[Announce] PosChengband 4.0.0 Released

[wobbly]

I think heavy lances are the one notable exception for maulers - they're 40lb, and I think they're the only weapon type where you might still want to pick up an average/good one when they'd normally be autodestroyed (since you can buy plain lances at 30lb in the shop, and I don't think there are any other particularly good plain heavy weapons). Scythes of Slicing are 25lb so probably not particularly good.

(But yeah, something like "~weapons More Weight Than 30" looks like a better way of doing it anyway, that's neat.)

Thanks to both of you. Yeah I've looked it up in the help & I can set be weight, so good. Found a great hammer (30lbs & better damage then the lance) & looked in the proficencies: There's a mighty hammer (probably doesn't come in ordinary though), a great axe(? lbs) & the heavy lance. It's a shame blades of chaos don't come in a heavy form but I guess there's always (armageddon) blades of chaos.

[Regalia]

What about that silly weapon for the lazy personality? Is that even still in the game?

[HugoVirtuoso]

What about that silly weapon for the lazy personality? Is that even still in the game?

It IS still in the game (in 4.0.0!), though chris made a slight modification to the weapon dice.

[krazyhades]

I should revert the dice change in my local copy because it was 10000x more fun with the old dice...or rather, die. I don't see any reason for the alteration.

[HugoVirtuoso]

^ chris changed its weapon dice for "more balance"

ALSO this future suggestion:
Provide a new gameplay option that toggles whether to use-spacebar-only to clear 4.0.0 gameplay messages. I tend to play so fast (well, extremely fast in some cases) that I sometimes I quickly lose track of who...what...happened events within second or less....because I navigate THAT fast to begin with. I think providing an option to force the user to use-only-spacebar helps to prevent me (as well as other players) from losing track due to accidental keypresses.

If 4.0.0 DOES provide this sort of option, how I find and turn it on?

Thanks!

[wobbly]

Ok the new way of handling sale values for unknown, pseudo-ided, ided & *ided definitely seems wonky, unintuitive & generally a pain (at least to me). I just sold a pair of leather gloves (cursed) for 239 gp. It's a pair of cursed gloves of free-action & I can buy them back for 2 gp. So unknown it'd sell for 1 gp. Pseudo-ided or ided for 239 gp. *ided for 1 gp. I'm starting to get annoyed with playing a guessing game of what ego junk items should I *id before selling & which I shouldn't everytime I empty my pack.

[Regalia]

It is a bit problematic, I'll agree. My characters get significantly less gold than they did in pcb35. At least early on. With increased prices on most services money is no longer a non-issue. Is it good? Is it bad? I'm not sure, but basically there are now some periods when I have to deliberately farm for items to sell.

I typically *id* egos that have (+x). Those tend to sell for more than *id*ing cost. And of course all high end egos like Permanence.

[HugoVirtuoso]

The funky part is when certain ego ammo sells for several-1000s of gold And the type of ego ammo that does varies from game to game in 4.0.0 - never happened like this in the pre-4.0.0 days.

[wobbly]

A small request for monks. Either allow them to dig bare handed or give them the ability to punch through walls like maulers have smash.

Edit: You know I didn't like the monk at 1st but now I'm getting the hang of 1 I'm really enjoying it. You know you're hardcore when you start headbutting deathswords without a helmet. Another request: something other then a shield from Wargs quest.

[HugoVirtuoso]

4.0.0 Bug - Making a HTML screenshot of the message history (i.e., 'p' then '|') dumps the past 3,000+ lines of history (and not just the current screen). You'd know what I mean if you check out my "You activate it..." screenshot.

[Tulip]

Please make tonberry blows less atrocious.

I got my dex bombed from a bad stat switch and got 0 blows as a result.

Also, tonberry maulers are unplayable.

edit: I mean MAYBE you could go munchkin, get a cloak of revenge and only have revenge blows as your melee, but that's pushing it I think

[HugoVirtuoso]

Another request: something other then a shield from Wargs quest.

Maybe Gauntlets of Slaying? I remember Possessors / Mimics getting Rings of Combat for completing the Wargs quest in the pre-4.0.0. Of course, chris changed that...

[poschengbandplayer]

Hey guys.Quick question(s)

Is there any way to activate "automatically clear more prompts"?
it isnt in the options anymore

do enemies that breathe high resistance specific attacks do less damage now?
it seems to me that if not,they have gotten ridiculously more deadly

if i activate only random artifacts,can they be generated with spell power increase bonus?like f.e beruthiel and athena

[HugoVirtuoso]

Hey guys.Quick question(s)

Is there any way to activate "automatically clear more prompts"?
it isnt in the options anymore

do enemies that breathe high resistance specific attacks do less damage now?
it seems to me that if not,they have gotten ridiculously more deadly

if i activate only random artifacts,can they be generated with spell power increase bonus?like f.e beruthiel and athena

In 4.0.0:
The high-level breath attacks don't do less damage. In fact, their resistances are weaker now. And the high-level breaths (e.g., Light) are more deadly because of this.

I don't know about the other 2 questions.

[wobbly]

do enemies that breathe high resistance specific attacks do less damage now?
it seems to me that if not,they have gotten ridiculously more deadly

I know I've lost every character who's made a serious attempt at the graveyard since the changes & that jack of shadows who I'd normally not struggle with has become very deadly.

Do you normally get a message "...foo guards this level" for the chameleon lord in chameleon caves? If so there's a bug when entering the level by tele-level, as I didn't receive the message.