+------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | README.TXT | +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | SLASH'EM ver 0.0.7 | | Super Lotsa Added Stuff Hack - Extended Magic | | A Nethack Variant | | Courtesy of the Slash'EM development team with the efforts and support | | of countless others, especially the slashem-devel mailing list. | | (1997-2004)| +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Nethack is Copyright 1985-2003 | | By Stichting Mathematisch Centrum and M. Stephenson. | | SLASH'EM and NetHack may be freely redistributed. | | See license in the dat directory for details. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +-------+ | Index | +-------+ 1 - News 1.1 Status 1.2 Changes 2 - Getting started 2.1 Using official binaries 2.2 Playing the game 2.3 Building it yourself 3 - What is the Nature of this Beast? 4 - Who is Responsible & The Credits 4.1 The dev-team 4.2 Acknowledgements 5 - Further reading +-----------------+ | Section 1: News | +-----------------+ 1.1 Status ---------- The development of version 0.0.7 of Slash'EM started with version 0.0.6E5 (yes, we realise our version numbers are a little odd - it made sense at the time!). Version 0.0.7E6 was the first beta release. If you find any bugs then please submit a report via the offical bug page: http://sourceforge.net/bugs/?group_id=9746 If you are interested in the development of Slash'EM, please also join the slashem-devel mailing list so that you can take part in discussions and give us any feedback. If you'd just like to talk about Slash'EM with other players or chat to the developers, then please join the slashem-discuss mailing list. Finally, all users are encouraged to join the slashem-announce list, which is very low traffic but will keep you up to date on new versions. Slash'EM mailing list page (including archives): http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=9746 All the above, and more, are available via our home page: http://www.slashem.org/ 1.2 Changes ----------- ver 0.0.7E7F2 [December 4/2005] [Released by Ali] -fixed bug 1232707: engraving with lightsabers -fixed bug 1237780: gtk window port fails to build with gcc-4.0 -fixed bug 1239041: engrave dialog doesn't show lightsabers -fixed bug 1231766: Food shown in Medical Kits -fixed bug 1238060: grammatical error when burning through a door (Benjamin Schieder) -fixed bug 1104713: Pet and Frozen food stores can charge -fixed bug 988827: Monster wearing CoI left invisible corpse -fixed bug 934078: Mold "wiggle" out of bag -fixed bug 933587: One-Eyed Sam referred to as "it" -fixed bug 1240794: Pets don't grow up properly -fixed bug 1240799: Steed ridden onto poly trap polymorphs permanently -fixed bug 1243904: chameleon as statue trap -fixed bug 1223226: Some creatures are missing horns -fixed bug 1223222: Female Bulls?? -fixed bug 1244470: shopkeeper don't have shotgun -fixed bug 215062: no black color Extends videocolors option, see Guidebook for details. -fixed bug 1244468: different spitting venom when polymorph -fixed bug 1179557: Found egg marked (laid by you) -fixed bug 1206099: Torches are not extinguished with rust traps -fixed bug 1294907: 'Raise Zombies' technique cannot raise dwarf zombies! (Xeno) -fixed bug 1355972: Monsters Don't gain Drain resistance due to worn items! (Xeno) See history.txt for changes made in previous versions. +----------------------------+ | Section 2: Getting started | +----------------------------+ 2.1 Using official binaries --------------------------- The Slash'EM development team make offical binaries available for a few platforms. There are other, unofficial, binaries available as well which will come with their own instructions. 2.1.1 DOS --------- Support for this platform is sporadic at best. You may find you have to use an unofficial binary. When an official binary is provided: o Decompress the zip archive into its own directory. o Use a text editor to review defaults.nh and make any changes needed. o If you chose to keep the fancy graphical environment (the allegro interface) by leaving video set to autodetect, then review alleg.cnf as well (this file is ignored in VGA tile mode). o Run the slashem executable. 2.1.2 MAC --------- The MAC binary comes with its own documentation which you should consult. 2.1.3 Linux RPMs ---------------- Perform the following steps: o Install the package using rpm -U o Read the RPM specific documentation in README.RPM o In case of difficulty, consult Ali's linux page: http://www.juiblex.co.uk/nethack/slashem/linux.html 2.1.4 MS-Windows ---------------- Perform the following steps: o Download the core package and install it. This will allow you to play Slash'EM using the native gui (common controls) windowing interface. o If you would prefer to use the console (tty) windowing interface, then you need to edit the defaults.nh file and set the windowype option to tty by uncommenting the relevant line. o If you would prefer to use GTK, an alternative graphical windowing interface, then you need to download and install the GTK add-on package as well. You will also need a copy of the gtk-win runtime environment version 2.2.1 or above. This is available from http://www.dropline.net/gtk o Use a text editor to review either or both copies of defaults.nh and make any changes needed. o If you chose to install the GTK add-on interface, then review gtkrc as well. o Use the start menu or desktop icons to play Slash'EM under your preferred windowing interface. 2.2 Playing the game -------------------- Once in the game, type in the name for your alter ego. You will then be prompted to select your character's role and race. Select a gender and alignment, if necessary. Once you're on the dungeon map, use the number pad to move around (or the standard roguelike keys [yuhjklbn], if your turn off number_pad). Move into monsters to attack them. Help is the '?' key, inventory is 'i'. Try out the menu system by hitting the ` key. 2.3 Building it yourself ------------------------ If you don't already have a copy of the source code for Slash'EM then get the source tarball via our homepage: http://www.slashem.org/ Then read the installation instructions specific to your platform, as follows: Amiga sys/amiga/Install.ami Atari sys/atari/Install.tos MAC sys/mac/Install.mpw MS-DOS sys/msdos/Install.dos OS/2 sys/os2/Install.os2 UNIX sys/unix/Install.unx VMS sys/vms/Install.vms MS-WinCE sys/wince/Install.ce MS-Win32 sys/winnt/Install.gcc +----------------------------------------------+ | Section 3: What is the Nature of this Beast? | +----------------------------------------------+ THE PROBLEM: The AMULET OF YENDOR has been stolen. Not only that but it appears that the Wizard of Yendor (not a nice person), who took the amulet, is hiding in the Dungeons of Doom (not a friendly place). The SOLUTION: Well, armies have been suggested. Maybe hiring a superhero or two. Unfortunately, it seems that it is more economical to offer a reward and let some poor adventurer with dreams of glory go and get it. Guess who's got the enviable job of saving the day... Super Lotsa Added Stuff Hack - Extended Magic (SLASH'EM) is a role-playing game where you control a single character. The interface and gameplay are similar in style to Rogue, ADOM, Angband and, of course, Nethack. You control the actions through the keyboard and view the world from an overhead perspective. +--------------------------------------------+ | Section 4: Who's Responsible & The Credits | +--------------------------------------------+ 4.1 The dev-team ---------------- o Project administrators: Warren Cheung and J. Ali Harlow o Developers: Pekka Rousu and Clive Crous o Mac port: Paul Hurtley 4.2 Acknowledgements -------------------- Thanks to Andrew Apted, who contributed the glHack interface. Thanks to Kevin Hugo (hugo@cae.wisc.edu), the previous Macintosh maintainer and the author of many changes, who has had to move on to other projects. Thanks to Dirk Schönberger (shoenberger@signsoft.com), who worked on the Qt and Linux ports. Thanks to Ben Olmstead for mirroring the homepage. Thanks for the support, bug reports and suggestions of (in no particular order): Pat Rankin, Linley Henzell, 0ystein Kerstad, Jim Miller, pi, Steven Uy, Alex Critchfield, Mike Balcom, Sascha Wostmann, Drew Curtis, Daniel Krause, E. P. Dinklewhopper, Tim Jordan, Lukas Geyer, Kresimir Kukulj, Brent Oster, Travis McKay, Jared Withington, Philippe-Antoine Menard, Ain Uustare, Doug Yanega, David Tang, Lief Clennon, Robert Herman, Petra Prinz, Aki Lumme, Nick Number, Robin Johnson, Heiko Niemeier, Chris Bevan, David Damerell, Kevin Hugo, Daniel Mayer, Ben Olmstead, Tom Friedetzky, Kalle Niemitalo, Sabine Fischer, Christian Bressler, Jake Kesinger, Chris Subich, Paul Sonier, Peter Makholm, Matthew Ryan, J. Ali Harlow, George Stephens, Bruce Cox, Edward Walker, Karl Garrisson, Finn Theoderson, Kelly Bailey, Seth Friedman, Jonathan Nieder, Eva R. Myers, Darshan Shaligram, Tina Hall, Christian Cooper. +----------------------------+ | Section 5: Further Reading | +----------------------------+ o Slash'EM Homepage: http://www.slashem.org/ o Ali's Slash'EM page: http://www.juiblex.co.uk/nethack/slashem.html o Eva's spoiler page: http://www.statslab.cam.ac.uk/~eva/slashem/index.html