question about disarming

[calvinasleep]

How's your perception score? The only scenario I can think of that matches this is that if you don't know that the trap is there, and so you blunder into it without attempting to disarm.

It is for traps I can already see. I've definitely fallen into a pit or two that wasn't seen (which is why I wasn't sure at first).

[Ingwe Ingweron]

But the solution is simple: don't press shift-direction when next to a trap.

I don't consider that a very helpful answer. Kind of like going to the doctor saying, "Doc, my knee hurts when I bend it." And the doctor answering, "Well, don't do that."

I play on a laptop, so running with the shift key is decidedly more convenient than Shift-">" to get a "." plus arrow key.

[luneya]

I don't consider that a very helpful answer. Kind of like going to the doctor saying, "Doc, my knee hurts when I bend it." And the doctor answering, "Well, don't do that."

I play on a laptop, so running with the shift key is decidedly more convenient than Shift-">" to get a "." plus arrow key.

Not trying to run when standing in dangerous terrain seems to be practical advice to me. It's not really analogous to the doctor case. But it also turns out not to be relevant to the OP's problem, so who cares?

And trying to play on a laptop must really suck. How do you handle diagonal movement? Oh, right, roguelike keyset. But that's an awkward transition for anyone who learned to play on the standard layout.

[Talharim]

And trying to play on a laptop must really suck. How do you handle diagonal movement? Oh, right, roguelike keyset. But that's an awkward transition for anyone who learned to play on the standard layout.

Call me weird but I always choose laptops with keypads because of roguelikes.

[Grotug]

I play on an 11.6" laptop with no numpad and don't use the Roguelike keyset, so I set the movement delay to 11 and use the arrow keys to go diagonally. It's terribly amusing how in a dangerous situation, no matter how hard I try to press the two direction keys simultaneously to go diagonally, I always manage to press them so far out of sync as to be outside of the 11 delay. This only happens when it really matters, of course, otherwise I have no problems moving diagonally.

[kandrc]

I set the movement delay to 11

Do you mean 11 in the Spinal Tap sense, or do you mean literally 11?

I have a USB 10 key that I picked up about 13 or so years ago exclusively for playing Angband on a laptop. A couple of years back, I had misplaced it in a move, so I learned the roguelike command set and I haven't looked back.

[Nick]

I've been unable to reproduce this. One possibility - are you keeping the direction key pressed as the character runs?

[calvinasleep]

I've been unable to reproduce this. One possibility - are you keeping the direction key pressed as the character runs?

i considered that, but even if that were true, 100% disarm would just disarm the trap right? (i don't hold it down)

[PowerWyrm]

i considered that, but even if that were true, 100% disarm would just disarm the trap right? (i don't hold it down)

No, you would "run" into the trap and automatically trigger it. Disarm only triggers when you walk while standing next to a trap.

[calvinasleep]

No, you would "run" into the trap and automatically trigger it. Disarm only triggers when you walk while standing next to a trap.

that doesn't make sense to me. if i stand still next to a trap and shift direction it disarms. or if i just push the direction it disarms.

am i missing something?

[Pete Mack]

I repeat: jump on the trap with '-'. (I think it's the same in the standard keymap as it is in the Rogue keymap. If not, look it up in the command help.)

[Sky]

Shift+move is "perform default action", such as dig, open, or disarm. Shift + w is "walk" and it triggers traps. Useful for summons, teleports, and trapdoors.