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[MattB]

Sure! Go for it and PM me on these boards when you're done -- you can either upload the file somewhere or we can figure something out by email.

If you want to create a backstory for your dude or something too, feel free

I've PM'd you, but I'm not sure it worked as my 'sent messages' folder is showing empty. Let me know if not...

Ta.

[debo]

I've PM'd you, but I'm not sure it worked as my 'sent messages' folder is showing empty. Let me know if not...

Ta.

I got it and I pinged you back!

[debo]

If anyone wants to start working on a tome 2.x savefile for the next comp, now would be the time

[Estie]

I made one, alchemist for ToME 2.3.4 (as I am not sure if alchemy got borked in 2.3.5).

Version is here:

http://www.zaimoni.com/zaiband/Angband.ref/ToME/

Where do you want the savefile, if at all ?

[debo]

I made one, alchemist for ToME 2.3.4 (as I am not sure if alchemy got borked in 2.3.5).

Version is here:

http://www.zaimoni.com/zaiband/Angband.ref/ToME/

Where do you want the savefile, if at all ?

Any free upload site will do; alternately you can PM me here and I'll send you an email address to direct it to.

Thanks!

Edit: It seems like 2.3.5 was a bugfix release, so it might be worth it just to go with that http://forums.te4.org/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=14994

[AnonymousHero]

Any free upload site will do; alternately you can PM me here and I'll send you an email address to direct it to.

Thanks!

Edit: It seems like 2.3.5 was a bugfix release, so it might be worth it just to go with that http://forums.te4.org/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=14994

Just a little note: If anyone's considering compiling from source you should consider cherry-picking some of the changes in v2.3.6-ah, especially:

• fe1772d6836afa5174fef562b8f477172b7ddc11 (If you're posting your dumps, which I guess is kind of mandatory for a comp)
• 838abd31d2041bff1a42767ec92ad7452cb9ce74 (if you're using a *buntu or any distro using Fortify or similar stack-smashing protection.)
• 93c4dd298f41798cf90437eec740ffd31e729f65 (if you're using modules, not relevant for this comp. I guess)
• 52125014176fd404a596ebae5e5a6117b6fa01d0 (if you're compiling on 64-bit.)

Or you could just use 2.3.6-ah directly. There only real gameplay change is a change such that Barehand combat benefits from the Extra Blows (I/II) abilities. (It also fixes a few SNAFUs with upstairs which shouldn't be there, and such, but whatever...)

[debo]

What's that dump posting commit about? Are chardumps broken in 2.3.5?

[AnonymousHero]

What's that dump posting commit about? Are chardumps broken in 2.3.5?

I honestly can't recall the details -- it's a fix imported from the ToME 2.x CVS, so not necessarily something I've written. Given that the indexing into the "number" array is using an incorrect counter, I assume it could lead to crashes. (Perhaps only in rare cases, I dunno.)

[Estie]

http://www.filedropper.com/istar

This is the file, 2.3.4. I played 2.3.5 and my alchemist got stuck because she couldnt make her artifact; I am not sure exactly why, but it has worked in 2.3.4.

Its a female woodelf spectre alchemist, 20 extra quests, worshipping Eru.

[AnonymousHero]

http://www.filedropper.com/istar

This is the file, 2.3.4. I played 2.3.5 and my alchemist got stuck because she couldnt make her artifact; I am not sure exactly why, but it has worked in 2.3.4.

Its a female woodelf spectre alchemist, 20 extra quests, worshipping Eru.

Should we spoil people or let them try to figure it out on their own? It's been ages, but IIRC there's at least one way to make arbitrary amounts of money at the start and to get to level 20 in a few minutes. (Sure, you'll die a few times trying it, but you only really need to succeed once to get a huge head start.)

Anyway, looking forward to seeing the 30K+ HP, level 200+ Manathrust. (Tip to players: Just make sure you don't go above 32K or 256 or it'll wrap around to -X where X is some large number.)

[Estie]

Spoil. It takes months, if not years of playing for one single guy to find out enough of tome to get a winner. Even spoiled, I doubt that any ToME "newbies" will get very far.

[AnonymousHero]

OK, well here's a few more-or-less-spoily hints: [spoiler]Potions of Detonations do quite a lot of damage when thrown (v). There are level 20-30 monsters just south of town. Light Sources can be augmented with Brightness(*) and sold for relatively large amounts of money.[/spoiler]

(*) I think that's the flag you can add to items right from the start.

[Estie]

OK, well here's a few more-or-less-spoily hints: [spoiler]Potions of Detonations do quite a lot of damage when thrown (v). There are level 20-30 monsters just south of town. Light Sources can be augmented with Brightness(*) and sold for relatively large amounts of money.[/spoiler]

(*) I think that's the flag you can add to items right from the start.

No its of Fearlessness

[AnonymousHero]

No its of Fearlessness

Right-o. As you can probably tell, it's been a while since I played an Alchemist

[HugoVirtuoso]

I used to play ToME a fair amount before. But now, I kind of forgot how to play this. :/