i cannot stop thinking that the shields are overpowered with that change. like, i was fighting Jenny with oak shield, and she barely scratches me. she managed to hit me quite hard once, but most of the time she was harmless. i will prolly nerf the physical protection with `/2` at least. because with my current stats my physical resistense is 2, and shiled has 3, so i get 5. way too much. with `/2` the new total is `3`, which looks way more reasonable for me.

also, Goblin Fort level generation often fails. it struggles to put living quarters, and sometimes even forge room. for now i workarouned it by increasing level sizes a little — the crashes are still there, but they are less frequent. i also added `FailureIsNotFailure` flag to room definitions (creative name, i know), which indicates that failing to place this room should not lead to ABORT. this flag leaks memory, of course, and is prone to crashes itself, but meh… (it mostly works for rooms without monsters, and with little objects… and it works only sometimes.)

i know what exactly IVAN struggles to place because k8ivan records source file and line for all scripts, and prints which room script failed. the better solution would be something akin to worldmap generation: abandon current efforts, and start over, but i don't know how to properly implement that. i can throw exception instead of aborting, but at this time the level is in "half-backed" state, and i have absolutely no idea how to clean up the things.

This was previously discussed in various places. I don't know if it was actually implemented (since I haven't played any IVAN in years) but the solution was to enable only a single dungeon per game. You could also lock the magic-learning behind the generation of Ischaldirh's dungeon, if you go that route.

implemented the dialog with Aslona emissary, so it is now possible to properly start the quest.

also, having the stupid encrypted scroll with you after accepting the quest doesn't seem right to me. so the player now asks the emissary if he can read what is written in the scroll, and the emissary takes the scroll away, promising to send it to Aslona wizard to decipher. this way the player will know for sure that Petrus' quest is no more.

now i have to implement "not on the same continent" flag for POIs.

hm. i checked it, and the shield code is exactly the same in k8ivan as in comm. fork (ok, let's call it "vanilla" from now on, because this is The Definitive Edition now .

i mean, i checked all places where `IsShield()` is checked.

…and i just remembered why i never used heavy weapons. for dual-wielder UT is a toy, Jenny doesn't stand a chance, and i can run around farming the plants to no end. but tried the same with long swords, and… killed by a hedgehogs. or plants. or Jenny. with more training heavy weapons will prolly perform better, but i never lived long enough to see that.

should i go for Elpuri and Petrus? or help Aslona officials? or rebels? or became a wizard? choosing one of those should close other routes. at least that's how i envision the game.

implemented long-time-awaited feature: it is now possible to chat through windows and bar walls. in the future we might have bars with bartenders, for example.