[PWMAngband] A necromancer in Middle Earth

[Talharim]

One somewhat dumb question: where do I download this variant to play?

[PowerWyrm]

Originally Posted by Talharim

One somewhat dumb question: where do I download this variant to play?

http://angband.oook.cz/forum/showthread.php?t=8459

Note: I will be releasing a new beta tonight.

[Talharim]

Originally Posted by PowerWyrm

http://angband.oook.cz/forum/showthread.php?t=8459

Note: I will be releasing a new beta tonight.

I downloaded your current version but couldn't get it to work. I'm guessing it's trying to connect to mangband.org but the server is down and it hangs? How do I fix it?

[PowerWyrm]

Originally Posted by Talharim

I downloaded your current version but couldn't get it to work. I'm guessing it's trying to connect to mangband.org but the server is down and it hangs? How do I fix it?

Ah yes, it seems that mangband.org is down, that explains why I can't get access to the website. Trying to access the metaserver also fails, so you have to disable it by changing "REPORT_TO_METASERVER = true" to "REPORT_TO_METASERVER = false" in mangband.cfg. Then you just type the name of the server you want to connect, or localhost if you run your own server locally, in mangclient.ini (host=localhost in the [MAngband] section), and the client will connect directly to that server.

[Talharim]

Originally Posted by PowerWyrm

Ah yes, it seems that mangband.org is down, that explains why I can't get access to the website. Trying to access the metaserver also fails, so you have to disable it by changing "REPORT_TO_METASERVER = true" to "REPORT_TO_METASERVER = false" in mangband.cfg. Then you just type the name of the server you want to connect, or localhost if you run your own server locally, in mangclient.ini (host=localhost in the [MAngband] section), and the client will connect directly to that server.

I tried that but it didn't work. That was not the problem. I had to change mangclient.ini
It took me a long time to realize that.

[PowerWyrm]

Originally Posted by Talharim

I tried that but it didn't work. That was not the problem. I had to change mangclient.ini
It took me a long time to realize that.

Yes, for the client you need to uncomment "host=localhost" so you connect locally to your server.

BTW beta 9 is out, I updated the downloads.

[Talharim]

Originally Posted by PowerWyrm

Yes, for the client you need to uncomment "host=localhost" so you connect locally to your server.

BTW beta 9 is out, I updated the downloads.

I'm getting an error saying the archive is corrupted.

[PowerWyrm]

Originally Posted by Talharim

I'm getting an error saying the archive is corrupted.

That's strange... I just downloaded the binaries from my laptop and I can unzip the archive and launch the executables just fine. Maybe you tried to download the files while it was still uploading?

[PowerWyrm]

Originally Posted by Talharim

I downloaded your current version but couldn't get it to work. I'm guessing it's trying to connect to mangband.org but the server is down and it hangs? How do I fix it?

This is fixed for the next beta. If the client connects to the metaserver but doesn't manage to get data from it, it defaults to selecting a server manually instead of hanging forever.