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The new code is based on vanilla 4.0, IM_XXX and RES_XXX flags have been combined into RES_XXX. An immunity is declared as RES_XXX[3], while a simple resistance is set as RES_XXX[1]. Same goes with slays and brands, which have the multiplier defined in the text files.
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PWMAngband variant maintainer - check https://github.com/draconisPW/PWMAngband (or http://www.mangband.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=9) to learn more about this new variant! -
The "birth_no_selling" option is the default like in vanilla Angband, so you get more gold but cannot sell back items (except for ID purposes). If you want to be able to sell items, unset this option during character birth.
The code is very stable at this point (1.1.11 build 7). All changes from master (vanilla Angband) have been ported except a couple things which have been committed the past days (and that's only cosmetic code changes). My todo list is currently empty, except for two bugs that I've not been able to reproduce.
If you want more info, check the help files. They have been updated with all changes in PWMAngband. If you want detail about the new races/classes, try birth.txt.PWMAngband variant maintainer - check https://github.com/draconisPW/PWMAngband (or http://www.mangband.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=9) to learn more about this new variant!Comment
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I am guessing there is an option somewhere that turns off XP on levels higher than the deepest level you have been to? Just spent 30min hunting 50ft after a death to see that my XP meter hasnt moved. 8(Comment
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L3 so that definately isnt the problem. I am familiar with how Angband handles XP and there is definately something funny going on here....but is it by design?
On the plus side, I noticed when I got close to death that time dialates and you actually have a chance to try to save yourself. This is a HUGE improvement in my book.Comment
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Ok, i am guessing that the game data is baed more off Angband than Mangband.
Hopefully its easy to change things like shop keeper inventories. And I will probably have to rebalance spawns and monsters for multiplayer,
How much testing and balancing has been done already? Not Angband....I am talking PWMangband only. And really I am talking about the multiplayer stuff.Comment
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Or maybe not. I was comparing monster data of low level monsters and things are not much difference. But I have definately noticed a difference in the spawns on 50ft in Mangband vs PWMangband. I get more spawns and groups of spawns. I am not sure it breaks anything, but surviving L1-10 seems harder in PWMangband than 1.1.2. If you have any ideas why this is, I am interested in knowing.Comment
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Maybe my biggest question...what happened to Charisma? Is this another of those birth option things?Comment
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Ah. I am playing 3.4 on my phone and it has CHA. Figured it was a V4 thing.
There are a few reasons I want Cha back. First it balances some for certain races...you give up long term profit with the lower Cha. On a multiplayer server with a potential economy, this can have an impact. Its a downside of the half-troll and an upside to the high elf.
But the biggest reason was some of the new classes...which just scream to be Cha based. I was very disappointed to learn it was removed.
I guess it cant be that hard to add it back in. I have the mangband code with Cha, just got to merge its code back in to the main code base. *sigh*Comment
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Where did the new races and classes in PWMangband come from? I am not finding it in the Vanilla. I know basicly nothing about them, thou I tried a dragon and it seemed cool. 8)
I have been working my way through the Dev notes for Angband. Trying to get a feel for what Angband 4 is, what PWMangband is, and how each differs from the Mangbands (0.7.2 and 1.1.2) that I am familiar with.
Any threads, guides, or recommended reading that will help me with me task is appreciated. I don't mind doing my homework, but I feel a little lost trying to tackle 15-20 years of changes.Comment
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