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From: tims@zeus.UUCP (Tim Stoehr)
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Subject: Re: bugs in rogue 5.3 with 4.2 BSD unix (Minor spoiler)
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Date: Mon, 17-Mar-86 18:43:37 EST
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 > 1.  Who maintains this and is he/she aware of these problems?
 > 2.  Is it likely to be fixed?

Everyone whose ever played the game is aware of the problem.
Remember, only bugs that
help you win will be fixed.  At ANY time, rogue 5.3 can die on you,
or otherwise terminate your game with some bug.  Remember, rogue is
designed to prevent you from winning, period.  With that in mind,
where's the incentive to fix this type of bug?  Or should I say feature?

Your inventory problem sounds like the infamous nymph bug.

Below is a list of some game-ending bugs and how to avoid them:


 1.)	Nymph bug

	Don't let a nymph take something from you.  If it's an item
	that condenses in your inventory, (3 scrolls of ...), and you
	have more than one, then your inventory data base gets fatally
	corrupted, I've never been able to recover from this.  Some people
	claim this bug happens whenever a nymph steals anything.  Nymphs may
	be safely fought by dropping everything except the armor that
	your wearing and the weapon that your wielding.  They won't take
	these.  Standing back and launching weapons works great, just don't
	fall down a trap-door after you drop all your goodies.  BUT
	REMEMBER, YOU CANNOT PICK UP A SCARE MONSTER SCROLL ONCE IT HAS
	LEFT YOUR PACK.

 2.)	Fly-trap bug

	Never teleport, or drop down to the next level, while being
	held by a fly-trap.  Oh yeah, and don't teleport it away with
	a wand of teleport.  You will be eternally held with no means
	of defeating the fly-trap that is holding you.  This is a
	simple oversight of rogue's author in failing to clear a
	flag when you escape from the arms of a fly-trap by any
	means other than defeating it.

 3.)	Save-game bug

	Everybody runs into this now and then, when you least expect
	it, the game saves itself and quits.  Attempts to restore the
	game immediately result in the game saving itself again.
	The chances of this happening seem to be greater in games
	that have been been legitimately saved and restored.  There is
	nothing you can do to avoid this bug.  You can possibly reduce
	its frequency by saving as few games as possible.