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FALCONSEYE !!!FALCONSEYE NAME SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION AUTHORS FILES ENVIRONMENT SEE ALSO BUGS ---- !!NAME falconseye - Exploring The Mazes of Menace !!SYNOPSIS __falconseye__ [[ __-d__ ''directory'' ] [[ __-n__ ] [[ __-p__ ''profession (role)'' ] [[ __-r__ ''race'' ] [[ __-[[DX]__ ] [[ __-u__ ''playername'' ] [[ __-dec__ ] [[ __-ibm__ ]__ falconseye__ [[ __-d__ ''directory'' ] __-s__ [[ __-v__ ] [[ __-p__ ''profession (role)'' ] [[ __-r__ ''race'' ] [[ ''playernames'' ] !!DESCRIPTION ''!NetHack'' is a display oriented Dungeons ''Falcon's Eye'' is a mouse-driven interface for !NetHack that enhances the visuals, audio, and accessibility of the game, yet retains all the original gameplay and game features Other, more graphical display options exist if you are using either a PC, or an X11 interface. To get started you really only need to know two commands. The command __?__ will give you a list of the available commands (as well as other information) and the command __/__ will identify the things you see on the screen. To win the game (as opposed to merely playing to beat other people's high scores) you must locate the Amulet of Yendor which is somewhere below the 20th level of the dungeon and get it out. Nobody has achieved this yet; anybody who does will probably go down in history as a hero among heros. When the game ends, whether by your dying, quitting, or escaping from the caves, ''!NetHack'' will give you (a fragment of) the list of top scorers. The scoring is based on many aspects of your behavior, but a rough estimate is obtained by taking the amount of gold you've found in the cave plus four times your (real) experience. Precious stones may be worth a lot of gold when brought to the exit. There is a 10% penalty for getting yourself killed. The environment variable NETHACKOPTIONS can be used to initialize many run-time options. The ? command provides a description of these options and syntax. (The __-dec__ and __-ibm__ command line options are equivalent to the __decgraphics__ and __ibmgraphics__ run-time options described there, and are provided purely for convenience on systems supporting multiple types of terminals.) Because the option list can be very long (particularly when specifying graphics characters), options may also be included in a configuration file. The default is located in your home directory and named .nethackrc on Unix systems. On other systems, the default may be different, usually !NetHack.cnf. On DOS the name is defaults.nh, while on the Macintosh or BeOS, it is !NetHack Defaults. The configuration file's location may be specified by setting NETHACKOPTIONS to a string consisting of an @ character followed by the filename. The __-u__ ''playername'' option supplies the answer to the question '' A ''playername'' suffix or a separate option, __-p__ ''profession'' can be used to determine the character role. You can specify either the male or female name for the character role, or the first three characters of the role as an abbreviation. __-p @__ has been retained to explicitly request that a random role be chosen. It may need to be quoted with a backslash (@) if @ is the __ Likewise, __-r__ ''race'' can be used to explicitly request that a race be chosen. Leaving out either of these will result in you being prompted during the game startup for the information. The __-s__ option alone will print out the list of your scores on the current version. An immediately following __-v__ reports on all versions present in the score file. The __-s__ may also be followed by arguments __-p__ and __-r__ to print the scores of particular roles and races only. It may also be followed by one or more player names to print the scores of the players mentioned, by 'all' to print out all scores, or by a number to print that many top scores. The __-n__ option suppresses printing of any news from the game administrator. The __-D__ or __-X__ option will start the game in a special non-scoring discovery mode. __-D__ will, if the player is the game administrator, start in debugging (wizard) mode instead. The __-d__ option, which must be the first argument if it appears, supplies a directory which is to serve as the playground. It overrides the value from NETHACKDIR, HACKDIR, or the directory specified by the game administrator during compilation (usually /usr/share/games/falconseye). This option is usually only useful to the game administrator. The playground must contain several auxiliary files such as help files, the list of top scorers, and a subdirectory ''save'' where games are saved. !!AUTHORS Jay Fenlason (+ Kenny Woodland, Mike Thome and Jon Payne) wrote the original hack, very much like rogue (but full of bugs). Andries Brouwer continuously deformed their sources into an entirely different game. Mike Stephenson has continued the perversion of sources, adding various warped character classes and sadistic traps with the help of many strange people who reside in that place between the worlds, the Usenet Zone. A number of these miscreants are immortalized in the historical roll of dishonor and various other places. The resulting mess is now called !NetHack, to denote its development by the Usenet. Andries Brouwer has made this request for the distinction, as he may eventually release a new version of his own. !!FILES All files are in the playground, normally /usr/share/games/falconseye. If DLB was defined during the compile, the data files and special levels will be inside a larger file, normally nhdat, instead of being separate files. falconseye The program itself. data, oracles, rumors Data files used by !NetHack. options, quest.dat More data files. help, hh Help data files. cmdhelp, opthelp, wizhelp More help data files. *.lev Predefined special levels. dungeon Control file for special levels. history A short history of !NetHack. license Rules governing redistribution. record The list of top scorers. logfile An extended list of games played. xlock.nnn Description of a dungeon level. perm Lock file for xlock.dd. bonesDD.nn Descriptions of the ghost and belongings of a deceased adventurer. save A subdirectory containing the saved games. !!ENVIRONMENT USER or LOGNAME Your login name. HOME Your home directory. SHELL Your shell. TERM The type of your terminal. HACKPAGER or PAGER Replacement for default pager. MAIL Mailbox file. MAILREADER Replacement for default reader NETHACKDIR Playground. NETHACKOPTIONS String predefining several !NetHack options. In addition, SHOPTYPE is used in debugging (wizard) mode. !!SEE ALSO dgn_comp(6), lev_comp(6), recover(6) !!BUGS Probably infinite. Dungeons ----
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