I'm a convert!

[Therem Harth]

To playing with Shockbolt's tiles that is. These things are amazing. The Icky Things, the fat greedy-looking Merchants, the Magic Missile effect... All brilliant, and the style suits the game's atmosphere perfectly. I think this actually makes V a more fun game.

Edit: there is a serious problem though - tile size vs. spell range. Things can cast spells on you from *way* offscreen.

Edit again: love the graphic for Yeeks, they look absolutely hideous.

[Philip]

I thought there was an option to halve spell/vision/shot range.

[LostTemplar]

At least FAangband have this option

[Magnate]

At least FAangband have this option

So does V, since Nick ported it in April. It's available in 3.4.0 - all feedback welcome.

[ekolis]

You can also scale the tile size down by half, I think - though maybe even 32x32 is too big? Don't recall folks complaining about the Gervais tiles, though... and missing out on the full resolution is kind of annoying!

[ekolis]

Does the halving of ranges also affect monsters, or does it merely handicap the player? :P

edit: also, does it affect light radius?

[Magnate]

Does the halving of ranges also affect monsters, or does it merely handicap the player? :P

edit: also, does it affect light radius?

Monsters use the same MAX_RANGE as the player for their ranged attacks; I'm not sure whether the option also halves monster detection distance. I'm pretty sure it doesn't make any changes to light radius.

[Nick]

Monsters use the same MAX_RANGE as the player for their ranged attacks; I'm not sure whether the option also halves monster detection distance. I'm pretty sure it doesn't make any changes to light radius.

It halves monster detection (although not, I think, player detection) and max projection (line of sight, spell) distances. Note that it is a birth option.

[fizzix]

I should also add that FA's Halved MAX_RANGE is in 3.4.0 as an "experimental option". There has not really been gameplay testing in V with it. Results from FA seemed to indicate that it doesn't have a large impact on gameplay. But we'd love feedback on it.

[dos350]

you will never have my mind

i speak for angband

nn abuse~~~~

[Magnate]

you will never have my mind

i speak for angband

nn abuse~~~~

It's ok dos, he didn't mean you.

[Philip]

Jesus christ, bad trip right here! Seriously, dos, just calm down. You can turn tiles off.

[dos350]

i did ty 4 info anyway

no abuse my friends~

[Malak Darkhunter]

i did ty 4 info anyway

no abuse my friends~

Dosbot 350, the most sophisticated dos program ever written.

[Shockbolt]

i did ty 4 info anyway

no abuse my friends~

no hard feelings, or abuse dos350, even though you dislike tiles