Sil 1.0.1

[Jungle_Boy]

If you are still reading these forums, I was wondering if you use the "pick up things by default" option. If so, I've fixed this for 1.0.3. Let me know, as I'd like to mark this bug as completed if it really is.

I do use that option so it looks like this can be marked as fixed. I'm glad to hear it.

[half]

It looks like focused attack is the same way. It seems like resting with shift-z automatically rests you for two turns even if a monster is right next to you. I tried resting multiple turns with 5 or z but still got no bonus.

Has anyone else even been able to duplicate this issue?

If you are still reading these forums, I was wondering if you use the "pick up things by default" option. If so, I've fixed this for 1.0.3. Let me know, as I'd like to mark this bug as completed if it really is.

[half]

As far as I'm concerned, there isn't a problem with this. There is already a lot of information in the manual, and more can be found by perusing discussions on character dumps. You could always put a warning at the beginning of your post that it will contain spoilers for the game.

Fine by me too.

[Scatha]

I'm considering doing a Sil AAR, but I feel like I might reveal too much about the game...on the other hand some parts of the game might need to be clarified for future players. I've come to some conclusions about the game that I come to by both my own experience and just looking at other character dumps.

How do feel about that Half and Scatha ?

As far as I'm concerned, there isn't a problem with this. There is already a lot of information in the manual, and more can be found by perusing discussions on character dumps. You could always put a warning at the beginning of your post that it will contain spoilers for the game.

[Fendell Orcbane]

I'm considering doing a Sil AAR, but I feel like I might reveal too much about the game...on the other hand some parts of the game might need to be clarified for future players. I've come to some conclusions about the game that I come to by both my own experience and just looking at other character dumps.

How do feel about that Half and Scatha ?

[Scatha]

Does opportunist turn off if you are in stealth mode?

No, but you can manually turn it off in the Abilities menu (just select it again).

[Fendell Orcbane]

Does opportunist turn off if you are in stealth mode?

[ekolis]

It's intentional. We were a bit worried about Parry being too ridiculous if you could have doubled bonuses from two Defender weapons. I don't feel too strongly about which is the better behaviour here, but we might have to make Parry weaker in some other manner if it got the bonuses from both, which would add complexity.

What if you simply gave only half the normal bonus for the offhand weapon?

[Fendell Orcbane]

In my experience there has always been a secret door to those chests. Admittedly taking out the wall is easier than searching for it though...

Ah did not know this...

[Scatha]

This is basically right. The interesting rooms all have secret doors to the hidden areas, but there are some vaults which have entirely quartz surrounded regions with hidden things. It is easy to tell when that is the case as quartz cannot have secret doors in it. I don't think there are any granite surrounded secret areas at all.

This is roughly right. There's actually no game-distinction between interesting rooms and vaults, it just affects the room generation code, but some of the "interesting rooms" do have areas with things hidden by rubble, and a few have quartz. There's at least (and I think precisely) one, minor, secret area surrounded by granite in the vaults file.

Another question. I am twoweaponing two (2lb) longsword defenders with the parry ability. I have noticed that only the first weapon is getting the double evasion bonus provided by parry. I was hoping both would, and just thought I'd ask if that is a bug or intentional.

It's intentional. We were a bit worried about Parry being too ridiculous if you could have doubled bonuses from two Defender weapons. I don't feel too strongly about which is the better behaviour here, but we might have to make Parry weaker in some other manner if it got the bonuses from both, which would add complexity.

[HallucinationMushroom]

Another question. I am twoweaponing two (2lb) longsword defenders with the parry ability. I have noticed that only the first weapon is getting the double evasion bonus provided by parry. I was hoping both would, and just thought I'd ask if that is a bug or intentional.

I was going for a light two-weapon user with high-evasion to take advantage of riposte and critical strikes, but the whole thing feels like a big pile of fail at the moment. It's kind of neat, but not as easy as other stuff I've tried.

[half]

In my experience there has always been a secret door to those chests. Admittedly taking out the wall is easier than searching for it though...

This is basically right. The interesting rooms all have secret doors to the hidden areas, but there are some vaults which have entirely quartz surrounded regions with hidden things. It is easy to tell when that is the case as quartz cannot have secret doors in it. I don't think there are any granite surrounded secret areas at all.

People with high perception are much better at seeking out these treasures, but they are worse at other things due to spending their experience on perception. You certainly don't need all the treasures in Sil.

[Psi]

Sometimes you can see treasure cheats that you can only dig to, that is why you "need" to be able to dig. Or at least it would be really nice if you could dig to the treasure chests.

In my experience there has always been a secret door to those chests. Admittedly taking out the wall is easier than searching for it though...

[Fendell Orcbane]

I disagree. Why do you even need a good digger in Sil? Yes you need *a* digger to shift rubble by the latter half of the dungeon, but there is no real need to dig walls unless you get a freak situation with a Grotesque. The times I'd have liked an enchanted mattock (and a pile of strength to wield it - how much is that by the way?) is when I know where a secret door is (because of _Revelations say) but my perception isn't high enough to make the roll to find it and I've reluctantly had to put points in perception to proceed.

Certainly luck helps (like finding a _Revelations when you are forge hunting), but Sil seems balanced enough that you don't need to be lucky.

Sometimes you can see treasure cheats that you can only dig to, that is why you "need" to be able to dig. Or at least it would be really nice if you could dig to the treasure chests.

[Scatha]

Is it possible to wield a bastard sword, spear, trident, etc... deliberately with one hand and the left hand empty? Been considering a critical-seeking build and wondered if subtlety would work with those.

No, it isn't possible to do this. (This is deliberate, both from a mechanical and thematic perspective.)