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Subject: Getting rid of cursed weapons (SPOIL
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Date: 18 Apr 85 23:26:00 GMT
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Subject: Getting rid of cursed weapons (SPOILER)

In the new hack distribution you can get rid of a cursed weapon
when you engrave something on the floor with your fingers.

Here is a fix for this bug. - Add the starred lines to hack.engrave.c

	Andreas

--- hack.engrave.c line 131: ---
>       /* one may write with finger, weapon or wand */
>       otmp = getobj("#-)/", "write with");
>       if(!otmp) return(0);
*       if(uwep && uwep->cursed && uwep != otmp && otmp->otyp != WAN_FIRE) {
*               pline("Since your weapon is welded to your hand,");
*               pline("you use the %s", aobjnam(uwep, (char *) 0));
*               otmp = uwep;
*       }
>       if(otmp == &zeroobj) {
>               ...


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Andreas Bormann                 ihnp4!decvax!mcvax!unido!ab
University of Dortmund          N 51 29' 05"   E 07 24' 42"
West Germany