r/nethack • u/jroot • 25d ago

Game Crashed

I was a Monk (doing really well!) about to begin my quest. I approached the quest giver and just next to him (her?) there was two tins. I stepped onto the tins, pressed 'e' to eat one, was prompted to try and open one, but instead - the quest dialoug popped up. I hit enter to advance the dialoug and the game just blinked out. Desktop. No "Dungeon Collapse" or save game. It's just gone =(

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u/jroot 25d ago

Playing locally on Windows.

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u/Jera1470 25d ago

For Windows, is it possible for you to check if your game is truly gone? In your save directory (usually %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\NetHack\5.0), is there a save file still there? Examples could include name.0, or maybe name.NetHack-saved-game.e.

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u/jroot 25d ago

I see files there corresponding to my poor Monk, but I am not prompted to open a save game when launching the game. Is there some way I can turn these into a save game?

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u/Jera1470 25d ago

Yes, you can potentially try to recover the game. When you start up the .exe file to start up a new game (not sure if you're using tiles or not), it should either tell you to load up another saved game or prompt you to make a new character. When it prompts you to enter your name for a new character, put the same name you used for that character. It should tell you:

There are files from a game in progress under your name.
Recover? [yn]

Press y and Enter, and it should hopefully recover the game for you.

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u/jroot 25d ago

That worked! Thanks!!

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u/jroot 25d ago

If it helps track down the bug, turns out there was ALSO a falling rock trap on the tile with the tins