bisanabi@vrdxhq.UUCP (02/05/86)
> Artifact side effects. ...but a friend says that if you have time, you > can a) take off your armor, b) drop your weapon, c) drop the most > valuable items in your pack. Then apply the artifact, and most of the > worst side effects (weapon melts, armor shatters, items cursed) can't > happen. Of course, you have to pick everything up again... ...and hope the effect is not a trap door beneath you! (Also, you could get summoned just before activating the artifact, and we know how hard it is *with* your weapons and armor :-) > Throne rooms -- unless you have a very good character you don't have > much chance (unless you have a blessed scroll of teleport). The best > thing is to read a scroll of electrification and stand in a corner. >> Hah. Try to get to the %. If that fails, try to get to a corner of >> the room, since then you can only be attacked on three sides at once. >> Wait as long as you can, and then teleport, leaving the monsters behind, >> or phase, moving through the wall. If you phase and stand right in the wall, all the monsters get confused (scared?) and run to the *far* corner. The demon/god does not, but if it isn't holding you, race towards the stairs. (a wand of antimatter works well when you bunch up the monsters.) If you have room, save the scroll of genocide. When you get summoned, find out who summoned you and read the scroll... *Party room* - Phase into the wall and all the monsters will file out one by one. Put a trap door in front of the door, or antimatter the corridor, and you get rooms full of items without fighting a single creature. (Make sure you cover the other secret doors into the party room. :-) Real nice if you aren't equipped at low levels. Exit via the trap door! May get two party rooms out of one phase potion or prayer. > I think that if anything, urogue needs to get harder/different at > the lower levels. I agree. I am on level 61 and have very few creatures left. --> *killed* 8 of the unique demons/gods. --> *genocided* the fire giant, storm giant, lich, evil sorceress, gold dragon, and one demon. --> *antimattered* all the remaining unique creatures. (Haven't seen them again, so I'm assuming they are gone.) The only things left are a couple dragons and a frost giant. I have rings of cold, fire, and lightning resistance; and my hit points are 470+, with a ring of regeneration just in case. I made it through 60+ dragons and frost giants in a monster lair. It got a bit long and dull. I also have all prayers and most spells available to me (magic detect, mapping, phase). Is the game just going to be a boring quest for the rest of the artifacts from now on, or is there something else coming up ? > ...and you only get [gold] credit for ones in your pack or in the > Magic Purse when you die (or make it out). Selling an item at a trading post gives you gold and frees up a slot. If you get killed, the score file lists the item as having been recovered. > I haven't peeked at source to get these answers... > I'm trying to get urogue running on an IBM PC... >> I had never heard of it. >> Is Ultra-Rogue Public domain? If so, could we get a copy? -> I'd like to know if there are sources for this that you can get to. => I am looking for a copy of Urogue (sources if possible but I'd accept => binary if that's all I can get). Well, several people have sent me personal mail about getting UR sources and binaries, and a couple went to the net. If the author is listening, or if anyone knows the answer, here's a summary : 1) Is UltraRogue public domain ? Can sources be obtained as with hack, or is it more like rogue sources ? 2) Is version 1.02 the most recent ? Are new versions in the works ? 3) Where may the latest version (source or binary) be downloaded from ?? 4) Is there any documentation available ?? 5) What machines/systems is UR currently available for ? -------- If an attribute looks like STR 8(14), and a potion of gain ability chooses STR, you get the message "You feel stronger, what bulging muscles", but the new status looks like STR 9(9) !?! (Bug or intentional?) -------- Shouldn't a ring of breathing work against chlorine/nerve gas attacks? -------- ---- High Priest - level 61 and descending ----
merlin@hope.UUCP (Mike Sullivan) (03/18/86)
Although the system manager will kill me, I must ask: Is there any way to get UltraRogue? The source would be nice, but just the executable is also fine as we want to play it like mad! Who wants to write compilers when you can play Hack or UltraRogue! Merlin "Three of them coming in, 20 degrees!"
settle@siemens.UUCP (03/27/86)
Add me to the list for wanting to get a hold of Ultra-Rogue. Is it public
domain or what? I am quite tired of conventional rogue (we have 5.3).
Please mail me any information you might have on the subject.
Thanks in advance,
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Ken Settle
Siemens RTL {ihnp4|astrovax|allegra|dshovax}!siemens!settle
Princeton, NJ