debray@sbcs.UUCP (06/03/83)
In a recent game of rogue 5.2, I walked into a treasure room at level 5. I finished off the monsters (the 2-handed sword I was wielding helped), and on killing the last monster (a bat), I found a scroll where the bat was standing; figuring this couldn't be a scare monster, I read it - and heard "maniacal laughter in the distance"! Can anyone explain this to me? Saumya Debray (Attila) ... philabs!sbcs!debray
richl@tektronix.UUCP (06/05/83)
Well, that's an 'undocumented feature'. All that means is when the monster was placed in the room at the beginning of the level, the routine didn't check to see where the monster was landing. If you had hit the bat and he started moving, he would not land on that spot again. Incidentally, you can find the same sort of 'bug' with yourself on occasion. Ever find an undetonated trap underneath you after a teleport or dropping to a new level? Rick Lindsley richl@tektronix ...zehntel!tektronix!richl
mclure@sri-unix.UUCP (06/06/83)
#R:sbcs:-36700:sri-unix:5000028:000:244 sri-unix!mclure Jun 6 00:42:00 1983 If the monsters were fighting back in the treasure room which apparently contained the scare mo scroll, then that does seem like a bug unless all of the monsters were incapacitated. If they were moving around, then it's a bug I think. Stuart