FYI: Do not use screenshots for ordinary dungeon maps

[Pete Mack]

There is in game support for dumping screenshots with the ')' command. Here's a (boring!) example using the 'f'orum option.

                                                                                 You can see 1 monster:                                                          
                                                                                 g   1 stone golem                                                       2 S 0 W 
                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                 You are aware of 9 other monsters:                                              
                                                                                 j   1 gelatinous cube (asleep)                                         8 S 29 E 
                                                                                 l   5 old forest trees (5 asleep)                                               
                                                                                 z   1 zombified orc (asleep)                                          22 N 24 W 
                                                                                 i   1 bloodshot icky thing (asleep)                                    9 N 25 E 
                                                                                 s   1 skeleton kobold (asleep)                                         8 S 27 E 
                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                 
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[smbhax]

Oh is this new? I thought there was something like this before but whatever it was hadn't seemed to worked like I'd hoped.

Boring town dump:

                                                                                                         
Human                                  #############   ####                                              
Commando                              ##.......>...#  ##..#       ###                                    
Warrior                               #..........###  #...##     ##.#                                    
LEVEL     35       ####  ####    ###:##:..###......## #..:.### ###..##                                   
NXT    53870     ###..####..##   #.:...:..###.......###:...#.###.....#                                   
AU      2089     #.##.:.##...#####..###.t.##8........#.:::.#:..#.....#####                               
|}=="~[()]]]     #.:..............:.:.....t...............::..........#..:#                              
STR:  18/121    ##.........................._..@..........................##                             
INT:   18/27    #................................................t.........#                             
WIS:      13    ##.:.:.:..:..7##..:.:.:...##5#..........t.......4##.......:#                             
DEX:  18/145    #.:...:.#::..###....:#.:..####.....6##..........####2##...:                              
CON:  18/112    #..#....#::..###...:.::...####.....###..........#######..::                              
                #::....:::...........:.:...........................####..:                               
Cur AC   180    ##.......:................###t....1##....................#                               
HP  453/ 491    #......##:................###.....###....................#                               
                #......###................##3.....###..................###                               
                #......:...:..............###..........................#                                 
                ##...........::.......................##...##...##::..##                                 
                 #:.###....#:.:#.:...#....t..........###...###.##  :..#                                  
                  ### ##..####.#..########...........# #...# ###   ####                                  
Fast (+8)              #.##  ######      #.....#....## #####                                             
Town                   ###               ############                                                    
                                                                                                         
                                                                                                         
                                                                                                         
                                                                                                         
                                                                                                         
                                                                                                         
                                                                                                         
                                                                                                         
             Light 3 Fed 74 % Open floor                                                                 

Ah cool : D

[Pete Mack]

It was broken at one time, but was soon fixed. It's main problem is being largely forgotten.

[Pete Mack]

@smbhax:
I see it is less than functional for the variant you're playing. Vanilla screen dump has long been updated monster list and colors. Without those, it's less useful.

[smbhax]

Oh no the screen dump is in color, it's just that I set all my colors to monochrome gray. : )