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From: "Jonathan Ellis" <jonathan@franz-liszt.freeserve.co.uk>
Subject: Re: [announce] Angband 3.0.4 beta 1 released
Date: 2004-02-01 23:12:15
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"Velvet Elvis" <gambolt@REMOVEsofthome.THISnet> wrote in message
news:pan.2004.02.02.21.56.11.902103@REMOVEsofthome.THISnet...
> On Sun, 01 Feb 2004 20:38:49 +0100, Robert Ruehlmann wrote:
>
>
> > - Smoothed out the tables for extra mana-points per level,
hitpoint
> >   bonus from constitution, "spells per level" vs. "spell stat",
and
> >   INT/WIS dependent failure rate adjustment.  The old steps have
been
> >   replaced by a steady increase, so small stat improvements are
more
> >   useful.  Please note that this will also affect characters
imported
> >   from older versions, so these might gain or lose some spells,
mana,
> >   and hitpoints when imported into Angband 3.0.4.
>
> Nice

Agreed, very nice and am surprised it wasn't done long ago (as in, by
Ben - the idea and an implementation were knocking around in variants
during his time as maintainer.)

> > - Rods, wands, and staves with different charges can now be
stacked.
> >   (based on the NPPAngband version that in turn is based on Leon
> >   Marrick's rod/wand stacking in OAngband.
>
> If I could have had one wish for the next release, this would have
been
> it.  Thanks.

Personally I'd have preferred a different implementation of rods at
least (in fact, apart from the idea of screwing different rod-tips
onto base rods, I'm more keen on the ToME model - the idea that a rod
could be fired several times in succession by one skilled in use of
magic devices, because it costs X points out of a maximum Y to use,
recharging at something like one point per game turn or many points
with a recharging spell.) In any case I'm not took keen on the
charge-sharing status of wands introduced by OAngbandish
wand-stacking. But either is an improvement on the original.

> > - Removed the old haggling code.  The auto-haggling code is now
> >   permanently active and will give the normal price of items
without the
> >   10% "sales tax".
>
> I might miss the haggling sometimes.

You won't, since you'll now always get the best price you could have
gotten from a haggle, rather than the Standard Auto-haggle Price.

> > - Allow the banishment spell to be aborted at the "Choose a
monster race
> >   to banish" prompt without using up a scroll or charge.
>
> Thank You!

Yeah, but are you going to give it back the proper name of genocide?
;-)

Jonathan.

[announce] Angband 3.0.4 beta 1 released	43 posts
..... Robert Ruehlmann	2004-02-01 20:38:49	176
.......... Robert Ruehlmann	2004-02-01 20:49:51	17
.......... =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Timo_Pietilä?=	2004-02-01 21:15:26	12
.......... Velvet Elvis	2004-02-01 23:00:39	65
............... Jonathan Ellis	2004-02-01 23:12:15	67
.................... Harriet Bazley	2004-02-02 19:02:19	37
......................... Neodymium	2004-02-02 20:31:56	21
.............................. Harriet Bazley	2004-02-04 00:29:26	35
.......... MightyKitten	2004-02-01 23:51:56	10
.......... Matthew Collett	2004-02-02 04:34:01	41
.......... Tom Whistler	2004-02-02 10:36:26	8
............... Neodymium	2004-02-02 11:20:42	24
............... Matthias Kurzke	2004-02-02 14:27:42	17
............... Robert Ruehlmann	2004-02-02 18:48:19	14
.......... Matthias Kurzke	2004-02-02 12:16:51	33
............... Jonathan Ellis	2004-02-02 12:46:05	47
.................... Matthew Collett	2004-02-02 21:29:25	36
......................... Jonathan Ellis	2004-02-02 23:47:56	54
.............................. Neodymium	2004-02-03 00:02:21	24
................................... David Grenier	2004-02-04 01:26:27	40
........................................ Neodymium	2004-02-04 10:16:58	76
.............................. Matthew Collett	2004-02-03 07:25:57	23
................................... Jonathan Ellis	2004-02-03 09:47:04	37
............... Michael Roper	2004-02-02 13:56:28	16
.................... Juergen Frieling	2004-02-02 15:03:01	10
......................... Michael Roper	2004-02-02 15:46:13	27
.............................. Jiamat	2004-02-02 16:32:08	40
................................... Neodymium	2004-02-02 16:55:20	36
.......... pelpel	2004-02-02 15:21:22	39
............... pelpel	2004-02-02 16:07:31	10
.......... Atriel	2004-02-02 17:44:43	44
............... Jiamat	2004-02-02 18:13:00	70
.................... Atriel	2004-02-03 00:31:37	12
.......... Michael Roper	2004-02-03 03:18:31	10
.......... Eddie Grove	2004-02-03 18:01:08	26
............... David Vestal	2004-02-03 18:07:20	32
............... Jonathan Ellis	2004-02-03 19:47:11	36
.................... Jiamat	2004-02-03 20:36:38	37
......................... Jeff Greene	2004-02-04 00:06:13	38
.................... Toby	2004-02-04 11:42:36	26
.......... Eddie Grove	2004-02-10 07:31:44	23
............... Michael Roper	2004-02-10 08:03:34	8
.................... Eddie Grove	2004-02-10 09:46:33	32

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