erlehmann's patch of his own redo system, yet another bug fix.

[plomrogue] / README

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@@ -8,16 +8,18 @@ You can move around a player on an island and meet different enemies. You have 5
 hitpoints to lose before death. Enemies start with different amounts of
 hitpoints, depending on their species. Dead enemies become dirt, skeletons or
 "magic meat" -- such objects can be collected, and "magic meat" can be consumed
 hitpoints to lose before death. Enemies start with different amounts of
 hitpoints, depending on their species. Dead enemies become dirt, skeletons or
 "magic meat" -- such objects can be collected, and "magic meat" can be consumed

-to gain hitpoints. Note that different kinds of movements/actions take different
+to gain hitpoints (if allowed to lie on the ground for a while it may even
+multiply ...). Note that different kinds of movements/actions take different

 numbers of turns to finish.
 
 Enemies' AI is very dumb so far: Each turn, they try to move towards their
 shortest-path-wise nearest enemy (any animate being of a different species)
 numbers of turns to finish.
 
 Enemies' AI is very dumb so far: Each turn, they try to move towards their
 shortest-path-wise nearest enemy (any animate being of a different species)

-visible to them. If they see no enemy, they just wait.
+visible to them. If they see no enemy, they search for and consume "magic meat".

 
 Every move of yours re-writes a file "savefile" that describes the new state of
 
 Every move of yours re-writes a file "savefile" that describes the new state of

-the world. Once you re-start the game, the game state is recreated from the
-"savefile" file. To start over in a new world, simply delete this file.
+dthe world, if more than 15 seconds have passed since its last writing. Once you
+re-start the game, the game state is recreated from the "savefile" file. To
+start over in a new world, simply delete this file.

 
 System requirements / installation / running the game
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 System requirements / installation / running the game
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@@ -84,10 +86,9 @@ Hacking / server internals and configuration
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 The game world is set up and made subject to player commands by
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 The game world is set up and made subject to player commands by

-./roguelike-server. It's controlled by commands explained in the file …
-The server usually reads these from the files ./server/in (written to by
-./roguelike-client), ./confserver/world, ./record and ./savefile. See the file
-./SERVER_COMMANDS for details.
+./roguelike-server. It's controlled by commands explained in the file
+./SERVER_COMMANDS. The server usually reads these from the files ./server/in
+(written to by ./roguelike-client), ./confserver/world, ./record and ./savefile.

 
 All source files are thoroughly documented to explain more details of
 plomrogue's internals. The ./roguelike-server executable can be run with a -v
 
 All source files are thoroughly documented to explain more details of
 plomrogue's internals. The ./roguelike-server executable can be run with a -v