You talk a good game. But you don't know what kind of protests have to be dealt with in AK and how absurd they sometimes are.
The TXT files exist. I can post them — use them by mutual agreement. But for example, there is the zaobjts.txt text file; I've lost count of how many versions of it are on Bay. In some, crypts are generated on lava, in others they aren't. In some, forts are on hills, in others they aren't. In early versions, obelisks were disabled; in the latest one, obelisks are enabled again. (correct me if I'm wrong)
When I played a tournament with Forrest in TE, I asked him, "are we going to use zaobjts?" To which he replied: "No! who knows what Vikk messed up and disabled there" :D (maybe not verbatim, but that was the gist of it)
Of course, you could make a full description and force people to download and install it. Who knows what would come of that...
P.S.: By the way, for those who don't know, DIFFERENT text files are responsible for objects, spells, artifacts — so there are many of them!!! :smile01:
As for crypts on lava, those were cancelled long ago — don't confuse test ideas with current settings. You might as well remember Efreets obtainable from hives, like: "who knows what's in those zaobjts, you take a hive, and instead of the expected Vives they give you Manticores, and in the next one even Nagas".:p