Borg Commands

There are several commands which help would-be borg junkies tweak the borg. Most of the time, users simply run the borg with ctrl z z. Ctrl z ? gives a list of the commands but the one word description is a bit cryptic. Below you will find an explanation of the various borg commands. All Commands are activiated by first hitting ctrl z.

• "Command 'z' activates the Borg." This one makes the borg run until it unhooks. Unhooking will occur when the borg dies, you press a key, it matches the search string, or it clock overflows.
• "Command 'u' updates the Borg." Has the borg read the screen and update his variables but does not have him perform any function.
• "Command '$' updates the Dynamic Calcs." Has the borg read the borg.txt file to reload the rules.
• "Command 'x' steps the Borg." Makes the borg think and act for one turn.
• "Command 'f' modifies the normal flags." Yields the following prompt:Borg command: Toggle Flag: (m/d/s/f/g). Allows you to toggle the following:
• m = whether or not the borg puts his messages into the message log for you to read.
• d = dumps the save file on death of the borg.
• g = turns the graphics off or on for the borg.
• s = saves the character file on the first turn of a new dlevel. Basically saves the game often.
• f = no longer has a function.
• "Command 'c' modifies the cheat flags." I strongly discourage you from modifying any of these. They are set to the default and the borg will behave erratically if you mess with these. Yields the following prompt: Borg command: Toggle Cheat: (d/i/e/s/p). Allows you to toggle the following cheats:
• d = whether the borg will cheat death or not, works with continual play mode. If you want a single character to cheat death and continue to play without respawning, then after setting the cheat_live flag in the game, set this flag. Otherwise if cheat_live is on, the borg will respawn a new character upon the death of a borg.
• i = inventory cheat, steals inventory from the game instead of reading the screen every turn.
• e = equipment cheat, steals equipment list from the game.
• s = cheats the spell list instead of browesing the books each turn.
• p = cheats to know what panel of the map he is on instead of hitting L each turn.
• "Command 'l' activates a log file." The borg will create a file called borg.log in your game directory and dump all of his keypresses and messages there. This is very handy. But the file can get very large if the borg runs for a long time.
• "Command 's' activates search mode." Tells the borg to stop running when it encounters a certain phrase in the message log. For example, it is set automatically to stop on "plain gold ring." When ever it sees those words together, the borg will freeze. You can set this to anything you like. It is case sensitive.
• "Command 'i' displays grid info." Displays on the screen red dots which correspond to what the borg believes is on the screen.
• 'm':= BORG_MARK; Something is known about this grid.
• 'g': = BORG_GLOW; Grid is lit by perma lite such as Call Light spell.
• 'd': = BORG_DARK; Dark or unknown grids.
• 'o': = BORG_OKAY; known grid.
• 'l': = BORG_LITE; grid is lit currently, from either a spell or my torch.
• 'v': = BORG_VIEW; grid is in view of the borg, not the same as projectable though.
• 't': = BORG_TEMP;
• 'x':= BORG_XTRA;
• "Command 'g' displays grid feature." Displays on the screen red dots which correspond to what the borg believes is on the screen. These are feature codes from the game.
• '.' FEAT_FLOOR
• ' ' FEAT_NONE
• 'i' FEAT_INVIS
• ';' FEAT_GLYPH
• ',' FEAT_OPEN
• 'x' FEAT_BROKEN (as in a door)
• '>' FEAT_LESS (stairs)
• '<' FEAT_MORE
• '@' FEAT_SHOP
• '^': FEAT_TRAP_HEAD (any trap)
• '+': FEAT_DOOR_HEAD (any closed door)
• 's' FEAT_SECRET
• ':' FEAT_RUBBLE
• 'm' FEAT_MAGMA
• 'q' FEAT_QUARTZ
• 'r' FEAT_QUARTZ_H
• 'k' FEAT_MAGMA_K
• '&' FEAT_QUARTZ_K
• 'w': FEAT_WALL_EXTRA (any of the walls from granite to perma walls)
• "Command 'a' displays avoidances." Tells you where the borg is afraid to go.
• "Command 'k' displays monster info." Displays location and number of known Monsters.
• "Command 't' displays object info." Displays location and number of known Items.
• "Command '%' displays current flow." Steps the Flow Code. It tells you where the borg is thinking about going, and how long it takes to get there. This will look like a set of concentric circles around the location moving outward. This is the possible flow pattern for the borg to get there, he (most of the time) chooses the shortest path between the goal location and his current location.
• "Command '#' displays danger grid." Displays the Danger (the number of points of damage that grid could inflict on the borg in a single round). The grid is the Targetted Grid taken from the player p_ptr->. So target a monster using the targetting routine. Then use this command to asses it's danger to the borg. If the danger is greater than the borg's current hit-points then that monster is a significant threat.
• "Command '_' Regional Fear info." Displays the fear of this region. Not from any particular monster. Regional fear is induced by invisible or unseen (such as offscreen) monsters, and a very small percent of the danger of a monster.
• "Command 'p' Borg Power." Displays two numbers which are helpful in determining why the borg is choosing certain pieces of equipment. The borg will always try to maximize his power (points) with equipment. So if you find him choosing Equipment XYZ and not QRS, have him wear each in turn and check his power.
• "Command '1' change max depth." This is a debug command, allows you to alter the recall depth. If your word of recall is dumping you at level 75 and you want to be at level 65, use this. However (as RML pointed out) using this in a non-borg-debugging mode is considered cheating.
• "Command '2' level prep info." Displays the reason why the borg is not ready to dive to a particular level. This is very handy.
• "Command '3' Feature of grid." Displays the feature number of a targetted grid.
• "Command '!' Time." Displays important time variables:
• time = how long he has been active.
• from town = how long in the dungeon this trip.
• this panel = time on the current panel (if in the dungeon) or looping if in town. This is important to keep the borg from getting stuck in certain types of loops.
• inviso = was used to locate invisible monsters and avoid certain loops associated with that process.
• "Command '@' Borg LOS." Displays red dots on the grids which the borg has Line Of Sight.
• "Command 'w' My Swap Weapon." Displays the name and value of the two swap items (if he has any at all).
• "Command 'q' Auto stop on level." Allows you to tell the borg to stop when he reaches a certain depth or character level. Also toggles whether or not the borg will stop when he kills Morgoth.
• "Command 'v' Version stamp." Displays the date of the engine in MM-DD-YY format. This is not always accurate. Sometimes I forget to update this.
• "Command 'd' Dump spell info." Generates a list of spells, if those spells are known, and how many times that spell as been cast since the borg was most recently activated.
• "Command 'h' Borg_has Function." Generates a list of items or traits, and how many of each, which the borg has. It lists inventory items as well as equipment and resists and such.
• "Command 'y' Last 75 steps." Generates a red asterisk on the last 75 grid locations where the borg as stepped. The borg uses these steps when considering a retreat.
• “Command ‘r’ Restock Stores.” This will cause all stores to shuffle the inventory.
• “Command ‘R’ Respawn the Borg.” Causes the borg to respawn and make a new one, loads info from the borg.txt file.