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[Lap]

20-30 frames in an all text menu? What is going on here? I think at this stage Tome-tik is still an all around better option for a player, but this is getting better.

[DarkGod]

??
The game runs at 30FPS, I do not understand your question.
And ToME-tik is based on ToME2 this is an entirely different game you realise ?

[Tilla]

New Beta up, with the loverly sound disable option among I'm sure many other changes. been playing up a storm - the interface is just so good :3

[Soulwynd]

New version released, and a small question to DarkGod, how does mana regen work? So far it seems I can only regen it at level up and maybe potions?

[DarkGod]

You mean for Arcane Blades and Shadowblades I suppose?
Yeah they cannot naturally regen mana, you need to use the levelups and mana potions (and turn off arcane combat when you dont need it) to manage mana.
Until you can learn the talent to convert stamina into mana.

Mages on the other hand freely regen mana, but you cannot play them from the start you need to unlock them ingame before being able to create a mage character.

[Soulwynd]

Ahh, thanks for the clarification. I was surprised to unlock the undead race yesterday. That's a nice feature, plus was my first time killing the shadow of... something. I think one of the first uniques?

Thanks for fixing the idle code, it's much better to play without my fans going vroom-vroom.

Not sure if it has been fixed, but monsters (the worms) & items can spawn in closed doors, that's kind of strange.

[Rakonas]

God damn skeleton master archer, I didn't even see it before I was dead...

[Soulwynd]

I have a small request for DarkGod.

On graphical mode, made unseen but known floor tiles anything other than black (or unknown tiles anything other than black, either works). Perhaps a dark grey tone. Being black makes it really annoying to figure out what you have explored before.

On that same note, if possible, add an auto-explore key, similar to the one found in crawl.

Edit: After a few gameplays in a row, this happened:

[Duuvian]

I like this quite a bit. I didn't get into ToME before this. I've been having some trouble with changing the resolution though. It showed a bunch of question marks as the floor.

That thing that is pictured in the post above happened to me when I had the window open when the ToME game starts that you press escape to exit out of. I tried to maximize the game with the maximize button at the top right.

EDIT: Also, I noticed there is plate mail. Just so you know, on another game forum I used to frequent that featured a Middle Earth/Tolkien setting, quite a few people were vehemently anti-plate armor, with heavy kinds of chain mail being the heaviest kind established through discussion that Tolkien ever mentioned in the books. There are different ways to make chainmail that effect the production time and thus the cost and quality. I'd suggest a change  for the plate armor into different kinds of heavy chainmail for the heavy types. For example, the Russians used to use a type of mail called Double Mail, which was basically exactly what it sounds like. There were also different patterns for the rings that would result in heavier armor with more rings and thus protection. Tolkien had a certain time periods he took inspiration from, and they were all earlier than the use of plate armor for things other than greaves and breastplates. All it would be is some name changes. I for one would support it.

EDIT2: Also, it seems to have serious issues with minimizing, and resizing in general.

[RAM]

^{_{Please do not look directly at the lurker.}}

[Duuvian]

Game related stuff

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I was playing some last night. I like it, it's like a less frustrating dungeon crawl crossed with a Diablo 2 sort of feel, but mostly the positive aspects of both.

As someone mentioned, an auto explore button would be cool. The way running works is pretty cool.

Biggest issue I've had is that there is a staple caught under my e key, so it reduces the space needed to depress the button. It makes it very sensitive and often causes repeated key strokes if the application allows it. I mapped the move secondary keys to wasdqezc and occasionally my guy will run diagonal up right 50 times, run into a monster or a wall, and I'd be at 25/200 health to a vermin I can kill in two hits. So I guess turn down key repeat time would be another bug fix.

EDIT: Also, I'm playing an Elven Archer. It seems very strong. Some things I've noticed though:

Pinning shot is awesome. Steady Shot is my main damage dealer still at Level 10. With a fast recharge I can step backwards till it recharges. I'm fine with that because it's working well.

Crippling shot pales in comparison to Pinning Shot, despite having more damage. Steady Shot does enough damage that I hardly use Crippling. I'd half the endurance cost on Crippling unless it's intentionally weak due to pinning shot being so useful.

Maybe make bosses resist Pinning shot more often while allowing Crippling shot to affect them?

Plea to developer and a minor offer of assistance:

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Also, this is a great game from a gamer's standpoint. Please don't take this the wrong way, but Tolkien's life's works were his stories. The man invented several, usable languages on his own for them, just as an example of his work. (he studied Linguistics and European history)

Please read this. As a developer of a cool game based on books written by an amazing writer, I urge you to research his work as heavily as the internet will allow, and also to ask the help of others who have done the same. In return for your nod of respect to Tolkien they will gladly dig through their memories and books to help you make an in depth game with information accurate to the universe that Tolkien envisioned. He worked very hard on his stories, and I'm sure a game designer could understand the frustrations of language.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_invented_by_Tolkien

Also, in the process of researching this you will inevitably learn about the real life influences, such as armor design, that Tolkien had in mind that could prove useful if you were to continue make games.

Here's a basic storyline if you never read The Silmarillian. The Silmarillian is a Fantasy History book. It's still a pretty good read. It's kind of boring at the start though, how the universe was created because some guy could and all that blah. Lots of epic moments and it's a well thought out history without getting into the boring details like economics that actual histories contain.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silmarillion

Also, here is a forum apparently devoted to LoTR. The link goes to their Lore section. Now we can all be fully educated on things that don't exist yet still affect us because they are useful to know for video games.
http://www.thepalantir.org/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=36

Use them for their knowledge even if you think they might be silly.

[dragnar]

Unlockables?!

Squeee!

Now to download it!

[Duuvian]

Yah, I unlocked animal summoner with my elf archer in the forest west from the town to the southwest of the dungeon you start in. A beehive summoned some bees and that unlocks it apparently.

[Soulwynd]

I only have the undead race unlocked. Probably because of the number of undead I've killed.

[Rakonas]

I only have the undead race unlocked. Probably because of the number of undead I've been killed by.

Fixed. Actual requirement.