Path: utzoo!bnr-vpa!bnr-fos!dgibbs
From: dgibbs@bnr-fos.UUCP (David Gibbs)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.games.bugs
Subject: Omega problem
Message-ID: <773@bnr-fos.UUCP>
Date: 20 Jul 89 23:34:42 GMT
Reply-To: dgibbs@bnr-fos.UUCP (David Gibbs)
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Organization: Bell-Northern Research, Ottawa, Canada
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I have found one problem with Omega when playing it that is slightly 
annoying.  I unfortunately haven't found a solution.  (The code is 
at times opaque.)
 
  The problem is when an enchanted item that is increasing your Arm(or)
or Def(ense) gets cursed (say by a goblin shaman).  The interaction of
this with your actual values for defense and armor isn't correct.
For example, my character with Armor 2 is wearing Cuirboilli and carrying
a cloak of protection which should be enough for 5.  If my character
takes off everything he is wearing and carries nothing (ie naked with
and empty pack) he has armor of -3!  This was caused by a ring of
protection +4 that he was wearing that got cursed.  It was then listed
as a cursed ring of protection +3.  His armor was marked as 1 (which
is correct), I then used the 'Z' command to destroy the ring -- every
few tries it lost one plus, but my armor didn't change!  Eventually I
destroyed the ring (after it reached +0) at which point my armor went
up by 1 only.  Has anyone else noticed similar problems?

  -David Gibbs
(dgibbs@bnr-fos.UUCP or 
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