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Oops - sorry, I didn't realize it was so old. I didn't intend to cast raise dead on an old thread.
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Maybe this thread needs to be updated to note that some of these things no longer need doing. |
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Actually, you now remind you that I did that in post 30 of this thread - as well as giving a sort of answer to your original question. As usual, it seems that past me was smarter than the current model.
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I'm trying to be helpful. I'd like to contribute to the project in some way, but over the years I've volunteered several times to take things on, only to be told that something has already been done, doesn't need to be done anymore, or, in this case, that nobody knows what needs to be done. It's a little disheartening, to be honest. Yes, yes, open source, blah blah blah. You put the context-sensitive help thing out there. I have 20 years of experience both as a technical writer and as an Angband player, which may make me uniquely qualified to take on this ticket. When someone can tell me a LITTLE more than the basic file format, I'll be happy to take a look at it. |
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context:LIGHT_OUT help:You have no wielded light source - you need to find another torch or lantern So your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to work out what contexts help would be useful in, and supply it. As to how to do that, I'd suggest the three classic information gathering methods - guess, look it up or ask someone. So use your own experience and common sense, maybe look through posts of people asking questions, and start a thread for people to contribute ideas.
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OK, so basically what you're telling me is there is no spec, no scope, no information of any kind as to what needs to be done other than the form the file entries need to take (which I understood perfectly well the first time, thanks). No one knows what the link from the original ticket contained or what the original intent of the ticket was.
Essentially, you're asking for someone to implement a mystery feature that even you don't care enough about to make the slightest attempt to define it. No thanks, I'll pass on that. |
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How much of this you do is up to you - there could be 3 or 30 or 300 entries in the list. And of course you can choose not to.
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Has "Extinction" been considered as an alternative to Banishment? It has a similar meaning to Genocide, but without (I think?) some of the triggering connotations:
I don't have an obvious suggestion for "Mass Banishment", although "Local Extinction" (or "Extirpation", if you want to get fancy) would fit the effect. |
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Banishment works, honestly -- the monster is banished from the level, but might be generated again later. |
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