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Larn 12.4
ANSIfication, ported to Curses, arrow key support,
message system fix, game over confirmation prompt,
removal of platform-specific cruft, removal of most options,
name/sex prompt, ...
================================================================================
Larn 12.3.1
Prompted by Pat Ryan, fix a bug in the dropobj() code in main.c that
allowed the player to drop a negative amount of gold. In the process, fix
the backwards carriage return logic when printing the error response.
Document the new SIG_RETURNS_INT #define introduced by Bill Randle when the
software was posted.
Prompted by Lasse Oestergaard, guard against out-of-bound array references
in movem.c when on the Home level. Also fixed a bug where a 'smart' monster
would fail to move towards the player when the player was on the boundary.
Prompted by Mitch Gorman, make the EXTRA #define compile and work under
MS-DOS.
================================================================================
This is a list of the fixes and enhancements made to create Larn V12.3 from
Larn 12.2. SPOILER ALERT!
1. The player's position is now marked with an ampersand, instead of just with
the cursor.
2. The 'G' command ("give the stairs a kick") has been removed. Since you can
tell the stairs apart (as opposed to the original Larn 12.0), this command
doesn't make sense anymore.
3. The 'V' command has been removed and its information incorporated into the
'v' command.
4. An idea from Ultra-Larn: when the player enters the 5th level branch of the
bank after teleporting, the '?' in the level display is changed to a '5'.
5. Larn -? can be used to print command line arguments.
6. The player is no longer positioned near the shaft of the volcano when
climbing down to the first volcano level.
7. A couple of pauses were eliminated, making some actions very fast now.
8. The player can no longer escape punishment by donating more gold then he
possesses when praying at the altar.
9. When performing an action and doing an inventory list, a character typed at
the "press space for more" prompt is taken as the inventory item to select.
That is, if you say 'q' for quaff, '*' to see all the potions you can quaff,
Larn used to require that you type a space before you could select a potion,
causing the list to disappear. You can now select an item in the list while
the list is displayed. You can also use Escape and Return in place of a
space.
10. The spells/potions/scrolls inventory ('I' command) are now sorted.
11. The '/' command has been added, to allow the user to identify objects.
You can choose to either type a character or move the cursor around to
select a character to identify (a la Hack). The only limitation is that
characters that have several objects (weapons, gems, dragons, etc) display
all the matching object names.
12. The potion of gold detection has been changed into the potion of object
detection. It will find scrolls, books, potions, weapons, armor, and
artifacts. If you have an old savefile, all gold detection potions get
turned into object detection potions.
13. It is now possible to find rings of cleverness in the dungeon.
14. It is now possible for killed monsters to drop splint mail, battle axes,
cookies, and rings of cleverness.
15. Source cleanup, reduction in the size of the executable and the memory
required, performance improvements.
16. Fix problems with positioning the player when entering or leaving the
dungeon. You will no longer find yourself on the opposite side of the
town level when leaving the dungeon. You will no longer be able to enter
the dungeon on top of a monster.
17. Prevented monsters from moving into the dungeon entrance, causing them to
be destroyed when the player exits the dungeon. The top dungeon level now
has the dungeon entrance character where there used to be a space.
18. If you are standing on a chest and try and open it, you will no longer pick
it up immediately if you have auto-pickup on.
19. Added the capability to add comments to the options file.
20. Fixed the bug where a missing options file prevented anything from being
displayed.
21. There is now a visible repeat count when greater than 10 (a la Hack). You
can also edit the repeat count.
22. The 'm' command has been added to move onto an object without picking it
up (a la Hack).
23. Fixed a problem where the a) item in the inventory couldn't be dulled.
25. Allow a space between '-o' and the option filename.
26. Fix possible errors when looking at the inventory.
27. Prevent the player from changing levels into a level from the maze file with
a space that had no means of exit.
================================================================================
This is a list of the fixes and enhancements made to create Larn V12.2 from
Larn 12.0. SPOILER ALERT!
Changes made to create version 12.2 from 12.1:
1. Add messages to improve feedback to the user.
2. Improved screen drawing performance again.
3. Flying monsters (bats, floating eyes) are no longer affected by traps.
4. Added HACK-like objects, with 'original-objects' option.
5. Added 'bold-objects' option.
6. Fixed a bug where the game would apparently 'hang' for a long period of
time, especially just after killing a monster with a missile spell.
7. Prevented invulnerability when doing VPR on a throne or altar.
8. Scrolls of pulverization now have the same affect when directed against
an altar or fountain as they did directed against a throne. VPR spell
cause a waterlord to appear when used near a fountain.
9. Added the '@' command and 'auto-pickup' option.
10. Added 'prompt-on-objects' option.
11. Improved monster movement performance again.
12. You can now weild '-' to unweild your weapon.
13. Waterlords can now be found in the dungeon, not just when washing at a
fountain.
14. The Eye of Larn can now be sold in the Trading Post.
15. Spells can now bounce off mirrors at an angle.
Changes made to create version 12.1 from 12.0:
1. When drinking at a fountain, "improved sight" caused the "see invisible"
potion to be known by the player. The player must now identify the potion
in the usual manner.
2. Falling through a pit told you the damage you received, but falling through
a trap door did not. Made trap doors act the same as pits.
3. If you dropped a ring of dexterity/strength/cleverness that had been dulled
to a negative amount, the corresponding stat was permanently increased. No
longer.
4. The potion of monster location would show invisible monsters as the floor
character on new levels. Now prevented.
5. Selling all your gems at the bank could destroy items in your inventory.
6. Monster creation was being allowed on closed doors. This was particularly
a problem with treasure rooms, since it meant that a monster much too
powerful for the player to handle was loose in the maze. Monsters cannot
now be created on closed doors.
7. When entering a number (when entering gold amounts) you could not use the
backspace key to delete digits. Fixed.
8. To make it more convenient when selling items in the Larn Trading Post, a
display of those items in the players inventory that can be sold has been
added.
9. Performance of the display has been improved slightly.
10. Monster movement has been improved for large numbers of monsters. It is
somewhat better on PC's, even with aggravation.
11. I have added new mazes to LARN.MAZ.
12. A Rogue-like command mode has been added, and is the default. The
version 12.0 prompting mode has been preserved for those who like it,
accessible via a command line option. Command letters have been added
to provide the ability to perform all the same actions as the prompt mode.
The help file and command line help have been updated. When in command
mode, the player will automatically pick up objects, and can read, quaff,
eat, look at, and pick up objects that you are standing on.
In order to implement the new commands, the A and D commands from version
12.0 have been changed. They are now ^A and I. For consistancy, to see
the list of known spells at the spell prompt, 'I' also shows all known
spells.