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[Soulwynd]

Ow... This patch makes a lot of things harder....

Drillbots are already a pain and will be even more now. :V

[unormal]

Ow... This patch makes a lot of things harder....

Drillbots are already a pain and will be even more now. :V

On the plus side monsters won't vaporize you from across the dungeon through solid walls! Win some, lose some

[Tarran]

*Point-buy for attributes

Yay, finally! It was so annoying rolling again and again for a half-way decent starting attribute set.

*Tier 1+ scrap is now somewhat more common

That's good, since it was quite rare to find even one scrap of tier 2 or so scraps even in Grit Gate+ difficulty areas.

*Robots will now ocassionally drop scrap when killed, and the Scavenger power now functions as intented

Good, I was thinking that robots were kinda lacking drops despite being high-tech... Well... Robots.

*Monster buffs: Drillbot drills have a higher penetration bonus,

Oh god. As if their high HP and their ability to dig through walls wasn't enough. D:

Agolot Cultists have more HP

Good, they were quite weak.

*Monsters will swap positions with each-other much less often

Good, I found it strange when monsters would just stop at the start of a corridor constantly switching places.

*Slumberlings and Great Saltbacks now have the proper natural weapons

So now sluberlings will actually pose a threat? Good, I found them way too easy for "Impossible" difficulty.

*Increased the base cost for repairing an item at a merchant

Aw, I guess 1 dram repairs are done then eh? Well, the discount was good while it lasted.

*Increased the cost to identify unknown items at a merchant

I can't say I dislike this since items were already way too cheap to identify.

*Monsters below the player's tier grant reduced XP

I guess that's it for grinding low-level monsters eh?

Anyway, great update.

[Soulwynd]

Oh, I noticed you forgot to add the option to make the stair colors always bright. (Or perhaps a more noticeable color)

[unormal]

Oh, I noticed you forgot to add the option to make the stair colors always bright. (Or perhaps a more noticeable color)

Yeah, wasn't in this rollup, I'll add it soon.

[Soulwynd]

Thanks. I have another suggestion that might be good:

Saving starting sets. Like saving the character attributes/mutations/calling so people can quickly jump into a character type they like when restarting.

Edit: Another suggestion:

An "Eat until full" option when selecting some food stack in your inventory.

Edit2: Bug:
When you pick sleep gas & corrosive gas, you only get one of the powers. (At least I think that just happened to me)

[Tarran]

Unormal, may I suggest some more defects? Because the defects seem a bit neglected to me.

Spoiler: Physical defects (click to show/hide)

Naturally Unhealthy; -3 MP; gain half as much HP on level-ups(rounded down).
Somewhat Naturally Unhealthy; -2 MP; gain 3/4 as much HP on level-ups(rounded down).
Thin Skined; -1 MP; -1 natural AV.
Sluggish Dodging; -1 MP; -1 natural DV.
Ultra Thin Skined; -3 MP; -3 natural AV.
Standing Target; -3 MP; -3 natural DV.
Poor Health; -2MP; poison does twice as much damage.
Long Nails; cannot wear gloves.

Spoiler: Mental defects (click to show/hide)

Slow learner; -5 MP; gain half XP per enemy(rounded down).
Forgetful; -3 MP; loose 5 XP every 20 tics(or something like that) without fighting. Cannot go below 0 XP.
Low Mental Natural Defense: -1 MP; -1 natural MA.
Very Low Natural Mental Defense: -2 MP; -3 natural MA.
Sleep-cycle Connected; -4 MP; forcefully fall asleep at night(the exact moment that you cannot see anything without a torch or glowsphere). If attacked, wake up stunned for 3 of your turns. If woken up and still night, fall asleep in 20 turns after the stun is gone.
Opposite Sleep-cycle Connected; -6 MP; forcefully fall asleep at morning(the exact moment that you can see anything without a torch or glowsphere). If attacked, wake up stunned for 3 of your turns. If woken up and still morning, fall asleep in 20 turns after the stun is gone.
Low Mental Capacity: -6 MP; when you use a mental mutation, ALL of your mental mutations have to cool down regardless if you used them or not. If some mental mutations are still cooling down when you use a different mental mutation with this defect, their cooldown is reset to the beginning again.

What do you think?

[unormal]

Unormal, may I suggest some more defects? Because the defects seem a bit neglected to me.
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What do you think?

Thanks for the suggestions!

We've got quite a few on our list of to-dos; like most things in the game it's mostly just about time spent implementing than a lack of planned items

[debvon]

Wow this game feels extremely nice. I'm not a big ASCII fan, and I can't get into most roguelikes without graphic tiles, but I had no trouble with this one. Very nice!

I have a question though, is there a way to insert items into chests? I couldn't find anything when I searched the thread.

[Tarran]

I have a question though, is there a way to insert items into chests? I couldn't find anything when I searched the thread.

Don't think so. But why would you want to anyway? It's not like laying things on the ground will do any harm, since things don't get picked up by monsters and levels don't clear out. The only danger is acid and fire monsters, but they would be dangerous anyway since chests can be destroyed by them too.

[Soulwynd]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Funny thing is, I had a snapjaw brute dominated and they started fighting eachother... I'm currently watching the fight.

[Tarran]

Fun with evil twins I suspect?

[Tellemurius]

................lol?

[Soulwynd]

Yup... Now there are two 28 ego espers running around the world... working together... Blasting everything to pieces.

I have a huge doubt, sadly. I don't know if I should teleport back to Joppa with him. I don't know if he will attack the neutrals there and piss them off.

Bug while going down a random stairs in the overworld:

FreezeZoneThread:System.Exception: Exception serializing part Mutations : System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
   at XRL.World.Parts.Mutations.SaveData(SerializationWriter Writer) in X:\Documents\Programming\C#\XRL\XRL Application\World\Game Objects\Parts\Mutations\World.Parts.Mutations.cs:line 46
   at XRL.World.IPart.Save(SerializationWriter Writer) in X:\Documents\Programming\C#\XRL\XRL Application\World\Game Objects\Parts\World.Part.cs:line 74
   at XRL.World.GameObject.Save(SerializationWriter Writer) in X:\Documents\Programming\C#\XRL\XRL Application\World\Game Objects\World.GameObject.cs:line 256 :  ---> System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
   at XRL.World.Parts.Mutations.SaveData(SerializationWriter Writer) in X:\Documents\Programming\C#\XRL\XRL Application\World\Game Objects\Parts\Mutations\World.Parts.Mutations.cs:line 46
   at XRL.World.IPart.Save(SerializationWriter Writer) in X:\Documents\Programming\C#\XRL\XRL Application\World\Game Objects\Parts\World.Part.cs:line 74
   at XRL.World.GameObject.Save(SerializationWriter Writer) in X:\Documents\Programming\C#\XRL\XRL Application\World\Game Objects\World.GameObject.cs:line 256
   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
   at XRL.World.GameObject.Save(SerializationWriter Writer) in X:\Documents\Programming\C#\XRL\XRL Application\World\Game Objects\World.GameObject.cs:line 320
   at XRL.World.SerializationWriter.WriteGameObjects() in X:\Documents\Programming\C#\XRL\XRL Application\Serialization\FastSerializer.cs:line 2128
   at XRL.World.ZoneManager.FreezeZoneThread(Object oZ) in X:\Documents\Programming\C#\XRL\XRL Application\World\Zones\World.ZoneManager.cs:line 380

And was spammed with this after loading the save gave:

RunSegment:System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
   at XRL.World.Parts.Mutations.HasMutation(String MutationName) in X:\Documents\Programming\C#\XRL\XRL Application\World\Game Objects\Parts\Mutations\World.Parts.Mutations.cs:line 106
   at XRL.World.Parts.Stomach.FireEvent(Event E) in X:\Documents\Programming\C#\XRL\XRL Application\World\Game Objects\Parts\World.Parts.Stomach.cs:line 163
   at XRL.World.GameObject.FireEvent(Event E) in X:\Documents\Programming\C#\XRL\XRL Application\World\Game Objects\World.GameObject.cs:line 1083
   at XRL.Core.ActionManager.RunSegment() in X:\Documents\Programming\C#\XRL\XRL Application\Game Core\XRL.Core.ActionManager.cs:line 128

Actually, it spams me with that bug whenever I move.

Savefile, if you want to take a look:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/15858563/ecf34479-7a5f-428b-ab08-248e1f0eca4c.7z

[Tarran]

That bug's spam messages are EXACTLY the same as mine when my games bugged out along with Evil Twins. I'm 99% sure it's from the Evil Twin defect. I recommend no one uses the Evil Twin defect until it's fixed.