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diff --git a/crawl-ref/docs/changes.stone_soup b/crawl-ref/docs/changes.stone_soup index 1604b5100a..dafb8add3c 100644 --- a/crawl-ref/docs/changes.stone_soup +++ b/crawl-ref/docs/changes.stone_soup @@ -1,3 +1,235 @@ +Stone Soup 0.5.0 (2009????) +------------------------- + +Disclaimer: The code and this list are very much a work in progress. + +Breaks saves compatibility. + +Monsters +-------- +* Disallow zombified monsters' use of stairs. +* Reintroduce chance of orc wizards and priests in orc bands. +* Monsters of the same type will now attempt to surround the player. +* Implemented monster miscasts: caused by Zot traps or mummy curses. +* Make all allies (including zombies) avoid Zot traps known to the player. +* New monster: flaming corpse. +* Ghosts don't get holy wrath branded attacks anymore. +* Monsters will now drink !healing to cure confusion etc. +* Allies no longer mind being teleported by the player. +* Retain the teleportation enchantment on polymorphed monsters. +* Make vampiric draining alert and anger its target. +* Fixed draconians being able to strike 3 times per turn with their weapons. +* Account for randart shields when scanning monsters' inventories for randarts. +* Properly allow monsters to pick up and use ammo that doesn't need launchers. +* Fixed monsters getting stuck in deep water after entering it while confused. +* Zombies/skeletons no longer drown, but will still avoid water. +* Make abominations resist poison. +* Better handling of amphibious monsters in the code. + +Interface +--------- +* Store message history across saves. +* New option: Automatically set travel exclusions for statues and oklob plants. +* Limit travel exclusions to line of sight. +* Change exclusion commands to e, E, Ctrl-e. +* Switch off autopickup and autoswap if you see a monster turn invisible. +* Shops now use shopping cart behaviour. +* All 't' commands now take a turn. +* Wizard commands can now be used from the wizard help screen. +* Allow examining your inventory at game end and in shops. +* With a full pack, check entire list of selected items to allow for merging. +* Added an aptitudes hotkey for the book/weapon choice submenus. +* Added an option to make menu colours apply to shops. +* Greatly improved the monster view command ('V'). +* Purchases and donations are now noted. +* Fixed recharged wands not being inscribed with zap counts. +* Fixed auto-swapping rings and amulets taking twice as long as normal. +* Only sharp weapons are now offered for butchering. +* The database search now also prints armour base AC/EV and weapon plusses. +* Add spells and books to book/spell descriptions when searching the database. +* Allow wishing for specific fixed and randarts in wizard mode ('o' command). +* Fixed =f inscription preventing wielding of stones. +* Add food item based hunger descriptions to spells. + +Levels +------ +* Labyrinths are now mappable (map rot!) and from time to time change shape. +* Teleporting within a labyrinth always sends you away from the exit. +* A new portal vault (Sewers), and many new vaults. +* The Orcish Mines are now completely interconnected via the branch bottom. +* Ghosts may no longer appear in the Ecumenic Temple. +* Traps now remember how much ammo they have. +* Properly disable traps in the Abyss. +* Branch descriptions now mention depth and whether they contain a rune. +* Fixed KMONS not accepting comma-separated list of alternative monsters. +* Tweaked most of the oklob vaults to make them less deadly. +* Allow bazaars outside of the main dungeon. + +Items +----- +* New scroll: ?vulnerability, applying to all creatures in LoS including you. +* Make missile enchantment decrease chance of item destruction. +* Freezing weapons can now slow cold-blooded monsters. +* The staff of channeling now trains Evocations. +* Randarts now get their known properties autoinscribed. +* Randarts are now noted as identified even if the plusses are still unknown. +* Eliminate RAP_ANGRY and RAP_BERSERK for missile weapons. +* Ammo that IDs through throwing now merges in your pack instantaneously. +* ?immolation doesn't burn scrolls anymore. +* Vorpalise weapon now fixes temporary brands instead of EWIII. +* Nemelex-gifted decks now ID after drawing one card. +* Decks of punishment are no longer randomly generated. +* Removing rings of levitation or invisibility no longer cancels the effect. +* ?random uselessness now autoIDs. +* Identify the Horn of Geryon when wielding it. + +Characters +---------- +* Merged Ogre-Mages into Ogres with completely new aptitudes. +* Transformations now cause worn equipment to be melded rather than removed. +* Vampires can no longer heal via potions of blood or non-fresh corpses. +* Overhaul nutrition values and duration for Vampires feeding on corpses. +* Draining of the experience pool is now reduced by life protection. +* Player and monster naga no longer flounder or lose stealth in shallow water. +* Secondary unarmed attacks now wake sleeping monsters. +* Fixed bats being capable of opening/closing doors. +* Pure spellcasters don't start with a knife anymore. +* Tweak starting choice restrictions. + +Gods +---- +* Greatly improved Yredelemnul. +* Nerfed TSO/Beogh blessings of followers. +* Reduce damage dealt by Cleansing Flame. +* Killing a holy being is now sometimes avenged by TSO. +* Move Divine Robustness from Zin to Elyvilon, replacing Incredible Healing. +* Make Zin's retribution-summoned plagues permanent. +* Allow Trog to accept kills of demons. +* Vehumet accepts undead killing for you. +* Disallow shapeshifters in orc form from becoming Beoghites' followers. + +Tiles +----- +* Overhauled and improved tiles code, now using SDL. +* Graphical menu improvements: some menus are now clickable and show icons. +* Mouse clicks on the map when unsafe now travel one square in that direction. +* Improved a number of tiles, and added some new ones. (Pandemonium lords!) +* Monster tiles now include health bars. +* Added type specific icons for jewellery and shops. + +Miscellaneous +------------- +* Greatly reduced ranges (both player and monster), now mostly capped by LOS. +* Poison Weapon is now a level 2 spell. +* Extension will now also extend temporary weapon brands. +* Lua errors now report the line numbers of the actual code. +* Flying can now be cancelled. +* Petrify is now an Enchantment/Earth spell. +* Lee's Rapid Deconstruction deals great damage to petrified monsters. +* Rewrite and clean up (among others) beam and trap code. +* Increased Silence range from 6+0 to 6+1. + + +Stone Soup 0.4.4 (2008????) +--------------------------- + +Disclaimer: These are merely the highlights, not an exhaustive list of changes. + +* Fixed assertion failure upon high-scoring death. +* Fixed Crawl spinning in CPU-pegging loop on disconnect on death screen. +* Fixed time handling in dgl builds. +* Fixed semi-controlled Blink. +* Fixed '{' inscription. +* Fixed Spriggans being capable to wield staves while wearing a shield. +* Fixed explosive tracers leaking information about invisible monsters. +* Fixed real/fake rakshasa identity being leaked in descriptions. +* Fixed broken spacing on religion screen. +* Fixed doubled inscriptions in equipped items in dump. +* Fixed monsters being created with both a shield and wielding a two-hander. +* Fixed bad names for god-gifted unrandarts. +* Warn player if interlevel travel intends to take detours. +* Make multi-corpse sacrifices take 1 turn only. +* Mark staves of poison and rods of venom as disapproved by TSO. +* Fixed Draconians getting redundant mutations. +* Saner autopickup exceptions. +* Makhleb now accepts collateral demon kills again. + +Stone Soup 0.4.3 (20080731) +--------------------------- + +* Fixed lack of mouse actions in Tiles version. +* Fixed Evaporate not working with potions of water. +* Fixed Evaporate trailing clouds before explosion. +* Fixed buggy inscription prompt. +* For DGAMELAUNCH, use gmtime() instead of localtime(). +* Only prompt for unsuitable weapons if you can see the target. +* Don't discard Stoneskin when using non-conflicting transformations. +* Allow examining items in end-game inventory and while browsing shops. + +Stone Soup 0.4.2 (20080729) +--------------------------- + +Disclaimer: These are merely the highlights, not an exhaustive list of changes. + +* Fixed defunct spell slot cap (and crash) with Selective Amnesia memorized. +* Fixed the game crashing if PlaceInfo somehow ends up buggy. +* Fixed runaway skill training. +* Fixed vampire draining not destroying small corpses. +* Fixed player being incapable of attacking some monsters. +* Fixed Elf:1 arrival sometimes being disconnected. +* Fixed picking up runes not enabling teleport control. +* Fixed items being created in walls. +* Fixed macros not working with 0.3.4 keymaps by introducing keybinding. +* Fixed x_ and other feature hotkeys not working in the Abyss. +* Fixed not swapping with a fiery monster into a fire cloud still moving it. +* Fixed firing at enslaved monsters being impossible. +* Fixed randart bardings masquerading as boots. +* Fixed claws/ankus not being handled by the weapon option. +* Fixed maps being unable to place monsters on shallow water. +* Fixed non-potion effects taking Vampire hunger states into account. +* Fixed repeatedly interrupted butchering making no progress. +* Fixed prompting because of inappropriate weapon despite being confused. +* Fixed resistances for lava creatures. +* Weakened monster Dispel Undead. +* TSO no longer minds if you attack an evil monster in an unchivalric manner. +* TSO no longer grants permanent followers, only prolongs their existence. +* Cleansing Flame won't harm monsters if TSO would be angry about that. +* Intelligent allies can now equip themselves even if non-permanent. +* Existing ghosts are now saved back if an undead player dies on their level. +* Restrict freezing cloud to high-damage cold beams, reduce their duration. +* Reduce number of times a beam can bounce. +* Abominations created by Twisted Resurrection count as undead again. +* Don't autoswitch to randarts with the curse property as a butchering tool. +* Count chunks and blood towards decks of summoning rather than wonder. +* Show monsters sensing/seeing invisible in their 'x' description. +* Self-hit prompts now respect the player's known resistances. +* 'allow_self_target = no' no longer prevents self-targetting for area spells. +* Added chunk colour to lua eating prompt. +* Added PCRE to the source tree. + +Stone Soup 0.4.1 (20080717) +--------------------------- + +Disclaimer: These are merely the highlights, not an exhaustive list of changes. + +* Fixed crashes related to mapmark.lua. +* Fixed crash when attempting to autoinscribe non-artefacts via '{'. +* Fixed Crawl looping infinitely upon "good random choice" for Thief/Wanderer. +* Fixed crashes when selecting an item with no appropriate items in inventory. +* Fixed DOS problems with long file names. +* Fixed Tiles not working on Windows 2000 and earlier. +* Fixed targetting prompts being ignored or having the wrong result. +* Fixed item quotes causing overlong descriptions. +* Fixed vampire bat jewellery exploit. +* Fixed secondary monster attacks being branded according to their weapon. +* Fixed runes not being counted correctly in scoring. +* Fixed kills by hell effects counting as player kills. +* Fixed persistent --more-- in wizard mode. +* Fixed cold/fire always destroying all potions/scrolls on the floor. +* Fixed Portal Projectile not handling throwing nets or branded ammo correctly. +* Fixed friendly pickup toggle being inappropriately disallowed. +* Fixed known bad potions being subject to autopickup. + Stone Soup 0.4.0 (20080714) --------------------------- |