Realistic Angband

Realistic Angband - RAngband

[picture by Angus McBride] Current version: 1.05a
Released: 5th July 1999
Author: Eric Bock
Based on: Angband 2.8.2

Downloads:

RAngband 1.05a

System / Comments Compiled by Size Date

Source code (Mirror) Eric Bock 1138 kByte 5th July 1999

For general compilation instructions see my Compile Page.

Windows 95/98/NT (Mirror) Eric Bock 742 kByte 5th July 1999

Amiga (Mirror) Bablos 541 kByte 18th July 1999

Supports: 8x8 graphics tile set; Sound using xtra/cfg/sound.cfg; Previous savefile loading via user/data-ami.prf

Mac (68020+) (Mirror) Prfnoff 673 kByte 7th August 1999

Mac (PPC) (Mirror) Prfnoff 676 kByte 7th August 1999

RAngband 1.05

System / Comments Compiled by Size Date

MS-DOS (386 or better) (Mirror) Robert Rühlmann 969 kByte 25th March 1999

Supports ASCII mode, 8x8 tiles, Adam Bolt's 16x16 tiles, info windows, sound, and music.

RAngband 1.04b

System / Comments Compiled by Size Date

RISC OS Thomas Harris 552 kByte 19th Feb 1999

Requires RISC OS 3 and at least 4 MB memory. For more information look at Thomas Harris' home page.

Mini Review

by Robert Rühlmann

A variant that tries to make the world more "realistic". Dead monsters now leave skeletons or edible corpses. You can eat much more than in standard Angband and the corpses have various effects on your character. Objects can be much heavier (up to 200,000,000 pounds), so don't try to carry a dead dragon with you! Thieves run instead of 'blink away' and the breath weapons (Time, Gravity, Light, Dark, Confusion, Force, Inertia, Sound) of hounds and dragons have changed. It also has Keldon Jones' improved monster AI.

New in version 1.05:

Yet another AI tweaking.
Fixed an annoying bug involving the weights of corpses, reported by DSCreamer.
Made the bloodstained features available as an option.
Added support for letters in help file links.
Added the ability to set window flags from pref files via the 'W' command.
Changed the pref command for features 'F' to 'G' to accomodate the below.
Changed the pref commands 'Y' and 'X' to the more intuitive 'T' and 'F'.
Implemented run length encoding of v_info.txt. This reduces the size of the .raw file to about half the size of the .txt file.
Added multiple-screen targetting.
Killing unseen creatures results in a smaller experience gain.
'Berserk' cancels AC bonusses from dexterity and shields.
Made levels somewhat more interesting. Previous adventurers are more apparent.
Added Jesse Jones' updated 'main-mac.c' file.
Added the patch to automatically rebuild the '*_info.raw' files upon editing of the '*_info.txt' files. Whoever wrote this, please let me know - I've misplaced the original message.
The Windows version will now automatically create nonvital missing directories. Vital directories are 'data' and/or 'edit', 'file', 'user', and 'xtra/font'. 'xtra/sound' and 'xtra/graf' are of course required only if compiled with the appropriate defines (the default being sound and graphics both defined).
Fixed some minor bugs in the item stack display.
Added the option to avoid recentering while running, as this is very slow.
Added the option to keep the player centered on the screen. This looks nice, but it's rather slow.
Added death by stat drain.
Scrapped the current monster speed system in favor of a timed system.
Found a good reason to add susceptibility to acid and electricity.
Added a quest involving the One Ring.
Fixed the flee algorithm. Monsters should now flee fairly well.
Added vault translation - now vaults may be found in various positions.
Added Qangband-style random quests. Quest levels have no stairs; to escape, the player must kill all of the guardians or cast recall. The player must find one of the quest rooms to discover which monsters are guarding the level. There are ways to lose quests (ie, no stairs or reward), so be careful.
Fixed some problems with stunning.
Added speed, stun, and confuse to the monster health bar.
Made the experience received from monsters dependent on the number of times the player has killed that type of monster.
Added some more monster pain messages.
Added susceptibility to fire and cold.
Added random character selection via '*' at birth.
Multiple blows per turn take a fraction of a turn.
Multiple message tracking. "You tunnel into the granite wall. <30x>"
Added timed and level autosaving.
Even more tweaking to the AI. Spellcasters and breathers will try to maintain a healthy distance from the player.
Normal weapons/armor may receive ac/damage adjustments. Look for a Cloak [3] or a Broad Sword (1d2) :)
'murderous' items cannot be sold.
Finally found and patched a hole in the inventory handling.
Broken daggers/swords are worthless unless known to be good.
Slime mold juice, water, apple juice, and booze are known from birth.
The maximum number of items a player may carry is now 100.
Objects now have 'bulkiness'.
Items form piles of up to 99 objects before spreading.
Generalized item selection. The player may now choose from an arbitrarily large number of items by letter, whether in the pack, the equipment, or on the floor.
Breaking potions affect the player and nearby monsters in various ways.

RAngband 1.05a
System / Comments	Compiled by	Size	Date
Source code (Mirror)	Eric Bock	1138 kByte	5th July 1999
For general compilation instructions see my Compile Page.
Windows 95/98/NT (Mirror)	Eric Bock	742 kByte	5th July 1999

Amiga (Mirror)	Bablos	541 kByte	18th July 1999
Supports: 8x8 graphics tile set; Sound using xtra/cfg/sound.cfg; Previous savefile loading via user/data-ami.prf
Mac (68020+) (Mirror)	Prfnoff	673 kByte	7th August 1999

Mac (PPC) (Mirror)	Prfnoff	676 kByte	7th August 1999


RAngband 1.05
System / Comments	Compiled by	Size	Date
MS-DOS (386 or better) (Mirror)	Robert Rühlmann	969 kByte	25th March 1999
Supports ASCII mode, 8x8 tiles, Adam Bolt's 16x16 tiles, info windows, sound, and music.

RAngband 1.04b
System / Comments	Compiled by	Size	Date
RISC OS	Thomas Harris	552 kByte	19th Feb 1999
Requires RISC OS 3 and at least 4 MB memory. For more information look at Thomas Harris' home page.