/* NetHack 5.0 patchlevel.h $NHDT-Date: 1781973085 2026/06/20 16:31:25 $ $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-5.0 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.310 $ */

/* Copyright (c) Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam, 1985. */

/*-Copyright (c) Michael Allison, 2012. */

/* NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details. */

#ifndef PATCHLEVEL_H

#define PATCHLEVEL_H

/* NetHack 5.0.x */

#define VERSION_MAJOR 5

#define VERSION_MINOR 0

/*

* PATCHLEVEL is updated for each release.

*/

#define PATCHLEVEL 1

/*

* Incrementing EDITLEVEL can be used to force invalidation of old bones

* and save files.

*/

#define EDITLEVEL 0

/*

* Development status possibilities.

*/

#define NH_STATUS_RELEASED 0 /* Released */

#define NH_STATUS_WIP 1 /* Work in progress */

#define NH_STATUS_BETA 2 /* BETA testing */

#define NH_STATUS_POSTRELEASE 3 /* patch commit point only */

/*

* Development status of this NetHack version.

*/

#define NH_DEVEL_STATUS NH_STATUS_WIP

#ifndef DEBUG /* allow tool chains to define without causing warnings */

#define DEBUG

#endif

#define COPYRIGHT_BANNER_A "NetHack, Copyright 1985-2026"

#define COPYRIGHT_BANNER_B \

" By Stichting Mathematisch Centrum and M. Stephenson."

/* nomakedefs.copyright_banner_c is generated at runtime */

#define COPYRIGHT_BANNER_C nomakedefs.copyright_banner_c

#define COPYRIGHT_BANNER_D " See license for details."

/*

* SAVEFILE_REVISION_LEVEL

* Increment this if there has been a change to a data structure

* that the source code is prepared to handle and convert properly.

* The SAVEFILE_REVISION_LEVEL value needs to fit into an unsigned byte.

*/

#define SAVEFILE_REVISION_LEVEL 0x00

/*

* If two or more successive releases have compatible data files, define

* this with the version number of the oldest such release so that the

* new release will accept old save and bones files. The format is

* 0xMMmmPPeeL

* 0x = literal prefix "0x", MM = major version, mm = minor version,

* PP = patch level, ee = edit level, L = literal suffix "L",

* with all four numbers specified as two hexadecimal digits.

*

* When developing a new version, VERSION_COMPATIBILITY should be

* commented out so that increments of EDITLEVEL can be used to forcibly

* invalidate existing save files whenever incompatible changes are made

* to saved data. [Bones files should be less sensitive (only changes

* to individual level files matter; changes to general game state don't)

* but the extra complexity to support that is not worth the effort.]

*/

#define VERSION_COMPATIBILITY 0x05000000L

/****************************************************************************/

/* Version 5.0.x */

/* Patch 1, work in progress

*

* Monsters marked off-the-map while still on svl.level.monlist.could bank

* movement credits, which would then get used up in rapid succession if

* placed on the map (steed that hero dismounts from, whether intentionally

* or unintentionally, or bones files; possibly migration to another level.

*

* Spurious messages were issued repeatedly when a vault guard was parked

* off the map at 0,0 and intended to be hidden from display.

*

* The monster id's associated with usteed and ustuck were not being written

* to the checkpoint file, so recover capability from a sudden game halt

* was lost if the hero was riding or swallowed at the time the game

* ceased.

*

*/

/*

* NetHack 5.0.0, May 2, 2026

*

* Sources changed to be compliant with the C99 standard.

* level compiler, dungeon compiler, and quest text all replaced with

* Lua alternatives.

* Refer to doc/fixes5-0-0.txt for a complete list of fixes and changes.

*

*/

/****************************************************************************/

/* Version 3.6.x */

/* Patch 7, February 16, 2023

*

* during engraving, spaces were counted instead of non-space (cherry-pick of

* 4e0a1e04 from NetHack WIP)

* avoid potential buffer overflow in append_str()

* resolve missing dependency in NetHack.sln

* code in include/tradstdc.h was trying to suppress warn_unused result by

* defining warn_unused_result to an empty string and that began causing

* a build error within a system-supplied header file cdefs.h when using

* ubuntu impish 21.10; disable that for any Linux unless GCC_URWARN is

* defined to force it back into effect

* update_inventory() after leash goes slack

* player assigned name for monsters, specific objects, or object types

* could be longer than what was intended to be allowed; for 'curses',

* it could be much longer

* windows: added winflexbison to travis-ci configuration to permit full

* build of levcomp and dgncomp

* windows: a bad chdir specified in win/win32/dgnstuff.mak caused full build

* to abort

* windows: the console.rc file had outdated information stating 3.6.3 when

* the official 3.6.6 binary was built.

* windows: switch from using keyhandling dll's to incorporating the three

* variations (default, ray, 340) in sys/winnt/nttty.c

* curses: cherry-picked selectsaved code from 5.0 for menu of save files

* NetHackW: fix delayed rendering of cursor when using farlook

*/

/* Patch 6, March 8, 2020

*

* invalid status highlight color could be maliciously used to corrupt memory

* formatting corpse names used internal buffers differently from formatting

* other objects and could potentially clobber memory

* avoid divide by 0 crash if 'bogusmon' (file of bogus monster types) is

* empty

* avoid #wizrumorcheck crash if either 'rumors.tru' or 'rumors.fal' or both

* were empty when makedefs built 'rumors'

*/

/* Patch 5, January 27, 2020

*

* fix accessing mons[-1] when trying to gate in a non-valid demon

* fix accessing mons[-1] when monster figures out if a tin cures stoning

* have string_for_opt() return empty_optstr on failure

* ensure existing callers of string_for_opt() check return value before

* using it

* fix potential buffer overflow in add_menu_coloring()

* fix potential buffer overflow in sym_val()

* fix potential buffer overflow in pline(), raw_printf(), and

* config_error_add()

* fix potential buffer overflow in choose_windows()

* use vsnprintf instead of vsprintf in pline.c where possible

* Windows: includes a fix from a 3.6.4 post-release update where

* OPTIONS=map_mode:fit_to_screen could cause a game start failure

* Windows: users with C-locale unmappable names could get game start failure

*/

/* Patch 4, December 18, 2019

*

* fix potential buffer overflow when parsing run-time configuration file

* GDBPATH and GREPPATH from sysconf or -D... on compilation command line

* were being processed even if PANICTRACE was disabled but only being

* freed at end of game when that was enabled

* fix the article used in the message when your steed encounters a polymorph

* trap

* allow teleporting onto the vibrating square

* message "your knapsack can't accommodate any more items" when picking

* stuff up or removing such from container was inaccurate if there was

* some gold pending; vary the message rather than add more convoluted

* pickup code

* dozen-ish assorted spelling/typo fixes in messages and source comments

* wizard mode wishing for terrain would leave it unmapped if done while blind

* wizard mode terrain wish could leave hero in water (severe vision limits)

* or in lava (trapped, sinking) which wasn't there any more

* flying hero can go down (via '>') holes or trap doors instead of escaping

* trap

* polymorphed hero hiding on the ceiling can now use '>' to unhide instead

* of being told "you can't go down here"

* fix compilation on platforms that split the ncurses and tinfo libraries

* Windows: allow all game files to be on a portable device via the sysconf

* option 'portable_device_paths'

*/

/* Patch 3, December 5, 2019

*

* Fixed stale 'thrownobj' pointer for returning thrown aklys while engulfed

* Fixed uarmh null pointer dereference if a helm of opposite alignment came

* off due to being polymorphed

* Fixed 'object lost' panic when attempting to crawl out of the water during

* emergency disrobing/dropping

* Running now stops when moving over engravings so you can tell where they

* are

* Fixed detection of unseen/secret doors which failed to find monsters hiding

* under objects and failed to find monsters hiding at trap locations

* Ensured fatal status conditions made it to disclosure and/or dumplog

* Fixed "Bad fruit #N" warnings when saving bones with 'perm_invent' On

* Fixed it so yellow dragons don't have green breath

* Added several grammar corrections

* Improved recognition of deafness for several situations including the

* playing of musical instruments and bribing negotiations with demon lords

* Fixed ignoring of god's wrath when hero injured himself during altar kick

* Fixed several cases where persistent inventory window was not updated

* Fixed temple priests or shopkeepers moving over other monsters

* Fixed a crash-causing bug when putting on levitation boots over a sink

* Ensured that thrown or kicked objects will end up in bones

* Made water go all the way to the edges of level on the Plane of Water

* Made clouds disrupt line of sight along the edges of the Plane of Air

* Improved and expanded usage of status highlighting percentage rules

* Added more than 15 improvements and fixes to the curses window port

* Added and documented significant changes to default directory choices for

* the Windows platform

* Improved the layout and display of the player selection dialog used on the

* Windows graphical implementation

* Improved performance of some tty versions by reducing the number of

* function calls made from mapglyph

* Allowed the msdos implementation to build with curses and PDCurses

* Included over 100 other fixes and improvements as outlined in

* doc/fixes36.3 (later renamed doc/fixes3-6-3.txt)

*/

/* Patch 2, May 7, 2019

*

* Over 320 bug fixes including a couple of crash bug fixes as outlined in

* doc/fixes36.2 (later renamed to doc/fixes-3-6-2.txt)

* More than 15 enhancements or improvements

* Ensuring that unix Makefiles do not rely on features unique to gnu make

* Improvements to hilite_status parsing in an effort to ensure that expected

* and sensible values ranges are more easily specified and accepted

* Performance optimizations for tty

* Windows console tty via use of a back buffer

* Mac OS X build improvements and inclusion of an Xcode project

* Adopted the community curses window port

*/

/* Patch 1, April 27, 2018

*

* Over four hundred and seventy bug fixes and improvements as outlined in

* doc/fixes36.1 (later renamed to doc/fixes3-6-1.txt)

*/

/*

* NetHack 3.6.0, December 7, 2015

*

* Hundreds of bug fixes as outlined in doc/fixes36.0 (doc/fixes3-6-0.txt).

* Some code reorganization.

* Some new features.

* Variations of some community patches rolled in.

*/

/****************************************************************************/

/* Version 3.5.x */

/* Version 3.5 was never officially released.

*/

/****************************************************************************/

/* Version 3.4.x */

/* Patch 3, December 7, 2003

* Several dozen general bug fixes including at least one fatal bug

* Correct several inconsistencies

* Handle level completely filled with monsters better

* Performance enhancements for win32tty port on Windows 98 and Me

* win32gui player selection fixes

* X11 player selection fixes, one of which could be fatal

* Eliminated a gold-in-shop-container cheat

* Include bones file version compatibility info in options file

*/

/* Patch 2, August 30, 2003

* Fix a fatal bug that caused a crash when applying figurine, candle, or

* bell that gets used up

* Fix a fatal bug that triggered a panic when your secondary weapon was

* cursed during bones file creation

* Several dozen general bug fixes

* Fixed some Gnome compilation problems on Redhat 7.2 and 8.0

* Fixed a problem in the util Makefile

* Use random() by default under linux instead of lrand48()

* win32 tty adjustments and support for loading alternative key handlers

*/

/* Patch 1, February 22, 2003

* Fix a few fatal errors including one for reentering shops, one

* involving land mines and boulders/statues, one for delayed

* polymorph, and one from a chest trap exploding ball and chain

* Fix a buffer overflow that could lead to security problems

* Hundreds of general bug fixes

* Several message and other glitches corrected

* Travel command adjustments and ability to disable travel command

* message recall window extensions (by Christian Cooper)

* win32: some interface improvements

* unix: improved tile support

* gnome: some fixes, and some enhancements by Dylan Alex Simon

* winCE: Windows CE port included (by Alex Kompel)

*/

/*

* NetHack 3.4.0, March 20, 2002

*

* Hundreds of general bug fixes including some for sliming, zapping,

*conduct,

* and several more for riding

* Eliminated a few potentially fatal bugs including one for stone-to-flesh,

* trouble-fixing during prayer, riding down stairs while punished,

* polyd player demon summoning, throwing digging tools into shops, and

* a couple from having the vision system enabled at inappropriate times

* Corrected some incorrect calculations in final scoring

* Enhanced config file processing and alert to duplication of entries

* Player selection prompt enhancements for TTY and X11

* Objects merge in containers

* Wish for "nothing", and genocide "none" to preserve your conduct

* Changes to Wizard quest

* Added the travel command which works by mouse click or '_' command

* Config file BOULDER option to specify the symbol for displaying boulders

* Incorporate modified versions of several 3.3.1 patches that have been

* in circulation in the NetHack community

* New Gnomish Mines levels (courtesy Kelly Bailey)

* Mac: command-key shortcuts in the player selection dialog

* Amiga: screenmode requester, and several amiga specific bug fixes

* Win32 graphical port contributed by Alex Kompel is now included

*/

/* Version 3.4 */

/****************************************************************************/

/* Version 3.3.x */

/* Patch 1, August 9, 2000

* Many, many general fixes, including a number for riding, twoweapon,

* and invisible monsters

* A security fix for a couple of potentially exploitable buffer overflows

* in previous versions

* Redo Ranger quest

* Introduction of differentiation between different causes of blindness

* Overhaul of warning

* Functionality restored to Amiga (courtesy Janne Salmijarvi) and Atari

* (courtesy Christian "Marvin" Bressler) ports

* Mac: multiple interface fixes

* win32: fixed bug that caused messages to stop displaying after escape

* tty: use ANSI color (AF) over standard color (Sf) when given the choice

* several ports: offer for player selection only choices consistent with

* those already made by config file/command line (e.g., only offer roles

* that are compatible with specified race)

*/

/*

* NetHack 3.3.0, December 10, 1999

*

* Implement the differentiation of character class or role from the

* character race.

* Removal of the Elf class, in preference to the Elf as a race.

* Introduction of Dwarves, Elves, Gnomes and Orcs as distinct races in

* addition to the Human "norm".

* Addition of the Monk and Ranger classes.

* Integrate some of the features of several branch versions of the game,

* notably NetHack--, NHplus, SLASH, and Slash'em.

* Adopt "the wizard patch" spellcasting system.

* Support for the Qt widget set.

* Y2K fix: use 4 digit year values for the dates in the score file

* updated COPYRIGHT_BANNER_A to reflect year of release.

* Dozens of other bug fixes, and minor improvements.

*/

/* Version 3.3 */

/****************************************************************************/

/* Version 3.2.x */

/* Patch 3, December 10, 1999

* Released simultaneously with 3.3.0 for the benefit of

* ports and platforms that were unable to get working

* versions of 3.3.0 ready prior to the year 2000. It

* consisted of just a few bug fixes and offered no new

* functionality changes over 3.2.2.

*

* Y2K fix: use 4 digit year values for the dates in the score file

* updated COPYRIGHT_BANNER_A to reflect year of release

* Fatal Mac bug removed

* DOS Makefile problem removed

* several bugs that could potentially trigger crashes removed

*/

/* Patch 2, December 10, 1996

* fix the `recover' utility

* fix priest/minion name overflow which could cause Astral Plane crashes

* avoid crash when hit by own thrown boomerang

* " " " worn blindfold pushed off by applying cursed towel

* handle returning live Wizard correctly in deep dungeon levels

* don't occasionally display unseen areas of new levels during level change

* other minor display fixes

* fix several minor reason for death inconsistencies and shop bugs

* high dexterity doesn't guarantee that thrown eggs & potions will hit

*

* Selected platform- or configuration-specific changes:

* Mac: update `mrecover'

* MSDOS: don't switch into tiles mode when resuming play on rogue level

* tty: support object class characters for 'I' command in menu mode

* Unix: work around several <curses.h> compilation problems

* X11: as tty above, plus implement tty-style count handling in menus;

* better window placement support for old window managers

*/

/* Patch 1, May 28, 1996

* eliminate `#qualifications'; fix weapon proficiency handling for missiles

* keep Medusa from continuing to move after she's been killed by reflection

* of her own gaze (fixes relmon panic)

* make monsters a little smarter; assorted eating and chatting changes

* fix object amnesia for spellbooks; fix Nazgul's sleep gas attack

* fix bullwhip usage for case of having recently been in a trap

* egg hatching fixes, oil potion fixes, magic marker fixes

* support object class chars as selection accelerators for some menus

* stricter parsing of run-time options at startup time

* interactive setting of options via menu (courtesy Per Liboriussen)

*

* Selected platform- or configuration-specific changes:

* Amiga: fix panic for tiles display in Gnomish mines

* BeOS: preliminary support for new BeBox platform; initially tty only

* DLB: avoid excessive fseek calls (major performance hit for MSDOS)

* HPUX: workaround for gcc-2.6.3 bug adversely affecting monster generation

* Mac: avoid MW 68K struct copy optimization bug which caused crashes;

* fix dragging of scrollbar; boost partitions to 2MB minimum

* MSDOS: wasn't safe to enter endgame for MFLOPPY configuration;

* fix re-entry into game after "!" (shell escape) + chdir + EXIT;

* F3/F4/F5 display interface swapping improvements;

* add support for preloading all tiles in protected mode environment

* TERMINFO: colors were wrong for some systems, such as Linux

* X11: display help files properly

*/

/*

* NetHack 3.2.0, April 11, 1996

* enhancements to the windowing systems including "tiles" or icons to

* visually represent monsters and objects (courtesy Warwick Allison)

* window-based menu system introduced for inventory and selection

* moving light sources besides the player

* improved #untrap (courtesy Helge Hafting)

* spellcasting logic changes to balance spellcasting towards magic-using

* classes (courtesy Stephen White)

* many, many bug fixes and abuse eliminations

*/

/* Version 3.2 */

/****************************************************************************/

/* Version 3.1.x */

/*

* Patch 3, July 12, 1993

* further revise Mac windowing and extend to Think C (courtesy

* Barton House)

* fix confusing black/gray/white display on some MSDOS hardware

* remove fatal bugs dealing with horns of plenty and VMS bones levels,

* as well as more minor ones

*/

/*

* Patch 2, June 1, 1993

* add tty windowing to Mac and Amiga ports and revise native windowing

* allow direct screen I/O for MS-DOS versions instead of going through

* termcap routines (courtesy Michael Allison and Kevin Smolkowski)

* changes for NEC PC-9800 and various termcap.zip fixes by Yamamoto Keizo

* SYSV 386 music driver ported to 386BSD (courtesy Andrew Chernov) and

* SCO UNIX (courtesy Andreas Arens)

* enhanced pickup and disclosure options

* removed fatal bugs dealing with cursed bags of holding, renaming

* shopkeepers, objects falling through trapdoors on deep levels,

* and kicking embedded objects loose, and many more minor ones

*/

/*

* Patch 1, February 25, 1993

* add Windows NT console port (courtesy Michael Allison)

* polishing of Amiga, Mac, and X11 windowing

* fixing many small bugs, including the infamous 3.0 nurse relmon bug

*/

/*

* NetHack 3.1.0, January 25, 1993

* many, many changes and bugfixes -- some of the highlights include:

* display rewrite using line-of-sight vision

* general window interface, with the ability to use multiple interfaces

* in the same executable

* intelligent monsters

* enhanced dungeon mythology

* branching dungeons with more special levels, quest dungeons, and

* multi-level endgame

* more artifacts and more uses for artifacts

* generalization to multiple shops with damage repair

* X11 interface

* ability to recover crashed games

* full rewrite of Macintosh port

* Amiga splitter

* directory rearrangement (dat, doc, sys, win, util)

*/

/* Version 3.1 */

/****************************************************************************/

/* Version 3.0 */

/*

* Patch 10, February 5, 1991

* extend overlay manager to multiple files for easier binary distribution

* allow for more system and compiler variance

* remove more small insects

*/

/*

* Patch 9, June 26, 1990

* clear up some confusing documentation

* smooth some more rough edges in various ports

* and fix a couple more bugs

*/

/*

* Patch 8, June 3, 1990

* further debug and refine Macintosh port

* refine the overlay manager, rearrange the OVLx breakdown for better

* efficiency, rename the overlay macros, and split off the overlay

* instructions to Install.ovl

* introduce NEARDATA for better Amiga efficiency

* support for more VMS versions (courtesy Joshua Delahunty and Pat Rankin)

* more const fixes

* better support for common graphics (DEC VT and IBM)

* and a number of simple fixes and consistency extensions

*/

/*

* Patch 7, February 19, 1990

* refine overlay support to handle portions of .c files through OVLx

* (courtesy above plus Kevin Smolkowski)

* update and extend Amiga port and documentation (courtesy Richard Addison,

* Jochen Erwied, Mark Gooderum, Ken Lorber, Greg Olson, Mike Passaretti,

* and Gregg Wonderly)

* refine and extend Macintosh port and documentation (courtesy Johnny Lee,

* Kevin Sitze, Michael Sokolov, Andy Swanson, Jon Watte, and Tom West)

* refine VMS documentation

* continuing ANSIfication, this time of const usage

* teach '/' about differences within monster classes

* smarter eating code (yet again), death messages, and treatment of

* non-animal monsters, monster unconsciousness, and naming

* extended version command to give compilation options

* and the usual bug fixes and hole plugs

*/

/*

* Patch 6, November 19, 1989

* add overlay support for MS-DOS (courtesy Pierre Martineau, Stephen

* Spackman, and Norm Meluch)

* refine Macintosh port

* different door states show as different symbols (courtesy Ari Huttunen)

* smarter drawbridges (courtesy Kevin Darcy)

* add CLIPPING and split INFERNO off HARD

* further refine eating code wrt picking up and resumption

* make first few levels easier, by adding :x monsters and increasing initial

* attribute points and hitting probability

* teach '/' about configurable symbols

*/

/*

* Patch 5, October 15, 1989

* add support for Macintosh OS (courtesy Johnny Lee)

* fix annoying dependency loop via new color.h file

* allow interruption while eating -- general handling of partially eaten

* food

* smarter treatment of iron balls (courtesy Kevin Darcy)

* a handful of other bug fixes

*/

/*

* Patch 4, September 27, 1989

* add support for VMS (courtesy David Gentzel)

* move monster-on-floor references into functions and implement the new

* lookup structure for both objects and monsters

* extend the definitions of objects and monsters to provide "living color"

* in the dungeon, instead of a single monster color

* ifdef varargs usage to satisfy ANSI compilers

* standardize on the color 'gray'

* assorted bug fixes

*/

/*

* Patch 3, September 6, 1989

* add war hammers and revise object prices

* extend prototypes to ANSI compilers in addition to the previous MSDOS ones

* move object-on-floor references into functions in preparation for planned

* data structures to allow faster access and better colors

* fix some more bugs, and extend the portability of things added in earlier

* patches

*/

/*

* Patch 2, August 16, 1989

* add support for OS/2 (courtesy Timo Hakulinen)

* add a better makefile for MicroSoft C (courtesy Paul Gyugyi)

* more accommodation of compilers and preprocessors

* add better screen-size sensing

* expand color use for PCs and introduce it for SVR3 UNIX machines

* extend '/' to multiple identifications

* allow meta key to be used to invoke extended commands

* fix various minor bugs, and do further code cleaning

*/

/*

* Patch 1, July 31, 1989

* add support for Atari TOS (courtesy Eric Smith) and Andrew File System

* (courtesy Ralf Brown)

* include the uuencoded version of termcap.arc for the MSDOS versions that

* was included with 2.2 and 2.3

* make a number of simple changes to accommodate various compilers

* fix a handful of bugs, and do some code cleaning elsewhere

* add more instructions for new environments and things commonly done wrong

*/

/*

* NetHack 3.0 baseline release, July, 1989

*/

/* Version 3.0 */

/****************************************************************************/

#endif /* PATHLEVEL_H */

/*patchlevel.h*/