An addition to THe NetHack Object Identification Spoiler b..

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Hello all and especially David,

I was thinking that something like this might be added to David's
excelent document: The NetHack Object Identification Spoiler.

Under the heading 'Wands' somewhere in the first paragraph:

Consider wearing an unidentified ring and amulet before engraving so
that if the wand is identified as enlightenment you'll be able to
identify the ring and the amulet.

Topi
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Quoting Topi Linkala <nes@iki.fi>:
>I was thinking that something like this might be added to David's
>excelent document: The NetHack Object Identification Spoiler.
>Under the heading 'Wands' somewhere in the first paragraph:
>Consider wearing an unidentified ring and amulet before engraving so
>that if the wand is identified as enlightenment you'll be able to
>identify the ring and the amulet.

Earlier on I say;

Some objects can be identified if you zap a wand (or drink a potion) of
enlightenment while wearing/carrying them, but the possibilities there are
too great to number - for instance, one can distinguish flint stones and
luckstones, but this technique is most useful on uncursed rings and
amulets.

but I agree that something could be added in the wands section.

I think there ought to be a new version before this year's Tournament - I
shall be needing it then.
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David, are you aware of the inability to name certain ordinary objects
as certain artifacts?

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Thank you for the great guide!

 

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> I think there ought to be a new version before this year's Tournament - I
> shall be needing it then.

I don't know if it's done, but it might not be a bad idea for people who
generate spoilers to create a post when one has been updated.

 

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On 24 Aug 2005 00:48:44 GMT, chucko@nil.car wrote:

>
>> I think there ought to be a new version before this year's Tournament - I
>> shall be needing it then.
>
>I don't know if it's done, but it might not be a bad idea for people who
>generate spoilers to create a post when one has been updated.

Weren't the spoiler regularly posted to rgrn, once upon a time?


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Jove wrote:
> On 24 Aug 2005 00:48:44 GMT, chucko@nil.car wrote:

>> I don't know if it's done, but it might not be a bad idea for people
>> who generate spoilers to create a post when one has been updated.

> Weren't the spoiler regularly posted to rgrn, once upon a time?

I used to post one daily, when I was maintaining them. If one changed,
it meant that the new one automatically took over.

Dylan keeps them now, and he doesn't post them: people can download the
latest version from http://www.spod-central.org/~psmith/nh/ or (zipped)
http://www.spod-central.org/~psmith/nh/spoi-343.tar.gz for the spoilers
and http://www.spod-central.org/~psmith/nh/gazetteer.tar.gz for the
dungeon mappe.

These zip files are updated automatically, daily.

Boudewijn.

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"Boudewijn Waijers" <kroisos@REMOVETHISWORD.home.nl> writes:
> Jove wrote:
> > On 24 Aug 2005 00:48:44 GMT, chucko@nil.car wrote:
>
> >> I don't know if it's done, but it might not be a bad idea for people
> >> who generate spoilers to create a post when one has been updated.
>
> > Weren't the spoiler regularly posted to rgrn, once upon a time?
>
> I used to post one daily, when I was maintaining them. If one changed,
> it meant that the new one automatically took over.
>
> Dylan keeps them now, and he doesn't post them:

Except when updated for new versions, _if_ the changes have been
significant enough to warrant it. I make enough ongoing minor tweaks,
additions, clarifications, typo-fixes and general fiddling that
posting every time I change something would be a Bad Idea.

> people can download the
> latest version from http://www.spod-central.org/~psmith/nh/ or (zipped)
> http://www.spod-central.org/~psmith/nh/spoi-343.tar.gz

Tarballed, actually But most people should be able to cope with
that.

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Quoting Shawn Moore <sartak@gmail.com>:
>David, are you aware of the inability to name certain ordinary objects
>as certain artifacts?

No, I wasn't. Thanks. I can see that would be useful under some
circumstances, too.
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