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From: arrom@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu (Ken Arromdee)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.games.bugs
Subject: Re: A very painful bug in nethack
Keywords: argh, ack, ugh
Message-ID: <2460@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu>
Date: 2 Aug 89 03:56:21 GMT
References: <9712@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>
Reply-To: arrom@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu (Ken Arromdee (600.429))
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Organization: Frobozz Magic Amulet of Yendor Comnpany
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>My 19th level Valkyrie, with blessed +5 long sword named Excalibur,
>permanent invisibility, -14 armor class, and so forth just went to the
>core dump graveyard in the sky when she tried to go from level 26 to
>level 27.

A known problem, which is fixed in the upcoming diffs.  The medusa was given
a name ("Medusa") but no space was allocated for this name; thus, memory
got overwritten.
--
"The fact is self evident from the text and requires no supporting argument."
  --Tim Maroney

Kenneth Arromdee (UUCP: ....!jhunix!ins_akaa; BITNET: g49i0188@jhuvm;
     INTERNET: arromdee@crabcake.cs.jhu.edu) (please, no mail to arrom@aplcen)