Archived news from 05/00.
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- Added Gob's code for Mac's.
- Added Prfnoff's code to dump the last messages.
- Added a 'Lines' parameter to borgband.ini to specify the number of lines to be dumped.
- Added a 'Level' parameter to borgband.ini to specify what level a borg needs to have to have his dump saved.
- Made Cubragol a 'no-brainer'.
- Penalized the used of non-blessed weapons for priest more.
- Made it easier for the borg to crush things when slow.
- Penalized encumbrance more.
- Penalized being slowed by equipment more.
- Tweaked the equipment choices.
- Borg will collect (and use) rods of speed.
- Added a borg status screen.
- Fixed (at least one) strange equipment choice.
- Possessors now have a MUCH better pseudo id, equal to warrior's one.
- Changed the wilderness map with the one provided by Gwidon S. Naskrent (naskrent@artemida.amu.edu.pl).
- Stairs are now noticed again (when you see one it will stay on your screen even when out of torch radius).
- Added the Notes patch from Chris Kern. That allows you to get a .txt file recording great events in your life, your notes.
- Added the Moria dungeon, it's not random and can be found in ... the moria mountain chain :) There is Muar waiting you at the bottom, guarding the Quarterstaff of Olorin
- Dungeon guardians and dungeon guarding's artifacts can only be generated in their respective dungeons.
- Random dungeons now appear on the overhead wilderness view
- Changed the price for Runes/Essences to be more accurate.
- Changed some uniques in r_info to their former vanilla glory.
- The look command can now show the trap's types.
- Fixed some typos (thanks whimsy).
- Began to add the Body parts system to allow more rings, weapons, everything, depending of your current corpse (dragons will have more rings, mariliths 2 weapons, ...)
- If your corpse allow the use of more than one weapon, you can use them :)
- Fast autoroller as a birth option.
- E'x'amining books in stores now browse them if your class can read them.
- r_info is modified to give all monsters some inventory slots. The format is E:weapon:torso:arms:finger:head:legs.
- ftp://export.andrew.cmu.edu/angband/Incoming/pernangband-407-ami.lha = Amiga PernAngband.
- ftp://export.andrew.cmu.edu/angband/Incoming/PernAngband-407-PPC.sit.bin = Mac PPC PernAngband.
- ftp://export.andrew.cmu.edu/angband/Incoming/PernAngband-407-68K.sit.bin = Mac 68K PernAngband.
- A Bit Of Fun. GameSpy, the online gaming news network, has posted an amusing feature on Nethack. It is a comic masquerading as an article really but fun nonetheless. Take a peek here.
- Graphical HP and Pw bars.
- Control-direction scrolling from VGA version.
- Mini-map to replace scrollbar in the VGA version.
- More eye candy.
- More things may be customized, some of which may help people who can't run it.
- Seperate altar tiles for each alignment. (not on the astral plane)
- A few tile changes.
- Some surprises.
- ftp://export.andrew.cmu.edu/angband/Incoming/cthangband-401-ami.lha = Amiga CthAngband.
- ftp://export.andrew.cmu.edu/angband/Incoming/angband64-52-ami.lha = Amiga Angband/64.
- Fixed a bug wit Dal-i-thalion.
- Added all bugfixes for 2.9.0.
- Count living uniques and don't dive below 2 living ones, and kill all uniques before going to Morgoth.
- Made the borg dive faster.
- KAngband Alpha. Despite Mark Howson and the KAngband devteam being hard at work, they've found time to put together an Alpha version of the new code. Remember, this is ALPHA and so it most likely has it's fair share of bugs and unfinished corners - be gentle. One of the interesting features of this revamp is that a lot of code being added is written in Python. In fact, Mark is looking for people interested in coding Python for KAngband - which he mentions is a lot easier to understand than other languages.
- New CthAngband. Dean Anderson has released a new version (v4.0.1) of his variant - CthAngband. Apparently there were a couple of problems uploading the files to 'export' and the full source was corrupted. The 'lite' version (without the libraries) is available though, so all is not lost. Anyhoo, here is the list of changes with the files available below that...
- Wizard Mode moved to 'Cheat Options' page.
- 'graf-new' flag removed since we only have Adam Bolt tiles these days.
- Paths are now lit like floors.
- Startup options have their own option page, to reduce the number of questions the player is asked when creating a new character.
- Dungeons (but not towers) display offset depth, rather than true depth.
- Player ghosts now use graphics if possible.
- 'Dungeons' may now be towers (tiny levels heading upwards) as well as caves (larger levels heading downwards).
- 5 new dungeons added.
- Dungeons now have a 'bias' towards a certain type of creature.
- Charm destruction and identify staff bugs fixed (thanks to Greg Wooledge).
- Bug in spell energy calculation fixed.
- Skills can only be improved if you are not bored (i.e. there is a minimum depth requirement based on your current skill value.)
- Hedge magic is now easier to learn.
- Skills are now slightly randomised on character generation.
- Fixed bug with 100% Toughness reducing your hitpoints.
- Spirits now have elvish/hobbitish names, rather than Cthuloid.
- Character dump now dumps last 10 messages (so you can see how stupidly you died).
- Problem with 'missing' options fixed.
- 'Wizard Mode' flag is cleared with cheat flags on character creation.
- Extra cheat option - 'cheat_skll' to view skill checks.
- Toughness is only increased when you lose more than 1/20th of your current hit points in a single hit.
- Magic skills only improve if there was a 10% failure chance (or greater) for the spell/favour/power/cantrip.
- No experience is gained on the surface, only in dungeons
- Attacks only improve your attack skill (and/or martial arts) if you have less than 75% chance to hit.
- Attacks with mutations (Horns, Tail etc.) give experience to your 'close combat' skill, not your weapon skill.
- ftp://export.andrew.cmu.edu/Angband/Incoming/Cthangband-401-dos.zip = DOS Executable.
- ftp://export.andrew.cmu.edu/Angband/Incoming/Cthangband-401-ibm.zip = Executable (without Gfx/Sfx).
- ftp://export.andrew.cmu.edu/Angband/Incoming/Cthangband-401-win.zip = Windows Executable.
- ftp://export.andrew.cmu.edu/Angband/Incoming/Cthangband-401-lsc.zip = 'Lite' Source.
- Psi Changes. Aram Harrow is stepping down as maintainer on Psiband (Psionic Angband) in order to concentrate his efforts on PZiband (Psionic ZAngband). Worry not as two likely lads have taken on the challenge - Jonathan Ellis and Matthias Kurzke. You'll find Jonathan's original announcement here to explain their actions in a little more detail.
- New Lost Rings. Version 0.0.5 of The 4th Age: The Lost Rings from Ondrej Zicha is available. There are a number of new additions so without further delay, here they are...
- New items (Bandages, Water Bag, Keys, Keyring, Wands, Lock Picks and Flint & Steel).
- Units are escaping from fire now.
- Advanced item using system. Easy handling of items by using drag&drop in inventory window.
- Added shortcuts in inventory window.
- Ability to drink only few mouthfuls of potion and save rest. The effect based on amount taken.
- Experience for kills and hi-score table added.
- Poisoning of food and weapons.
- You can choose from set of textures in options window.
- You can draw and choose face of hero from file.
- Resizable message bar.
- Group control of friendly units.
- New Tool: PCX2TLR - picture convertor which you can use to define your own textures and faces.
- New Tool: VIEWPIC - viewer of TLR PIC picture format.
- Mangband.cfg configuration file allows various server options be changed without recompilation.
- Automatic level unstaticer.
- Maximum shop prices increased.
- The option to automatically open doors when you bump into them.
- A dungeon master interface for creating vaults.
- Several bug fixes.
- Overhauled the tile naming and loading system.
- Added fancy explosion and magic shield effects.
- New visual effects for being engulfed.
- Numerous small improvements to the tileset.
- Paul Pliska's tiles are now included in the tileset.
- Removed color overlays when hallucinating due to slowdowns.
- Blinking Name Change. Tsch! The lengths some people will go to for a plug. Just look - those wacky chaps over at Blinkingdot.com have renamed their RPG interests as RPGDot.com. The original site still exists but will be mainly concerned with hosting various fan pages and other gaming sites.
- AllegroHack Update. There is a new version (0.9) of 'Wingnut's Allegro enhanced Nethack - AllegroHack. Changes to this ver. include...
- Masked drawing, see what's under monsters/objects/you. (has a few bugs)
- Translucent drawing for invisible monsters seen with see invisible. (also has a few bugs)
- An option to (slightly) improve the look of the font, see alleg.cnf.
- Color overlays while hallucinating.
- Now comes with Mitsuhiro Itakura's 32x32 tiles. Things look much nicer with them than the old interpolated tiles.
- ftp://export.andrew.cmu.edu/angband/Incoming/zceband-212-ami.lha = Amiga Kamband.