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From: sam@csri.toronto.edu ("S. Weber")
Subject: Antoher omega core dump bug
Message-ID: <1988Feb18.231022.19805@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu>
Keywords: omega core dump
Organization: University of Toronto, CSRI
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Date: Thu, 18-Feb-88 23:10:22 EST

I just found another bug (or two) in Omega.  Ok, I'm running around
below level 33.  I keep finding treasure rooms.  A detect monster
shows nothing, nor can I see any monsters (even with true sight on).  However,
x'ing squares beside me shows a monster there.  I can fight them, but if I
don't, then they don't do anything.  When I walk through those squares, the
monsters show up on the square I just left (but still don't do anything).

Bug 2 (or 1 1/2?):  I find these altars lying around (no surprise), again
with nothing appearing on top of them.  However, as before, an x, or
walking through the square reveals a monster.  The monster's name is
gibberish (one was 'an injured(level three)', and others were even
worse garbage).  (Sounds like a wild pointer to me.)  I tried fighting
in tactical mode with one, with the result that after ordering my
commands, I was flung back into normal mode.  A ball lightning spell
on the square resulted in a core dump signal.

I suspect that these garbage monsters are supposed to be Renyard the Fox,
etc., and that it will be hard to win the game if killing the guy
you are asked to results in a core dump. *sigh*
-- 
                              -Sam Weber
             "As long as people will accept crap, it will be
           financially profitable to dispense it" --Dick Cavett
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