Re: YAFM: There's something I can't see because I'm blind.

chuckcar wrote:
Topi Linkala <nes@xxxxxx> wrote in news:f3hm9o$n5q$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:


Henry J Cobb wrote:


Wait! There's something there you can't see!
What do you want to remove? [gEL or ?*]
You were wearing an uncursed towel. You can see again.
You hit the gray ooze! You hit the gray ooze!

How about a quick test and say something like:

Wait! There's an unknown creature there!

I agree with you as I just tested something in wizmode.

I wished for uncursed blindfold and blessed scroll of earth. I put on the blindfold and read the scroll. When I moved against an unknown (unseen and not shown on the map) boulder, instead of: 'Wait! There's
something there you can't see!' I got: 'With great effort you push the
boulder.'

So even though I'm blind and nontelephatic I can recognise a boulder from a monster.

Topi 'I thought that would be the case.' Linkala


Right. Because you *feel* it's a boulder when you push it. Implied I
guess would be that you swing your weapon at it, decide that *wasn't* a
good thing to do and then do the next thing you try to do when you "move
to a square, namely move what's there.

I need to percieve that there is a boulder before I can push it.

IMHO these boulder are not on rollers so that just moving blind with extended hands can set them into motion. The message 'With great effort...' supports this claim.

So moving blindly towards an unknown boulder shouldn't push the boulder, but instead give a message: 'Wait! There's something there you can't see!'

But if, like you state, I feel that it is a boulder, then the message should be: 'Wait! There's a boulder there you can't see!' and stop. Similary for unseen monsters it should be: 'Wait! There's a monster there you can't see!' and stop.

Topi 'Consistency is not too much to ask.' Linkala
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