Monster sound - Revision history

Ion frigate: aligned priests, because why not use two completely unrelated properties to distinguish different aspects of the same monster

2023-10-30T16:47:11Z

aligned priests, because why not use two completely unrelated properties to distinguish different aspects of the same monster

Ion frigate: keep bulleted list for effects

2023-10-30T04:43:08Z

keep bulleted list for effects

Ion frigate: another effect

2023-10-30T04:39:36Z

another effect

Ion frigate: this bit of code seriously needs to be removed and reimplemented as an active attack

2023-10-30T04:37:19Z

this bit of code *seriously* needs to be removed and reimplemented as an active attack

Ion frigate: dochug - sometimes your function names need to be a little more meaningful...

2023-10-30T04:33:21Z

dochug - sometimes your function names need to be a little more meaningful...

Ion frigate: organization idea: first section will be a chart of sounds (hostile, peaceful, tame), with a "special effects" column linking to sections like this for each individual effect

2023-10-30T04:18:31Z

organization idea: first section will be a chart of sounds (hostile, peaceful, tame), with a "special effects" column linking to sections like this for each individual effect

Umbire the Phantom: pre-org

2023-10-30T00:22:31Z

pre-org

Ion frigate: Putting this in as a stub so I'll actually flesh it out later, but this flag affects way more than just chatting (grep --with-filename "MS_" *.c turns up a lot of unexpected results)

2023-10-30T00:06:59Z

Putting this in as a stub so I'll actually flesh it out later, but this flag affects way more than just chatting (grep --with-filename "MS_" *.c turns up a lot of unexpected results)

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In the source code of ''NetHack'', every monster is flagged as making some type of '''monster sound'''. While the primary use of this flag is to determine the results of [[chat]]ting with a monster, it is also internally used for numerous other purposes, most notably to distinguish [[quest leader]]s, [[quest guardian]]s, and [[quest nemeses]] from other monsters.

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 * Chatting to such a monster will also aggravate nearby monsters, but will not summon any.
 * Players polymorphed into such a form can shriek with the [[monster (command)|#monster]] extended command.  This aggravates monsters, but has no chance of summoning any.
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 ===MS_SHRIEK===
-This flag (only possessed by [[shrieker]]s in vanilla) lets its possessor "shriek" every time it moves and is aware of the player.  In addition to aggravating monsters, this shriek has a {{frac|10}} chance of summoning a monster, with a further {{frac|13}} chance that said monster will be a [[purple worm]].  Additionally, chatting to such a monster will also aggravate nearby monsters, but will not summon any.
+This flag is only possessed by [[shrieker]]s in vanilla; some of the unique characteristics of shriekers are implemented through it:
 * Players polymorphed into such a form can shriek with the [[monster (command)|#monster]] extended command.  This aggravates monsters, but has no chance of summoning any.

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 ===MS_SHRIEK===
 This flag (only possessed by [[shrieker]]s in vanilla) lets its possessor "shriek" every time it moves and is aware of the player.  In addition to aggravating monsters, this shriek has a {{frac|10}} chance of summoning a monster, with a further {{frac|13}} chance that said monster will be a [[purple worm]].  Additionally, chatting to such a monster will also aggravate nearby monsters, but will not summon any.
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 ===MS_SHRIEK===
-This flag (only possessed by [[shrieker]]s in vanilla) lets its possessor "shriek" every time it moves.  In addition to aggravating monsters, this has a {{frac|10}} chance of summoning a monster, with a further {{frac|13}} chance that said monster will be a [[purple worm]].  Additionally, chatting to such a monster will also aggravate nearby monsters, but will not summon any.
+This flag (only possessed by [[shrieker]]s in vanilla) lets its possessor "shriek" every time it moves and is aware of the player.  In addition to aggravating monsters, this shriek has a {{frac|10}} chance of summoning a monster, with a further {{frac|13}} chance that said monster will be a [[purple worm]].  Additionally, chatting to such a monster will also aggravate nearby monsters, but will not summon any.
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 * Monsters injured by a [[potion of acid]] or [[holy water]] will "writhe" instead of "shriek" in pain.  Similarly, silent players electing to commit suicide by controlled [[levelport]] to level 0 will "writhe in agony" rather than "scream in agony".
 * [[Shopkeeper]]s polymorphed into a silent form will not warn you if you start trying to dig through the floor of their shop.  Strangely, they otherwise communicate normally.
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