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:You don't. the <tt>nhdat</tt> -file contains multiple data files, but it doesn't contain the plain text des-files, but binary lev-files compiled with lev_comp. --[[User:Paxed|paxed]] ([[User talk:Paxed|talk]]) 04:00, 10 April 2015 (UTC) | :You don't. the <tt>nhdat</tt> -file contains multiple data files, but it doesn't contain the plain text des-files, but binary lev-files compiled with lev_comp. --[[User:Paxed|paxed]] ([[User talk:Paxed|talk]]) 04:00, 10 April 2015 (UTC) | ||
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I am pretty new at looking at the code for NetHack, so I need some help. How do I access the dat file with all of the .des files in it? For background information, I have NetHack through apt-get install on a Linux system. Thanks!
A Person (talk) 01:00, 10 April 2015 (UTC)
- You don't. the nhdat -file contains multiple data files, but it doesn't contain the plain text des-files, but binary lev-files compiled with lev_comp. --paxed (talk) 04:00, 10 April 2015 (UTC)
How do you find the plain text files then?