[net.games.rogue] "wierd trap" in Rogue 5.2

pyle@ut-ngp.UUCP (Keith Pyle) (12/10/83)

On level 10, I just found a trap (by stepping on it) which did
nothing.  When I tried to "identify trap," I got a message
which immediately disappeared.  By giving a ^R, I got the
message to be displayed:

wierd trap: 7

I've never seen this before.  Does anyone know what this is?

Keith Pyle     . . .!ihnp4!ut-ngp!pyle

laman@sdcsvax.UUCP (12/12/83)

A bug in the program caused the information on the trap to have an invalid
value.

			Mike Laman
			UUCP: {ucbvax,philabs,sdccsu3,sdcsla}!sdcsvax!laman

robison@eosp1.UUCP (Tobias D. Robison) (12/13/83)

Rogue 5.2 (probably every version of rogue) contains "weird"
messages for all kinds of items.  The messages are used when the
software screws up and the item is no longer fully identifyable.
My favorite is from Rogue 3.6: A Nymph can steal a ring of aggravate
Monster from your finger, but the software doesn't really believe it is
gone.  It won't let you put anything else on the same finger.  After
going down two more levels, you can "Remove" from that finger,
and you get the message:

	Removed something weird

				- Keremath,  care of:
				  Robison
			          decvax!ittvax!eosp1
				  or:   allegra!eosp1