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From: ins_ajas@jhunix.UUCP
Newsgroups: rec.games.hack,comp.sources.d
Subject: Re: Hack bug (dog dies eating), and more!
Message-ID: <4710@jhunix.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 14-Apr-87 21:36:56 EST
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Posted: Tue Apr 14 21:36:56 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 17-Apr-87 05:13:18 EST
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Reply-To: ins_ajas@jhunix.UUCP (Ken Arromdee)
Organization: TARDIS Repairs, Inc.
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>     if (mhp > hpd && mtmp->mhp < hpn) mtmp->mhp = 127;
>/* Not totally foolproof.  A 2HD monster with 80 HP that changes into a 6HD
>   monster that really should have 240 and actually should have 127, the
>   maximum possible, will wind up having 113.  */

I goofed here... the monster would actually have -16 HP, which this statement
would catch and change to 127.  A better example would be a 2HD monster with
80 HP that changes to an 8HD monster which "should" have 320 (which cannot be
represented in a signed char), should have 127, and will actually end up
with 64.
--
"An eclipse of the Earth occurs when you put your hands over your eyes."

Kenneth Arromdee
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