Nethack.alt.org - Revision history

Ais523: NAO is hosting NH5 now

2026-05-05T07:42:05Z

NAO is hosting NH5 now

Furey: As of March 15, 2024, no more new games of 3.6.2. (k2 made this change and posted about it on Libera #nethack.)

2024-03-15T01:29:13Z

As of March 15, 2024, no more new games of 3.6.2. (k2 made this change and posted about it on Libera #nethack.)

Furey: /* External links */ Delete high scores for 3.6.0. Latest date there was July 2018 (which gives a clue when NAO dropped 3.6.0 if you want that information back in the article). Replace with top scores in past 365 days, which is always current.

2023-10-28T15:46:44Z

‎External links: Delete high scores for 3.6.0. Latest date there was July 2018 (which gives a clue when NAO dropped 3.6.0 if you want that information back in the article). Replace with top scores in past 365 days, which is always current.

Furey: /* NetHack 3.4.3 NAO */ archive.org shows NAO home page offered 3.4.3 in February 2020 and said no longer available in March 2020. I deleted the reference to 3.6.0 because I found no source for this info.

2023-10-28T15:39:46Z

‎NetHack 3.4.3 NAO: archive.org shows NAO home page offered 3.4.3 in February 2020 and said no longer available in March 2020. I deleted the reference to 3.6.0 because I found no source for this info.

Furey: /* Getting started */ NAO offers play-in-browser.

2023-10-28T15:29:27Z

‎Getting started: NAO offers play-in-browser.

Umbire the Phantom: touch-up pass

2023-10-28T15:26:39Z

touch-up pass

Furey: NAO offers 3.6.2 as well as 3.6.7

2023-10-28T15:23:20Z

NAO offers 3.6.2 as well as 3.6.7

K2: NAO hosts 3.6.7

2023-03-10T04:12:26Z

NAO hosts 3.6.7

Actual-nh: Libera

2021-06-12T23:31:24Z

Libera

Kufat: per NAO

2020-12-29T03:48:34Z

per NAO

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 '''nethack.alt.org''', commonly abbreviated to '''NAO''', is one of the oldest NetHack [[public server]]s, and by far the most popular. A wealth of information about the server, as well as detailed statistics, [[chardump|end-of-game dumps]], [[ttyrec|tty recordings]] and the high score table is available on [http://alt.org/nethack/ NAO's web site.] The program [[dgamelaunch]] is used to manage the games and user accounts.
-NAO hosts [[NetHack 3.6.7]] for online play.
+NAO hosts [[NetHack 5.0.0]] for online play.
-Players with saved games of [[NetHack 3.6.2]], [[NetHack 3.6.3]], [[NetHack 3.6.4]], [[NetHack 3.6.5]], or [[NetHack 3.6.6]] may finish out their games, but no player may start a new game with these versions.
+Players with saved games of earlier versions (from [[NetHack 3.6.2]] to [[NetHack 3.6.7]] inclusive) may finish out their games, but no player may start a new game with these versions.
 NAO is well integrated with #nethack on [[Libera]] through the [[Rodney (bot)|Rodney bot]], which announces all deaths on the server, to the morbid delight of all. The [[NetHackWiki:About|NetHack Wiki]] is itself hosted on NAO.

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 '''nethack.alt.org''', commonly abbreviated to '''NAO''', is one of the oldest NetHack [[public server]]s, and by far the most popular. A wealth of information about the server, as well as detailed statistics, [[chardump|end-of-game dumps]], [[ttyrec|tty recordings]] and the high score table is available on [http://alt.org/nethack/ NAO's web site.] The program [[dgamelaunch]] is used to manage the games and user accounts.
-NAO hosts [[NetHack 3.6.2]] and [[NetHack 3.6.7]] for online play.
+NAO hosts [[NetHack 3.6.7]] for online play.
 NAO is well integrated with #nethack on [[Libera]] through the [[Rodney (bot)|Rodney bot]], which announces all deaths on the server, to the morbid delight of all. The [[NetHackWiki:About|NetHack Wiki]] is itself hosted on NAO.

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 ==External links==
 * [https://alt.org/nethack/ NAO's official website]
-* [https://alt.org/nethack/top-3.6.0.php Nethack 3.6.0 highscores]
+* [https://alt.org/nethack/topyear.html Top 2000 scores for the past 365 days]
 {{nethack-367}}
 [[Category:Public servers]]
 [[Category:Websites]]

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 Several of NAO's interface improvements and bugfixes were borrowed from other [[variant]]s - this is also documented in the above diff file.
-As of August, NetHack 3.4.3 and NetHack 3.6.0 are no longer hosted on NAO. However, this version of NetHack 3.4.3 is also used in other public servers, such as [[Hardfought]].
+As of March 2020, NetHack 3.4.3 is no longer hosted on NAO. However, this version of NetHack 3.4.3 is also used in other public servers, such as [[Hardfought]].
 ==NAO players on Nethack Wiki==

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 ==Getting started==
-To play, all you need is a [[ssh]] or [[telnet]] client. On Windows, the built-in telnet.exe is adequate, though most prefer to use [[PuTTY]]. It may be worth mentioning that ssh, being more secure, may be the better choice, otherwise someone might find out your password by sniffing the net.
+To play, all you need is a web browser, a [[ssh]] client, or a [[telnet]] client.
 Providing the clients are installed, in Mac OS X, other [[UNIX]]-like systems, and Windows, typing the following commands in a command prompt will get you connected:

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 {{DISPLAYTITLE:nethack.alt.org}}
-'''nethack.alt.org''', commonly abbreviated to '''NAO''', is one of the oldest NetHack [[public server]]s, and by far the most popular. A wealth of information about the server, as well as detailed statistics, [[chardump|end-of-game dumps]], [[ttyrec|tty recordings]] and the high score table is available on [http://alt.org/nethack/ NAO's web site.]
+'''nethack.alt.org''', commonly abbreviated to '''NAO''', is one of the oldest NetHack [[public server]]s, and by far the most popular. A wealth of information about the server, as well as detailed statistics, [[chardump|end-of-game dumps]], [[ttyrec|tty recordings]] and the high score table is available on [http://alt.org/nethack/ NAO's web site.] The program [[dgamelaunch]] is used to manage the games and user accounts.
-The [[NetHackWiki:About|NetHack Wiki]] is itself hosted on NAO.
+NAO hosts [[NetHack 3.6.2]] and [[NetHack 3.6.7]] for online play.
-NAO hosts [[NetHack 3.6.7]] and [[NetHack 3.6.2]] for online play.
+NAO is well integrated with #nethack on [[Libera]] through the [[Rodney (bot)|Rodney bot]], which announces all deaths on the server, to the morbid delight of all. The [[NetHackWiki:About|NetHack Wiki]] is itself hosted on NAO.
 To play, all you need is a [[ssh]] or [[telnet]] client. On Windows, the built-in telnet.exe is adequate, though most prefer to use [[PuTTY]]. It may be worth mentioning that ssh, being more secure, may be the better choice, otherwise someone might find out your password by sniffing the net.
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   telnet nethack.alt.org 14321
-== User interface tips ==
+==User interface tips==
 ===For those used to the tiles (GUI) port===
 Anyone accustomed to the Qt tiles port will sorely miss a separate message window. Instead, game messages are displayed one line at a time in the terminal's top line. Most meaningful actions generate several lines that each have to be scrolled by with space or escape. This is, of course, standard behaviour in the [[tty]] form of Nethack.
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 You might want to turn off rest-on-space and either use {{kbd|space}} to scroll through the messages, or skip all messages at once with {{kbd|ctrl|space}}, then use {{kbd|ctrl|p}} to read a screenful at a time. (In that case, you'll have to set a preference to have {{kbd|ctrl|p}} list messages on a full screen instead of line by line; it's also good to have a healthy large number, say 50, of past messages saved.)
-=== For those using Terminal.app in Mac OS X ===
+===For those using Terminal.app in Mac OS X===
 To enable extended characters, do the following:
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 # (Optional) Install a smoother-looking font, [http://www.tobias-jung.de/seekingprofont/ ProFont].
-==== Alternative: Using white-on-black ====
+====Alternative: Using white-on-black====
 Since certain monsters can be hard to see in the default black-on-white OS X terminal, it is best to go white-on-black before accessing NAO. It can be done with the following command:
   xterm -fa Monaco -fs 14 -fg white -bg black &
-== NetHack 3.4.3 NAO ==
+==NetHack 3.4.3 NAO==
 This section only concerns the NAO version of NetHack 3.4.3.
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 ==NAO players on Nethack Wiki==
 Members of the Nethack Wiki can include the template <nowiki>{{NAOplayer|NAO player account}}</nowiki> on their user's pages to link to their corresponding NAO's account and include links to their games, logs etc. Capitalization matters.
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 * [https://alt.org/nethack/ NAO's official website]
 * [https://alt.org/nethack/top-3.6.0.php Nethack 3.6.0 highscores]
 [[Category:Public servers]]
 [[Category:Websites]]

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 The [[NetHackWiki:About|NetHack Wiki]] is itself hosted on NAO.
-NAO hosts exclusively [[NetHack 3.6.6]] for online play.
+NAO hosts exclusively [[NetHack 3.6.7]] for online play.
 NAO is well integrated with #nethack on [[Libera]] through the [[Rodney (bot)|Rodney bot]], which announces all deaths on the server, to the morbid delight of all.