Beta version of PWMAngband 1.2.0 released

[PowerWyrm]

New PWMAngband 1.2.0 beta 3 released!

Few bug fixes and rebalancing + fire-till-kill mode.

List of changes:

- Add 16x24tx.fon, 21x31tg.fon and 24x36tg.fon from Tangar
- Stop treating back-quote as escape
- Allow lowercase Dungeon Master names in mangband.cfg
- Fix incorrect options/ignore packets crashing the server
- Lower Expensive Black Market price factor from 10x to 8x
- Increase the number of items that can be ordered in the Expensive Black Market from 6 to 8
- New fire-till-kill option (MAngband submenu)
- Implement fire-till-kill mode for "fire at nearest" command
- Implement fire-till-kill mode for spells
- Remove score bonuses from challenge options
- Add more birth options to server configuration file (no artifacts, no selling, no stores)
- Add chance of generating "good" and "great" items in constant.txt
- Fix scene of death in character dumps when using tiles
- Add "fast" wilderness mode via DIVING_MODE server option to make everyone aware of the location of the base town (Carn Dûm) at birth
- Fix client not displaying the last messages before death
- Don't drop gold either when permanently dying

Client has been updated. Players must get the new client to play on beta 3 servers.

Important note: server savefile is not compatible with beta 2!
This means either delete the server savefile (lib/user/save/server) or restart a clean instance (otherwise the game will crash upon launch).

Files are available for download at the usual location: http://powerwyrm.monsite-orange.fr

[tangar]

yay

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PvP madness http://angband.online/pvp-madness/

[PowerWyrm]

/rfe add admin '&' command to return all players to town immediately - so it would be easier to restart server and provide technical works. Currently I have to 'ask' all players to go to safe place via chat and wait sometimes up to several minutes when they would do so (chat is the only way - because as I reported before, admin character doesn't work at all atm, so I can't & them out even 1 by 1).

It's appeared to be a problem as we got more players and I have to test a lot of new features during the day which require server restart.

Admin char will work tonight

[tangar]

Rations of food’ shortage http://angband.online/rations-of-food-shortage/

Also something BIG is comming... Do you hear it??...

[tangar]

/rfe add admin '&' command to return all players to town immediately - so it would be easier to restart server and provide technical works. Currently I have to 'ask' all players to go to safe place via chat and wait sometimes up to several minutes when they would do so (chat is the only way - because as I reported before, admin character doesn't work at all atm, so I can't & them out even 1 by 1).

It's appeared to be a problem as we got more players and I have to test a lot of new features during the day which require server restart.

[tangar]

/rfe
add a client option (for advanced players, turned off by default): do not show deceased character screen on login, but to recreate new incarnation of previous character at once after death automatically (so char would have name with roman numbers IX, X, XI..). As we are going to die _a lot_ this option would be very handy in long perspective - it would safe a time and also you won't forget to reincarnate with roman number (I do it all the time... so I don't know correct number of my 'Tangars' lol.. other players forget it too quite often I suppose).


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News: website redesigned

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Fixed bug with low $ for new chars

[tangar]

Archers got inheritance http://angband.online/archers-got-inheritance/

[tangar]

Next version will also have chance of item being good and chance of item being great as parameters in constant.txt, so fine tuning object generation will be complete.

Great DD


Spade vs Shovel! http://angband.online/spade-vs-shovel/

/bug
when I put 'Pick' at '1' as 'normal' - it generates there loads of Picks of Earthquakes and other valuable pickaxes for very cheap prices
please note that it seems V-devs are going to add more customization of shops flags: http://trac.rephial.org/ticket/2093 ; so maybe this bug would be fixed in 'core' soon

[PowerWyrm]

Eat and run
http://angband.online/eat-and-run/

Next version will also have chance of item being good and chance of item being great as parameters in constant.txt, so fine tuning object generation will be complete.

[tangar]

Eat and run

http://angband.online/eat-and-run/

[tangar]

/rfe
Angband got awesome feature: when you first time run client - it rearrange all windows for user's resolution and _then_ creates .ini file.

PWMA also got this feature for classic 'mangclient.exe' client, but currently PWMA distributed with pre-defined config files (and they got only one window by default). Also when I've deteled config file (to use 'auto-creation' feature in .exe setup) - client glitches and gives an error ('Can't find graphics!') about tileset and run with ascii (but still open all windows).

Suggestion:
1) assign Gervais tileset to default mangclient.exe settings
2) assign Shockbolt tileset to sdl client
3) reassign all windows in other positions (move message window on top, near monster list and chat; move inventory to the right; map to the bottom). I suggest using this layeouts (predefined for 1920x1080):
mangclient.ini: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1mc...LDkqo7HM0OV-ju
sdlinit.txt: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1nV...jp5ZmYfbpePcX6
4) start sdl client by default in fullscreen
5) add possibility to assign other fonts and show-hide windows in mangclient_gcu client - then I'll use there my 21x31 blind-friendly setup with which I stream. It would give really great possbility to have 3 client options available from 'out-of-box'!

[tangar]

New 'out-of-box' setup: http://angband.online/new-out-of-box-setup/

[tangar]

Rings of escaping: http://angband.online/ring-of-escaping/

[tangar]

There is kinda possible exploit: if you drink potion of salt water, you become starved and game kick you out from the game (without 30 second timer). Players could use this mechanics to avoid death - drink this potion as 'escape' option if they got dangerous situation, so next time when they relog to the game - they would have easier lvl or could ask other players for help.

Also I've noticed that this feature scared several newbie players cause they think that they died after client closed itself.

Players should have control over their character all the time.. That feature take this control out from players hands (and also gives exploit mechanics), so it should be optional.

/rfe add an .cfg option to turn off this mechanics.

[tangar]

http://angband.online/artifact-finding/ From now on players can find the same artifact only once.