Comp 166

[debo]

I'm doing some preliminary research. I managed to get Animeband060a2 to compile, but it was totally busted -- functions calling functions with parameters that don't exist, that kind of thing. Clearly this source bundle never actually compiled into anything. It crashes when you try to rest, though, although everything else seems to work.

If any Windows users want to be helpful:

Can someone download this: http://angband.oook.cz/animeband/Ani...0a2Windows.zip

and let me know if resting when below maxHP causes their game to crash?

[krazyhades]

I'll give it a shot right now debo.
update: worked fine. Took a hit from a Yakuza in town, went down the stairs and rested safely.

[debo]

Ok, rad. Thank you! This might be a comp candidate then, although I might try the 0.5x releases instead so that non-windows people can (hopefully) compile things to their platform if they want.

[krazyhades]

No thank YOU! I barely did anything...

[debo]

Change of plans -- we're doing Neoband 0.7.1 for this comp instead.

No offense to the maintainer, but it's possible that this variant will be completely broken Thus, I would treat this like a motivation to playtest the game, rather than a perfectly balanced competition candidate.

G L H F

[Therem Harth]

No offense taken. For the record, I would say the beginning difficulty scale for the new classes, from least to greatest, runs something like

1. Sniper
2. Shieldmaiden
3. Sapper
4. Reaper
5. Pyromancer
6. Avatar
7. Assassin

Of these, Pyromancer plays most like a Vanilla mage, and Avatar most like a Vanilla priest, IMO.

(Note, again: powers are accessed through 'p'. The same spell can be cast with the same vector etc. through 'P', i.e. shift + 'p'.)

[debo]

Holy crap sappers look amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!

[debo]

Is it intentional that reapers can regain MP by resting? I think they might be fine if they didn't, and if you were forced to kill dudes to regain MP.

[Therem Harth]

Not intentional so much as "didn't think about it." But having them need to kill to regain MP is a great idea and will feature in the next version. Thanks.

[HugoVirtuoso]

Is it intentional that reapers can regain MP by resting? I think they might be fine if they didn't, and if you were forced to kill dudes to regain MP.

D'oh. You just gave Tharem Harth another reason to balance the Reapers.

[ranger jeff]

Well, looks like my first attempt is going to suffer from the same issue as all my other recent first attempts at playing the different competition variants... The first time I play, I can't save. ^S = save failed... I'll just have to let it crash, and the next time I start it will be fine.

But thought I'd leave a note on my first character. Dwarf Shieldmaiden. Not sure why I have spellpoints, and I don't see any books in the game. Couldn't find any description of what the class does, but I'm having fun bashing away. Drops are heavy, ?'s and !'s all over the place, tons of gold, too. Hithlomir at 300' from Smeagol very nice. Main Gauche of +2 extra attacks at 350' providing serious damage. No major kit on rapid dive, found !Exp at 900' or so, took me to clvl 30. And just now Dal-i-thion off the ground at 1350'

AC 90, 380hp, 102dpr, +5 speed 58k game turns in is not a bad way to start. Which is why I was about to 'f'ile dump (which also failed...)

Edit: ^X crashed that character as expected, made another and tried ^X immediately to see, and it crashed again...

Edit 2: Ran as administrator and now it saves fine...

[debo]

Press 'p' to use your class powers.

[Therem Harth]

I really should make 'm' work too, now that book magic is removed.

Re saves failing, this is on Windows? I'll see if I can reproduce. Neoband should not need admin privileges, ever, unless there are some weird permissions issues or something.

[ranger jeff]

Yeah, windows 7... not sure why "running as admin" fixed my problem... I have a pretty clean computer so I don't think it's a problem I created messing with my computer's settings or anything like that.

[debo]

Can we please rename the Reaper's Manaburst to "Vindicator"?