What about mithril then? Sometimes it will work for me, other times it won't.
e.g.
What material do you want to wish for?
mithril
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THERE IS NO SUCH MATERIAL
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...Mithril
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THERE IS NO SUCH MATERIAL
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Mythril
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THERE IS NO SUCH MATERIAL
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ommel hair
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THERE IS NO SUCH MATERIAL
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Ommel Hair
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THERE IS NO SUCH MATERIAL
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Ommel hair
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THERE IS NO SUCH MATERIAL
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ommel Hair
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THERE IS NO SUCH MATERIAL
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GOD F**KING DAMMIT!!!!!>?!"!
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THERE IS NO SUCH MATERIAL
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Also the player does not notice materials in rings, wands or Helmets of (understanding, brightness etc.).
The player also starts off with knowledge of some materials, and monsters that he has not seen yet.
This may explain why you can wish for some materials but not others.

Does anyone here actually think a spambot would come to this forum?

I think i found out what the problem was.
I think it said that cause my player didn't know what ommel hair was, coz after i found some ommel hair boots it worked...
Unless IVAN was playing with my mind

Hi everyone, i'm back!

Having a little trouble with SoCMing.
I recent found said socm in UT2, and having a reasonably high base intelligence, I wanted a ommel hair limb. Unfortunately, when I enter "ommel hair" it says it doesn't exist. I've also had this problem with most other materials with spaces in their names. And mithril.
So, any help plz?

this seemed like the most relevant place to post this

I guess being that skilled is what you get for being raised by hippos and working at a banana plantation.

Playing it seriously will get you killed.
Many, MANY times.

Maybe you could make it so there are certain parts of the IVAN world where you can do multiplayer? Like an arena and some dungeons? The first person enters and is asked to host or join. He hosts the game and others join. Like a LAN game but over the internet. Good luck trying to program that though. Oh and it would have to be turn based to be faithful to the original IVAN.
Also, wouldn't you need a server for online IVAN?
And no I don't know shit about programming. All I can do is edit IVAN's script files.

ty.

Currently working on a suicide bomber vest, but the script doesn't like me adding new items... the only time it worked, it thought it was a mine and instead of self-destructing, it planted itself.

Hello everyone.
I had a read through of a few old threads, and it seems people wanted an atomic mine/bomb in IVAN.
So...

I made one.

It is currently in Beta testing, as I cannot figure out how to increase IVAN's maximum blast radius for explosions. Can somebody help with that?

Anyways, I have packaged it with IVAN 0.50 as there is rather a lot of script that has been added, and it seemed easier this way. Also there is a zip file with just the script in it.

The details:

*The atomic mine (bomb) is found in New Attnam in the sumo's house (see screenshot 1) Although sometimes does not show up. If this happens, check under the sumo when he moves to eat. If it's not there, start a new game.
*Its explosion has a 15 square diameter, this is the maximum for IVAN.
*It can be wished for
*It uses the atomic bomb picture from the graphics file, so does not look like an ordinary old mine.
*There are only 2 pre-placed in the game. One in New Attnam and the other in the dwarven minefield
*It's made of Iron and Atom Bomb Powder (new material)
*Standing on it will kill you.
*It can't kill Elpuri, but brings his health down to around 390hp (see screenshot 5)
*You can SoCM anything into atom bomb powder, but if it explodes, you're dead.
*Use the first bomb wisely. You need to get at least 16 squares away to be safe from the resulting explosion.
*It acts like a mine, you apply it, run away and anything that steps on it sets it off (and dies).
*Everything to do with the atomic mine was freshy made, nothing else has been touched.

have fun everyone... *evil laugh*
oh and Atomic better not get angry for me using his name XD

UPDATE 0.2
*added the spade of asplosions (edited Turox)
*Added spades, but can't figure out how to get them to work like a pick-axe
*Jacket has been added, but won't act like the backpack full of gunpowder. Might just edit the backpack.
*Ivan now has an AK47 8h)

UPDATE 0.21
*Fixed the jacket. Now "suicide bomb vest". Contains NITRO (new material) about as powerful as the atomic mine. Can be found in the dwarven minefield. Glows brightly.
*NITRO added. Glows bright green and is highly explosive. Can be found in bottles. Drinking it will kill you. Throwing it at someone will kill them. Fireballing it kills just about everyone in the blast radius.
*Kamikazi dwarfs now use suicide bomb jackets instead of gunpowder backpacks. The upside of this is that they glow in the dark. The downside is that if they explode on you, they WILL kill you.
*Still can't figure out how to get the weight right. The atom bomb and bomb vest both have negative values. The closest I ever got was getting the atom bomb to 2000g and then it wouldn't blow up right. I might just leave them as they are. Having 2 bomb vests will overload you.
*Added the TNT mine. These can be found in the dwarven minefield, and can be wished for. Not as powerful as the atomic mine. Looks like a red lump similar to a lump of banana flesh.
*Added material TNT. Not as powerful as the atomic bomb or nitro, but is still powerful enough to kill you. It is possible to survive the explosion.

scroll of wishing, UT2!