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Welcome to HackLite v2!
HackLite is a Dungeons and Dragons like game where you (the adventurer)
descend into the depths of the dungeon in search of the Amulet of Yendor
(reputed to be hidden below the thirtieth level). You are accompanied by a
little dog that can help you in many ways and can be trained to do all
sorts of things. On the way you will find useful (or useless) items (quite
possibly with magic properties), and assorted monsters. You attack a monster
by trying to move into the space a monster is in (but often it is much
wiser to leave it alone).
Unlike most adventure games, which give you a verbal description of
your location, Hack gives you a visual image of the dungeon level you are on.
Hack uses the following symbols:
A to Z and a to z: monsters. You can find out what a letter
represents by saying "/ (letter)", as in "/A", which will tell you that 'A'
is a giant ant.
- and | These form the walls of a room (or maze).
. this is the floor of a room.
# this is a corridor.
> this is the staircase to the next level.
< the staircase to the previous level.
` A large boulder.
@ You (usually).
^ A trap.
) A weapon of some sort.
( Some other useful object (whistle, leash, mirror, ...)
[ A suit of armor.
% A piece of food (not necessarily healthy ...).
/ A wand.
= A ring.
? A scroll.
! A magic potion.
+ A spellbook containing a spell you can learn.
} A pool of water.
{ A fountain.
\ An opulent throne.
$ A pile or pot of gold.
Commands:
Hack knows the following commands:
? help: print this list.
Q Quit the game.
S Save the game.
< up: go up the staircase (if you are standing on it).
> down: go down (just like up).
kjhlyubn - go one step in the direction indicated.
k: north (i.e., to the top of the screen),
j: south, h: west, l: east, y: nw, u: ne, b: sw, n: se.
You can also use the keypad arrow keys to move in the
direction indicated by the key.
1: sw, 2: south, 3: se, 4: west, 6: east, 7: nw,
8: north, 9: ne
KJHLYUBN - Go in that direction until you hit a wall or run
into something. You can also use the shifted keypad
arrow keys for this purpose.
m (followed by one of kjhlyubn): move without picking up
any objects. You can use the keypad minus (-) key for
this purpose. For instance, keypad -8 means to move
to the north without picking anything up.
M (followed by one of KJHLYUBN): Move far, no pickup.
You can also use the alt-modified keypad arrow keys for
this purpose, or the shifted keypad minus.
g (followed by one of kjhlyubn): move until something
interesting is found. You can use the center keypad (5)
key for this purpose. For instance, keypad 54 means to
go west until something interesting is found.
G (followed by one of KJHLYUBN): as previous, but forking
of corridors is not considered interesting. You can also
use the control-modified keypad arrow keys for this
purpose, or the shifted keypad 5.
i print your inventory.
I print selected parts of your inventory, like in
I* - print all gems in inventory;
IU - print all unpaid items;
IX - print all used up items that are on your shopping bill;
s search for secret doors and traps around you.
^ ask for the type of a trap you found earlier.
) ask for current wielded weapon.
[ ask for current armor.
= ask for current rings.
$ count how many gold pieces you are carrying.
. rest, do nothing.
: look at what is here.
Esc stop resting, searching, etc.
^T teleport.
^R redraw the screen.
^P repeat last message
(subsequent ^P's repeat earlier messages).
^H repeat last 20 messages
^A repeat the last command. 20^A mains to do the last command
again 20 times.
/ (followed by any symbol): tell what this symbol represents.
You can also use the mouse to indicate a symbol to be explained.
\ tell what has been discovered.
e eat food.
w wield weapon. w- means: wield nothing, use bare hands.
q drink (quaff) a potion.
r read a scroll.
P Put on a ring.
R Remove ring.
W Wear armor.
T Takeoff armor.
A Remove some or all armor.
X examine (memorize) a spell.
x print a list of known spells.
z zap a wand.
Z cast a spell.
t throw an object or shoot an arrow.
p pay your shopping bill.
d drop something. d7a: drop seven items of object a.
D Drop several things.
In answer to the question "What kinds of things do you
want to drop? [!%= aAu]" you should give zero or more
object symbols possibly followed by 'a', 'A' and/or 'u'.
'a' means: drop all such objects, without asking for
confirmation.
'A' means: ask about each such object.
'u' means: drop only unpaid objects (when in a shop).
, pick up some things. (See D for how to specify what you want
to pick up.)
a use, apply - Generic command for using a whistle to call
your dog, using a camera, using a stethoscope, etc.
c call: name a certain object or class of objects.
C Call: Name an individual monster.
E Engrave: Write a message in the dust on the floor.
E- means: use fingers for writing.
O Set options. You will be asked to enter an option line.
If this is empty, the current options are reported.
Use O? to get help on the available options.
v prints the version number.
V prints a longer identification of the version, including the
history of the game.
# introduces one of the "extended" commands. To get a list of
the commands you can use with "#" type "#?". The extended
commands you can use depends upon what options the game was
compiled with, as well as what type of monster you most
closely resemble at a given moment.
You can put a number before a command to repeat it that many times,
as in "20s" or "40.".
At present, some information is displayed on the bottom line.
You see on what dungeon level you are, how many hit points you have
now (and will have when fully recovered), what your armor class is
(the lower the better), your strength, experience level and the
state of your stomach. Optionally, you may or may not see other
information such as magical energy, how much gold you have, etc.
Have Fun, and Good Hacking!