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Other Roguelikes => DiabloRL => Topic started by: Ozma777 on December 13, 2017, 22:31

Title: What is the help button or the keybindings please?
Post by: Ozma777 on December 13, 2017, 22:31
I have just started playing this (although I downloaded it about a year ago I am working on programming MY slashem)

I could get a few things by just trying out random letters:
c = character info
g = get stuff from floor
z = zap if you have s = equipped the staff (for sorcerer)
l = look
and moving into NPC's enters chat/buy/fix/heal mode
moving into monsters hits them (like a normal roguelike)
but ? does not equal help

is there a help button or a list of keybindings?
Title: Re: What is the help button or the keybindings please?
Post by: Ozma777 on December 13, 2017, 22:52
I tried edit but it didn't work...

So I am stuck in some sort of library.

I have an empty bookcase (got and read book of firebolt)

and an open book.

How do I read the open book?
Title: Re: What is the help button or the keybindings please?
Post by: ZicherCZ on December 13, 2017, 23:56
Check the "manual.txt" and "keybindings.lua" file in the same folder that contains the executable. All the info should be there.
Title: Re: What is the help button or the keybindings please?
Post by: Tormuse on December 14, 2017, 00:59
Cool!  Good to see another DiabloRL player!  :D

is there a help button...

Yes, if you push the Escape key in game, there's a menu that includes a help section.

...or a list of keybindings?

The help menu includes that and there's a file called keybindings.lua in the game folder that you can edit if you want to change them.

Some other useful things you can do:  Q to bring up your belt (where you store extra potions/scrolls) and once that's brought up, you can push I to transfer items from your belt to your inventory, D to drop them, or Enter to use them.  Similarly, when you bring up your inventory, you can use Q to transfer scrolls/potions to your belt or D to drop them.  Pushing Tab while in inventory also lets you cycle through your worn items in case you want to take them off.  (These are the default keys, of course; I'm sure you can change them)

So I am stuck in some sort of library.

I have an empty bookcase (got and read book of firebolt)

and an open book.

How do I read the open book?

I'm not quite sure what you mean here; you can read spellbooks you pick up by selecting them in your inventory, but it sounds like you already did that.  What do you mean by "open book?"  I mean sometimes, you encounter yellow books that provide a bit of extra background story when you walk into them, but I suspect that's not what you're talking about here.  I think I need a bit more information.
Title: Re: What is the help button or the keybindings please?
Post by: Ozma777 on December 17, 2017, 03:52
I think it might be something like that (yellow books that provide a bit of extra background story) but walking into it doesn't do anything. it just says open book.

attached save file is right where the open book is
Title: Re: What is the help button or the keybindings please?
Post by: Tormuse on December 17, 2017, 13:36
Okay, I just loaded the game.  That "open book" is nothing; Just ignore it.  If it was any other colour, there might be something there, but the grey ones are just decoration.  Just move on and continue exploring; it looks like there are plenty of ways to go.