NetHack in Windows Store

NetHack is now available in the Windows Store.

Need help playing NetHack? Please checkout the Guidebook for general information on playing NetHack.

Generally, following the Guidebook is all you need to play the Windows Store version of NetHack.

Some items of note about the Windows Store port of NetHack:

• only "tty" windows are supported currently
• mouse is supported by default and you can turn on the clicklook option
• setting options by environment variables is not supported.
• finding the defaults.nh file (used to set options) can be difficult. It can be found in the local data for your store application. Assuming your apps are stored on your 'C' drive and your username is 'yourusernam', it can be found at: c:\users\yourusername\AppData\Local\Packages\56403BartletSoftware.Nethack_9axwkv1njepk4\LocalState\defaults.nh
• release 1.1.10.0 will support loading and storing defaults.nh as well as setting NETHACKOPTIONS

Known Issues:

• Using the keypad with numlock on will cause your character to make two moves. Turn off numlock and things should work. This reduces functionality a bit has been fixed in release 1.1.10.0 (should be in store 1/11/2017)

Fixed Issues:

• Attempting to bring up the options ('O') crashed the application. This has been fixed in release 1.1.8.0.