FAangband 1.2

[Chud]

One more bug report (would you like these in some other thread?)... my necromancer "become bat" spell lists a duration of 10+d5, but it never seems to wear off and I don't think I have any way to change back...

Edit: nevermind the second part... didn't remember "]". So is a shapeshift supposed to ever wear off?

[Nick]

Bug reports in this thread are fine - I'm using it for that too.

So is a shapeshift supposed to ever wear off?

No, it isn't. Looks like there's an issue with spell info.

[Chud]

Doh - crash!

When trying to read a scroll of Word of Recall; select "read" then crash when I press the letter key to select the correct scroll.

[Nick]

When trying to read a scroll of Word of Recall; select "read" then crash when I press the letter key to select the correct scroll.

Thanks for the report. All the menus in the game have had to be changed; looks like I missed this one.

That's the worst bug I've seen yet - I'll try to get a bugfixed version out soon.

[Fendell Orcbane]

I've been scumming lvl99 forever and I haven't found a single book of runes : (
I have a 50lvl high elf mage btw.

[Nick]

I've been scumming lvl99 forever and I haven't found a single book of runes : (
I have a 50lvl high elf mage btw.

Have you found any of the last books from the other realms?

[LostTemplar]

Final books are rare, I have not found one with my mage too. final fight is ok without it, you want to teleport a lot anyway. Btw I have found a few rune books with my warriors.

[Fendell Orcbane]

Have you found any of the last books from the other realms?

What do you mean? I'm guessing that I have all of the other books, it took forever to find Power and Destruction. I want to find the Book of Runes, but I'm getting shitty lvl 99's and even two dragon pits failed to yield it. Arrrggghhh.

[Nick]

What do you mean?

I mean the last books for the other casters - 'Wrath of the Valar' (priest), 'Powers of Aman' (druid) or 'Necronomicon' (necromancer). These have the same rarity, and I'm trying to get a feel for if that's too low, or if you've just been unlucky. Or both

[HallucinationMushroom]

Maybe try interlibrary loan.

[Fendell Orcbane]

I mean the last books for the other casters - 'Wrath of the Valar' (priest), 'Powers of Aman' (druid) or 'Necronomicon' (necromancer). These have the same rarity, and I'm trying to get a feel for if that's too low, or if you've just been unlucky. Or both

I have seen a Wrath of the Valar and a couple of Powers of Aman and no Necronomicon. I honestly do think they are a lot more rare than they should be. What is the point of having these spell books if they are almost as rare as Feanors?

[joelsanda]

Some Mac OSX reactions

• Under the "Appearance" menu the only selectable option, which is selected, is "ASCII Graphics". The three tile options cannot be selected.
• Mouse movement is *very* Squirrely - clicking two squares south of @ will have me end up northeast of my current position.
• All options under "Window" are inactive, with the exception of a series of numbers that appear to be font sizes?
• Sub-windows can't be opened with the keyboard shortcuts.
• Tile Width and Tile Height appear to be active, but when selected with the mouse there's no sub-menu

I know you said Mac menus were not functional but figured I'd toss in what I saw.

[Nick]

I know you said Mac menus were not functional but figured I'd toss in what I saw.

Thanks - I think I have actually fixed all of these in development. I had just failed to replace two of the mac port files

There are still a few things that need to be fixed before I release a bugfix version - my guess is I should have it out in a week or two.

[joelsanda]

There are still a few things that need to be fixed before I release a bugfix version - my guess is I should have it out in a week or two.

That's great - look forward to playing it!

[Nick]

OK, 1.2.1 is now up. I think all the important bugs are fixed; things that are still missing/broken include:

• NDS port
• WinCE port
• Sound (I think)
• Nomad's tiles
• Mouse movement

Thanks to everyone who has reported bugs; please continue to do so.