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- MSDOS specific help file for NetHack 3.1.3
- (Last Revised: July 11, 1993)
-
- Copyright (c) NetHack PC Development Team 1993
- NetHack may be freely distributed. See license for details.
-
- The MSDOS port of NetHack supports some additional or enhanced commands
- as well as some NetHack.cnf file options specific to configuration choices
- used during the building of PC NetHack. Listed below are those commands
- and NetHack.cnf file options.
-
- Recognized MSDOS specific NetHack.cnf entries are outlined below.
-
-
- Compound options available under MSDOS if using internal screen routines
- (NO_TERMS was defined during the compile):
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- videoshades May be specified to override the default
- gray intensity mapping for the following
- shades of gray (listed in the required
- order): black gray white
- The choices for mapping to each shade of
- gray are: dark, normal, or light.
- Default: videoshades = dark normal light
-
- videocolors May be specified to override the default
- color map used by the internal screen
- management routines in the following
- order: red green brown blue magenta cyan
- orange bright_green yellow bright_blue
- bright_magenta bright_cyan
- Default:
- videocolors = 4 2 6 1 5 3 12 10 14 9 13 11
-
- Boolean Options:
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- IBMgraphics Use IBM extended characters for the dungeon
- Default: [FALSE]
-
- Boolean options if DGK was set at compile time:
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- BIOS Allow the use of IBM ROM BIOS calls
- Default: [FALSE]
- rawio Allow the use of raw I/O (may only be set
- on startup)
- Default: [FALSE]
-
-
- The following options are NOT currently recognized under the MSDOS
- port of PC NetHack:
-
- LEVELS= Where to store/create per level
- data files.
- SAVE= Where to save games.
- BONES= Where to store bones files.
- RAMDISK= Where your RAM disk is (driver letter).
-
- MSDOS Additional/Enhanced Commands:
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- While playing NetHack under MSDOS you can press the ALT key in combination
- with another key to execute an extended command as an alternative method
- to pressing the # key combination:
-
- Alt-a adjust - adjust inventory letters.
- Alt-c chat - talk to someone.
- Alt-d dip - dip an object into something.
- Alt-f force - force a lock.
- Alt-i invoke - invoke an object's powers.
- Alt-j jump - jump to a location.
- Alt-l loot - loot a box on the floor.
- Alt-m monster - use a monster's special ability.
- Alt-n name - name an item or type of object.
- Alt-o offer - offer a sacrifice to the gods.
- Alt-p pray - pray to the gods for help.
- Alt-r rub - rub a lamp.
- Alt-s sit - sit down.
- Alt-t turn - turn undead.
- Alt-u untrap - untrap something.
- Alt-v version - list compile time options for this version of NetHack.
- Alt-w wipe - wipe off your face.
- Alt-? ? - get this list of extended commands.
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