Dumplog - Revision history

Phol ende wodan: Dungeon overview is standard in 3.6.7, remove note that would only have been relevant to people still playing 3.6.0; move paragraphs about introduction of dumplogs into a History section

2026-01-24T22:19:05Z

Dungeon overview is standard in 3.6.7, remove note that would only have been relevant to people still playing 3.6.0; move paragraphs about introduction of dumplogs into a History section

Phol ende wodan: 3.7: html dumplogs, spells and skills in the dumplog

2026-01-24T14:37:46Z

3.7: html dumplogs, spells and skills in the dumplog

Paxed: mention sysconf

2019-03-20T09:42:47Z

mention sysconf

Phol ende wodan: expand page with description of things that go in a dumplog

2018-05-30T20:39:30Z

expand page with description of things that go in a dumplog

Winny: make note about dumplog in git

2017-12-28T20:07:53Z

make note about dumplog in git

Ray Chason: Stub; dump patch

2008-02-23T02:07:43Z

Stub; dump patch

75.165.125.54: grammarified

2008-02-22T23:36:20Z

grammarified

121.44.23.164: I have made a quick description,feel free to beef it up ;)

2008-02-22T11:11:45Z

I have made a quick description,feel free to beef it up ;)

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A dumplog is a record of a players belongings,attributes,etc that is saved at the end of a game.

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 * The lists of vanquished creatures, [[genocide]]s, and [[extinction]]s.
 * The [[conducts]] the player followed.
-* The dungeon [[overview]] (in 3.6.1 and beyond).
+* The dungeon [[overview]].
 * In some implementations, if the player died, their [[Options#tombstone|tombstone]].
 * The computation of the player's [[score]].
-Dumplogs support was introduced natively in [[NetHack 3.6.1]], but needs to be enabled in [[sysconf]].
+{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|The dumplog now also shows the player's spell list and skill enhancements.
-[[NetHack 3.6.0]] and prior versions do not produce a dumplog, unless the game is [[patch]]ed (which many public servers do). A player using [[tty]] can cut and paste off the screen if they really want to.
+==History==
-{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|The dumplog now also shows the player's spell list and skill enhancements.
+Dumplog support was introduced natively in [[NetHack 3.6.1]], but needs to be enabled in [[sysconf]].
-The game can now produce HTML dumplogs which have full color support.}}
+[[NetHack 3.6.0]] and prior versions do not produce a dumplog, unless the game is [[patch]]ed (which many public servers do). A player using [[tty]] can cut and paste off the screen if they really want to.
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 * The last messages.
 * The fully identified inventory. (Some dumplog implementations might additionally provide what the player knew about them at the time.)
-* The player's attributes.
+* The player's [[ability score]]s, [[intrinsic]]s, and other attributes.
 * The lists of vanquished creatures, [[genocide]]s, and [[extinction]]s.
 * The [[conducts]] the player followed.
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 [[NetHack 3.6.0]] and prior versions do not produce a dumplog, unless the game is [[patch]]ed (which many public servers do). A player using [[tty]] can cut and paste off the screen if they really want to.
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 * The computation of the player's [[score]].
-Dumplogs support was introduced natively in [[NetHack 3.6.1]].
+Dumplogs support was introduced natively in [[NetHack 3.6.1]], but needs to be enabled in [[sysconf]].
 [[NetHack 3.6.0]] and prior versions do not produce a dumplog, unless the game is [[patch]]ed (which many public servers do). A player using [[tty]] can cut and paste off the screen if they really want to.

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-A dumplog is a record of a players belongings, attributes, etc. that is saved at the end of a game.  NetHack 3.6.0 and earlier<ref>GitHub NetHack/NetHack commit - [https://github.com/NetHack/NetHack/commit/7d8b4d4f972918a25a416bba27424d7ae7e32983 Add end-of-game dumplogs]</ref>, in its unmodified form, does not produce a dumplog.  A player using [[tty]] can cut and paste off the screen.
+A '''dumplog''' is a text file that records much of the game state at the end of a game. Things generally recorded in a dumplog include:
-The [[dump patch]] confers the ability to create a dumplog.  Many [[public server]]s use this patch.
+* The game version, start time, and end time.
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-A dumplog is a record of a players belongings, attributes, etc. that is saved at the end of a game.  NetHack in its unmodified form does not produce a dumplog.  A player using [[tty]] can cut and paste off the screen.
+A dumplog is a record of a players belongings, attributes, etc. that is saved at the end of a game.  NetHack 3.6.0 and earlier<ref>GitHub NetHack/NetHack commit - [https://github.com/NetHack/NetHack/commit/7d8b4d4f972918a25a416bba27424d7ae7e32983 Add end-of-game dumplogs]</ref>, in its unmodified form, does not produce a dumplog.  A player using [[tty]] can cut and paste off the screen.
 The [[dump patch]] confers the ability to create a dumplog.  Many [[public server]]s use this patch.
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