Issues on current master

[Nick]

Commit f764123 is titled "Increase bonus on rings of Searching" and changed the bonus from 1+M5 to d4... actually decreasing the bonus (1-6 to 1-4). To at least keep the same total (1-6) and increasing the base bonus, d3M3 seems more appropriate.

Yeah, OK. The issue was that =Searching are probably only going to be used early on, where the M bonus was almost always going to be 0. I'll probably actually go with d4M2.

[Sky]

speaking o DSM, why do some artifacts have the description "allows you to breathe fire OR acid Or frost etc.." instead of just "breathe the elements" ? it's a huge, confusing, unnecessary text. i'm still puzzled if you breathe multiple breaths at the same time.

the (+0,+0) is because it doesn't have the reduction in hit chance that some armors have, if i understand correctly.


regarding cursed items, why are we allowed to sell things like blades of morgul ? that is some foul, maleficent blade and should have a value of zero. i'd suggest the shops do not buy cursed items at all, even if its a minor curse on a nice item.


and i still think Seeing is vauled way too much .. a helm of seeing +5 costs more than an helm of telepathy!

[Sky]

in g1b0b51a, you do not identify items you sell, even if they are blatantly identified once sold.

for example; (this might be several bugs at once)

you wear a silver ring +1

(i see my light radius increase) no identify

you have sold a ring +1

(ring gets listed as ring of light +1) no identify

i BUY back the same ring : you have learned the rune of light.

[Gwarl]

About cone breaths, I've seen some odd behaviors where it's possible to stand almost in front of a narrow breather and not be hit. My intuition is that cone breaths should have a minimum width of 45 degrees, going up to 90 for ancient dragons. There are also cases when standing in a corridor and being breathed on and not being hit, I think another side effect of line of sight vs projection being inconsistent with each other.

[Pete Mack]

@Sky-- only sustains are learned automatically that way, if you pick up stat ring or amulet. Resistances and abilities are not.

[Sky]

don't you think it should follow the same rule that "if the player can immediately identify it, so should the character".

[Nick]

in g1b0b51a, you do not identify items you sell, even if they are blatantly identified once sold.

for example; (this might be several bugs at once)

you wear a silver ring +1

(i see my light radius increase) no identify

you have sold a ring +1

(ring gets listed as ring of light +1) no identify

i BUY back the same ring : you have learned the rune of light.

This looks like a bug. Are there any other properties you've noticed it with?

EDIT: Can't confirm this - =Light identifies fine for me

[Sky]

that's the only rune i have noticed it with. i did however see the same with two wands. after they are sold and they appear in the market, they still have {unseen} and if i buy them back i ID them.

[Estie]

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[Nick]

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Thanks. Was that on level generation? If not, can you remember what you were doing?

[Estie]

Yes I believe it was on generation.

[Sky]

Blades of Morgul can have additional ego properties, such as ... hold life.

[wobbly]

Morgul blades have aggravation right? Too weak as weapons to suicide that way. Better to remove the ag, give them drain xp & a sticky curse guaranteed to break the weapon on removal

[Sky]

the aggravate and drain xp. otherwise, they are decent weapons. back in 3.0 angband, they were cursed (i.e. you could not unequip them) and they had penalties to hit and damage, and a flavour text so amazing i still remember it "you feel a deadly chill" when you wielded them.

[Derakon]

the aggravate and drain xp. otherwise, they are decent weapons. back in 3.0 angband, they were cursed (i.e. you could not unequip them) and they had penalties to hit and damage, and a flavour text so amazing i still remember it "you feel a deadly chill" when you wielded them.

The flavor text was "Oops! It feels deathly cold!" and was displayed whenever you equipped any cursed item (possibly only if it hadn't been identified yet, though).