Borg bugs and feature requests

[eschiss1]

One other thing btw...
Left newer high-elf necromancer on overnight. Woke up to see a loop that had been going on I do not know how long:

"# Performing attack type 40 with value 224.
# Casting Crush (1,1).
# Performing attack type 40 with value 224.
# Casting Crush (1,1).
# Performing attack type 40 with value 224.
# Casting Crush (1,1).
# Performing attack type 40 with value 224.
# Casting Crush (1,1).
# Performing attack type 40 with value 264.
# Casting Crush (1,1).
# Performing attack type 40 with value 264.
# Casting Crush (1,1).
# Performing attack type 40 with value 264.
# Casting Crush (1,1).
# Performing attack type 40 with value 264.
# Casting Crush (1,1).
# Performing attack type 40 with value 264.
# Casting Crush (1,1).
# Resting to recharge a rod...
# Performing attack type 40 with value 224.
# Casting Crush (1,1)." and so forth. (I have the log file saved and can upload it as a text attachment if that will help show the situation in which this occurred. Should, now I think of it, have created an html or forum screenshot too or instead. Anyway, for whatever reason, the crush-when-nothing-is-actually-able-to-even-notice problem is not totally solved yet as of 4.2.5.554, unfortunately

[agoodman]

One other thing btw...
Left newer high-elf necromancer on overnight. Woke up to see a loop that had been going on I do not know how long:

"# Performing attack type 40 with value 224.
# Casting Crush (1,1).
# Performing attack type 40 with value 224.
# Casting Crush (1,1).
# Performing attack type 40 with value 224.
# Casting Crush (1,1).
# Performing attack type 40 with value 224.
# Casting Crush (1,1).
# Performing attack type 40 with value 264.
# Casting Crush (1,1).
# Performing attack type 40 with value 264.
# Casting Crush (1,1).
# Performing attack type 40 with value 264.
# Casting Crush (1,1).
# Performing attack type 40 with value 264.
# Casting Crush (1,1).
# Performing attack type 40 with value 264.
# Casting Crush (1,1).
# Resting to recharge a rod...
# Performing attack type 40 with value 224.
# Casting Crush (1,1)." and so forth. (I have the log file saved and can upload it as a text attachment if that will help show the situation in which this occurred. Should, now I think of it, have created an html or forum screenshot too or instead. Anyway, for whatever reason, the crush-when-nothing-is-actually-able-to-even-notice problem is not totally solved yet as of 4.2.5.554, unfortunately

If you can get me the save file I will take a look at it. you can either attach it here or on github you could write up an issue (either https://github.com/angband/angband/issues or https://github.com/agoodman00/angband/issues) or email me goodman.adam(at)gmail.com

[agoodman]

Crush is still not handled as well as could be, I think - still casting at monsters that have way too many hit points for Crush to affect them, e.g.... but ...
Here's another issue that may be worth looking at?
"# Performing attack type 49 with value 347.
# Targeting master lich who has 1095 Hit Points (55,39).
# Casting Curse (4,3).
Target Selected.
No monster selected!"
The borg never seems to manage to use Curse properly (which is something it rarely has a chance to do, I know, since it's in Necromancy book 5 - which is hard to get - but there's some bug or other in the Targeting code related to that spell.)

hmmm, I will take a look. the curse stuff is all new code so not very well tested

[agoodman]

hmmm, I will take a look. the curse stuff is all new code so not very well tested

okay, I took a look and here is the problem. When the borg picks a spell target it does

*p (move to the monster using directions) 5.
cast spell
5

but, even if the square it picked has a monster on it, this doesn't count as selecting a monster. Is this right? Is it a game bug? I will write this up on github and ask Nick

I think this will mess up the borg casting:

curse
command (not currently used by the borg)
single combat (not currently used by the borg)

I don't think there is a way to positionally select a monster and coding for targeting a spell at a specific monster rather than a point will be difficult. I am not sure how to do it.

I think I will have to disable curse for now until I think of a solution to this.

[eschiss1]

I've had to use * to select, iirc, not 5, when casting curse. (Something like that?)

[agoodman]

I've had to use * to select, iirc, not 5, when casting curse. (Something like that?)

discussion of the solution found https://github.com/angband/angband/issues/6337 and code checked in https://github.com/angband/angband/pull/6338