Sil 1.1

[debo]

This whole present thing has made me believe that the "start with a single artefact / cool item" mode would be a great mode / unlockable for Sil 1.2 (or whatever the version number will be).

There were a whole slew of artefacts that made me experiment with abilities that are usually not worth taking.

e.g. Glaive of the Sirion -- definitely persuaded me to take polearm mastery. That was a fun game, let me tell you.

Gloves of Brethil -- was convinced to take just enough smithing to make throwing weapons

Plus:

Cloak of Maglor, Shadow Cloak of Luthien, Studded Leather of Aegnor ... I'm sure there were more. Starting with one of these items sort of encourages you to play in a very unique / different style. In some ways, it makes the game easier, but not that much easier -- I died quite early in all of these games. Probably because I was overexcited

We might see underused abilities (e.g. polearm mastery, throwing mastery, even Master Hunter / other perception abilities, certain songs) get more use if we encourage players to take them because of a "special item" build -- once you've been convinced to use them a few times, it becomes a bit easier to figure out how to work them into your own build.

There's a weird tension with some of the "cute" abilities that this mode completely obviates -- let's say I want to take polearm mastery at the beginning of the game. Now, I probably have to crapshoot at getting a good polearm, or put points in smithing to make one. The latter spreads my already thin points (from investing in a weird ability) even thinner, and that's just so I can get started. However, if I use a "normal" build (e.g. take Power) and then find a good spear at, say, 400', I'm still loathe to take polearm mastery because now it's more expensive, and the benefit isn't really that great.

OK, I'm done ranting haha. TL;DR can we please have christmas all year round in Sil 1.2? I'd be happy to e.g. take a score penalty to play this mode, so that we don't have the top 10 spots on the ladder occupied by characters who started with an unfair advantage.

[Starhawk]

When I drop the present and push 'o' the game tells me there is nothing in my square or adjacent to open.

Drop the present, move off the square where it fell (so you are adjacent), and then you should be able to 'o'pen it.

[WildKhaine]

The corslet of Fingon! Thx Santy Half & Scatha.

That's nice one. Congrats.

[HallucinationMushroom]

The corslet of Fingon! Thx Santy Half & Scatha.

[HallucinationMushroom]

That's weird... I just drop mine and then open it.

Well, merry Christmas gang. I made one whole character who is going to open up a present tomorrow morning... here's hoping it isn't a bow of radiance.

[HugoVirtuoso]

Move around first, THEN drop it, and press 'o' to open it

[whatusername]

Drop it on the ground, and then push 'o' to open

When I drop the present and push 'o' the game tells me there is nothing in my square or adjacent to open.

[debo]

Drop it on the ground, and then push 'o' to open

[whatusername]

This is probably a really dumb question but I still can't figure this out after an hour: How the hell do you open a present?

[half]

Wish I could recall... so surprised by it, I forgot what I was doing... there was a backtrace to the terminal which includes a sprintf and vsprintf, don't know if that's somewhere to look? (Probably needle in a haystack...)

Yeah, that's a bit of a haystack. If it happens again, do let me know and post a copy of the backtrace too.

[Qyx]

More helpful if everyone knows: What OS, and what were you doing?

Linux/Ubuntu, can't remember what I was doing... might have been on character sheet, but can't swear to it...

[Qyx]

Wish I could recall... so surprised by it, I forgot what I was doing... there was a backtrace to the terminal which includes a sprintf and vsprintf, don't know if that's somewhere to look? (Probably needle in a haystack...)

[half]

Just got knocked out with a buffer overflow... anyone else had this?

I've never had it, or at least didn't know that was causing something. What was the context?

[Patashu]

Just got knocked out with a buffer overflow... anyone else had this?

More helpful if everyone knows: What OS, and what were you doing?

[Qyx]

Buffer overflow?

Just got knocked out with a buffer overflow... anyone else had this?