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Amanda Sedai Unregistered user |
I read a scroll called "IBM manual" and it caused my character to become permanently confused. BTW, has anyone else realized that you can avoid losing your game by making a copy of your save file in another folder and then pasting it back in the save folder after you lose? Is that considered cheating? |
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Locke Registered user Treasure hunter Last page view: 7896 days, 22 hours, 50 minutes and 21 seconds ago. |
Yeah, kinda mean joke really from TB. Pray to the gods... :) Yes it is considered cheating. It even have a name: Save-scumming. It is very bad game-practice. Only useful for those not patient enough and for research. Locke Cole |
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Hankjim Unregistered user |
As in real life, only prayer can save you from the utter confusion wrought by the IBM manual. Yes save/restore is well-known as the grand-daddy of all cheats. As I understand it, ADOM is a rogue-like game, which means it has been specifically designed for you to finish the entire game without dying once in order to legitimately win. Nevertheless, for the new ADOM player, the save/restore mechanism can provide substantial pedagogical benefit, since you can experiment with things you would never do in a "real" game, and can get to the more advanced stages of the game without repeatedly having to start over. This practice is not without its drawbacks, however, since it inevitably corrupts the ADOM decision-making process by tempting the player to circumvent the consequences of irresponsible actions in a "real" game. Also, the surprises and emotions that occur in a "real" game are much more vivid and true-to-life than those in a restored game. By the way, I'm not sure what happened to our posts a couple of days ago. Maybe the administrator can explain why they were nuked? Hankjim |
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Jan Erik Administrator Last page view: 1 day, 10 hours, 46 minutes and 52 seconds ago. |
It's in the anouncements. Basicaly some guy cracked my acount and deleted all the files... I didn't have a recent backup of the forum database so a lot of posts where lost. Jan Erik Mydland HoF admin |