Poschengband game mechanic questions

[wobbly]

Played a couple more turns & finding it odd as a ring-bearer that I can't 'w'ield weapons & armour.

[wobbly]

Hmm...I don't think Rings have changed much. Now that I have a bit more time, I'll test a new one for 3.4.4 later

My guess is this:

I new minor version (3.4.4) is available
Game Changes
* Monster saving throws now use a competing dice approach

Edit: Got a craven ring going with 12 chr but it took an annoyingly long time.

http://angband.oook.cz/ladder-show.php?id=17705

[wobbly]

I've just tried several times. I wasn't being picked up at 18/10 or 18/20 chr. Smeagol disappointingly didn't even consider me. By forcing 18/30 chr (you'll need to be fearless or mighty) I got immediate success both goes.

[HugoVirtuoso]

Hmm...I don't think Rings have changed much. Now that I have a bit more time, I'll test a new one for 3.4.4 later

[krazyhades]

I've been hanging around in a roguelike thread on another site and getting some folks into PosChengband. It's generally well-liked, but a few people have had serious serious trouble getting a Ring going. I tried it myself, and I think there's something wrong. It's been damn near impossible to get picked up by anybody...they all see you as you really are. Even blubbering idiots.

I recall when Rings were first released that one could easily tempt a townsperson or novice archer or whatever into picking you up. This is certainly not true right now. It is nearly impossible to find a first bearer. What happened? It's frustrating.

[HugoVirtuoso]

More bugs:
Female Mimic characters...sex does not return back to female when you Stop Mimicking monsters!!

And Mimics start the game with "zero" mana. e.g. my Mighty Mimic, "Cherish 94" started the game with 0/12 mana.

[chris]

How are multiple blows calculated in poschengband? I just switched from a 8.0 lb Short sword to a 10.0 lb Ninjato expecting my no. of blows to go down for the heavier weapon. Instead it went up from 1.9 to 2.1. Neither are egos, I'm beginner in the short sword, unskilled in the Ninjato, STR 18/30, DEX 18, draconian warrior-mage.

Edit: Is this just the fact I can double-hand the Ninjato? where the short sword is a 1-hnder

Short answer: Yes, wielding two-handed can increase the number of blows.

Long answer: Calculating number of blows is complicated (see calculate_base_blows). Just keep in mind that strength and dex help, and that lighter weapons usually get more blows as well. Also, two-handed wielding increases the strength aspect of the calculation.

[wobbly]

How are multiple blows calculated in poschengband? I just switched from a 8.0 lb Short sword to a 10.0 lb Ninjato expecting my no. of blows to go down for the heavier weapon. Instead it went up from 1.9 to 2.1. Neither are egos, I'm beginner in the short sword, unskilled in the Ninjato, STR 18/30, DEX 18, draconian warrior-mage.

Edit: Is this just the fact I can double-hand the Ninjato? where the short sword is a 1-hnder

[chris]

Hi, I have a question about items of warning.

I get that when they pulse its telling me theirs either a trap or I'm moving closer to something I should really be running from.

But some time is glows colours. It has glowed white in town a couple of times. And just had one glow pink in the orc caves. What do these various glowing colours mean?

Thanks

Those mean a unique was generated ... the different colors correspond in some (non-obvious) way with the power of the unique. White in town will mean Farmer Maggot or Lion Heart.

Aside: I'm losing my internet access in a couple of weeks, so I won't be able to keep up with questions and such as much as I'd like (though I haven't been doing well with that anyway lately)!

[budswell]

Hi, I have a question about items of warning.

I get that when they pulse its telling me theirs either a trap or I'm moving closer to something I should really be running from.

But some time is glows colours. It has glowed white in town a couple of times. And just had one glow pink in the orc caves. What do these various glowing colours mean?

Thanks

[chris]

Thanks for the spreadsheet, I'm a couple of characters past the rune knight now (they never last - commitment issues I reckon).

Anyway a question about (I)nspecting an item.
I just picked up a dagger, not identified or even psudeo id'd. But when I inspect the dagger it tells me info such that it is frosty, can be activated, and is perfectly balanced for throwing.
Is that correct? I guess it kind of makes sense in that if a wielded it and pressed (A)ctivate then it would come up as an option, but it does feel a bit that I now know something that I technically shouldn't.

Edit: Screenshot here (its a bit wide):

http://i.minus.com/iQlBAB9SLlv7X.png

I normally never (I)nspect un-id'd stuff. but just wanted to see if it could be wielded while riding (my last character was my first ever ninja so I'm still a little dagger obsessed at the moment.... How awesome are ninjas?!?! Great melee, missile, and awsome utility spells. This one will be a struggle in comparison).

Thanks ... That's probably too much info for an unidentified object (which you can actually tell is an artifact). Displaying the k_info description for un-identified objects is appropriate ('Daggers are sharp, pointy objects used to stick things.'). Anything more (a_info description or activation) is a bug which I'll fix for next release.

[budswell]

Thanks for the spreadsheet, I'm a couple of characters past the rune knight now (they never last - commitment issues I reckon).

Anyway a question about (I)nspecting an item.
I just picked up a dagger, not identified or even psudeo id'd. But when I inspect the dagger it tells me info such that it is frosty, can be activated, and is perfectly balanced for throwing.
Is that correct? I guess it kind of makes sense in that if a wielded it and pressed (A)ctivate then it would come up as an option, but it does feel a bit that I now know something that I technically shouldn't.

Edit: Screenshot here (its a bit wide):

http://i.minus.com/iQlBAB9SLlv7X.png

I normally never (I)nspect un-id'd stuff. but just wanted to see if it could be wielded while riding (my last character was my first ever ninja so I'm still a little dagger obsessed at the moment.... How awesome are ninjas?!?! Great melee, missile, and awsome utility spells. This one will be a struggle in comparison).

[chris]

Some very very old and not up to date spoilers.

https://code.google.com/p/chengband/...KnightSpoilers

Those spoilers are too old to apply. Try this spreadsheet instead.

[wobbly]

Do pets lose there xp when recalling? or switching levels? I've already worked out they lose xp when taken in & out of capture balls.

I've had a baby white dragon since I was lvl 1, I'm now lvl 12 & I've not managed to level it to young so I can ride it. Would really like to keep it as I've had him from the start but am not sure whether I'm just wasting my time. It was a pretty funny start. I entered thieves quest with a wand of wonder, polymorphed a bandit into the baby white, it hit me down to 0 hp, became friendly then blasted all the other thieves.

[wobbly]

Jus started trying PosChang, coming from Entroband. The game seems to insist on auto picking corpses, even when auto destroyer is set to NOT leave corpses/junk. Default auto picker script is enabled too. Didn't have this issue in Entro.

Are you using the autopickup under the _ command?

It counts top lines first, so:

!junk
all

will destroy junk & pickup the rest where as:

all
!junk

will pickup everything and not destroy junk