MAngband

[quote author=udosdottir link=board=thinktank;num=1187839387;start=0#11 date=08/25/07 at 05:00:49] Another Problem: perception in the community. Some of the players with midgame or endgame characters maybe should simply write about their experiences in the angband newsgroup. Simply so that people se...

Having spent some time as a lowbie on the new instance(s), I want to bring up again something I mentioned above: Monsters that can kill a new player in town suck! Seriously, what kind of game has monsters spawn in the town, who happily tool and destroy new players? This is incomprehendisly sucky and...

I got myself stuck in permaparalysis with an eye recentyl (man, I must have had crappy stats - I think I was level 11 or so), which brought this idea to mind. Let's do it!

Awesome writeup, PW - great idea!

For more experienced players, this is probaly not a problem at all. But someone less experienced might wanna run if they meet a monster that's "too strong". However, you'll have to click for every step, due to "disturb". Having "disturb" off at all times isn't too good either, and by the time you ma...

To be clear, do you mean more information about another player?

Sounds like it doesn't work

PW, did you ever happen to look into this? I have a sense that you mentioned this at one point.

This isnt currently implemented in mangband, but I have a vague recollection of someone peeking at the idea. However, in this day and age, I have to admit that I just don't know if its all that necessary. Playing mangband generally means you have an interenet connection, and using a website to check...

Still, this highlights a potential need: placing an @ on the M map. That would be cool to see.

PW, just to verify, is your code set up to allow an ironman mode of your variant?

You might have reset a flavor seed (which is no big deal), and you may end up with players whose IDs dont show up in the save file. Look through the end of the server save and check for player id's - you may realize you are missing some etc. This can cause minor annoyances when people reuse names so...

Check your server save - perhaps it was being written to while the power went out and your box went down (this has happened to me in the past).

The end of the server save file should finish off with a

</mangband_server_save>

Awesome! Glad you were able to track that down, PW. And welcome back to the meta, Later

PW, did this apear to be in your own code, or does it drift into preexisting stuff too?