Configuring PuTTY for IBM Graphics - hyvanmielenpelit/GnollHack GitHub Wiki

Normally, playing GnollHack over SSH does not look as nice as playing GnollHack on Windows.

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If you use PuTTY, you can configure it to show better IBM Graphics.

1. Configuring PuTTY

You need to set Window → Translation → Remote Character Set to "CP437".

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2. Activate IBM Graphics

There are two ways of activating the IBM graphics.

2.1 In GnollHack Options (O), set "symset" to "IBMgraphics"

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Here choose 'h' - IBMgraphics:

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2.2 Edit the options file

Instead of setting the IBMgraphics option everytime through Options 'O', you can edit the options file and add the following declaration to its end:

OPTIONS=IBMgraphics

You can find the option to edit the options file in the game menu after you have logged in.

3. It works

Now it looks like this:

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