Why is autopickup on even though I disabled it in nethackrc?

Question

I created an .nethackrc to make nethack fitting my needs with the following line :

OPTIONS=autodig,!autopickup

But even if I disabled autopickup, it is still activated in game and it is very annoying...

I'm running nethack 3.4.3

Any ideas?

Answer

Some possibilities:

• Is your config file in the correct location? You can test that by setting some easily visible option like name and starting a new game to see if it has effect.

• Do you have a NETHACKOPTIONS environment variable that might be overriding your options?

• Did you toggle autopickup from the Options menu or press @ by accident while playing?

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