Bugs and complaints on current master

[Nick]

This is old, but I always have been wondering:
Ingame, in the "=" - menu, there is the option to load an user pref file. Doing that works, up to the point where I save+quit. On loadup, the game forgets that the pref file has changed. Of course it can be done by manipulating pref files outside the game, but since the option ingame (still) exists, shouldnt it work ?

You can save visuals to a pref file (by default named with the character name) using the 'v' option in the '=' menu. Is that what you were after?

[Estie]

You can save visuals to a pref file (by default named with the character name) using the 'v' option in the '=' menu. Is that what you were after?

I was after keymaps mostly. They get loaded allright, but I cant save them, or can I ?

[Nomad]

Trivial but irksome little issue: it used to be that if you named a character, say, "Fred II" and then that character died, reloading the same savefile would automatically increment the numeral to name the newest iteration "Fred III", then the one after that "Fred IV" etc. That no longer seems to happen, and you now have to remember to manually rename your character every time if you don't want them all to have identical names in the Hall of Fame/ladder.

[Nick]

I was after keymaps mostly. They get loaded allright, but I cant save them, or can I ?

I don't think so. I'll look into fixing that.

[Nick]

Trivial but irksome little issue: it used to be that if you named a character, say, "Fred II" and then that character died, reloading the same savefile would automatically increment the numeral to name the newest iteration "Fred III", then the one after that "Fred IV" etc. That no longer seems to happen, and you now have to remember to manually rename your character every time if you don't want them all to have identical names in the Hall of Fame/ladder.

I actually wondered the other day if that was still working. Will check what's going wrong.

[Nomad]

Small weirdness: I encountered Sméagol, and discovered he doesn't seem to be able to pick anything up off the floor anymore. Regardless of what was in the square he stepped into he just kept getting the "Sméagol tries to pick up [object], but fails" message.

Also, some general observations on playing the current version after not having kept up with the nightlies for a couple of months:

• I discovered that anti-teleportation curses are now a thing in the nastiest possible way, trying to Phase Door away from the OoD Ochre Jelly that was coming out of the jelly pit to stomp me flat. Which was a fun surprise! In the masochistic way that finding entertaining new ways to die in Angband is fun.
  
• Encountering a little room full of lava, rubble and demons was likewise neat.
  
• I like the new object flavours! The mushroom ones in particular have a bit more character now.
  
• I really like having the template rooms now start appearing right from dlevel 1. Makes the early levels much more interesting to explore.
  
• I'd forgotten how much the new ID system completely streamlines everything. It really is a massive improvement.

All in all I'm really liking how things have developed since I last played the nightlies back in about November.

[Nomad]

The "your [object] glows" message on identifying a ring on wielding is a bit borked:

You have learned the rune of sustain dexterity.
You have a Ring of Dexterity +<2> (d)
Your  glows.
You are wearing a Ring of Dexterity +<2> (d)

Also, Dragon Scale Mails no longer show the "(charging)" status when they're recharging.

[Nick]

I was after keymaps mostly. They get loaded allright, but I cant save them, or can I ?

I was wrong, you can save them. Just go into 'k' to edit keymaps, and then save to a file.

[Nick]

New build is up, with those 4 bugs fixed. Let's call this one the "Nomad build"

[Nomad]

Using a scroll of remove curse on an item with unidentified curses tells me which curses it has on it (but doesn't identify the runes).

My feeling is that they should probably be listed as "unknown curse (power X)" on the "Remove which curse?" interface initially, but perhaps if you select one to attempt to remove, it should identify the rune in the process?

[Nick]

Using a scroll of remove curse on an item with unidentified curses tells me which curses it has on it (but doesn't identify the runes).

My feeling is that they should probably be listed as "unknown curse (power X)" on the "Remove which curse?" interface initially, but perhaps if you select one to attempt to remove, it should identify the rune in the process?

That sounds like a sensible solution.

[Pete Mack]

According to Grotug, electricity curse does not autoID on an electric attack the way resistance does. Potentially fatal bug--to the player, that is.

[Grotug]

According to Grotug, electricity curse does not autoID on an electric attack the way resistance does. Potentially fatal bug--to the player, that is.

I was attacking the Storm Wyrm with an Awl-Pike of Dragon Bane (2.5x to dragons what it was doing to others). So I wasn't attacking with the electricity conducting curse on the MoD.

[Nick]

I've just checked, and the electricity curse (steelskin, actually) does get identified on an electric attack. There is a bug though, in that the electricity vulnerability doesn't show up on the resistances grid.

[Estie]

Playing a HE priest, I unsuccessfully tried to identify a ring of the dog´s fear resistance. After enduring an enemy priest for long enough to get exposed to about a dozen attempts at scaring me, I gave up and recalled to sell the thing.

So I am wondering, wouldnt it be better to trigger identification even on a successful save, and, somewhat related, shouldnt intrinsic features like a half-trolls strength sustain also give automatic knowledge of the rune of same ?