The fresh mage of Belfalas

[Sky]

Mine would bore you. I scum for a red worm mass and then farm them.

I play riskier after CL40- specifically abusing TS at the start of every level. And ofc i spam MBan if im a mage. I also rest a lot.

[Kodiologist]

I've come to prefer diving just because it's more fun than fighting endless orcs.

Here's my current @. I've had good luck with randarts, and I got a scimitar that provides telepathy.

http://angband.oook.cz/ladder-show.php?id=22105

[Tibarius]

Video

I post a lot of videos of myself playing but would love to see others post videos of their play to see how our styles differ.

Hello, actually i would like to create a video of an Angband game which i could upload to Youtube, so that my son could actually watch it.

How do you create your Videos Grotug? Can you create a video, on how to create an Angband Video???

[Derakon]

OBS is free software that's good for recording your screen. Assuming you don't care about capturing sound (or if you do, that you're on Windows), that's all you really need. If you want voiceovers, then you'll need a microphone, but OBS can also capture the mic as a separate audio input.

The big issue I've always had with Angband videos is that I want my play area as large as possible for my own comfort, but that conflicts with getting nice video for people to watch.

[Grotug]

Yes, as Derakon points out, I use OBS on a Mac to record Angband and then I trim the video if needed in Quicktime and then upload to Youtube.

Yeah, I suppose I could do a how-to video.

[Grotug]

Here is a very basic explanation of how I make videos. It doesn't explain how to setup OBS, only how I use OBS once it's setup and how I make Angband full screen.

https://youtu.be/sKcGXS1mdd8

To zoom in on your screen on a mac you hold down the control key and then use your fingers on the touchpad to zoom in and out, while holding down control.

[Tibarius]

Video

Thanks for the info, i am unfortunately on a Windows System.

[Kodiologist]

I just lost a character at full hit points (about 135) from an ancient green dragon's breath. It's my fault for not treating it more carefully, since I didn't have poison resistance.

[Grotug]

Thanks for the info, i am unfortunately on a Windows System.

This tutorial for Windows systems seems very good: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTk99mHDX_I#t=24s

[Derakon]

OBS is available for Windows too. It's even easier to set up, since you don't need extra shenanigans to capture game audio like you do in OSX.

[Kodiologist]

Maybe this is a dumb question, but how do I make the early game more fun? I can reliably get a character, or at least a human mage, to about experience level 20, and then it gets interesting. Eventually, usually around 30, I die. Fair enough. I still have a lot to learn about the midgame. But then I have to more or less replay those first few hours. The early game is more interesting if I dive faster, but that of course also makes it more deadly, and then sometimes I get characters killed at like level 10 or 15. It seems to be the reverse situation from NetHack, where the early game is downright unfair, but once you get the Castle's wand of wishing, which is at the midpoint of the game, you're home free (and Gehennom is so easy it's boring; real danger only reappears once you have the Amulet, or if you're unlucky enough to meet Demogorgon). Maybe I just need a break from roguelikes.

[Derakon]

Fun broadly comes from two things in Angband: being scared, and finding cool loot. Being scared is easy: just go past your comfort zone. Finding cool loot doesn't happen much in the early game (you may find useful loot, but it's probably not going to make you go "Wow!"), but does happen more often as you go deeper. In both cases the solution is the same: dive.

You don't have to crash dive (taking every down staircase you see), but there's very little reason to hang around killing weak enemies just for the experience. Strong enemies are more interesting to fight, and give both better experience and better loot, so go seek out some challenges.

[Kodiologist]

Well said. At any rate, my latest @ found some gloves of free action on DL1, so that's auspicious. He's now at CL 26, DL 32.

[PopTart]

For what it’s worth, my style is much like Sky’s. Books and magic devices, rest often, clear the level. I use magic mapping a lot, and reveal/detect monsters. It’s nice when I can twinkle toe past a monster, but if I know it’s there then I can avoid it easily by going around it or teleporting/blinking away. Kill the easy ones first to give yourself room for the tough ones. I don’t see the point of diving. Find the level with 1-5 tough monsters that will give you xp, and enjoy the snaga stinky cloud extermination.

[PopTart]

Another reason I don’t dive anymore: on my way to the deep level, I’ll find more good loot than in the deep level itself.

As for early level boredom... make yourself some macros. I have a macro for starting a new wizard, learning spells, ignoring prayer books, etc. Another macro for magic missile. Another for frost bolt. The spell macros are performed with the keys around the numpad and the arrow keys which I don’t use because I’m using the numpad, as well as page up and page down. Moving while holding shift down is a time saver too. A macro for resting until full is also great.