Hengband 2.1.5 English (Download)

[smbhax]

Originally Posted by Cryomaniac

Was the world map changed in recent versions? It's been a while since I played base Hengband, but it looks similar to the one in 1.6.x - 1.7.x versions.

I don't know, this is my first encounter with it. : )

[smbhax]

Originally Posted by Cryomaniac

Was the world map changed in recent versions? It's been a while since I played base Hengband, but it looks similar to the one in 1.6.x - 1.7.x versions.

Ah, going back to the initial version of the world map in 1.0.7alpha (https://github.com/NickMcConnell/Ang...t/w_info_j.txt), no, it has not changed ever.

Hengband's version.txt (https://github.com/hengband/hengband...lp/version.txt) suggests Hengband 1.0.7 came from Zangband 2.2.8. I went looking in Zangband's source history (https://github.com/NickMcConnell/Ang...mmits/Zangband) but the only world map I could find there started in 2.2.1 (https://github.com/NickMcConnell/Ang...dit/w_info.txt), and is just this tiny thing:

# Wilderness layout
W:D:##########
W:D:#GGGGMVMM#
W:D:#GGG5GGMM#
W:D:#GGG|GGGG#
W:D:#GGG1-2GG#
W:D:#GGDD|DGG#
W:D:#WSFF6FFS#
W:D:#WWSSSSSS#
W:D:#WWWWWWWW#
W:D:##########

that pretty much stayed that way, until Zangband went to a completely randomly generated wilderness in version 2.5.0 or 2.5.1 or something.

[Gwarl]

Originally Posted by smbhax

The Hengband world map:

First time I've realised that it looks like Europe

[Gwarl]

Originally Posted by smbhax

Ah, going back to the initial version of the world map in 1.0.7alpha (https://github.com/NickMcConnell/Ang...t/w_info_j.txt), no, it has not changed ever.

Hengband's version.txt (https://github.com/hengband/hengband...lp/version.txt) suggests Hengband 1.0.7 came from Zangband 2.2.8. I went looking in Zangband's source history (https://github.com/NickMcConnell/Ang...mmits/Zangband) but the only world map I could find there started in 2.2.1 (https://github.com/NickMcConnell/Ang...dit/w_info.txt), and is just this tiny thing:

# Wilderness layout
W:D:##########
W:D:#GGGGMVMM#
W:D:#GGG5GGMM#
W:D:#GGG|GGGG#
W:D:#GGG1-2GG#
W:D:#GGDD|DGG#
W:D:#WSFF6FFS#
W:D:#WWSSSSSS#
W:D:#WWWWWWWW#
W:D:##########

that pretty much stayed that way, until Zangband went to a completely randomly generated wilderness in version 2.5.0 or 2.5.1 or something.

It looks tiny but there's no 'walk in overworld' feature and no map, you have to blunder around in wilderness squares to find anything.

[smbhax]

Originally Posted by Gwarl

First time I've realised that it looks like Europe

Yeah, or England/Scotland/Wales specifically--or even a bit like Japan.

[smbhax]

Originally Posted by Gwarl

It looks tiny but there's no 'walk in overworld' feature and no map, you have to blunder around in wilderness squares to find anything.

I'm glad you said that; I figured as much since I couldn't find a key to "zoom out" like you can in Hengband, but I wasn't sure I wasn't just missing the command.

And then I think even some of Zangband's documentation says the wilderness came from Kangband, but do you actually walk through wilderness between towns in Kangband? I see wilderness-like areas around the edges of towns, but beyond them, at the edges of the map square, is a big wall.

[Gwarl]

Originally Posted by smbhax

Yeah, or England/Scotland/Wales specifically--or even a bit like Japan.

Huh I can see all three now you mentioned it.

[Gwarl]

Originally Posted by smbhax

I'm glad you said that; I figured as much since I couldn't find a key to "zoom out" like you can in Hengband, but I wasn't sure I wasn't just missing the command.

And then I think even some of Zangband's documentation says the wilderness came from Kangband, but do you actually walk through wilderness between towns in Kangband? I see wilderness-like areas around the edges of towns, but beyond them, at the edges of the map square, is a big wall.

Kangband's 'overworld' isn't. There are 6 or so towns, with wilderness around them that all fit into a 198x66 ordinary angband level. It's cosmetic, but it's pretty, and at the time it was as close to an 'overworld' as angband variants got.