• [slashem] Mall level and altars (Wiki entry)

    From Janis Papanagnou@21:1/5 to All on Thu Feb 16 13:55:59 2023
    I read in the Wiki[*] about Slashem's "Mall" level:

    "The mall is located between levels 5 and 6 of the Dungeons of Doom,
    and contains many shops, much like Minetown. However, unlike Minetown,
    it is not guaranteed to have an Altar. It has a 75% chance of being
    generated."

    I don't recall to have ever seen an altar in the Mall and wonder about
    the formulation "it is not guaranteed to have an Altar"; shouldn't that
    instead be "it has no Altars"?

    (Note: The mentioned 75% is only the probability of a Mall being
    generated (not the probability of an altar being generated).)

    Janis

    [*] https://nethackwiki.com/wiki/Special_level_(SLASH%27EM)

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  • From B. R. 'BeAr' Ederson@21:1/5 to Janis Papanagnou on Thu Feb 16 17:06:02 2023
    On Thu, 16 Feb 2023 13:55:59 +0100, Janis Papanagnou wrote:

    I read in the Wiki[*] about Slashem's "Mall" level:

    "The mall is located between levels 5 and 6 of the Dungeons of Doom,
    and contains many shops, much like Minetown. However, unlike Minetown,
    it is not guaranteed to have an Altar. It has a 75% chance of being
    generated."

    I don't recall to have ever seen an altar in the Mall and wonder about
    the formulation "it is not guaranteed to have an Altar"; shouldn't that instead be "it has no Altars"?

    I guess, you are right. As I read it, special levels are solely created
    from their specific description prototypes. And the mall descriptions
    do nowhere mention altars. Even if normal (non-shop) rooms are created
    in the mall (with a certain probability), these don't seem to get the
    usual dice-roll for altars in "normal" rooms.

    BeAr
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