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afaik, Google provides protocol buffer compilers for Go, C++, java, and Python, and I know that libraries exist in Perl. Any language cam also implement their own pb compilers if need be. YAML libraries exist for pretty much every mainstream language out there. protocol buffers are easy to deal with...

Not a bad idea, but if this data were to be made available in a format for parsing by code, I'd recommend something other (and less problematic) than CSV, like YAML, or preferably Google' protocol buffer format.

I don't think the eating mini-game needs any more complexity.

I'd love to see a mobile named Oklob plant that is invisible, drains INT with smite targetting, torments, casts hellfire, moves like a bat, paralyzes, blinks, can clone itself like Mara, and heals like an imp.

Relevant information taken from the links in case anyone cares: Remove the cTele mutation Since cTele is to be changed to be an active ability on items - it shouldn't remain as a passive mutation. Zotdef characters still keep their intrinsic cTele. Make the ring of teleport control's effect evokable...

Is there a post somewhere detailing the cTele nerf?

Even with summon butterflies, you still need to wade through them to get to your target and engage it in melee, which puts you at risk of having a non-beneficial mutation applied. Scrolls of fog are subject to the same limitation, and are a finite resource. It sounds like you do the amulet thing alw...

Hello, I've finally been able to reliably get characters into the hells and pandemonium, and am having pretty good success finding my way around and learning to to handle dangerous situations. One of those dangerous situations is acquiring a really bad mutation like shuffle-feet or teleportalia. Nex...

I like the idea of vorpalize scrolls artifactifying a weapon. As it is, artifacts can be generated with several types of bonuses: rN+, rF+, rC+, rPois, rElec, +Dam, +Acc, +Blink, *TELE, +Rage, etc ... What if reading one a Scroll of Vorpalize Weapon randomly added one of those properties to your wie...

Was a Merfolk with no magic resistance items at the time: http://dobrazupa.org/morgue/moose/moose.txt Tough game, orc:4 had St. Roka, so I had to back out of there, and decided to dive the dungeon, then ran across Nikola on d:16, and I didn't have any rElec at the time, so I decided to try Elf for s...

Hi, a few times I've attempted a 15-rune ending, but usually die very quickly due to something I just didn't foresee. I can rarely get a character back to the point of being able to attempt a 15-runer, so I figured I'd try to help my chances for survival by posting here for advice: http://dobrazupa....

3rd time this has happened to me, 2nd time this month!

Really like the skill system. Can't imagine going back to the days of victory dancing :roll:

Perhaps make this a config setting that is defaulted to false? What I often end up doing is manually inscribing the targetable scrolls that are unidentified. eg: 1) Read a scroll, target an potion, and realize you just read a scroll of identify, and the game identifies it as such for you. YAY! 2) Re...

Now, you can only target an identified item You mean an unidentified item, right? In the scenario I spun above, how could you possibly have a targetable unidentified item in your inventory other than the unidentified scroll you just picked up and read? I had always thought that the targetable-but-u...

Yah the scenario I'm painting is if the first item in the game you pick up is a scroll of identify, but you don't know that. You read it, and it asks you to select an item. Previously, you could select the scroll itself, thus identifying it as a scroll of identify. Now, you can only target an identi...

Just noticed that you can no longer use an identify scroll to identify a scroll of identify.

Not a huge deal, but just a little more annoying for those of us who read every unidentified scroll as soon as we come across it.

Perhaps leaving Zot:5 as it is is fine, but I could see something like this proposal being done for Zot:1-4. You could think of it as each level of Zot being themed kinda like the spriggan queen level is. It seems kind of hethacky, but it could give some interesting variety to the currently boring l...

imo, this is the best amulet in the game hands down if you're worshipping Oka or Makhleb (possibly others too). I always cry when I've got a late-game Oka worshipper who's yet to find one.

Related: I've always thought it was sad that you cant use enchant weapon scrolls on artifacts. Would the results of being allowed to do so allow weapons that are too overpowered?

Tip of the day: Press CTRL-s, and spend some time with your wife and kids.

Regarding ensuring that the center vault is not attached to an outside wall, that would be a fantastic change! Has any consideration been given to possibly making the mazes smaller? This might be a step in the right direction. It would let the mazeophiles keep enjoying their mini-game, and let folks...

I've never really had an issue with Mennas, but you've got to know how and when you're going to fight him. If he ambushes you, and you're not prepared, you probably wont win... Here are my strategies: Okawaru Melee: As mentioned earlier, might, finesse, and heroism combined will usually turn the bat...

To make him a bit more interesting you could make him spawn with nets, and 2d2 (or so) orc warriors (or normal orcs) accompanying him, each armed with axes of returning. This would definitely increase his threat factor, and make the encounter more interesting.

I tried this out, and found that I was getting inundated with spells I would eventually want, but had no spell slots open for them. Not sure what the right solution for this is, but I found it pretty annoying. I had to turn down Poison Arrow, Iron Shot, Orb of destruction, and Ice Storm. Not that I ...

Been a long time since I played a Makhlebite, so I gave it a try recently. Still as fun as always, M. is a great god! One major annoyance that I don't remember from earlier versions is the mutations caused by hostile Cacodaemon summons. They're debilitating! Sure, there are precautions you can take ...

crate wrote:An xl12 mibe with good tactics should have no problem with lair.

That said black mambas are the single most dangerous enemy in lair so you should be careful around them.

Why is that?

I find Hydras, and Spiny Frogs to be more devastating. A Catoblepas is probably worse as well.

Oh and while that robe is nice, later on you would have been looking to upgrade to an MDA. What does Mottled Dragon Armor provide that's useful other than a relatively small amount of AC? It doesn't provide any resists (other than sticky flame), does it? Wouldn't a robe of resistance, or rotam be b...

I still wouldn't mind making the upper levels a tad more survivable while you're at it. You can still get one-turn banished, and hit with iron-shot for nearly 100 damage by a hell sentinel on the first level. I'm all for the abyss being challenging, but It still seems like a death sentence to most o...

Man that is a really jacked up set of muts ... I am a little surprised the game would let this happen from just one bad bout of contamination.

I play on Ubuntu via ssh, and set the font to Courier New, and it's absolutely beautiful. I use charset=dec

A spur is usually a spiked metal wheel worn on the heel of boots that is used to irritate a horse's flank in order to make it obey or follow some command. To gall is a verb which means to irritate by rubbing. So a horse that's had spurs used on it is said to be "spur-galled." I believe &qu...

Bowel ration. Maybe Veronica Moser will start playing if we add these!

Gotta love bagpipes: http://s1276.beta.photobucket.com/user/ ... b.mp4.html

On a related note with mummies, how do they get rid of mutations generally? If you get some really bad mutation, do you worship Jivya, or what?

Hi ... I'm going to try to make my first real attempt at the extended endgame, and wanted some advice. I've got a Demonspawn Ice Elementalist who's pretty much Zot-ready, but I've won this game 20 or so times, and really want to see the rest of the game. Dump is at the end. I was originally going to...

He was on me before I had a chance to move as you can see

I always found that prompt reassuring ... Guess it's just the permanent damage done from Nethack, where you weren't sure if your amulet was real or fake...

Those stairs are too far away, I'll just take this here shaft...

yogaFLAME wrote:In terms of game design, it falls under "minor perks for the sake of variety." I can't think of a game in existence where passive damage return was a thing and I ever cared about it.

You must have never played DAoC with the "Reactive armor spell" !!

These are the kinds of problems that make me wish we had permanent buffs ... I know this has been brought up before, but I haven't seen any discussion on this in quite a while.

I always use an amulet of the gourmand when I can, even though I probably have way more than enough food than I need. It just saves me from the tedium of chunk management. Also, many of the recent changes have made chunk management much less painful, but I still hate getting snarled in the near star...

Can someone explain why blink is so key? It seems that without cTele, it can just plop you back into danger again. Kind of like Russian Roulette. How is this used to one's advantage without cTele? Overall this is great information to know ... I've always strived to play "pure" melee with m...

have you used those scrolls of acquirement yet? seems like your armour is pretty bad, though rod (choose staff) and wand are solid options depending on what you've found already. unless you are critically short on curing potions, I would go to Snake. Trog's Hand can fight poison often, and your Ogr...

Though I've never managed a 15-rune win, from what I can tell, for seasoned players, it's not all that harder than a normal win, just longer. Ie, great players can win a 15-runer just as easily as a 3 runer, it just takes more time. Perhaps the removal of castable haste would be a difficulty bump th...

I would like to see the Haste spell removed as well. I think that any one spell like this that is (according to a previous post in this thread) nearly required for endgame needs to be removed. If need be, the endgame can be adjusted (or not) to accommodate for the added difficulty. If one makes it t...

But, once you know where everything is, it's not going to be fun the 2nd time you find that layout. And on the other side of things, I hate the thought of needing to read a magic mapping scroll each time I find a new layout to make sure I don't miss the treasure I've worked so hard to get to. It's a...

This is a case of my wanting to be completely spoiled, because I've lost two very promising characters in here. Any advice on the most straightforward way of completing this place? It's the wizlab that spawns a bunch of white trolls indefinitely who aren't worth xp. It also has a very unassuming-loo...

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