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From: ajy2208%ritcv@cs.rit.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sources.games.bugs
Subject: Re: Wierd bug in Ularn
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Date: 14 Jul 89 14:44:27 GMT
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Reply-To: ajy2208.ritcv.rit.edu (Albert Yarusso)
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In article <2957@nmtsun.nmt.edu> dwho@nmtsun.nmt.edu (David Olix) writes:
>Good!  So I'm not the only one to notice this little problem.  More neat
>examples:
>
>  A character FOUND Slayer 5 spaces from the level 1 entrance to the dungeons.
>  The same character also found Bessman's flailing hammer and other awesome
>  armor and gems, etc., etc.
>
>  Mayhaps there is a problem with the random number generator?  I know
>  Moria had a similar problem when it's 4.87 release came out...
>
>  BTW:  I'm running this on a VAX 11/750 running 4.3 BSD
>  I suppose I should take a look...
>
>--David Olix (dwho@nmtsun.nmt.edu)

I also noticed that it is very easy to win with Ularn.  Already I have
won twice.  Each time it has taken about 6 hours (if that!).  Since I
am a lab assistant, I get to spend the majority of my time reading news
or playing games.. 

I think the random number generator is the cause of this, but I haven't 
taken a look at the source yet to see if this might be the case.  At one
point I had the right combination of magical items/weapons/armour to walk
right through demon princes, and the Hellfire God only took 3 hits to
kill (I was surprised he was so hard!).  Later on I killed him with the
Lance of Death.  That took QUITE a bit longer (about 40, maybe more, hits).

Albert Yarusso, Rochester Institute of Technology

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