Angband 4.2.3

[Nick]

Congrats Nick

Will a 4.2.2 character file be playable in 4.2.3

Yes - any 4.2.y savefile should be usable in any 4.2.x version. Usual advice is to keep a copy of the savefile anyway

[sffp]

Congrats Nick

Will a 4.2.2 character file be playable in 4.2.3

[Nick]

Found a bug (Actually found in my variant but it was inherited from the changes I got from V):

'k' doesn't work as a direction when targeting because it's set to do something else at line 1209 in ui-target.c:

} else if (event_is_key(press, 'k') || event_is_key(press, KTRL('D')))

I changed it to this:
} else if ((!OPT(player, rogue_like_commands) && (event_is_key(press, 'k'))) || event_is_key(press, KTRL('D'))) {


We roguelike-key users would like to be able to move around correctly when targeting.

Yep, that one's already been found.

[will_asher]

Found a bug (Actually found in my variant but it was inherited from the changes I got from V):

'k' doesn't work as a direction when targeting because it's set to do something else at line 1209 in ui-target.c:

} else if (event_is_key(press, 'k') || event_is_key(press, KTRL('D')))

I changed it to this:
} else if ((!OPT(player, rogue_like_commands) && (event_is_key(press, 'k'))) || event_is_key(press, KTRL('D'))) {


We roguelike-key users would like to be able to move around correctly when targeting.

[archolewa]

Being able to select an effect rather than just picking one at random is my favorite change. Wands of Dragon Breath are now *good* and one of my favorite wands when playing a device-focused Rogue.

[Ingwe Ingweron]

Congratulations Nick, BackwardsEric, and everyone who contributed to code and testing. What an achievement!

[Nick]

Angband 4.2.3 is now available for Windows, macOS and as source. It can be downloaded from the official site.

This version contains considerable bug-fixing - mostly by backwardsEric - and more class tweaks. It's also possible that the game will run faster than 4.2.2 - I'm interested to hear if this is indeed the case.

It will not be that last release in the 4.2 series - there are still code improvements going on. However there are no definite bugs outstanding (see here for the indefinite ones) and the changes since 4.2.2 make it IMHO worth a release now.

Summary of changes:

• updates to necromancer and ranger spells
• improvements to quiver inscriptions
• many improvements to dungeon generation, especially robustness
• many improvements to testing and building the game, especially with SDL2
• make the duration of multiple timed effects exactly the same
• allow selection for effects that used to give a random choice of effects
• fix a bug that made radius of artifact lights too small by one
• improvements to handling in-game information on effects
• better documentation in datafiles
• debugging commands now use the Angband 4 command system
• upgrade of the NDS port to the 3DS with many improvements

As always, thanks to everyone who has contributed.