one or more gold pieces now flips one of them, which will
cause it to come up heads or tails. This is NetHack, so there are
special cases for flipping a coin underwater or while fumbling or
greasy.
I've tried to future-proof this commit so that the code will not
need to be modified if other items are eventually added to the
coin class.
If memory serves, there was a patch for this on the bilious patch
database, but I was unable to locate it or who the original author
was. In any case, the code is entirely original.
Adds an option to the inventory item menu which allows a user to
look up an item in the database. This uses the existing whatis
command.
A minor secondary change is switching the failed database lookup
message to second person. The use of a first person pronoun here
has always been very strange, and switching to second person centers
the player in the action.
I saw this in the YANI archive, and I think it's fairly interesting.
Doppelgangers are known for commiting identity theft, but in NetHack
they function as just another shapeshifter. This commit makes them
a bit more interesting, I think.
Original YANI by aosdict and Andrio.
The mind blast code was previously a part of dochug().
This commit pulls that code into its own function, and also
happens to eliminate a goto and label with no change in functionality.
This commit removes the gotos from set_apparxy, making it easier to read.
It also cuts out at 1-2 variable assignments on certain calls,
so technically it is an efficiency win as well.
According to comments in the code, this feature was disabled
because it never triggered, making it useless. I enabled the code
again, and monsters demonstrated a willingness to zap the player
with wands of teleportation. I am not sure of what exactly changed,
but I think this feature could trigger some interesting situations,
and absolutely deserves to make a comeback.
