The Metro Gnome's Question Dump!

[JellySlayer]

Thanks Gut, I did the unicorn quest aready and killed Yulgash. I think that making the minimum level 45 to receive the Filk quest is too high. I basically have no quests left, aside from going lower in the COC, and even then I'm pretty sure I won't hit 45. The game seems beatable by level 35, at least with my current char, imho. Oh well, I will get the XP somehow and hopefully manage to pull off an ultra. Also, where should I make a save-copy, so I can do both an ultra and normal ending? I heard you can't keep your character after an ultra ending and I'd like to still tool around with him after beating the game.

I hope I haven't jinxed myself by projecting a win.

You should hit level 45 easily as long as you aren't a troll, or are very, very fast (>150 speed). Seriously, don't even worry about it. Earth and Mana temple give HUGE amounts of XP, and so does Sharad-Waador quest.

[Elone]

I still have the Go_Crazy savegame on my PC. It was a blinger challenge game. A disconnected shop was generated. The character had no means of finding where the shop is (no pick, no mapping, no antenae, no item detection, no monster detection, no teleport).

Monks simply dont get the mana loss penalty when writing SoCR. They still lose PP, then HP, and they can die from it as easily as others. When writing other scrolls, they are as proficient as other classes are. I usually dip greater identify scrolls, and normal identify scrolls if they start stacking over 20/30/40.

P.S. I typed teleport, and spellchecker wants to fix it? Because the word is so uncommon on the Internets, alongside with the word mana and savegame.

[Berserker]

I have written 5-10 SOCR at this point and I didn't notice any stat or hp/pp loss. It may have happened, but it wasn't significant, as I keep a notepad open with my stats so I can tell if they get drained.. Does this happen everytime?

[gut]

> I have written 5-10 SOCR at this point and I didn't
> notice any stat or hp/pp loss

Are you a monk? I skimmed this thread, but couldn't
find your r/c combo. If you are a monk, that would
explain it, but if you are troll barbarian, that's a cool
new find : )

[The Metro Gnome]

Sorry, but I can't remember if I asked this question yet. How do I get the exp to show? (after each kill)

Edit: Oh, and for a dwarf, is it better to sac the stomma or sell it and sac the gold?

[Silfir]

I think you did, actually, or it's my mind playing tricks? Did you know that the answer is actually in the manual? You have to open adom.cfg with a text editor (like notepad) and insert the line "Show_Experience = true".

[The Metro Gnome]

Ah yes, now i remember. I tried it and it didn't work. Here is what I put down

#
#  Configuration file for ADOM Version 1.1.1 
#
#  Variable types:
#  ---------------
#    boolean [true, false]
#    string
#    number  (only integers)
#
#  Boolean variables (default = false):
#  ------------------------------------
#    Allow_Default_Names
#    Auto_Lock_Doors
#    Auto_Lock_Nearest
#    Auto_Open_Doors
#    Auto_Select_Doors
#    No_Book_Spellcasting
#    Check_Item_In_Hand
#    Colored_Menus
#    Colored_PC
#    Compact_Kill_List
#    Display_Key_Code
#    Fast_Missile_Readying
#    Fast_More
#    Fated_Gender
#    Low_Hitpoint_Warning
#    Metric_Measuring
#    Nice_Stuff
#    Questioned_Attributes
#    Quitters_Allowed
#    Random_PC
#    Reload_Missiles
#    Reverse_Message_Order
#    Show_Experience = true
#    Sorted_Skills
#    Starvation_Warning
#    Verbose_Level_Messages
#    Walk_Carefully
#    Zap_Wands_In_Hand

[Nezur]

Lines starting with a # are comments.

[The Metro Gnome]

Then where do I put it?

[Dudley]

When you open that file, there'll be a section at the end where the used options are listed, they don't start with a #. Just add the Show_Experience there. I also find autopickup set to all useful enough (what with casino and shops) to be included. Persistence is a nice option to modify if you're using an archer, too.