Development version of PWMAngband 1.4.0 released for testing

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  • PowerWyrm
    Prophet
    • Apr 2008
    • 2986

    Development version of PWMAngband 1.4.0 released for testing

    Here's the list of changes that have been implemented up to now:

    - Monsters can whip or spit on the player from nearby
    - Implement temporary monster flags (CAMOUFLAGE, AWARE, HANDLED)
    - Monster groups act more as a group, with leaders and sometimes bodyguards
    - Monster shapechanges
    - Innate spells and cast spells have separate frequencies
    - Tweak resist fraction and damage cap for high elements
    - Add extra effects for some projection types
    - Restore UNIX support
    - Major overhaul of the monster list
    - Tidying and documenting of monster allocation
    - Deeper in the dungeon shallow monsters are less likely to appear
    - Spiders can weave webs
    - Add line for fragility in describe_curses()
    - Monsters can teleport to the player
    - Variable light and darkness are created by monsters, player gear and player
    spells, and the player has a meter to measure the light level on their
    square
    - Monsters can have innate darkness around them
    - Remove Shockbolt tileset
    - Traps added that trigger on leaving their square
    - Monster spells can have different levels depending on monster spell power
    - Unify wounding spells
    - Unify arrow spells, add shot and bolt spells
    - Add missing Shapechanger spells
    - Add shard balls
    - Add a dummy golem in base town for target practice
    - Add SMASH_WALL, changes to SHATTER blow effect
    - Some font improvements
    - Many fixes to bugs and memory leaks
    - Nerf randarts
    - Unnerf no_selling gold drops on early levels
    - Adjust first cast experience for lots of spells
    - Remove TMD_CUT_ constants
    - New mode where all races gain experience at the same rate, except for
    humans who are faster, and high-elves who are slower (PWMAngband: define
    CLASSIC_EXP_FACTOR = false in mangband.cfg to activate this mode -- yeeks
    are still faster and ents/thunderlords/dragons are still slower)
    - The player now has a hunger meter, and food is more important
    - Fancy lighting
    - Take all rock colors down a shade
    - Treasure in quartz as yellow
    - Expand properties line in object.txt to level, weight, cost
    - Expand combat line in object.txt to attack and armor
    - Replace Lose Memories
    - Simplify saved subwindow preferences
    - Make Fortune Cookies single items in stores
    - Make Dragons and Monks learn obvious object properties on carry
    - Add throwing weapons
    - Add some missing object descriptions
    - Expand properties line in artifact.txt to level, weight, cost
    - Expand combat line in artifact.txt to attack and armor
    - Add extra moves and damage reduction
    - Add TRAP_IMMUNE
    - Make _Starlight more useful, replace Door Destruction with Darkness
    - Fix for targeting of spells with multiple effects
    - Make sure arcs include all the target path
    - Stop fast monsters getting a turn before the player after being summoned by a trap
    - Make timed healing fast metabolism, adjust nature spells
    - New Hydra race
    - Make stores always accept items with unknown runes in no-selling
    - Fix outside of a couple of vaults
    - Change vegetal monster base symbol to 'l', add 'l' monsters to the Old Forest
    - Change stealing command to 's'
    - Make stealing a bit easier
    - Add Mushrooms of Shadows

    Files updated: binaries only (source will come with first beta).
    Files are available for download at the usual location: http://powerwyrm.monsite-orange.fr

    Note: Gervais tileset hasn't been updated yet, so if you want to test this just stick to ASCII.

    Development will continue until I catch up with Vanilla changes, add remaining PWMAng features and tackle the planned issues from Git repository.
    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!
  • PowerWyrm
    Prophet
    • Apr 2008
    • 2986

    #2
    New version released with the following changes:

    - Add aquatic monsters
    - Track number of thefts, reduce drops of uniques accordingly
    - Add option to play again on death
    - Replace Satisfy Hunger with Remove Hunger
    - Add new foods
    - Enlarge character resist display
    - Nerf rings of Escaping
    - Make being teleported wake monsters
    - Stop lore saying undead don't resist nether
    - Add light level meter
    - Pressing another macro clears choice menu when a first macro lacks item
    - Adjust some player race heights
    - Make player not learn slays for monsters they can't see
    - Add trap immunity, move speed and damage reduction as possible randart properties

    Files updated: binaries only (source will come with first beta).
    Files are available for download at the usual location: http://powerwyrm.monsite-orange.fr

    Note: all commits from V ported up to the official 4.2.0 release. So the last 3 things to implement are:
    - bugfixes and improvements from V for 4.2.0
    - Git issues for PWMAngband set for 1.4.0 release
    - Gervais tileset with all the new stuff
    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!

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    • Grotug
      Veteran
      • Nov 2013
      • 1634

      #3
      Something I wanted to ask about V: why are rings of escaping nerfed? Even at <+4> the rings were pretty bad in my opinion. At <+2> they are a veritable joke. Anyway, I think I'm going to try out your variant soon.
      Beginner's Guide to Angband 4.2.3 Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9c9e2wMngM

      Detailed account of my Ironman win here.

      "My guess is that Grip and Fang have many more kills than Gothmog and Lungorthin." --Fizzix

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      • Pete Mack
        Prophet
        • Apr 2007
        • 6883

        #4
        Some people occasional dual wield them, apparently. But they mess up spell success rate along with melee, so there's not much use IMO. Ring of Mouse is way, way better.

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        • tangar
          Veteran
          • Mar 2015
          • 1004

          #5
          Awesome update! Aquatic monsters, option to play again on death, character resist display, new randart properties (-> new race/class properties!).. It's life-changing stuff

          Originally posted by Grotug
          Something I wanted to ask about V: why are rings of escaping nerfed? Even at <+4> the rings were pretty bad in my opinion. At <+2> they are a veritable joke. Anyway, I think I'm going to try out your variant soon.
          I've also nerfed this rings in Tangaria (~ year ago) - they still give +4 speed, but you pay a very good price for it.. Spoiler could be found there: https://tangaria.com/data/objects/.. +4 speed is imba at the start of the game, especially for archer =)
          Last edited by tangar; March 14, 2020, 05:46.
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          • Derakon
            Prophet
            • Dec 2009
            • 9022

            #6
            Yeah, once you make the decision to give permanent speed on early-game gear, you find yourself with a very tricky balance problem. In Vanilla the downside doesn't even stack, so if you're going to wear one there's very little reason not to wear two.

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            • DrWho42
              Adept
              • May 2019
              • 192

              #7
              thanks for all the changes!
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              • PowerWyrm
                Prophet
                • Apr 2008
                • 2986

                #8
                New version released with the following changes:

                - Stop block fall trap crash
                - Fix a few small bugs
                - Nerf death wings/golems
                - Remove Unlife pits (we already have golem and elemental pits)
                - Reorganise player-attack
                - Increase bigger weapon dice chance
                - V-combat throwing
                - Modify some artifacts
                - Make ent draughts nourish like honey-cakes
                - Harmonise plurals of hydra
                - Change order of messages when taking items off
                - Detarget teleported monsters if out of LoS
                - Add j/k keys for scrolling help text
                - Nerf Recharge effect
                - Make stunning kill fastcast, tap devices stun
                - Halve device damage boosts
                - Give some monsters orb of draining
                - Fix resource leak (file descriptor not closed)
                - Grammatical and spelling fixes
                - Simplify Term_fresh
                - Give ATTR_FLICKER to Cantoras and Gilim
                - Give Alchemist's gloves better armor
                - Arrange town shops along streets
                - Light hidden squares in town
                - Un-hardcode hybrid monsters by adding a HYBRID flag
                - Make sure every extra projection effect has a message
                - Show plater grid trap or terrain on status line
                - Make items with random resists also ignore that element
                - Allow player to be pushed into traps, webs or objects by earthquakes
                - Add README file
                - Replace hardcoded flicker table with one from a config file
                - Implement color cycling
                - Nerf to Mana Channel
                - Make Cover Tracks reduce monster hearing and sight as well as smell
                - Major changes to blackguards
                - Don't show negative values in spell info
                - Add player_property.txt
                - Fix incorrect number of bytes read from Packet_scanf() calls
                - Add browsing of player abilities
                - GCU port fixes
                - Changed Term_resize() to handle all of the saved stack of terminals
                - Add movement speed to status line
                - Make birth_ai_learn learn from breath attacks
                - Make birth_ai_learn on by default
                - Make monsters at preferred range more likely to cast spells
                - Prevent randart launchers from getting negative multipliers
                - New option: Use white color for torch-lit grids in towns
                - Replace specific skeletons by general skeletons, rework Raise effect

                Files updated: binaries only (source will come with first beta).
                Files are available for download at the usual location: http://powerwyrm.monsite-orange.fr

                Note: this is now on par with current V.
                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!

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