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diff --git a/larn/datfiles/larn.help b/larn/datfiles/larn.help new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0e5edc5 --- /dev/null +++ b/larn/datfiles/larn.help @@ -0,0 +1,140 @@ +5 Welcome to the game of Larn. At this moment, you face a great problem. +Your daughter has contracted a strange disease, and none of your home remedies +seem to have any effect. You sense that she is in mortal danger, and you must +try to save her. Time ago you heard of a land of great danger and opportunity. +Perhaps here is the solution you need. + + It has been said that there once was a great magician who called himself +Polinneaus. Many years ago, after having many miraculous successes, Polinneaus +retired to the caverns of Larn, where he devoted most of his time to the +creation of magic. Rumors have it that one day Polinneaus set out to dispel +an attacking army in a forest some distance to the north. It is believed that +here he met his demise. + + The caverns of Larn, it is thought, must be magnificent in design, +and contain much magic and treasure. One option you have is to undertake a +journey into these caverns. + + + Good Luck! You're going to need it! + + + + + [4mHelp File for The Caverns of Larn[m + +h move to the left H run left . stay here +j move down J run down Z teleport yourself +k move up K run up c cast a spell +l move to the right L run right r read a scroll +y move northwest Y run northwest q quaff a potion +u move northeast U run northeast W wear armor +b move southwest B run southwest T take off armor +n move southeast N run southeast w wield a weapon +^ identify a trap g give present pack weight P give tax status +d drop an item i inventory your pockets Q quit the game +v print program version S save the game D list all items found +? this help screen A create diagnostic file e eat something + (wizards only) +larn ++ restore checkpointed game +larn -s list the scoreboard +larn -i list scores with inventories +larn -n suppress welcome message when beginning a game +larn -h print out all the command line options +larn -<number> specify difficulty of the game (may be used with -n) +larn -o<optsfile> specify the .larnopts file to be used +larn -c create new scoreboards -- prompts for a password + [7mSpecial Notes[m + +When [7mdropping gold[m, if you type '*' as your amount, all your gold gets dropped. +In general, typing in '*' means all of what your interested in. This is true +when visiting the bank, or when contributing at altars. + +Larn may need a [7mVT100[m to operate. A check is made of the environment variable +[7m"TERM"[m and it must be equal to [7m"vt100"[m. This only applies if +the game has been compiled with "VT100" defined in the Makefile. If compiled +to use [7mtermcap[m, there are no terminal restrictions, save needing cm, ce, & cl +termcap entries. + +When in the store, trading post, school, or home, an [7m<escape>[m will get you out. + +larn -l print out the larn log file + +When casting a spell, if you need a list of spells you can cast, type '[7mD[m' as +the first letter of your spell. The available list of spells will be shown, +after which you may enter the spell code. This only works on the 1st letter +of the spell you are casting. + +The Author of Larn is Noah Morgan (1982-3), Copying for Profit is Prohibited +Copyright 1986 by Noah Morgan, All Rights Reserved. + [7mBackground Information for Larn[m + + Welcome to the game of Larn. At this moment, you face a great problem. +Your daughter has contracted a strange disease, and none of your home remedies +seem to have any effect. You sense that she is in mortal danger, and you must +try to save her. Time ago you heard of a land of great danger and opportunity. +Perhaps here is the solution you need. + + It has been said that there once was a great magician who called himself +Polinneaus. Many years ago, after having many miraculous successes, Polinneaus +retired to the caverns of Larn, where he devoted most of his time to the +creation of magic. Rumors have it that one day Polinneaus set out to dispel +an attacking army in a forest some distance to the north. It is believed that +here he met his demise. + + The caverns of Larn, it is thought, must be magnificent in design, +and contain much magic and treasure. One option you have is to undertake a +journey into these caverns. + + Good Luck! You're going to need it! + + + + [7mHow to use the .larnopts option file[m + +The file ".larnopts", if used, should be in your home directory (see -o). +A sequence of words terminated by whitespace is used to specify options. + + Word Meaning + + bold-objects select bold display of objects + inverse-objects select inverse video display of objects + no-introduction do not display intro message + enable-checkpointing turn on periodic checkpointing + no-beep disable beeping of the terminal + male choose your sex to be a man + female choose your sex to be a woman + name: "your name" choose your playing name + monster: "monst name" choose a name for a monster + savefile: "save-file-name" define what the savegame filename will be + +Your name and monster names must be enclosed in double quotation marks and may +be up to 34 characters long. Longer names are truncated. Anything enclosed in +quotation marks is considered one word, and must be separated from other words +by whitespace. + + [7mExplanation of the Larn scoreboard facility[m + + Larn supports TWO scoreboards, one for winners, and one for deceased +characters. Each player (by userid or playerid, see UIDSCORE in Makefile) +is allowed one slot on each scoreboard, if the score is in the top ten for +that scoreboard. This design helps insure that frequent players of Larn +do not hog the scoreboard, and gives more players a chance for glory. Level +of difficulty is also noted on the scoreboards, and this takes precedence +over score for determining what entry is on the scoreboard. For example: +if "Yar, the Bug Slayer" has a score of 128003 on the scoreboard at diff 0, +then his game at diff 1 and a score of 4112 would replace his previous +entry on the scoreboard. Note that when a player dies, his inventory is +stored in the scoreboard so that everyone can see what items the player had +at the time of his death. + + + + + + + + + + + |