Angband 3.0.8 prerelease

[pav]

Maybe the FGL (first game luck). My first game in any variant is always marked with great early finds...

[takkaria]

have been playing the 2007-06-28 nightly build and thought I'd make a few coments.

Woo! Constructive, non-aggressive feedback!

1) Squelch is much more useful now there is the option to auto squelch, however I would like items marked for squelching to be squelched without having to pick them up first.

Understandably. If you turn on the "hide squelch items" option, then you shouldn't even need to pick them up: they'll just be hidden from you.

2) when you use an un-id'd item that is autoinscribed {squlech} it tries to squelch it even though you have already used it. i.e. "you drink a brown potion, you are confused, you have no more potions of confsion {squelch}, nothing found to squelch."

Ah, I just need to remove the "no items found to squelch" line, then.

3) Cloesed & re-opened the game and all the items which had previously been puesdo Id'd had lost their ID inscription when I restarted the game.

Hadn't noticed this myself. Grr.

4) have the items been rebalanced? as I seen to be finding things alot shallower e.g. robe of elvenkind @ 300ft, potion of constitution @ 400ft, jewel encrusted crown @ 150ft.

No.

p.s. what's the difference between angband-2007-06-28-con.zip & angband-2007-06-28.zip?

Con has the windows console build, which is somewhat like the old IBM or DOS ports (I can't remember which).

[Kav]

I use 'n' all the time. Removing it would kill my efficiency

[Nick]

Woo! Constructive, non-aggressive feedback!

Yes, we forum people are very civilised - not like those rough, rude newsgroup people

Seriously, though, I think the level of complaint has been about right. Everyone is going to hope the new version changes the things they wanted changed and doesn't change the things they don't want changed, so complaint volume should be basically a function of the number of changes made, not their quality. I think some more gratitude for giving a prerelease was in order, though.

I must respectfully suggest keeping 'n', too, btw.

[ajps]

I must respectfully suggest keeping 'n', too, btw.

I'm pretty sure that's a bug, so I created a ticket for it. I certainly can't see where it's gone from a brief look at 3.0.6 and the corresponding areas of 3.0.8. Probably something to do with the new command handling stuff (obviously!)

[ajps]

I certainly can't see where it's gone from a brief look at 3.0.6 and the corresponding areas of 3.0.8. Probably something to do with the new command handling stuff (obviously!)

Ah, I see takk's showed me up by spotting it straightaway and fixing it.

[ekolis]

OK, I think I figured out part of what's going on with the "make install" issue I was having - for some reason I've got the angband executable in the root of my filesystem, along with a lib/apex directory! Why exactly it's there I don't know, but I suppose "make install" put it there instead of in a more reasonable place...

[tigen]

The numpad doesn't seem to work as arrow keys in the shop menus... hmmm.....

Anyone else notice this? I thought I saw it work once but now I can't scroll with the movement keys. I can still use the shops by entering the item letter of course.

Oh, yeah, thanks for taking on the position of Angband maintainer - for a while it looked like nothing as going to happen, but now Angband is so active once again!

Ditto

[takkaria]

Anyone else notice this? I thought I saw it work once but now I can't scroll with the movement keys. I can still use the shops by entering the item letter of course.

This is indeed the case. Will fix for the next prerelease.

[Faust]

If squelching is set to squelch cused items it marks them {squelch} as soon as you pick them up rather than waiting till they've been psuedo id'd.

[Faust]

Just found a latern (everburning), the info screen says this may be used to fuel another lantern and the game lets me "fill" it with oil. As it needs no fuel surely this shouldn't happen.

[takkaria]

If squelching is set to squelch cused items it marks them {squelch} as soon as you pick them up rather than waiting till they've been psuedo id'd.

Fixed in the nightlies already.

[Faust]

Fixed in the nightlies already.

Cool. I've got the nightly installed at work but still running PR1 at home should bring them both upto date I suppose otherwise I'll get confused as to what has and hasn't been done.

[Faust]

Fueling a normal latern from an (everburning) one gives it 8553 turns of light and the (everburnig) one goes out.
Edit: just found a flask of oil and refuelled the everburnig latern.

[Faust]

The temple & General Store don't say hello or moan about being sold crap / celebrate good stuff. All the other stores work.