Re: Multiple Schroedinger's Cats ??

Big Dave wrote:
>
> So I found the level with the portal and killed everyone in the Fort
> and have its gold and jewels. Suddenly, a quantum mechanic appears,
> and I have no problem killing it. A box remains.
>
> I open the box and am not surprised to see a dead Schroedinger's cat.
> I used my want of Undead Turning and promptly revived and fed my nice
> new pet.
>
> On my way out of the Fort, I encountered another quantum mechanic.
> Again I killed him, and was intrigued that he left behind a box. Never
> saw this before, 2 boxes on the same level.
>
> To my surprise, another dead Schroedinger's Cat was in the box, but I
> didn't think to pull out some food into my main inventory before my pet
> Schroedinger's Cat promptly tore him to pieces in a wicked catfight
> after I revived him. He was immediately eaten by my pet Schroedinger's
> Cat, so I guess my pet has gone cannibal - I wonder if his god will
> penalize him?
>
> Question: Is this a documented feature of the game? Or, did the
> second quantum mechanic beat the odds by generating a box, which had an
> X percent chance of having a Schroedinger's Cat in the box?
>
> Does anyone know if this code is correct, that once Schroedinger's Cat
> is in the game it is still possible for other Cats to be generated in a
> quantum mechanic's box? Let's not debate whether the Cat inside the
> box should be dead or alive when you open it, I think that topic has
> been explored.

Schroedinger's cat is not a unique monster like the named
demons, so there's no specific limit.

In the code it checks for spe==1. That's the equivalent
of being enchanted to +1 for armor or weapons. I didn't
look through to discover if other item types get the same
random odds of various enchantment levels.

Also look in pickup.c for the string "quantum_cat". You
will find a subroutine that decides if the enchanted box
has a cat, and a true/false variable used in weight
calculations. No static variable to keep only one from
existing.

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