use_fake_cursor        = false;

    use_fake_cursor        = true;

        if (grid_stair_direction(grd(*ri)) != CMD_NO_CMD)

        if (grid_stair_direction(grd(*ri)) != CMD_NO_CMD
            || is_altar(grd(*ri)))
        {

        }

//            get_screen_glyph(c)

To survive and to win, obviously. For this you need to find the fabled

A: To survive and to win, obviously. For this you need to find the fabled

Press 'd' (or ','/'g'), followed by a number (the amount), and finally the
item's letter. For pickup, this is only possible when choosing items from
a menu, i.e. ',,' or 'gg'.

A: Press 'd' (or ','/'g'), followed by a number (the amount), and finally
the item's letter. For pickup, this is only possible when choosing items
from a menu, i.e. ',,' or 'gg'.

While this might be a bug, chances are the downstairs are somewhere in a
room closed off by a secret door. If you search (with '5') in suspicious

A: While this might be a bug, chances are the downstairs are somewhere in
a room closed off by a secret door. If you search (with '5') in suspicious

Alternatively, if you are in one of the branches, you might also have 

Alternatively, if you are in one of the branches, you might also have

Check the database ("?/b") for the number of levels per branch.

Check the database ('?/b') for the number of levels per branch.

Hopefully not. Search all the walls with '5' in case there's a secret door.
If you really can't find any, it could be a bug and need fixing, so please
report it on our SourceForge tracker. In the meantime, you can try to escape
with digging, disintegration or teleportation.

A: Hopefully not. Search all the walls with '5' in case there's a secret
door. If you really can't find any, it could be a bug and need fixing, so
please report it on our SourceForge tracker. In the meantime, you can try
to escape with digging, disintegration or teleportation.

If you've got trouble even reaching the Temple, you might want to try out
the Tutorial for some general playing hints. (To do this, press 'T' in the
character selection menu.) Also, there are easy playing combinations and
more challenging ones (marked in dark grey on the selection screen). If you
are new to Crawl, sticking to the easier ones is advisable. In general,
treat each new monster you meet with utmost caution and keep an eye on your
hit points and magic.

A: If you've got trouble even reaching the Temple, you might want to try
out the Tutorial for some general playing hints. (To do this, press 'T' in
the character selection menu.) Also, there are easy playing combinations
and more challenging ones (marked in dark grey on the selection screen).
If you are new to Crawl, sticking to the easier ones is advisable. In
general, treat each new monster you meet with utmost caution and keep an
eye on your hit points and magic.

Not a cheating mode, exactly, but if your build supports it you can play in
wizard mode (access with '&') where you are prompted whenever you're about
to die, and have access to a number of nifty commands to create equipment,
travel to distant branches, or fiddle with your stats or skills. Note that
wizard mode games will never appear on the highscore list.

A: Not a cheating mode, exactly, but if your build supports it you can play
in wizard mode (access with '&') where you are prompted whenever you're
about to die, and have access to a number of nifty commands to create
equipment, travel to distant branches, or fiddle with your stats or skills.
Note that wizard mode games will never appear on the highscore list.

"Better" depends on a number of factors, such as your weapon skills,

A: "Better" depends on a number of factors, such as your weapon skills,

The easiest gods to play are probably Trog (for pure fighters), Sif Muna

A: The easiest gods to play are probably Trog (for pure fighters), Sif Muna

It's possible that you simply spend too much time on cleared levels where
not enough monsters are generated to dine on. You might also be too choosy
about what you eat: unless you are herbivorous you will have to occasionally
eat monster chunks, even those that sometimes make you sick (coloured brown
in the menu and the prompt). If you worship a god who enjoys sacrifices pay
attention to your own hunger status and wait until the end of prayer before
chopping a corpse if need be. Also, casting (difficult) spells will make you
hungry, but high Intelligence and Spellcasting will lessen this effect. If
you press "II", you can read about the hunger effects of your spells.

A: It's possible that you simply spend too much time on cleared levels
where not enough monsters are generated to dine on. You might also be too
choosy about what you eat: unless you are herbivorous you will have to
occasionally eat monster chunks, even those that sometimes make you sick
(coloured brown in the menu and the prompt). If you worship a god who
enjoys sacrifices pay attention to your own hunger status and wait until
the end of prayer before chopping a corpse if need be.
Also, casting (difficult) spells will make you hungry, but high
Intelligence and Spellcasting will lessen this effect. If you press 'II',
you can read about the hunger effects of your spells.

No, you can't. On the plus side, once a ghost has been loaded onto a

A: No, you can't. On the plus side, once a ghost has been loaded onto a

If you are in the Abyss for the first time, chances of getting out are

A: If you are in the Abyss for the first time, chances of getting out are

What do the terms "randart", "fixedart" and "egotitem" signify? 

What do the terms "randart", "fixedart" and "egoitem" signify?

Apart from the standard items you'll find lying around in the dungeon, you
might also stumble upon artefacts which come in three varieties:

A: Apart from the standard items you'll find lying around in the dungeon,
you might also stumble upon artefacts which come in three varieties:

permanently. There is another type of special item that pops up a bit more 

permanently. There is another type of special item that pops up a bit more

No. We think that Oklob plants provide an interesting challenge.

A: No. We think that Oklob plants provide an interesting challenge.

Probably not. While your death might be due to an ill-placed vault (this

A: Probably not. While your death might be due to an ill-placed vault (this

No, it's a deliberate design decision. As of version 0.5, zombies,

A: No, it's a deliberate design decision. As of version 0.5, zombies,

important. Interestingly, this makes Necromancy and Yredelelmnul more fun

important. Interestingly, this makes Necromancy and Yredelemnul more fun

Please submit a bug report on SourceForge, and give as much information as
you can. (What were you doing at the time? What did you expect to happen,
what happened instead? etc.) Most importantly, what version are you playing?
Sometimes a screenshot can be helpful. For crashes or monsters/items/levels
behaving oddly, we probably need a save file. To be on the safe side, attach
the entire zipped save of the character in question. If there are error
messages, please write them down. Short of a save file, a guide on how to
reproduce the crash (or bug) can be useful; you can use wizard mode for this.

A: Please submit a bug report on SourceForge, and give as much information
as you can. (What were you doing at the time? What did you expect to
happen, what happened instead? etc.) Most importantly, what version are you
playing? Sometimes a screenshot can be helpful. For crashes or
monsters/items/levels behaving oddly, we probably need a save file. To be
on the safe side, attach the entire zipped save of the character in
question. If there are error messages, please write them down. Short of a
save file, a guide on how to reproduce the crash (or bug) can be useful;
you can use wizard mode for this.

No, you can't. At least not on ideas alone.

A: No, you can't. At least not on ideas alone.

If you are logged in to SourceForge when submitting your feature request,
or choose to "Monitor" the resulting thread while logged in, you will get
an email any time someone replies to (or fiddles with) this thread. Once a
thread has been closed, you can still access it by searching for requests
with the "Closed" status.

A: If you are logged in to SourceForge when submitting your feature
request, or choose to "Monitor" the resulting thread while logged in, you
will get an email any time someone replies to (or fiddles with) this
thread. Once a thread has been closed, you can still access it by searching
for requests with the "Closed" status.

Please submit it to the Patches tracker on SourceForge. Keep in mind that
without previous discussions, we may not be able to use the patch, or it
might need heavy modification. In general, it is safer to first file your
suggestions under Feature Requests and wait for people to become

A: Please submit it to the Patches tracker on SourceForge. Keep in mind
that without previous discussions, we may not be able to use the patch, or
it might need heavy modification. In general, it is safer to first file
your suggestions under Feature Requests and wait for people to become

We appreciate your help!

We really appreciate your help!

There are several areas where you can get creative and outside help is much
appreciated. These are:

A: There are several areas where you can get creative and outside help is
much appreciated. These are:

There certainly is! You can play "trunk" (what will eventually become the
next version) online on http://crawl.develz.org, or you can download Windows
binaries from the same site. Note that trunk may be buggy, and that many
changes will invalidate your saved games. If that doesn't bother you, go
ahead and play!

A: There certainly is! You can play "trunk" (what will eventually become
the next version) online on http://crawl.develz.org, or you can download
Windows binaries from the same site. Note that trunk may be buggy, and that
many changes will invalidate your saved games. If that doesn't bother you,
go ahead and play!

trackers. When doing so please mention the version (r????) you're currently
playing in case the bug's already been fixed or the feature already
implemented.

trackers. When doing so please mention the version (r????) you're
currently playing in case the bug's already been fixed or the feature
already implemented.

If you play online on http://crawl.akrasiac.org or http://crawl.develz.org

A: If you play online on http://crawl.akrasiac.org or http://crawl.develz.org

Q:changes
What did you change in the most recent version?
%%%%
A:changes
A: The (admittedly highly subjective) highlights of the release are listed
along with the version information under '?v'. For more details, check out
the change log in docs/changes.stone_soup.
%%%%

Sadly, no, that's not possible at the moment. We do hope that one day this
will be different, but so far we haven't even decided how to go about it,
and it's still far off. If you can, do give the console version a try:
playing online is certainly worth it.

A: Sadly, no, that's not possible at the moment. We are planning to change
that but so far we haven't even decided how to go about it, and so it's
still far off.
If you can, do give the console version a try: playing online is certainly
worth it.

It depends. If all you want are minor modifications such as colour changes
you can directly modify the png files in the dat/tiles/ folder.

A: It depends. If all you want are minor modifications such as colour
changes you can directly modify the png files in the dat/tiles/ folder.

either directly replace the tiles in the rltiles/ subfolders, or change their
paths in the dc-xxxx.txt files. For the compilation to be successful, you may
also need to delete or rename the *.png files in rltiles/. Upon compilation,
the newly rolled *.png files are copied into the dat/tiles/ folder which is
where the game accesses the tiles it needs. You can then share these files
with other players, so they can use your tileset without having to compile
the game.

either directly replace the tiles in the rltiles/ subfolders, or change
their paths in the dc-xxxx.txt files. For the compilation to be successful,
you may also need to delete or rename the *.png files in rltiles/. Upon
compilation, the newly rolled *.png files are copied into the dat/tiles/
folder which is where the game accesses the tiles it needs. You can then
share these files with other players, so they can use your tileset without
having to compile the game.

32x32 png format, preferrably zipped if there are several. Thanks in advance!

32x32 png format, preferrably zipped if there are several.
Thanks in advance!

Yes. Play around with the options in settings/tiles_options.txt until
you're satisfied.

A: Yes. Play around with the options in settings/tiles_options.txt until
you are satisfied.

            answer = "Q: " + getFAQ_Question(key) + EOL + "A: " + answer;

            answer = "Q: " + getFAQ_Question(key) + EOL + answer;

# use_fake_cursor = true

# use_fake_cursor = false

use_fake_cursor = false

use_fake_cursor = true

* Arena mode for inter-monster fights.

* Finally fixed monsters acting before being announced as "coming into view".

* "Glow" status now appears as soon as contamination effects become possible.

* Fixed crashes involving "invisible/unmoving" monsters.