it is now possible to deactivate traps. currently it does the same Dex check as for activating a bear trap (for all kind of traps). failing to deactivate a bear trap hurts one of your arms, but mine and gastrap goes BOOM instead. so it's up to you to decide if it worth the risk.

also, flying over a trap doesn't prompt "you found a trap, press esc" anymore — it is useless, as the trap cannot be activated this way.

and just when i thought that it's time to push new win32 build… i met zombie with legs picture for its head. cannot reproduce that, though, and i accidentally deleted the save by dying. of course, it's nice body horror, but i prefer it to be intended, not appearing from some lovecraftian dimension all by itself.

why exactly won't it run on XP?

Note that the three dungeons (GF, FC, PY) were made with the assumption that the player will be jumping between them, not doing one at a time. Difficulty jumps between floors are BIG and you need to weigh your options where it's safest to proceed with your current equipment.

and i realised that i need a separate "on the ship" flag. because having a ship and a belt of levitation means that the player is considered to be on the ship each time he is flying over the sea. by the way, isn't belt of levitation overpowered? maybe it should allow to travel only that far into the sea before ceasing to work? i mean, if you're too far away from any land square, the game will print something like "you are too scared to fly further", and refuse to go.

offtopic about my discovery of IVAN. because why not, i love offtopics.
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it's really strange, i've never seen it happens. the save format is already incompatible (sigh), but would you please attach a screenshot of the game when it happens? maybe i'll be able to spot something.

movement aborts when there is a dangerous square nearby, or some unseen item/door, or a monster. some of that could be changed in options. check if there are nothing like that around. dangerous squares incluedes vomit, broken bottles, banana peels and such.

hm. i just realised how badly i need playtesters. in almost two decades i NEVER (no exaggeration!) ever played as heavy weapon warrior. i mean, no, i never used two-handed swords, or halberds. the game says they are "inaccurate", and that was enough for me to ignore them completely. i was also throwing away shields the moment i found the second sword. my build is always dual-wielder, and it is usually two short swords, or gauche and short sword, or katana and… you got the idea. maximum dexterety, no heavy armors, and all that. i never even realised starting spears as a weapon.

i know that "inaccurate" doesn't mean "you will miss each time", and that big weapons are better at blocking than small ones, but… that knowledge lives in some separate part of my brain. "me grow bananas. me fear things much longer than banana."