From 77e3814f0c0e3dea4d0032e25666f77e6f83bfff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: cgd Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1993 09:45:37 +0000 Subject: initial import of 386bsd-0.1 sources --- hack/hack.6 | 155 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 155 insertions(+) create mode 100644 hack/hack.6 (limited to 'hack/hack.6') diff --git a/hack/hack.6 b/hack/hack.6 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..c4c46c30 --- /dev/null +++ b/hack/hack.6 @@ -0,0 +1,155 @@ +.TH HACK 6 "31 March 1985" +.UC 4 +.SH NAME +hack \- Exploring The Dungeons of Doom +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B /usr/games/hack +[ +.B \-d +.I directory +] +[ +.B \-n +] +[ +.B \-u +.I playername +] +.br +.B /usr/games/hack +[ +.B \-d +.I directory +] +.B \-s +[ +.B \-X +] +[ +.I playernames +] +.SH DESCRIPTION +.PP +.I Hack +is a display oriented dungeons & dragons - like game. +Both display and command structure resemble rogue. +(For a game with the same structure but entirely different display - +a real cave instead of dull rectangles - try Quest.) +.PP +To get started you really only need to know two commands. The command +.B ? +will give you a list of the available commands and the command +.B / +will identify the things you see on the screen. +.PP +To win the game (as opposed to merely playing to beat other people high +scores) you must locate the Amulet of Yendor which is somewhere below +the 20th level of the dungeon and get it out. Nobody has achieved this +yet and if somebody does, he will probably go down in history as a hero +among heros. +.PP +When the game ends, either by your death, when you quit, or if you escape +from the caves, +.I hack +will give you (a fragment of) the list of top scorers. The scoring +is based on many aspects of your behaviour but a rough estimate is +obtained by taking the amount of gold you've found in the cave plus four +times your (real) experience. Precious stones may be worth a lot of gold +when brought to the exit. +There is a 10% penalty for getting yourself killed. +.PP +The administration of the game is kept in the directory specified with the +.B \-d +option, or, if no such option is given, in the directory specified by +the environment variable HACKDIR, or, if no such variable exists, in +the current directory. This same directory contains several auxiliary +files such as lockfiles and the list of topscorers and a subdirectory +.I save +where games are saved. +The game administrator may however choose to install hack with a fixed +playing ground, usually /usr/games/lib/hackdir. +.PP +The +.B \-n +option suppresses printing of the news. +.PP +The +.B \-u +.I playername +option supplies the answer to the question "Who are you?". +When +.I playername +has as suffix one of +.B \-T \-S \-K \-F \-C \-W +then this supplies the answer to the question "What kind of character ... ?". +.PP +The +.B \-s +option will print out the list of your scores. It may be followed by arguments +.B \-X +where X is one of the letters C, F, K, S, T, W to print the scores of +Cavemen, Fighters, Knights, Speleologists, Tourists or Wizards. +It may also be followed by one or more player names to print the scores of the +players mentioned. +.SH AUTHORS +Jay Fenlason (+ Kenny Woodland, Mike Thome and Jon Payne) wrote the +original hack, very much like rogue (but full of bugs). +.br +Andries Brouwer continuously deformed their sources into the current +version - in fact an entirely different game. +.SH FILES +.DT +.ta \w'data, rumors\ \ \ 'u +hack The hack program. +.br +data, rumors Data files used by hack. +.br +help, hh Help data files. +.br +record The list of topscorers. +.br +save A subdirectory containing the saved +.br + games. +.br +bones_dd Descriptions of the ghost and +.br + belongings of a deceased adventurer. +.br +xlock.dd Description of a dungeon level. +.br +safelock Lock file for xlock. +.br +record_lock Lock file for record. +.SH ENVIRONMENT +.DT +.ta \w'HACKPAGER, PAGER\ \ \ 'u +USER or LOGNAME Your login name. +.br +HOME Your home directory. +.br +SHELL Your shell. +.br +TERM The type of your terminal. +.br +HACKPAGER, PAGER Pager used instead of default pager. +.br +MAIL Mailbox file. +.br +MAILREADER Reader used instead of default +.br + (probably /bin/mail or /usr/ucb/mail). +.br +HACKDIR Playground. +.br +HACKOPTIONS String predefining several hack options +.br + (see help file). +.br + +Several other environment variables are used in debugging (wizard) mode, +like GENOCIDED, INVENT, MAGIC and SHOPTYPE. +.SH BUGS +.PP +Probably infinite. +Mail complaints to mcvax!aeb . -- cgit v1.2.3-56-ge451