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Janis Papanagnou

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Feb 26, 2021, 8:39:51 AM2/26/21
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Dark mines. Ordinary mines level. There's a lit area shaped like an L
in the map below (close to my character).

| |-< | |
- | ---| |--
| ---- --- --|
--- -- ---- --- --
-- -----.-- ----
| ..-----
-- | -.. ^
---| .@. ------ --
---..-- ----
----

I stepped there on every square, searched, but didn't find anything.
Also (this is Slashem) no invisible objects there. Searched for any
indication of a bones level, but no. My next guess or try would be
to dig for some buried lit objects. (There's also no grave there.)

Any idea what could be going on there?

Janis

Janis Papanagnou

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Feb 26, 2021, 8:48:11 AM2/26/21
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On 26.02.2021 14:39, Janis Papanagnou wrote:
> Dark mines. Ordinary mines level. There's a lit area shaped like an L
> in the map below (close to my character).
>
> | |-< | |
> - | ---| |--
> | ---- --- --|
> --- -- -xxx --- --
> -- -----.ox ----
> | ..x----
> -- | -.. ^
> ---| .@. ------ --
> ---..-- ----
> ----
>
> I stepped there on every square, searched, but didn't find anything.
> Also (this is Slashem) no invisible objects there. Searched for any
> indication of a bones level, but no. My next guess or try would be
> to dig for some buried lit objects. (There's also no grave there.)

Update: digging the walls around this lit region showed that the area
marked above in the map by 'x' is all lit, so I dug at square 'o' but
could not find anything buried. Strange.

Janis Papanagnou

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Feb 26, 2021, 9:52:20 AM2/26/21
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Another update: exploring the levels above showed that the area at
these coordinates seems to be generally lit. I found this "light
hotspot" also in the ordinary dungeon level above.

>> Any idea what could be going on there?

Probably a bug. Saving and restarting the game made that light spot
vanish (on a few levels I checked).

Janis

Eric Pozharski

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Feb 27, 2021, 1:33:15 PM2/27/21
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with <s1b1v2$o4f$1...@news-1.m-online.net> Janis Papanagnou wrote:
> On 26.02.2021 14:48, Janis Papanagnou wrote:
>> On 26.02.2021 14:39, Janis Papanagnou wrote:

*SKIP*
>>> I stepped there on every square, searched, but didn't find anything.
>>> Also (this is Slashem) no invisible objects there. Searched for any
>>> indication of a bones level, but no. My next guess or try would be
>>> to dig for some buried lit objects. (There's also no grave there.)
>> Update: digging the walls around this lit region showed that the area
>> marked above in the map by 'x' is all lit, so I dug at square 'o' but
>> could not find anything buried. Strange.
> Another update: exploring the levels above showed that the area at
> these coordinates seems to be generally lit. I found this "light
> hotspot" also in the ordinary dungeon level above.
*SKIP*
> Probably a bug. Saving and restarting the game made that light spot
> vanish (on a few levels I checked).

If it's a bug it should be turned into a feature (as if slashem doesn't
fsck with you enough). Also, I've never dealt with them (so I believe)
but: <https://nethackwiki.com/wiki/Black_light>. Can you check
#vanquished for unfamiliar y?

p.s. IIRC, I was teleported from Mines back to some other explored
level twice, for no reason and no messages. Next time it will happen
I'll check #vanquished immediately.

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