Angband 4.2.4

[smbhax]

Huzzah! Thanks everyone for all your contributions! : )

[swim]

Thanks Nick!

[Nick]

Angband 4.2.4 is now available for Windows, macOS and as source. It can be downloaded from the official site.

This version contains a LOT of bug-fixing and code improvements, again mostly by backwardsEric.

There will be a 4.2.5 at some point, I should think, as there are still outstanding code improvements and minor bugs to fix; I wanted to get this out now, though, as I believe Single Combat may be finally bug-free and I really wanted that in the latest official version.

At some point we'll need to talk about what a version 4.3 would do; re-work of objects, especially ego items, is a possibility.

Summary of changes:

• use C99 types instead of the angband special types
• Single Combat maybe finally bug-free
• improvements to the birth process
• improvements to the NDS port
• many improvements to auto-building and all the front ends
• improvements to changing of background colours
• adding of a panic directory for panic saves
• new tests, and improvements to current ones
• re-organisation of effects code
• add a player argument to a lot of functions that needed it
• import a lot of historical documentation
• lots of tidying and neatening

As always, thanks to everyone who has contributed in any way to Angband development.