[Announce] NPPAngband and NPPMoria 8.0.0 (Qt Port) released

[nppangband]

The final NPPAngband 8.0.0 and NPPMoria 8.0.0 have been released.

This is a completely new port of NPPAngband and NPPMoria. Using QT, the game now has a modern UI. The codebase has undergone a major restructuring, and all new code has been written in C++. There are plenty of new features and gameplay improvements as well. Best of all, Shockbolt has expanded his stunning 64x64 tileset to include unique tiles for all monsters, objects, and terrain in both games.

It compiles and works on any Linux platform that supports QT.

Source Code:

http://download.nppangband.org/nppgames-8.0.0-src.zip

NPPAngband and NPP Moria Windows Binary:

http://download.nppangband.org/nppgames-8.0.0-win.zip

NPPAngband and NPP Moria OSX zip file with a .dmg for the binary (There might be a little trial and error before this works):

http://download.nppangband.org/nppgames-8.0.0-osx.zip

[AnonymousHero]

Nice work!

Just a small buglet: The character creation screen doesn't show any help text when you select the Dúnadan race.

[nppangband]

Nice work!

Just a small buglet: The character creation screen doesn't show any help text when you select the Dúnadan race.

Thanks! I need to change the help files so the unicode characters survive the uploaded & download. The edit files are fixed, but I the help files need to be done as well.

Speaking of which, a couple years ago the .oook forums would only display ASCII characters. It looks like this has changed? Thanks Pav!

Also, the initial post has been edited to include a link to the OSX version.

[getter77]

Fantastic---keep at it!

[takkaria]

NPPAngband and NPP Moria OSX zip file with a .dmg for the binary (There might be a little trial and error before this works):
http://download.nppangband.org/nppgames-8.0.0-osx.zip

This is the Windows link.

[nppangband]

This is the Windows link.

Thanks. It is fixed now.

[getter77]

Where does the road broadly lead next for the NPP adventures in 2016? This release seems to have achieved quite a lot after the long simmer and all.

[bio_hazard]

OSX version- first time launching. I try to start a new NPP character, and get an error pop-up, something like "Can't find 'limits.txt, closing"

I'm on 10.9.5, and the app is in a subfolder of my Applications folder.

[nppangband]

I want to make sure I am reading it right. The NPP binary needs to be removed from the .dmg file and put in the base *NPPGAMES* file. The game assumes the edit files can be located by taking the folder and starting with the path of the binary and appending "/lib/edit".

Right now Qt appears to have a bug on OSX where it does not correctly read the correct path of the *NPPGAMES folder. I had put in a workaround that works on my MacBook, but I was worried it would not work on others.

Let me know. I can try other ways to have the game find the /edit folder. Thanks,

[bio_hazard]

Thanks- works now that I put the executable back in the folder with /lib

Now I just have to get used to the differences between this and V! I played a little bit of Quickband a few years ago (which I think was based on NPP?), but it's been a while.

Biggest adjustment has been movement. @ seems to run sometimes when I want it to take single steps.

Crash when closing the map window.

[nppangband]

Thanks- works now that I put the executable back in the folder with /lib

I should probably put a README file in the OS version so people know to do that.

Now I just have to get used to the differences between this and V! I played a little bit of Quickband a few years ago (which I think was based on NPP?), but it's been a while.

Biggest adjustment has been movement. @ seems to run sometimes when I want it to take single steps.

Shift + direction is a run command. Usually it is either the shift-lock is down, or using the number pad without numlock turned on.

Crash when closing the map window.

I will try to duplicate this and fix. Thanks.

[takkaria]

I should probably put a README file in the OS version so people know to do that.

It's more conventional on OS X to include the resources within the application folder. Do you think this might be possible?

Shift + direction is a run command. Usually it is either the shift-lock is down, or using the number pad without numlock turned on.

I can reproduce this on OS X as well, just using the arrow keys and with no modifier keys turned on.

[nppangband]

It's more conventional on OS X to include the resources within the application folder. Do you think this might be possible?

Please don't laugh at my dumb question, but what files are classified as resources?

Qt has a command that examines a binary and copies all of the necessary dynamic link libraries in the same folder as the program. You can see about 25 of them are included in the windows port. When I did the same command with OSX, the only thing in the .dmg file was the binary. So I zipped the whole folder up and uploaded it. I am open to suggestions on how it should be different.

Right now the only restriction on the folder location is the /lib folder and subfolders have to be in the same directory as the binary. The NPP folder can be located anywhere. But I have a feeling that does not answer your question. I am not as computer saavy as the deevteam and other developers.

I can reproduce this on OS X as well, just using the arrow keys and with no modifier keys turned on.

The code to check if the numpad is one or off is complicated, as well as checking if any of the modifier keys are pressed while the numpad is being used. It is one of the few things Qt can't handle without platform dependent code. Right now it is optimized for windows, but it can be changed for OSX. I will work on it.

[takkaria]

Please don't laugh at my dumb question, but what files are classified as resources?

Qt has a command that examines a binary and copies all of the necessary dynamic link libraries in the same folder as the program. You can see about 25 of them are included in the windows port. When I did the same command with OSX, the only thing in the .dmg file was the binary. So I zipped the whole folder up and uploaded it. I am open to suggestions on how it should be different.

Right now the only restriction on the folder location is the /lib folder and subfolders have to be in the same directory as the binary. The NPP folder can be located anywhere. But I have a feeling that does not answer your question. I am not as computer saavy as the deevteam and other developers.

Ah OK, sorry, I should have been clearer! I meant that ideally on OS X the lib folder would be within the NPP .app folder (which is called a bundle). The model of application installation on OS X is that you just copy the bundle of the program you want into your Applications folder, and that includes all the resources that the program needs and it's all kept together.

For example in V the folder listing looks like this:

Angband.app
Angband.app/Contents
Angband.app/Contents/MacOS
Angband.app/Contents/MacOS/angband (executable)
Angband.app/Contents/Resources
Angband.app/Contents/Resources/lib (lib folder)

Looking at the code in V that works out where the lib folder is, it's written in Objective-C so it won't be portable to C++ but there is a bit about getting the path of the bundle in the online Qt docs for OS X.

Does that make sense?

[nppangband]

Ah OK, sorry, I should have been clearer!


I meant that ideally on OS X the lib folder would be within the NPP .app folder (which is called a bundle). The model of application installation on OS X is that you just copy the bundle of the program you want into your Applications folder, and that includes all the resources that the program needs and it's all kept together.

For example in V the folder listing looks like this:

Angband.app
Angband.app/Contents
Angband.app/Contents/MacOS
Angband.app/Contents/MacOS/angband (executable)
Angband.app/Contents/Resources
Angband.app/Contents/Resources/lib (lib folder)

Looking at the code in V that works out where the lib folder is, it's written in Objective-C so it won't be portable to C++ but there is a bit about getting the path of the bundle in the online Qt docs for OS X.

Does that make sense?

Yes. Many thanks. The funny thing (to me) is that the "broken" Qt code that locates the path to the binary I mentioned above would actually work if the directory structure was arranged like that.

So if I understand it correctly, it is just a slightly different directory structure? Is there anything more to it than that? Does it still have to be put into a .dmg file for others to use, or can it just get zipped up at that point?