8 thoughts on “NetHack 4 on iPhone 4”

1. Fireninja 2013/04/19 at 04:04

   Keep up the good work, dude. I look roguelikes, DCSS being my favorite, and I’ve been quite fond of RogueTerm for that purpose, even if it’s not perfect. Keep up the good work, man.

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2. Akolade 2013/09/23 at 19:28

   Hello!
   I am a huge fan of your Nethack port iNethack. After all these years it’s still my most played iPhone game.

   I recently updated to iOS7 and noticed that iNethack gets very slow when you zoom out on the main game screen. Something about the OS update has caused the slowdown obviously.
   I am wondering if you have taken a look with iOS7 or if you are involved in updating the app anymore?

   I have downloaded the source code for the app but am unsure of which one matches the release Appstore version. There seem to be a few versions on Git. I thought I might take a shot at figuring out what is causing the slowdown (though I am no iOS programming expert).
   Is there a posted version of source that matches the AppStore version? I was able to get a few versions compiled and running but none of them seem to quite match the released version.

   Thanks again for the awesome app!

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3. Dirk 2013/09/27 at 14:30

   The original iNetHack source code is here: https://code.google.com/p/inethack/. Similar performance problems were reported before, last time iirc it was with iOS 4. Every now and then Apple shuffles some things around …

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4. Kevin Nowaczyk 2013/12/31 at 16:55

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5. mikey 2015/01/12 at 11:12

   Hey Dirk,

   iNethack is also my favourite game and im super sad that since iOS8, iNethack no longer:
   – works 🙁 the app freezes almost as soon as the app is opened
   – exists on the app store :(((((((( at least, i cant find it on the appstore.

   i read that you mentioned that you’re no longer the maintainer of the app, i was wondering if you could point me in the direction of the maintainer so I can ask them what’s happening with it?

   failing that, i guess i’ll have to dive into iOS development and try to fix it myself haha.

   <3 thanks for an awesome port 🙂

   Mikey

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   1. dirk Post author2015/01/12 at 19:34

      Hi Mikey, a version for iOS 8 is currently underway: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/inethack-beta-testers

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6. El Guapo 2015/02/07 at 13:50

   Also a victim of iOS upgrades on iPhone 4.

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   1. dirk Post author2015/02/07 at 18:52

      You might want to join the beta (courtesy Jeff King) to shorten the wait for the app store release.

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