Comp 191

debo · August 3, 2016, 02:06

Competition 191 is up. It's an FAangband Ent Druid.

GLHF!

Nick · August 3, 2016, 11:38

Things to note:

Ents can hide in trees - if you're standing on a tree square, you will be hidden from monster tracking until you hit something
Druids get quite good bare-handed attacks, and taking the Power Strike specialty makes that even better
Use 'M' outside dungeons to get a map of nearby levels
Use 'o' in the Merchant (shop 0) to put in a standing order for stuff (books are recommended to start with)

Ingwe Ingweron · August 3, 2016, 18:42

Something seems off with {good} weapons, launchers, and ammunition. When wielded and used successfully, the to-hit and to-damage modifiers remain question marks. Is this a bug, or am I missing something?

I like playing FA again, but I've definitely become spoiled by the wonderful improvements made in Vanilla.

t4nk · August 3, 2016, 20:01

Think I'll need to take a break from wrestling with bad code in textui!

FAangband, hmmm... I tried to hack SDL2 into it, but it's kind of not trivial. So I'm back to square one - changing the colors of main-sdl.c to something less annoying

Nick · August 3, 2016, 21:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ingwe Ingweron

Something seems off with {good} weapons, launchers, and ammunition. When wielded and used successfully, the to-hit and to-damage modifiers remain question marks. Is this a bug, or am I missing something?

They work differently to V3.5 - you only learn them when you get a perfect dice roll (for to-dam) or a blow where you just barely hit (for to-skill). I'm finding it really annoying

wobbly · August 4, 2016, 04:13

What no thrall mode? disappointing...

Anyway as it took me a bit to find, H to move house to a new town

Ingwe Ingweron · August 4, 2016, 13:55

"When spring unfolds the beechen-leaf and sap is in the bough,
When light is on the wild-wood stream, and wind is on the brow,
When stride is long, and breath is deep, and keen the mountain air,
Come back to me! Come back to me, and say my land is fair!"

From Treebeard's lament for the lost Ent-Wives. Wait a second! Beechbonnet is a female Ent. An Ent Wife has been found at last!

debo · August 4, 2016, 13:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ingwe Ingweron

"When spring unfolds the beechen-leaf and sap is in the bough,
When light is on the wild-wood stream, and wind is on the brow,
When stride is long, and breath is deep, and keen the mountain air,
Come back to me! Come back to me, and say my land is fair!"

From Treebeard's lament for the lost Ent-Wives. Wait a second! Beechbonnet is a female Ent. An Ent Wife has been found at last!

It has already been pointed out to me that the entwives didn't disappear until the end of the second age

debo · August 4, 2016, 13:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by wobbly

What no thrall mode? disappointing...

Anyway as it took me a bit to find, H to move house to a new town

We did thrallmode in the last FA comp. Not everyone finds it so... enthralling.

Ingwe Ingweron · August 4, 2016, 17:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by debo

It has already been pointed out to me that the entwives didn't disappear until the end of the second age

Ah, yes! Point taken. That is great!!!

August 3, 2016, 02:06	#1
debo Veteran Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 2,400	Comp 191 Competition 191 is up. It's an FAangband Ent Druid. GLHF! __________________ Glaurung, Father of the Dragons says, 'You cannot avoid the ballyhack.'

August 3, 2016, 11:38	#2
Nick Vanilla maintainer Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Canberra, Australia Age: 58 Posts: 9,525 Donated: $60	Things to note: Ents can hide in trees - if you're standing on a tree square, you will be hidden from monster tracking until you hit something Druids get quite good bare-handed attacks, and taking the Power Strike specialty makes that even better Use 'M' outside dungeons to get a map of nearby levels Use 'o' in the Merchant (shop 0) to put in a standing order for stuff (books are recommended to start with) __________________ One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.

August 3, 2016, 18:42	#3
Ingwe Ingweron Veteran Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Manhattan Beach, CA Posts: 2,127	Something seems off with {good} weapons, launchers, and ammunition. When wielded and used successfully, the to-hit and to-damage modifiers remain question marks. Is this a bug, or am I missing something? I like playing FA again, but I've definitely become spoiled by the wonderful improvements made in Vanilla. __________________ “We're more of the love, blood, and rhetoric school. Well, we can do you blood and love without the rhetoric, and we can do you blood and rhetoric without the love, and we can do you all three concurrent or consecutive. But we can't give you love and rhetoric without the blood. Blood is compulsory. They're all blood, you see.” ― Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead

August 4, 2016, 13:55	#7
Ingwe Ingweron Veteran Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Manhattan Beach, CA Posts: 2,127	"When spring unfolds the beechen-leaf and sap is in the bough, When light is on the wild-wood stream, and wind is on the brow, When stride is long, and breath is deep, and keen the mountain air, Come back to me! Come back to me, and say my land is fair!" From Treebeard's lament for the lost Ent-Wives. Wait a second! Beechbonnet is a female Ent. An Ent Wife has been found at last! __________________ “We're more of the love, blood, and rhetoric school. Well, we can do you blood and love without the rhetoric, and we can do you blood and rhetoric without the love, and we can do you all three concurrent or consecutive. But we can't give you love and rhetoric without the blood. Blood is compulsory. They're all blood, you see.” ― Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead

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August 3, 2016, 20:01	#4
t4nk Swordsman Join Date: May 2016 Posts: 330	Think I'll need to take a break from wrestling with bad code in textui! FAangband, hmmm... I tried to hack SDL2 into it, but it's kind of not trivial. So I'm back to square one - changing the colors of main-sdl.c to something less annoying

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