Angband News - January 1998

News - January 1998

For current news look at the News Page.

January, 31st 1998

Just another update of my Graphics and windows patch 1.5 for the MS-DOS version of Angband. Only some minor changes, look at the Patches Page.
The source code and a DOS version of ZAngband 2.0.6b are available. This update fixes some of the bugs in the 2.0.6 version. The DOS version already has my graphics code included.
Updated my Screenshots Page with a new ZAngband screenshot from my own enhanced DOS version.
I'll wait for the release of Angband 2.8.3 before updating my compiled versions. It should be available next weekend.
Greg Wooledge's Page moved without warning. I changed all the links to the new address.

Date	Change
Jan, 29th 1998	My Graphics and windows patch 1.4 for the MS-DOS version of Angband is ready. For a list of new features look at my Patches Page.
	New versions of my compiled Angband variants will be available in the next days.
	The source code and a DOS version of ZAngband 2.0.6 are available. The DOS version already has my graphics code included.
Jan, 19th 1998	I have updated my Graphics and windows patch 1.3 for the MS-DOS version of Angband to support the standard Angband and the ZAngband bitmap. This will make it easier for Ben Harrison to include it in the next official Angband version.
Jan, 12th 1998	A new version of ZAngband 2.0.5 for MS-DOS with graphics is available. The new monster and player graphics by Topi Ylinen are included. The new version also displays the potions with the correct color.
	I have updated my Graphics and windows patch 1.2 for the MS-DOS version of Angband 2.8.2. Version 1.2 adds special support for ZAngband. The icons of the new ZAngband races and the new monsters are now included. Thanks to Topi Ylinen for the new graphics ! The new version also displays potions with the correct color, and is a bit faster.
	My Angband 2.8.1 for MS-DOS with the Borg no longer has the spoiler files included, because I need to free up some space.
Jan, 10th 1998	I'm still working on the next version of my graphics code. I've made some changes to display the correct icon colors for potions, staffs, wands, rings, rods and amulets. The other big enhancement will be the display of the correct player icons according to player race and class for ZAngband. I will make the patch and a new ZAngband version available after I receive the new graphics from Topi Ylinen. The tiles for the new monster and races look very promising.
Jan, 4th 1998	ZAngband 2.0.5 for MS-DOS is available with my new graphics and windows code. I have adjusted most of the graphics of the new monsters, but some are still missing and will be displayed as ASCII characters.
Jan, 3rd 1998	I have fixed a bug in my Angband 2.8.2 for MS-DOS. Changes to macros, colors, ... have been appended to the user.prf file. If this file grows too big, Angband fails to load it correctly and macros are not available after starting Angband. I have splitted the user.prf into several files and overwrite them if the macros or colors are saved. I will publish the patch soon, because this bug (or misfeature) seams to be present in all Angband versions.
	I have compiled Quest Angband and RAngband for MS-DOS with my new version of the graphics and windows code.
	I have added a page for my MS-DOS versions of Angband.
	Some minor design changes and bug fixing.