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From: king@h-sc1.UUCP (jon king)
Newsgroups: net.games.hack
Subject: Re: Strange dragon behaviour in mazes
Message-ID: <995@h-sc1.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 19-Mar-86 16:36:19 EST
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Posted: Wed Mar 19 16:36:19 1986
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> A strange bug is annoying you -More-
> 
> I've encountered a strange problem in hack 1.0.3.
> When wandering in a maze, a dragon decided to spit fire at me.
> However, we were at different sites of a wall. Curiously, I saw
> the beam of fire encounter through the wall! I also got messages
> like "The bolt of fire hits you". Luckily I had already taken protective
> action.
> Strange enough my scrolls didn't burn!
> 
> I suppose that something is wrong in the inrange routine in hack.wizard.c
> or maybe in buzz in hack.zap.c
> 
> However, I fail to see the fix right away.
> 
> -- 
> Frans Meulenbroeks
> 	until May 1, 1986: Philips Microprocessor Development Systems
>         		   ...!{seismo|philabs|decvax}!mcvax!philmds!frans

Dragon's breath is like a wand (of fire) and seems to respond to obstacles the same way.  (That is, ricocheting, etc.)  Have you ever zapped a rock (blocking a corridor, say)?  Or a puddle?  Consider walls in a maze as immobile rocks, and I think that should explain the seemingly anomalous behavior of your Dragon's breath.  I would not consider it a bug.