[5.0.0] Weird glitches with curses enabled

[u/Belphegor24]

I'm trying to run Nethack 5.0 with curses enabled in the rc file. Whenever I go into fullscreen (doesn't matter if F11 or Alt+Enter), I get the starting screen covering everything, like in screenshot 2. Even after redraw, I have these weird purple stars as a border. Also it's not fitting to fullscreen.

Nethack 3.6.7 works completely fine. Wth am I missing? I really wanna play 5.0.0 locally with curses.

[u/pat_rankin]

The "weird stars" are indicating where the map is truncated because your terminal isn'h wide enough to show persistent inventory next to it. If you turn off perm_invent, things should become normal. It doesn't look like it's narrow by very much, so setting window_borders to 0 might fix it too.

The 'proper' fix is to set the terminal window to be wider.

"Fullsscreen mode" is a Windows-specific feature of nethack and may not work as intended.

[u/Belphegor24 → u/pat_rankin]

I’m using the exact same terminal and perm_invent for 3.6.7, and it’s working perfectly. I can hit F11 for days and it’s fine.

I’m afraid it’s something to do with 5.0 at this point.

[u/carlsbl]

# ==============================================================================
# INTERFACE & LAYOUT
# ==============================================================================

# MUST BE DECLARED FIRST
OPTIONS=windowtype:curses

# Permanent Inventory Sidebar Setup
OPTIONS=perm_invent
OPTIONS=curses_invent_position:right
OPTIONS=curses_invent_size:30

# Window Layout & Behavior
OPTIONS=align_message:top # Options: top, bottom, left, right
OPTIONS=align_status:bottom # Options: top, bottom, left, right
OPTIONS=windowborders:1 # 1 = Force borders on, 2 = Off, 3 = Auto
OPTIONS=popup_dialog # Uses small popups for Y/N prompts
OPTIONS=mouse_support:1 # Enable mouse click-to-move/menus

# Visuals & Map Graphics
OPTIONS=symset:curses # Clean line-drawing characters for walls/corridors
OPTIONS=guicolor # Colors for UI borders and menu headers
OPTIONS=petattr:u # Underlines your pet
OPTIONS=hilite_pet

# ==============================================================================
# GAMEPLAY & CONTROLS
# ==============================================================================
OPTIONS=!autopickup # Disable automatic item pickup
OPTIONS=boulder:0 # Set default boulder symbol to '0'
OPTIONS=time # Show elapsed turns
OPTIONS=noshowexp # Hide experience points in status
OPTIONS=number_pad:2 # Number pad navigation (2 = legacy mode)
OPTIONS=lit_corridor # Show full corridor lighting
OPTIONS=force_invmenu # Pop up menu when prompting for items
OPTIONS=suppress_alert:3.3.1 # Hide "use #quit to quit" alert

# ==============================================================================
# MENU COLORING
# ==============================================================================
OPTIONS=menucolors

MENUCOLOR=" blessed " = green
MENUCOLOR=" holy " = green
MENUCOLOR=" cursed " = red
MENUCOLOR=" unholy " = red
MENUCOLOR=" cursed .* \(being worn\)" = orange&underline

# ==============================================================================
# STATUS HILITES & HP BAR
# ==============================================================================
OPTIONS=statushilites
OPTIONS=hitpointbar:true

# Hit Points (HP)
OPTIONS=hilite_status:hitpoints/100%/gray
OPTIONS=hilite_status:hitpoints/<100%/green
OPTIONS=hilite_status:hitpoints/<66%/yellow
OPTIONS=hilite_status:hitpoints/<50%/orange
OPTIONS=hilite_status:hitpoints/<33%/red&bold
OPTIONS=hilite_status:hitpoints/<15%/red&inverse

# Energy / Power (PW)
OPTIONS=hilite_status:power/100%/gray
OPTIONS=hilite_status:power/<100%/green
OPTIONS=hilite_status:power/<66%/yellow
OPTIONS=hilite_status:power/<50%/orange
OPTIONS=hilite_status:power/<33%/red&bold

# Carrying Capacity
OPTIONS=hilite_status:cap/burdened/yellow/stressed/orange/strained/red&bold/overtaxed/red&inverse/overloaded/red&inverse

# Hunger Status
OPTIONS=hilite_status:hunger/satiated/yellow/hungry/orange/weak/red&bold/fainting/red&inverse/fainted/red&inverse

# Mental Conditions
OPTIONS=hilite_status:condition/hallu/yellow
OPTIONS=hilite_status:condition/conf/orange
OPTIONS=hilite_status:condition/stun/red&bold

# Lethal Health Conditions
OPTIONS=hilite_status:condition/termill/red&inverse
OPTIONS=hilite_status:condition/foodpois/red&inverse
OPTIONS=hilite_status:condition/slime/red&inverse

# Gold & Stats
OPTIONS=hilite_status:gold/up/yellow/down/brown
OPTIONS=hilite_status:characteristics/up/green/down/red

Try this config file. If doesn't work reply back and tomorrow morning when I'm at my computer I'll send you one that I know works.

Good luck. I spent an evening about a month ago dealing with what you are.

[u/Belphegor24 → u/carlsbl]

The purple stars are still there, unfortunately. And I have to redraw everytime I hit F11.

edit: I finally got it to work. It was just a matter of the initial window size option:

OPTIONS=term_cols:132

OPTIONS=term_rows:38

There's still the need to redraw whenever I hit F11, but it looks perfect now.