RePosBand: play as a monster in Angbad 3.2

[pampl]

Looking at tables.c, INT/WIS stop adding mana at 18/180... that seems pretty low to me, but it's that way in the nightlies too so it's not a Repos change. Min fail rate maxes at 18/200 and fail rate adjustment (not important for monsters atm) maxes at 220, so there's still value in adding to it, but it does seem strange that it stops giving mana so low.

[buzzkill]

What's the deal?

RePos 6.3 - competition lich character.

My SP seems to have maxed out at 337. INT is 18/197 and I can add more, but adding more doesn't increase my SP any. What's the deal?

[zaimoni]

Actually, I'm kind of curious about this one.. did this

				if (type != GF_ARROW)
				{
					project(-1, 0, y, x, (k + 1)/2, type, flg);
					/* Make the physical portion TOP SECRET -Simon */
					flg &= !(PROJECT_AWARE);
					project(-1, 0, y, x, k/2, GF_ARROW, flg);
				}
				else
					project(-1, 0, y, x, k, type, flg);

turn off all the flags before projecting?

Yes. As already noted, problem is using logical-not ! rather than bitwise complement ~; it should read

flg &= ~(PROJECT_AWARE);

[pampl]

It looks to me like the code should be fine.

!(PROJECT_AWARE) should look something like 111111011111 so &=ing should only remove that one flag like the code seems to indicate it should. Presumably he only wants one bolt to appear even though it actually projects two separate bolts.

An alternate approach would be to split out the damage with a new type flag instead.

Doesn't the non-bitwise ! operator just evaluate 11etc as being true and return false?

I get this problem too. Floor tiles show up as white rectangles, as do walls. This makes it very difficult to distinguish between the two, and makes adventures in the dungeon very tedious until the font is changed to something else (I do this every time I start a new install of RePos).

Alright, I'll check it out.

RePos 6.3 playing with the comp lich.

The nether bolt is fairly useless because of it's high mana cost and everything seems to resist it.

A young red dragon resists it, should it? It doesn't show as resisting nether in the monster memory. As a matter of fact, I think that everything may resist both nether bolt and the death orb. I'm afraid to try it any more.

I don't use it much either, so I've reduced the mana cost. It does (player level - 9)d8 so presumably at high levels it's a decent little attack, but at high levels it also doesn't matter much if it costs 7 mana or 3 mana. It looks like it's supposed to be the lich's main attack spell as well so it should be pretty good.

[Pete Mack]

All evil monsters resist nether to some degree.

[buzzkill]

RePos 6.3 playing with the comp lich.

The nether bolt is fairly useless because of it's high mana cost and everything seems to resist it.

A young red dragon resists it, should it? It doesn't show as resisting nether in the monster memory. As a matter of fact, I think that everything may resist both nether bolt and the death orb. I'm afraid to try it any more.

[molotov]

Lastly, the 8x13 font does not display correctly using windows XP.

I get this problem too. Floor tiles show up as white rectangles, as do walls. This makes it very difficult to distinguish between the two, and makes adventures in the dungeon very tedious until the font is changed to something else (I do this every time I start a new install of RePos).

[Nick]

Just found a new monster type - water wapor. Should be vapor

IIRC the original Pos had these, spelt the same. Doesn't mean it was intentional

[camlost]

Actually, I'm kind of curious about this one.. did this

				if (type != GF_ARROW)
				{
					project(-1, 0, y, x, (k + 1)/2, type, flg);
					/* Make the physical portion TOP SECRET -Simon */
					flg &= !(PROJECT_AWARE);
					project(-1, 0, y, x, k/2, GF_ARROW, flg);
				}
				else
					project(-1, 0, y, x, k, type, flg);

turn off all the flags before projecting?

It looks to me like the code should be fine.

!(PROJECT_AWARE) should look something like 111111011111 so &=ing should only remove that one flag like the code seems to indicate it should. Presumably he only wants one bolt to appear even though it actually projects two separate bolts.

An alternate approach would be to split out the damage with a new type flag instead.

[pampl]

There is a bug in line #490 of attack.c
Replace the ! with a ~ to allow half-damage of elemental attacks.

Actually, I'm kind of curious about this one.. did this

				if (type != GF_ARROW)
				{
					project(-1, 0, y, x, (k + 1)/2, type, flg);
					/* Make the physical portion TOP SECRET -Simon */
					flg &= !(PROJECT_AWARE);
					project(-1, 0, y, x, k/2, GF_ARROW, flg);
				}
				else
					project(-1, 0, y, x, k, type, flg);

turn off all the flags before projecting?

[pampl]

Just found a new monster type - water wapor. Should be vapor

Maybe pseudo occurring in the quiver was the problem.

I've also fixed a possible bug involving damage multiplier in the block of code in line #414 of attack.c

It could be as simple as putting a) barehanded attack in the equipment list (when no weapon is wielded). Then I)nspecting it could provide info.

Thanks for the bug finding/fixing/solution ideas, you guys Welcome to oook, GF_ARROW!

I've run into a couple issues so far... the quiver issue has already been reported, but not for the throw command. You can throw items by pessing the correct letter but they do not show up when pressing 'v.'

Also, it would be great if the list of powers was automatically shown each time. Lastly, the 8x13 font does not display correctly using windows XP.

Yeah, I don't think the quiver shows up for any command..
Showing the list of powers each time should be an easy change.
Passing the buck here, but IIRC there are some problems with 8x13 font and Windows XP in Vanilla.. what kind of display problem is it, and have you seen it happen in V?

[bulian]

Just found a new monster type - water wapor. Should be vapor

[bulian]

Decided to give RePos and the competition guy a try. He's pretty fun so far though I'm on DL3. The @ gets some pretty sick gear to start with.

I've run into a couple issues so far... the quiver issue has already been reported, but not for the throw command. You can throw items by pessing the correct letter but they do not show up when pressing 'v.'

Also, it would be great if the list of powers was automatically shown each time. Lastly, the 8x13 font does not display correctly using windows XP.

[buzzkill]

Oops, I completely missed that. Thanks for the explanation! I guess seeing what damage you do with barehanded attacks is for future versions then.

It could be as simple as putting a) barehanded attack in the equipment list (when no weapon is wielded). Then I)nspecting it could provide info.

[thapper]

I just asked about that on the previous page.

Oops, I completely missed that. Thanks for the explanation! I guess seeing what damage you do with barehanded attacks is for future versions then.