Forking Hengband?

[Arjen]

Originally Posted by artes

Here's a bug for you in Chengband. I have the artifact The Cutlass 'Lightning Conductor', but it doesn't show up in Display Known Artifacts under Display Current Knowledge. Is it not counted as an artifact? It was the first artifact I found.

It is an random created artifact which are not listed in Artifact Lists. So it is no bug.

[chris]

Originally Posted by Arjen

It is an random created artifact which are not listed in Artifact Lists. So it is no bug.

That's right. There are two kinds of artifacts:
[1] Fixed artifacts. These are always the same (up to extra random resists, etc) and are hard coded.

[2] Random artifacts. These are completely random, usually suck, but are sometimes useful.

The list artifacts command only displays fixed artifacts.

HTH,
Chris

[Therem Harth]

Err, stupid question, but how do I compile chengband? Autoconf/automake borks on me because install.sh is missing.

[chris]

Originally Posted by Therem Harth

Err, stupid question, but how do I compile chengband? Autoconf/automake borks on me because install.sh is missing.

Yeah, I inherited brokenness from Hengband. See this post: http://angband.oook.cz/forum/showthread.php?t=2648. Basically, you just need to edit makefile.std as appropriate and then just nmake it directly.

HTH,
--Chris

[Therem Harth]

Oh... Thanks.

[Mocht]

Originally Posted by chris

OK, I guess I would be willing to at least try to take on this project. Hengband has been getting sporadic tweaks, but a release hasn't been made in what, 7 years? Its not quite abandoned but darn near so.

So, I need some advice. Do I need permission to fork a new variant? What is the best way to do this? Where should I host the project? (I was thinking code.google.com). Is anyone besides me interested in a fork of Hengband?

I also need ideas. What changes would you like to see? Go crazy here, but realize that my C coding skills are not that great, and I might not be *able* to give you what you want!

And I need a name. I was thinking of Chengband for Chris's Hengband, but that would be inappropriate if other people are going to help out. Ideas?

Finally, I don't want to change the style of the variant too much. Hengband is a hard variant. It should continue to be so. Things like a random speed system are here to stay. In fact, my motivation for making changes is that Hengband has a couple of loopholes that make the game too easy

Farewell Chris

You will never read these words, but I and many others appreciate all that you have done