Archived news from 10/00.
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- Fixed: Rogue monster trap bug (monster were not hurt, but could not pass).
- Fixed: Life after death bug (rarely gave one last turn for dead characters).
- Fixed: Minimap display bug for bigscreen x > 150.
- Fixed: Temporary resist cold did not time out.
- Fixed: Stack labeling wrong when wielding from the floor.
- Fixed: Wrong version number written to high score file.
- Fixed: Text/describtion problems in a few places.
- Fixed: Stores would (rarely) generate only items of the same tval.
- Fixed: LINUX/UNIX curses: problems with bigscreen x > 81.
- Fixed: Windows: problems with Ents and shopping (some crashes, some odd prices).
- Radius based magic mapping.
- Option to disturb running outside of trap detected region.
- ftp://export.andrew.cmu.edu/angband/Variant/kangband-2911-dos.zip = DOS KAngband.
- ftp://export.andrew.cmu.edu/angband/Variant/kangband-2911-win.zip = Win KAngband.
- ftp://export.andrew.cmu.edu/angband/Incoming/PernAngband-412-PPC.sit.bin = PernAngband PPC.
- ftp://export.andrew.cmu.edu/angband/Incoming/PernAngband-412-68K.sit.bin = PernAngband 68K.
- ftp://export.andrew.cmu.edu/angband/Incoming/kangband-291r1-ami.lha = Amiga KAngband.
- Applied all the bug-fix patches to the 2.9.1 source available on Thangorodrim.
- Updated the makefiles using gcc to use the '-fno-strength-reduce' switch.
- Added a new cheating option which identifies all flavored items by bypassing the p_ptr->aware checks.
- Assigning the "LEVITATION" flag as an intrinsic racial ability via p_info.txt should now have the appropriate effect.
- Fixed a bug with the timed levitation spell (which necessitated an increment to the version number).
- Fixed a bug that allowed cast spells to bypass the adult_ironman option and scrolls/rods of recall to bypass the time/space anchor.
- Fixed a bug with the adult_no_stores option that let you enter the special buildings when it was set.
- You may no longer cross the "Chasm" terrain when levitating. This is in preparation for adding chasm streamers deep in the dungeon.
- Crossing lava is now allowed without fire resitance or levitation.
- Crossing deep water when overburdened is now allowed.
- If the Illusion spell 'Shadow Form' expires while the player is moving through rock, the player will now take damage from being crushed.
- Fixed a problem with the 'Unknown Building' quest in the 'Haunting of Telamoor' plot which resulted in a 'nothing' object being created.
- Added various missing entries to font-ibm.prf, font-xxx.prf and font-new.prf (but have not checked for completeness).
- ftp://export.andrew.cmu.edu/angband/Incoming/kangband-2911-src.zip = KAngband Source.
- New CthAngband. Another new maintainer releasing his "Hello, I'm the new maintainer!" version is David Thornley, the guy heading up the good ship CthAngband. The new version (v4.1.0b) adds...
- Any character starting with Shaman skill gets one free spirit bound.
- Any character with hermetic magic skills will get one free spellbook to start.
- Pets will not be targetted by the "*" key.
- There are new base skill levels, essentially the level learnable at 0', and these are subtracted from the skill learnable at the current dungeon level.
- Raising Martial Arts skill now does not depend soley on Close Combat skill.
- Certain changes have been made to allow the roguelike keyset to work better.
- Characters with sufficiently high missile skill get extra shots, depending on weapon type.
- There is now a visual cue, in the "depth" area, as to whether you are in a dungeon or tower.
- Corrected bug whereby characters with Mindcrafting of 80% or better did not get ESP.
- A character trying to cast a cantrip from a charm unsuccessfully may get no effect, rather than destruction of the charm, at very low skill levels.
- Additional documentation has been added. Most of the differences between Vanilla Angband and Cthangband are now in the "Help" files.
- The display has been changed to show spirits and how annoyed they are.
- *Identified* weapons show what skill they need.
- The restriction on a 6% failure rate to learn magical skills has been replaced by a restriction that character skill must be no more than 50% greater than the minimum skill for that spell, mindcrafting power, cantrip, or spirit favor.
- Minimum annoyance for spirit favors has been raised to 2, so a spirit will not immediately become placated for the next turn.
- ftp://export.andrew.cmu.edu/angband/Variant/Cthangband-4.1.0b-68k.sit.bin = CthAngband (68K).
- ftp://export.andrew.cmu.edu/angband/Variant/Cthangband-4.1.0b-ppc.sit.bin = CthAngband (PPC).
- ftp://export.andrew.cmu.edu/angband/Variant/Cthangband-4.1.0b-src.sit.bin = Mac Source.
- ftp://export.andrew.cmu.edu/angband/Variant/Cthangband-4.1.0b.tar.gz = Source.
- ftp://export.andrew.cmu.edu/angband/Variant/ZAngband_2.5.2b_68K.bin = ZAngband (68K).
- ftp://export.andrew.cmu.edu/angband/Variant/ZAngband_2.5.2b_PPC.bin = ZAngband (PPC).
- ftp://export.andrew.cmu.edu/angband/Variant/cthangband-410b-ami.lha = Amiga CthAngband.
- ftp://export.andrew.cmu.edu/angband/Incoming/kangband-291b-ami.lha = Amiga KAngband.
- ftp://export.andrew.cmu.edu/angband/Incoming/oangband-050-ami.lha = Amiga OAngband.
- ftp://export.andrew.cmu.edu/angband/Variant/zangband-252b-ami.lha = Amiga ZAngband.
- Artifacts can have their own tiles, several of the quest artifacts have their own, as well as the most popular artifact weapons.
- The hilite_pet option is now supported.
- Incorporated several of Warren Cheung's bugfixes from SLASH'EM.
- HUD is no longer affected by hallucination.
- Tiles for female Arc, Bar, Hea, Ran, Sam, still looking for a good Mon.
- Priests and Priestesses of different alignments are now set apart by more than robe colors.
- Spellcasting "auras" are slightly changed, matter spell aura is totally new.
- Priests and Knights using #turn now get an aura.
- Shield effect changed to use aura code.
- A few other miscellaneous new tiles, bugfixes.
- Screenshot key moved to F6 to match SLASH'EM keys.
- About half the tiles now use the "new" system.
- The "Good luck" and "Bad luck" mutations no longer affect unweildable items. The "Good luck" mutation can no longer be abused with memory mosses.
- Fixed a bug in the dynamic monster lighting.
- Increased the price of powerful rods.
- The map should no longer "jump about" when the center on player option is on.
- You get a maximum of 600gp for left-over points in the point-based character generation.
- Glyphs of warding and explosive runes can now be created.
- You can't run into traps any more.
- Bugfixing and cleanup of the dungeon generation code.
- Shooting at monsters adjacent to you is much harder if they are awake.
- The death spell "raise dead" now raises corpses.
- Added yet another type of random vault.
- Pillars now use the pillar tile. This tile is "semi-graphical" in X11 when in ascii mode.
- Added three new types of rooms. (Some with multiple sub-types.)
- Fixed a couple of problems with mindcrafter spell descriptions.
- Closed several possible security holes in the pref-file handling.
- Renamed makefile.cyg to match the other makefiles.
- Fields now have tiles on the main-ibm platform.
- ftp://export.andrew.cmu.edu/angband/Variant/kangband-291-src.zip = KAngband Source.
- Amiga Pern & Z. Speaking of which, Bablos has Amiga ports of both the aforementioned variant and ZAngband (v2.9.2) for you. Here are the links...
- ftp://export.andrew.cmu.edu/angband/Incoming/pernangband-412-ami.lha = Amiga PernAngband.
- ftp://export.andrew.cmu.edu/angband/Incoming/zangband-252-ami.lha = Amiga ZAngband.
- ftp://export.andrew.cmu.edu/angband/Incoming/eyangband-014-ami.lha = EyAngband 0.1.4
- EyAngband Time. It's about that time again when Eytan Zweig puts out a new version (0.1.4) of his variant, EyAngband. Eytan was hoping that he'd not overlooked any bugs and have replace the files again (almost as traditional as the weekly release thing). Unfortunately, there was a problem with quests failing too much. Oops. Here's a quick list of new features...
- Bug fixes.
- Guild quest implementation.
- Tweaks to point-based creation.
- Added display of equipped characters on the main screen.
- Added birth option for pre-buying basic equipment.
- Read-me file which summarizes the differences between EyAngband and Vanilla.
- Solaris Angband. Bring your hands together in a clappy fashion for Jason Holtzapple for making it possible for Solaris (2.6 and later) running Sparc owners to play Angband (v2.9.1). Yay! File below...
- ftp://export.andrew.cmu.edu/angband/Unix/angband-291.tar.Z = Solaris Angband 2.9.1
- Added monster lighting effects. This is similar to the monster lighting patch from APW, however it is much more efficient. Also, there are three possible light radii instead of one.
- Corpses now are dropped by monsters when they die. These decay over time, and cannot be picked up. Some monsters have spells that raise all corpses in LOS.
- Removed the bash command. Use the open command to open stuck doors.
- Completely rewritten traps code. The types of traps are now level dependent. There are new types, and some old types are nastier.
- Added a version of the big screen patch.
- Items are *identified* in death chardump.
- Fur cloaks are cheaper.
- Changed the shots per round display. Changed the formula for extra shots. Large numbers of "extra shots" are less powerful now.
- Beastmen going up multiple levels get an increased chance to get a mutation.
- Many optimizations to the monster AI.
- Speedups to the term code allows quick redrawing of rectangular sections of windows. This speeds up redrawing as other windows move in front of terms.
- Major optimisation of functions in cave.c The game may be twice as fast in some situations.
- Fixed bug in the anti-double-move patch.
- Fixed various bugs in dungeon generation. Toned down the "unusual rooms" option. It now makes unusual rooms, not vaults.
- Ammo is found in bigger piles, and is easier to enchant. Mushrooms are found in clumps.
- Grid bugs are less common now.
- Mushrooms of cure serious wounds now weight as much as every other mushroom.
- You can now drown in the ocean.
- Iron spikes are lighter now. The stuck door formulae have changed.
- Weapons of poisoning are now known as weapons of venom.
- Sting now gets +2 attacks.
- Fixed a bug in the range of fired ammo.
- Fixed problems with the meteor storm spell.
- Moved Earth hounds to the intended depth.
- Fixed several bugs in the note-taking code.
- Fixed "scroll of Logrus" typo.
- Changed projection functions to give information only if hit squares are in LOS. This fixes bugs with identification of wands of "stone to mud".
- Fixed the confusion activation direction problem.
- Fixed some long standing bugs in the monster flow code.
- Finally fixed the last of the problems with the fractal caves patch. The game shouldn't crash on dungeon creation any more.
- Wilderness panel initialisation fix. This should stop the empty screens appearing in vanilla town mode.
- Fixed problems with bounds checking in random vaults.
- Cleaned up the "Easy Patch". The code is now integrated much better with the normal behaviour of the game.
- Chaos warriors are now initialised properly with the point-based birth system.
- Fixed inconsistancy between monster-monster and monster-player spells.
- Fixed the weaponmaster code. (The building isn't used though.)
- Updated makefiles for CygWin and LCC and removed unused parts of the source code.
- ftp://export.andrew.cmu.edu/angband/Incoming/eyangband-013-ami.lha = EyAngband 0.1.3
- ftp://export.andrew.cmu.edu/angband/Incoming/angband-a291-ami.lha = Angband a2.9.1
- ftp://export.andrew.cmu.edu/angband/Incoming/drangband-296-ami.lha = Amiga DrAngband.
- Overdue Snipage. Yus, I'll be cropping the news pages back very soon - but you've got to admit, it's been a very quiet couple of months.