4.0.1 Bugs

[Derakon]

Just had a 9-headed hydra breath fire and it damaged a Scythe of Slicing (Holy Avenger) in @'s pack. Is this a bug? I don't recall fire breath ever damaging metal weapons. Sure, it'll burn up a wooden quarterstaff on the ground, but metal? Also, this was in the pack, even if it was wooden, I don't remember fire breath ever causing damage to the weapon in the pack.

Scythes have wooden hafts, and yep, weapons can be burnt or dissolved by fire/acid attacks if they're not immune to the element in question.

[Nick]

Just had a 9-headed hydra breath fire and it damaged a Scythe of Slicing (Holy Avenger) in @'s pack. Is this a bug? I don't recall fire breath ever damaging metal weapons. Sure, it'll burn up a wooden quarterstaff on the ground, but metal? Also, this was in the pack, even if it was wooden, I don't remember fire breath ever causing damage to the weapon in the pack.

That's a bug - weapons in the pack should have a chance to be destroyed, but not damaged.

[Ingwe Ingweron]

If you don't identify them, you can fire the 'thanc daggers like a machine-gun. No recharge time. Not sure if this bug affects other recharge items.

EDIT: Actually, nevermind. It was me being stupid. I have "F" mapped to fire the principal weapon activation - usually - but this time I'm playing a mage with it mapped to the magic missile spell. I forgot and have been thinking I was firing Narthanc, but was instead using mana points and firing with that spell. The 'thanc daggers are working properly.

[Bee Vortex]

I noticed a bug in dropping missiles:

- I had 82 bolts, inventory showing:

u 40 missiles
v 40 missiles
w 2 missiles

I then stepped outside my home, dropped 2 bolts, but the inventory did not update. I moved a bit back and forth, no update.

Only when I opened my quiver using '|' the inventory was updated and slot 'w' was freed.

[Carnivean]

I then stepped outside my home

Were you still on the square with the entrance to your home on it? You can't drop from store squares. The game will queue the command to drop it/them, and do it the next time it is asked to change your inventory.

My usual method to catch the game up is to ensure that I'm off the shop square, and use K to show squelched items, then K again to hide squelched items. Your inventory should update and the dropped items should drop. Of course, if you were on a black square, then it might be something else.

[fph]

I got a crash when descending stairs at a low level (somewhere around DLVL5, if I recall correctly). The error message was simply

src/angband: software bug

After that, loading the savefile gives the following error:

angband: mon-make.c:756: place_monster: Assertion `!square_monster(c, y, x)' failed.

Savefile attached for ease of debugging.

EDIT: I can't create a new character using that savefile, even with -n. Same error message.

[tumbleweed]

The following is more of a cosmetic quirk rather than an actual bug, but on weapons with multiple sources for the same slay, the slay will be listed multiple times.

For example the description for a Mace of Disruption (Holy Avenger) will say:

Slays undead, demons, undead, evil creatures.

It'll also list the average damage per round against undead twice.

(Though this probably isn't worth the trouble working around...)

Edit: I just realized that I'm playing a 4.0 beta 229 character, not sure if it's even still in 4.0(.1)

[tumbleweed]

So, about redundant slays again:

Deathwreaker "Slays [...] undead (powerfully), undead." for "[...] 1260 vs. undead, 854 vs. undead, [...]"

What exactly DOES it do, now? 2114 dpr vs. undead?

Disclaimer: Still that 4.0 beta 229 character about to finish.

[mrfy]

Seeing this in the release 4.0.1:

the Mithril Shield of Drain [16,+18] <+4>

+4 wisdom
+4 dexterity.
Provides resistance to acid, lightning, fire, frost, poison gas, light, dark.
Provides protection from confusion.
Cannot be harmed by acid.

When activated, it heals 35354620377f max HP (minimum 300HP), cut damage, and cures stunning, poisoning, blindness, and confusion.
Takes 362 to 444 turns to recharge at your current speed.
Your chance of success is 93.5%

[Nick]

I got a crash when descending stairs at a low level (somewhere around DLVL5, if I recall correctly). The error message was simply

src/angband: software bug

After that, loading the savefile gives the following error:

angband: mon-make.c:756: place_monster: Assertion `!square_monster(c, y, x)' failed.

Savefile attached for ease of debugging.

Thanks for the savefile - sadly it is fatally corrupted. I have been unable to find what caused the crash, but I will look some more.

[MattB]

Not sure if this has been mentioned before - it rings a vague bell... Apologies if so.

Everburning lanterns say they refill other lanterns, which they don't.

[Estie]

Probably not a bug, but is there a way to sort the ammo in a quiver ?

[Carnivean]

Probably not a bug, but is there a way to sort the ammo in a quiver ?

Inscriptions (@f0, @f1, etc) will move ammo to that slot.

[Estie]

Inscriptions (@f0, @f1, etc) will move ammo to that slot.

Thanks; but how does the game decide how to sort them ? I used to be able to sort without inscribing, because the game would put the ones added later more downwards in the list.

I am still not used to the new quiver system and have to learn it, but what is the advantage supposed to be ? Sofar, I would choose the old system if I could, because I can look at my complete inventory on one screen and accessing the quiver requires a double keypress which isnt in my blind-typing repertoire, thus slowing me down.

[Nick]

Thanks; but how does the game decide how to sort them ? I used to be able to sort without inscribing, because the game would put the ones added later more downwards in the list.

They're ordered by tval (bolts, arrows, shots), then by order they appear in object.txt, then by value. If there is a different order that obviously makes better sense, that could be arranged.

I am still not used to the new quiver system and have to learn it, but what is the advantage supposed to be ? Sofar, I would choose the old system if I could, because I can look at my complete inventory on one screen and accessing the quiver requires a double keypress which isnt in my blind-typing repertoire, thus slowing me down.

One advantage is that you don't have to wield into the quiver, ammo just goes there automatically. The quiver does appear along with the equipment if there's an equipment subwindow open; aside from that, I thought it would mainly need to be accessed when firing, in which case it comes up automatically anyway.