Angband 4.0 beta release

[fizzix]

I don't know, but I don't think it is the pack behavior. That wouldn't explain Baphomet and the Black Wraith earlier, plus @ was in the room of the vault, so the hound should have given chase as in the latest example with the hydras that don't give chase.

Ok, I'll take a look at the pathing issue tonight. Thanks for the save files, they will be helpful.

edit: I found at least one bug, I put a fix which handles the cases in those files. But I have a feeling this bug will crop up in other places too.

[Ingwe Ingweron]

The hound movement might be related to pack AI behavior. It's hard to tell. I'll try to look into it later to figure out what it's trying to do.

I don't know, but I don't think it is the pack behavior. That wouldn't explain Baphomet and the Black Wraith earlier, plus @ was in the room of the vault, so the hound should have given chase as in the latest example with the hydras that don't give chase.

[Ingwe Ingweron]

Are you playing with forced descent on?

No. Playing Standarts and regular options for my testing purposes. Just burned a !Enlightenment to demonstrate. Check out the full map - no downstairs. Check out the monster memory, Sauron is dead.

By the way, here is another example of the pathing problem. The @ can rest forever and the hydras do not move up to take him on.

Tester.zip

[fizzix]

The hound movement might be related to pack AI behavior. It's hard to tell. I'll try to look into it later to figure out what it's trying to do.

[fizzix]

Angband 4.0 dev be2a114

After killing Sauron. If @ returns to town before descending to DL 100, @ cannot get past DL 99. ?Deep Descent returns @ to DL 99 not DL 100. Also, DL 99 has no downstairs even though Sauron is already dead.

Are you playing with forced descent on?

[Ingwe Ingweron]

Angband 4.0 dev be2a114

After killing Sauron. If @ returns to town before descending to DL 100, @ cannot get past DL 99. ?Deep Descent returns @ to DL 99 not DL 100. Also, DL 99 has no downstairs even though Sauron is already dead.

[Ingwe Ingweron]

From your inventory, or the floor?

From the floor.

EDIT: Maybe like in Monty Python, it was just one thin mint too much and @ exploded!

[Nick]

Angband 4.0 dev be2a114 -CRASH

Just crashed reading several ?Satisfy Hunger in succession. Not easily replicable, so no savefile is attached.

From your inventory, or the floor?

[Ingwe Ingweron]

Angband 4.0 dev be2a114 -CRASH

Just crashed reading several ?Satisfy Hunger in succession. Not easily replicable, so no savefile is attached.

[Ingwe Ingweron]

Angband 4.0 dev be2a114 -Pathing difficulties

Here's another example. You can rest without moving until the cows come home and the Energy Hound will not come after @. Tester.zip

[Nomad]

If you get a "Your [object] has recharged" message in the same turn that you would have hit the edge of a trap detection boundary while running, you end up running on an extra square and stopping just outside the boundary instead of on it. At least, I think that's what's happening there - I've twice noticed @ running past the edge of a detection area when I got a recharge message. (Possibly other types of messages interrupting running are causing the same issue too? That could be what's behind the intermittent 'run past' bug.)

[Ingwe Ingweron]

Angband 4.0 dev be2a114 -Pathing difficulties

Here's a savefile with an example of one of the pathing problems. The black wraith and Baphomet seem to be having problems finding @ after he phased and quaffed potions to heal up. Tester.zip

[PowerWyrm]

In 3.5, looking at a blade of chaos on the floor was mentioning the obvious "provides resistance to chaos" in the info. It's not the case anymore. Is that intended?

[Nick]

Update be2a114 fixes

• Ice attacks not being reduced by RCold (thanks PowerWyrm)
• Stupid damage numbers in monster bolt and ball attacks
• Numerous pricing problems

In fact, the last two were related, as miscalculating spell damage affected monster power, which affected object power, which affected prices (and in fact randarts a little).

Please report any pricing weirdness - I think it all should be as for 3.5.1 now.

[Nick]

Angband 4.0 dev ac26dbd

Are enemy Mana Bolts now super-powered?

Just ran into Baphomet and the monster description shows he can cast a mana bolt for 1566 damage! Checking out some of the other monsters:

Sauron and Morgoth: Mana Storm (1600) same as Mana Bolt (1600)

That's messed up.

I suspect this is a reporting problem rather than a damage problem, but am still looking into it.

EDIT: Confirmed - it affects monster memory display but not actual damage done, and will be fixed in the next update