diff -ru vultures-2.1.1.orig/nethack/include/config.h vultures-2.1.1/nethack/include/config.h
--- vultures-2.1.1.orig/nethack/include/config.h	2006-09-18 17:04:06.000000000 +0200
+++ vultures-2.1.1/nethack/include/config.h	2008-07-10 14:23:36.000000000 +0200
@@ -179,8 +179,8 @@
 
 #ifdef UNIX
 /* path and file name extension for compression program */
-#define COMPRESS "/usr/bin/compress"   /* Lempel-Ziv compression */                                      
-#define COMPRESS_EXTENSION ".Z"        /* compress's extension */                                        
+#define COMPRESS "/usr/bin/bzip2"   /* Lempel-Ziv compression */                                      
+#define COMPRESS_EXTENSION ".bz2"        /* compress's extension */                                        
 /* An example of one alternative you might want to use: */
 /* #define COMPRESS "/usr/local/bin/gzip" */   /* FSF gzip compression */                                
 /* #define COMPRESS_EXTENSION ".gz" */     /* normal gzip extension */                                   
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@
  * otherwise it will be the current directory.
  */
 # ifndef HACKDIR
-#  define HACKDIR "/usr/games/lib/nethackdir"
+#  define HACKDIR "GENTOO_HACKDIR"
 # endif
 
 /*
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@
  * functions that have been macroized.
  */
 
-/* #define VISION_TABLES */ /* use vision tables generated at compile time */
+#define VISION_TABLES /* use vision tables generated at compile time */
 #ifndef VISION_TABLES
 # ifndef NO_MACRO_CPATH
 #  define MACRO_CPATH	/* use clear_path macros instead of functions */
diff -ru vultures-2.1.1.orig/nethack/include/unixconf.h vultures-2.1.1/nethack/include/unixconf.h
--- vultures-2.1.1.orig/nethack/include/unixconf.h	2006-09-18 17:04:06.000000000 +0200
+++ vultures-2.1.1/nethack/include/unixconf.h	2008-07-10 15:21:57.000000000 +0200
@@ -96,13 +96,13 @@
  */
 
 /* #define NO_FILE_LINKS */	/* if no hard links */
-/* #define LOCKDIR "/usr/games/lib/nethackdir" */	/* where to put locks */
+#define LOCKDIR "GENTOO_STATEDIR"	/* where to put locks */
 
 /*
  * If you want the static parts of your playground on a read-only file
  * system, define VAR_PLAYGROUND to be where the variable parts are kept.
  */
-/* #define VAR_PLAYGROUND "/var/lib/games/nethack" */
+#define VAR_PLAYGROUND "GENTOO_STATEDIR" 
 
 
 /*