SlashTHEM

SLASHTHEM (github page) is a variant of Slash'EM Extended version 75 currently maintained and deved by Soviet5lo. It's name is short for “Super Lotsa Added Stuff Hack—The Heavily Extended Mod”. SLASHTHEM is much easier to play then Slash'EM Extended, and one of its goals, is to be as easy as Slash'EM.

Primary changes

Warning! The content of this section is a result of talking with the dev, and does not represent actual experience playing the game.

According to Soviet5lo, the primary changes are “At the moment more artifacts, toning down roles/races, and restoring the balance back to around Slash'EM levels.”

Availability

It is currently playable at the nethack.xd.cm server, simply type ssh nethack@nethack.xd.cm or use putty if on windows.

Apparently, it's not as hard to compile on *nix as Slash'EM Extended, so compiling at home is more feasible.

Here's an unofficial sloppy deb package for 64 bit debian variants. [1] You can attempt to convert it to other type of 64bit linux packages(like rpm) with the "alien" utility.

Compiling in Ubuntu variants

Here how to compile it on Ubuntu variants, and probably other UNIX systems. The final result is available above for download.

• Install what you'll need:

   $ sudo apt-get install libncurses5-dev bison flex checkinstall make

• Create the slashthem directory and move in it:

   $ mkdir slashthem ; cd slashthem

• Download the source files from the server:

   $ git clone https://github.com/Soviet5lo/SlashTHEM

• Run the setup script

   $ chmod +r+w+x ./sys/unix/setup.sh ; ./sys/unix/setup.sh

• A minor edit in the makefile

   $ gedit ./src/Makefile

Comment out line 340. This "WINTTYLIB = -ltermlib", should become this "#WINTTYLIB = -ltermlib".

uncomment line 339. This"#WINTTYLIB = -lncurses", should become this "WINTTYLIB = -lncurses". And don't forget to save.

• Now compile and install. The command will also create a sloppy package( Warning, it will take a while!):

   $ make ; sudo checkinstall

• Easy uninstall with your regular package manager.

Compiling in FreeBSD

• First get the latest source:

   $ git clone https://github.com/Soviet5lo/SlashTHEM && cd SlashTHEM

• Run the setup script

   $ sh sys/unix/setup.sh x

• Use kerio's GNUmakefile (this assumes that you have gmake installed).

   $ cp -f sys/unix/GNUmakefile Makefile

• Get a list of all the places where you need "return 0;" instead of "return;"

   $ gmake &> syntax_errors.txt

• Use your favourite text-editor to view syntax_errors.txt and find every place where it says something like:

   src/apply.c:4107:4: error: non-void function 'doapply' should return a value [-Wreturn-type]
                           return;
                           ^

And find those places in those files (so for example in this case, go to line 4107 in src/apply.c) and change them to "return 0;" instead of just "return;"

• Finally, edit src/pager.c, and comment out line 1226 (add a // at the begginning of the line)

• OPTIONAL: change $PREFIX in Makefile

• And INSTALL!!!

   $ gmake && gmake install

Ancestors

NetHack 3.2 →	NetHack-- →	SLASH →	Slash'EM →	Slash'EM Extended 0.01–0.75 →		Slash'EM Extended 0.76–2.60
	NetHack Plus →
	Wizard Patch →					SlashTHEM
			NetHack 3.3–3.4 →		NetHack 3.6–3.6.4

External links

• GitHub page
• Server hosting SLASHTHEM.
• slashthem_0.5.0-0_amd64.deb unofficial sloppy deb package for 64 bit debian variants.

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