[Announce] PosChengband 4.0.0 Released

[Tulip]

On my shield-master of Demeter I took weapon versatility so I could get a good boost of accuracy.

Unfortunately, my mastery seems to reset to Beginner for some odd reason.

Is this a bug?

Dump for reference:

http://angband.oook.cz/ladder-show.php?id=18430&ok

[poschengbandplayer]

thanks for the replies,guys!

so,was anything balanced to counteract the resistance decrease?are high resistances more common now?

ps:i cant imagine surviving an encounter with cyberdemons or spectral wyrms now ._.

[Regalia]

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

I'd like to know that one too. I don't think you can.

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

You can get +spellpower on some items that's for sure. Not sure if only on specific ego items or if on randarts too (I think lights can get it). Certainly not on all item types. Lights, rings, amulets, crowns and that's probably it. Nowhere near the number that's on beruthiel though.

[HugoVirtuoso]

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.

Did that happen only with the Chameleon cave? Or this happened with other dungeons too?

[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.

[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.

[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]

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...

[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]

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.

[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]

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.

[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.

[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.

[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!