0.13

[Magipi]

I've been away for a few days, and suddenly everything is upside down. What is this 0.13 version, where can I read about it? And also, why 0.13, when even the 0.12 version isn't official yet?

[BlackSheep]

Before the release of a new version, it is "locked down" and tested. New features, spells, items, etc. are not added to it, just bug fixes. The best way to keep up on changes to non-release versions is to monitor the commit logs either on gitorious or on a local copy of the source using gitk.

[battaile]

I've been away for a few days, and suddenly everything is upside down. What is this 0.13 version, where can I read about it? And also, why 0.13, when even the 0.12 version isn't official yet?

0.12 is feature locked and in beta, so 0.13 is the new trunk build for new development.

Trunk change log is here: http://crawl.develz.org/trunk/changes.txt

Major changes in 0.13 off the top of my head are:
New class: jesters
Potions of gain-stat replaced by potions of beneficial mutation (vicissitude or something)
no more stabbing skill

[daggaz]

cutting the skill only or also the mechanic? (stabbing)

[BlackSheep]

The skill. Stabbing in 0.13 will be based on a combination of weapon skill and stealth.

[daggaz]

Nice. KoAs has to pump so many damn skills as it is.

[ZipZipskins]

That Stabbing change makes me feel like it's my damn birthday or something.

[nicolae]

Major changes in 0.13 off the top of my head are:
New class: jesters
Potions of gain-stat replaced by potions of beneficial mutation (vicissitude or something)
no more stabbing skill

I'm like 99.9% sure jesters were just a joke for April Fools' on the public servers and the 0.1% doubt is only because I don't really participate in the Crawl community beyond making vaults and bad ideas

edit: though they are still in trunk, so perhaps it is me who is the April fool...

[Psieye]

It's just like that time when a new major version of Dwarf Fortress was released on 1 April - so many people thought it was a joke and were a day late in getting in on the action.

[chamiso]

Not to mention the fact the class is called Jester which makes it seem even more like an April Fools joke.

[battaile]

Ah yes, the week long April Fools joke that was released at the end of March after a non-trivial amount of development time.

[daggaz]

I saw the Jesters threads and was hoping they were only an April Fool's joke. I guess its kind of a long, sad joke.

[BlackSheep]

Didn't they release the funny languages around April 1st last year? Those are still around.

[Abominae]

Chaos Knights don't start with a +2 weapon anymore. Instead, they start with a +0 Chaos brand weapon. Which is pretty sweet if you're into that sort of thing.

[Pereza0]

Chaos Knights don't start with a +2 weapon anymore. Instead, they start with a +0 Chaos brand weapon. Which is pretty sweet if you're into that sort of thing.

Nice, will probably make Xom happy

[prozacelf]

Chaos Knights don't start with a +2 weapon anymore. Instead, they start with a +0 Chaos brand weapon. Which is pretty sweet if you're into that sort of thing.

Nice, will probably make Xom happy

Really!? That's great! I always get mad when I kill Crazy Yiuf and I'm not using a class/race that can use a staff =)

[eeviac]

Ah yes, the week long April Fools joke that was released at the end of March after a non-trivial amount of development time.

This post implies that Jesters aren't an April Fools joke. They are. They were released on April 1st. Every dev I've spoken to says they'll be getting removed this weekend.

[Pereza0]

Ah yes, the week long April Fools joke that was released at the end of March after a non-trivial amount of development time.

This post implies that Jesters aren't an April Fools joke. They are. They were released on April 1st. Every dev I've spoken to says they'll be getting removed this weekend.

Dang

[Grimm]

[floatboth]

If Jesters are to be removed, who will start with Nemelex?!

[BlackSheep]

Nobody, and that's a good thing.

[battaile]

Ah yes, the week long April Fools joke that was released at the end of March after a non-trivial amount of development time.

This post implies that Jesters aren't an April Fools joke. They are. They were released on April 1st. Every dev I've spoken to says they'll be getting removed this weekend.

Damn it.

I was mislead by evilmike, also time-zones. D:

[kaiserfro]

Of course, since the code is in git, you can play jesters locally. Just pull the right revision and build it yourself.

[Sojiro]

I'm not seeing the .12 version available for download. Is this normal?

[BlackSheep]

0.12 is here