Unangband 0.6.4b released

[andrewdoull]

This is a back port of a number of features from the SVN version which probably deserve some air time prior to me releasing a broken 0.6.5. You can download the source code from http://prdownload.berlios.de/unangba...d-064b-src.zip, a precompiled Windows build from http://prdownload.berlios.de/unangba...d-064b-win.zip and a precompiled OS/X (Intel) build from http://prdownload.berlios.de/unangba...0.6.4b-osx.dmg.

Changes as follows:

- Every spell book you study now uses up an inventory slot.

- Magic bags use two inventory slots.

- A number of new magic bags to spread out e.g. potions, among more bags.

- Mushrooms with mixed abilities.

- Monsters can now be dazed, hallucinate, suffer amnesia and be terrified (as opposed to merely afraid).

- Sorcerers get illusion spells which damage monsters which are hallucinating or sleeping.

- Priest monsters (and allies) now cast useful magics on their companions.

- Familiars now get more abilities including intentional support of draining life healing the player.

[SaThaRiel]

PKGBUILD for Archlinux is up - thanks a lot for this great variant

[andrewdoull]

I'm really interested in getting feedback on how the first two changes play out...

[soma]

Originally Posted by andrewdoull

- Every spell book you study now uses up an inventory slot.

this means that your inventory gets smaller as you learn from more books? (it seems too limited)

[andrewdoull]

Originally Posted by soma

this means that your inventory gets smaller as you learn from more books? (it seems too limited)

Yes it does.

[thorgot]

Originally Posted by andrewdoull

I'm really interested in getting feedback on how the first two changes play out...

I started playing again after a year and a half away and stayed with 0.6.4 because I haven't even gotten used to the difficulty of finding the new higher level spell books. I didn't want to compound this with never being able to drop spellbooks I've learned spells from and losing more slots to bags.

What were the reasons behind these changes?

[andrewdoull]

Originally Posted by thorgot

I started playing again after a year and a half away and stayed with 0.6.4 because I haven't even gotten used to the difficulty of finding the new higher level spell books. I didn't want to compound this with never being able to drop spellbooks I've learned spells from and losing more slots to bags.

What were the reasons behind these changes?

Game balance. Bags, and spell books were too good compared to having individual items in the same slots. It also means that you now have to specialise in a limited number of spell books instead of taking spells from where ever you want.