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[[User:A Person|A Person]] ([[User talk:A Person|talk]]) 01:00, 10 April 2015 (UTC) | [[User:A Person|A Person]] ([[User talk:A Person|talk]]) 01:00, 10 April 2015 (UTC) | ||
:You don't. the <tt>nhdat</tt> -file contains multiple data files, but it doesn't contain the plain text des-files, but binary lev-files compiled with lev_comp. --[[User:Paxed|paxed]] ([[User talk:Paxed|talk]]) 04:00, 10 April 2015 (UTC) | :You don't. the <tt>nhdat</tt> -file contains multiple data files, but it doesn't contain the plain text des-files, but binary lev-files compiled with lev_comp. --[[User:Paxed|paxed]] ([[User talk:Paxed|talk]]) 04:00, 10 April 2015 (UTC) | ||
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| + | :By "through apt-get install" ... if you got it simply through "sudo apt-get install nethack", then you presumably have the binaries. If you want to modify it, you'd need the source code, and the ability to compile it. --[[User:HarJIT|HarJIT]] ([[User talk:HarJIT|talk]]) 17:30, 17 April 2015 (UTC) | ||
How do you find the plain text files then? | How do you find the plain text files then? | ||
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I am pretty new at looking at the code for NetHack, so I need some help. How do I access the dat file with all of the .des files in it? For background information, I have NetHack through apt-get install on a Linux system. Thanks!
A Person (talk) 01:00, 10 April 2015 (UTC)
- You don't. the nhdat -file contains multiple data files, but it doesn't contain the plain text des-files, but binary lev-files compiled with lev_comp. --paxed (talk) 04:00, 10 April 2015 (UTC)
- By "through apt-get install" ... if you got it simply through "sudo apt-get install nethack", then you presumably have the binaries. If you want to modify it, you'd need the source code, and the ability to compile it. --HarJIT (talk) 17:30, 17 April 2015 (UTC)
How do you find the plain text files then?
