Bugs in NetHack 3.4.3

A bug is a problem in NetHack's source code. There are two lists of bugs provided by the DevTeam: one for nonspoiler bugs and one for spoiler bugs.

Status table

Status	Description
Open	The bug is unresolved, but we know what we need to about it.
Not a bug	Sometimes people think this is a bug, but they're wrong.
fixed	The bug will be fixed in the next bug-fix release.
Fixed	The bug will be fixed in a future release.
Help	We don't know what is causing this - if you see it, please send a detailed bug report. Thanks!
Superseded	See another entry for information on this bug.

Core bugs

Name	Status	Description
C341-1	Fixed	Monsters affected by stinking cloud always get angry at the hero even if the hero did not create the cloud..
C341-4	Fixed	opthelp does not list use_inverse
C341-5	Fixed	When you see your pet move, the pet may be referred to as "it".
C341-7	Fixed	Skilled or expert caster of fireball/cone of cold can't target a monster known only by infravision or ESP.
C341-10	Fixed	Fruit names ending in "us" are incorrectly considered plural.
C341-18	Fixed	ki-rins and couatls can wear (and may have) armor.
C342-12	Fixed	There are a number of places that misuse "your".
C342-13	Fixed	Hangup can cause loss of objects being moved internally.
C342-16	Fixed	If you self-genocide while polymorphed, the death message makes no sense.
C342-19	Fixed	Things that can kill you in the future (like stoning) can cause messages to show up out of order.
C342-22	Fixed	Monsters can hide under cockatrice corpses without getting stoned.
C342-31	Open	You can get a message telling you a monster wields a weapon it already was wielding.
C342-36	Fixed	If unable to see yourself while invisible and you are bestowed a spellbook, it doesn't show up on the display.
C342-46	fixed	Cleric cast lightning doesn't blind as other lightning does.
C342-50	Fixed	If you're hiding on the ceiling and try to #sit, you automatically unhide.
C342-51	Fixed	The game thinks trappers hide on the ceiling.
C342-54	Fixed	Statues of unique monsters in bones files are not handled correctly.
C343-1	fixed	At a pit the game can give messages with poor grammar.
C343-2	fixed	Wielded silver arrows don't cause silver damage on some silver-haters.
C343-3	fixed	In the ranger quest, monsters can end up off the map to the left.
C343-4	fixed	On the Rogue level, tunnelling through rock doesn't leave a passage.
C343-5	fixed	In wizard mode, level teleport in the endgame can cause a crash if confused.
C343-6	fixed	You can #sit on an object at the bottom of a pit that you are not in.
C343-7	fixed	When a steed pushes a boulder into a pool, the message misuses "you".
C343-8	fixed	Plural of Nazgul is Nazgul - not Nazguls.
C343-9	fixed	Trap messages referring to a named steed when hallucinating are poorly worded.
C343-10	fixed	If there is a corpse in a pit, you have to enter the pit to pick it up but not to eat it.
C343-11	fixed	If you ask for help ('?') at a "what direction" prompt, you don't get to enter a direction afterward if the cmdassist option is set.
C343-12	fixed	You can't use '>' to enter a pit.
C343-13	fixed	On polymorph, you can get the message "It turns into it".
C343-14	fixed	The initial and any tombstone message resulting from eating an identified artifact is gramatically incorrect.
C343-15	fixed	You can get a message that an invisible monster looks much better.
C343-16	fixed	Player polymorphed as a xorn can't pick up items in pits.
C343-17	fixed	After polymorphing into a xorn and returning to human form, player can be stuck in a pit that isn't there.
C343-18	fixed	Scaring a mimicing mimic gives an incorrect "turns to flee" message.
C343-19	fixed	Dipping acid in a fountain may not destroy the acid.
C343-20	Open	When dying immediately on entering a level, the map may show you dying on the previous level.
C343-21	Open	Pets can be pulled through closed doors with a leash.
C343-22	Open	You can untrap a monster in a pit while levitating.
C343-23	Help	Dungeon collapses after vault guard fails to lead you out.
C343-24	Fixed	Documented default for option "null" is "off"; default is actually "on".
C343-25	Fixed	You can trip over a cockatrice corpse safely.
C343-26	Fixed	A frozen swamp may be called a moat.
C343-27	Fixed	Kicked objects do not slide properly on air or water levels.
C343-28	fixed	There are several places that can't tell the diffence between a "hat" and a "helmet."
C343-29	fixed	When taking things out of a bag of holding, messages may say "lifting" instead of "removing."
C343-30	fixed	Cursed scroll of destroy armor on cursed armor doesn't always interact correctly.
C343-31	fixed	If you hit a cockatrice with a weapon that breaks, you can be stoned.
C343-32	Fixed	When blind and levitating, the hero can still discover stairs.
C343-33	Fixed	Sometimes a monster may remain hidden under a corpse that has rotted away.
C343-34	Fixed	Mimics on the rogue level may try to mimic a closed door.
C343-35	fixed	Polymorphed or shapechanged monsters may get the wrong number of hit points.
C343-36	fixed	Weight of corpses on special levels may not be calculated correctly.
C343-37	Fixed	Mimics may mimic a boulder over a pit or hole.
C343-38	Open	Dismounting and kicking a monster that jumps may result in landing on the wrong side of a wall.
C343-39	fixed	Restoring a game where the character is wielding Sting may result in temporary display errors during the restore process.
C343-40	fixed	Monster thrusting one of multiple wielded daggers gives misleading message.
C343-41	fixed	A rolling boulder falling into a pit you can't see only makes a sound if the hero is blind.
C343-42	fixed	If a fire trap melts ice, it may trigger twice in the same turn.
C343-43	Fixed	An invisible troll that revives may be shown until it moves.
C343-44	fixed	Shopkeepers, doors, and traps interact oddly.
C343-45	fixed	Dropping the corpse of a unique monster without a personal name down the stairs gives a badly formed response.
C343-46	fixed	Breaking up a boulder or statue can result in pieces that are described incorrectly.
C343-47	fixed	Monster and hero have different odds to err when throwing a greased weapon.
C343-48	fixed	Killing your pet doesn't get you any experience when it should.
C343-49	fixed	The boulde does not show up in a bones file caused by death by rolling boulder.
C343-50	fixed	A sleeping steed may answer a #chat.
C343-51	fixed	Luck's effect on random events isn't always as intended.
C343-52	fixed	Worn or wielded objects destroyed by dipping into lit potions of oil are not handled properly; this can result in odd game behavior.
C343-53	fixed	If a shopkeeper is trapped adjacent to the door, the game may get confused and issue impossible or panic messages.
C343-54	fixed	"Ulch" cannibalism message grammar is poor.
C343-55	fixed	"Ulch" messages have inconsistent capitalization.
C343-56	fixed	Gas spores can't attack while hero is praying.
C343-57	fixed	#enhance command descriptions in Guidebook and game do not match.
C343-58	fixed	#conduct command description grammar is poor
C343-59	fixed	Engulfer stoned swallowing hero polymorphed to cockatrice causes incorrect screen display. If hero has ball & chain, game can panic.
C343-60	fixed	Several messages delivered when hero's fingers are slippery have poor grammar.
C343-61	fixed	Using a WIZKIT including the quest artifact will crash the game at startup.
C343-62	fixed	Riding into a magic portal gives an extra, useless message.
C343-63	fixed	You can drink from a sink, fountain, or while underwater while swallowed.
C343-64	fixed	A black light leaves an hallucinated corpse while exploding.
C343-65	fixed	A monster that "shrieks in pain" may not awaken others nearby.
C343-66	fixed	Co-aligned unicorns in a bones file may be hostile.
C343-67	fixed	Finding a statue when searching while blind doesn't update map.
C343-68	fixed	Incorrect message may be given when a spellcasting monster summons other monsters.
C343-69	fixed	Attempting to add more candles than needed to a candelabrum with at least one candle gives an incorrect message.
C343-70	fixed	Experience may not be correctly gained for monsters causing nonphysical damage.
C343-71	Fixed	When swapping places with a pet pushes it into a trap, the messages are out of order.
C343-72	Fixed	You get confusing messages when you stop levitating while on a flying steed.
C343-73	fixed	Trying to kick a monster on a level forbidding teleport may give a bogus "teleports" message.
C343-74	fixed	Entering a long running, uninterruptible command after stoning starts will kill you.
C343-75	fixed	Eating Medusa's corpse may not work properly.
C343-76	fixed	A tin of Medusa meat isn't warned about properly.
C343-77	fixed	Some messages referring to monsters that look like horses refer to claws.
C343-78	fixed	Digging in an existing hole charges you for the time it takes to dig the whole hole.
C343-79	fixed	"Mr." or "Ms." may show up in front of names when it should not.
C343-80	fixed	Tame monsters with multiple attacks may allow themselves to be killed through passive attacks.
C343-81	fixed	Ghosts can be slimed.
C343-82	fixed	Land mine explosion on a drawbridge doesn't work right.
C343-83	fixed	An eating pet will miss out on ascension.
C343-84	fixed	"finally finished" may be displayed when not eating.
C343-85	fixed	Sometimes the hero can't move when conscious.
C343-86	fixed	Hero can appear to be in the wall after destroying a drawbridge.
C343-87	fixed	Sometimes shop items the hero is forced to buy can be sold twice.
C343-88	fixed	Polymorphing a statue into a boulder can leave an incorrect display.
C343-89	Fixed	Unpaid objects damaged or improved in shops are not accounted for properly.
C343-90	fixed	"I u" with only one item unpaid lists the price twice.
C343-91	fixed	Auto-cursing armor does not do so when worn by monster.
C343-92	fixed	A blind player may find a trap which then fails to show up on the map.
C343-93	fixed	Astral vision can confuse the ; command.
C343-94	fixed	Probing a re-animated statue may cause a panic.
C343-95	fixed	If killed by the wish from a magic lamp (or similar situation) and a bones file is produced, the bones file has the lamp in the wrong state.
C343-96	fixed	If player aborts "In what direction?" question, prompt may remain displayed.
C343-97	fixed	^R and ^L don't work in numberpad mode
C343-98	fixed	Chatting with quest leader brought back from the dead doesn't work.
C343-99	fixed	Hero can still see for brief period after being blinded by potion vapors.
C343-100	fixed	Game may crash if thrown potion hits bars before a monster.
C343-101	fixed	The hero can see some things while asleep.
C343-102	Open	Messages delivered when the ceiling collapses on a swallowed hero need revision.
C343-103	fixed	The hero is not protected from a mind flayer during successful prayer.
C343-104	fixed	Message from angry shopkeeper giving a price when hero picks up an object has poor spacing and construction.
C343-105	Not a bug	Message given when restoring a game refers to original gender and form, not current.
C343-106	fixed	Sunsword continues to glow after its wielder dies.
C343-107	fixed	Killing your own steed never leaves a corpse.
C343-108	Open	Entering "e-" does not remove the prompt.
C343-109	fixed	There is a grammar error in the Tourist leader's greeting.
C343-110	fixed	Game can crash if shopkeeper dies while character is praying.
C343-111	fixed	Grammar of some graveyard sounds messages is wrong in some cases.
C343-112	fixed	Hero and monster afflicted with lycanthropy are treated differently.
C343-113	fixed	When flying down a hole or a ladder, the messages are inaccurate.
C343-114	fixed	Removing some but not all the boulders from a location confuses the vision system.
C343-115	fixed	Sleeping or paralyzed unicorns can catch gems.
C343-116	fixed	Grammar error in messages related to choking on gold.
C343-117	Fixed	Gaining and losing levels in normal and monster form do not balance.
C343-118	fixed	Some messages use "mirror" where they should use "looking glass."
C343-119	fixed	Options IBMgraphics, DECgraphics, and MACgraphics interact oddly in the config file, resulting in odd listings from the O command.
C343-120	Not a bug	There is no warning when hitting floating eyes.
C343-121	Fixed	Eating various brains which should have special handling, don't.
C343-122	fixed	Alignment of Angels is not handled consistently.
C343-123	Fixed	Plural of "mother-in-law" is incorrect.
C343-124	fixed	You can't rub a touchstone on gold.
C343-125	fixed	Killing a vault guard outside a vault gives incorrect feedback.
C343-126	fixed	When wielding Grayswandir, feedback from a trapped chest may be wrong.
C343-127	fixed	If a vault guard leads the hero to gold in the rock, inappropriate feedback is given.
C343-128	Fixed	Feedback for gas spore explosion when hallucinating could be improved.
C343-129	Fixed	Cancelling objects in or near a shop doorway may make the shopkeeper think you are a thief.
C343-130	fixed	Sometimes you can't rub an arbitrary object on a touchstone.
C343-131	fixed	Message has poor grammar if hero killed when stealing cockatrice corpse from a monster.
C343-132	fixed	Message when death caused by kicking an object can be too verbose.
C343-133	Fixed	Effects of varying consuming Medusa are inconsistent.
C343-134	Fixed	Being petrified by swallowing a cockatrice violates foodless conduct.
C343-135	fixed	Several quest messages are inappropriate if the hero is blind.
C343-136	fixed	A samurai quest guardian message uses "ninja" where "ronin" is intended.
C343-137	fixed	Demons may demand money from (and get paid by) a fainted hero.
C343-138	fixed	Some spheres pick up objects and some don't.
C343-139	fixed	There's no feedback when an unseen drawbridge opens or closes.
C343-140	Fixed	Pets may continue eating after being paralyzed or falling asleep.
C343-141	fixed	Running, searching, and resting should stop wnen levitation ends.
C343-142	Fixed	Shopkeepers can be identified while hallucinating.
C343-143	Fixed	Leprechauns stealing gold from a mounted hero cause oddly worded messages.
C343-144	fixed	Creatures that can fit under doors can't fit through diagonal gaps.
C343-145	fixed	Mattock is mishandled when forcing locks.
C343-146	fixed	Unseen wand of striking becomes known if zapped by unseen monster and it hits a door.
C343-147	Fixed	The game panics if a magic trap tames a monster that just expelled the hero.
C343-148	Fixed	Changing locations while asleep lets you see objects or read engravings.
C343-149	Fixed	Polymorphed spellbooks don't behave as intended.
C343-150	fixed	Gender and/or size of some quest quest leaders and nemeses are wrong.
C343-151	fixed	Monsters can teleport to or be created outside of legal area in special levels.
C343-152	Fixed	Using a cursed lamp while blind may give inappropriate messages.
C343-153	Fixed	Player polymorphed into guardian naga spits the wrong kind of venom.
C343-154	fixed	Candles are fireproof.
C343-155	Fixed	Proper names may be incorrectly preceeded by "the" when hallucinating.
C343-156	Fixed	Reading scrolls may give redundant feedback messages.
C343-157	fixed	Worms don't have scales.
C343-158	fixed	Krakens have tentacles.
C343-159	fixed	Stalkers have a head.
C343-160	fixed	Name "leather spellbook" is misleading.
C343-161	Fixed	A scroll of charging that has disappeared may still show in the list of things to charge.
C343-162	fixed	Using Magicbane may cause an ungrammatical message.
C343-163	fixed	Antholes are mispopulated under some conditions.
C343-164	fixed	Cancelled nurses may give inappropriate messages.
C343-165	Fixed	Scroll of mail can be abused slightly.
C343-166	fixed	Pits dug in vault guard's corridor don't get removed.
C343-167	Fixed	Length of time swallowed is sometimes calculated incorrectly.
C343-168	fixed	Shattering a monster's weapon doesn't work right if the weapon is part of a stack of more than one.
C343-169	Fixed	Autopickup fails during a failed untrap attempt.
C343-170	Fixed	Damage by silver weapons is sometimes higher than intended when hero is polymorphed.
C343-171	Fixed	Silver weapon damage message is sometimes missing when hero is polymorphed.
C343-172	fixed	Crash could occur when monster uses potion or food to cure stoning or confusion.
C343-173	fixed	Monster eating lizard corpse is not handled correctly.
C343-174	fixed	Drum of earthquake gives inappropriate message if hero or monster is in a pit.
C343-175	fixed	Chatting to hostile prisoners may give an inappropriate message.
C343-176	fixed	Disintegration breath hitting equipment carried by monsters is not handled properly; if the monster life-saves the situation is worse; saddles are especially troublesome.
C343-177	fixed	First false rumor is displayed as gibberish on some platforms.
C343-178	fixed	Wisdom is mishandled when rumors are used for random graffiti.
C343-179	fixed	If a monster is killed by a drawbridge while carrying a potion of acid, the game may panic.
C343-180	fixed	In an obscure case on special levels, troll corpses may fail to revive and lizard corpses may revive.
C343-181	Fixed	The hero is welcomed to Delphi even if the Oracle was previously angered.
C343-182	fixed	Putting on the Eyes of the Overworld while blind gives an ungrammatical message.
C343-183	fixed	Jumping over an already seen trap may give an ungrammatical message.
C343-184	Open	Levitation via worn equipment is not implemented for monsters.
C343-185	fixed	No message is generated when attempting to name a monster that cannot be named by the player.
C343-186	fixed	Some messages referring to "priestess" say "priest."
C343-187	Fixed	Meditating monsters continue meditating when affected by something which wakes sleeping monsters.
C343-188	fixed	Specifying role and/or race and an invalid alignment in NETHACKOPTIONS or config file causes a misleading message.
C343-189	fixed	Temple donations and protection lost to gremlin attack interact incorrectly.
C343-190	Fixed	Monsters can hide while trapped or holding the hero.
C343-191	fixed	When an unseen monster forces a polymorphed hero out of hiding, feedback is insufficient.
C343-192	fixed	If invocation is performed while hero is trapped, hero remains trapped.
C343-193	Fixed	Polymorphed hero can fall into water once and crawl out twice.
C343-194	Fixed	Saving and restoring a game while punished and swallowed sometimes loses the ball and chain.
C343-195	Fixed	Glass wand thrown and broken in a shop is not charged for.
C343-196	Fixed	Wielded light source may get missed by rust trap.
C343-197	fixed	Attacking a hidden monster sensed via ongoing monster detection is interrupted inapropropriately.
C343-198	fixed	Playing in a 20 or 21 line window can cause the game to crash.
C343-199	fixed	The database entry for "monk" has a typo.
C343-200	fixed	In the quest, it's possible to accidently skip the locate level.
C343-201	fixed	Phrasing of message when one monster attacks another with stacked weapons is odd.
C343-202	Fixed	Pushing a boulder onto a level teleporter trap could cause repeated messages.
C343-203	fixed	Hero arriving on a very crowded level may land on a monster causing game state corruption and possibly a crash.
C343-204	Fixed	Hero grabbed or engulfed due to conflict should be released when conflict ends.
C343-205	Fixed	Changes in hallucination state are not reflected properly when also mimicing.

Spoiler core bugs

Name	Status	Description
SC342-3	Fixed	Hangup can be used to cheat.
SC343-1	Fixed	Monsters that can't blow can still use a whistle.
SC343-2	fixed	If you are poison resistant, potions of sickness can only kill you if they are blessed.
SC343-3	fixed	Water walking boots are not handled properly on lava.
SC343-4	Fixed	Reviving corpses or reanimating statues in a shop does not get charged correctly.
SC343-5	fixed	Breaking container contents in a shop doesn't always charge for them.
SC343-6	fixed	Stealing a stack of items from a shop sometimes results in only being charged for one.
SC343-7	fixed	Zapping an unknown wand while blind sometimes gives out too much information.
SC343-8	fixed	Re-animating a statue containing gold produces too much gold.
SC343-9	Fixed	Medusa corpse from a level file behaves incorrectly.
SC343-10	Fixed	Player can raise HP and Pw by dancing with vampires.
SC343-11	fixed	It's possible to easily find the identity of a high priest on the Astral plane.
SC343-12	fixed	Hero using telepathy can abuse Call on the Astral Plane.
SC343-13	Open	While blind and levitating, too much information may be presented.
SC343-14	Fixed	Shopkeepers and priests may be teleported out of their shop or temple too easily.

Windows-only bugs

Name	Status	Description
W341-13	Fixed	"Lock Windows" menu item has wrong checkmark at startup
W341-14	Fixed	Message window does not update properly if resized.
W342-6	Not a bug	Checkboxes are drawn wrong.
W343-1	fixed	Redirecting score output through a pipe doesn't work.
W343-2	Not a bug	Windows 98 is unable to load tiles that are too large. This is an OS issue.
W343-3	Help	Under the Polish version of Windows 2000 SP4, screen output with a raster font shows wrong characters for many dungeon features.
W343-4	fixed	Keyboard may stop responding after locking or unlocking a door when using altkeyhandler=nhraykey.dll
W343-5	Fixed	Error messages early in the game startup sequence may flash by unreadably.
W343-6	Fixed	Attempting to start NetHack from within a zip utility doesn't work (this is not a bug) and gives a misleading error message (this is the bug).

X11-only bugs

Name	Status	Description
X343-1	fixed	The scrollbar for a text window may be missing when needed.
X343-2	fixed	use_inverse is broken in tty mode.
X343-3	fixed	Sanity check for mouse position after window resize is wrong.

Macintosh-only bugs

Name	Status	Description
M343-1	fixed	Release code does not build under Carbon.
M343-2	Open	nethack-343-mac-term.pkg.sit only: "No write permission to lock perm!" error. Only happens on clean installs of 10.3.x (not upgraded systems). (See M343-3 for 10.4.)
M343-3	Open	nethack-343-mac-term.pkg.sit only: "No write permission to lock perm!" error. Only happens on 10.4 (See M343-2 for 10.3.)

Qt-only bugs

Name	Status	Description
Q341-1	Fixed	Randomly generating characters doesn't always follow user requests.
Q341-3	Open	[Mac only] q and Bugs in NetHack 3.4.3/ keys send additional characters when pressed.
Q343-1	Open	Explore or debug mode only: ^X doesn't show the intrinsics screen.
Q343-2	fixed	Saved games are not found if the game is built with the prefix option.

Windows-CE-only bugs

Name	Status	Description
CE343-1	Not a bug	Attempting to load an alternative tile set fails.

Build-from-source bugs

Name	Status	Description
S343-1	Open	gnome port refers to file t32-1024.xpm for large tiles that doesn't exist
S343-2	fixed	1x1 room in special level can trigger panic due to off by one error (does not affect official room set)
S343-3	fixed	makedefs may fail to compile if sizeof(time_t) != sizeof(long)
S343-4	fixed	NetHack does not compile under Microsoft VC2005.