A Few Questions/Observations From an Old Player

[Oramin]

Thanks.

Next question: Does Regeneration stack? And, if so, how?

I currently have 3 sources and the best amulet I've found so far (down on 47 or so) is an Amulet of Regeneration (lousy luck with amulets this game).

[Pete Mack]

Next question: Does Regeneration stack? And, if so, how?

No, Regen does not stack. None of the "flag" values stack.

[Derakon]

No, Regen does not stack. None of the "flag" values stack.

Put another way, if a property stacks, then it'll say it gives +X to the property, instead of just giving you the property. The only exception is stacking permanent and temporary resistance.

[Oramin]

Ok, thanks. So the instant I finally find a useful amulet it gets swapped in.

[Pete Mack]

Put another way, if a property stacks, then it'll say it gives +X to the property, instead of just giving you the property. The only exception is stacking permanent and temporary resistance.

Mostly true. Other exceptions are Speed, Shots, Might, Blows, Stealth. These are listed in the same tables, but they are not flags.

[Derakon]

Mostly true. Other exceptions are Speed, Shots, Might, Blows, Stealth. These are listed in the same tables, but they are not flags.

Mm, I was thinking of the 'I'nspect screen, but you're right, the detailed character info displays a lot of stackable properties alongside flags. That's a bit misleading. I think some variants put numbers into that sheet -- green for a bonus, red for a malus, so you don't have just + and *.

[Timo Pietilä]

Mm, I was thinking of the 'I'nspect screen, but you're right, the detailed character info displays a lot of stackable properties alongside flags. That's a bit misleading. I think some variants put numbers into that sheet -- green for a bonus, red for a malus, so you don't have just + and *.

That would be very good UI improvement to add in vanilla too. It's not like it would alter gameplay, just helps figuring out which item gives how much something in one glance which you can do by checking your gear one by one anyway, so in my book it would be no-brainer as improvement. With multiple PVALs in items that would actually make things much clearer: item does not just add one value to things, it can add several, so remembering what gives what and finding right combination especially with randarts can get tedious.

[Oramin]

Hmm, I just used Rift on an Aether Vortex in 3.3.2 and got the message that it resisted it (which it obviously did since it should have died after already being hit by a Meteor Storm). The description, however, doesn't say that it resists Gravity.

[Derakon]

I guess the monster memory didn't anticipate that the player would ever have access to gravity attacks (Rift is a relatively recent addition to the mage's arsenal), so no text associated with it exists. Only monsters that breathe gravity resist it -- ditto with nexus, sound, etc.

[Oramin]

Ok, I now seem to have 2 character files from yesterday.

The first one is my normal file at something like 6:44 yesterday.

The other one is Oramin244501.old at 6:06 yesterday.

What's with the OLD file?

[Oramin]

So, any answers to the above question?

[Nick]

In order to avoid corrupting your savefile in the event of a system crash or similar, the saving process goes something like: move file to file.old, write file.new, move file.new to file, remove file.old. Looks like the last step failed for some reason.

[Oramin]

Hmm, Ok, thanks. Might be the new virus protection software I just installed (Kaspersky). Ok to delete the *.old file then and test if a new one gets created?

[Nick]

Hmm, Ok, thanks. Might be the new virus protection software I just installed (Kaspersky). Ok to delete the *.old file then and test if a new one gets created?

It should be - the .old file should be just a previous player state (presumably at an auto-save).

[Oramin]

Ok, you folks might want to rejigger the the odds so that Kelek's drops a bit more often. I didn't find it at all with my previous game (Hobbit Rogue Winner) and I'm still looking for it on levels 97 and 98 with my High Elf Mage.

To give you an idea of how slowly I play:

EXP: 15,679,782

Game Turns: 19,343,693

Standard Turns: 2,695,529

Rings of Power seem to be considerably more common than Kelek's.