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From: jeff@alberta.UUCP (C. J. Sampson)
Newsgroups: net.games.hack
Subject: Re: killing ghosts in hack
Message-ID: <412@alberta.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 16-Feb-85 15:52:22 EST
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In article <337@desint.UUCP> geoff@desint.UUCP (Geoff Kuenning) writes:

> Ghosts are apparently kept in files with names of the form "bones_nn" where
> nn is the level the ghosts are on.  I have had bones files go away of their
> own accord.

  This is true.  What happens is that there is a small chance (I don't know
how much, I haven't looked at the source) that when someone dies they will
become a ghost.  The entire level is then saved in a file called bones_XX
where XX is the number of the level.  When someone enters level XX, there is
a chance that rather than getting a new level, they will get the ghost level
instead.  If they die, they will become part of the ghost level.  I have had
levels with as many as four ghosts.
  After a certian amount of time (it may be random, I don't know) the level
will be outdated.  Someone will go down there, and then hack will give a
message saying somthing about the level being outdated (I can't remember
exactly what it says) and will throw away the bones_XX file.
  I hope that this helps anyone who is interested.  I also welcome any
corrections.