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  • Sky
    Veteran
    • Oct 2016
    • 2321

    which Variants have graphics?

    are there any other variants out there with graphics / tiles? i'm looking to move from V for a while but really cannot cope with the ASCII gameplay.
    "i can take this dracolich"
  • Mondkalb
    Knight
    • Apr 2007
    • 982

    #2
    FAangband has graphics (and also many wilderness levels).
    My Angband winners so far

    My FAangband efforts so far

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    • PowerWyrm
      Prophet
      • Apr 2008
      • 2986

      #3
      PWMAngband too, and you can even use NotEYE to play as 3D FPP.
      PWMAngband variant maintainer - check https://github.com/draconisPW/PWMAngband (or http://www.mangband.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=9) to learn more about this new variant!

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      • Gwarl
        Administrator
        • Jan 2017
        • 1025

        #4
        All of them. Graphics go way back.

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        • Sky
          Veteran
          • Oct 2016
          • 2321

          #5
          i tried PWMangband but it wouldn't connect to the server. and i'm not sure about Gwarl's answer but i think he's trying to be funny.
          "i can take this dracolich"

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          • PowerWyrm
            Prophet
            • Apr 2008
            • 2986

            #6
            Originally posted by Sky
            i tried PWMangband but it wouldn't connect to the server.
            Just play locally with the options REPORT_TO_METASERVER = false and TURN_BASED = true. Don't forget to launch both executables (mangband + mangclient).
            PWMAngband variant maintainer - check https://github.com/draconisPW/PWMAngband (or http://www.mangband.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=9) to learn more about this new variant!

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            • Gwarl
              Administrator
              • Jan 2017
              • 1025

              #7
              Originally posted by Sky
              i tried PWMangband but it wouldn't connect to the server. and i'm not sure about Gwarl's answer but i think he's trying to be funny.
              Seriously name one and I'll tell you whether it has graphics. I bet it has.

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              • PowerWyrm
                Prophet
                • Apr 2008
                • 2986

                #8
                Originally posted by Gwarl
                Seriously name one and I'll tell you whether it has graphics. I bet it has.
                MAngband and TomeNET don't have graphics, they're based on a version of the Angband code where graphics were broken.
                PWMAngband variant maintainer - check https://github.com/draconisPW/PWMAngband (or http://www.mangband.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=9) to learn more about this new variant!

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                • Gwarl
                  Administrator
                  • Jan 2017
                  • 1025

                  #9
                  Originally posted by PowerWyrm
                  MAngband and TomeNET don't have graphics, they're based on a version of the Angband code where graphics were broken.
                  Well, the better question is still 'which variants don't have graphics' rather than 'which variants have graphics' which is what I was trying to get across.

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                  • Sky
                    Veteran
                    • Oct 2016
                    • 2321

                    #10
                    i haven't really tried many since, well, 2007. back when tiles were a new thing. i think back then only V and FA had graphics. Is Z still ASCI-only ?
                    "i can take this dracolich"

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                    • Gwarl
                      Administrator
                      • Jan 2017
                      • 1025

                      #11
                      Z was long-dead by 2007 but yeah it has graphics support.

                      You should probably try and come up with a different way to choose between variants since as far as I'm aware they pretty much all support graphics.

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                      • Sky
                        Veteran
                        • Oct 2016
                        • 2321

                        #12
                        i tried Z today and i couldn't even cast a spell.
                        "i can take this dracolich"

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                        • buzzkill
                          Prophet
                          • May 2008
                          • 2939

                          #13
                          Check my profile. There are links to quite a few unofficial tilesets for variants.
                          www.mediafire.com/buzzkill - Get your 32x32 tiles here. UT32 now compatible Ironband and Quickband 9/6/2012.
                          My banding life on Buzzkill's ladder.

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                          • Sky
                            Veteran
                            • Oct 2016
                            • 2321

                            #14
                            i'm trying TOME2 now - being that i have tried 3 and 4 and they are weird and non-angband-ish. I'm trying to figure out HOW TO EVEN LEARN MY SPELLS.

                            V4 has just so much better of a UI.
                            "i can take this dracolich"

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                            • EpicMan
                              Swordsman
                              • Dec 2009
                              • 455

                              #15
                              Originally posted by Sky
                              i'm trying TOME2 now - being that i have tried 3 and 4 and they are weird and non-angband-ish. I'm trying to figure out HOW TO EVEN LEARN MY SPELLS.

                              V4 has just so much better of a UI.
                              You don't "learn" spells in TOME2 like in other variants, if you have the book and enough skill in that school you can cast the spells.

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