incorrect most places it appeared and has been replaced by "A crystal
bridge spans the fissure." (timeless present).
+* Under odd circumstances (dropping rug or vase outdoors) the game could
+ say "floor" when it should say "ground" (or "dirt", or something).
+
By default, advent issues "> " as a command prompt. This feature
became common in many variants after the original 350-point version,
but was never backported into Crowther & Woods's main line before now.
uppercased when they are echoed. The "-o" (oldstyle) option restores
this behavior.
+Typing a numeric liteteral to the command prompt no longer triggers a
+fatal error. This change is reverted by the oldstyle option.
+
A "seed" command has been added. This is not intended for human use
but as a way for game logs to set the PRNG (pseudorandom-number generator) so
that random events (dwarf & pirate appearances, the bird's magic word)
checksumming have been discarded - it's pointless to try
tamper-proofing saves when everyone has the source code.
-A -r command-line been added. When it is given (with a file path
-argument) it is functionally equivalent to a RESTORE command.
+A -r command-line option has been added. When it is given (with a file
+path argument) it is functionally equivalent to a RESTORE command.
== Translation ==
Jason Ninneman and I have moved it to what is almost, but not quite,
idiomatic modern C. We refactored the right way, checking correctness
against a comprehensive test suite that we built first and verified
-with coverage tools (we have over 95% coverage, with the remaining
-confined to exception cases that are very difficult to reach). This is
+with coverage tools (there is effectively 100% code coverage). This is
what you are running when you do "make check".
The move to modern C entailed some structural changes. The most
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