rdmi@homxc.UUCP (R.Moats) (08/30/88)
Having assembled the various parts of the OMEGA postings, uudecoded, and uarc'ed them. I have discovered the following bugs: (1) The machine hangs at random points, usually when redrawing the display (going from the city to a house or vice versa) (2) The display is not updated correctly. When visiting the casino, neither losses nor wins at the slots change the AU stat value. Also, at the Rampart Healers, being healed of wounds does not increase either your HP stat (to reflect the wounds healed) or your AU stat (to reflect the gold spent). Just thought I'd put in my 2 cents worth... Ryan Moats AT&T Bell Laboratories Holmdel, NJ ARPANET:rdmi%homxc@research.att.com or rdmi@homxc.att.com UUNET: ... !att!homxc!rdmi
markd@proxftl.UUCP (Mark Davidson) (09/01/88)
If I remember correctly, the README file included with PC OMEGA (specific to the PC version, not the generic README!) specifies that going into a house and trying to leave the house will cause the game to crash. I believe it is also mentioned that this is not detrimental, as houses are not that useful anyway. Just thought you'd like to know... -- In real life: Mark E. Davidson uflorida!novavax!proxftl!markd Proximity Technology Inc., 3511 NE 22nd Ave, Ft. Lauderdale FL, 33308 #define STANDARD_DISCLAIMER <Quote construction site>
brian@cvl.umd.edu (Brian Miller) (09/02/88)
In article <689@proxftl.UUCP>, markd@proxftl.UUCP (Mark Davidson) writes: > If I remember correctly, the README file included with PC OMEGA (specific > to the PC version, not the generic README!) specifies that going into a > house and trying to leave the house will cause the game to crash. I believe > it is also mentioned that this is not detrimental, as houses are not that > useful anyway. > I remember reading that also but, being the adventurous type, went ahead and tried it. In fact I've done it several times, and have not yet had it crash. There was also a posting about healers not deducting money and not increasing hit points. Also have not seen this bug. However, the problem with the casino does seem exist (does not increase A.U. after winning at the slots). So, when's the next posting coming out! I've got lots of disk space left. -- Has anyone seen my old friend brain?
hartung@sdics.ucsd.EDU (Jeff Hartung) (09/02/88)
>In article <689@proxftl.UUCP>, markd@proxftl.UUCP (Mark Davidson) writes: >> If I remember correctly, the README file included with PC OMEGA (specific >> to the PC version, not the generic README!) specifies that going into a >> house and trying to leave the house will cause the game to crash. >> [...] In article <3133@cvl.umd.edu> brian@cvl.umd.edu (Brian Miller) writes: > I remember reading that also but, being the adventurous type, > went ahead and tried it. In fact I've done it several times, > and have not yet had it crash. There was also a posting about > healers not deducting money and not increasing hit points. I haven't encountered these problems either. > However, the problem with the casino > does seem exist (does not increase A.U. after winning at the > slots). I didn't encounter this yet (as I haven't played the casino yet), but I did have a problem at the library. After researching some magic, I was asked if I would pay. I hit 'y' and the game responded "No payee, no study..." After repeating this a few times, I hit 'n' and it responded "You Philastine!" and then proceded to deduct the money anyhow. Also, I have had some game crashes when I requested help. It seems that if I ask for help with "everything" the game crashes, not being able to find a file (I think, messages scrolled by on the screen very quickly and I didn't care to repeat the action to discover what the problem was.) (I did manage to set a new high score by walking into pure chaos and achieving maximum entropy, moving up several levels just before I died. :-) The un-rogue-like feature that I can't figure out (which prompted the "help everything" request) is how to pick up dropped objects. If I move onto the space, nothing happens. If I hit the ',' character, I get prompted for how long I want to rest for. I haven't spent much time on Omega yet, obviously, but can anyone answer this simple question? -- --Jeff Hartung-- ARPA - hartung@sdics.ucsd.edu UUCP - !ucsd!sdics!hartung
brian@cvl.umd.edu (Brian Miller) (09/03/88)
In article <624@sdics.ucsd.EDU>, hartung@sdics.ucsd.EDU (Jeff Hartung) writes: > >In article <689@proxftl.UUCP>, markd@proxftl.UUCP (Mark Davidson) writes: > In article <3133@cvl.umd.edu> brian@cvl.umd.edu (Brian Miller) writes: > I didn't encounter this yet (as I haven't played the casino yet), but I > did have a problem at the library. After researching some magic, I was > asked if I would pay. I hit 'y' and the game responded "No payee, no > study..." After repeating this a few times, I hit 'n' and it responded > "You Philastine!" and then proceded to deduct the money anyhow. I haven't had a chance to try the library, but I'll give it one tonight. > (I did manage to set a new high score by walking into pure chaos and > achieving maximum entropy, moving up several levels just before I died. > :-) I had that problem too, but solved it (I think). If you pray to all the gods, then walk into chaos, you will be protected the first time, and will have your level raised to about 5. Comes in handy for getting into the explorers club and other things. > The un-rogue-like feature that I can't figure out (which prompted the > "help everything" request) is how to pick up dropped objects. If I > move onto the space, nothing happens. If I hit the ',' character, I > get prompted for how long I want to rest for. I haven't spent much > time on Omega yet, obviously, but can anyone answer this simple > question? Hit the 'g' key. I still hit ',' quite a bit (damn HACK fixation). I find the inventory routine to be quite complex. Took almost an hour to get things into their proper slot. > --Jeff Hartung-- brian -- Has anyone seen my old friend brain?