154 lines
3.8 KiB
Groff
154 lines
3.8 KiB
Groff
.TH HACK 6 "31 March 1985"
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.UC 4
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.SH NAME
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hack \- exploring The Dungeons of Doom
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B /usr/games/hack
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[
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.B \-d
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.I directory
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]
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[
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.B \-n
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]
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[
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.B \-u
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.I playername
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]
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.br
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.B /usr/games/hack
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[
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.B \-d
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.I directory
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]
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.B \-s
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[
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.B \-X
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]
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[
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.I playernames
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]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.PP
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.I Hack
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is a display oriented dungeons & dragons - like game.
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Both display and command structure resemble rogue.
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(For a game with the same structure but entirely different display -
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a real cave instead of dull rectangles - try Quest.)
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.PP
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To get started you really only need to know two commands. The command
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.B ?
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will give you a list of the available commands and the command
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.B /
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will identify the things you see on the screen.
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.PP
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To win the game (as opposed to merely playing to beat other people high
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scores) you must locate the Amulet of Yendor which is somewhere below
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the 20th level of the dungeon and get it out. Nobody has achieved this
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yet and if somebody does, he will probably go down in history as a hero
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among heroes.
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.PP
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When the game ends, either by your death, when you quit, or if you escape
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from the caves,
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.I hack
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will give you (a fragment of) the list of top scorers. The scoring
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is based on many aspects of your behavior but a rough estimate is
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obtained by taking the amount of gold you've found in the cave plus four
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times your (real) experience. Precious stones may be worth a lot of gold
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when brought to the exit.
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There is a 10% penalty for getting yourself killed.
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.PP
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The administration of the game is kept in the directory specified with the
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.B \-d
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option, or, if no such option is given, in the directory specified by
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the environment variable HACKDIR, or, if no such variable exists, in
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the current directory. This same directory contains several auxiliary
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files such as lockfiles and the list of top scorers and a subdirectory
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.I save
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where games are saved.
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The game administrator may however choose to install hack with a fixed
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playing ground, usually /usr/games/lib/hackdir.
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.PP
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The
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.B \-n
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option suppresses printing of the news.
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.PP
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The
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.B \-u
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.I playername
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option supplies the answer to the question "Who are you?".
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When
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.I playername
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has as suffix one of
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.B \-T \-S \-K \-F \-C \-W
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then this supplies the answer to the question "What kind of character ... ?".
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.PP
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The
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.B \-s
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option will print out the list of your scores. It may be followed by arguments
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.B \-X
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where X is one of the letters C, F, K, S, T, W to print the scores of
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Cavemen, Fighters, Knights, Speleologists, Tourists or Wizards.
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It may also be followed by one or more player names to print the scores of the
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players mentioned.
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.SH AUTHORS
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Jay Fenlason (+ Kenny Woodland, Mike Thome and Jon Payne) wrote the
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original hack, very much like rogue (but full of bugs).
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.br
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Andries Brouwer continuously deformed their sources into the current
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version - in fact an entirely different game.
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.SH FILES
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.DT
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.ta \w'data, rumors\ \ \ 'u
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hack The hack program.
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.br
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data, rumors Data files used by hack.
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.br
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help, hh Help data files.
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.br
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record The list of top scorers.
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.br
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save A subdirectory containing the saved
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.br
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games.
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.br
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bones_dd Descriptions of the ghost and
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.br
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belongings of a deceased adventurer.
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.br
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xlock.dd Description of a dungeon level.
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.br
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safelock Lock file for xlock.
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.br
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record_lock Lock file for record.
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.SH ENVIRONMENT
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.DT
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.ta \w'HACKPAGER, PAGER\ \ \ 'u
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USER or LOGNAME Your login name.
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.br
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HOME Your home directory.
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.br
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SHELL Your shell.
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.br
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TERM The type of your terminal.
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.br
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HACKPAGER, PAGER Pager used instead of default pager.
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.br
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MAIL Mailbox file.
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.br
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MAILREADER Reader used instead of default.
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.br
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HACKDIR Playground.
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.br
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HACKOPTIONS String predefining several hack options
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.br
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(see help file).
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.br
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Several other environment variables are used in debugging (wizard) mode,
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like GENOCIDED, INVENT, MAGIC and SHOPTYPE.
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.SH BUGS
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.PP
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Probably infinite.
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Mail complaints to mcvax!aeb .
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