Hmm. But you can still identify the wand/ring, you just HAVE to use the 'l' ook command now instead of basing it on the color. So I don't think that adds any difficulty, just the annoyance of having to look. So I would prefer them to be a consistent material.

But then on the other hand the same thing could be said for doors - if you just kick them open you risk booby traps / enraged shop owners, while 'l'ooking can help you to avoid those kind of things...

gah I don't know

It wasn't an active attempt to memorize them, my brain just eventually associated certain colors with certain types

But of course making the material/color different each time would make the game harder, which is what IVAN is all about.

So I'm willing to be overruled, I just want to make sure everyone knows it would change more than just the appearance, it would also change your ability to spot objects from afar without having to use the 'l'ook coomand

What I meant was if you see a yellow ring you know that it's teleportation, blue is polymorph, red is searching (it's been a while so ironically I don't remember if those are all correct). There are a few colors that can be multiple rings but it's still nice to narrow it down. Same with the wands, you can identify which type of wand it is just by looking at the color.

The only problem I have with that is, for weapons and armor, etc. you can easily identify what they are based on the shape, and the material doesn't matter. For rings, the only way you can tell what kind they are from a distance is the color (material).

What is a ring of searching made of?

Just to clarify, my 3 scrolls burnt up immediately from the booby trap, so I had no time at all to read them. I believe there was a message of them being "heavily burnt"

So I'm still wondering if that was just bad luck or if the fire system might have increased their likelihood of burning.

I bet it was an invisible stalker then. I've definitely seen the spider silk golem in gloomy caves.

I had three scrolls of enchant armor on UT level 1, and all 3 of them burned up from a booby trapped door Was that just bad luck or are scrolls much more likely to burn now?

Great job Warheck and everyone else who contributed! This is huge!

I love that the phoenix feather stuff "rises from the ashes". I think the original devs would appreciate stuff like that

I started playing around. I've seen the fire once when I kicked a booby trapped door and some of my gear caught on fire. Warheck could you give us some tips on how we can encounter fire in the game (so we can test)?

Infravision shows you warm-blooded creatures, so if it's invisible and cold-blooded or has no blood then you still wouldn't see it. I believe the invisible stalker is such a creature so that is another possibility.

Well it is way too much code for me to look at and I don't know C++ well enough so I just merged it for you. This is exciting!