News - June 1998

June, 22nd 1998

• ZAngband 2.1.1 beta 1
  I have uploaded a BETA version of the sources for public testing. This is for testing: anybody with a compiler is welcome to download it and test it, and PLEASE send me reports of any bugs/weirdness you find in it. Please do NOT make your compilations publicly available yet!
  New features/bugfixes:
  • Updated Adam Bolt's terrain tiles.
  • Mindcrafter powers are correctly displayed in the spell-list window and don't crash the game anymore.
  • Fixed a bug in the random activations of the mutations, the effects appear less often now.
  • The main-win.c file is now ready for compiling with Adam Bolt's new tiles. Just define "USE_AB_TILES" and compile it. The windows version also supports transparency and the "double-step bug" is fixed.
  • Added a sound-event for the "Hitpoint Warning".
  • Pets will no longer pick up/destroy items.
  • Implemented Greg Harvey's patch that adds the macro code from 2.8.3.
  • Added Heino Vander Sanden's QAngband quest code with big help from Dean Anderson.
• ZAngbandTk for Windows beta version
  Tim Baker compiled a very nice windows version of ZAngband 2.1.0c with a new interface, Adam Bolt's tiles, and sounds.
• KAngband 2.8.2f
  Ken Wigle fixed some bugs in KAngband and released the new source code and the compiled DOS version.

• DOS KAmband 1.1
  Many people requested a compiled DOS version with graphics, windows, sound, music, and Adam Bolt's new Angband tiles. So here it is.
• ZAngband progress
  I'm making progress with ZAngband, here are the last changes:
  • Pets will no longer pick up/destroy items. I'm now lowering the failure rates for Trump magic.
  • Implemented Greg Harvey's patch that adds the macro code from 2.8.3.
  • Enabled the use of Artifact Creation scrolls on armour and weapons.

• ZAngband 2.1.1 is almost ready!
  2.1.1 should be the next stable official release and the base for future enhancements. I've already implemented the following features and bugfixes :
  • Updated Adam Bolt's terrain tiles.
  • The "eXchange weapon" function works now correctly.
  • Mindcrafter powers are correctly displayed in the spell-list window and don't crash the game anymore.
  • The speed-bonus of Klackons and Sprites is now added to the Monks extra speed.
  • Fixed a bug in the random activations of the mutations, the bad effects appear less often now.
  • The main-win.c file is now ready for compiling with Adam Bolt's new tiles. I've also implemented support for the transparency effects.
  • Added a sound-event for the Hitpoint Warning.
• KAngband 2.8.2e: Ken Wigle released the source code and the DOS version of KAngband 2.8.2e. The new version has a new Druid class, a completely new spell system and plots (sets of quests).

• New News design: I've changed the design of my News page (as you probably noticed).
• Ideas! I've got tons of e-mails with new ideas for (Z)Angband. Thanks to everyone! I'll try to put them on my page and and add some of them to ZAngband (if I have time).
• ZAngband bugfix. Greg Harvey and Benny Hofmann reported a problem with compiling ZAngband if USE_AB_TILES is not defined. I've fixed the problem and uploaded the correct source code.

• ZAngband 2.1.0e is available. It fixes some bugs with the new bookstore and compiling main.c on Unix/Linux machines. This is just an bugfix release, the new features I'm currently adding are still in beta-testing and not yet included.

• ZAngband ideas/suggestions area created.
• New "main.c" file for UNIX/Linux versions of ZAngband added. This fixes the error messages while compiling.

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