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  • Nick
    Vanilla maintainer
    • Apr 2007
    • 9633

    Competition 94

    Competition 94 is now available from the competition page; it is a Z+Angband Mindflayer Chaos High-Mage.

    Note that comp 93 still has about a day to run.
    One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne
    In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.
  • RogerN
    Swordsman
    • Jul 2008
    • 308

    #2
    Has anyone else experienced crashes opening the save file? Even more odd, the crashes seem completely random. If I just keep trying to open the save file then it eventually works.

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    • RogerN
      Swordsman
      • Jul 2008
      • 308

      #3
      R.I.P. Onon IV: He was having a wonderful time blasting brown Sand Dwellers with his Rod of Light when "The Homonculus hits you. You are paralyzed!" I really ought to change the color of those guys.

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      • Mangojuice
        Z+Angband Maintainer
        • Jun 2008
        • 318

        #4
        It's great to see Z+ get featured after a long hiatus.

        In case anyone's having trouble running Z+ under Windows Vista (or Windows 7? Not sure, don't have that), if the game crashes on loading, delete the "Z+angband.ini" file and try again.

        Also, be aware that in Z+'s magic system you make choices between spells; as a high mage you can learn all of them but you can also forgo some in order to specialize in others. See the faq in the download package for details.
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        Z+Angband: A Zangband evolution
        http://tinyurl.com/5pq2bd

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        • RogerN
          Swordsman
          • Jul 2008
          • 308

          #5
          Is there any particular reason why some schools of magic (life, sorcery, illusion, trump) can find their 3rd book at dungeon level 65, but poor Chaos mages (along with Nature and Death mages) must wait until dungeon level 75?

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          • Mangojuice
            Z+Angband Maintainer
            • Jun 2008
            • 318

            #6
            Originally posted by RogerN
            Is there any particular reason why some schools of magic (life, sorcery, illusion, trump) can find their 3rd book at dungeon level 65, but poor Chaos mages (along with Nature and Death mages) must wait until dungeon level 75?
            Yes. Basically, for balance between the schools a little. I don't recall doing it to punish Chaos, Nature, and Death, but rather to ease things on Life, Sorcery, Illusion, and Conjuration: the latter two because I wanted to encourage them, Life because frankly the 3rd book isn't that great, and Sorcery because I was trying to make the Enchant Weapon / Armor spells good for something.

            It's sort of hard to specifically justify it but I remember feeling like Chaos, Nature, and Death were good but Life, Sorcery, Illusion, and Conjuration needed help.
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            Z+Angband: A Zangband evolution
            http://tinyurl.com/5pq2bd

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            • darkdrone
              Apprentice
              • Apr 2007
              • 72

              #7
              what exactly does a "Ring of Fate" do ?
              "When you look into an abyss, the abyss also looks into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche.
              (does this mean the RNG learns my worst fears, mummy?)

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              • buzzkill
                Prophet
                • May 2008
                • 2939

                #8
                Don't quote me on this but I believe it makes very uncommon occurrences (both good and bad) more common.
                www.mediafire.com/buzzkill - Get your 32x32 tiles here. UT32 now compatible Ironband and Quickband 9/6/2012.
                My banding life on Buzzkill's ladder.

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                • RogerN
                  Swordsman
                  • Jul 2008
                  • 308

                  #9
                  Psst... there's a quest to find Ringil! But I'm not saying where

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                  • thapper
                    Adept
                    • Aug 2008
                    • 168

                    #10
                    From Roch's dump:
                    On 24.11.2010 02:39 Mangojuice wrote:
                    The dungeon in Glineth Keep should bottom out at about level 25. Explore the map, you should find deeper dungeon entrances you can easily access. I'd say look for a '4' or '5'. But beware, don't approach an '8' or '9', the guards could kill you. Go to the map makers in every town that has one.
                    But the Town Hall in Glineth Keep asked me to kill something guarding dungeon level 45ish? If the dungeon stop around 25 (I've gone down to 27 for now), will I find the guards in some other dungeon then?
                    Last edited by thapper; November 24, 2010, 13:36. Reason: small correction

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                    • Phoenix21692
                      Rookie
                      • Aug 2007
                      • 15

                      #11
                      How is the winner determined in Competition 94, if the turncount is not shown in the char dump and on the ladder itself? By the way, I'm trucking along with my Onon IX who has killed a few Troll priests before reaching char lvl 20.

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                      • Nick
                        Vanilla maintainer
                        • Apr 2007
                        • 9633

                        #12
                        Originally posted by Phoenix21692
                        How is the winner determined in Competition 94, if the turncount is not shown in the char dump and on the ladder itself?
                        Good question - looks like I'll have to make something up
                        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

                          #13
                          Well, the competition and the vote are over, and the winner by popular acclaim is thapper. Congratulations!
                          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

                            #14
                            Thapper is not yet listed as the winner on the comp table . . . .

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