Quickband 2.0.5 released

[Antoine]

I have a staff of *slays* (KillDragon), but I can't find "KillDragon" in the manual. Is it the same as "Execute Dragon" (damage x5 against dragons)?

Yes.... it is

[caruso]

I have a staff of *slays* (KillDragon), but I can't find "KillDragon" in the manual. Is it the same as "Execute Dragon" (damage x5 against dragons)?

[Antoine]

Bugfix release at http://angband.oook.cz/quickband/Quickband_2_0_5b.zip: the main difference is that the Ban Sidhe, an experimental monster that causes many problems, is removed.

Enjoy
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[ghengiz]

There is indeed such an option, but it keeps ignoring my resets even when I use the admin account Perhaps I had set the standard program via Vista, causing a conflict with the settings of the program.

I heard of a terrible behaviour of vista...it seems to "fix" (in the typical M$ sense...) the changes the user does in the "c:\program files" directory, where software is installed by default.
Thus, if a program stores his preferences in a file saved there, this results in vista simply ignoring the changes. They justify this saying that, if a programmer decided certains settings, s/he knows better than the user, so the latter should not mess with them...
A workaround is to uninstall 7-zip, delete its subdirectory in program files, then install it somewhere else, for example in c:\
If, after uninstalling 7-zip, and before installing it again, the built-in unpacker still does not work, I think something is broken in vista (not that I would be extremely surprised )

[caruso]

a virtual store? what a mess...

Indeed...

1) say to 7-zip to *not* handle zip files (there should be a "select extensions to associate with 7-zip" somewhere in its options)

There is indeed such an option, but it keeps ignoring my resets even when I use the admin account Perhaps I had set the standard program via Vista, causing a conflict with the settings of the program.

2) reboot just in case. this update the cache of the windows registry to reflect the change in 1)

Will try in a minute.
EDIT:
No, does not seem to make a difference.

3) try to double-click on the zip file. if you have no more 3rd part zip-utilities installed, the built-in unpacker should kick in

It is always 7-Zip, presumably until I uninstall it or find the corresponding Windows settings.

edit:
oops, I saw your edit just after I submitted this post. Glad you solved anyway

Thanks anyway!

[ghengiz]

When I unpack the folder, I get several error messages that certain files cannot be output. This includes the .exe file, several .hlp files and font files.

Also, the unpacked folder ended up in the virtual store of Windows Vista, which you can only access by searching for "appdata".

I am already using the latest version of 7-Zip (9.20). Any ideas? At the moment I cannot even use the built-in unpacker because 7-Zip automatically handles all .zip files.

a virtual store? what a mess...
it's been a while I last touched windows, but IIRC you should be able to do the following
1) say to 7-zip to *not* handle zip files (there should be a "select extensions to associate with 7-zip" somewhere in its options)
2) reboot just in case. this update the cache of the windows registry to reflect the change in 1)
3) try to double-click on the zip file. if you have no more 3rd part zip-utilities installed, the built-in unpacker should kick in

edit:
oops, I saw your edit just after I submitted this post. Glad you solved anyway

[caruso]

Problems when unpacking with 7-Zip

When I unpack the folder, I get several error messages that certain files cannot be output. This includes the .exe file, several .hlp files and font files.

Also, the unpacked folder ended up in the virtual store of Windows Vista, which you can only access by searching for "appdata".

I am already using the latest version of 7-Zip (9.20). Any ideas? At the moment I cannot even use the built-in unpacker because 7-Zip automatically handles all .zip files.

EDIT: Workaround: Unpack to the desktop.

[murphy]

Hi,
there is a little bug in melee1.c, line 3989:
there should not be m_name in the function msg_print, which chokes on the extra argument

I ran into the same issue building for the comp. Linux/gcc needs this change to melee1.c


3989c3989
< msg_print("You hear a far-off shriek!", m_name);
---
> msg_print("You hear a far-off shriek!");

[Jungle_Boy]

I really enjoy this variant, it's the first *band I ever won. I play with tiles and I was wondering if there is plans to support some of the newer tilesets?

[Nick]

Oops - forgot to mention OSX port is here.

[Antoine]

Is it possible that it can wail at anything on the level? As if it can attack out of LoS for an infinite range? Something just seems wrong....

Yes it can wail as soon as it wakes up, affecting everything on the level (including you), and will keep doing so until you hunt it down.

A.

[dhegler]

Is it possible that it can wail at anything on the level? As if it can attack out of LoS for an infinite range? Something just seems wrong....

[Antoine]

I also saw this and I also have no clue to what caused it, sorry. I just wanted to say that it wasn't a one-time thing, at least a two-time I played a ranger with detect living (?) but I could not notice anything in particular that I suspected to be the culprit.

It is the shriek of the Banshee! This horrible monster can hurt you even out of LOS. Track it down before it kills you, or run away.

All those messages are pesky, though. I'll look into suppressing them.

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[thapper]

Ah, here is how it starts:

You hear a far-off shriek!
It hurts you!
It scuttles about.
It is stunned.
It grunts with pain.

rinse and repeat with my last post. No idea what it is... Don't see any monsters anywhere...

I also saw this and I also have no clue to what caused it, sorry. I just wanted to say that it wasn't a one-time thing, at least a two-time I played a ranger with detect living (?) but I could not notice anything in particular that I suspected to be the culprit.

[dhegler]

Ah, here is how it starts:

You hear a far-off shriek!
It hurts you!
It scuttles about.
It is stunned.
It grunts with pain.

rinse and repeat with my last post. No idea what it is... Don't see any monsters anywhere...