0.3 build 003 bug thread

[Gando]

I seem to have run afoul of the poisoning crash bug...for some reason I didnt expect to lose 156 hp without healing at level 5 hit by a kobold bolt's poisoning. So I was totally unprepared for the crash that happened at the end when my hit point total went negative. I will reiterate what I said before...Poison durations are waaaaay too long...I have had poison last thousands of turns at low levels since build 3. I understand the need to beef up the nasties but perhaps there should be grades of poisons as there are poison potions...(which is another beef of mine...no useful nonalchemist potions ...I mean Enchanters and Alchemists love potions but to the rest of the world they are simply a myriad of inexplicable junk for the most part except for the never found restoratives.)

==Edit==
Started over with yet another character...ran into the same problem...but since I KNEW that the poison wouldnt wear off I was able to run to the stairs, get back to town, find the priest temple, see that the spell I need wasn't there so buy some cure light wound potions at an exhorbitant rate (priests? more like thieves with fancy clothes!) healed some hp run out of town run back check the temple...finally buy the heal spell...then spend another 1500 turns healing until the poison gave up and ran away in despair of making me crash again. So in conclusion I think its really obvious that at level 5 you should NOT have to contend with poisons that will crash the game if you don't somehow have the answer. Twas a close thing to get to the temple before my hp hit zero. I'd rather just die right out (and not crash) than to deal with that nonsense all the time. Now that I have the heal spell I can waste 15-20mins I suppose to cure the poison until I find a restore status spell in a high level (low depth) dungeon. Please fix poisons V!

Seriously, getting poisoned before the restore status spell is available is making the game unplayable because you cant really do much of anything (run, heal normally, rest, etc) until your poison duration goes away and at 2k or more turns a duration you can be spending that time (real time) just sitting and casting heal repeatedly until it wears off or you get bored, or frustrated...delete the program and any other files associated with it and resolve to never play it again...Not that I would...but it is a temptation based on the level of angst Im feeling about this.

[Gando]

So the last time I got poisoned (again at 5th level) I refused to go buy a potion of restore status (almost 500gp???) I instead kept walking around healing, flinging spells, limping away (hiding in the trees) until I hit level 9...(still poisoned mind you) recalled with a full bag back to town...id and sold my stuff and then finally (well over 5k turns later) broke down and bought a potion...I mean RIDICULOUS! Fix poisoning please.

[Gando]

Another thing that needs to go is the combat feat prompt...when I am select a feat to use I do not need to be asked for example "Do you want to use Jump?" if I pressed the button to select it I must want to use it.

[Gando]

Leveling items that are ided with Divine Items will only gain 1point per level...perhaps they should be fixed?

[Gando]

I just slaughtered a room full of mirror balls and got...a room full of...wait for it....shoe forms!!! ooh boy...must have been over 30 forms when I was done slaughtering the dumb things.

[challtdow]

I also noticed that mirror balls seem to always drop a shoe form. The way I finally avoided the poison bug completely was to start my new characters off as priests and put the first AP point into Divine Blood. It makes it a little harder for the first few levels, but my characters seem to be magnets for kobold shamans.

Chall T. Dow

[Variaz]

A couple of fixed I just made:

- Fixed the Poison bug. My apologies for this one, I completely forgot that making it actual Poison element would result in constant repoisoning. It's back to the old code now.
- Mirror Ball's drop has been fixed. It's supposed to be a Broken Sphere, but in the previous build, Shoe Form and Broken Sphere had the same sval. I forgot to change the Mirror Ball for this one. Also fixed the Glowing Sphere and Mysterious Sphere.
- Divine Items will now give 2 tp to levelable items instead of 1.

Another thing that needs to go is the combat feat prompt...when I am select a feat to use I do not need to be asked for example "Do you want to use Jump?" if I pressed the button to select it I must want to use it.

This is not coded this way, but I think that a certain combination of keys allows you to confirm whether or not you want to use it. Hmmm...caps-lock perhaps? Or an option turned on? In any cases, I never placed that as part of the code. I know that sometimes when I use "U", and then hold a certain key, it does that. Can't remember which one though...


An update will be uploaded later today.

[sekira]

Here is my new combat feats menu. I thought I included it with my kensai code, but maybe not.

function py_attack_execute (y, x, max_blow)

        local           num = 0
        local           k = 0
	local           m_name = ""
	local           fear = FALSE
	local           mdeath = FALSE
	local           backstab = FALSE
	local           stab_fleeing = FALSE
        local           weap
        local           totalcombo = 0
        local           maxcombo = 0
        local           oldpy = py
        local           oldpx = px
        local           ch
	local		noweapon = FALSE
	local		canattack = TRUE
	local           daggerbonus = 0
        local           usedcombo = FALSE
	local           blocked = FALSE
	local		tmp_r_idx = 0
	local		meleex = 0
	local		meleey = 0
	local		mtype = 0
	local		dam = 0
	local		attacksleft = 0
	local		featsleft = 0
	local		savefeats = FALSE
	-- Don't attack if using dashing shot
	if (dashingshot == 1) then return end

        -- First and foremost, determine the maximum combos the
        -- player can do(if any)
        if (p_ptr.skill[8] >= 1) then

                local combatskill = p_ptr.skill[8]
                while (combatskill >= 5) do
                        maxcombo = maxcombo + 1
                        combatskill = combatskill - 5
                end
                do
                        local combochance = combatskill * 20

                        if (combochance > 0 and lua_randint(100) <= combochance) then
                                maxcombo = maxcombo + 1
                        end
                end
        end

	-- Disturb the player
	disturb(0, 0)

        if (get_monster_flag1(p_ptr.body_monster, RF1_NEVER_BLOW) == TRUE) then
                msg_print("You cannot attack in this form!")
                canattack = FALSE
        end

        if (p_ptr.skill_base[7] >= 30) then

		if ((monster(cave(y, x).m_idx).csleep > 0) and (monster(cave(y, x).m_idx).ml)) then

			-- Can't backstab creatures that we can't see, right?
			backstab = TRUE

		elseif ((monster(cave(y, x).m_idx).monfear > 0) and (monster(cave(y, x).m_idx).ml)) then
		
			stab_fleeing = TRUE
		end
	end

	-- Extract monster name (or "it")
	--m_name = get_monster_desc(monster(cave(y, x).m_idx), 0)
	--m_name = "The monster"
	if not (monster(cave(y, x).m_idx).ml) then
		m_name = "it"
	elseif (get_monster_flag1(monster(cave(y, x).m_idx).r_idx, RF1_UNIQUE)) then
		m_name = m_race(monster(cave(y, x).m_idx).r_idx).name_char
	else
		m_name = string.format('%s %s', "the", m_race(monster(cave(y, x).m_idx).r_idx).name_char)
	end

	-- Auto-Recall if possible and visible
	if (monster(cave(y, x).m_idx).ml) then monster_race_track(monster(cave(y, x).m_idx).r_idx) end

	-- Track a new monster
	if (monster(cave(y, x).m_idx).ml) then health_track(cave(y, x).m_idx) end

	-- Willingly attacking a friend makes it angry!
	if (is_pet(monster(cave(y, x).m_idx)) and (p_ptr.stun == 0 and p_ptr.confused == 0 and p_ptr.image == 0)) then
	
		msg_print(string.format('%s gets angry!', m_name))
		set_pet(monster(cave(y, x).m_idx), FALSE)
		monster(cave(y, x).m_idx).angered_pet = 1
	end

	-- Handle player fear
	if (p_ptr.afraid > 0) then

		-- Message
		if (monster(cave(y, x).m_idx).ml) then
			msg_print(string.format('You are too afraid to attack %s', m_name))
		else
			msg_print("There is something scary in your way!")

		end

		-- Done
		canattack = FALSE
	end
	
        -- Monsters that can dont use weapons, us etheir natural attacks
        if ((p_ptr.body_monster > 0) and (m_race(p_ptr.body_monster).body_parts[BODY_WEAPON+1] == 0)) then

                incarnate_monster_attack(cave(y, x).m_idx, y, x)
     
        elseif (canattack == TRUE) then
        -- Attack with first weapon, then with second weapon

        for weap = 0, p_ptr.dualwield do

        -- Monster is already dead ? oh 
        if (mdeath) then break end

        -- Reset the blows counter
        num = 0

	-- Access the weapon
	current_weapon = inven(INVEN_WIELD + weap)

        -- No weapon found? Go for natural attacks then...
        if (inven(INVEN_WIELD + weap).tval == 0 and not (p_ptr.body_monster == 0) and unarmed() == TRUE) then

                incarnate_monster_attack(cave(y, x).m_idx, y, x)
                return
        end

	-- Break if no second weapons!
	if (weap == 1) then
		if (inven(INVEN_WIELD + weap).tval == 0 and not(unarmed())) then break end
	end


        if(not(get_object_flag4(inven(INVEN_WIELD + weap), TR4_NEVER_BLOW))) then

        local num_blow

	if (weap == 0) then num_blow = p_ptr.num_blow
	else num_blow = p_ptr.num_blow2
	end

	-- reset for each weapon/hand
	savefeats = FALSE

        -- Restrict to max_blow(if max_blow >= 0)
        if((max_blow >= 0) and (num_blow > max_blow)) then num_blow = max_blow end

	-- Attack once for each legal blow
        while (num < num_blow and cave(y, x).m_idx > 0 and px == oldpx and py == oldpy) do

                daggerbonus = 0
                usedcombo = 0
		blocked = FALSE

		num = num + 1

                -- Maybe the player want to use a special move instead...
                -- Offer the choice...if possible.
                if (totalcombo < maxcombo and mdeath == FALSE) then

			attacksleft = num_blow - num + 1
			featsleft = maxcombo - totalcombo

			if (not(savefeats) or (attacksleft <= featsleft)) then

				msg_print(NULL)  
				--if (unarmed() == TRUE) then msg_print(string.format('A: %d, F: %d, Use a feat? [y/n/no[t] this turn]', attacksleft, featsleft))
				--elseif (weap == 0) then msg_print(string.format('A: %d, F: %d, Use a feat? [y/n/no[t] this turn]', attacksleft, featsleft))
                        	--else msg_print(string.format('A: %d, F: %d, Use a feat? [y/n/no[t] this turn]', attacksleft, featsleft))
				--end
				if (not(savefeats) and (attacksleft > featsleft)) then
					msg_print(string.format('W:%d, A:%d, F:%d, Use a feat? [y/n/ave/ne[v]er]', weap+1, attacksleft, featsleft))
				else
					msg_print(string.format('W:%d, A:%d, F:%d, Use a feat? [y/n/ne[v]er]', weap+1, attacksleft, featsleft))
				end

				ch = inkey()

				-- Characters 89 and 121 are "Y" and "y"
                        	if (ch == 89 or ch == 121) then

					combatfeat = TRUE
                        	        do_cmd_racial_power(1)
                        	        usedcombo = 1
                        	        totalcombo = totalcombo + 1
					combatfeat = FALSE
                        	end

				-- Characters "S" and "s"
				if (ch == 83 or ch == 115) then
					savefeats = TRUE
				end

				-- Characters "T" and "t", "V" and "v"
                        	if (ch == 84 or ch == 116 or ch == 86 or ch == 118) then

                        	        totalcombo = maxcombo
                        	end
			end

                end

The code in yellow just needs to be added, the code in green actually replaces that entire existing if statement.

For explanation on how the menu works, read this post:

variaz.proboards3.com/index.cgi?board=comments&action=display&thread=544&page=4#3689

[Gando]

Once again I have hit the cant read *.txt file crash bug. It is very annoying that I completed a bunch of quests and was just traveling across the world and hit this. It really needs fixing.

[Gando]

Aug 8, 2008 8:51:37 GMT -5 Variaz said:

An update will be uploaded later today.

By later today I assume you mean tommorow? :/

[Variaz]

Aug 8, 2008 21:25:27 GMT -5 Gando said:

Aug 8, 2008 8:51:37 GMT -5 Variaz said:

An update will be uploaded later today.

By later today I assume you mean tommorow? :/

Where I am, it's 22h30.

It's almost done.

[Gando]

Ok well I just found that Giant Spiders are either immune to Magic Missile Spells or Magic Missile is now broken...save file from .3003 transfered to the fix build...so not sure which it is yet.

Its not the whole missile magic catagory ...just the spell that I had in slot 1 seemed to have become corrupted or something...rewrote it uptop and it works (though to be sure it worked I made it a ball spell.)

[Gando]

Apparently Restore Status Potions do not remove fear, blindness or confusion.

[Gando]

We can make ammo but we cant decompose them?

[Gando]

Just to confirm: the magic school Missile is entirely broken with a zero radius...just fizzles without a message. To make it work you need a radius of 1 or greater...:/