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Angband Releases: 2.9.3

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Background

Version 2.9.3 was released on 7th August 2001 by Robert Rühlmann, and was primarily a bugfixing and code-cleanup release.

Changelist

  • Rogrog the Black Troll resists acid instead of cold.
  • Algroths resist poison.
  • Moved the player-class info to an external lib/edit/p_class.txt file.
  • Unified parts of the *_info.txt parsers.
  • Improved the error-messages when parsing *_info.txt files.
  • Examining an item that ignores all elements now shows "It cannot be harmed by the elements." instead of one line for each element.
  • Updated the documentation for the lib/edit/*.txt file formats.
  • The randart info is now stored in the savefile.
  • Various command-line options like wizard- and fiddle-mode are now available from the *.ini file of the Windows version.
  • Improved the GTK, X11, and XAW ports.
  • The cursor in the X11 and XAW modules is a rectangle, instead of a filled box.
  • Made the windows of the XAW module resizable.
  • Added Steven Fuerst's X11 projected view (start with -mXPJ where available).
  • Potions of life will now restore stats before healing to provide full health even if CON was drained.
  • Added the Linux vcsa display driver written by Alexander Malmberg.
  • Gave the *_info.txt files more meaningful names.
  • The EASY_KNOW flag is no longer hardcoded for various item types.
  • Added a workaround for a bug in the Borland compiler for Windows. The game crashed when parsing an lib/edit/*.txt file containing 11 player races.
  • Fixed a bug that could cause the random artifacts to be different depending on the used compiler and optimizations.
  • Replaced several magic numbers with the proper constants.
  • The lesser vault "Planet X" was labeled as greater vault.
  • If a custom player race has both an elemental immunity and resistance then only the resistance was shown in the character display grid.
  • Fixed a typo in the "bless" spell.
  • Ego-items generated in vaults should now be of the proper level.
  • Used staircases are now always marked as known when the connected_stairs option is turned on.
  • Added a new macro action that stops macro execution when the game is at a prompt, and is ignored otherwise.
  • One type of cross shaped rooms was never been generated.
  • The error checking when parsing artifact.txt, ego_item.txt, monster.txt, and p_race.txt didn't warn about duplicated entries.
  • It's now possible to create junk items in wizard mode.
  • The easy_open option no longer counts doors under the player when determining which door to close.
  • The cheat_know option marked monsters as known even after it was turned off.
  • The experience gained from killing monsters was sometimes incorrect after tweaking the maximum experience in wizard mode.
  • The spell-info for the mage's fire-bolt spell was used for the stone to mud spell.
  • Examining an item in the home displayed the item as if it was identified, even if it wasn't.
  • The Windows version didn't exit correctly when starting with a savefile from the command-line.
  • Pref files for player races were not loaded automatically.
  • Fixed a compile problem in the Windows version when USE_GRAPHICS is turned off.
  • The random selection of sound samples in the Windows and DOS version got non-random after a while.
  • The message when dropping a known artifact is now something like "You no longer have the Golden Crown of Gondor" instead of "You have no more Golden Crowns of Gondor".
  • Finding out that a wand or staff has no charges left didn't update the inventory window.
  • Attacks that didn't do any damage could sometimes scare wounded monsters.
  • Monsters at 1% of max hps got frightened less often than monsters with 10% hps left.
  • The item flag descriptions when tweaking items in wizard mode are now correct.
  • Removed the special handling for weapons of Morgul and ammo of backbiting.
  • Moved the "Lesser vault" and "Greater vault" strings into the source.
  • The get_string() and askfor_aux() functions now use the 'len' argument as the buffer size instead of the maximum length of the input string.
  • Corrected the message when encountering an error while parsing a lib/edit/*.txt file.
  • The path_temp() function is no longer compiled if mkstemp() is available.
  • Removed a hack for the curses module of some BSD versions.
  • Fixed some problems on BSD machines with the ACS macros for the special curses font symbols.
  • The *_info.txt parsing routines can now be turned off with the ALLOW_TEMPLATES #define.
  • The *.prf file loading code checks for invalid message colors.
  • Fixed the inversed logic for handling tabs in files.
  • Changed the title of the 'Known artifacts' list to the more truthful 'Known (or lost) artifacts'.
  • Changed the message when looking at un-*id*'ed artifacts/ego-items to "It might have hidden powers.".
  • Changed the monster memory info when you have avenged your ancestor to a gender-neutral form.
  • The error message "Couldn't allocate bitmap color" in the X11 version displayed an uninitialized colour name.
  • Corrected the names of some options in the documentation.
  • Fixed some errors in the lsl module, but it's still buggy.
  • Improved the autoconf support. The Cygwin compiler is now supported, detection routines for the X11, XAW, and GCU modules have been improved, DESTDIR is now supported, and a workaround for a bug in some versions of the GCC compiler is turned on.
  • Cleaned up the source code and some of the Makefiles.