Either that, or there are some nasty magical mushrooms around.

Wouldn't have been through messing with the code, I have a clean version of IVAN which I use for serious playthroughs.

Important when starting out: Equip EVERY piece of armor you come across, even if it's -8 enchanted. Only take it off when you find something better. Simply wearing ANY armor greatly increases your chances of survival.

Aarrrgh!

It would seem IVAN is conspiring against me, as this is the 5th time a bug has wiped out one of my best characters.
Anyway, on to the bug:
Upon trying to enter Gloomy Cave 7, "Fatal Error! Unable to place Secret Room #1"

I'm wanting to know specific items, e.g. anything un-named that is considered an artifact

Define "artifacts"

I was thinking more Genghis's half brother

By artifact equipment, do you mean just named items?

Broken bones files maybe?

From what I know of the graphics files, IVAN takes a 16x16 square (the position of which is defined in the script), and dyes what appears to be the greenish parts a certain colour (e.g. the material it is made of). The colour is set in the script files (Material). There are also some colours that are left alone or treated differently by the script (e.g. the yellow on the weird vacuum cleaner backpack).
So the only problem we'd come up against whilst trying to do this is making the IVAN engine look for a 32x32 square instead of a 16x16 one. And of course, we'd have to make the new graphics .

EDIT: Oh yes, one more problem. Making the new graphics using that strange palette the IVAN graphics use is going to be a pain in the arse.