[net.sources.games] Larn bugs? WHAT larn bugs?

mcewan@uiucdcsb.CS.UIUC.EDU (08/20/86)

Various people write:
>  Larn 12.0, on the
> other hand, seems to have problems with the screen display, at least on
> non-VT100 terminals (we haven't tried it on VT100 terminals).  Objects do
> not disappear after being picked up and/or consumed, and other strange
> things are sometimes displayed as well.  
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> If you his a ^C over a object Bank, Store, etc..
> on the ground (home) level and answer no the will
> not let you move or do anything but hit another ^C
> and say yes. Sometimes it will let you go but is
> guarantied to lock on the second try.
> 
> This is true for version 11.0 and 12.0 .
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> Read a scroll of "pulveriation" and shoot it off the 
> screen of the Home Level!
> 
> It will reapper of the other side of the screen and leave
> alot of bats behind.

I have used 11.0 and 12.0 on a Vax running 4.2, with a vt125 and a
vt52 and I have encountered none of these problems. Maybe the people
reporting these bugs should give more information about their setup.

		Scott McEwan
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