Competition 130

[Nick]

Broken back is a wound that you got when your hits went under 0. You temporarily lost some stat points, either Dexterity or Presence. If you ever get the same wound again (there are three different wounds), you die.

Ha! So that's what happened to me.

[Mikko Lehtinen]

Broken back is a wound that you got when your hits went under 0. You temporarily lost some stat points, either Dexterity or Presence. If you ever get the same wound again (there are three different wounds), you die.

Deep in the dungeons (DL 25+) wounds cause also some permanent damage to stats.

[ewan]

Thanks, folks. Works. Don't know what I am *doing*, but it works :-).

[What is this 'broken back' effect?!]

[Mikko Lehtinen]

It's actually a zip package with three savefiles! It doesn't have the .zip extension for some reason but you can rename it if necessary.

[ewan]

And that same savefile works for all three option characters, if saved with different names?

[Mikko Lehtinen]

I should really put a readme.txt to the root game folder of non-Windows ports that explains how to run Mist on Linux or OS X... With clear instruction on loading savefiles, opening subwindows, etc.

[Darin]

Ok, that was the good news. The bad news is that there is no option that I can see to open a savefile...

To open a save file, first change the file name to 501.<name>, make sure the file is in lib/save, and use ./mist -u<name> with no space. So for Desdemona, change the file name to 501.Desdemona and use the command ./mist -uDesdemona

[Mikko Lehtinen]

Ok, that was the good news. The bad news is that there is no option that I can see to open a savefile...

On Debian Linux I opened the savefile by moving it to the save folder and renaming it to 1000.Mikko where Mikko is my username and 1000 my user number. Then it opens automatically when I start the game with ./mist

On OS X the right name for the savefile is probably:

501.<name>

See here for more info.

[Mikko Lehtinen]

Why can't I get my resists over 55%? I have 55% rCold, but potions are freezing left and right.

It's capped at 55%. Temporary resists can go higher. Resists probably don't protect items at all (I don't remember really).

[buzzkill]

Why can't I get my resists over 55%? I have 55% rCold, but potions are freezing left and right.

[buzzkill]

wouldn't that be something like ./mist -savefilename

[ewan]

Ok, that was the good news. The bad news is that there is no option that I can see to open a savefile...

[ewan]

Mac port

The X-windows port at least *opens* if an X-terminal window is opened, and then I go to the mist directory and type ./mist

I don't know why the other posts suggest using ./angband; that does nothing for me, and there's no such file?

Anyway, haven't tried actually playing yet, but it does at least open the front screen

[Mikko Lehtinen]

A little clarification about the three spellswords:

Desdemona has high DEX for three blows with a broad sword. Unlike the other spellswords, she's not that good with magic devices.

Regan has high STR for a broad axe and charge attacks. She has the highest Presence as well for the best Magic Device skill of the bunch, and a long spell range. All spellswords are bad at Perception, but Regan is the worst of all.

Rinaldo is the smart one with lowest fail rates and many known spells. He's the weakest melee fighter with "only" a long sword with two blows.

A tip: Wands of Magic Missile are now quite good weapons early on, but only for people with very high Magic Device skills! (Regan and perhaps Rinaldo qualify.)

[Nick]

just "highest score wins" would have worked better in Mist.

OK, that's done.