{"id":189,"date":"2010-01-04T11:28:43","date_gmt":"2010-01-04T10:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crawl.develz.org\/wordpress\/?p=189"},"modified":"2010-02-27T13:57:53","modified_gmt":"2010-02-27T12:57:53","slug":"play-testing-january-4th-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crawl.develz.org\/wordpress\/play-testing-january-4th-2010","title":{"rendered":"Play-testing – January 4th, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

Please see the previous play-testing posts<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Bugs fixed<\/h1>\n
    \n
  1. Kikubaaqudgha is no longer described as “appreciating the sacrifice of corpses”.<\/li>\n
  2. Map masks now check for collisions properly.<\/li>\n
  3. Ilsuiw no longer has superfluous resistances which other merfolk recently lost.<\/li>\n
  4. Clarity no longer affects intentional berserk.<\/li>\n
  5. Ghosts should no longer show up in large clumps on early levels.<\/li>\n
  6. Levels should no longer be broken up by some vaults.<\/li>\n
  7. Demonspawn will not gain multiple breath weapons.<\/li>\n
  8. Monster-cast Airstrike no longer has a massive damage variance.<\/li>\n
  9. Neutral monsters no longer give you experience for kills.<\/li>\n
  10. Door-blocked messages for invisible monsters will no longer generate random phrases under some circumstances.<\/li>\n
  11. MP+X unrands (Hat of Pondering) now work as intended.<\/li>\n
  12. Monsters will now use non-returning throwing weapons properly.<\/li>\n
  13. Prompts in tiles will no longer cause the screen to go black.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    New and changed features<\/h1>\n
      \n
    1. Shoals have been dramatically improved. They now include tidal water, new classes of merfolk (javelineers, aquamancers and impalers), and other awesome things.<\/li>\n
    2. Tiles: Maurice’s tile has been improved.<\/li>\n
    3. Books have a new symbol in Unicode and IBM character sets.<\/li>\n
    4. The Shining One’s Wrath effects (specifically, cleansing flame) have had their power reduced.<\/li>\n
    5. New spell: Iskenderun’s Orb of Destruction (name subject to change). It creates a fast-moving “monster” projectile (such as ball lightning), which homes in on a target, penetrates them, and then explodes (using disintegration). Found in the Book of Annihilations.<\/li>\n
    6. Iskenderun’s Mystic Blast is now found in the Book of Power.<\/li>\n
    7. New portal vault: Wizard Laboratory. Consists of a large variety of different maps, each themed around a “named Wizard”. Currently incomplete and still in the testing stages, so comments are welcome.<\/li>\n
    8. Fulsome Distillation now works in a manner that seems more sane.<\/li>\n
    9. Transformations and other forms will no longer reduce the weight cap.<\/li>\n
    10. New tiles: ballistomycetes now have tiles for active and inactive states, placeholder tiles for trees, bases for animated statues: light and dark vine-covered.<\/li>\n
    11. One-handed polearms (spears and tridents) now gain the same stabbing bonus as do long blades.<\/li>\n
    12. Ilsuiw now has the ability to control the Shoal’s tides, and is guaranteed on or before Shoals:5.<\/li>\n
    13. Ettin and sheep no longer spawn in Shoals.<\/li>\n
    14. Scorpions are now coloured yellow.<\/li>\n
    15. Deep water and lava no longer automatically destroy items; items can be dropped in deep water and are visible and retrievable if merfolk, but not in other ways. Apportation will not work from deep water.<\/li>\n
    16. Shoals tides either wash some items away, or wash over items.<\/li>\n
    17. Aquatic monsters now come with corpses (fish, kraken, etc), and therefore zombies.<\/li>\n
    18. Ice beasts are now amphibious.<\/li>\n
    19. Shoals tides will not drown the player or monsters.<\/li>\n
    20. Tiles: shallow water in shoals now has waves, causing a smoother look.<\/li>\n
    21. New monster spell: Primal Wave, also causes the player to be pushed back and water to be generated. Found on merfolk aquamancers.<\/li>\n
    22. Hand crossbows have been removed from the game.<\/li>\n
    23. Only certain egos can be applied to certain ammunition types. Full list.<\/a><\/li>\n
    24. Deep elf crossbow aptitude has been increased to 130.<\/li>\n
    25. The Darts skill has been removed and uses of it merged into the Throwing skill.<\/li>\n
    26. Speed no longer appears on ranged launchers randomly, except on unrands and randarts.<\/li>\n
    27. Non-player merfolk no longer submerge.<\/li>\n
    28. Ammunition branding spells have been removed, and are replaced by the currently existent weapon branding spells. These apply to launchers, rather than to ammunition; the effects can be made permanent to launchers by using the vorpalise weapon scroll. Currently usable on launchers is: Fire Brand, Freezing Aura, Poison Weapon.<\/li>\n
    29. Arcane Marksmen no longer get a choice of two books; instead, they get the Book of Brands, and a launcher (sling, crossbow or bow) and ammunition.<\/li>\n
    30. Corruption is now usable in the Hells and Pandemonium.<\/li>\n
    31. Gold acquirement now uses a new formula (Min=220, Max=5520, Mean=1218, Std=911).<\/li>\n
    32. Recharging of rods is no longer linked to the player’s MP, nor to them being wielded; they will recharge in your inventory, or even on the floor.<\/li>\n
    33. Shield leakage for rods has been removed.<\/li>\n
    34. Ugly things now have a fixed speed.<\/li>\n
    35. Rods can be used as a weapon, using the Maces and Flails skill, and can be magically enchanted (and disenchanted).<\/li>\n
    36. New needle brands: sleep, slow, paralysis, confusion, rage and sickness.<\/li>\n
    37. Ego but unidentified ammunition will be described as “glowing”.<\/li>\n
    38. Protection brands on launchers has been replaced with the evasion brand, providing +5 to EV.<\/li>\n
    39. Sling bullets are now as common as bolts in generation.<\/li>\n
    40. Hunters based on slings (kobolds and halflings) now generate with bucklers; halflings’ shields aptitude has been change to 90 to emphasise and take advantage of this face.<\/li>\n
    41. New tiles: slime creatures, varying in size.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Other<\/h1>\n
        \n
      1. Clouds are now customizable in colour, description and tile.<\/li>\n
      2. Further Wizard mode code cleanup has been made.<\/li>\n
      3. Trap disarm requests have been untied from the auto-travel code.<\/li>\n
      4. Wizard-mode teleports no longer show controlled teleport messages.<\/li>\n
      5. mpr and mprf no longer have message length limits.<\/li>\n
      6. mspec monsters marked as summoned will have their equipment also marked as such.<\/li>\n
      7. For testing purposes, Swamp does not appear in DGL builds; this is most noticeable on the CDO server.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        That’s up-to-date at commit 0c8fe019dd<\/em>!<\/p>\n

        As always, we welcome your comments, suggestions and bug reports. Details on how to submit these can be found in the first play testing post. I hope everyone enjoys the holiday season and their relevant festivities!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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