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First NetHack bot ascension

Jan K

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  • May be out of date. Uploaded 11 years ago, in an area where tools change fast.

Intermediate. Assumes working knowledge.

19K views11 years ago1 recommendation

Game developmentAI and machine learningGame programmingAlgorithmsAI agents and tool use

A NetHack bot named BotHack successfully completes and wins the game without any human intervention or cheats.

My NetHack bot winning the game for the first time – without cheats or human interventions. Real-time duration of the run was 3h28m. Source code & docs: github.com/krajj7/BotHack Dumplog: acehack.de/notable/first-nethack-bot-ascension/smartbot3.142… More info about this asc: reddit.com/r/nethack/comments/2tluxv/yaap_fullauto_bot_ascen…

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What people say. Recommended as a classic milestone of a rule-based bot successfully beating the notoriously complex game of NetHack.

fjarlqon Hacker News • Recommends

On “First NetHack bot ascension”

Video of the winning game: link to this video The author's list of milestones illustrates the key components of this achievement, as well as some limitations: link Awesome work, Jan Krajicek!
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bhaakon Hacker News • Mentions

On “NetHack beaten in 7 minutes 15 seconds real time”

That's why my submission link called it a "Tool Assisted Speedrun on NetHack with RNG Exploitation". :-) I'm not sure about the exact terminology. Is an ascension by a bot (like link to this video ) also as a TAS? Although you are right that the group that tried to do a TAS for NetHack (not sure what's their status) chose the MS-DOS port of 3.4.3 for ease of manipulating the RNG in memory and so getting rid of the "hidden information" part. Edit: also in a game like NetHack, there is potential for an automated tool to help the player. InterHack ( link ) was an interface layer for 3.4.3 that added lots of useful stuff, e.g. automatic price identification or wand id from engraving. Most of that has s…
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jkaon Hacker News • Mentions

On “The NetHack Challenge: Dungeons, Dragons, and Tourists (2021)”

I wasn't able to find out about that, from a quick scout around - could you share a link to it? (I did find BotHack1 and a video of its' first ascension2, both of which are cool) 1 - link 2 - link to this video
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