Competition 110

[Nick]

Maybe I misunderstood the situation then, but after it happened I went back through the message log to check I had indeed disarmed the chest.

Well, I can't find an error in the code, but that doesn't mean much

I'm just planning to wait and see if the problem turns up again.

[Psi]

Yeah, that's new - but chest traps I haven't changed (I think ever).

Maybe I misunderstood the situation then, but after it happened I went back through the message log to check I had indeed disarmed the chest.

[Nick]

I wondered about multiple traps. The first couple of times I found myself surrounded by 3 and 4 traps in every square, after several iterations of their casting, I was taken aback .

Yeah, that's new - but chest traps I haven't changed (I think ever).

[ewan]

I wondered about multiple traps. The first couple of times I found myself surrounded by 3 and 4 traps in every square, after several iterations of their casting, I was taken aback .

[Nick]

Competition 110 is now officially over - congratulations to ewan for an impressive win in difficult circumstances.

Thanks also to everyone who has played and reported bugs - this has been very helpful to me - and apologies for such a bug-ridden competition.

[Nick]

The chest trap thing has me completely beaten - there should be no way for that to happen - unless it is a memory corruption issue, which I'm getting increasingly suspicious it is.

[buzzkill]

Sorry, but I got a disarmed message before I tried to open it...

Multiple traps?

[nppangband]

Ah. Well that would be a bug, then.

Or a great new feature.

[Nick]

Sorry, but I got a disarmed message before I tried to open it...

Ah. Well that would be a bug, then.

[Psi]

Actually, that's the way it's always been - traps are only sprung after you unlock the chest. It just means you forgot to disarm it first

Sorry, but I got a disarmed message before I tried to open it...

[Nick]

My knowledge about programming is limited to a game of Light Bot, but could it be that the savefile is causing this trouble? After all, it is strange that several obvious bugs only got reported after the competition had started.

It's just possible that one or two problems may be caused by the savefile, but most of the bugs I have now found and fixed. It isn't too strange that no-one was reporting 1.2 bugs before, because not many people were playing 1.2, because it was too buggy...

[caruso]

Bugs

My knowledge about programming is limited to a game of Light Bot, but could it be that the savefile is causing this trouble? After all, it is strange that several obvious bugs only got reported after the competition had started.

[Nick]

I just successfully picked the lock of a chest, but when I went to open it, it exploded. What's with that?

Actually, that's the way it's always been - traps are only sprung after you unlock the chest. It just means you forgot to disarm it first

[Nick]

The flags get relearned once you're exposed to the relevant threat, that's why they are showing in the latest dump. Arin14's dump, at the bottom of the ladder, shows the Noldor weapon without the appropriate flags.

Right. Thanks, that helps with the finding.

[buzzkill]

Do you think this has been happening all along? Your ladder character shows the flags - have you saved/reloaded that?

I'm a bit concerned that these sporadic bugs may mean memory overwrites from somewhere else in the code, which is not good.

The flags get relearned once you're exposed to the relevant threat, that's why they are showing in the latest dump. Arin14's dump, at the bottom of the ladder, shows the Noldor weapon without the appropriate flags.

I'd like to provide more info, but I'm kinda afraid to save/load.