0005107: Passwall into confined space causes monster to vanish

(0016596)
The Mantis (reporter)
2012-01-09 06:07
edited on: 2012-01-09 06:17

This is true of all attempts to cast Passwall targeting a square that contains a monster - the spell succeeds, and you Passwall into that square. The monster is displaced to an adjacent square unless there are no adjacent squares to displace it into. If that is the case, the monster is teleported at random.

This needs a more information-rich message, 'You displace the @foe@.', as well as a submission to the T.I.P. for Dungeon Crawl: https://crawl.develz.org/tavern/viewtopic.php?t=2100 [^] has details.

(0016597)
jpeg (manager)
2012-01-09 11:14

Well, the alternative would be to either forbid Passwalling into that square (which might leak information) or to cause the player to be stuck in the wall and die.

(0016598)
The Mantis (reporter)
2012-01-09 11:16

Sure, I thought of that. Otherwise I'd have suggested something simpler. But as it stands, a player will go, "Where's the monster..."

(0022770)
mumra (developer)
2013-05-21 20:01

Another option is for the passwall to take extra turns and you end up back where you started with a message like, "You attempted to pass through the wall but something was in the way."

(0034402)
ebering (developer)
2022-01-18 02:31

Fixed in 0.28-a0-1550-geb7d2789bd

Issue History
Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2011-12-23 00:21	komondorok	New Issue
2012-01-09 06:07	The Mantis	Note Added: 0016596
2012-01-09 06:17	The Mantis	Note Edited: 0016596
2012-01-09 11:14	jpeg	Note Added: 0016597
2012-01-09 11:16	The Mantis	Note Added: 0016598
2012-03-18 05:42	Kate	Relationship added	related to 0002019
2013-05-21 20:01	mumra	Note Added: 0022770
2022-01-18 02:31	ebering	Note Added: 0034402
2022-01-18 02:31	ebering	Status	new => resolved
2022-01-18 02:31	ebering	Resolution	open => done
2022-01-18 02:31	ebering	Assigned To	=> ebering

Notes
(0016596) The Mantis (reporter) 2012-01-09 06:07 edited on: 2012-01-09 06:17	This is true of all attempts to cast Passwall targeting a square that contains a monster - the spell succeeds, and you Passwall into that square. The monster is displaced to an adjacent square unless there are no adjacent squares to displace it into. If that is the case, the monster is teleported at random. This needs a more information-rich message, 'You displace the @foe@.', as well as a submission to the T.I.P. for Dungeon Crawl: https://crawl.develz.org/tavern/viewtopic.php?t=2100 [^] has details.

(0016597) jpeg (manager) 2012-01-09 11:14	Well, the alternative would be to either forbid Passwalling into that square (which might leak information) or to cause the player to be stuck in the wall and die.

(0016598) The Mantis (reporter) 2012-01-09 11:16	Sure, I thought of that. Otherwise I'd have suggested something simpler. But as it stands, a player will go, "Where's the monster..."

(0022770) mumra (developer) 2013-05-21 20:01	Another option is for the passwall to take extra turns and you end up back where you started with a message like, "You attempted to pass through the wall but something was in the way."

(0034402) ebering (developer) 2022-01-18 02:31	Fixed in 0.28-a0-1550-geb7d2789bd