Announce: DaJAngband 1.1.0 released
David A Justiss
changes since 1.0.99:
Fixed bugs since 1.0.99 (9/9/99 update):
fixed: hidden attributes on randarts (I consider that a bug anyway)
fixed: power sprite character history is sometimes messed up
fixed: see invisible doesn't let you see monsters which are
temporarily invisible.
fixed: when arrows get brand/slays from a bow, it sometimes reads
flags from the bow which aren't there (this only had an effect on the
artifact short bows Amrod and Amras).
fixed: flags from weapon in shield slot (usually main gauche) can add
extra blows to melee.
fixed: sometimes disturbs when it's not supposed to
fixed: slime and silver poison display doesn't always update when it
should
fixed: most recommended classes for each race aren't highlighted in
the birth menu.
fixed: doesn't display correct damage for acid-coated ammo
fixed: wizard lock doesn't work when targetting a space with an object
fixed: potion of see invisible often only lasts a couple turns
fixed: Elven cloak of enveloping came up as {splendid} instead of
{cursed}.
fixed: Monsters try to summon even if all spaces are filled and no new
monsters can be brought in: this still may happen with monsters who
don't have the SMART flag
Information Stuff:
- can now recognise trap types on the map (usually..)
- if you know that a monster never moves, then you remember where it
is.
- monster list is now displayed in backwords order, so it will usually
be toughest to weakest (but it's still by index number).
- object list added, and object list command ']'
- Cursed egos (as well as cursed artifacts) now psuedo as 'terrible'.
Stuff which previously psuedoed as 'broken' now psuedos (more
accurately) as 'worthless'.
Cool New Features:
- golem race added: powerful but has NOREGEN flag
- monsters in groups sometimes wake up their friends
- themed levels added along with appropriate terrain (water for
swamps, ponds & trees for the forests, extra rubble for dwarf mine &
earth cave). Ordinary trees are in as monsters but have several hacks
which make them more like terrain features (They are detected by
mapping, but not by detect monster.)
- autosaves whenever a new level is generated
Minor Tweaks:
- slowing is more likely to work against hasted monsters
- torch/lantern of darkvision no longer gives darkvision when it's out
of fuel
- amnesia sometimes causes the map to be forgotten like it used to
- added a couple new potions (replacing !boldness and !lose memories).
- humans get one extra stat point to spend at birth.
- Mist of amnesia affects monsters within 14 spaces whether in LOS or
not
- monsters that resist nexus have a small chance to resist teleother
- breath shield effect is a little more effective than it was
- stat potion allocation modified again to even out stat gain
throughout the dungeon.
Other Improvements & new stuff:
- IMPACT blows: the earthquake is triggered before the monster
actually dies so the monster's drop isn't affected. Quakes are
triggered with critical hits and rarely otherwise.
- re-arranged prayers so that priests only use eight books (previously
they were the only class which still used all nine books in its
realm). No one should have to lug around nine books to have access to
all their spells.
- added some new alchemy realm spells. The chemical combat spellbook
is almost completely redone.
- player now gets XP for earthquake damage when purposely cast by a
spell (for spells like nature-volcanic eruption and black-ball of
destruction).
- heard but unseen monsters now appear on the monster list and can be
targetted, both without showing the specific race name (just the
type).
- tree monsters and wall monsters block line of sight.
- damage through immunity fixed: can only happen in melee: 3/4 element
damage, 1/4 hurt damage
- *enchant* scrolls can re-enchant disenchanted artifacts.
- chance for double ego 'of lightness' on heavy armor (meaning a heavy
armor can get "of resist acid of lightness").
- nature realm re-organized a little (added fire spray and resist
silver, removed detect evil)
- spread effect added for fire spray, bug spray, and thunderclap
spells. It's like a ball spell centered on the caster which does full
damage to everything within 2 spaces away and damage diminishes slowly
further away than that.
- artifacts now have a maximum depth they can appear.
- HURT_COLD and HURT_FIRE flags are implemented. Not a lot of monsters
have them: mainly HURT_FIRE is for tree monsters and HURT_COLD is for
glass/crystal monsters.
- White knight and Black knight classes added.
Notable changes between 1.0.98 and 1.0.99 (9/9/99 update):
- graphics tiles done for old tileset.
- detection radius is now fixed (like in new V, but not as big an area
as new V).
- probing now reveals everything that cheak_peak reveals except
doesn't always reveal spells.
- slays/brands have partial stacking: (+25% added to x3 multiplier)
- ability to target monsters in walls
- new room types: empty vaults (including some room designs in
vault.txt which aren't used for real vaults) ..for dungeon veriety.
- nexus now has approprate effects on monsters
- polymorph should be much less dangerous now (usually doesn't heal).
Polymorph spells/wands are also more likely to work now.
- chance based on (clevel + luck + device skill) for wand damage to
get a boost (not too big a boost)
- static resistance added (for drain charges) (included in random
resistances). IMPORTANT: This is not complete protection like
disenchantment resistance is.
- objects in rubble can be found by searching without digging up the
rubble. This is done so people like me don't feel like we have to dig
up every pile of rubble.
Download link:
http://www.datafilehost.com/download-8109d73b.html
The DaJAngband website is not updated yet (it still says the newest
release is the 1.0.99 update) because I'm having trouble getting to
the webpage to edit it.
The Knight classes: The knight classes are all pretty similar to each
other except they each use a different magic realm. They are very
tough fighters with mediocure skills and a little bit of magic. They
are horrible at stealth and do not like to run away from a fight.
There is planned to be a knight class for each magic realm eventually.
(The Chaos Warrior is the knight class of the chance magic realm. It
is not called a knight because the chance realm is chaotic and knights
are lawful).
Wally the Grey
> - chance for double ego 'of lightness' on heavy armor (meaning a heavy
> armor can get "of resist acid of lightness").
Maybe better to call it "mithril", reducing weight and adding
IGNORE_ACID. This gives nicer names: "mithril plate mail of resist fire"
etc.; rather than needing a clumsy X of Y of Z form.
David A Justiss
wrote:
I might do something like that but there's already mithril chain mail
and mithril plate mail in the game.
BTW, the website is now updated:
http://will2asher.awardspace.biz/MonsterDic/DaJAngbandmain.html
David A Justiss
It's not really a serious bug, but it makes certain monsters stupidly
easy if you notice the exploit. sorry bout that
new download link is here (also from the website):
http://www.datafilehost.com/download-88b60607.html
(link in original announcement post is disabled)
David A Justiss
sorry again. I posted the wrong link by accident. Just go to the
DaJAngband website to download it. It has the correct link.
David A Justiss
This fixes a couple other bugs. One which made the wrong monsters
appear in themed levels sometimes, and another which made a certain
necromancy realm spell not work how it was supposed to.
I also rearranged some spells in the necromancy realm so that the
necromancer has earlier access to some important spells and lessened
the nastiness of the demon summoning caused by black magic.
download:
http://www.datafilehost.com/download-26ca8e0e.html
website:
http://will2asher.awardspace.biz/MonsterDic/DaJAngbandmain.html
sorry again about the stuttered release.