NetHack 3.4.3 Patches: Throw Light upon the Darkness My other NetHack patches. luminate.diff Does it bother you that beam of lightning vanishes into the shadows or that you can hear a Molotov cocktail exploding in a fireball, but you can't see the fireball that is close enough to spit on? It bothered me. So this patch adds a call to the temporary effects routine that makes glyphs visible despite the the darkness of the square. Currently lightning and fire, in beam and explosion form, and lit objects are luminous while in flight. They do not illuminate, however. Can you imagine having to do the radius of visibility on a thrown lamp? I did, and my imagination said it wasn't worth me doing. If you happen to use Nephi's photography patch, then the luminate patch will touch up src/photo.c as needed. If you don't use the photography patch, then ignore the error you get when patching. Remember to enable by manually editing include/config.h. The precompiler define is WEBB_SEE_LIGHT.
25 Feb 2004