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Duke Ravage Registered user Gravebane Zombie Last page view: 5663 days, 14 hours, 45 minutes and 6 seconds ago. |
So last night I got bored. So I began sifting through ADOM.exe, just copying out stuff i found interesting. I stopped around page... 6500 or something like that, I wasn't paying too close attention, because it was repeatedly crashing. Anyways. Here's what all I found, with a little commentary; if you know how to reproduce any of this stuff, let me know. (The Red Rooster Inn references, in case you've never seen it) "You enter the Red Rooster Inn as the sun is just rising. Alganon, the innkeeper, welcomes you with great joy and honors you for helping the ancient dwarf. As a reward he grants you a long item wrapped in a sheet. He winks at you and mumbles "Ye know what'ta do with dat, don't ye?". Due to some urgent business Alganon then leaves." "You enter the Red Rooster Inn. It's completely empty." "Ouch! I'm running out of rooms and you have run out of luck." In movement descriptions: "One of the monoliths seems to contain a shimmering portal." "ScorchedDead%s earth." "An ice patch." (Unremarkable except in placement -- amoung descriptions from winderness map) Plus the reference to "A volcano." "The environment suddenly looks very different." "There should be room for the dragon quest!Sharad-Waador" Amoung requests for payment for using a forge: "Never checked for a forge -- what a pity." All these together: "Your legions invade Terinyo and slaughter all resistance. You revel in the bloodshed." "You order the ancient dwarf to be crucified. He dies in anguish." "The Mad Minstrel seems to be gone... very strange." ...followed by descriptive terms, e.g. the races (Troll, trolls, trollish, for each class, tenses together) and classes, then messages for attribute changes and hair/eye colors. Then: "All race choices have been crossed out." Later on, after unrelated stuff, a similar statement about class choices. I assume this is a bug reference for shopkeepers running out of money: " A voice in your mind curses... "Damn, somehow my shop purse dropped to %ld." "This is unbearable." "Please notify 'http://www.adom.de/adom/submit-report.php3' about a loan of %ld gold piece%s I acquired." "Tell him that %s is having financial problems while trying to run a business at (%d, %d)." Your rage calms down a bit.&feel anger swelling up in your bowels!" " In a section about death by ageing: "(in death your blindness seems to be cured)" I assume a comment about you seeing the grim reaper in front of you as you die of age... "hear the cries of the crowd: "%s for arena master! %s for arena master! %s for arena master!"" Amoung final score lines: "%s got the trader's guild to owe %s money." A hint to some requirement to see the dwarven elder...(One was for while blind, another while deaf, i'm assuming. Couldn't find a normal one. "Something pushes you backwards.A coarse voice grunts: "Sorry, only true heroes may see our village elder."" A number of things relating to the death of companions, some humerous: "are direly saddened about the death of %s." "laugh at the sight of your friend's death!never liked %s, anyways." "are mildlly annoyed by the destruction of %s." "are disappointed by death of your loyal slave." "So hard to make good help, these days..." "always knew it was too weak to survive!" "As you watch your friend perish, you are reminded of the old teachings saying that everything has a time to pass on." some pages of coding gibberish, then: (slaves/friend)'s "are horrified at the sight of your %s fate!" "feel pain at the loss of a %s." "hear a booming voice in your mind. "*DO NOT DARE TO %s THAT, MORTAL*" %s something nonetheless Suddenly %s appears at your side! are hit by an enormous gust of wind!" Amoung various special combat messages: "You seem to be attacked by a program bug at (%d, %d)" "%s seems to be irritated by the smoke of your torch%s" I assume this has something to do with an amulet? "Your %s for a short moment glows in all colors of the rainbow and then loses some of its sparkle! It suddenly turns to ashes! feel as if this was not a good idea!" A reference to 'exploration mode' amoung final score stuff ("You are not allowed to enter the highscore because you activated exploration mode.") Amoung messages for writing scrolls: "Try again after achieving godhood." With Wish messages: "The only response to your wish is a slow, menacing, rythmic breath of a being lurking somewhere... out to get and destroy your puny self." Monster 'c'hat messages: " Oh, you little fool! You are nothing compared to the infinite might Chaos gives It was fun to see you advance slowly and fight all those pity battles... ...but now you shall find your master and your nemesis! How can you even dare to challenge my might, undefeated in so many millenia?!? Bad luck for you that I hid the Trident of the Red Rooster so well, that you were unable to discover it! And now... ...pRePaRe To DiE iN a MoSt PaInFuL wAy!!! " Apparently from the ratling rebel, because there's also the mace messages and the "unrattish fights" messages. " Timess are wonderful ssince the arena massster has been killed. Nobody daress orrrganizing fightsss anymore! Take thisss. Sssspread the word of peace! %s drops a scroll in front of your feet. %s drops something in front of your feet. " Filk messages: " SlaughtertheMadMinstrelandyouwillhaveonehappyquicklingforsure! Iamaveryhappyquickling! Thegameisoverwhenthethinquicklingsingsandthatisnow! " More references to the merchant guild oweing you money, and you oweing them (near shop stuff): " The guild seems to owe ye money, as I heard. Well, while this is highly unusual, it is not unheard of. I'll refund the money we owe ye.Here ye are. %s hands you %s. "Ye owe %ld gold piece%s to the traders' guild." pay them "Get money to pay for yer debts pay %ld gold piece%s of the %ld gold piece%s you owe .pay your debts "Ye won't leave before paying yer debts!" "Ye won't be allowed to enter before ye pay yer debts!" " some pages, then: "You owe the merchants guild %ld gold piece%s.Find a way to pay -- quick!" Scroll of Omnipotence stuff, if you haven't seen it: " You read the omnipotence. Immediately you realize that this was a big mistake as you are not prepared for the wave of power that suddenly floats your body. You are ripped to pieces almost instantly! ripped to pieces by trying to claim power not meant for %s As you read the scroll you suddenly feel great power surging through your body. You feel invincible and your abilities are increased by enourmous amounts! Now you are a true champion of %s! " Dipping: " Both the potion and the scroll are consumed by a huge explosion! was ripped apart when confronting Order and Chaos The %s glows in a purple light... ...and explodes with unprecedented force! was killed by believing in the promises of Chaos " My thoughts: Perhaps dipping Tracts of Order/Chaos (respectively) in Potions of Raw Chaos? Or perhaps amulets of same? Except the first one... a SoCR? Khelevaster, I assume. Last part doesn't seem to fit though... " %s looks at the %s with disgust. He crumples it in disgust. Oh, that damned ratling brood. His grandfather already was annoying me. Dem damned sissys. No sense for a true man's challenge. " More Kelly? Some book; wierd tome perhaps? " %s barely catches the %s. %s curiously looks at the %s. Huh? Oh, I have read that a long time ago. Pretty interesting. %s nods to you. " Even more Kelly. The first section seems devoted to the TotRR, but there seems to be a SoO reference at the end: " I did what I could. %s looks bored. %s shakes his head in sadness as he regards you. It does not seem to be made for you. (whispered to your mind) %s suddenly seems to be very excited. %s starts to move his hands according to ancient arcane rituals you never before have witnessed. feel Mana collecting around you. Magic seems to be drawn from everywhere to center upon this place. A gleaming weapon pulsing with power appears in the hands of %s! Something whispers into your mind. Ye should probably be able to make use of this. Given the right combination of magical words one is able to extract this fine item from its hidden prison. An enormous amount of magical power is required for that. Some folks confused the function of this scroll and created foolish legends about it. Use it wisely. Be prepared and follow the path of Order to reap the reward. You must not stray from that path lest ye will not succeed. The %s turns to ashes. " Hmm, librarian perhaps? Also earlier, didn't copy it but saw something about the library, giving books to him I think. " %s brushes aside the %s! %s grasps the %s hastily. %s seems to mumble something. *Finally!* Now it's time for some foolishness! Since my personal library is pretty filled you might be able to make use of this stuff. %s drops some scrolls. " ??? more mostly uninteresting stuff around this. no idea what it means: " Suddenly %s looks very sad. %s mumbles under his breath: I can't allow this to happen. %s seems to get very angry about having to neglect his duty.hear an angry war cry! %s chuckles and then drops a %s on the ground. %s suddenly bursts into flames and is destroyed. " I'm not sure but I think these are supposed to be non-standard (i.e. unique) wilderness encounters; the roving raiders is why I think that. Above it are the normal encounters. " a lone knight surrounded by an aura of hate and fear a dark hooded figure a group of horribly deformed beings an entourage of chaos knights a lone corruptor a group of roving raiders " ivan.sourceforge.net |
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Ekaterin Moderator on this forum Last page view: 5766 days, 8 hours, 16 minutes and 32 seconds ago. |
In movement descriptions: "One of the monoliths seems to contain a shimmering portal." The stone circle during the time when you can enter it? "ScorchedDead%s earth." Maybe the messages about scorched/dead earth you get in the black unicorn's glade. "The environment suddenly looks very different." Isn't this one of the things Andor Drakon can do? "hear the cries of the crowd: "%s for arena master! %s for arena master! %s for arena master!"" Killing the arena master then standing in his place. "%s got the trader's guild to owe %s money." Apparently this is achieved by picking up a cheap potion in a shop when you have the poison hands corruption. "are direly saddened about the death of %s." Only when you see the cute dog die, I think. "As you watch your friend perish, you are reminded of the old teachings saying that everything has a time to pass on." Neutrals sometimes get this when their companions die. Some of the other messages in that lot seemed appropriate to chaotics, some to necromancers losing an undead slave. "hear a booming voice in your mind" All these messages relate to stealing from the water dragon. "Your %s for a short moment glows in all colors of the rainbow and then loses some of its sparkle!" My guess would be that this is a ring of karmic absorption doing its thing. Huh? Oh, I have read that a long time ago. Pretty interesting. That's what Kelly says when given any book or scroll except for th4e crumpled scroll. *Finally!* Now it's time for some foolishness! Since my personal library is pretty filled you might be able to make use of this stuff. %s drops some scrolls. This is definitely the Mad Minstrel's reaction to being given the weird tome. Suddenly %s looks very sad. %s mumbles under his breath: I can't allow this to happen. %s seems to get very angry about having to neglect his duty.hear an angry war cry! I think this is Hawkslayer turning on you if you become chaotic while he is your companion. %s chuckles and then drops a %s on the ground. The Mad Minstrel sometimes feeds the hungry. a lone knight surrounded by an aura of hate and fear a dark hooded figure a group of horribly deformed beings an entourage of chaos knights a lone corruptor All normal wilderness encounters, but high-level which may be why you haven't seen them very often. |
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Knud Registered user non-ghost librarian Last page view: 5685 days, 5 hours, 40 minutes and 35 seconds ago. |
"%s seems to be irritated by the smoke of your torch%s" Guess this message is generated when you confuse giant bees with a torch. You know you've played too much ADOM when you try to throw coins at people wearing similar clothes as yourself. |
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Duke Ravage Registered user Gravebane Zombie Last page view: 5663 days, 14 hours, 45 minutes and 6 seconds ago. |
Ah, thanks for the clarifications... yeah, i've never seen many of those messages because i've never really gotten too far in the game. ivan.sourceforge.net |
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Alex Registered user Master Necromancer Last page view: 6508 days, 21 hours, 20 minutes and 41 seconds ago. |
"You enter the Red Rooster Inn as the sun is just rising. Alganon, the innkeeper, welcomes you with great joy and honors you for helping the ancient dwarf. As a reward he grants you a long item wrapped in a sheet. He winks at you and mumbles "Ye know what'ta do with dat, don't ye?". Due to some urgent business Alganon then leaves." "You enter the Red Rooster Inn. It's completely empty." Believed to be a red herring, which would make sense as it's placed seemingly deliberately near the start of the text. Timess are wonderful ssince the arena massster has been killed. Nobody daress orrrganizing fightsss anymore! Take thisss. Sssspread the word of peace! %s drops a scroll in front of your feet. %s drops something in front of your feet. If you kill the arena master then talk to the ratling rebel he'll give you a scroll of peace. What do you wish for? wands of cat repellent_ [Edited 1 time, last edit on 9/26/2004 at 13:58 (GMT -5) by Alex] |
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Duke Ravage Registered user Gravebane Zombie Last page view: 5663 days, 14 hours, 45 minutes and 6 seconds ago. |
I knew about the RRI thing, i put it in for reference. ivan.sourceforge.net |