V 3.5 now in feature freeze

[Timo Pietilä]

Noticed that close-command doesn't as direction. Didn't found option for that so I guess also disarm doesn't ask that either. I would like to have that option back.

[takkaria]

I probably have, but why would this be a problem if the SDL module is never invoked and no calls are made to the SDL library? (Sorry if this is a really ignorant question) I've also compiled support for x11 and curses but there aren't any complaints from these libraries ...

EDIT: disabling sdl-mixer worked: 500k runs underway ...

Because it's SDL sound, not the SDL port. Sound is initialised separately from display.

[Timo Pietilä]

"Turns used" -field is empty in 'C'haracter screen. version 437-g0765794

[EDIT] Scratch that. Just looked too hastily, turns are listed below that line.

[Derakon]

Noticed that close-command doesn't as direction. Didn't found option for that so I guess also disarm doesn't ask that either. I would like to have that option back.

Out of curiosity, why do you want a directional prompt if there's only one option (i.e. one adjacent trap/open door)?

[ekolis]

Perhaps to prevent accidental movement due to muscle memory?

[Timo Pietilä]

Perhaps to prevent accidental movement due to muscle memory?

Exactly. I seem to get into loop of close door - open door: expecting to give direction I bump to a door I just closed which in turn opens it. Rather annoying with breeders other side of the door.

[EDIT] added better explanation.

[Timo Pietilä]

Is it just me, or are the experience potions now a lot more shallow than they used to be? I found four before I have even got to 1500' and result is that my char is now way ahead of my equipment which leads all kinds of situations I'm not used to.

[MattB]

Is it just me, or are the experience potions now a lot more shallow than they used to be? I found four before I have even got to 1500' and result is that my char is now way ahead of my equipment which leads all kinds of situations I'm not used to.

I just found my first. At clvl50.
We'll have to ask Magnate to run some stats.

[takkaria]

Is it just me, or are the experience potions now a lot more shallow than they used to be? I found four before I have even got to 1500' and result is that my char is now way ahead of my equipment which leads all kinds of situations I'm not used to.

I suspect that the changes to good/great distribution affect !Experience since they are counted as 'good'. It seems like it would be a good idea to tone down the good/great chances again a little.

[MattB]

I suspect that the changes to good/great distribution affect !Experience since they are counted as 'good'. It seems like it would be a good idea to tone down the good/great chances again a little.

Does this affect artifacts too?
Just found Narthanc lying on the ground at dlvl2. That's a game-changer!
I guess I'll just await Magnate's stats. Is it weird that I'm actually quite excited by the wait?

[Timo Pietilä]

It seems like it would be a good idea to tone down the good/great chances again a little.

For !experience it could be enough to just make them a bit more rare, but I agree this is a lot more generous than 3.4.1 was, especially for weapon artifacts.

[Magnate]

Does this affect artifacts too?
Just found Narthanc lying on the ground at dlvl2. That's a game-changer!
I guess I'll just await Magnate's stats. Is it weird that I'm actually quite excited by the wait?

Sadly it looks as if we've hit some kind of infinite loop because we've been stuck at 93 runs for over 24h now. I'm running it in the background so it *could* be simply that something's gone wrong with the logging (the process is still going strong), but there's no way to tell. If it's still not finished when I get home I'll restart it in the foreground, so I can keep checking on it.

So - takkaria - if you're going to change the good/great chances, let me know and I'll update so that the stats are done on the right version.

[MattB]

More anecdata feedback

It seems like it would be a good idea to tone down the good/great chances again a little.

I'm in the rather strange situation (for me at least) where I've squelched all non-artifact weapons at dlvl30. Firstly because I'm getting regular artifact weapons and secondly because I can't be bothered IDing all the egos when I've already got Maedhros, Narthanc, Nimthanc, Elvagil, Forasgil and a couple of others. Maybe Funt III has inherited his daddy's luck with artifacts, but I'm beginning to suspect this is not the case.

Having said that, I did just encounter a Dreadlord at dlvl28 which was a bit of a shock! He was worth three character levels to me, so I forgive him!

[Nomad]

I'm in the rather strange situation (for me at least) where I've squelched all non-artifact weapons at dlvl30. Firstly because I'm getting regular artifact weapons and secondly because I can't be bothered IDing all the egos when I've already got Maedhros, Narthanc, Nimthanc, Elvagil, Forasgil and a couple of others. Maybe Funt III has inherited his daddy's luck with artifacts, but I'm beginning to suspect this is not the case.

Meanwhile, I'm still playing randart games and consistently finding no more than one artefact in the first 40 levels. Guess I should try playing standarts for comparison...

[takkaria]

So - takkaria - if you're going to change the good/great chances, let me know and I'll update so that the stats are done on the right version.

I'm not going to change it yet - I'd rather leave that until I can chat to fizzix about it.