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Posted by red_kangaroo, Feb 7, 2025 at 6:23 am
also, there is the bug with xinrochghost both in k8I and in vanilla: it is the subclass of ghost, and ghosts are not humanoids. therefore the sprite is not composite, it is taken from "Char.png". yet the script specifies humanoid composite form for it, which it totally wrong, and the game displays random gfx instead. i believe that it should use `TorsoBitmapPos = 128, 16;`, for example, for spooky ghost-like face.
That is because ghosts are humanoid in vanilla.
They are generated just like zombies and skeletons. Spooky scary ghost face is no longer used.
Posted by red_kangaroo, Feb 3, 2025 at 3:23 am
the original code had two big problems, both related to "object hell". they mostly manifested themselves as duplicate entities and "zombie" entities. 't was currupting the saves beyound almost any repair.
That must be the elusive "duplicate object" bug that has plagued development for years now! It just keeps randomly cropping up and crashing the game.
Posted by red_kangaroo, Feb 3, 2025 at 3:20 am
SPOILER ALERT. Click here to see text.
also, sometimes i want to drag IVAN into grimdark/horror territory. like, if you load a save which is several monthes old, you'll find the world empty. the levels (including cities) partially ruined. fountains drained. no monsters will spawn. you are the only one there, with nothing to do, nobody to talk with. and no way to die, because no wands/scrolls will work. everybody's dead. gods themselves are dead. the sun is dead, and it's always dark on the ground. congrats, you won the game by destroying literally everything.
not that i'll ever implement this, it doesn't fit. but sometimes i really want to…
not that i'll ever implement this, it doesn't fit. but sometimes i really want to…
I, too, like this idea! Though maybe it could be the effect of the thaumic bomb? If you trigger it, you cause a catastrophic ley line collapse, resulting in... this.
Or maybe a new quest from Mortifer.
Posted by red_kangaroo, Jan 29, 2025 at 7:43 am
by the way. how do lanerns in IVAN work? they are everywhere, they don't need any fuel, there is no liquid or gas inside, neither any crystal. it's creepy.
They are holy items of Legifer, so presumably via divine magic?
Posted by red_kangaroo, Jan 28, 2025 at 6:27 am
IVAN was prolly the first roguelike i played.
IVAN was definitely the first roguelike for me. I have not known what roguelikes are, nor have I known that I am playing one for quite a while.
And even if there are a lot of other larger, more polished roguelikes, IVAN still remains my most beloved game (along with HoMM 3, I guess). Nostalgia is a drug. i guess that means that dreams of my childhood finnaly came to life. 
Nice.
Posted by red_kangaroo, Jan 28, 2025 at 6:06 am
also, maybe some other ways to better control the generator? what you wanted to do, but couldn't, because scripting is missing That One Small Thing?
Random vaults, that is a room with a chance to appear. E.g. you define a room independently from any dungeon, you define in which dungeon it might appear, at which floors it might appear, and a chance it has to appear. This would allow scripting of many "encounter" style rooms, with a specific situation that doesn't need to be in every single game.
Posted by red_kangaroo, Jan 27, 2025 at 10:57 am
great idea! and there should be scroll of unlocking too, just to complement the things. and to unlock that stupid chest in the vault…
Scroll of unlocking should be pretty rare, though, because of the stupid chest in the vault.
Posted by red_kangaroo, Jan 27, 2025 at 8:57 am
BTW, could you link the binaries in the first post of this threat?
Posted by red_kangaroo, Jan 27, 2025 at 8:55 am
yeah, i thought about that too, and i think she may give some stolen goods back if you accept the quest (and stop stealing). like, "oh, it seems you accidentally dropped this… here, take it, and please be more careful next time."
That is a wonderful idea.
it's not the same, though. k8IVAN requires a closed room to rest when paniced. the code specifically checks if the player is in a room (a small one), with all doors closed, no holes in walls, and no monsters inside (even pets). created doors doesn't belong to any room, so paniced player cannot rest there.
Hm, what about a scroll that locks everything lockable in range dependant on reader's Int (a bit like teleportation)? So all doors, chests, chastitiy belts, ...
Scroll of locking
Posted by red_kangaroo, Jan 27, 2025 at 5:17 am
Moryggan = "Moggy" (british slang for dog)
This one is great.