[3.4-RC] Minor glitch: mimics reveal themselves when running

[PowerWyrm]

When you see a pile of copper coins and you run towards it, you will stop next to it if it's a real pile of cash. If it's a mimic, you will stop 2 squares away from it...

This is caused by the following code in pathfind.c:

	/* Look at every soon to be newly adjacent square. */
	for (i = -max; i <= max; i++)
	{		
		/* New direction */
		new_dir = cycle[chome[prev_dir] + i];
		
		/* New location */
		row = py + ddy[prev_dir] + ddy[new_dir];
		col = px + ddx[prev_dir] + ddx[new_dir];
		
		/* HACK: Ugh. Sometimes we come up with illegal bounds. This will
		 * treat the symptom but not the disease. */
		if (row >= DUNGEON_HGT || col >= DUNGEON_WID) continue;
		if (row < 0 || col < 0) continue;

		/* Visible monsters abort running */
		if (cave->m_idx[row][col] > 0)
		{
			monster_type *m_ptr = cave_monster_at(cave, row, col);
			
			/* Visible monster */
			if (m_ptr->ml) return (TRUE);			
		}
	}

Here, hidden mimics should not abort running...

[PowerWyrm]

Another similar problem: when mimics appear/disappear from view and either disturb_move or disturb_near is on, the player gets disturbed. He should not get disturbed until the mimic reveals itself.

[Magnate]

Thanks for these - if there isn't an open ticket for mimic buglets, please could you create one?

[PowerWyrm]

Didn't see a ticket for these. Opened as #1667.

[Magnate]

Originally Posted by PowerWyrm

Didn't see a ticket for these. Opened as #1667.

Thank you - we won't forget to fix them, eventually!