Is steamband still alive ?

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  • UnknownSoldier
    Rookie
    • Mar 2017
    • 3
    #1

    Is steamband still alive ?

    Hello Everyone,

    This is my first time posting here.

    I'm a long time roguelike player, but I did not get to angband till recently.
    The band that hooked me is steamband, mostly due to it's excellent fluff, but also due to it's skill system.

    I tried to found out if it is actively maintained but I did not find any indications that are not several years old.
    The version I'm playing on is 0.4.1, is there a more recent one ?

    On another note, what is the license for the code base ?
    I compiled the code and made a few modifications, mainly to make wonderland playable, under which condition could I share this ?

    Thanks for reading...
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    • debo
      Veteran
      • Oct 2011
      • 2402
      #2
      People still play it once in awhile, but it has sort of run out of steam.
      Glaurung, Father of the Dragons says, 'You cannot avoid the ballyhack.'

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        • getter77
          Adept
          • Dec 2009
          • 242
          #3
          It looked like there was going to be an update awhile back after a great many years, twice via 2 different folks at that, but it unfortunately hasn't happened yet.

          It joins Halls of Mist in the Hopefully Soon, One Day... club.

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            • UnknownSoldier
              Rookie
              • Mar 2017
              • 3
              #4
              Too bad, I got no answer on the licensing issue, I guess I'll keep my modifications to myself, then.

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                • HugoVirtuoso
                  Veteran
                  • Jan 2012
                  • 1237
                  #5
                  Any idea who is the 2nd maintainer of Steamband?
                  My best try at PosChengband 7.0.0's nightmare-mode on Angband.live:
                  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwAR0WOphUA

                  If I'm offline I'm probably in the middle of maintaining Gentoo or something-Linux or other.

                  As of February 18th, 2022, my YouTube username is MidgardVirtuoso

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                    • Gwarl
                      Administrator
                      • Jan 2017
                      • 1025
                      #6
                      Originally posted by UnknownSoldier
                      Too bad, I got no answer on the licensing issue, I guess I'll keep my modifications to myself, then.
                      As a band isn't it Angband license?

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                        • Nick
                          Vanilla maintainer
                          • Apr 2007
                          • 9647
                          #7
                          Originally posted by Gwarl
                          As a band isn't it Angband license?
                          Yes, a modified version can definitely be released under the Angband licence, which (for Steam) can be found in lib/help/version.txt:
                          Copyright (c) 1989 James E. Wilson, Robert A. Keoneke
                          This software may be copied and distributed for educational, research, and
                          not for profit purposes provided that this copyright and statement are
                          included in all such copies.
                          It's possible that all the contributors to Steam have also agreed to release their stuff under the GPL following during the successful Angband OpenSource Initiative; certainly releasing under the Angband licence is safe.
                          One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne
                          In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.

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                            • UnknownSoldier
                              Rookie
                              • Mar 2017
                              • 3
                              #8
                              Thanks for the information, I just need to set up a windows compile and will find a way to release the few modifications I did.

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