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From: duncan@utecfc.UUCP (Duncan Poole)
Newsgroups: net.games.rogue
Subject: Re: Bug in 5.3?
Message-ID: <136@utecfc.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 13-Apr-84 16:30:07 EST
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Posted: Fri Apr 13 16:30:07 1984
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	This bug with saving games in 5.3 seems to be net wide. Someone
reported about a month ago that if you try to save a game 20 times it will
ALWAYS blow up. This appears to be true. When I tested that theory out I
noticed that even if you don't make a move between successive saves, the
size of the save file increases. At some point this blows up the game.

	Other probably related problems I have had with games that I have
saved include:

	a) Infinite loops while printing out the inventory.
	b) Items dissappearing from my pack.
	c) Inventory display messing up completely, garbage characters
	   all over the place.

	This can be a real pain when you have a winning game and you
starve to death because the program won't let you remove a ring of
healing.

	Lets keep up the traffic on 5.3 bugs, maybe if there is enough
shouting about it someone will take notice.

				Duncan Poole
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