Forum:Question about "optional" features
What does it mean when something "may be compiled out the game"? Does this mean that there are versions of NetHack out there without important and prominent game elements such as sinks, Kops, Elbereth and the entire Tourist role? What's the purpose of this? Does this mean that these elements are optional? How does one go about disabling or enabling them? It doesn't seem possible from the config file. ..and sort of a secondary question: why would these options be present to begin with? I don't really get it. Why would you single out Tourists in particular? Why is one not able to 'compile out' Monks or Archeologists or whatever else? And ...why sinks? Why not fountains or treasure zoos or the Oracle or anything else that may or may not be present in the Mazes of Menace? It seems so bizarre and oddly specific, and I've never seen a proper explanation of this. Even in the official instruction file that comes with the game, it's only given a passing mention when it has to clarify that sinks only appear "if your dungeon has sinks" and things like that. Very confusing. 86.145.203.49 15:55, 20 August 2013 (UTC)
