Current master post 4.2.0

[Ingwe Ingweron]

Yes, thank you.

I think those Ent draughts should also provide some nourishment. For flavor also a bit of increase in @ height.

[DavidMedley]

Harooooom!

[DavidMedley]

Is that what Ents say? I might be getting confused with my own card game

[mrfy]

Latest nightly, found Wiruin, the Maelstrom in a checkerboard rectangle room. He doesn't appear to be moving, even though the description says he moves "somewhat erratically, and incredibly quickly". Not moving made him very easy to kill.

[Nick]

Latest nightly, found Wiruin, the Maelstrom in a checkerboard rectangle room. He doesn't appear to be moving, even though the description says he moves "somewhat erratically, and incredibly quickly". Not moving made him very easy to kill.

Yes, Wiruin doesn't move - the "erratically" is because all vortices get that. It is clearly misleading, so I'll remove it.

You caught him in a lucky spot - well, unlucky for him

[Nick]

New builds are up on the nightlies page and angband.live (source is here) with the following changes:

• Several more improvements from backwardsEric, mainly to macOS tiles
• Bugs with visibility of traps (when detected, and when disabled) have been fixed (#4205)

[PowerWyrm]

Something I don't know if it is intended or a copy-paste error:

static void apply_magic_weapon(struct object *obj, int level, int power)
{
...
		} else if (tval_is_ammo(obj)) {
			/* Up to two chances to enhance damage dice. */
			if (one_in_(6) == 1) {
				obj->ds++;
				if (one_in_(10) == 1) {
					obj->ds++;
				}
			}
		}
}

Comment says "enlarge damage dice", but code enlarges sides.

[PowerWyrm]

When I create a new character with the latest build, it says "melee: 1d1-20" and "missile: 1d1-20" on the birth screen.

[Nick]

Comment says "enlarge damage dice", but code enlarges sides.

This is correct - it is enhancing the dice by giving each dice more sides.

When I create a new character with the latest build, it says "melee: 1d1-20" and "missile: 1d1-20" on the birth screen.

This, on the other hand, is not intentional. Thanks

[Nick]

When I create a new character with the latest build, it says "melee: 1d1-20" and "missile: 1d1-20" on the birth screen.

Problem was the new food system - the birth screen was generated with the player at 0 food, and hence getting all the penalties from being starving. Fixed by feeding them first.

[PowerWyrm]

A little copy/paste error: lore for BA_HOLY says "invoke mana storms".

[Nick]

New builds now up on the nightlies page and angband.live (source is here) with the following changes:

• Bonuses to movement speed added to status line (#4298)
• Fox only gets one extra blow (#4303)
• Shapechanged players can't throw any more, and can't do other stuff by using the context menus
• Smart learning now allows monsters to learn from breaths, and is reset more often (so they forget everything and can respond to equipment changes); also it's now the default (#4295)
• Monsters at their preferred range are more likely to cast spells instead of advancing (#4307)
• Fixed PowerWyrm's birth screen problem

[PowerWyrm]

I think there's a little code error in build_store(), line 1540:

if (build_s - build_n > 1 && square_isfloor(c, loc(door.x, build_s + 1)))

Everywhere else in the function, the negation is used before square_isfloor(), but not there, which seems suspicious.

[wobbly]

Bit of a minor issue, the / command (identify symbol) reads straight off the top of the object list. For example if I move spear to the top of object list & give it the , symbol, then the command returns "polearm" for identify ','. This is mostly ok '!' returns flask which works ok for potion & ',' returns food which works ok for mushroom, I guess the only questionable one is the mushroom patch case.

Actually found a few more '^' is unknown symbol. '+' is closed door (which may be an issue for FA with trees). '#' is secret door.

[DavidMedley]

• Monsters at their preferred range are more likely to cast spells instead of advancing (#4307)

This sounds like a very good change. Makes me think, "why do ranged/casty monsters advance at all after getting in range" and then "they should probably retreat a square if they're not going to shoot/cast" and then "geez that would be super annoying if I had a melee character" and then "well, monsters would just be kiting the player like the player kites monsters all the time" and then "really should be a way to nerf kiting for players and newly minted kiting monsters" and then "everyone will hate me for even suggesting such a thing."