Dudley's dungeon -- Thursday, 4 May, 2006

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Mr. DOS	May 4, 2006 22:26
First comment: 10 January, 2006	40 comments written
Funnier than yesterday's :) Good work L. Just wondering, does this ever actually happen? And how are you supposed train your dogA domestic animal, the _tame dog_ (_Canis familiaris_), of which numerous breeds exist. The male is called a dog, while the female is called a bitch. Because of its known loyalty to man and gentleness with children, it is the world's most popular domestic animal. It can easily be trained to perform various tasks. Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details. in the first place? --- Mr. DOS
.	May 4, 2006 22:38
First comment: 7 December, 2005	48 comments written
I've never had that happen; nor have I ever trained the pets -- I just stand there while they pick things up at random, then try and get them to come out of the shop.
freshme@	May 5, 2006 01:27
First comment: 4 January, 2005	67 comments written
My version of Nethack is an old one, so some of this may no longer be correct: Yes, your pet can be quite exasperating. No, you're not charged if your pet eats something in a shop that you haven't thrown at it. You "train" a pet if it eats when it is in an adjacent square to you. This can be done by standing next to a tripe rationIf you start from scratch, cooking tripe is a long-drawn-out affair. Fresh whole tripe calls for a minimum of 12 hours of cooking, some time-honored recipes demanding as much as 24. To prepare fresh tripe, trim if necessary. Wash it thoroughly, soaking overnight, and blanch, for 1/2 hour in salted water. Wash well again, drain and cut for cooking. When cooked, the texture of tripe should be like that of soft gristle. More often, alas, because the heat has not been kept low enough, it has the consistency of wet shoe leather. [ Joy of Cooking, by I Rombauer and M Becker ] Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details. or corpse, or by throwing one at your pet while your pet is adjacent to you. If your pet is carrying an item and you throw tripeIf you start from scratch, cooking tripe is a long-drawn-out affair. Fresh whole tripe calls for a minimum of 12 hours of cooking, some time-honored recipes demanding as much as 24. To prepare fresh tripe, trim if necessary. Wash it thoroughly, soaking overnight, and blanch, for 1/2 hour in salted water. Wash well again, drain and cut for cooking. When cooked, the texture of tripe should be like that of soft gristle. More often, alas, because the heat has not been kept low enough, it has the consistency of wet shoe leather. [ Joy of Cooking, by I Rombauer and M Becker ] Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details. at it, it may drop the item it is carrying. (I don't know if this always happens, or just has a greater chance of happening.) Thus if your pet has shoplifted an item and is in the store's neutral space or outside the shop when you throw tripeIf you start from scratch, cooking tripe is a long-drawn-out affair. Fresh whole tripe calls for a minimum of 12 hours of cooking, some time-honored recipes demanding as much as 24. To prepare fresh tripe, trim if necessary. Wash it thoroughly, soaking overnight, and blanch, for 1/2 hour in salted water. Wash well again, drain and cut for cooking. When cooked, the texture of tripe should be like that of soft gristle. More often, alas, because the heat has not been kept low enough, it has the consistency of wet shoe leather. [ Joy of Cooking, by I Rombauer and M Becker ] Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details. at it, it may drop the shoplifted item and you can pick it up without charge. (Unless your pet beats you to it. Sigh.) Of course, there's very little tripeIf you start from scratch, cooking tripe is a long-drawn-out affair. Fresh whole tripe calls for a minimum of 12 hours of cooking, some time-honored recipes demanding as much as 24. To prepare fresh tripe, trim if necessary. Wash it thoroughly, soaking overnight, and blanch, for 1/2 hour in salted water. Wash well again, drain and cut for cooking. When cooked, the texture of tripe should be like that of soft gristle. More often, alas, because the heat has not been kept low enough, it has the consistency of wet shoe leather. [ Joy of Cooking, by I Rombauer and M Becker ] Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details. in the game, so this direct approach isn't very applicable. However... "Training" makes your pet want to be next to you more. (Note the effect diminishes the more times your pet enters an adjacent square.) So the more highly your pet is trained, the easier it is to lure it into a shop, and if you go and wait outside the shop the better the chance your pet will come to you and drop any shoplifted item outside the shop instead of inside. If you're patient and powerful enough to defeat any hostiles who show up in the meantime, your pet will eventually clean out the shop (except for cursed items and anything sharing a square with a cursed item) even if you haven't really bothered with training.
Mr. DOS	May 5, 2006 01:51
First comment: 10 January, 2006	40 comments written
Thanks! I'll try that out. --- Mr. DOS
PsyMar	May 14, 2006 07:07
First comment: 28 January, 2006	5 comments written
For anyone reading this again: In newer versions of nethack you train your pet whenever it eats anything you've handled, thus the strategy is: 1. enter shop 2. lock pet out 3. pick up and drop all tripeIf you start from scratch, cooking tripe is a long-drawn-out affair. Fresh whole tripe calls for a minimum of 12 hours of cooking, some time-honored recipes demanding as much as 24. To prepare fresh tripe, trim if necessary. Wash it thoroughly, soaking overnight, and blanch, for 1/2 hour in salted water. Wash well again, drain and cut for cooking. When cooked, the texture of tripe should be like that of soft gristle. More often, alas, because the heat has not been kept low enough, it has the consistency of wet shoe leather. [ Joy of Cooking, by I Rombauer and M Becker ] Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details. in shop 4. let pet in 5. profit
Fathead	July 21, 2006 23:40
First comment: 1 April, 2006	1136 comments written
Thanks, Psy! This strip reminds me of a fishing joke.
AnMaster	October 23, 2006 10:22
First comment: 22 October, 2006	26 comments written
PsyMar: Almost correct but the willingness to apport (drop items next to you) isn't increased by that. You will have to throw your pet the food as soon as possible after it drops an item next to you. Details can be found at http://www.helsinki.fi/~vviitane/spoilers/pets
Grognor	April 18, 2007 22:53
First comment: 4 April, 2007	1161 comments written
BOOM Grognor has laughed.

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