AmigActive 10/AACD 10.iso/AACD/Games/Cthangband400/update.txt

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Cthangband
Based on Zangband 2.1.0e

Changes are added to the top of this file, so for a chronological order
read from the bottom up.

Cthangband 4.0.0
* Windows version has updated menus and faster repaints and can now use
  monospaced system fonts as well as bitmap fonts. (From Tim Baker's
  version of Kamband.)
* Player breath weapons (from dragon plate or mutations) and 'wands of
  dragon breath' now use cone shaped attacks.
* Bug in 'unified commands' fixed so that objects on the floor no longer
  get prompted for twice.
* Angels (and their uniques) have been removed and replaced with extra
  Cthuloid entities.
* Implemented Drangband style player ghosts.
* Corrected 'time of day' algorithm and added time display.
* Added Eric Bock's code to combine similar messages in message recall.
* Monster breaths are now cone shaped, rather than ball shaped (from
  Zangband)
* Speed system cleaned up (a lot) with regard to spellcasting.
* 'help.hlp' is now system specific ('help-dos.hlp' etc.) so that it can
  point to a different set of files for the different interfaces and
  systems.
* Windows version asks for a savefile name when starting a new file,
  rather than automatically naming it after the character that is
  generated.
* 'New Game' and 'Load Game' on Windows interface changed to 'New
  Savefile' and 'Load Savefile' as some people were confused and thought
  that they needed to use the 'New Game' command after they had died.
* 'Help' menu on Windows interface updated.
* Hedge magic added as a third type of magic.
* Shamanism added as a second type of magic.
* Mindcrafting no longer uses 'Mana' but uses 'Chi' instead.
* Levels and classes removed and replaced with a skill system.
* Missing directories are re-created on Windows version.
* Added Zangband's view centring code.
* Reorganised and cleaned up 'options'.
* Added (and modified) ???'s point based stat generation code.

Cthangband 3.1.2
* Fixed bug with Corporeal Books not stacking properly.
* Most object commands (e.g. 'q'uaff, 'z'ap, 'E'at, 'b'rowse, etc.) have
  been unified into a single 'u'se command that will do whatever is most
  appropriate for the item
* Added 6 'Pouch' equipment slots that can each hold a scroll, potion or
  wand. Items readied in a pouch only take 1/10th of the time to use
  that normal items do.
* Message about 'Library' when trying to gain spells changed to
  'Bookstore' as it was confusing people.
* Most (but not quite all) documentation files updated.
* Stats over 18/100 are no longer displayed as 'silly' percentages.
* Class 'sub-names' (used in documentation) are now used in game as well.
* Vault code updated to properly handle large array of vaults.
* Chopping down of trees and bushes is now included in 'repeat obvious
  commands'.
* Characters who can't learn spells are no longer asked to study in the
  library.
* Roads added between towns and forest made denser.
* Chris Weisiger's 'v_info.txt' file updated to the new version.
* Cleaned up lots of dead code in Load/Save routines.
* Fixed bug in home which gave the wrong inventory after resting for the
  night.

Cthangband 3.1.1
* Chaos Patrons now have more descriptive names on the 'C'haracter
  display, and have been changed from the 'Warhammer' Chaos Gods to the
  'Glorantha' Chaos Gods.
* Adam Bolt's Graphics for bolt and ball spells are now used.
* Eric Bock's bias remover for the RNG added.
* Chris Weisiger's new 'v_info.txt' file used.
* 'Mutations' renamed 'Chaos Features' to make them more in-genre.
* 'Wizard Help' command (<ctrl>'A','?' in Wizard Mode) added to list
  wizard commands.
* 'Debug' mode and 'Wizard' mode combined to make things simpler. Wizard
  commands are now accessed through <crtl>'A' in wizard mode.
* Hack added to 'fix' savefiles saved from versions with guardian bug by
  resurrecting dead uniques so that they can re-used as guardians.
* Guardians now drop their normal treasure as well as extra guardian
  treasure.
* Last vestiges of hangs from invalid guardian placement now removed
  (hopefully...)
* Uniques that appear as guardians now have their escorts with them.
* The Inn will now sell scrolls of "Satisfy Hunger".
* Examining store books now tells you what's in them.
* Wilderness now uses the same lighting model as the town.
* Secret doors may now be locked or jammed once found.
* Huge code clean-up should make porting easier.
* Wilderness map is now coloured.
* 3x and 2x experience for first kills downgraded to 2x and 1.5x.
* Chaos-Mage class added.
* Windows version no longer looks for the unused '8x8.bmp' file.
* Druid class added (a specialist nature priest).
* Removed sound/midi options from main options menu as they did nothing
  anyway.
* Fixed bug in 'Mutate Body' spell so it no longer always gives the same
  mutation.

Cthangband 3.1.0
* Priests and Rangers no longer get Sorcery as it is to 'magey' for
  them.
* Water now behaves properly (you can see over it and cast spells over
  it).
* Occasional crashes when moving diagonally off edge of wilderness grids
  fixed.
* The 'Monk' class has become the 'Mystic' class, and is now based on
  corporeal magic.
* A new realm ('Corporeal') has been added. All the spells are self-
  affecting. It has a reasonably large overlap with Life (for the
  healing spells) and Planar (for the movement spells). It has sensing
  spells *very* early.
* Characters will no longer start in the town of Nir.
* The 'M' key displays a proper wilderness map with town and dungeon
  locations.
* Allies (formerly called 'Pets') can move from level to level with the
  player.
* Characters are now given randomly generated names when created.
* Vampires no longer start on the stairs (no longer necessary now they
  start at night).
* Experience for creatures now varies depending on how many you have
  killed.
* Ironman option added.
* Long Stairs is now a standard option, rather than a character
  generation option.
* New speed system implemented.
* Shops now have a unique set of owners each, rather than a selection
  per shop type.
* Dungeon name printed with level feeling.
* Quest info moved from <crtl>'Q' to <ctrl>'F' with level feeling.
* Option for always having small levels added.
* Fixed bug in home that turned it into an inn after resting for the
  night.
* Breeder dying code removed (but generation limit left in).

Cthangband 3.0.1
* Keys 'O' and ''' mapped to racial power and time respectively in Rogue-
  like mode.
* Robert Ruehlman's 'Equippy Chars' code added.
* Monsters can now cross bush tiles.
* Jeff Duprey's extra 52 mutations added.
* Keldon Jones' patch to automatically update '.raw' files added.
* Trees, bushes and water now handle tunneling correctly.
* 'Quick Start' option generates an entire character with a single
  keypress.
* Windows version can cope without its '.ini' file.
* Robert Reuhlman's improved pet AI added.
* Preserve mode now preserves artifacts left in dungeon when Ritual goes
  off.
* Changing the character name no longer creates a new savefile.
* Menu structure for Windows version rearranged.
* Source code fixed to make Windows version compile properly and use
  Adam Bolt graphics.
* It is now possible to rest for the night (or day) at your home.
* Undead races now start the game at night.
* Dungeon names displayed on wilderness grids to make dungeons easier to
  find.
* Bug in display code preventing unidentified potions/scrolls being
  shown properly in text mode fixed.


Cthangband 3.0.0
* Finding secret doors earns 1xp, like picking locks.
* Wilderness areas with dungeons have tougher monsters to make it easier
  to find the dungeon entrances.
* 15 different dungeons added, each with their own Guardians.
* Wilderness levels added.
* Extra functions added to most shops.
* Pawnbroker, Inn and Hall of Records added to town.
* QUESTOR and FORCE_LEVEL flags for monsters replaced with GUARDIAN and
  ALWAYS_GUARDIAN as part of clean-up of quest code.
* Many more cosmetic changes to artifact names and most text files to
  keep them in genre.
* Breeders can now only breed to 10 generations.
* Breeders can no longer be Quest monsters.
* Tim Baker's Easy-Angband code added.
* Robert Reuhlman's quest generation algorithm used to tone down the
  level of quest monsters.
* Fixed 'Infinite Paralysis' problem with floating eyes - They will now
  do at least 1pt of damage with each hit.
* Store Owners' Purses have been altered (generally but not always an
  increase).
* DOS version now has Adam Bolt graphics for different race/classes of
  the player.
* Bug in Pattern Vault fixed - it now cannot teleport you below a quest
  level.
* Breeders now have 1 in 5 chance of dying off instead of reproducing,
  so they don't get out of hand quite so much.
* Level feelings are now only given after 2500 turns (about 250 moves)
  instead of immediately on entering a level, but there is no longer a
  prerequisite of staying on the previous level for a period of time.
* Hit-Point rolls changed to give fixed totals at 50th level, making
  'Life Rating' redundant.

Cthangband 2.1.0 (12/7/98)
* Huge amounts of cosmetic changes to remove Zelazny stuff and replace
  it with Lovecraftian.
* Warrior-Mages can now choose Sorcery.
* Monster-Health bar now gives status of monster as text.
* Heino Vander Sanden's quest code ported from Quangband with minor
  changes.
* Out of genre 'Rockets' replaced with 'Shard balls'.
* Most 'silly' monsters removed or replaced.
* Multi-stair option for quick level ascending/descending.
* 'How many?' question for multiple objects now defaults to all rather
  than 1 (except for buying things).
* Adam Bolt's graphics used for DOS version.
* Lots of redundant code removed.