[Un] Spear of Nimbaldin

[paul1]

G'day all.

I'm playing the latest precompiled release of Unangband on Mac OS X 10.4.

My Spear of Nimbaldin went from (6d7)()() to (0d0)()() at some stage, and I didn't notice until now.

Why would the change have occurred? Is it really (0d0)? Is it just a display bug?

Or did I break the Spear somehow?

[Bandobras]

My Spear of Nimbaldin went from (6d7)()() to (0d0)()() at some stage, and I didn't notice until now.

I'm sorry to hear that. I seem to remember my Javelin 4d6 went down to 2d6, or something, a long time ago (reported as a bug on the Un bugtracker), but there were no more reports of such things.

Why would the change have occurred?

A bug, I'm afraid. If you make some more tests (preferably also with a savefile from just before that unfortunate accident), we have greater chances of discovering the cause of the bug.

Is it really (0d0)? Is it just a display bug?

Or did I break the Spear somehow?

Good questions. Please do 'I' on the spear and post the text it displays (copying the text with a mouse should be possible when run in text terminal, e.g. with unangband -mgcu, though I don't know the X OS binary). Please also try hitting monsters with the spear. The damage output should be much lower if it's real...

[paul1]

A bug, I'm afraid. If you make some more tests (preferably also with a savefile from just before that unfortunate accident), we have greater chances of discovering the cause of the bug.

G'day Bandobras. No savefiles before the event occurred, I'm afraid.

Good questions. Please do 'I' on the spear and post the text it displays (copying the text with a mouse should be possible when run in text terminal, e.g. with unangband -mgcu, though I don't know the X OS binary). Please also try hitting monsters with the spear. The damage output should be much lower if it's real...

I've attached a screenshot after doing 'I' on the spear.

I don't know how much damage my hits do; I wish I could see that...

[Bandobras]

Hmmm , it does not say it's broken or blasted, so I guess it wasn't your fault (like reading a scroll of curse weapon out of boredom). It also lists 0d0 in several places so this does not seem a display bug. I'll mark the old bug on the bugtracker as grave and provide a link to this thread. Thanks for the feedback. It seems Morgoth has his ways with the code and used it to mock you by making your excellent weapon useless. If I were you I'd try to kill him fast now, before he manages to reach out of the Void again and do something worse...