garret@oddjob.UChicago.UUCP (Trisha O Tuama) (08/18/84)
***** Well, we tried using various scrolls to identify objects for which the scrolls were not supposed to be used (ie. a weapon scroll to identify a potion) and it doesn't work in 5.3. Didn't we have this same dis- cussion earlier this summer? Trisha
rosecran@uiucdcsb.UUCP (08/19/84)
#R:pucc-h:-94300:uiucdcsb:18800018:000:51 uiucdcsb!rosecran Aug 19 09:20:00 1984 It doesn't work for me in my 5.3 version either !
mcdaniel@uiucdcsb.UUCP (08/19/84)
#R:pucc-h:-94300:uiucdcsb:18800020:000:896 uiucdcsb!mcdaniel Aug 19 12:59:00 1984 Careful reading of the base note is required. /* Written 12:51 am Aug 16, 1984 by ab3@pucc-h in uiucdcsb:net.games.rogue */ /* ---------- "Bug in 5.3 (SPOILER)" ---------- */ It turns out, quite handily, that scrolls of identify weapon, armor, potion, and scroll will also identify ****WANDS AND STAVES**** [emphasis mine] ...however, Rogue will *not* prompt for these items; you must supply them yourself; so take an inventory before trying this. /* End of text from uiucdcsb:net.games.rogue */ A potion can only be identified by an identify potion scroll. A ring can be identified only by an identify ring, wand, or staff scroll. A weapon can be identified only by an identify weapon scroll. Armor can be identified only by an identify armor scroll. ONLY A WAND OR A STAFF CAN BE IDENTIFIED BY ANY IDENTIFY SCROLL. It does work, rosecran -- even on uiucdcsb. I've done it many times.
rosecran@uiucdcsb.UUCP (08/21/84)
#R:pucc-h:-94300:uiucdcsb:18800021:000:95 uiucdcsb!rosecran Aug 20 18:41:00 1984 Oops... Right you are. I must have quaffed a potion of blindness before I read the base note.
miller@nlm-mcs.ARPA (Nancy Miller) (08/22/84)
yes, and this identify feature only works for some of the identify scrolls, in 5.3 Nancy Miller (miller@nlm-mcs)
dave@utcsrgv.UUCP (Dave Sherman) (08/24/84)
In article <943@pucc-h> ab3@pucc-h (Rich Kulawiec) writes:
~|
~| It turns out, quite handily, that scrolls of identify weapon,
~| armor, potion, and scroll will also identify wands and staves...however,
~| Rogue will *not* prompt for these items; you must supply them yourself;
~| so take an inventory before trying this.
If you read a scroll of (say) identify potion, want to use it to
identify a wand, but have forgotten the letter, here's what to do:
use '*' to find out all the potions, and then start at 'a', progressing
through the alphabet but skipping all the ones you know are potions.
Eventually you'll hit on your wand. (Of course, if you have
two wands and you already know about one of them, you might
accidentally re-identify it.)
Dave Sherman
Magnifibeast
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{ allegra cornell decvax ihnp4 linus utzoo }!utcsrgv!davechuqui@nsc.UUCP (Chuq) (08/28/84)
>In article <943@pucc-h> ab3@pucc-h (Rich Kulawiec) writes: >~| >~| It turns out, quite handily, that scrolls of identify weapon, >~| armor, potion, and scroll will also identify wands and staves...however, >~| Rogue will *not* prompt for these items; you must supply them yourself; >~| so take an inventory before trying this. > >If you read a scroll of (say) identify potion, want to use it to >identify a wand, but have forgotten the letter, here's what to do: >use '*' to find out all the potions, and then start at 'a', progressing >through the alphabet but skipping all the ones you know are potions. >Eventually you'll hit on your wand. (Of course, if you have >two wands and you already know about one of them, you might >accidentally re-identify it.) Please note that if you have NO potions then you waste the scroll on this. I find it best to simply keep a paper inventory of wands at all times. chuq (3 time winner of 5.3, twice winner of Advanced) -- From the depths of the Crystal Cavern: Chuq Von Rospach {amd,decwrl,fortune,hplabs,ihnp4}!nsc!chuqui nsc!chuqui@decwrl.ARPA Dreams, dreams, enchanter! Gone with the harp's echo when the strings fall mute; with the flame's shadow when the fire dies. Be still, and listen.
ab3@pucc-h (Rich Kulawiec) (08/29/84)
It turns out, quite handily, that scrolls of identify weapon,
armor, potion, and scroll will also identify wands and staves...however,
Rogue will *not* prompt for these items; you must supply them yourself;
so take an inventory before trying this.
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---Rsk
UUCP: { decvax, icalqa, ihnp4, inuxc, sequent, uiucdcs } !pur-ee!rsk
{ decwrl, hplabs, icase, psuvax1, siemens, ucbvax } !purdue!rsk
I like to drink and dance all night,
Comes to a fix, not afraid to fight,
You got that, right?ab3@pucc-h (Rich Kulawiec) (08/31/84)
I don't get it; why all the fuss? I thought my original note
on the bug was clear and concise enough, but perhaps not.
Repeating: In Rogue 5.3, any identify scroll will identify
a wand or staff, but you will not be shown such items if you
type "*" in response to "which one?"...therefore, take a
*CAREFUL* inventory first.
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---Rsk
UUCP: { decvax, icalqa, ihnp4, inuxc, sequent, uiucdcs } !pur-ee!rsk
{ decwrl, hplabs, icase, psuvax1, siemens, ucbvax } !purdue!rsk
It's better to burn out, than to fade away...brent@cadovax.UUCP (Brent Rector) (09/09/84)
In our 5.3 version I was able to use a scroll of identify potion
to successfully identify a staff I was carrying (when I accidently
hit the wrong key). Actually I hit a couple wrong keys and it did
object to some of them but worked when I hit a staff.
Brent Rector
CONTEL CADO
{ decvax, ucbvax, ihnp4, hplabs } !trwrb!cadovax!brent
...!philabs!cadovax!brentgary@rochester.UUCP (10/05/84)
From: Gary Cottrell <gary> If I drop all of my stuff to go fight a nymph, when I pick it up again, my inventory gets all munged. I suddenly have 20 amulets of Yendor. I don't read this newsgroup. If there is a fix, can someone mail me? gary cottrell (allegra or seismo)!rochester!gary (UUCP) gary@rochester (ARPA)