FIQHack - Revision history

Umbire the Phantom: if anything, clarify in the lede

2026-05-16T20:21:02Z

if anything, clarify in the lede

Ais523: Undo revision 203899 by Schneelocke (talk) – "enemy AI" / "monster AI" is the normal term used to describe code that affects enemy behaviour in a computer game (like NetHack is)

2026-05-16T12:31:10Z

Undo revision 203899 by Schneelocke (talk) – "enemy AI" / "monster AI" is the normal term used to describe code that affects enemy behaviour in a computer game (like NetHack is)

Schneelocke: Undo revision 203858 by Umbire the Phantom (talk) I feel like there's nothing to lose from conceding the proper usage of the term here.

2026-05-16T07:24:10Z

Undo revision 203858 by Umbire the Phantom (talk) I feel like there's nothing to lose from conceding the proper usage of the term here.

Umbire the Phantom: Undo revision 203389 by Schneelocke (talk) I feel like there's nothing to gain from conceding the proper usage of the term here.

2026-05-15T19:11:52Z

Undo revision 203389 by Schneelocke (talk) I feel like there's nothing to gain from conceding the proper usage of the term here.

Schneelocke: Avoid "ai" as a term to describe monster behavior

2026-05-09T17:56:38Z

Avoid "ai" as a term to describe monster behavior

Umbire the Phantom: /* Changes applicable to junethack 2017 */ potholes

2025-07-25T01:49:29Z

‎Changes applicable to junethack 2017: potholes

Umbire the Phantom: potholes and such, touch-ups

2025-03-29T00:10:00Z

potholes and such, touch-ups

FIQ: colorful wiztower, non-wiz now get difficulty warnings with spellbooks

2023-07-09T19:30:37Z

colorful wiztower, non-wiz now get difficulty warnings with spellbooks

FIQ: display_turn option renamed to delay_msg for consistency with existing variants (DynaHack in this case)

2023-07-08T10:20:12Z

display_turn option renamed to delay_msg for consistency with existing variants (DynaHack in this case)

FIQ: some option changes

2023-07-08T10:12:04Z

some option changes

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 {{tocright}}
-'''FIQHack''' is a ''[[NetHack]]'' variant based on [[NetHack 4]] that focuses on AI, balance, and interface improvements.
+'''FIQHack''' is a ''[[NetHack]]'' variant based on [[NetHack 4]] that focuses on monster AI, balance, and interface improvements.
 Source code is hosted [https://github.com/FredrIQ/fiqhack here]

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 {{tocright}}
-'''FIQHack''' is a ''[[NetHack]]'' variant based on [[NetHack 4]] that focuses on monster behavior, balance, and interface improvements.
+'''FIQHack''' is a ''[[NetHack]]'' variant based on [[NetHack 4]] that focuses on AI, balance, and interface improvements.
 Source code is hosted [https://github.com/FredrIQ/fiqhack here]
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 * Added spell maintenance
 ** Some spells can now be "maintained", slowly draining Pw but applying a continuous effect. [[Spell maintenance|More info]]
-* Improvements to monster behavior
+* Improvements to the monster AI
 ** Monsters now [[FIQHack/Monster spellcasting|cast player spells]] instead of monster spells, and can learn new spells from spellbooks
 ** Monsters now use items significantly more intelligently
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 * Make dragons much faster (same speed as horses: speed 9 -> 20)
 ** Their breath has a chance (per breath) to semi-bypass reflection (as skilled ray-type wands). Disintegration will never bypass reflection
-** Also improve their behavior significantly, making them move around much more tactically
+** Also improve their AI significantly, making them move around much more tactically
 * Armor weight changes
 ** Wearing armor now weight half as much

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 {{tocright}}
-'''FIQHack''' is a ''[[NetHack]]'' variant based on [[NetHack 4]] that focuses on AI, balance, and interface improvements.
+'''FIQHack''' is a ''[[NetHack]]'' variant based on [[NetHack 4]] that focuses on monster behavior, balance, and interface improvements.
 Source code is hosted [https://github.com/FredrIQ/fiqhack here]
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 * Added spell maintenance
 ** Some spells can now be "maintained", slowly draining Pw but applying a continuous effect. [[Spell maintenance|More info]]
-* Improvements to the monster AI
+* Improvements to monster behavior
 ** Monsters now [[FIQHack/Monster spellcasting|cast player spells]] instead of monster spells, and can learn new spells from spellbooks
 ** Monsters now use items significantly more intelligently
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 * Make dragons much faster (same speed as horses: speed 9 -> 20)
 ** Their breath has a chance (per breath) to semi-bypass reflection (as skilled ray-type wands). Disintegration will never bypass reflection
-** Also improve their AI significantly, making them move around much more tactically
+** Also improve their behavior significantly, making them move around much more tactically
 * Armor weight changes
 ** Wearing armor now weight half as much

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 {{tocright}}
-'''FIQHack''' is a ''[[NetHack]]'' variant based on [[NetHack 4]] that focuses on monster behavior, balance, and interface improvements.
+'''FIQHack''' is a ''[[NetHack]]'' variant based on [[NetHack 4]] that focuses on AI, balance, and interface improvements.
 Source code is hosted [https://github.com/FredrIQ/fiqhack here]
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 * Added spell maintenance
 ** Some spells can now be "maintained", slowly draining Pw but applying a continuous effect. [[Spell maintenance|More info]]
-* Improvements to monster behavior
+* Improvements to the monster AI
 ** Monsters now [[FIQHack/Monster spellcasting|cast player spells]] instead of monster spells, and can learn new spells from spellbooks
 ** Monsters now use items significantly more intelligently
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 * Make dragons much faster (same speed as horses: speed 9 -> 20)
 ** Their breath has a chance (per breath) to semi-bypass reflection (as skilled ray-type wands). Disintegration will never bypass reflection
-** Also improve their behavior significantly, making them move around much more tactically
+** Also improve their AI significantly, making them move around much more tactically
 * Armor weight changes
 ** Wearing armor now weight half as much

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 {{tocright}}
-'''FIQHack''' is a ''[[NetHack]]'' variant based on [[NetHack 4]] that focuses on AI, balance, and interface improvements.
+'''FIQHack''' is a ''[[NetHack]]'' variant based on [[NetHack 4]] that focuses on monster behavior, balance, and interface improvements.
 Source code is hosted [https://github.com/FredrIQ/fiqhack here]
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 * Added spell maintenance
 ** Some spells can now be "maintained", slowly draining Pw but applying a continuous effect. [[Spell maintenance|More info]]
-* Improvements to the monster AI
+* Improvements to monster behavior
 ** Monsters now [[FIQHack/Monster spellcasting|cast player spells]] instead of monster spells, and can learn new spells from spellbooks
 ** Monsters now use items significantly more intelligently
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 * Make dragons much faster (same speed as horses: speed 9 -> 20)
 ** Their breath has a chance (per breath) to semi-bypass reflection (as skilled ray-type wands). Disintegration will never bypass reflection
-** Also improve their AI significantly, making them move around much more tactically
+** Also improve their behavior significantly, making them move around much more tactically
 * Armor weight changes
 ** Wearing armor now weight half as much

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 * Sparkle is now a numeric option, allowing you to select how long it animates
 * Gave colored DSM and scales (not silver/gray) new benefits:
-** Red: [[Infravision]] (2017), [[Warning]]. and [[See invisible]] (2018) (in addition to the normal fire resistance)
+** Red: [[Infravision]] (2017), [[warning]] and [[see invisible]] (2018) (in addition to the normal fire resistance)
 ** White: Protects against water damage to your inventory items (2017), [[automatic searching]] with enchantment contributing to search bonus, as the ring (2018), gives swimming and magical breathing (2020) (in addition to the normal cold resistance)
 ** Orange: [[Free action]] (in addition to the normal sleep resistance)
 ** Black: [[Drain resistance]] (in addition to the normal disintegration resistance)
 ** Blue: [[Speed]], slow monster immunity (in addition to the normal shock resistance)
-** Green: [[Sickness]] resistance (in addition to the normal poison resistance)
+** Green: [[Sickness resistance]] (in addition to the normal poison resistance)
-** Yellow: [[Stoning]] resistance (in addition to the normal acid resistance)
+** Yellow: [[Stoning resistance]] (in addition to the normal acid resistance)
 ** Shimmering: Stun resistance (2018) (in addition to the normal displacement)

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-{{tocright}} {{Variant-343}}
+{{tocright}}
+'''FIQHack''' is a ''[[NetHack]]'' variant based on [[NetHack 4]] that focuses on AI, balance, and interface improvements.
 Source code is hosted [https://github.com/FredrIQ/fiqhack here]
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 ** 'quiver' (and 'fire' if nothing is quivered) will now prompt if you want to quiver a spell. This way you can use 'f' to fire spells
 ** A new command, 'castalias' was added, allowing you to alias keys to spells by mapping keys to it (Options -> interface -> keymap) and invoking it. This allows you to alias more than a single spell to keys.
-* HP regeneration rate was changed
+* [[Hit point regeneration]] rate is changed:
 ** +1hp/turn for regen
 ** +0.33hp/turn for healers
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 ** [[Cleaver]] now hits in an arc, hitting monsters at left and right of your main target.
 *** Vanilla's Cleaver was inspired by this change, but in vanilla, this can hurt non-hostile monsters. In FIQHack, Cleaver will not hit non-hostile monsters unless you explicitly attack them directly.
-** [[Trollsbane]] now give hungerless regeneration
+** [[Trollsbane]] now gives hungerless [[Regeneration (property)|regeneration]]
 ** [[Dragonbane]] is now a lance, gives reflection, and has halved weight (180wt -> 90wt)
 ** [[Sunsword]] blocks blindness, like Eyes of the Overworld
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 ** These artifacts now do +1d20 instead of x2 vs their bane: Dragonbane, Demonbane, [[Werebane]], [[Giantslayer]], [[Ogresmasher]], Trollsbane, Sunsword
 ** Dragonbane is now the 1st sacrifice gift for Knights
-* Blessed [[Scroll of teleportation|scrolls of teleportation]] will now, instead of prompting for if you want to teleport, allow you to perform a controlled teleporation whether you have [[teleport control]] or not.
+* Blessed [[scrolls of teleportation]] will now, instead of prompting for if you want to teleport, allow you to perform a controlled teleporation whether you have [[teleport control]] or not.
 * Added monster lookup. Either specify a monster with '/', or use ':' instead of '.' when farlooking with ';' for info.
 * New racial choices
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 === Changes applicable to junethack 2022 ===
-* Zombification now prevents HP regeneration
+* [[Zombification]] now prevents hit point regeneration
 * The oilskin property now also grants the waterproof property when worn
 * Added some new container object properties:
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 ** This doesn't anger peacefuls in case a player is hitting one while conflicted. It also doesn't break pacifist if the player inadvertly kills a monster under conflict. However, neither does it grant alignment record points, experience, death drops (beyond a corpse + inventory, as usual), etc.
 ** Likewise, monsters killing each other doesn't give them experience for the kill
+{{Variant-343}}
 [[Category:FIQHack]]
 [[Category:Variants]]

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 * Disabling message hints now suppress object identification messages
 * "[N turns]" can now be disabled by toggling the "delay_msg" gameplay option
 * Covetous-warping changed
 ** Instead of being an unrestricted teleport, it now functions more similar to vanilla. It causes the warper to warp (bypassing noteleport) to an object of their choice that they covet. This has a 1-turn cooldown, to avoid abusing the random outcome from warps that end up near, rather than precisely at, the object, by repeatedly warping until you are happy with the outcome. Covetous-warping is a free action