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To test 16-color mode, specify OPTIONS=video:vga explicitly; autodetect will choose a VESA mode if it can. * Draw tiles correctly when redrawing from panning or from changing the map mode among text, tiles and overview. Previously, this would draw everything with the tile at the hero's position. * Draw corridor walls with the stone tile. * Map the statue colors to the nearest neutral tone among the main 16 colors. This mainly affects altars and female cats. * Fix the code that shows statues as the generic statue tile. This code could be deleted, but the statues don't draw with the full range of gray tones. * Document the option OPTIONS=video:vesa.
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MSDOS specific help file for NetHack 3.7
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(Last Revision: December 4, 1999)
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Copyright (c) NetHack PC Development Team 1993-1999.
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NetHack may be freely distributed. See license for details.
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New players should be sure to read GuideBoo.txt which contains essential
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information about playing NetHack. It can be found in the same
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directory as your NetHack executable.
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The MSDOS port of NetHack supports some additional or enhanced commands
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as well as some defaults.nh file options specific to configuration choices
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used during the building of PC NetHack. Listed below are those commands
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and defaults.nh file options.
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Recognized MSDOS specific defaults.nh entries are outlined below.
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Boolean Options:
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IBMgraphics Use IBM extended characters for the dungeon
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Default: [FALSE]
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BIOS Allow the use of IBM ROM BIOS calls
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Default: [FALSE]
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rawio Allow the use of raw I/O (may only be set
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on startup)
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Default: [FALSE]
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preload_tiles Preload tiles into RAM at start of game.
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Faster, but uses more memory.
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Default: [TRUE]
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Color Options:
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OPTIONS=!color
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Players will need this if they have a real, true, (old)
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monochrome adapter, and they are seeing underlined,
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and flashing, and reverse-video characters on the
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screen. Or they find that some things are missing from
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the display. This means that the auto-detection
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for monochromes has failed. The color support
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stuff is active in video.c, but may be (will have
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to be) overridden by adding an OPTIONS=nocolor to
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defaults.nh.
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OPTIONS=VIDEO
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(defaults.nh only)
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ie: OPTIONS=video:autodetect
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Possible values are: AUTODETECT, DEFAULT, VGA, VESA
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AUTODETECT Checks for a supported hi-res video
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adaptor, and if it detects one, NetHack
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will run in "TILE MODE."
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DEFAULT NetHack will run in TTY mode. This is
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the same as not specifying OPTIONS=VIDEO
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at all.
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VGA Forces use of VGA specific video routines.
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Any forcing of specific video routines has
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potential to cause machine lock-ups if
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the specified video hardware is not present.
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VESA Forces use of VESA specific video routines.
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Reverts to TTY mode if no VESA BIOS is found.
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OPTIONS=VIDEOSHADES
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(defaults.nh only)
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Players may wish to add this option because one of their
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shades of gray is difficult to read on their video
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display hardware. Allows a level of intensity to be
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assigned to the 3 possible shades of gray in NetHack,
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those being BLACK, GRAY, WHITE. To each of those
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shades, the player may assign a DARK, NORMAL, or LIGHT value.
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Here is the default if not specified:
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ie. OPTIONS=VIDEOSHADES:dark-normal-light
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Anytime the same intensity value (DARK NORMAL LIGHT) is used
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for more than one shade of gray, it will not be possible
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to visually distinguish those two shades from each
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other.
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ie. OPTIONS=VIDEOSHADES:normal-normal-light
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This, while eliminating the dark shade normally used for
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displaying black items, means that the player won't be
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able to distinguish black items and creatures from gray
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items and creatures visually.
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Note also that the controversial gray schema used in
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pl 3.1.2 as the default, corresponded to:
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OPTIONS=VIDEOSHADES:normal-dark-normal
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This is NOT the default in pl 3.1.3 and above, so many people
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will probably not even need to use this option, and will find
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the default just fine. The maps are built using gray,
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and in pl 3.1.3, that is mapped to normal by default. In
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3.1.2, it was mapped to dark (as above).
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OPTIONS=VIDEOCOLORS
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(defaults.nh only)
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This option is only provided because some people on
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r.g.r.n mentioned how they liked to modify the color
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values from the default ANSI.SYS behavior, and were
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"upset" to find out that they could no longer do so
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under 3.1.2. The color map is as accurate as possible
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on standard PC video hardware as it stands, and any
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deviation from the default, will mean that people
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are mapping blue to green for example. The option is
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available to provide as much flexibility as possible,
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but it is not encouraged to be used.
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One possible use might be for the dark blue in
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fountains. On video hardware that has trouble
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displaying blacks, there may also be problems displaying
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the darker blue used in fountains. If that is the case
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then the default map:
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OPTIONS=VIDEOCOLORS:4-2-6-1-5-3-12-10-14-9-13-11
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could be changed to the following to map blue to br.
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blue:
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OPTIONS=VIDEOCOLORS:4-2-6-9-5-3-12-10-14-9-13-11
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The mapping order for the options:
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red, green, brown, blue, magenta, cyan
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br.red, br.green, yellow, br.blue,
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br.magenta, br.cyan
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The PC hardware uses the following values:
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red(4), green(2), brown(6), blue(1), magenta(5),
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cyan(3), bright red(12), bright green(10), yellow(14),
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bright blue(9), bright magenta(13), bright cyan(11),
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normal white(7), bright white(15).
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The following options are NOT currently recognized under the MSDOS
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port of PC NetHack:
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LEVELS= Where to store/create per level
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data files.
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SAVE= Where to save games.
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BONES= Where to store bones files.
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MSDOS Additional/Enhanced Commands:
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If you have opted to use the "graphical" or "tiled" option, (usually set via
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OPTIONS=VIDEO:AUTODETECT ((see above)), then the following function keys are
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active:
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F3 cycle through the current position indicator, or halo. Usually this
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halo highlights the player's tile, unless the game is asking you for
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an answer to a question that requires positional information, (ie,
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the discover command).
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F4 toggle level overview mode on/off
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F5 toggle tiled display on/off. (Switches between tiled and traditional
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ASCII display.)
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While playing NetHack under MSDOS you can press the ALT key in combination
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with another key to execute an extended command as an alternative method
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to pressing a # key sequence:
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Alt-2 twoweapon - toggle two-weapon combat
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Alt-a adjust - adjust inventory letters.
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Alt-c chat - talk to someone or something.
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Alt-d dip - dip an object into something.
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Alt-e enhance - enhance your skill with a weapon.
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Alt-f force - force a lock.
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Alt-i invoke - invoke an object's powers.
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Alt-j jump - jump to a location.
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Alt-l loot - loot a box on the floor.
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Alt-m monster - use a monster's special ability.
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Alt-n name - name an item or type of object.
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Alt-o offer - offer a sacrifice to the gods.
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Alt-p pray - pray to the gods for help.
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Alt-q quit - quit the game. (Same as #quit)
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Alt-r rub - rub a lamp.
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Alt-s sit - sit down.
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Alt-t turn - turn undead.
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Alt-u untrap - untrap something.
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Alt-v version - list compile time options for this version of NetHack.
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Alt-w wipe - wipe off your face.
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If you are playing on NEC PC-9800, use the GRPH key instead of the ALT key.
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