How do I regenerate the monster file?

[Elfin Jedi]

I can't figure out how to run Angband 4.0.4 with the -p option. I've done lots of google searches, searched this forum, read the modifying the game help files, and tried to run "Angband -p" with my Command Prompt system, but so far I haven't found anything that works.

[Ingwe Ingweron]

Not sure what you mean by the -p reference, probably because I'm playing on a Mac. However, if you mean what I think you mean by "regenerate" the monster file, i.e., to have a full knowledge monster file, then copy monster.txt from the gamedata directory and put it in your player directory. Rename the copied file as lore.txt and you will have full monster knowledge.

[Elfin Jedi]

No, I am editing the monster file, adding monsters from Unangband, and version 4.0.4's monster file says:

"# 'power' is for power information--level, rarity, power, scaled power and
# experience for killing. The power and scaled power fields are determined
# algorithmically; if any changes are made to monsters, this file should be
# regenerated by running the game with the '-p' option."

[takkaria]

No, I am editing the monster file, adding monsters from Unangband, and version 4.0.4's monster file says:

"# 'power' is for power information--level, rarity, power, scaled power and
# experience for killing. The power and scaled power fields are determined
# algorithmically; if any changes are made to monsters, this file should be
# regenerated by running the game with the '-p' option."

This is now the '-r' option on (non OS X) Unix, and you should add the angband.ini file on Windows and add the line Rebalance=1.

[Elfin Jedi]

Ok, Thanks.

Is the angband.ini file the angband file in the main folder that says its type is configuration settings (contains Graphics=0, Graphics_Nice=0, TileWidth=1, TileHeight=1, etc.)?

If not, where do I get/find it?

Either way is there somewhere I need to add it to?

And if it is does if matter which window's settings I put Rebalance=1 under?

[takkaria]

Ok, Thanks.

Is the angband.ini file the angband file in the main folder that says its type is configuration settings (contains Graphics=0, Graphics_Nice=0, TileWidth=1, TileHeight=1, etc.)?

If not, where do I get/find it?

Either way is there somewhere I need to add it to?

And if it is does if matter which window's settings I put Rebalance=1 under?

Yes that's the one. It should go in the top section, marked [Angband]. Take it out once you've run the game once, or the game will slow down noticeably at startup.

[Pete Mack]

Oh good. I was just about to ask the same thing. I wanted to bring Azriel back under the name Mandros, with a few other nasty tricks (PASSWALL, S_UNDEAD.)
And monsters that "shimme" in name or description should, you know, shimmer. (Notably Blink Dogs and Shimmering Vortex. Irridescent beetles should shimmer blue, too.) Also, hallucination makes auto-shimmer just a hopeless flag. The game slows badly and becomes horribly distracting.

[Elfin Jedi]

For me it runs into an assertion failure in mon-make.c at line 910. Expression: race && race->name. Is that because I have added/changed monster races? It does this right after loading or creating a new character. It sounds like I will need to recompile it.

[takkaria]

For me it runs into an assertion failure in mon-make.c at line 910. Expression: race && race->name. Is that because I have added/changed monster races? It does this right after loading or creating a new character. It sounds like I will need to recompile it.

Do all of your new monsters have names set correctly? Maybe you could post your altered monster.txt file for debugging purposes. I don't think recompiling the game will achieve anything since all you've done is edited external data files.

[Elfin Jedi]

I changed some of the monster bases and added some new ones. I am adding the monsters from Unangband. I did change the kobold base to goblin because there will be more goblins. I wonder if that is what it is unhappy about.

I have only reached part way through level 5 so far. It says the file is 265.4 KB and the forum limit is 19.5 KB.

[Derakon]

You can put your new monster.txt file up on a paste site, e.g. http://pastebin.com/ . You should probably also provide the monster_base.txt file as well. But yes, if you renamed the kobold base class to "goblin", then you need to find all references to "kobold" in the monster entries and change them as well. For example:

name:24:Small kobold
base:kobold
color:y
info:110:8:20:24:70
power:1:1:40:4:5
blow:HIT:HURT:1d5
flags:DROP_60
desc:It is a squat and ugly humanoid figure with a canine face.

Where it says "base:kobold", you would need to instead have "base:goblin".

[Pete Mack]

You will also need to update ui-knowledge.c, which still uses hard-coded genera.
Also, you absolutely need to fix monster-base.txt

[Elfin Jedi]

You can put your new monster.txt file up on a paste site, e.g. http://pastebin.com/ . You should probably also provide the monster_base.txt file as well. But yes, if you renamed the kobold base class to "goblin", then you need to find all references to "kobold" in the monster entries and change them as well. For example:

name:24:Small kobold
base:kobold
color:y
info:110:8:20:24:70
power:1:1:40:4:5
blow:HIT:HURT:1d5
flags:DROP_60
desc:It is a squat and ugly humanoid figure with a canine face.

Where it says "base:kobold", you would need to instead have "base:goblin".

I already did all the above (except for the pastebin part). As for the hard-coded part I still haven't managed to compile the base game. Also, my game just crashed when I ran into my first tangleweed (plant base), so I think I will put my edited monster, monster-base, and pit (used kobold/goblin base) files into another folder for now and focus on getting the base game to compile first.

[Pete Mack]

I repeat: you need to update monster-base.txt

[Elfin Jedi]

I did though. I added a base for plants, trees, fish, misc, and changed kobold to goblin. Wait... the plant base doesn't have a pain entry. That would make senses with the monster messages error it gave me when it crashed. Ok, thanks.