grw (04/11/83)
If you read two vorpalize weapon scrolls in 5.3, your weapon vanishes in a puff of smoke. However, the code for this removes the weapon from the list before it prints out the message, so the weapon it says you lose is not the one you lose. Those who have sources may fix them by changing scrolls.c: /* old (wrong) way: */ { detach(pack, cur_weapon); discard(cur_weapon); cur_weapon = NULL; msg("your %s vanishes in a puff of smoke", w_names[cur_weapon->o_which]); } /* new (right) way: */ { msg("your %s vanishes in a puff of smoke", w_names[cur_weapon->o_which]); detach(pack, cur_weapon); discard(cur_weapon); cur_weapon = NULL; } Even Ken & Michael can make mistakes! -Glenn
hansen (04/13/83)
Whooaaaa, did I miss something on the net? Did I hear right? When did Version 5.3 of rogue appear on the scenes? And someone (other than Ken Arnold himself) has the source (!) for it? My goodness! Can I get the source too? I'd like to put it up on our System V machine (and there's NO WAY that a 4.xbsd binary is going to help to do that). PLEASE send replies (and/or source) to me. Thank you! Tony Hansen ...!pegasus!hansen