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  • Nick
    Vanilla maintainer
    • Apr 2007
    • 9633

    Competition 85

    Competition 85 is now available from the competition page; it is an NPPAngband 0.5.0 Human Mage.

    Note that comp 84 still has a day or two to run.
    One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne
    In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.
  • Jungle_Boy
    Swordsman
    • Nov 2008
    • 434

    #2
    does anyone know how/if I can get the 32x32.bmp tilesets for NPP? The documentation gives an ftp site but I am unable to connect.
    My first winner: http://angband.oook.cz/ladder-show.php?id=10138

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    • Nick
      Vanilla maintainer
      • Apr 2007
      • 9633

      #3
      Copy them from Vanilla
      One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne
      In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.

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      • Roch
        Adept
        • Oct 2008
        • 104

        #4
        NPP quests

        Does anyone know which quests are the best to choose, monster, pit, or level (when available)?

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        • Nick
          Vanilla maintainer
          • Apr 2007
          • 9633

          #5
          In my experience:
          • Monster quests are most likely to be achievable; they tend to be difficult at dungeon levels in the 30s, when you haven't found any stat potions but are getting quests for level 40-45 monsters (I've been killed twice by Rogrog in this way)
          • Pit quests are a mixed bag; yonk pits (lesser cave dwellers - yeeks, orcs, nagas, kobolds) are usually OK, creeping coin pits can be brutal (but lucrative)
          • Level quests usually see me leaving the level or dying in short order, but apparently some people finish them.
          One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne
          In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.

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          • PowerDiver
            Prophet
            • Mar 2008
            • 2820

            #6
            Originally posted by Roch
            Does anyone know which quests are the best to choose, monster, pit, or level (when available)?
            Back in 0.4 days, I was sure that one should only take (a) quests. The harder quests were not matched with proportionally good rewards.

            If you are trying to win a comp, it is probably a mistake to take any quests after the first few. When trying for fastest NPP wins, I used to take the very first quest only.

            I haven't played much 0.5 so my advice may be irrelevant.

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            • ramela
              Apprentice
              • Jan 2008
              • 55

              #7
              Eddies advice is sound still for fast wins.

              For easy wins, you take pit quests as soon as you can until dlvl 20 something and then go back to (a) quests.

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              • Jungle_Boy
                Swordsman
                • Nov 2008
                • 434

                #8
                Originally posted by Nick
                Copy them from Vanilla
                This seems to work for monsters and objects but walls/doors and floors are still ASCII
                My first winner: http://angband.oook.cz/ladder-show.php?id=10138

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                • paboperfecto
                  Scout
                  • Dec 2009
                  • 27

                  #9
                  Originally posted by Jungle_Boy
                  This seems to work for monsters and objects but walls/doors and floors are still ASCII
                  You'll need an updated pref file. I have one that mostly works but I don't remember where I got it, I grabbed it several months ago for NPP. There may be a more updated one out there or you could update this one yourself, it wouldn't be too hard to fill in the missing pieces but it's already very playable. I'm just not sure what you'd fill in for some of the different floor spaces. I sent you an email, respond and I'll get it to you.

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                  • paboperfecto
                    Scout
                    • Dec 2009
                    • 27

                    #10
                    I have a quick question. I've never posted to the ladder until now, how do I update a character? Do I just submit a dump with the same name and it will overwrite the old one? Thanks in advance!

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                    • Nick
                      Vanilla maintainer
                      • Apr 2007
                      • 9633

                      #11
                      Originally posted by paboperfecto
                      I have a quick question. I've never posted to the ladder until now, how do I update a character? Do I just submit a dump with the same name and it will overwrite the old one? Thanks in advance!
                      Yes. In fact, if this character dies, I recommend you change the name for a second one, so that then it doesn't overwrite.
                      One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne
                      In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.

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                      • paboperfecto
                        Scout
                        • Dec 2009
                        • 27

                        #12
                        Bug - Nexus Ball Trap

                        I found a bug that crashes the game and I can't register on the NPP forum so thought that I'd report it here. I know I ran into this bug with in Beta 7 a couple of times. Every time I'm hit with a Nexus ball from a light red rune (N:159 in terrain.txt) the game crashes and I have to start from my last save point. I'm pretty sure that I've run into these traps before and not had the game crash but that's not 100% sure. My current quest is a cave dweller pit and the ogre mages keep creating those traps and crashing the game at my current level. If someone has an email I can use to send to the developers/maintainers that would be appreciated. I've copied my savefile so that you can look at that in case it's equipment related.

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                        • Nick
                          Vanilla maintainer
                          • Apr 2007
                          • 9633

                          #13
                          I've posted this to the NPP forums.
                          One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne
                          In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.

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                          • Nick
                            Vanilla maintainer
                            • Apr 2007
                            • 9633

                            #14
                            Competition 85 is now officially over. Congratulations to Matthias for winning, and to paboperfecto for a game win.
                            One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne
                            In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.

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