Nethack 3.4.1 Released

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Posted by michael on Tuesday February 25, 2003 @09:14PM from the late-night-fun dept.

fatquack writes "Almost a day ago the DevTeam wrote: The NetHack DevTeam is pleased to announce the release of NetHack 3.4.1. NetHack 3.4 is an enhancement to the dungeon exploration game NetHack. It is a distant descendent of Rogue and Hack, and a direct descendent of NetHack 3.3. Get your copy at nethack.org now! (and it fixes the boulder/landmine bug)."

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Dying Bug by Overand · 2003-02-25 21:16 · Score: 5, Funny

The question is, does this release fix the "DAMN this game is IMPOSSIBLE!!" bug, or the "Holy crap, I keep dying for no reason." Bug?
1. Re:Dying Bug by wishus · 2003-02-26 05:09 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  You can't use the "dot" in C, only C++. You have to dereference the pointers manually.
  
  Wait until later in the semester when they teach you about structs.
Ulch. by Mr.+Flibble · 2003-02-25 21:16 · Score: 5, Funny

That download was slashdotted.

You feel deathly ill.

(Improperly formatted because of lameness filter)

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1. Re:Ulch. by pcbob · 2003-02-25 21:54 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Come on, try to hack my 31337 firewall[127.0.0.1]!
  
  haha, the joke's on you, i just deleted all of your fil
Noooooo! by Anonymous Coward · 2003-02-25 21:21 · Score: 4, Funny

I was planning to graduate in a couple of years!
You are lost... by philovivero · 2003-02-25 21:31 · Score: 4, Funny

You are lost in a twisty maze of Hack and Rogue versions, all the same. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.

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1. Re:You are lost... by troc · 2003-02-25 23:00 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  You said I was going to be eaten by a grue....
  
  Do the literalists bite the heads off so the grues can get to work?
  
  man these dungeon games are more complex than I thought, symbiotic relationships between monsters - whatever next?
  
  You are in a maze of .......
  >w
  You go West (where the air is sweet etc)
  In the dark you have your head bitten off by a literalist. The grues feast on your remains. The literalists all go to a cocktail evening.
  Yor are dead. Get over it.
  
  Troc
  
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Net...hack? by Anonymous Coward · 2003-02-25 21:33 · Score: 5, Funny

Net...hack? Rogue? Sounds suspicious to me. How can I get in touch with John Ashcroft?
W00t by Anonymous Coward · 2003-02-25 21:44 · Score: 3, Funny

I know that this release is going to push my Radeon 8500 hard.
Misleading title by ascii · 2003-02-25 21:47 · Score: 4, Funny

I know I might sound completely moronic when I say this, but I think the title 'NetHack' is almost, but not quite, entirely misleading to the actual theme of the game.

I've stumpled upon NetHack here and there and always thought it to be something along the lines of the ancient Neuromancer Amiga game that I loved so much.

Why don't they call it something like "[insert D&D'ish sounding name]: The legacy of [insert other D&D'ish sounding name]

Example:
Crangrall: the legacy of Wanhall
Forthrall: the legacy of Krilltorr

You can all troll me or flame me to pieces now for not getting it.

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1. Re:Misleading title by CrosseyedPainless · 2003-02-25 23:15 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  How about "Nethack: By Grabthar's Hammer, You Shall Be Avenged!" ?
2. Re:Misleading title by zatz · 2003-02-25 23:20 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  What a savings!
  
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3. Re:Misleading title by Anonymous Coward · 2003-02-25 23:57 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Many people make this mistake. People see two syllables that form unrelated words and simply decide to pronounce it NET-HACK, when those of us who have been playing it for years know that it is, in fact, NETH-ACK, a far more D&D-ish name, i'm sure you would agree. It was named after the ancient eunuch sorcerer Nethack The Great, Controller Of Daemons. Sheesh, kids these days...
4. Re:Misleading title by cgreuter · 2003-02-26 00:51 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  I know I might sound completely moronic when I say this, but I think the title 'NetHack' is almost, but not quite, entirely misleading to the actual theme of the game.
  That's just part of Nethack's charm.
  Back when I was a quasi-regular in rec.games.roguelike.nethack, we'd get about one confused skr1pt k1dd13 per week looking for cr4kz and w4r3z. My absolute favourite of these was the one who said (paraphrased),
  Would somebody please mailbomb $EMAIL_ADDRESS. He says I'm not elite.
  
  I tell ya, you don't get that grade of comedy with Diablo II.
5. Re:Misleading title by troc · 2003-02-26 02:12 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  With his cronies:
  
  Sang-Band, a group of mystics who always stopped singing just before you entered the room;
  
  Zang-Band, a Dutch parody of the above;
  
  R. O. Guelike (gooey-lickie), a strange, twisted individual who steals time and productivity from apparently intelligent people.
  
  Angband is, as we know the only way to utter (DON'T say this aloud) Danbg'na, patron saint of all things blue and prickly.
  
  But, as explained abouve in a previous posts it's the Literalists that you have to be careful of, they are always on the prowl and will drag you away at a moment's notice for a quick flogging.
  
  No, I don't know why they like to be flogged by strangers either.
  
  Troc, who is in a weird mood today, sorry.
  
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Re:NetHack is cool because you can play it at work by tunah · 2003-02-25 21:50 · Score: 5, Funny

PHB: What's that you're doing? Me: Err... I'm hexediting the new project, just working out a couple of bugs. Me: There's one! PHB: Nice work! I should give you a raise! Me: How 'bout an office with a door? PHB: No, people play games if I can't see them working. Me: I guess that's a good point. I should get back to my work...

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Bah, didn't hit preview! by tunah · 2003-02-25 21:52 · Score: 2, Funny

PHB: What's that you're doing?
Me: Err... I'm hexediting the new project, just working out a couple of bugs.
<the grid bug bites!>
Me: There's one! Must have got into the system through the power...
<you killed the grid bug!>
PHB: Nice work! I should give you a raise!
Me: How 'bout an office with a door?
PHB: No, people play games if I can't see them working.
Me: I guess that's a good point. I should get back to my work...

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What do we need a new version for? by pnot · 2003-02-25 22:01 · Score: 5, Funny

At one point, NetHack had everything but the kitchen sink. Then they added the kitchen sink. What more could you want? :-)
1. Re:What do we need a new version for? by scrytch · 2003-02-26 13:25 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  At one point, NetHack had everything but the kitchen sink. Then they added the kitchen sink. What more could you want? :-)
  
  How about a kitchen? It could have a tin opener, an icebox, and of course some cleaver-wielding cooks...
  
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Re:Am I the only geek who HATES Nethack? by kinnell · 2003-02-25 22:03 · Score: 2, Funny

The interface is awful, the game is deliberately user-hostile, and you die constantly in ways you can't possibly prevent (boulder trap on level 1, for instance).
A bit too realistic perhaps? ;-)

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Re:A good plan? by wodon · 2003-02-25 22:15 · Score: 5, Funny

If they do, I can't wait to see the fully raytraced, mip-mapped hi rez @ sign brutally attacking the letter Z.

I think bullet time would go down well too!

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Today by IanBevan · 2003-02-25 22:39 · Score: 4, Funny

This is my week.

1. Found out wife is pregnant.

2. Our rental has been sold and we have 42 days find a new place/move out.

3. Starting a new job on Monday

4. New version of nethack released

Oh, the inhumanity of it all...

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1. Re:Today by anon*127.0.0.1 · 2003-02-26 05:33 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Those are in order of increasing importance, I'm presuming.
  
  Or temporal order. Baby in 9 months, house in 42 days, job in 5 days.. but nethack is NOW!
  
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In related news by Anonymous Coward · 2003-02-25 22:54 · Score: 2, Funny

ATI's new 9700 pushes the limits of ASCII gaming
Almost a day ago... by bythescruff · 2003-02-25 23:01 · Score: 2, Funny

"Almost a day ago..."

Ahh, I remember it like it was yesterday, oh wait...

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Nethack Question by epsalon · 2003-02-25 23:04 · Score: 5, Funny

Anyone know where I can find a playable recording of a successful NetHack game? I want to see a Master play.

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If you want to ruin someone's life... by nonos · 2003-02-25 23:24 · Score: 3, Funny

... learn him how to play Nethack.
Re:NetHack is cool because you can play it at work by jabapi · 2003-02-25 23:29 · Score: 3, Funny

So true.

Boss: "What are you doing, anyway?"
Me: "Am trying to get rid of all those annoying grid bugs we have in our system. Now please, leave me alone, will you?"
Modern 3D-Accellerated Version! by RPoet · 2003-02-26 00:20 · Score: 5, Funny

If you don't like the traditional ascii rendering of the game, there is now a complete port of nethack to use a 3D-accellerated, high-resolution display engine which will keep you on the edge of your seat! See screenshot, and drool!

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Nethack? duh... by archeopterix · 2003-02-26 00:34 · Score: 5, Funny

I would play it, but the user interface is too bloated. I'd like something like that:
You find yourself on an empty tile. Looking northwest you see a large chest. A grid bug approaches you from southwest. There's a curved wand 2 squares to the north. >
Direct Descendent? by SlashdotLemming · 2003-02-26 01:39 · Score: 5, Funny

"The NetHack DevTeam is pleased to announce the release of NetHack 3.4.1. NetHack 3.4 is an enhancement to the dungeon exploration game NetHack. It is a distant descendent of Rogue and Hack, and a direct descendent of NetHack 3.3."

Does anyone know if NetHack 3.5 will be a descendent of NetHack 3.4? Someone told me that it was going to be a spreadsheet application.
Re:For anyone who's interested ... by Ignorant+Aardvark · 2003-02-26 06:54 · Score: 2, Funny

Holy crap, this must be a first. My Nethack server is gonna get slashdotted at this rate!

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Re:Am I the only geek who HATES Nethack? by Ignorant+Aardvark · 2003-02-26 07:02 · Score: 2, Funny

This is why, when people ask, I say "nethack is more of a life simulator".

Your pet cat gets crushed by a boulder, you get polymorphed into a frog by a gnome with a wand, your bag of holding explodes on you, and you die from choking on a can of spinach.

Yeah, that pretty much sums up life to me.

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Been there & vi training wheels by xixax · 2003-02-26 11:57 · Score: 4, Funny

Not only don't they notice, they peer in over my shoulder exclaiming,
"Whow, you guys are always doing such techy stuff, it's amazing..." (spoken with absolute naivety)

And hjkl is why I picked up vi so quickly. So I also describe it as a vi training module. :o)

Xix.

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