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Conference hydra::amiga_v1

Title:AMIGA NOTES
Notice:Join us in the *NEW* conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2
Moderator:HYDRA::MOORE
Created:Sat Apr 26 1986
Last Modified:Wed Feb 05 1992
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:5378
Total number of notes:38326

551.0. "Hack (the game)" by ANGORA::SMCAFEE (Steve McAfee) Sun Jun 14 1987 22:34

    
    Can someone tell me how to restart a saved Hack character from the
    CLI?
    
    This is the first time I've played this game for more than a few
    minutes and I'm running into a problem.  I keep getting the Guru
    sometime around level 25-28.  I tried setting the stack to 20000 in the
    startup-sequence, but it still happened. I thought if I could avoid
    loading the workbench that memory might make the difference, but I
    can't find any info on how to restart a saved char from the CLI.
    "hack ?" doesn't give a list of the command line parameters as
    it should. 
    
    BTW I'm using 1.0.1E.  Haven't got 1.0.3 yet.  Any difference?
    
    regards,
    
    steve mcafee
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551.1A solutionZ::TENNYDave Tenny | Vax Lisp DevelopmentMon Jun 15 1987 17:147
I don't know about running HACK from the CLI,
but you can increase the amount of stack supplied
by using the INFO (?) workbench menu function
and editing the appropriate field in the ICON.

Dave
551.2hack bug?GOLEM::GUAYTue Jun 30 1987 15:316
    
    One of my friends who is a Hack fanatic says that there is a bug
    in the program that causes the guru around that level.  He hasn't
    found any way around the problem either...
    
    todd
551.3ANGORA::SMCAFEESteve McAfeeWed Jul 01 1987 10:1823
    
    I finally got around the problem last night.
    
      1.  Copy workbench.  Delete the tons of stuff you don't need.
          Keep libs:, l:, devs:, s:, and a few of the commands in c:.
    
      2.  In s/startup-sequence put only one command "stack 20000" (keep
          the stack command in c:)
    
      3.  Label the disk Hack_Game and put Hack in the upper level directory.
          Create/copy a directory called "Saved Games" (no quotes).
    
      When you boot this disk you can start hack from the CLI.  When
      Hack prompts "Who are you? " respond with your saved character's
      name (if you have one), it will load your saved game.  This is
      so obvious I could have kicked myself for not trying it before.
    
      So far I haven't had any problems with this scenerio and I'm down
      to level 28 or 29.

      regards,
    
      steve mcafee
551.4JON::SANTIAGODDT: the ONLY programming language!Wed Jul 01 1987 13:421
    You can also do "run Hack -uNNNN-C" where NNNN is name, C is class.
551.5FinishedPLDVAX::SMCAFEESteve McAfeeFri Jul 03 1987 23:3212
    
    re .3
    
    I mistakenly said I was down to level 28 or 29.  I actually made
    it to 26 and this seems to be the bottom on this version of hack.
    (i.e. No hell levels.)  At least I found the Amulet on level 26
    (the real one not a fake).  Also the potion of confusion/teleport
    scroll combo did not successfully get me to the hell levels.
    
    Oh well, it was well worth the price  :-)
    
    steve mcafee
551.6BOMBE::MOOREEat or be eatenFri Jun 29 1990 20:076
    FYI -
    
    NetHack v3.0i, an extended version of Hack, is available from:
    
    	TAPE""::USER2:[AMIGA.GAMES]NETHACK30I_%.*