"A very broad patent has just issued on interactive price negotiation (See US
Patent # 6,035,288 - Interactive Computer-Implemented System and Method for
Negotiating Sale of Goods and/or Services) that makes developers and users
of haggling features in interactive games subject to infringement law suits.
This is another one of those ridiculous Internet patents where the patent
examiner didn't do his homework. I need some help showing that the haggling
feature in Moria and other such adventure/role playing games was in the
public domain prior to June, 1998.  This evidence could be in the form of a
detailed description of the haggling feature (with an indisputable date) or
an actual demo of an old version of the game showing off the haggling
feature.  The ideal evidence would be in the form of an old version of a PC
game (released prior to June, 1998) where the haggling feature could be
isolated and easily demonstrated.  Any help or assistance you can provide
would be most appreciated.  Please contact me at lane@sovoz.com.  Thanks.

-Steve

Stephen H. Lane, Ph.D."

• Added the tool slot.
• You can only dig walls if you use a shovel/pick in yout tool slot.
• Made player ghosts a compile-time option (see config.h)
• Added the Necromancer class.
• Power gained by gaining xp artifacts has been reduced.
• The wilderness bug that made the game crash when entering a town is fixed.
• Wilderness system has been greatly improved.
• Each Nazgul will now drop his Ring of Power.
• Changed the format of w_info.txt again, it's much more readable now.
• Added an additionnal parameter to the W lines of wf_info to define which letter will be used in w_info.txt

• No more endless log-files in dos/win32.
• No more overwriting of home inventory.
• Lots of bugs in dungeon generation/lighting fixed.
• Added 'inner' vaults, interesting pillars in all kinds of rooms.
• Added maze levels.
• Fixed a very embarassing bug with dropping staffs in home.

• ftp://export.andrew.cmu.edu/angband/Incoming/kamband-1.8c-src.zip = Source.

• ftp://export.andrew.cmu.edu/angband/Incoming/kamband-18b-ami.lha = Amiga Kamband 1.8b.

• Borgs will now carry multiple rods of healing.
• Potions of restore mana are saved for Morgoth.
• Fixed a bug where the borg would close all doors.
• Rods of speed are prefered above spells, potions, etc.
• I made the borg greedier (is this a word?) when there is a vault on the level.
• I tried to solve the bug where the borg tries to sell Calris.
• Dumps will only be created automatically for character of level 20 and higher to prevent filling a harddisk with level 1 character dumps.
• Added the wizard command create artifact. Patch by ???.

• Generating of random dungeons.
• Darkness affects range of vision. Night vision attribute.
• Hostile unit spotted warning system.
• Some graphical tiles changed.
• Wooden structures can be destroyed by fire.
• Advanced using system.

• New sling ammo: Silver Shots. They do extra damage to evil creatures.
• _REALLY_ nasty escorts for Sauron and Morgoth!
• Oangband throwing and well-balanced items.
• Dragon weapons tweaked (again).
• (Infinite) Random artifacts.
• Fixed zero-divide bug caused by curse weapon scrolls.
• Mage 'striking' spell now kicks monsters back 2 tiles.
• Angband 2.8.5 stat buying method for character creation.

• ftp://export.andrew.cmu.edu/angband/Incoming/drangband-295-src.tar.gz = Source.
• ftp://export.andrew.cmu.edu/angband/Incoming/drangband-295-dos.zip = DOS Executable.
• ftp://export.andrew.cmu.edu/angband/Incoming/drangband-295-ami.lha = Amiga Executable.

• Added "known monsters" display to the Knowledge command.
• Fixed a bug where INSTA_PET monsters could be created without being turned into pets.
• Added the "Inspect (I)" command to the store display.
• Made sure to combine/reorder the pack and update subwindows when buying/selling items.
• Fixed a bug where the "/ for Floor" prompt" might be displayed when choosing an item and there were no valid floor items.
• Fixed a problem with repeated pack-reordering messages when two identical un-stackable items were in the pack.
• Fixed a bug preventing the character from leaving the Arena if it was entered more than once during a visit.
• Fixed a bug which broke the savefile. (Items rotted away in the Home were not deleted properly.)
• Fixed a bug with pets blocking your movement if you were in a tree or some other (non-floor) feature the pet could move through.
• Fixed occasional infinite loop when getting a building reward.
• Changed the inventory display to show the total weight of a stack, not the weight of a single item.
• Fiddled with town lighting again.

• ftp://export.andrew.cmu.edu/angband/Incoming/kamband-1.8c-win32.zip = Windows Binary.

• Added GW's random artifact patch.
• Added RML's id patch.
• Added APW close door on breeder levels code (Yeah, finally).
• You can specify race, class and autoroller minimum stat in angband.ini.

• Added skills list to guilds.
• On joining guild and advancing skills wil be added to.
• On shops screen key presses can be used as well as mouse.
• Psionics screen now added.
• Psionics points started when correct guild joined for first time, increase when guild level increases and recover when used as HP.
• Medkits can now be used.
• Improved Wizard Section to add items if you know the Code !!
• Started on disease, toxin and radioactive section. You can now get these afflictions from food and medkits but have no affect yet on you.
• More planets name Skyren, Pa, Cheol, Igll, Kisu.
• Added some extra items.
• Added some of activated code to wearing section.
• Torches can now be turned on, lose charge with time and will now lite unlit areas dependant on their radius.
• Levels may be lit or not now so torches will be needed now.
• Added a range of vereyan NPC's
• Close up attack by NPC'S added i.e hand to hand and blades.
• NPC would use PSionics if capable now, no psionics code yet.
• Planet one NPC's per level should now be level specific
• Shadows effect added to places visited but not lighted or currently lit.
• NPC's may drop credits when killed. Remains are also left, which can be picked up.
• Unqiue monsters will not be added randomly on levels now
• Some NPC's will now pickup items on the floor.
• Various bugs fixed.

• ftp://export.andrew.cmu.edu/angband/Incoming/cthangband-400-ami.lha = Amiga Binary.

• ftp://export.andrew.cmu.edu/angband/Incoming/cthangband-400-mac-68k.sit.bin = 68K Binary.
• ftp://export.andrew.cmu.edu/angband/Incoming/cthangband-400-mac-ppc.sit.bin = PowerPC Native Binary
• ftp://export.andrew.cmu.edu/angband/Incoming/cthangband-400-mac.txt = Readme File

• Windows version has updated menus and faster repaints and can now use monospaced system fonts as well as bitmap fonts. (From Tim Baker's version of Kamband.)
• Player breath weapons (from dragon plate or mutations) and 'wands of dragon breath' now use cone shaped attacks.
• Bug in 'unified commands' fixed so that objects on the floor no longer get prompted for twice.
• Angels (and their uniques) have been removed and replaced with extra Cthuloid entities.
• Implemented Drangband style player ghosts.
• Corrected 'time of day' algorithm and added time display.
• Added Eric Bock's code to combine similar messages in message recall.
• Monster breaths are now cone shaped, rather than ball shaped (from Zangband)
• Speed system cleaned up (a lot) with regard to spellcasting.
• 'help.hlp' is now system specific ('help-dos.hlp' etc.) so that it can point to a different set of files for the different interfaces and systems.
• Windows version asks for a savefile name when starting a new file, rather than automatically naming it after the character that is generated.
• 'New Game' and 'Load Game' on Windows interface changed to 'New Savefile' and 'Load Savefile' as some people were confused and thought that they needed to use the 'New Game' command after they had died.
• 'Help' menu on Windows interface updated.
• Hedge magic added as a third type of magic.
• Shamanism added as a second type of magic.
• Mindcrafting no longer uses 'Mana' but uses 'Chi' instead.
• Levels and classes removed and replaced with a skill system.
• Missing directories are re-created on Windows version.
• Added Zangband's view centring code.
• Reorganised and cleaned up 'options'.
• Added (and modified) ???'s point based stat generation code.

• ftp://export.andrew.cmu.edu/angband/Incoming/cthangband-400-dos.zip = DOS Executable.
• ftp://export.andrew.cmu.edu/angband/Incoming/cthangband-400-ibm.zip = Executable (without Gfx/Sfx).
• ftp://export.andrew.cmu.edu/angband/Incoming/cthangband-400-win.zip = Windows Executable.
• ftp://export.andrew.cmu.edu/angband/Incoming/cthangband-400-src.zip = Full Source.
• ftp://export.andrew.cmu.edu/angband/Incoming/cthangband-400-lsc.zip = Source (without Gfx/Sfx).

• ftp://export.andrew.cmu.edu/angband/Incoming/oangband-041-68kmac.sea.bin = Mac Binary.

• Auto-destroying objects extends to objects on floor.
• Fixed the 'humans have been genocided' message to be more generic.
• Ten new vaults by CW.
• Fixed monsters not being extinct properly.
• Fixed monsters remaining extinct and traps remaining indentified when the same savefile was used again.
• Fixed pointer problems when eating; removed all gods and alignment code. This was never stable anyway...
• Made the GHB unique. This was not strictly necessary since it has the NOPOLY flag, and also UNFAIR, but it finally eliminates the chance of a GHB pit (don't start telling me you love 'em!)

• http://artemida.amu.edu.pl/~naskrent/gsn21dos.zip = DOS Binary.
• http://artemida.amu.edu.pl/~naskrent/gsn21src.zip = Source.

• Add Bigscreen support.
• New "center_running" option can be turned off to disable the "center_player" option while running.
• Objects inscribed with =g will automatically be picked up, regardless of any pickup options. Inscribe your ammo!
• Gold will always be picked up.
• The "easy_alter" and "easy_open" options were added to the Game-Play page of the options.
• Removed random annoying messages about hitting a wall when running.
• Improved inventory command. The -/+/=/space keys can be used to scroll through whole *pages* of items. The game also allows you to type a new command while looking at your inventory.
• Improved equipment command allows you to enter a command while looking at your equipment.
• Added "verify_destroy" and "verify_destroy_junk" to the Disturbance page of the options.
• Added the "time of day" command, ^T or '.
• The screen dump commands now ask you for a file name.
• The keymap/macro facility was updated to Angband 2.8.3
• The spell/power display is now colorized, depending on the status of each spell.
• Improved the browse command so you can repeatedly select spells to see the spell comment.
• Added a whole new display for mixing ingredients.
• Added the "hidden_pet_messages" option to the Kamband page of the options.
• Fixed town lighting when the sun rises/sets, when the "wiz_lite_town" option is on.
• Race-specific and class-specific preference files are read in when a game starts.
• You can read and write options to a file through the options display. Window flags are also saved.
• The lib\user\birth.prf file is read when a character is created, to set default options.
• The Windows version has a bunch of menus with game commands, and improved performance when drawing the screen.
• Any fixed-width font installed on your computer can be chosen, in addition to the supplied font files.
• The embedded names are no longer displayed in the equipment display, if "show_labels" is on.
• Object stacking/sorting is more robust and feels like the original Angband.
• Restored the original Angband store display.

• ftp://export.andrew.cmu.edu/angband/Incoming/kamband-1.8b-src.zip = Source.
• ftp://export.andrew.cmu.edu/angband/Incoming/kamband-1.8b-win32.zip = Windows Binary.

• A major bug fixed - game often collapsed when opening some window. This one caused the Last Messages Error too. Actually it caused about 80 percent of all problems.
• Some other bugs removed.
• Brand new Shop Window.
• Haggling skill.
• Better weather algorithms.
• Burden weight, weight penalties.
• Water and food has now warning system. No more deaths from hunger during a sleep.
• Decaying of organic materials (food, corpses).
• Some processes are running outside actual map (regenerating of hitpoints, decaying of food etc.).