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Other Announcements / Re: How do you like your roguelikes?

« on: November 22, 2009, 10:16:13 PM »

I don't know anything about coding, so I don't know the difference on that side. I just mean "It has been optimized for DOS and you can play it in DosBox" or "It hasn't been optimized for DOS, and you run it in windows - with whatever you are offered there" basically.

So, DoomRL and the ASCII version of Dungeon Crawl are "Text - Windows" or "Text - DOS" for you? They both might look like DOS programs, but you could not run them under DOS, unless you downloaded a DOS specific executable (I see there is one for Crawl, but not for DoomRL). That's a choice of operating system, not of graphics style, like the other options... Unless someone likes the feel of playing through DosBox for some reason, but I don't think there is enough reason nowadays to produce games which are supposed to be played via DosBox.

About the technical details... the system console looks like DOS (or rather can look like DOS), (see e.g. DoomRL, ASCII version of Crawl, DOS version of ADOM...) and the simulated ASCII looks like whatever the dev wanted to make it look like (e.g. ADOM WinBeta).

Exactly. DoomRL is "Text - Windows". I can't play it in DOS, and so, I don't play it. Even though I love that game.

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Other Announcements / Re: How do you like your roguelikes?

« on: November 20, 2009, 02:51:46 PM »

I assume that by "Text - DOS" you mean that the system console is used (which makes it look like DOS), and "Text - Windows" means that the game uses a graphical library such as e.g. SDL to display the world in simulated ASCII, or something like that. (There is a big difference, I usually like games which use the system console, but dislike most of those which simulate, because they force me to look at fonts I do not like. But libtcod also looks great from what I have seen.)

I don't know anything about coding, so I don't know the difference on that side. I just mean "It has been optimized for DOS and you can play it in DosBox" or "It hasn't been optimized for DOS, and you run it in windows - with whatever you are offered there" basically.

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Other Announcements / How do you like your roguelikes?

« on: November 20, 2009, 12:43:00 PM »

I hope I didn't forget anything.. I didn't bother adding "Text - Linux" because I think all roguelikes that can be played in Linux (which is almoast all of them) it is available in text-mode. But text in windows is alot different than a DOS-version. And I know the correct term might be "ASCII" or unicode, but we all understand what "text" means.

I prefer a clean, clear and colorful (in the right ways, not "flashy") text-layout in DOS.

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Classic Roguelikes / Re: Does everybody read NetHack spoilers?

« on: November 18, 2009, 11:38:55 PM »

I've read spoilers for all roguelikes I got hooked on. Not until after having died over and over and over and over again though ofcourse The first time I -really- dug into a spoiler, was when playing ADOM, and I just got sick of only being able to successfully play bashers...that in my hands, always died soon after early-game anyway.

I think ADOM has a steeper learning-curve than Nethack, but to put things in perspective, I saw one guy on the ADOM-forum that had refused to read -any- spoilers, and he spent 10+ years to be able to get a win.

It's even more rewarding when you discover things on your own, but roguelikes are so complex and mistakes so costly that quite frankly, I feel more than satisfied enough when advancing, succeeding and surpassing my own goals even when I have borrowed knowledge from other players.

It's just a matter of how many hundred times you are willing to re-roll to learn one new thing (if you are lucky) with each death. To me it came down to either, stop playing because I was getting fed up, or to read spoilers and keep playing.

Having fun is the only objective of playing singleplayer games! :-) And luckily roguelikes are so difficult, that even if you have read a spoiler, getting a win is respected nevertheless. Have fun!

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Classic Roguelikes / Re: Never beat Crawl? Enter here! :-)

« on: November 18, 2009, 11:30:31 PM »

I think my highest score was 2300 something. I chose a random character, and I got a Demigod Priest. I can't remember, but I think a big eye kept paralyzing me and something else was attacking me.

Hehe, well if you want your score up on the board, try again! And during anytime of the game, you can use the '#' command to make a "character dump". It will send out all the info about your current char to a text-file in your Crawl-directory.

Probably other handy commands I don't know about too, but that will work. Good luck!

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Off-topic (Locked) / Re: Please help me plot a new PC

« on: November 13, 2009, 02:55:07 PM »

I am aware that this is personal experience/"taste" and my experiences aren't fair maybe, because it's years since I built a PC with Intel-processors..however! When I build computers, I -always- make sure to get some kind of build, including AMD processor.

I have Geforce 8800 GT and am very pleased with it, although I have never attempted dual-monitoring etc.

Anyway, I know alot of people say: "Oh Intel have improved alot now!" "Intel isn't so bad anymore!" etc.. but since I started sticking with AMD processors, -ALL- my computers have been very stable. I think Intel is more about squeezing out maximum power there and then when it's needed the most, but AMD is more like a steady worker that know its limits. I personally prefer a computer I can just keep on for 2 months, then sit down and play a high-end action shooter without any problems, than a computer where I can crank up the quality of graphics 'one more notch' but keep having strange hangups, freezes etc.

RAM is so cheap now anyway, it's worth getting quality RAM. When RAM is corrupted or doesn't do its job, it's usually hard to find that error, and it's very annoying.

Good luck

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Off-topic (Locked) / Symbian - Mobile Phones - Roguelikes

« on: November 13, 2009, 02:49:04 PM »

I have just ordered a Nokia N97 with full QWERTY-keyboard, and can't wait to get it! Is there any roguelikes specifically made for the symbian-platform? (I know of Dweller, didn't like it too much) I know there is a version of DosBox out for Symbian though, so I guess I should be able to play all my favorite RLs through that.

I know there's a version of Rogue for the iPhone, but I'm not a big supporter of Apple so I'm staying clear of that path..any symbian-specific info anyone know of when it comes to RL-development? =)

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Classic Roguelikes / Re: Never beat Crawl? Enter here! :-)

« on: November 10, 2009, 11:55:15 PM »

Well, I think score will be what sorts the list no matter what. Especially since it seems that Crawl is good at valuing certain things, such as finding Runes. (I don't think it subtracts score for dropping a Rune either) I mean when my highscore was 10k I just got alittle further than that, but found one Rune, and score was all of a sudden 120k.

And I don't like the thought of making a list way back in a huge thread as this one, and then have it drown with lots of posts. Newcomers might not even know it exists.

Maybe I can update it once every page, and then modify that one for that page's posts?

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Classic Roguelikes / Re: Never beat Crawl? Enter here! :-)

« on: November 09, 2009, 11:08:43 AM »

REST IN PEACE EXPLORERS OF THE DUNGEON.. THESE BRAVE ADVENTURERS SHALL BE REMEMBERED...

(1) 210030 Numeron the Severer (level 18, -26/163 HPs)
(2) 72034 PerKiller the Black Belt (level 14, -2/106 (122) HPs)   (Player: Omnivorous)
(3) 31629 Karzack the Hacker (level 13, 0/132 HPs)
(4) 24878 Moprog the Frost Mage (level 12, -12/77 (85) HPs)   (Player: dweller)
(5) 4300 Karis the Slicer (level 10, -2/56 HPs)   (Player: Archaalen)


Color-coding: No Runes, One Rune, Two Runes, Three Runes, Three Runes+, Orb of Zot, All Runes+Orb, Winner!.
How do you guys think this list should be kept? Just like I have been doing so far, or in a separate, permanent thread? And do you think we all can have as many entries as we want, or should every player's records be replaced by their best character posted (by score)?

I don't care so much about the first one personally. I just think this is most fun if it's related to us "noobs" that don't make every second run a win. I've seen some scoretables on online-servers, and it's pretty irellevant for my skill-level.

As for only having one (the best) character posted in the list, I think it's fun to be able to have several entries..maybe one char has accomplished lots of things but don't have as high score as another character, and so you want to post both.. I don't know, maybe post/replace as the posting player wishes?

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Classic Roguelikes / Re: Never beat Crawl? Enter here! :-)

« on: November 07, 2009, 10:36:00 PM »

Well I've never had success with casters without constantly having -something- summoned, just to buy me some time..creating cannon fodder like you said

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Classic Roguelikes / Re: Never beat Crawl? Enter here! :-)

« on: November 07, 2009, 10:10:44 PM »

Well you are a Merfolk Caster.. They can't take too much damage, especially not without any good gear that gives defence. I think you could use the Blink spell or something like that, some means of getting distance between you and monsters because you're not made for taking those hits at all.

Goodjob though, I never survived that far with a caster either! :X

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Classic Roguelikes / Re: Never beat Crawl? Enter here! :-)

« on: November 06, 2009, 12:59:24 AM »

REST IN PEACE EXPLORERS OF THE DUNGEON.. THESE BRAVE ADVENTURERS SHALL BE REMEMBERED...

(1) 210030 Numeron the Severer (level 18, -26/163 HPs)
(2) 72034 PerKiller the Black Belt (level 14, -2/106 (122) HPs)
(3) 31629 Karzack the Hacker (level 13, 0/132 HPs)
(4) 4300 Karis the Slicer (level 10, -2/56 HPs)   (Player: Archaalen)


Color-coding: No Runes, One Rune, Two Runes, Three Runes, Three Runes+, Orb of Zot, All Runes+Orb, Winner!.

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Classic Roguelikes / Re: Never beat Crawl? Enter here! :-)

« on: November 06, 2009, 12:54:48 AM »

Is there a way to help prevent being transported to the abyss?

Nope, but killing monsters there is not a good idea. You might think that "Ohh, one lone monster.. I can easily kill that". While that is true, you could've also spent that time looking for the portal! And scrolls of Tele can be used in there to generate a completely fresh level. The abyss-level also just "loop". If you run straight, you'll be running in your own tracks pretty soon, so keep changing angle now and then to increase chances of finding the way out. Both times I ended up in there, I was lucky and got out. Both times I got out, I also found the portal by e'x'amining a square I thought perhaps looked suspicious, although I didn't really believe that it was the portal..it can be hard to see if you ask me.

Edit: Oh! Sorry didn't see the cause of death! Haha, that's unfortunate! Yeah, blink doesn't work there and teleport takes (for me it did atleast) 5-6 turns or something to work! So I guess you got properly screwed over. Or sCRAWLED over.. ahaha..hahehe....he :-/

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Classic Roguelikes / Re: Never beat Crawl? Enter here! :-)

« on: November 02, 2009, 01:48:41 AM »

Wow, never have I found such a great armour at that level. This guy is bound to win now.

Ahh, way to jinx yourself..! Do you know nothing of the mechanics of a roguelike?! To quote Queens of the Stone Age; 'First it giveth, then it taketh away'.

Hehe, just messing around.. Good luck, it sounds great! Made me want to try that character combination.

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Classic Roguelikes / Re: Never beat Crawl? Enter here! :-)

« on: November 01, 2009, 04:16:25 AM »

Alright, I think this will be how high-score table looks. And as I update it, I will delete the older one so there's only one table that "moves around". Does this one look alright?
REST IN PEACE EXPLORERS OF THE DUNGEON.. THESE BRAVE ADVENTURERS SHALL BE REMEMBERED...

(1) 210030 Numeron the Severer (level 18, -26/163 HPs)
(2) 72034 PerKiller the Black Belt (level 14, -2/106 (122) HPs)
(3) 18263 Karzack the Hacker (level 12, -1/104 HPs)
(4) 4300 Karis the Slicer (level 10, -2/56 HPs)   (Player: Archaalen)


Color-coding: No Runes, One Rune, Two Runes, Three Runes, Three Runes+, Orb of Zot, All Runes+Orb, Winner!.