diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'hack/help')
| -rw-r--r-- | hack/help | 132 |
1 files changed, 132 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/hack/help b/hack/help new file mode 100644 index 0000000..24b22a5 --- /dev/null +++ b/hack/help @@ -0,0 +1,132 @@ + Welcome to HACK! ( description of version 1.0.3 ) + + Hack 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 on the twentieth 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 (key, rope, dynamite, camera, ...) + [ A suit of armor. + % A piece of food (not necessarily healthy ...). + / A wand. + = A ring. + ? A scroll. + ! A magic potion. + $ A pile or pot of gold. + +Commands: + Hack knows the following commands: + ? help: print this list. + Q Quit the game. + S Save the game. + ! Escape to a shell. + ^Z Suspend 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: ne, u: nw, b: se, n: sw. + KJHLYUBN - Go in that direction until you hit a wall or run + into something. + m (followed by one of kjhlyubn): move without picking up + any objects. + M (followed by one of KJHLYUBN): Move far, no pickup. + f (followed by one of kjhlyubn): move until something + interesting is found. + F (followed by one of KJHLYUBN): as previous, but forking + of corridors is not considered interesting. + 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; + I$ - count your money. + 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. + , pick up some things. + : look at what is here. + ^T teleport. + ^R redraw the screen. + ^P repeat last message + (subsequent ^P's repeat earlier messages). + / (followed by any symbol): tell what this symbol represents. + \ 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. + T Takeoff armor. + R Remove Ring. + W Wear armor. + P Put on a ring. + z zap a wand. + 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? [!%= au]" you should give zero or more + object symbols possibly followed by 'a' and/or 'u'. + 'a' means: drop all such objects, without asking for + confirmation. + 'u' means: drop only unpaid objects (when in a shop). + a use, apply - Generic command for using a key to lock + or unlock a door, using a camera, using a rope, 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. + Otherwise it should be a list of options separated by commas. + Possible boolean options are: oneline, time, news, tombstone, + rest_on_space, fixinvlet, beginner, male, female. + They can be negated by prefixing them with '!' or "no". + A string option is name; it supplies the answer to the question + "Who are you?"; it may have a suffix. + A compound option is endgame; it is followed by a description + of what parts of the list of topscorers should be printed + when the game is finished. + Usually one will not want to use the 'O' command, but instead + put a HACKOPTIONS="...." line in one's environment. + v print version number. + + 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. + (It is expected that this information will go away in future versions.) + 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. + + Have Fun, and Good Hacking! + + + |