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diff --git a/.SRCINFO b/.SRCINFO
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--- a/.SRCINFO
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 pkgbase = adom-noteye
-	pkgdesc = A roguelike game with a quest-centric, plot driven structure (+ GUI)
-	pkgver = 2.3.8
-	pkgrel = 4
-	epoch = 1
+	pkgdesc = A roguelike game with a quest-centric, plot driven structure (+ GUI) - Please consider buying the game on Steam
+	pkgver = 3.0.6
+	pkgrel = 1
 	url = http://www.adom.de/
 	arch = x86_64
-	license = custom: "adom"
+	license = custom:adom
 	depends = ncurses
 	depends = mesa
 	depends = sdl_image
@@ -17,8 +16,12 @@ pkgbase = adom-noteye
 	conflicts = adom
 	conflicts = adom-restricted
 	conflicts = adom-noteye
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-	sha256sums_x86_64 = b7bc418e872dbf290f2279d8c554c4ac19f58ae0ace2e8f3c16b1cf4fb87dc26
+	source_x86_64 = https://repo.sshadm.in/archlinux/eldios/x86_64/adom_noteye_64_3.0.6.tar.gz
+	source_x86_64 = https://repo.sshadm.in/archlinux/eldios/common/adom.sh
+	source_x86_64 = https://repo.sshadm.in/archlinux/eldios/common/LICENSE
+	sha256sums_x86_64 = 5a81afa2409af2dde461dcce89f74c89b7807504b75bd5b3796c6187768fa050
+	sha256sums_x86_64 = ffd19a5088bc63dffe386b4052f29b2194ab50c5b01ca1f574cfc51225a8afa8
+	sha256sums_x86_64 = d0b08609c52ab96fb1083b2b0eea3d022549c59c87b793a140f5dfa56099544b
 
 pkgname = adom-noteye
 
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..745c1f8a74b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,1383 @@
+                  --------------------------------------
+============--------------------------------------------------============
+===------------------                                ------------------===
+                            The ADOM Fluff FAQ
+        An attempt to answer all meta-questions regarding ADOM...
+
+                (C) Copyright 1994-2004 by Thomas Biskup.
+                           All Rights Reserved.
+===------------------                                ------------------===
+============--------------------------------------------------============
+                  --------------------------------------
+
+
+PREFACE
+
+   This document tries to answer all the meta-questions regarding
+   the distribution of the game called ADOM (shortcut for 'Ancient
+   Domains Of Mystery).
+
+   If you plan to distribute ADOM in some way (be that on disk, CD, in
+   a magazine or whatever), make sure to read Section I: The ADOM
+   License.
+
+   If you plan to write a review of ADOM, please make sure that you read
+   Section II: ADOM in the Media.
+
+   If you would like to submit ideas to further ADOM's development, make
+   sure that you have read Section III: ADOM Development.
+
+   If you are having problems related to the game itself, you might want
+   to read section V: Game-Related Questions closely.
+
+   If you are experiencing technical problems with ADOM, make sure that
+   you read Section VI: Technical Problems.
+
+   Before reporting a bug you should definitely read Section VII: Bugs.
+
+   If you never installed ADOM before, you might want to examine Section
+   VIII: Installation.
+
+   Finally questions regarding the installation of ADOM are addressed in
+   section VIII: Installation.
+
+   Any other questions might be answered in Section IV: Miscellaneous
+   Stuff.
+
+   Questions answered by this text will be ignored if you ask them
+   by email.  RTFM, as they say...
+
+   If you feel that this document is incomplete, feel free to email
+   questions and suggestions to adom@adom.de.
+
+   Hearty thanks to Stefanie Woll for proof-reading this text :->
+   All remaining idiosyncrasies are intended to ensure the Ancardian
+   feeling of the text ;-)
+
+                                                        --  Thomas Biskup
+                                                            May, 1998
+
+
+
+===--------------------------------------------------------------------===
+                            TABLE OF CONTENTS
+===--------------------------------------------------------------------===
+
+   Section I    - The ADOM License.
+        A. Terms of use.
+        B. Distributing ADOM in magazines, on disks, etc.
+        C. The Postcard Quest.
+        D. Licensing ADOM and other commercial ventures.
+
+   Section II   - ADOM in the Media.
+        A. Where can I find information about ADOM?
+        B. What should I know before writing a review about ADOM?
+
+   Section III  - ADOM Development.
+        A. I have some great ideas concerning ADOM.  Are you interested?
+        B. Is ADOM still being developed?
+        C. What can I do to further ADOM's development?
+        D. What plans do exist for ADOM's future?
+        E. What about the sources for the game?
+        F. What about ADOM variants?
+        G. Will ADOM be ported to 'xyz'?
+        H. How about some technical details about ADOM?
+        I. Why don't you make save files between versions compatible?
+        J. How about translations of the game texts into other languages?
+        K. Who's responsible for the various ports?
+
+   Section IV   - Miscellaneous Stuff.
+        A. Why aren't my emails answered?
+        B. Why is the website for ADOM out of date?
+        C. Who is Thomas Biskup?
+        D. Why has the savefile of my character disappeared after he died?
+        E. Why are requests for advice not answered?
+        F. Does Thomas Biskup enjoy receiving binary files?
+        G. When will the next version of ADOM be released?
+
+   Section V    - Game-Related Questions.
+        A. What's the relation between the Mad Minstrel and the village fool?
+        B. How much weight is 'one stone' actually?
+        C. Why can't I increase my weapon skills?
+        D. All my characters start out cursed.  Why?
+        E. How can I activate a ring of djinni summoning?
+        F. What's a 'si'?
+        G. Why does fire damage my character despite immunity to fire?
+        H. What about the Red Rooster and associated mysteries?
+        I. What's the best class/race combination?
+        J. Why is the number of charges for wands I zapped not displayed?
+        K. Why are scroll names readable for illiterate characters?
+        L. Why are all classes able to learn weapon skills equally well?
+        M. I can't use command 'xyz'.  Why not?
+        N. What do 'scurgari' look like?
+        O. Are there any cheat codes in ADOM?
+        P. Why are blank scrolls labeled?
+
+   Section VI   - Technical Problems.
+        A. General troubleshooting.
+        B. DOS
+        C. Windows 3.x, Windows for Workgroups, OS/2
+        D. Windows NT, Windows 95
+        E. Linux/FreeBSD
+
+   Section VII  - Bugs.
+        A. How to submit bugs?
+        B. Which bugs are known?
+        C. Command 'xyz' does not seem to work in my version...
+
+   Section VIII - Installation.
+        A. DOS, OS/2, Windows xyz
+        B. Linux
+
+
+===--------------------------------------------------------------------===
+                       Section I: The ADOM License
+===--------------------------------------------------------------------===
+
+
+I.A. Terms of use
+=================
+
+  You may use ADOM freely provided you acknowledge the following terms
+  and abide by them:
+
+        1. ADOM must only be distributed in the packages created by
+           Thomas Biskup, the maintainer of the game.  The packages
+           must remain complete and all components must not be altered
+           in any way.
+
+        2. You may not charge more than $3 for the distribution of
+           ADOM (values as of November, 2001).
+
+        3. You do not challenge ADOM's copyright in any way.
+
+        4. If you distribute ADOM with a magazine, a CD-ROM distribution
+           or a similar medium, you abide by the terms defined in section
+           I.B.
+
+        5. You follow all other licensing terms (as given by entering
+           'adom -b' and 'adom -g').
+
+        6. You acknowledge that the author of ADOM is in no way
+           responsible for damage done to your system due to ADOM usage.
+
+        7. If you play ADOM for a prolonged amount of time and enjoy
+           it, you agree to abide by the terms of section I.C.
+
+
+  Failure to honor these terms will be a severe violation of the license
+  and could result in legal measures being taken if you are deemed
+  important enough to deserve it.
+
+
+I.B. Distributing ADOM in magazines, on disks, etc.
+===================================================
+
+  You can freely distribute ADOM with magazines, in game compilations,
+  etc. provided you abide by the following terms:
+
+        1. You honor all terms listed in section I.A.
+
+        2. You agree to notify the author of ADOM, Thomas Biskup, either
+           by email at adom@adom.de or by sending a written letter
+           to the following address:
+
+                Thomas Biskup
+                Timmerbrinksweg 37
+                45896 Gelsenkirchen
+                Germany
+
+        3. You send two complimentary copies of your product (one for
+           actual examination and one for being stored in my safe) to the
+           address given under #2 (or, if it is an electronic publication,
+           to the email address given above).
+
+  Failure to do so will be a severe violation of this licensing agreement
+  and will incur legal measures.
+
+
+I.C. The Postcard Quest.
+========================
+
+  If you want to thank me (Thomas Biskup) for creating ADOM, maintaining it,
+  fixing all discovered bugs, providing support and generally spending a lot
+  of time on the game and if you are having fun with the game, please
+  consider rewarding my efforts by sending a postcard to the following
+  address from wherever you live:
+
+                Thomas Biskup
+                Timmerbrinksweg 37
+                45896 Gelsenkirchen
+                Germany
+
+  I *love* receiving postcards from all over the world.  Weigh the fun
+  ADOM gave you against the ten minutes you probably need to
+  write and send such a postcard -- and if you find that you like and
+  enjoy the game -- please do it.  I'm really not asking much... am I?
+
+
+I.D. Licensing ADOM and other commercial ventures.
+==================================================
+
+  ADOM is an immensely successful game and I'm proud of that.  Still, there
+  are things that still could be done.  If you are member of a game
+  company and would like to publish a game that could easily be able to
+  rival the success of Diablo by Blizzard software, two things are
+  necessary:
+
+        1. You need a competent team of programmers and artists.
+
+        2. You need to be willing to license ADOM from me.  If you are
+           interested in such a commercial venture email me at
+           ADOM@ADOM.DE.
+
+  Consider it if you work for a game company.  ADOM has been voted the
+  most popular game 1997 on the Internet Chart of Free Downloadable Games
+  (see http://www.worldcharts.com) and every new version is downloaded by
+  at least 5000 persons -- and that for a game without network support or
+  graphics that deserve that name.  Now think of a game with ADOM's
+  unrivaled engine and the great graphics used in Diablo and other
+  products and you have a sure winner.
+
+
+===--------------------------------------------------------------------===
+                      Section II: ADOM in the Media
+===--------------------------------------------------------------------===
+
+
+II.A. Where can I find information about ADOM?
+==============================================
+
+  On the Net a variety of sources concerning ADOM are available.  The
+  most important sources are the following:
+
+  http://www.adom.de
+        This is the official ADOM website.  It contains all the latest
+        news and updates concerning the game, plus all kinds of
+        interesting links and tidbits of information.  And the first
+        parts of the upcoming ADOM Pen & Paper Roleplaying game are
+        there, too...
+
+  rec.games.roguelike.adom
+        This is the official ADOM newsgroup.  If you are looking for
+        advice, seek other players or simply would like to discuss ADOM,
+        this is the place to go.  Here you will find many fans of the
+        game, willing to engage in discussions of all kind.  If your
+        news server does not carry this group, make it known to your
+        system administrator and ask him in a polite way to get the group.
+
+  http://www.aleph-null.com/adom/index.html
+        This is the primary spoiler site for ADOM, maintained by Richard
+        Fowler.  He also maintains the ADOM FAQ and collects all kinds
+        of interesting things concerning ADOM.  Visit it if you are
+        looking for information concerning the game.
+
+  ADOM has also been covered in a variety of magazines (both online and
+  printed), but I'm sadly lacking information about most of these articles.
+  Visit the official ADOM website and look up the respective section to
+  find out more about this.  If you know about such a publication and it's
+  not listed on the website, please let me know with a quick email to
+  adom@adom.de.
+
+
+II.B. What should I know before writing a review about ADOM?
+============================================================
+
+  I am happy to see all reviews concerning ADOM, good or bad.  Out of
+  politeness I ask for two things:
+
+        1. If you write a review please let me know about it.  I'd
+           like to read it, too, and I can't do that if I don't know
+           about it.
+
+        2. If you are printing it somewhere, please send me two
+           complimentary issues of your magazine, so that I can
+           show the review to my kids at some point (when I have some that
+           is ;-) to tell them "Look, what Daddy did when he was young!".
+           See section I.A for details.
+
+
+===--------------------------------------------------------------------===
+                      Section III: ADOM Development.
+===--------------------------------------------------------------------===
+
+
+III.A. I have some great ideas concerning ADOM.  Are you interested?
+====================================================================
+
+  Every day I receive about 10 emails concerning ADOM (that's more
+  than 3000 per year).  Many of them contain suggestions and many
+  of those suggestions have been repeated again and again.  Some
+  of the more common suggestions and my replies to them have been
+  compiled below:
+
+        1. How about a multi-player version of ADOM?
+
+           ADOM's source code really is not prepared to handle
+           multi-player code.  It would be possible to add this
+           feature if either a team of professional programmers
+           worked on it or someone provided me with a
+           lot of hardware and a lot more free time than I have
+           these days.  Until then, forget it!
+
+        2. How about a graphical version of ADOM?
+
+           Graphics would be nice, yes.  But they would have to
+           be done in a very professional way.  Adding graphics
+           like those in Nethack is too much work for too little
+           gain as far as I am concerned.  Again, a professional
+           team of artists and programmers would be able to do
+           it, but since neither is available, forget about if for
+           the time being!
+           If you feel you could do it, do not contact me about it
+           before you can show me at least 20 samples of graphical
+           tiles for the game.  There have been too many offers
+           the one time I tried this without ever getting something
+           out of it...
+
+        3. How about a BBS version of ADOM?
+
+           I already talked to someone about this and this topic
+           might be tackled after 1.0.0 is done.
+
+        4. How about an attribute roller?
+
+           Maybe at some point, but then in a shareware version of ADOM.
+
+        5. How about a cheat mode?
+
+           See #4.
+
+        6. How about monster inventories?
+
+           Being implemented right now. Due to the complexity of this
+           issue quite a number of versions will go by until this
+           feature is completed.
+
+        7. How about more races?
+
+           I'm very hesitant about adding new races to the game, since
+           ADOM has been designed with a background in mind and is more
+           than just a collection of everything including the kitchen
+           sink like Nethack.  Thus there won't be races like vampires,
+           dragons, giants, etc.  The only races I ever plan to add
+           are Ratlings, Hill Dwarves and Mist Elves.  This will happen
+           in the ADOM 1.x.y release series.
+
+        8. What about more classes?
+
+           A couple of additional classes are planned for future
+           versions (after 1.0.0), among them Pirate, Shaman, Pilgrim,
+           Summoner, Armsmaster, Noble, Miner, ...
+
+        9. How about larger maps?
+
+           I have tried to use larger-than-screen-sized maps with
+           another roguelike game I wrote, but I don't like them.  Instead
+           I plan to add more levels in the current size, because I find
+           this size very convenient in play (you see everything at once
+           and you won't suffer from stupid off-screen attacks).
+
+
+III.B. Is ADOM still being developed?
+=====================================
+
+  Yes. The year 2000 was a pretty bleak year for ADOM. Real life, various
+  other pet projects and job-related duties prevented me from doing
+  almost anything with ADOM, but this will change once more. One of my
+  Christmas gifts in 2000 was that I restarted coding on ADOM.
+
+  Development will be less planned and more spontaneous during the months
+  to come, simply because I no longer have the time to implement the
+  big plans all at once. Thus I'll return to the method used in the
+  early days of ADOM: code whatever is the most fun right now and release
+  a new version when enough changes have accumulated.
+
+  2001 initially wasn't much better but finally I realized that ADOM
+  1.0.0 was taking an eternity because my expectations and wishes
+  simply were too high. Thus you now will receive a wild and chaotic,
+  but hopefully not corrupted, release schedule...
+
+
+III.C. What can I do to further ADOM's development?
+===================================================
+
+  Although ADOM is postcard-ware I'm not unhappy if someone feels like
+  sending money to me :-)  I need to upgrade my hardware but can't afford
+  to do so right now.
+
+  Sending a postcard (see section I.C) would also be very kind.
+
+  Finally you might want to vote for for ADOM on the Internet Worldcharts.
+  ADOM was already very successful (number #1 for many weeks) on the
+  Chart of Free Downloadable Games, and I like to see it up there :-)
+  Visit http://www.worldcharts.com if you'd like to do me that favor.
+
+
+III.D. What plans do exist for ADOM's future?
+=============================================
+
+  Many plans... and they constantly change :-)  Visit the official ADOM
+  website to see my current plans.
+
+
+III.E. What about the sources for the game?
+===========================================
+
+  ADOM's sources are not yet available.  My original plan was to release
+  the sources once ADOM 1.0.0 is finished and I could consider the game to
+  be even remotely complete.
+
+  In the past a couple of folks were very insensitive about my notions
+  regarding ADOM variants and argued "If the game is available without
+  costs I can do with the sources whatever I like".  Those folks are...
+  well... socially retarded would be too nice as a description.  Let's just
+  assume that those people really made me wonder about what I'm doing here.
+  They really should try to create something in the scope of ADOM only once
+  in their lives and then they might understand.  Anyways, those folks
+  annoyed the hell out of me and I've decided that I'm not going to
+  release the sources for ADOM.
+
+  This will have a good and a bad effect. The good effect is that ADOM
+  will remain the most challenging and mysterious of all roguelike games,
+  simply because you just can't take a look into the sources and find
+  all the secrets right away once a new version is released. The bad
+  effect (for some people) is that they can't toy around with the sources,
+  create variants, etc. I can live very well with that and this it will
+  happen.
+
+
+III.F. What about ADOM variants?
+================================
+
+  There won't be any as far as I am concerned.
+
+  My reasoning behind this is two-fold:
+
+        1. To me ADOM is more than just an exercise in creating a
+           tactically interesting game.  It's a breathing world and
+           it's my child.  Therefor I'd hate to see others toying
+           around with it just to turn it into a munchkin-fest.
+
+        2. I already receive more than 3000 emails per year concerning
+           ADOM.  Some of those emails come from incredibly stupid
+           people (luckily most of them do not).  Those folks are not
+           even able to take a quick glance at the manual.  They also
+           refuse to notice that I'm not responsible for whatever
+           variants there might be.  I don't want to receive another
+           3000 emails per year concerning variants I don't know anything
+           about and I'm not interested in.
+           This for sure would happen.  If you don't believe me write
+           a game as successful as ADOM and you'll see.  In the heyday
+           of activity I spent roughly an hour per day on reading ADOM
+           email and news postings, which is more than I realistically
+           can afford, because I also love my work, my life and my other
+           hobbies.
+
+
+III.G. Will ADOM be ported to 'xyz'?
+====================================
+
+  Eventually (probably in the 1.x.y release series).  Over the past couple of
+  years there have been volunteers for the following systems:
+
+        OS/2                    Unix            Solaris/SPARC
+        BeBox                   Falcon          Native Windows 95
+        Native Windows NT       HPUX/DEC ALPHA  Macintosh
+        Nextstep                SGI             SunOS/Solaris 1.x/2.x
+        Archimedes              UnixWare        IBM AIX
+        MacLinux                MVS             AIX 4.1.x, 4.2.x, 4.3
+
+  Many of them probably won't be available after all the time that has
+  passed. Our strategy (read: Jochens and mine) right now is to port
+  ADOM ourselves to all the systems we would like to support.
+
+  If you'd like to port ADOM to a system not yet mentioned in that
+  list, feel free to contact me at adom@adom.de.
+
+
+III.H. How about some technical details about ADOM?
+===================================================
+
+  ADOM is written in C and compiled with the help of GNU make (or any
+  other make) and one Perl script (to compile the online manual).  As of
+  ADOM 0.9.9 Gamma 9 it consists of 71 '.c' modules, 74 '.h' files.
+  This amounts to more than 120000 lines of code (slightly over 3MB
+  for all the source files). As a comparison: ADOM 0.9.9 Gamma 16
+  prerelease 2 right now consists of 80 '.c' modules and 84 '.h' files.
+  This in turn amounts to roughly 140000 lines of code (slightly
+  over 4 MB for all the source fules).
+  For output ADOM uses the NCurses library under Linux.
+
+  And for comparison: ADOM 1.0.0 grew t 146561 lines of code in 82
+  '.c' files 86 '.h' files. Still slightly over 4 MB of sources.
+
+  The DOS version of ADOM is compiled with DJGPP (see the information
+  at http://www.delorie.com for a truly magnificent DOS compiler), uses
+  the PD Curses library for output (it's damn fast) and is edited with
+  Emacs (as is the Linux version). BTW, the PD Curses library has been
+  patched because Raymond Martineau found a bug in it.
+
+  The Amiga version is compiled with the SAS/C compiler and utilizes
+  a hacked curses library my friend Jochen created.
+
+  As you can see, you can't write a complex roguelike game in a couple of
+  months (ADOM required about seven years to get this far).
+
+
+III.I. Why don't you make save files compatible between versions?
+=================================================================
+
+  Occasionally save files are compatible.  When they are not, it's because
+  I changed many of the internal data structures and I neither have the
+  time nor the will to care for all the details of save file compatibility.
+  It's tedious, it's painful and I'm not paid for it, so there's really no
+  reason for me to work on it.
+
+  Besides that new versions usually get adopted very quickly. Thus it does
+  not seem to make much sense to fiddle around with savefil compatibility
+  for a prolonged amount of time, just because older versions usually
+  are dropped quickly.
+
+  Save file compatibility between operating systems neither is a question:
+  a few (very few!) folks asked for it, but IMHO the amount of work required
+  to achieve save file compatibility between operating systems is not worth
+  the tiny benefit gained due to such a feature. It's marketing hype as far
+  as I am concerned.
+
+
+III.J. How about translations of the game texts into other languages?
+=====================================================================
+
+  Simple answer: no chance... for several reasons:
+
+  -*- ADOM is not prepared to handle multiple languages and I can't see
+      any even moderately sane way of adjusting the sources to handle
+      this.  I don't want to keep multiple source trees updated.
+
+  -*- Other languages probably have a sufficiently different grammar
+      to require changes in the source code depending on the language
+      being used.  This is so because ADOM constructs many messages
+      "on the fly", e.g. it has no idea how some sentences will end when
+      they are started (especially during combat).  I imagine that different
+      languages will require major changes to the sentence structure.
+
+  -*- As far as I know the Curses libraries I use at least on some systems
+      still expect 7-bit ASCII characters -- thus there is no way of using
+      all those fancy special characters in various languages.
+
+  -*- I'm a bit doubtful of the will of some folks to translate those tons
+      of text in ADOM -- especially all the additions that will be made with
+      each version.  It's a lot of work and what would I do if the translator
+      for Canton chinese suddenly drops out for whatever reason?  Such folks
+      don't grow on trees, you know.
+
+  -*- The sources won't be made publicly available.
+
+
+III.K. Who's responsible for the various ports?
+===============================================
+
+  DOS, Windows xyz, OS/2, Linux: Thomas Biskup (adom@adom.de)
+  Amiga, BeOS                  : Jochen Terstiege (jochen@terstiege.net)
+
+  Direct system-specific questions to these folks.
+
+
+===--------------------------------------------------------------------===
+                     Section IV: Miscellaneous Stuff.
+===--------------------------------------------------------------------===
+
+IV.A. Why aren't my emails answered?
+====================================
+
+  I receive about 3000-4000 emails annually (and that's only the email I
+  receive concerning ADOM).  I rarely have enough time to answer all of
+  them and thus these days I'm slowly developing similar tactics as the
+  Nethack DevTeam, simply to retain my sanity.
+
+  Thus bug reports are rarely answered, mostly only to get some more
+  information about the problem sources.  Questions answered by this
+  document, the manual or common sense won't be answered any longer.
+  Simple praise (as much as I like to receive it ;-) will also rarely be
+  answered, usually only when I have some spare time and feel in a
+  talkative mood.
+
+  Don't take this as a personal offense, but I'm really low on time and
+  I'm still doing this for the fun of it and not because I get paid (I do
+  not get paid).
+
+
+IV.B. Why is the website for ADOM out of date?
+==============================================
+
+  Usually it gets updated whenever I release a new version of ADOM.
+  In between I mostly lack the time to do so.  Sorry...
+
+
+IV.C. Who is Thomas Biskup?
+===========================
+
+  Just some mortal ;-)  I was born in 1971, am living in Germany and am
+  a Computer Scientist.  I like reading, cinema, good books and Internet.
+  I love developing ADOM.  I also enjoy pen & paper roleplaying games and
+  I enjoy collecting postcards from all over the world (see section
+  I.C). And if you look around a bit on Internet you even might find a
+  photo of me...
+
+
+
+IV.D. Why has the savefile of my character disappeared after he died?
+=====================================================================
+
+  This is a convention of roguelike games.  You are expected to
+  play through the game without dying.  It's difficult, but it's
+  definitely possible.  In my opinion this 'feature' also makes roguelike
+  games a lot more exciting than standard rpgs.  Every action you take
+  counts and all decisions are important.  Also, folks who use saved
+  games tend to play in a more hazardous way, taking risks they are
+  not yet prepared for and consequently dying gruesome deaths.  Then
+  those players get annoyed because "they have to play through the same
+  thing again and again", simply because they fail to notice that they
+  should try something else before.
+
+
+IV.E. Why are requests for advice not answered?
+===============================================
+
+  Lack of time on my part.  Visit rec.games.roguelike.adom to get advice
+  or look at one of the spoiler sites.
+
+
+IV.F. Does Thomas Biskup enjoy receiving binary files?
+======================================================
+
+  No.  DO NOT SEND ANY BINARIES UNLESS I ASK YOU TO DO SO.  If you
+  send binaries of any kind without ever having been asked to do so,
+  you'll be regarded as an idiot who'd like to steal my precious time
+  and I'll definitely not care for whatever you want.
+
+  Sorry for sounding annoyed, but there seem to be too many folks who
+  can't read and insist on sending useless data to me (e.g. their saved
+  games to show me some kind of bug that has already been fixed).  I'm
+  really sick of wasting my time on such efforts and so would you, too,
+  if you had to pay the telephone fees we have here in Germany.
+
+
+IV.G. When will the next version of ADOM be released?
+======================================================
+
+  Each time that question is asked, the release date is pushed
+  back by two weeks.  It seems that I still have plenty of time
+  to get finished.
+
+
+
+===--------------------------------------------------------------------===
+                    Section V: Game-related Problems.
+===--------------------------------------------------------------------===
+
+
+V.A. What's the relation between the Mad Minstrel and the village fool?
+=======================================================================
+
+  Fnord.  You are not cleared for this kind of information.
+
+
+V.B. How much weight is 'one stone' actually?
+=============================================
+
+   50.00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 metric grams *or*
+  615.38461538461538461538461538461538461538461538461538 grains *or*
+   32.15434083601286173633440514469453376205787781350482 pennyweights *or*
+    1.60756197151400186477188695624216313538886924090923 ounces *or*
+    0.13396134411454230767169825475160887574281565311513 pounds
+  (for those folks suffering from imperial measurement systems ;-).
+
+
+V.C. Why can't I increase my weapon skills?
+===========================================
+
+  Change your tactics setting from Coward to something else.  Use the
+  'T' command to do that.
+
+
+V.D. All my characters start out cursed.  Why?
+==============================================
+
+  Look at the date.  It's probably yet another Friday the 13th.  ADOM
+  introduces some special effects into the game because the author
+  likes it that way.
+
+
+V.E. How can I activate a ring of djinni summoning?
+===================================================
+
+  'U'se it.
+
+
+V.F. What's a 'si'?
+===================
+
+  No comment on the details.  But it rhymes with "see" when pronounced.
+
+  If you are interested in how it got into the game, here we go:
+  Quite a number of years ago (that must have been around 1985 or so)
+  I played a lot of AD&D with a friend.  We had two characters,
+  dwarven fighter/thieves of LN alignment named Gorko Galgenstrick and
+  Groron Garman respectively, who lived through many many adventures.
+  One day my friend looked at the character sheet of his character,
+  Groron Garman, and discovered garbled writing in his list of normal
+  items stating that he owned a "Si".  We had no idea what that could
+  be and how it got there and we were pretty puzzled but left it that way,
+  making occasional comments about Groron's mighty artifact, the Si.
+  Months later my friend again was revising the list of normal items
+  his character lugged around and noticed the word "Si" in a second
+  place on the equipment list.  Now we were really puzzled and declared
+  this item to be an artifact with unknown powers.  The 'Si' in ADOM
+  is just a kind of insider joke on my behalf to celebrate those great
+  old days :-)
+
+
+V.G. Why does fire damage my character despite immunity to fire?
+================================================================
+
+  You are playing a drakeling?  You are right now probably exploring the
+  tower of eternal flames?  That's it.  While heat increases the inherent
+  speed of drakelings, it also damages them at some point due to over-heating.
+  Immunity to fire damage doesn't help with such a great amount of heat.
+
+
+V.H. What about the Red Rooster and associated mysteries?
+=========================================================
+
+  No comment :-)  That's one of the advantages of roguelike games without
+  public source code.  Some mysteries need quite a bit of time until they
+  are solved by someone :-)
+
+
+V.I. What's the best class/race combination?
+============================================
+
+  There is no single true answer to this.  It really depends on your
+  playing style.  See the various spoiler sites for comments on this.
+
+
+V.J. Why is the number of charges for wands I zapped not displayed?
+===================================================================
+
+  The number of charges is only displayed if your character is even
+  remotely able to count and remember numbers.  Game-wise this means
+  that he must have a Learning score of at least 6.
+
+
+V.K. Why are scroll names readable for illiterate characters?
+=============================================================
+
+  It's a kind of convenience feature.  Just because a person can't read
+  doesn't mean that said person can't spot differences between two
+  texts.  Letters (and probably more so runes) look different, are
+  positioned differently, etc.  Thus ADOM allows you to see the different
+  alias names for unidentified scrolls, even if your PC is illiterate.
+
+
+V.L. Why are all classes able to learn weapon skills equally well?
+==================================================================
+
+  First of all not all classes are able to learn weapon skills equally
+  well (e.g. wizards need more marks to advance to the next weapon skill
+  level).  Second it is my sincere belief that -- given enough practice
+  and the physical capabilities to do so -- you can master any skill,
+  no matter what you were taught in your youth.
+
+
+V.M. I can't use command 'xyz'.  Why not?
+=========================================
+
+  You probably still use the keymap of an older version of ADOM and
+  command 'xyz' is a new command.  Just delete the older keymap file
+  (called either 'adom.kbd' or '.adom.kbd' depending on your OS) and
+  let ADOM generate a new file (which it will do automatically).
+
+
+V.N. What do 'scurgari' look like?
+==================================
+
+  Scurgari (scurgar in the singular) are roughly crescent-shaped throwing
+  blades favored by the drakeling people all over Ancardia. The blade
+  actually runs around the outer bow, while the inner bow has a small
+  spike protruding from it (roughly in the center).
+
+V.O. Are there any cheat codes in ADOM?
+=======================================
+
+  All cheat codes may be found in the ADOM General Spoiler FAQ.
+
+V.P. Why are blank scrolls labeled?
+===================================
+
+  Or: Wouldn't it be more logical to label "blank scrolls" as "blank
+  scrolls". The idea behind this is taken from the way cursed scrolls
+  used to work in ancient editions of D&D. The cure would take effect
+  as soon as you open the scroll to read it. Thus, by default, all
+  scrolls are potentially dangerous and you need to unbind them and read
+  them to determine their type. Only then you will see whether the scroll
+  is blank or not. Thus "blank scrolls" appear to be labelled at first
+  (meaning that you haven't identified them - and maybe there's even
+  some kind of label on the outer side).
+
+
+===--------------------------------------------------------------------===
+                     Section VI: Technical Problems.
+===--------------------------------------------------------------------===
+
+
+VI.A. General troubleshooting.
+==============================
+
+  Two major sources of problems with ADOM are known:
+
+        1. Lack of disk space.
+
+           Make sure that you have enough disk space to handle a file
+           twice the size of your current save file (ADOM creates lots
+           of temporary files which take up size).
+
+        2. Screen resolution.
+
+           ADOM is able to work with different screen resolutions.  It can
+           make use of both 80x25, 80x50 (or whatever) screens.  Sadly, the
+           save files can't be exchanged.  If you started to play in one
+           specific resolution, you also have to activate that resolution
+           before restoring a saved game.  Everything else could lead to
+           disaster.
+
+        3. Turning off the computer without quitting ADOM beforehand.
+
+           This will prevent ADOM from cleaning up its file structure.
+           There might be all kinds of problems as a consequence.  The
+           least you can do is to delete 'adom.prc'.
+
+
+VI.B. DOS
+=========
+
+  * ADOM needs a DPMI host to run.  If you don't have installed a DPMI
+    server you can use the free DPMI server included in the ADOM package.
+    It's called CWSDPMI.EXE.  Simply run it immediately before starting
+    ADOM and everything should be fine.  Details about CWSDPMI.EXE can be
+    found in CWSDPMI.DOC.
+
+  * ADOM does not seem to work when started from a drive created with
+    the SUBST command (refer to your DOS-documentation when you are using
+    it).
+
+  * ADOM uses a wrong color map when started on an Archimedes with a PC
+    emulator card (yes, we even tried that :-).
+
+  * ADOM seems to have problems to work together with the cache program
+    from Norton Utilities (reported under DOS 6.22).  You might want to
+    disable the cache software before booting to play ADOM.
+
+
+VI.C. Windows 3.x, Windows for Workgroups, OS/2
+===============================================
+
+  * Don't try to run ADOM from within Windows.  Windows creates swap
+    files which can grow at a pretty ugly rate and this might eat up
+    your disk space without allowing you to notice it.  If ADOM runs
+    out of disk space, it crashes in an ugly way.
+
+    The same is true for OS/2.
+
+
+VI.D. Windows NT, Windows 95
+============================
+
+  * ADOM potentially encounters problems when faced with long file names
+    (longer than the old DOS 8+3 scheme).  If you are using long file
+    names for ADOM (e.g. a directory like c:\games\roguelike\adom, where
+    'roguelike' does not fit into the 8+3 scheme), you must set the
+    following environment variable (either in your AUTOEXEC.BAT or
+    manually before starting ADOM):
+                SET LFN=y
+    This allows ADOM to handle long file names.
+
+  * Heed the advice in section VI.C.
+
+
+VI.E. Linux/FreeBSD
+===================
+
+  * Recent Linux ADOM versions (099g9 and later) seem to have problems
+    with older C libraries under Linux (older than 5.4). Save a character
+    and then check the save file directory. If the save file name mostly
+    is made up from '_' characters you are a victim of the bug. Upgrade
+    your libc.
+
+    Starting with ADOM 1.0.0 libc6 is used which should remove those
+    problems.
+
+  * Occasionally, ADOM seems to encounter problems with old a.out systems
+    (especially with old a.out curses library versions).
+
+  * ADOM has some problems to read the correct key codes under X.
+
+  * ADOM does seem to have some problems with the latest libc libraries.
+    So far I was able to fix all encountered bugs, but if you notice
+    strange crashes under Linux, please tell me about your libc version.
+
+  * ADOM seems to encounter a variety of problems if your directories are
+    spread with links across a network -- that's a real problem :-^
+
+  * If you experience problems with colors, you might try to use one of
+    the following termcap entries (version A & B).
+
+    If you experience problems with colors, you might need to upgrade
+    your version of NCurses. After installing the ncurses-base_4.2-1
+    package (which contains only the "linux" terminfo entry and a few
+    other common ones like "vt100", and no libraries), ADOM g10 will
+    correctly dispalay colours under Linux.
+
+    If you cannot install the later version of NCurses, you might want
+    to use either of the following procedures to fix the termcap
+    entries:
+
+    VERSION A:
+    ==========
+
+    Erwin Andreasen provided this entry; be warned -- it's just a hack).
+    This seems to be needed for the latest versions of ADOM (starting with
+    Gamma 10), which now are compiled with NCurses 3.0, when playing under
+    Debian.
+
+    Here's the workaround:
+
+        linux|console|con80x25|dumb,
+                am, bce, eo, mir, msgr, xenl, xon,
+                colors#8, cols#80, it#8, lines#25, pairs#64,
+                bel=^G, blink=\E[5m, bold=\E[1m, civis=\E[?25l,
+                clear=\E[H\E[J, cnorm=\E[?25h, cr=^M,
+                csr=\E[%i%p1%d;%p2%dr, cub1=^H, cud1=^J, cuf1=\E[C,
+                cup=\E[%i%p1%d;%p2%dH, cuu1=\E[A, dch=\E[%p1%dP,
+                dch1=\E[P, dl=\E[%p1%dM, dl1=\E[M, ed=\E[J,
+                el=\E[K, flash=\E[?5h\E[?5l, home=\E[H, ht=^I,
+                hts=\EH, ich=\E[%p1%d@, ich1=\E[@, il=\E[%p1%dL,
+                il1=\E[L, ind=^J, ka1=\E[1~, kb2=\E[5~, kbs=^H,
+                kc1=\E[4~, kc3=\E[6~, kcub1=\E[D, kcud1=\E[B,
+                kcuf1=\E[C, kcuu1=\E[A, kdch1=\E[3~, kend=\E[4~,
+                kf0=\E[21~, kf1=\E[[A, kf10=\E[21~, kf11=\E[23~,
+                kf12=\E[24~, kf13=\E[25~, kf14=\E[26~, kf15=\E[28~,
+                kf16=\E[29~, kf17=\E[31~, kf18=\E[32~, kf19=\E[33~,
+                kf2=\E[[B, kf20=\E[34~, kf3=\E[[C, kf4=\E[[D,
+                kf5=\E[[E, kf6=\E[17~, kf7=\E[18~, kf8=\E[19~,
+                kf9=\E[20~, khome=\E[1~, kich1=\E[2~, kll=\E[4~,
+                knp=\E[6~, kpp=\E[5~, kspd=^Z, nel=^M^J,
+                op=\E[37;40m, rc=\E8, rev=\E[7m, ri=\EM,
+                rmacs=\E[10m, rmir=\E[4l, rmpch=\E[10m, rmso=\E[m,
+                rmul=\E[24m, rs1=\Ec, sc=\E7, setab=\E[4%p1%dm,
+                setaf=\E[3%p1%dm, setb=\E[%p1%'('%+%cm,
+                setf=\E[%p1%{30}%+%cm, sgr0=\E[0;10m, smacs=\E[11m,
+                smcup=\E[r\E[H, smir=\E[4h, smpch=\E[11m,
+                smso=\E[7m, smul=\E[4m, tbc=\E[3g,
+                u6=\E[%p1%d;%p2%dR, u7=\E[6n, u8=\E[?6c, u9=\E[c,
+
+    (yes, the trailing comma is correct)
+
+    Suppose the terminfo source entry is in "linux.ti".  Then as root,
+    type "tic -v linux.ti".  Current directory is irrelevant; the compiled
+    version will go to the place pointed to by the TERMINFO environment
+    variable, or /usr/lib/terminfo (default location) if that variable is
+    not set.  The -v is for verbose and thus optional.
+
+    A note for FreeBSD users (thanks to Walter Hafner for making this
+    known to me): FreeBSD usually does not seem to have a terminfo database.
+    You can create one from termcap by typing
+        'tconv -c -B /usr/share/misc/termcap'
+    (at your own risk ;-).
+
+    Cautious people should back up the existing linux terminfo entry
+    before doing this.  It's normally found in /usr/lib/terminfo/l/linux.
+    There may be other links to this file -- "c/console", for instance.
+    You'll only need to back up one of them.
+
+
+    VERSION B:
+    ==========
+    This workaround has been provided by Raymond Martineau who experienced
+    some problems with Erwins solution. Here's his advice:
+
+    If you experience problems with colors, you might try to use the
+    following workaround to patch the termcap. This seems to be needed
+    for the latest versions of ADOM (starting with Gamma 10), which now
+    are compiled with NCurses 3.0.
+
+    Be sure to make backups of anything you modify. Simply tarring the
+    directory structure of /usr/lib/terminfo (or wherever the terminfo
+    directory is kept) should be sufficient.
+
+    Here's the workaround (you may need super-user or root access):
+
+    First, you must decompile the termcap entry by typing
+        'infocmp linux > linux.ti'
+    at the command line. You might need to perform this procedure on
+    a different library, depending on your $TERM variable.
+
+    The top of the newly created file should look something like this:
+
+        linux|linux console,
+                am, bce, eo, mir, msgr, xenl, xon,
+                colors#8, it#8, ncv#3, pairs#64,
+                bel=^G, blink=E[5m, bold=E[1m, civis=E[?25l,
+                clear=E[HE[J, cnorm=E[?25h, cr=^M, [...]
+
+    (The top line may be slightly different, depending on the computer.)
+
+    Open the newly created file, and append the following two lines to
+    end of that file:
+
+      setab=E[4%p1%dm, setaf=E[3%p1%dm, setb=E[%p1%'('%+%cm,
+      setf=E[%p1%{30}%+%cm,
+
+    (It's okay if there are similar entries earlier in the termcap.
+    These entries will take precedence.  Also, the trailing comma is
+    correct.)
+
+    Now, you will need to recompile the termcap.  To do this, type
+    "tic linux.ti", and adom will run with the correct colours.
+    The recompiled termcap will be placed in /usr/lib/terminfo, or the
+    place pointed to by the $TERMINFO encironment variable.
+
+    A note for FreeBSD users (thanks to Walter Hafner for making this
+    known to me): FreeBSD usually does not seem to have a terminfo database.
+    You can create one from termcap by typing
+        'tconv -c -B /usr/share/misc/termcap'
+    (at your own risk ;-).
+
+
+  * You want colors under X?  This also is possible.  Try the following
+    (thanks to Massimo Campostrini  for
+    providing the information):
+
+        Include in your resource file (possibly ~/.Xdefaults)
+
+        xadom*color0:                   #000000
+        xadom*color1:                   #ff0000
+        xadom*color2:                   #00ff00
+        xadom*color3:                   #ffaa00
+        xadom*color4:                   #2222ff
+        xadom*color5:                   #ff00ff
+        xadom*color6:                   #00ffff
+        xadom*color7:                   #ffffff
+        xadom*color8:                   #666666
+        xadom*color9:                   #ff5555
+        xadom*color10:                  #00aa00
+        xadom*color11:                  #ffff00
+        xadom*color12:                  #8888ff
+        xadom*color13:                  #ff69b4
+        xadom*color14:                  #00aaaa
+        xadom*color15:                  #aaaaaa
+        xadom*background:               #000000
+        xadom*foreground:               #ffffff
+        xadom*cursorColor:              #00ff00
+
+        xadom*VT100.Translations:       #override \n\
+                R7:        string("7") \n\
+                R8:        string("8") \n\
+                Up:        string("8") \n\
+                R9:        string("9") \n\
+                R10:       string("4") \n\
+                Left:      string("4") \n\
+                R11:       string("5") \n\
+                R12:       string("6") \n\
+                Right:     string("6") \n\
+                R13:       string("1") \n\
+                R14:       string("2") \n\
+                Down:      string("2") \n\
+                R15:       string("3") \n\
+                NoneKP_1:  string("1") \n\
+                NoneKP_2:  string("2") \n\
+                NoneKP_3:  string("3") \n\
+                NoneKP_4:  string("4") \n\
+                NoneKP_5:  string("5") \n\
+                NoneKP_6:  string("6") \n\
+                NoneKP_7:  string("7") \n\
+                NoneKP_8:  string("8") \n\
+                NoneKP_9:  string("9") \n\
+                CtrlKP_1:  string("w1") \n\
+                CtrlKP_2:  string("w2") \n\
+                CtrlKP_3:  string("w3") \n\
+                CtrlKP_4:  string("w4") \n\
+                CtrlKP_5:  string("w5") \n\
+                CtrlKP_6:  string("w6") \n\
+                CtrlKP_7:  string("w7") \n\
+                CtrlKP_8:  string("w8") \n\
+                CtrlKP_9:  string("w9") \n\
+                MetaKP_1:  string("a11") \n\
+                MetaKP_2:  string("a12") \n\
+                MetaKP_3:  string("a13") \n\
+                MetaKP_4:  string("a14") \n\
+                MetaKP_5:  string("a15") \n\
+                MetaKP_6:  string("a16") \n\
+                MetaKP_7:  string("a17") \n\
+                MetaKP_8:  string("a18") \n\
+                MetaKP_9:  string("a19") \n\
+                F11:       string("-") \n\
+                F12:       string("+") \n\
+                Prior:     string("-") \n\
+                Next:      string("+") \n\
+                End:       string("\n") \n\
+                KP_Divide: string("T-- ") \n\
+                KP_Multiply:string("T++ ")
+
+        Tune colors and key bindings to your taste.
+        Remember to run xrdb after each change:
+
+                xrdb -load ~/.Xdefaults
+
+        Now start a color xterm (the "standard" xterm in Red Hat 4.1 or
+        later is fine) using the "xadom" resources:
+
+                xterm -title xadom -name xadom -g 80x37 &
+
+        In the new xterm, select the appropriate terminal type, e.g.
+        "pcansi".
+
+                setenv TERM pcansi  (for tcsh)
+                eval `resize`  (to be conservative)
+                silly_path/adom
+
+
+===--------------------------------------------------------------------===
+                            Section VII: Bugs.
+===--------------------------------------------------------------------===
+
+
+VII.A. How to submit bugs?
+==========================
+
+  ADOM probably contains many bugs (as do most programs of a certain
+  size). If ADOM somehow crashes you will have to take care of several
+  things before you can continue to play.
+
+  In case you happen to encounter a bug, you will probably have to cope
+  with one of the following two kinds of scenarios:
+
+  1. The program exits with an error message (maybe saving your game
+     before doing so). In this case please note down the _exact_ error
+     message and describe what you did last before the program exited.
+     If ADOM dumps some binary data, please also note it down exactly!
+
+  2. The program crashed without giving any hints why it would do so.
+     This is very, very bad... try to remember what you did last. Try to
+     reproduce the error. If you manage to reproduce it, write a step-by-
+     step description on what one has to do to see the error. If you do
+     not manage to reproduce it, try to describe what you did last in as
+     much detail as possible.
+
+  Look for a file called 'adom.err' (it should be somewhere on your hard
+  disk in case of crash type #1).  Copy it and send it to me together with
+  your bug report.
+
+  After you have collected all necessary data about the error as described
+  above, try to make the problem known to the developer. This is possible
+  if you have access to Internet EMail. If you do have such access, write
+  an email to the following address:
+                adom-bugs@adom.de
+  If you have access to the World Wide Web, you preferrably will use
+  the automated bug report form at
+                http://www.adom.de/adom/submit-report.php3
+  which ensures, that all necessary data will be there.
+
+  Please include the following data (if possible):
+
+  * The version of ADOM you are using; please look carefully at the
+    title screen of your game version.  If your version lists the
+    following text below the game title and the normal version number,
+    you also need to record the value of 'x':
+                                Gamma Release x
+  * The system your version is running on (OS name, OS version).
+  * The bug description (see above).
+  * Any other comments that you feel would be helpful.
+  * Your full real life name (so that I can include you in the credits
+    section in case you have discovered a new bug).
+
+  Please do _not_ include any of the following things:
+
+  * Binaries of any kind.
+  * Binary patches (rather detail where you believe the mistake to be).
+  * Flames about this shitty piece of software.
+  * Anything else not specifically requested by the developer.
+
+  As soon as your bug report arrives, I'll try to do something about
+  it. Probably you will receive another email requesting more information
+  or asking specific questions. Should I be able to locate an error
+  because of your input, your name will be added to the credits and eternal
+  fame will be yours :-)
+
+
+VII.B. Which bugs are known?
+============================
+
+  See the official ADOM website for this kind of information.  Visit
+  http://www.adom.de to do so.
+
+
+VII.C. Command 'xyz' does not seem to work in my version...
+===========================================================
+
+  You probably copied ADOM over an older installation.  ADOM's keyboard
+  definitions are contained in a file called 'adom.kbd' (or '.adom.kbd'
+  for Linux and Amiga systems).  Delete that file and ADOM automatically
+  will create a new file for you.
+
+  If you have added customizations of your own to that file you would
+  like to keep, you also might want to try to type 'adom -k -r'.  This
+  will have ADOM create a file called 'keyref.kbd' which contains all
+  command definitions for the current version of ADOM.
+
+
+===--------------------------------------------------------------------===
+                       Section VIII - Installation.
+===--------------------------------------------------------------------===
+
+
+VIII.A. DOS, OS/2, Windows xyz
+==============================
+
+  Installing ADOM is very simple.  This section will tell you how to
+  install ADOM step by step.  An example will explain each step.  
+  means that you have to press the enter key after that command. The '>'
+  represents the command prompt of the DOS shell.
+
+  Let's assume that you want to install ADOM on your hard disc drive C: in
+  the directory \games\adom.  The file ADOM-xxx.ZIP (xxx is normally the
+  current version number, e.g. 099) for the sake of the example is located
+  on your floppy drive B:.  The directory C:\GAMES already exists.  You
+  need to do the following:
+
+        c: 
+        cd \games 
+        mkdir adom 
+        cd adom 
+        copy B:\ADOM-xxx.ZIP 
+        pkunzip ADOM-xxx.ZIP 
+        del ADOM-xxx.ZIP 
+
+  This will install the archive at the location you intended it to be (in
+  the example).
+
+  Next you will have to set an environment variable which will tell ADOM
+  where to look for the highscore and where to save games. To do this you
+  will have to edit the autoexec.bat file in the root directory of your
+  boot drive (C: in most cases). Add the following line at the end of the
+  autoexec.bat and then save the file:
+
+        SET ADOM_HOME=C:\GAMES\ADOM
+
+  It is important to use the complete path, drive letter included. Finally
+  you have to add the directory chosen for ADOM_HOME to your path. After
+  you have done this just reboot the computer. Now you should be able to
+  play ADOM.
+
+  If you don't set the ADOM_HOME environment variable, ADOM will create
+  all necessary files during the game and the highscore file in the
+  directory you started ADOM in.
+
+
+
+VIII.B. Linux
+=============
+
+  When installing ADOM you have two choices.  If you have access to root
+  privileges you can install Linux system-wide.  If you are just a simple
+  user, installing ADOM is also possible.
+
+  * Uncompressing the package
+  --------------------------
+  Distributions of ADOM usually consist of one file either called
+  'adom-xyz-elf.tar.gz' or 'adom-xyz-aout.tar.gz'.  The 'xyz'
+  normally corresponds to the version number contained in the distribution
+  (e.g. 070 for version 0.7.0).  To install the package you need to issue
+  the following two commands:
+        gunzip adom-xyz-aout.tar.gz
+        tar xf adom-xyz-aout.tar
+  After doing this you should change to the new directory (called 'adom')
+  and then continue as described below depending on whether you have root
+  privileges or not.
+
+  Installing ADOM globally will be a bit of work so that you should try the
+  local version if you just want to take a quick look at it.  If you
+  like what you see you can still install it globally.
+
+  * If you _do_ have root privileges:
+  -----------------------------------
+
+    The following description will assume that you want to use the
+    directory '/var/lib/adom' as your global highscore directory and that
+    the binary itself will be installed in the directory '/usr/games'.
+
+    First of all you will have to create a new user (e.g. named 'adomown')
+    and a new group (also named 'adomown').  To create the new group you
+    will have to add the following line to your /etc/group file:
+
+        adomown:*::adomown
+
+    The term  has to be replaced by the smallest number larger than
+    99 that is not used by any other group.  Note the number.  You will
+    need it once more.
+
+    To create the new user you will have to add the following line to the
+    /etc/passwd file:
+
+        adomown:*:::adomown:/usr/games:
+
+    The  term has to be replaced by the number you used above for the
+    group entry. The  term has to be replaced by a valid user id.
+
+    Next you will need to copy the adom-binary to the /usr/games
+    directory. Then enter the /usr/games directory and type the following:
+
+        chown adomown.adomown adom
+        chmod +x adom
+        chmod +s adom
+
+    Now we are nearly done. You need to create the highscore directory
+    /var/lib/adom.  The directory has to be owned by 'adomown' (both user
+    and group ownership).  The correct privileges can be set with
+
+        chown adomown.adomown /var/lib/adom
+        chmod 775 /var/lib/adom
+
+    Finally you will have to create a file in the /etc directory called
+    'adom_ds.cfg', which must contain but one text line: the path to the
+    highscore directory (in our example '/var/lib/adom').
+
+    The configuration file '.adom.cfg' for the individual users has to be
+    put into the home directory of each user wishing to utilize the
+    configuration variables (see the manual for details).
+
+    The highscore will be saved in /var/lib/adom/.HISCORE (if you are
+    using the default values).
+
+    Finally you should make sure that the path variable lists the path to
+    the globally installed ADOM binary before the one to any home
+    directories.
+
+  * If you do _not_ have root privileges:
+  ---------------------------------------
+
+    Copy the adom binary into a directory of your choice.  This directory
+    must be included in your PATH variable.  To play ADOM just type
+    'adom'.  In your home directory several subdirectories will be
+    created:
+
+        .adom.data/         to hold all data files
+        .adom.data/tmpdat/  to hold the temporary files during a game
+        .adom.data/savedg/  to hold the saved games
+
+    Also two files might be created in your home directory:
+
+        .adom.data/.HISCORE: to save the scores of your games
+        .adom.prc:           a lock file to prevent you from starting ADOM
+                             more than once
diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index 2f98bdd5a8b8..fb56ed28ecbf 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -1,34 +1,46 @@
 # Maintainer: Emanuele 'Lele aka eldios' Calo' <xeldiosx[at]gmail[dot]com>
 
 pkgname=adom-noteye
-epoch=1
-pkgver=2.3.8
-pkgrel=4
-pkgdesc="A roguelike game with a quest-centric, plot driven structure (+ GUI)"
+pkgver=3.0.6
+pkgrel=1
+pkgdesc="A roguelike game with a quest-centric, plot driven structure (+ GUI) - Please consider buying the game on Steam"
 arch=("x86_64")
 url="http://www.adom.de/"
 conflicts=('adom' 'adom-restricted' 'adom-noteye')
 provides=('adom')
-depends=('ncurses' 'mesa' 'sdl_image' 'sdl_net' 'sdl_mixer' 'lua51'
-         'libbsd')
-_source_url="https://repo.sshadm.in/archlinux/eldios/${arch}"
+depends=('ncurses' 'mesa' 'sdl_image' 'sdl_net' 'sdl_mixer' 'lua51' 'libbsd')
+_repo_url="https://repo.sshadm.in/archlinux/eldios"
 
-license=('custom: "adom"')
-source_x86_64=(${_source_url}/adom_noteye_64_2.3.8.tar.gz)
+license=('custom:adom')
+source_x86_64=(
+    "${_repo_url}/${arch}/adom_noteye_64_${pkgver}.tar.gz"
+    "${_repo_url}/common/adom.sh"
+    "${_repo_url}/common/LICENSE"
+    )
 
 # PACKAGES
-sha256sums_x86_64=('b7bc418e872dbf290f2279d8c554c4ac19f58ae0ace2e8f3c16b1cf4fb87dc26')
+sha256sums_x86_64=(
+    '5a81afa2409af2dde461dcce89f74c89b7807504b75bd5b3796c6187768fa050'
+    'ffd19a5088bc63dffe386b4052f29b2194ab50c5b01ca1f574cfc51225a8afa8'
+    'd0b08609c52ab96fb1083b2b0eea3d022549c59c87b793a140f5dfa56099544b'
+    )
 
 package() {
-  # Copy entire contents of the archive to /opt
-  install -d "${pkgdir}/opt"
-  cp -R "${srcdir}/adom" "${pkgdir}/opt/"
-  # Since the adom binary uses a relative RPATH, it's either
-  # this or patching the binary
-  install -d "${pkgdir}/usr/bin"
-  cat>"${pkgdir}/usr/bin/adom"<<EOF 
-#!/bin/sh
-cd /opt/adom && ./adom
-EOF
-  chmod 755 "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/adom"
+    # Copy entire contents of the archive to /opt
+    install -d "${pkgdir}/opt"
+    cp -R "${srcdir}/adom" "${pkgdir}/opt/"
+
+    # Since the adom binary uses a relative RPATH, it's either
+    # this or patching the binary
+    install "${srcdir}/adom.sh" "${pkgdir}/opt/adom/adom.sh"
+    chmod 755 "${pkgdir}/opt/adom/adom.sh"
+
+    install -d "${pkgdir}/usr/bin"
+    ln -s "${pkgdir}/opt/adom/adom.sh" "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/adom"
+
+    # Add the LICENSE file
+    install -d "${pkgdir}/usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}"
+    install "${srcdir}/LICENSE" "${pkgdir}/usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}/LICENSE"
+
+    chmod 644 "${pkgdir}/usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}/LICENSE"
 }
diff --git a/adom.sh b/adom.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..0d124ac708b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/adom.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+cd /opt/adom && ./adom