FAangband 2.0beta

[Arralen]

It's likely the Angband releases are also affected.

Nope, 4.2.2. works fine for me

Although I think NILWIN the kobold wander won't get very far ...

[backwardsEric]

There was some change in how the windows build gets packaged after that build, but it's mainly to do with documentation. If there's a .dll file named in the error, it's possible that it's one that's newly required by later builds and your system doesn't have it or has a version that doesn't work - but I'm guessing here.

It looks like the releases that fail on Windows 8.1 were built with MinGW on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Ubuntu's package list says mingw-w64 is 7.0.0-2) rather Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Ubuntu's package list says mingw-w64 is 5.0.3-1). Could set the release script to only run Ubuntu 18.04 LTS or figure out if there's something that can be set so the builds on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS will be compatible with Windows 8.1. It's likely the Angband releases are also affected.

[Arralen]

Had a look into the system log, and used process explorer to spy amateurishly on faangband.exe ... here's what I found:

SYSTEM LOG:

Log name: Application
Source: Application Error
Date: 03/14/2021 22:47:09
Event ID: 1000
Task category:(100)
Level: Error
Keywords:Classic
User: Not applicable
Computer: 4Foen
Description:
Failed application name: faangband.exe, version: 0.0.0.0, timestamp: 0x602ece2f
Name of the corrupted module: eta1-87-g5abab8fa\faangband.exe!                
, version: 6.3.9600.19678, timestamp: 0x5e82c0f7
Exception code: 0xc0000139
Error offset: 0x0009d452
ID of the faulty process: 0x1ad8
Start time of the faulty application: 0x01d7191b94ec6129
Path of the corrupted application: E:\_noinstall_games_\_command_line_\FAangband 2\FAangband-2.0beta1-87-g5abab8fa\faangband.exe
Path of the corrupted module: eta1-87-g5abab8fa\faangband.exe
Berichtskennung: d36a4f8d-850e-11eb-8cc0-fcaa142d66aa
Full name of the corrupted package: 
Application ID relative to the corrupted package:

Note the version number - the only thing with this version number is NTDLL.DLL itself ...

Here's the list of DLLs that Process Explorer thinks are associated with a running FAangband.exe.
Everything marked with (*) did not load for v0.87 compared to v0.85.

Process	PID	CPU	Description	Company Name
System Idle Process	0	94.23		
 System	4	0.77		
  smss.exe	340		Windows-Sitzungs-Manager	Microsoft Corporation
csrss.exe	468		Client-Server-Laufzeitprozess	Microsoft Corporation
wininit.exe	544		Windows-Startanwendung	Microsoft Corporation
 services.exe	584		Anwendung für Dienste und Controller	Microsoft Corporation
  svchost.exe	736		Hostprozess für Windows-Dienste	Microsoft Corporation
   explorer.exe	4760		Windows-Explorer	Microsoft Corporation
    procexp64.exe	6792	0.38	Sysinternals Process Explorer	Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com
    faangband.exe	6744			

Process: faangband.exe Pid: 6744

Name	Description	Company Name	Path	Version
ADVAPI32.dll	Erweiterte Windows 32 Base-API	Microsoft Corporation	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ADVAPI32.dll	6.3.9600.18895
* bcryptPrimitives.dll	Windows Cryptographic Primitives Library	Microsoft Corporation	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\bcryptPrimitives.dll	6.3.9600.18895
cfgmgr32.dll	Configuration Manager DLL	Microsoft Corporation	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cfgmgr32.dll	6.3.9600.17415
combase.dll	Microsoft COM für Windows	Microsoft Corporation	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\combase.dll	6.3.9600.19846
COMCTL32.dll	Bibliothek für Steuerelemente	Microsoft Corporation	C:\Windows\WinSxS\x86_microsoft.windows.common-controls_6595b64144ccf1df_5.82.9600.17810_none_7c5b6194aa0716f1\COMCTL32.dll	5.82.9600.17810
COMDLG32.DLL	DLL für gemeinsame Dialoge	Microsoft Corporation	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\COMDLG32.DLL	6.3.9600.17415
* CRYPTBASE.dll	Base cryptographic API DLL	Microsoft Corporation	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\CRYPTBASE.dll	6.3.9600.17415
DEVOBJ.dll	Device Information Set DLL	Microsoft Corporation	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DEVOBJ.dll	6.3.9600.17415
* dwmapi.dll	Microsoft Desktopfenster-Manager-API	Microsoft Corporation	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\dwmapi.dll	6.3.9600.17415
faangband.exe			E:\_noinstall_games_\_Kommandozeile_\FAangband 2\FAangband-2.0beta1-85-gaca9e322\faangband.exe	
GDI32.dll	GDI Client DLL	Microsoft Corporation	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\GDI32.dll	6.3.9600.19920
* IMM32.DLL	Multi-User Windows IMM32 API Client DLL	Microsoft Corporation	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\IMM32.DLL	6.3.9600.17415
* kernel.appcore.dll	AppModel API Host	Microsoft Corporation	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\kernel.appcore.dll	6.3.9600.17415
KERNEL32.DLL	Client-DLL für Windows NT-Basis-API	Microsoft Corporation	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\KERNEL32.DLL	6.3.9600.19843
KERNELBASE.dll	Client-DLL für Windows NT-Basis-API	Microsoft Corporation	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\KERNELBASE.dll	6.3.9600.19724
libpng12.dll	Libpng12: PNG image compression library	GnuWin32 <http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net>	E:\_noinstall_games_\_Kommandozeile_\FAangband 2\FAangband-2.0beta1-85-gaca9e322\libpng12.dll	1.2.37.3442
locale.nls			C:\Windows\System32\locale.nls	
* MSCTF.dll	MSCTF-Server-DLL	Microsoft Corporation	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\MSCTF.dll	6.3.9600.19724
MSIMG32.DLL	GDIEXT Client DLL	Microsoft Corporation	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\MSIMG32.DLL	6.3.9600.17415
msvcrt.dll	Windows NT CRT DLL	Microsoft Corporation	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msvcrt.dll	7.0.9600.17415
ntdll.dll	DLL für NT-Layer	Microsoft Corporation	C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll	6.3.9600.19678
ntdll.dll	DLL für NT-Layer	Microsoft Corporation	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ntdll.dll	6.3.9600.19678
* ole32.dll	Microsoft OLE für Windows	Microsoft Corporation	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ole32.dll	6.3.9600.19810
* RPCRT4.dll	Remoteprozeduraufruf-Laufzeitumgebung	Microsoft Corporation	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RPCRT4.dll	6.3.9600.19919
* sechost.dll	Host for SCM/SDDL/LSA Lookup APIs	Microsoft Corporation	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sechost.dll	6.3.9600.19749
* SHCORE.DLL	SHCORE	Microsoft Corporation	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\SHCORE.DLL	6.3.9600.19750
SHELL32.dll	Allgemeine Windows-Shell-DLL	Microsoft Corporation	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\SHELL32.dll	6.3.9600.19823
SHLWAPI.dll	Shell Light-weight-Hilfsprogrammbibliothek	Microsoft Corporation	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\SHLWAPI.dll	6.3.9600.17415
* SortDefault.nls			C:\Windows\Globalization\Sorting\SortDefault.nls	
* SspiCli.dll	Security Support Provider Interface	Microsoft Corporation	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\SspiCli.dll	6.3.9600.18454
* StaticCache.dat			C:\Windows\Fonts\StaticCache.dat	
USER32.dll	Multi-User Windows USER API Client DLL	Microsoft Corporation	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\USER32.dll	6.3.9600.19920
* uxtheme.dll	Microsoft UxTheme-Bibliothek	Microsoft Corporation	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\uxtheme.dll	6.3.9600.19597
WINMM.DLL	MCI API-DLL	Microsoft Corporation	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WINMM.DLL	6.3.9600.17415
WINMMBASE.dll	Base Multimedia Extension API DLL	Microsoft Corporation	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WINMMBASE.dll	6.3.9600.17415
wow64.dll	Win32 Emulation on NT64	Microsoft Corporation	C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\wow64.dll	6.3.9600.19629
wow64cpu.dll	AMD64 Wow64 CPU 	Microsoft Corporation	C:\Windows\system32\wow64cpu.dll	6.3.9600.18931
wow64win.dll	Wow64 Console and Win32 API Logging	Microsoft Corporation	C:\Windows\system32\wow64win.dll	6.3.9600.19574
zlib1.dll	Zlib: general purpose data compression / decompression library	Zlib	E:\_noinstall_games_\_Kommandozeile_\FAangband 2\FAangband-2.0beta1-85-gaca9e322\zlib1.dll	1.2.3.2027

Now, if it loaded NT.DLL and then quit - I'll have a hard time replacing my NTDLL.DLL with a newer version

[Nick]

Sadly, most of them don't help me much ... everything after beta1-85-gaca9e322 says something like:
"The procedure entry point " " was not found in the DLL "E:\ ..... \FAangband 2\FAangband-2.0beta1-87-g5abab8fa\faangband.exe" and refuses to run

I am running Win8.1(64), if that matters.

There was some change in how the windows build gets packaged after that build, but it's mainly to do with documentation. If there's a .dll file named in the error, it's possible that it's one that's newly required by later builds and your system doesn't have it or has a version that doesn't work - but I'm guessing here.

[Arralen]

Thanks. All is fine, it's just been RL interfering with my Angband life

Yet you got out a new release 5 days ago ... yeah!

So I am only 16 releases late to the party

Sadly, most of them don't help me much ... everything after beta1-85-gaca9e322 says something like:
"The procedure entry point " " was not found in the DLL "E:\ ..... \FAangband 2\FAangband-2.0beta1-87-g5abab8fa\faangband.exe" and refuses to run

I am running Win8.1(64), if that matters.

[Nick]

Glad to see you're back, Nick. Hope all is well.

Thanks. All is fine, it's just been RL interfering with my Angband life

[Ingwe Ingweron]

Note that there are still many bugs, few of which are properly filed ... (despite Ingwe sending me reams of them).

Sorry about that, but you found the way to get me to stop -- just don't repair My Crash Bug on level 98 of the angband dungeon.

Glad to see you're back, Nick. Hope all is well.

[Nick]

The latest builds of FA for Windows and macOS can now (similarly to V) be found on its release page.

Note that there are still many bugs, few of which are properly filed on the issue page (despite Ingwe sending me reams of them). There have been some fixes since 2.0beta1 was released though, so it could be worse

[Nick]

Started playing FAangband on Termux on my Android phone. This variant is a masterpiece, thanks for continuing to support this after so many years. So here's a question. I was fighting a giant Roc and it said the monster was hitting me for 60 damage for example, but my hitpoints were only reduced by about 20. Is the damage number that is reported before any damage reduction, or was this a bug?

Looks like a bug. Thanks for the report.

[tg122]

Started playing FAangband on Termux on my Android phone. This variant is a masterpiece, thanks for continuing to support this after so many years. So here's a question. I was fighting a giant Roc and it said the monster was hitting me for 60 damage for example, but my hitpoints were only reduced by about 20. Is the damage number that is reported before any damage reduction, or was this a bug?

[Ingwe Ingweron]

CRASH bug. Try and look at the objects list "]" and get an instant crash. Ingwe.zip

[Ingwe Ingweron]

Nick, here's an example of the @ being walled in upon descent of stairs. This time, if one looks at the location, it says "You are on a permanent wall."

Ingwe.zip

Yes, I will just phase door out since @ can do that now. But still a bug.

EDIT: Also, I think something is wrong with artifact generation. Look at the “Known Artifacts” menu and the only things on there after all this time, are two lights and one staff.

[Nick]

Monsters' hit probability as calculated for display here is probably wrong; it uses the new numbers from Vanilla's test_hit() (12% guaranteed hit chance, a minimum accuracy of 9 and a 2/3 AC multiplier), while FAangband's test_hit() uses a 5% guaranteed hit chance, a minimum accuracy of 0 and (in practice) a 3/4 AC multiplier provided by the check_hit() call.

Thanks. Pity the maintainer's MIA...

[Sideways]

Monsters' hit probability as calculated for display here is probably wrong; it uses the new numbers from Vanilla's test_hit() (12% guaranteed hit chance, a minimum accuracy of 9 and a 2/3 AC multiplier), while FAangband's test_hit() uses a 5% guaranteed hit chance, a minimum accuracy of 0 and (in practice) a 3/4 AC multiplier provided by the check_hit() call.

[Sacksquatch]

Had more time to mess around with it. You probably already know this, but yeah the map works fine on sdl. Sdl2 has the map pull up in it's own window, instead of the main window (which is awesome), but that's probably the issue.