[Announce] Poschengband 3.4.0 Released

chris · November 22, 2014, 17:52

I've begun to burn out a bit on the edit file stuff, so here is 3.4.0. What's changed?

* I've begun adding new wilderness encounters and incorporated a couple new ones generously contributed by Nivim. I've added copious (for me) documentation to the top of v_info.txt, and this should serve as the goto place to look for how to do stuff. I have quite a few more encounter ideas that are commented out and many of the new ones I added could use improvement. Feel free to offer changes and new encounters if you are feeling creative!

* Possessors have been rebalanced a bit. A few body types are more flavorful (e.g. archer forms get extra shots; mage forms get extra mana, faster mana regen and the eat magic power; sorcerer forms get the huge sorcerer mana boost with concomitant extreme encumbrance penalties).

* Monster AI has been tweaked. All unique monsters now employ variable AI strategies. Also, anti-summoning corridors are less effective.

As usual, source and a full diff are available, though github declines to actually diff v_info.txt, which is where the bulk of this release's changes occurred.

HugoVirtuoso · November 22, 2014, 20:29

Game on! Time for me to get my Hugo-Possesor-mojo up again!

getter77 · November 23, 2014, 13:00

Great to see things picking up with some momentum on this fine project again!

Raajaton · November 23, 2014, 15:28

Thanks Chris! I was actually just thinking that I wanted to start giving Possessor's a try. Now I'll try it in the new version!

HugoVirtuoso · November 23, 2014, 18:22

Possessors are still *A LOT* of fun, even with the recent melee nerfs.

Tilurian · December 3, 2014, 07:21

How do I get a rune sword up and running?

On another thread chris wrote:

"You cannot enchant the rune sword with magics. Instead, it occassionally grows more powerful when you kill stuff with it. But you need to overcome the -50 damage before equipping it or it won't do any damage at all, leaving you with no melee attacks."

But if I can't enchant it, how do I overcome the initial -50 damage that will allow me to kill things?

Arjen · December 3, 2014, 09:14

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tilurian

How do I get a rune sword up and running?

On another thread chris wrote:

"You cannot enchant the rune sword with magics. Instead, it occassionally grows more powerful when you kill stuff with it. But you need to overcome the -50 damage before equipping it or it won't do any damage at all, leaving you with no melee attacks."

But if I can't enchant it, how do I overcome the initial -50 damage that will allow me to kill things?

You need to add damage by having a high STR and/or equipment (=oDam, gloves of Slaying, ...) Don't equip a Runesword before you have an additional +50 damage.

Tilurian · December 3, 2014, 11:25

If a berserker is wielding a rune sword and a monster puts a nasty curse on this rune sword, does this mean that there is nothing the berserker can do to remove this additional curse?

Arjen · December 3, 2014, 11:39

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tilurian

If a berserker is wielding a rune sword and a monster puts a nasty curse on this rune sword, does this mean that there is nothing the berserker can do to remove this additional curse?

No class can remove a curse from a rune sword, so be prepared to get aggr at least. But I actually had a winner berserker with a rune sword.

*edit*
ofcourse you can remove it with a char who can read, you have scrolls of Mudanity. So yeah, only a berserker is unable to unequip it.

Tilurian · December 3, 2014, 12:06

Thanks for answering my questions

Are empty bottles useful or are they just junk?

November 22, 2014, 17:52	#1
chris PosChengband Maintainer Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 702	[Announce] Poschengband 3.4.0 Released I've begun to burn out a bit on the edit file stuff, so here is 3.4.0. What's changed? * I've begun adding new wilderness encounters and incorporated a couple new ones generously contributed by Nivim. I've added copious (for me) documentation to the top of v_info.txt, and this should serve as the goto place to look for how to do stuff. I have quite a few more encounter ideas that are commented out and many of the new ones I added could use improvement. Feel free to offer changes and new encounters if you are feeling creative! * Possessors have been rebalanced a bit. A few body types are more flavorful (e.g. archer forms get extra shots; mage forms get extra mana, faster mana regen and the eat magic power; sorcerer forms get the huge sorcerer mana boost with concomitant extreme encumbrance penalties). * Monster AI has been tweaked. All unique monsters now employ variable AI strategies. Also, anti-summoning corridors are less effective. As usual, source and a full diff are available, though github declines to actually diff v_info.txt, which is where the bulk of this release's changes occurred.

November 22, 2014, 20:29	#2
HugoVirtuoso Veteran Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Linux Age: 39 Posts: 1,206	Game on! Time for me to get my Hugo-Possesor-mojo up again! __________________ My best try at PosChengband 7.0.0's nightmare-mode on Angband.live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwAR0WOphUA If I'm offline I'm probably in the middle of maintaining Gentoo or something-Linux or other. As of February 18th, 2022, my YouTube username is MidgardVirtuoso

November 23, 2014, 18:22	#5
HugoVirtuoso Veteran Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Linux Age: 39 Posts: 1,206	Possessors are still A LOT of fun, even with the recent melee nerfs. __________________ My best try at PosChengband 7.0.0's nightmare-mode on Angband.live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwAR0WOphUA If I'm offline I'm probably in the middle of maintaining Gentoo or something-Linux or other. As of February 18th, 2022, my YouTube username is MidgardVirtuoso

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