News - January 2001

Daily news from the world of roguelike games: Roguelike News

27th January 2001

• Mac EyAngband
  Thanks to the efforts of "Gileba" EyAngband 0.2.2 has been ported to the 68k Mac family.
• Gumband update
  Joseph William Dixon updated his variant Gumband. Source code, DOS version, and the list of changes are available.
• Easyband 2.0
  Bryan Majerle's variant Easyband brings a change in the base used for development from Angband 2.9.1 to GSN2band 1.0, a rather steep increase in the version number, and yet more changes to make it even easier. Please note that savefiles from version 1.0 are not compatible.

• Development section
  I've reorganized Thangorodrim a bit and created a new section with information for Angband developers. The artwork for the new section has been created by "Kierstal". I hope we'll soon see more of her images on Thangorodrim!

• Angband 2.9.2 beta
  I've prepared a "source code only" beta version of Angband 2.9.2 for testing. The main purpose of this beta-test is to check if the automake/autoconf support is working acceptable. But of course bug-reports and comments to other parts are welcome too.
  My current plan is to release the official Angband 2.9.2 in about two weeks. So if you have bugfixes, documentation updates, or improved main-*.c files sitting on your desk, then hurry up and send them my way or they won't be in 2.9.2.
• EyAngband update
  The author of EyAngband, Eytan Zweig, decided to release version 0.2.2 a bit earlier than he originally intended because of two bugs which caused some items (especially artifacts) to be generated with incorrect abilities, and messed up the behavior of weapons with special powers (such as swords of sharpness). Unfortunately savefiles of older versions are incompatible to the new version, so you'll have to start a new character if you want to get the new features as the "easy" mode, the new handling for critical hits, and small dungeon levels. A detailed change-list as well as downloads and many other interesting things can be found at the EyAngband homepage.

• Easy Angband 1.0
  Bryan Majerle created a new Angband variant for everybody who thinks that Angband is too hard. Easyband increases the players hitpoints, damage done by some weapons, frequency of critical hits and pseudo id, reduces the experience required to reach the next level and adds two new races.

• The Angband Newbie Guide
  Chris Weisiger's Newbie Guide for Angband has moved from the ZAngband homepage to Thangorodrim. Please update your links and bookmarks accordingly.

• Angband Edit/Help file patch
  Jonathan Ellis created a new version of his Edit+Help patch for Angband 2.9.1. It changes many monsters, objects, ego items, artifacts, and vaults as well as adding new ones and updates the help files. I plan to include this patch in one of the next official Angband releases and would welcome comments about it.

• Gumband 2.1.2a
  Joseph William Dixon's variant of ZAngband 2.1.1, Gumband, has been updated with new monsters, objects, and a new trap type. The source code and a DOS version are available for download. For the complete list of changes please take a look at my Gumband page.
• EyAngband 0.2.1
  Eytan Zweig released a new EyAngband version. It adds a new race, an object browser, many small modifications, and graphics support. A detailed change-list as well as downloads and many other interesting things can be found at the EyAngband homepage.
• DrAngband 2.9.7
  The new DrAngband maintainer, Dr. Andrew White, released version 2.9.7 as source code, DOS, and Windows version. Changes include bugfixes, some game-balance changes, and that dragon breath attacks are now arcs instead of balls.
• Amiga versions
  Bablos compiled a whole heap of variants for the Amigas. He took care of Gumband 2.1.2a, EyAngband 0.2.1, DrAngband 2.9.7, and UnAngband 0.1.1.
• Tk-versions
  Tim Baker released updates of the Tk interfaces for Angband 2.9.1, KAngband 2.9.1r1, OAngband 0.5.0b, and ZAngband 2.4.0. The Windows versions, source code and update instructions can be found at the AngbandTk homepage.
• Discworld Mod for ZAngband
  Kleitman released a new version of his Discworld mod for ZAngband 2.4.0.

© 2001 by Robert Rühlmann, rr9@thangorodrim.net