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From: hopp@nbs-amrf.UUCP (Ted Hopp)
Newsgroups: net.games.hack
Subject: Re: The Highest Score Ever!
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Date: Thu, 20-Mar-86 10:27:50 EST
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> My question is, what is the maximum possible score at hack?  It
> shouldn't be too difficult to calculate, because the score is a linear
> function of the real experience, the gold, and the amounts of the
> various gems (and the Amulet, which is a constant), and the constraint
> you have on the variables is your carrying capacity (you have the
> weights of the gold and Amulet and gems).

Actually, your carrying capacity doesn't constrain how much gold you
can have when you leave, at least in version 1.0.2.  It is possible
to be at your max carrying capacity (make sure you are carrying a scroll
of teleportation, a ring of teleport control that you are wearing, and
a potion of confusion) and NO gold.  (You could drink the potion before
picking up the last few gems, but that means stumbling around until
you make the right moves.)  Have as much gold as you can find in a pile
and step on it.  You will pick it up, but "collapse under your load" if
you try to move.  Just swallow the potion, read the scroll and select
level 0.  Voila!  You can escape the dungeon with as much gold as can be
piled on one square.

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Ted Hopp	{seismo,umcp-cs}!nbs-amrf!hopp