Re: Gnobots - Robots game for Gnome

[Mark Rae <mrae holyrood ed ac uk>]

Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de> writes:
> Tom Tromey <tromey@cygnus.com> writes:
> 
> > Robots is probably my favorite computer game.  So imagine my dismay
> > when I built gnobots and found out that it doesn't work for me!  When
> > I run it, I get a window whose "contents" are blank.  The "New" option
> > apparently does nothing.  Any clues?  I'm running a Red Hat 4 box.
> Try adding a "return 1;" to the bottom of the function "timeout_cb",
> that made it work for me.

Oops!, there should definitely be a return of some description at the 
bottom of that function :)

I suppose it should really be "return TRUE;" rather than "return 1;"

> I have another problem: even with "safe moves" it can happen that I
> get zapped when moving carelessly.  Is this expected?

You will only be saved if there is a safe move available that you could
have made, if all moves would result in you getting killed, then you are
allowed to proceed. Teleporting away is not considered a 'move', which
means you still have to stay alert.

If you are getting killed even when there is a safe move available, then
there must be a bug somewhere.

	-Mark

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