FAangband 0.3.5

[Donald Jonker]

Ah. Well, all in your own time. Once it's done faangband will likely be all that i play... or do, for that matter, so for the sake of my studies and social life, take as long as you like .

[Seany C]

Well done on the new version, Nick - is there any way to get the graphics similar to how they looked in, say, 0.2.3? (with nice ASCII walls, instead of strange blocky ones).
I've tried importing a 8x13 font (that worked fine for 0.3.4) but it doesn't translate nearly so well in 0.3.5...

(apologies for the retro-griping)

[Nick]

Well done on the new version, Nick - is there any way to get the graphics similar to how they looked in, say, 0.2.3? (with nice ASCII walls, instead of strange blocky ones).
I've tried importing a 8x13 font (that worked fine for 0.3.4) but it doesn't translate nearly so well in 0.3.5...

If you just delete font-win.prf, you'll get #'s and %'s for walls - is that what you mean? Otherwise, I'd recommend you go through the terrain with the visuals editor (in the knowledge menus) and set things how you want them; then save that as font-win.prf and move it into lib/pref.

This whole font thing is like getting involved in a land war in Asia...

[Seany C]

If you just delete font-win.prf, you'll get #'s and %'s for walls - is that what you mean? Otherwise, I'd recommend you go through the terrain with the visuals editor (in the knowledge menus) and set things how you want them; then save that as font-win.prf and move it into lib/pref.

This whole font thing is like getting involved in a land war in Asia...

Ah, it's the font-win.prf thing. Sorted - ta.

"Land war in Asia" sounds like a less-than-politically-correct themed level to me...

[Seany C]

Hmm, something strange seems to be going on with monster speed.

I just lost a char (speed +0) to a Fire Vortex that got 5 moves in a row before I died.
Something similar happened last char around - a Shimmering Vortex woke up a Death Knight that managed to move 4 or 5 squares and hit me before I got a move (without me being slowed or paralysed)...

[Narvius]

I just noticed - the Variants tab still has 0.3.4.

[Nick]

Hmm, something strange seems to be going on with monster speed.

I just lost a char (speed +0) to a Fire Vortex that got 5 moves in a row before I died.
Something similar happened last char around - a Shimmering Vortex woke up a Death Knight that managed to move 4 or 5 squares and hit me before I got a move (without me being slowed or paralysed)...

Speed should have reverted to 0.3.3 behaviour, apart from the player being guaranteed the first move on a new level. Since this is done without regard to monster energy, and no monster energy is removed, it is possible that monsters will get multiple moves after that first player move.

The other thing (particularly with the death knight) is that the monsters could have been hasted.

You buying any of this?

[pav]

I just noticed - the Variants tab still has 0.3.4.

Just fixed that.

[Pete Mack]

Speed should have reverted to 0.3.3 behaviour, apart from the player being guaranteed the first move on a new level. Since this is done without regard to monster energy, and no monster energy is removed, it is possible that monsters will get multiple moves after that first player move.

The other thing (particularly with the death knight) is that the monsters could have been hasted.

You buying any of this?

In a word, no.

Why is it impossible not to start the player at energy exactly 10, and start all other monsters at energy 0? The player will immediately get one turn, followed by ordinary play from that point.

[Nick]

Why is it impossible not to start the player at energy exactly 10, and start all other monsters at energy 0? The player will immediately get one turn, followed by ordinary play from that point.

I still didn't fully understand the problem when I posted that last one. If you mean 100 not 10, I have basically changed it to that - the player is started on 100 energy, monsters get (IIRC) a random 0-50 energy (although FORCE_SLEEP ones start at 0), and then there's a paranoid check to make sure the player has more energy than any monster. This seems to be having the desired effect, so I'm assuming I now know what I'm doing.

[Nick]

FAangband 0.3.5a

Bugfix version now available - no change but a proper fix of the downstairs thing, so the player gets guaranteed first move and then everything else happens as normal. Upgrade strongly recommended.

[Eke]

Auto Pickup

Was the interface option for disabling auto pickup accidentally removed in 0.3.5? (used to be option 'f' in 3.4) I'd love to have it back.

[Nick]

Was the interface option for disabling auto pickup accidentally removed in 0.3.5? (used to be option 'f' in 3.4) I'd love to have it back.

No, it was moved to the gameplay option screen because the interface screen was full. I think maybe it makes more sense there; and I actually think that I need to rearrange all the options into more logical screens.

[Nick]

Apparently the 0.3.5 behaviour of "die on leaving the staircase" is still happening in the WinCE port of 0.3.5a, at least - I'll update on this when I have a clue.

[Zikke]

Apparently the 0.3.5 behaviour of "die on leaving the staircase" is still happening in the WinCE port of 0.3.5a, at least - I'll update on this when I have a clue.

And thus starts...

STAIRBAND! See how far you can level up your character without stepping off the stairs! If you stair scum like it's your job, this is the variant for you.