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| − | + | Press {{kbd|shift|x}} to enter '''explore mode''', which allows you to avoid [[death (character)|death]], so you can explore the game further without playing well. The idea is that when your character would have died, this prompt appears. | |
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Instead of explore mode, consider how [[Elbereth]] or a [[pet]] could help you. | Instead of explore mode, consider how [[Elbereth]] or a [[pet]] could help you. | ||
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Revision as of 20:11, 30 August 2009
Press shift + x to enter explore mode, which allows you to avoid death, so you can explore the game further without playing well. The idea is that when your character would have died, this prompt appears.
Die? [yn]
Type n, and your character comes back to life so that you may continue playing the game. This is different from cheating in that the score will not enter the record file.
Explore mode also gives you the option to keep your old save file when you restore a game. This allows you to have a single save slot as in many other games, that you can use to undo a sequence of play in order to experiment with the results of alternative strategies without having to start a new game and get to the unusual situation you wish to explore. (Note that, if available, wizard mode may be even more powerful for this sort of exploration.)
Do you want to keep the save file? [yn] (n)
Also, inputting ctrl + x will not only show your basic attributes, but also your current ones, as if you had used an uncursed wand or potion of enlightenment.
Public servers like nethack.alt.org tend to disable it. Explore mode has some value for players who install their distro's NetHack binaries on a Unix system, and lack the correct username to enter wizard mode. The main obstacle for these players is the bother of either creating a user account with the correct name, or compiling NetHack from source code. These players can use the explore mode's wand of wishing to play with specific objects.
Sometimes one remarks that the [[X|x]] key, which changes a normal game to explore mode, may save their hero from an impending death so that they can continue their game.
Players in explore mode may develop abnormal strategies. For example, instead of dealing with a soldier ant in an appropriate way, an explore mode player might just melee it, ignoring how many deaths this takes. Then they repeat this process with the next difficult monster, dying hundreds of times in the same game.
Instead of explore mode, consider how Elbereth or a pet could help you.
