How can I turn off ghosts?

[PowerOfKaishin]

I don't play on a server so there has to be a way. Is there some code I can edit or what not? I can't seem to simply make bones read-only. For some odd reason my computer won't let me set the program to not modify a certain folder.

There's already enough deadly things in the dungeon that I can't kill the first time I reach a floor. I don't need to add extra things with the ability to cast dangerous spells or fire negative energy breath at me. Turning this off would be a great boon so I don't have to delete my bones files each time I die (which is more than it should be, because ghosts).

And please don't respond to this with advice on how to take out player ghosts.

[Turukano]

I'd rather move this topic to the Technical Support forum.

[MainiacJoe]

Empty the saves\bones folder

[xentronium]

There's probably some way to automate deleting any files that appear in the bones folder.

[ololoev]

There's probably some way to automate deleting any files that appear in the bones folder.

I don't know where crawl stores saves and bones, but if it is the 2 separate folders then you can make bones folder read-only.

[Indianageoff]

Just drop a shortcut to the folder and delete the files. I don't like ghosts either.

[Reptisaurus]

I don't play on a server so there has to be a way. Is there some code I can edit or what not? I can't seem to simply make bones read-only. For some odd reason my computer won't let me set the program to not modify a certain folder.

There's already enough deadly things in the dungeon that I can't kill the first time I reach a floor. I don't need to add extra things with the ability to cast dangerous spells or fire negative energy breath at me. Turning this off would be a great boon so I don't have to delete my bones files each time I die (which is more than it should be, because ghosts).

And please don't respond to this with advice on how to take out player ghosts.

So it sounds like you basically like the game but want an easier version of it? That seems to be the theme from all your posts.

[WingedEspeon]

player ghosts can be stupidly unfair though like when you are playing a mummy that is going well except you haven’t found any source of rF yet and you run into a SpAs ghost that know flame tongue.

[MainiacJoe]

I delete ghosts because I play offline and because when I do play, I play the same combo again and again until I win it or ragequit it. So all my ghosts are just like the current character and it's boring. If there were a bones sharing utility, I'd use it.

[archaeo]

Likewise, I feel like Crawl should either have a bones-sharing thing or a way to disable ghosts offline. I doubt either is forthcoming, but hey.

[infinitevox]

Bones sharing would/could be really neat.
Like adding specific player uniques to the game... >.>

[Siegurt]

Bones sharing could relatively easily be accomplished with a simple file sharing account (aka Dropbox, Copy, googke drive etc)

[Reptisaurus]

player ghosts can be stupidly unfair though like when you are playing a mummy that is going well except you haven’t found any source of rF yet and you run into a SpAs ghost that know flame tongue.

You're playing a mummy. Most things are stupidly unfair.

[partial]

There's probably some way to automate deleting any files that appear in the bones folder.

Could make a batch script to delete the folder then open crawl

[duvessa]

Let crawl make the bones directory, then instead of deleting it, disable read/write permissions in it for the user you play Crawl as. Then Crawl will silently fail to read or write any ghosts.

I delete ghosts because I play offline and because when I do play, I play the same combo again and again until I win it or ragequit it. So all my ghosts are just like the current character and it's boring. If there were a bones sharing utility, I'd use it.

There's a Hearse client for Crawl.