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From: atkins@opus.UUCP (Brian Atkins)
Newsgroups: net.games.rogue
Subject: Re: Trapdoor instead of stairs?
Message-ID: <620@opus.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 18-Jul-84 11:29:43 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jul 18 11:29:43 1984
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Only once was I convinced that my floor had no stairs. The machine crashed
just as the floor was being generated. The crash was soft though, and the
game was saved. I returned the next day and started out on the new floor.
Three hours later, all the stationary monsters dead, all nine rooms found,
(no mazes) I starved to death.  The crash is the only reason I could think
of for the problem.

In short, no. If you don't have stairs somewhere, then as far as I
know It's a bug.

Brian Atkins

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ps. did you have any mazes? If so sometimes the stairs are
well hidded.  Take a close look at the borders of mazes, and the
density within that border. I think you can then make some conclusions
about if you have found all there is to find in a maze or not.