chris@umcp-cs.UUCP (Chris Torek) (02/18/86)
In article <3246@sun.uucp> falk@sun.UUCP writes: >DONT leave the dog alone on a different level too long, if you do, >it will forget you and stop fighting for you. A dog that is no longer `yours' may be converted back by throwing food at it (throwing tripe rations is best). [Hack 1.0.3] >How do you wield a cockatrice without getting turned into stone >yourself? Wear gloves. Beware stairs, however: if you `fall down the stairs' you will `accidentally' touch the cockatrice and turn to stone. >How do you get past invisible force fields? Perhaps you have a different version of hack; we have no force fields. >What do you do when an eel is attacking you from the water (you can't >attack back, because the eel might swim away and you'd drown yourself)? Watch carefully, and you will see a `;' character blink at the point from which the eel is attacking. If the eel just hit you, it is still there. Also useful are rings: See invisible will let you see the eel at all times; levitation will let you float above the water, so that you will not drown. Potions of levitation will do the same, but of course will also wear off. You can evaporate water with wands of fire: this is overkill for eels, but useful at level 40 when trying for the Amulet. -- In-Real-Life: Chris Torek, Univ of MD Comp Sci Dept (+1 301 454 1415) UUCP: seismo!umcp-cs!chris CSNet: chris@umcp-cs ARPA: chris@mimsy.umd.edu
mike@genat.UUCP (Mike Stephenson) (02/20/86)
In article <3245@umcp-cs.UUCP> chris@umcp-cs.UUCP (Chris Torek) writes: >In article <3246@sun.uucp> falk@sun.UUCP writes: > >>How do you get past invisible force fields? > >Perhaps you have a different version of hack; we have no force fields. > There are two conditions under which this message can be encountered. Both require that you be trying to go to a "new" level: - if disk quotas are exceeded. or - (more likely) if the directory hack is currently in is not writable. (Yes I did snoop through the source.... it's in hack.do.c) -- Mike Stephenson Mail: Genamation Inc. Phone: (416) 475-9434 351 Steelcase Rd. W Markham, Ontario. UUCP: Canada L3R 3W1 {allegra,linus,ihnp4}!utzoo!mnetor!genat!mike