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Re: Nethack on OS2008

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Originally Posted by Addison (Post 429904)

Yeah, I didn't care too much for the port itself.

All of the scrollbars was excessive for me, the screen was jittery, and yeah, I much would have preferred a virtual keyboard rather than all of the short cut keys which didn't feature all of them. I never did figure out how to hold two weapons in that port.

Xkbd can be found here:
http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p...1&postcount=44

It fixes a bug in the 2008 Diablo OS so I wouldn't even mess with it on a N900 unless you're feeling frisky. :)

I wish someone would make a descent release of Xkbd, it's hard for me to not understand why this isn't one of the most featured requests for the tablet. Fanoush would the best person for this, but I doubt he would be willing to do so.

The author of Xvkbd, which is a much better keyboard, emailed me on how to hack it so it would be more tablet friendly. But since I can't code or compile not sure who I could hit up to do this.

I just now was thinking about having an 80x25 screen and using the zoom in and out keys during a telnet session so that it's easier on the eyes. I'm not sure if that would work though. I'll try it out and also edit the scroll margin options in Nethack to see if it's even possible.

Another possibility is to have two telnet sessions going on at the same time. One to play the game with your character zoomed in, and another one to watch your character in a normal screen mode. So basically the second Xterm window would be like a map screen.

A setup like that would be really awesome. :D

JC, have you tried changing the Numlock option in your config file? You would then move your character around with the alternative keys.

Well, I think that people, myself included, feel that since there's a hardware keyboard, if much of the screen is taken up by a software keyboard that's still an unacceptable solution.

I had run into having to use xkbd a few times on the n810 and it pretty much always meant I just wouldn't use whatever program required it. The only exception would be if it was used in addition to the hardware keyboard for special keys that the hardware keyboard didn't have like vertical line and tab and such, and a stylus was already used (using your finger for kxbd i found kind of frustrating) but you can't use the stylus for telnet.

So basically I think I'm just going to wait til a basic tiles port comes out that supports stylus movement.

Re: Nethack on OS2008

Hey wick, you probably don't want to hear such a suggestion, but have you thought about running it through VNCViewer?

With the correct program and layout on your computer screen, you might get a killer solution so you're not waiting for another release.

Another suggestion might be to hack the coding yourself.

If you were able to find the tile for dark areas, you should see what else you could do.

There's plenty of documentation on the net and I think you would be surprised by the technical help and overall support you would receive with the people over at NAO.

Re: Nethack on OS2008

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Originally Posted by Addison (Post 432903)

Yeah, it's possible... I might look into what kind of work would be involved, but the holidays are coming up so it's not the best timing :\ Also I'm kind of a nethack noob for how long i've been playing it off and on, so I'm afraid of learning all the secrets :D We'll see though, if no one else is trying to get a port on there I'll take a crack at it.

Re: Nethack on OS2008

I've currently got my best run so far on Nethack after two years! :)

I'm level 8 with an AC of -2. :o

For me, that's total domination considering I still don't have a clue on what I'm doing.

But yeah, I probably wouldn't want to hack it either just because of all the spoilers one would find.

For a great diversion, you should look into ADOM over at ancardia.ath.cx

I actually enjoy that about 10x more than Nethack.

Re: Nethack on OS2008

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Originally Posted by Addison (Post 432912)

Hm, alright, I'll look into those. Currently I'm overjoyed by just now discovering scummvm, I have a mighty soft spot for those late 80's early 90's adventure games.