141 lines
6.1 KiB
Plaintext
141 lines
6.1 KiB
Plaintext
|
5 Welcome to the game of Larn. At this moment, you face a great problem.
|
|||
|
|
Your daughter has contracted a strange disease, and none of your home remedies
|
|||
|
|
seem to have any effect. You sense that she is in mortal danger, and you must
|
|||
|
|
try to save her. Time ago you heard of a land of great danger and opportunity.
|
|||
|
|
Perhaps here is the solution you need.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
It has been said that there once was a great magician who called himself
|
|||
|
|
Polinneaus. Many years ago, after having many miraculous successes, Polinneaus
|
|||
|
|
retired to the caverns of Larn, where he devoted most of his time to the
|
|||
|
|
creation of magic. Rumors have it that one day Polinneaus set out to dispel
|
|||
|
|
an attacking army in a forest some distance to the north. It is believed that
|
|||
|
|
here he met his demise.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
The caverns of Larn, it is thought, must be magnificent in design,
|
|||
|
|
and contain much magic and treasure. One option you have is to undertake a
|
|||
|
|
journey into these caverns.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Good Luck! You're going to need it!
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
[4mHelp File for The Caverns of Larn[m
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
h move to the left H run left . stay here
|
|||
|
|
j move down J run down Z teleport yourself
|
|||
|
|
k move up K run up c cast a spell
|
|||
|
|
l move to the right L run right r read a scroll
|
|||
|
|
y move northwest Y run northwest q quaff a potion
|
|||
|
|
u move northeast U run northeast W wear armor
|
|||
|
|
b move southwest B run southwest T take off armor
|
|||
|
|
n move southeast N run southeast w wield a weapon
|
|||
|
|
^ identify a trap g give present pack weight P give tax status
|
|||
|
|
d drop an item i inventory your pockets Q quit the game
|
|||
|
|
v print program version S save the game D list all items found
|
|||
|
|
? this help screen A create diagnostic file e eat something
|
|||
|
|
(wizards only)
|
|||
|
|
larn ++ restore checkpointed game
|
|||
|
|
larn -s list the scoreboard
|
|||
|
|
larn -i list scores with inventories
|
|||
|
|
larn -n suppress welcome message when beginning a game
|
|||
|
|
larn -h print out all the command line options
|
|||
|
|
larn -<number> specify difficulty of the game (may be used with -n)
|
|||
|
|
larn -o<optsfile> specify the .larnopts file to be used
|
|||
|
|
larn -c create new scoreboards -- prompts for a password
|
|||
|
|
[7mSpecial Notes[m
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
When [7mdropping gold[m, if you type '*' as your amount, all your gold gets dropped.
|
|||
|
|
In general, typing in '*' means all of what your interested in. This is true
|
|||
|
|
when visiting the bank, or when contributing at altars.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Larn may need a [7mVT100[m to operate. A check is made of the environment variable
|
|||
|
|
[7m"TERM"[m and it must be equal to [7m"vt100"[m. This only applies if
|
|||
|
|
the game has been compiled with "VT100" defined in the Makefile. If compiled
|
|||
|
|
to use [7mtermcap[m, there are no terminal restrictions, save needing cm, ce, & cl
|
|||
|
|
termcap entries.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
When in the store, trading post, school, or home, an [7m<escape>[m will get you out.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
larn -l print out the larn log file
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
When casting a spell, if you need a list of spells you can cast, type '[7mD[m' as
|
|||
|
|
the first letter of your spell. The available list of spells will be shown,
|
|||
|
|
after which you may enter the spell code. This only works on the 1st letter
|
|||
|
|
of the spell you are casting.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
The Author of Larn is Noah Morgan (1982-3), Copying for Profit is Prohibited
|
|||
|
|
Copyright 1986 by Noah Morgan, All Rights Reserved.
|
|||
|
|
[7mBackground Information for Larn[m
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Welcome to the game of Larn. At this moment, you face a great problem.
|
|||
|
|
Your daughter has contracted a strange disease, and none of your home remedies
|
|||
|
|
seem to have any effect. You sense that she is in mortal danger, and you must
|
|||
|
|
try to save her. Time ago you heard of a land of great danger and opportunity.
|
|||
|
|
Perhaps here is the solution you need.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
It has been said that there once was a great magician who called himself
|
|||
|
|
Polinneaus. Many years ago, after having many miraculous successes, Polinneaus
|
|||
|
|
retired to the caverns of Larn, where he devoted most of his time to the
|
|||
|
|
creation of magic. Rumors have it that one day Polinneaus set out to dispel
|
|||
|
|
an attacking army in a forest some distance to the north. It is believed that
|
|||
|
|
here he met his demise.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
The caverns of Larn, it is thought, must be magnificent in design,
|
|||
|
|
and contain much magic and treasure. One option you have is to undertake a
|
|||
|
|
journey into these caverns.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Good Luck! You're going to need it!
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
[7mHow to use the .larnopts option file[m
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
The file ".larnopts", if used, should be in your home directory (see -o).
|
|||
|
|
A sequence of words terminated by whitespace is used to specify options.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Word Meaning
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
bold-objects select bold display of objects
|
|||
|
|
inverse-objects select inverse video display of objects
|
|||
|
|
no-introduction do not display intro message
|
|||
|
|
enable-checkpointing turn on periodic checkpointing
|
|||
|
|
no-beep disable beeping of the terminal
|
|||
|
|
male choose your sex to be a man
|
|||
|
|
female choose your sex to be a woman
|
|||
|
|
name: "your name" choose your playing name
|
|||
|
|
monster: "monst name" choose a name for a monster
|
|||
|
|
savefile: "save-file-name" define what the savegame filename will be
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Your name and monster names must be enclosed in double quotation marks and may
|
|||
|
|
be up to 34 characters long. Longer names are truncated. Anything enclosed in
|
|||
|
|
quotation marks is considered one word, and must be separated from other words
|
|||
|
|
by whitespace.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
[7mExplanation of the Larn scoreboard facility[m
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Larn supports TWO scoreboards, one for winners, and one for deceased
|
|||
|
|
characters. Each player (by userid or playerid, see UIDSCORE in Makefile)
|
|||
|
|
is allowed one slot on each scoreboard, if the score is in the top ten for
|
|||
|
|
that scoreboard. This design helps insure that frequent players of Larn
|
|||
|
|
do not hog the scoreboard, and gives more players a chance for glory. Level
|
|||
|
|
of difficulty is also noted on the scoreboards, and this takes precedence
|
|||
|
|
over score for determining what entry is on the scoreboard. For example:
|
|||
|
|
if "Yar, the Bug Slayer" has a score of 128003 on the scoreboard at diff 0,
|
|||
|
|
then his game at diff 1 and a score of 4112 would replace his previous
|
|||
|
|
entry on the scoreboard. Note that when a player dies, his inventory is
|
|||
|
|
stored in the scoreboard so that everyone can see what items the player had
|
|||
|
|
at the time of his death.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|