FAangband 1.1

[Fendell Orcbane]

I tried out my Genocide scroll and the game froze. I used the scroll and I types S, then I got a message and more- But that was it. I doubt I would have died because I had 480 hps, but I don't know. It sucked because I was clearing a ND vault when this happened. I guess I should have risked a banish evil zap from my staff instead? Is this a bug on my machine?

[Nick]

I tried out my Genocide scroll and the game froze. I used the scroll and I types S, then I got a message and more- But that was it. I doubt I would have died because I had 480 hps, but I don't know. It sucked because I was clearing a ND vault when this happened. I guess I should have risked a banish evil zap from my staff instead? Is this a bug on my machine?

Sounds like a bug in the game. I'll note it.

[Fendell Orcbane]

Sounds like a bug in the game. I'll note it.

Thanks...I'll also be saving in game, when I come up to vaults and special levels.

[LostTemplar]

Found one more path to nowhere and fixed it in my branch.
Btw I cannot reproduce any bug with genocide, must be rare or system dependent.

[buzzkill]

Thanks...I'll also be saving in game, when I come up to vaults and special levels.

Crashes suck. FA has an auto save feature. Even with FA's renowned stability, I keep mine cranked up to every 50 turns. It's completely silent. I don't even notice it happening on my system.

[Fendell Orcbane]

I tried Genocide again and this time it worked...slowly but it did work. Hey my computer is a late 2003 model. I'm lucky it still runs as well as it does: )

[Fendell Orcbane]

What does the black breath do to your character? I got hit with it and it didn't do much. I did eat Althelas and I got a message that the Black Breaths hold on me was broken. But I didn't notice any problems and I had been playing for a before I eat the Althelas.Also are equipment sets worth getting?

[HallucinationMushroom]

The same thing happened with me and my last character. I think it occasionally drains your max xp... not enough to really notice though. As far as sets I've only ever used one once. It added kill_undead to Angrist and nether resist to Barahir's ring. Nifty. That set probably doesn't exist anymore now that rings are changed. The bonus that sets with 3 (or more?) pieces will unlikely be better than just wearing what is best for each of those slots. If you can actually acquire a set (good luck!) then wear all the pieces and you'll note that the descriptions will change... perhaps the weapon will have a new slay or you have some bonus resists. They are just little nifties, but probably not worth it. I like the flavor they add though.

[Fendell Orcbane]

The same thing happened with me and my last character. I think it occasionally drains your max xp... not enough to really notice though. As far as sets I've only ever used one once. It added kill_undead to Angrist and nether resist to Barahir's ring. Nifty. That set probably doesn't exist anymore now that rings are changed. The bonus that sets with 3 (or more?) pieces will unlikely be better than just wearing what is best for each of those slots. If you can actually acquire a set (good luck!) then wear all the pieces and you'll note that the descriptions will change... perhaps the weapon will have a new slay or you have some bonus resists. They are just little nifties, but probably not worth it. I like the flavor they add though.

Thanks: ) I do want to find a set just for the coolness factor. If I win I'll just scum around until I do find a complete set.

[Psi]

I rejigged sets significantly in 036. Most now give at least +4 speed and often kill_slays to weapons. There are less sets now that the jewelry ones have gone as HM says, however they are often well worth wearing if you find one.

[Fendell Orcbane]

I rejigged sets significantly in 036. Most now give at least +4 speed and often kill_slays to weapons. There are less sets now that the jewelry ones have gone as HM says, however they are often well worth wearing if you find one.

Cool, are sets super hard to find? And how many pieces do they tend to have? From what I've seen speed is hard to get in this game so I'll be keeping every set piece I can get my hands on.

[Psi]

Sets are all two or three piece. Yes they tend to be quite rare - which is why I tried to make them worth wearing if you find them.

[HallucinationMushroom]

Nice! That's good to know. When I see the little blue messages my sort of glaze over.

[Fendell Orcbane]

Give me a reason...

To go to Tol In Gaurhoth aka houndland. I think that some sort of cool item would do the trick I feel like I might have been better of just heading towards Angband actually. Although ND was a pain until I got a hold of green dragon armour I felt like it was worth it because of Ungoliants cloak. TG on the other hand is a pain, I was also surprised when I couldn't Genocide Hounds in vaults that sucked. Can you genocide them if you are in the vault?

Anyway I should tell you(Nick) that I'm having fun with the game. I wish I could code and make my own variant

[Nick]

To go to Tol In Gaurhoth aka houndland.

So Morgoth can't summon Sauron

Can you genocide them if you are in the vault?

No - Genocide, Mass Genocide and *Destruction* don't effect vault grids.