00:01:15 -!- CSDCMS has quit [Read error: Connection reset by peer] 00:04:49 Unstable branch on crawl.s-z.org updated to: 0.15-a0-2206-gcb37f90 (34) 00:05:08 -!- edlothiol has joined ##crawl-dev 00:10:38 -!- lobf has quit [Quit: lobf] 00:12:19 -!- Textmode has joined ##crawl-dev 00:15:10 -!- PleasingFungus_ has joined ##crawl-dev 00:17:22 Unstable branch on crawl.develz.org updated to: 0.15-a0-2206-gcb37f90 (34) 00:18:58 -!- PleasingFungus has quit [Ping timeout: 260 seconds] 00:19:04 -!- PleasingFungus_ is now known as PleasingFungus 00:20:23 -!- home has quit [Ping timeout: 256 seconds] 00:20:36 fr: can we stop having spells look at your skills directly 00:20:39 as opposed to spellpower 00:20:48 it's Really Dumb 00:20:50 -!- Whistling_Bread has quit [Ping timeout: 255 seconds] 00:21:50 -!- Euph0ria has quit [Quit: Partake of my vision. 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I guess that isn't completely unreasonable... it means the effect can fluctuate after casting, but that's already the case with draining or training 00:36:23 -!- iFurril has quit [Ping timeout: 240 seconds] 00:36:28 good rhyme 00:36:40 <|amethyst> another possibility would be to store the power in a prop when cast 00:36:55 <|amethyst> oh, passwall appears to be another 00:36:58 aaagh 00:37:02 they're lurking everywhere!@ 00:37:14 <|amethyst> seems to be a theme with Earth Magic 00:37:31 Terrible 00:39:23 <|amethyst> (I guess recalculating power is better, because otherwise you encourage people to swap to an enhancer to cast buffs) 00:39:34 Windows builds of master branch on crawl.develz.org updated to: 0.15-a0-2206-gcb37f90 00:40:09 ya 00:50:38 hm. what's the canonical way to concatenate two "const char *"s? 00:55:15 03PleasingFungus02 07* 0.15-a0-2207-gb6cf2bc: Refactor out a redundant list of jewellery names 10(87 seconds ago, 3 files, 119+ 125-) 13http://s-z.org/neil/git/?p=crawl.git;a=commitdiff;h=b6cf2bc58d6b 00:55:17 -!- Vorhito has quit [Ping timeout: 246 seconds] 00:55:24 hopefully this works 00:55:30 not sure how best to test the lua side 00:56:17 oh. this will actually break anything referring to gourmand without the "the" 00:56:19 hm 00:57:46 -!- TAS_2012v has quit [Read error: Connection reset by peer] 00:59:40 -!- PleasingFungus has quit [Quit: ChatZilla 0.9.90.1 [Firefox 34.0a1/20140722030201]] 01:01:48 -!- Cerpin has joined ##crawl-dev 01:09:02 -!- Kramin has joined ##crawl-dev 01:11:32 -!- ussdefiant has quit [Read error: Connection reset by peer] 01:13:39 -!- Kramin has quit [Ping timeout: 256 seconds] 01:14:38 -!- Impy has quit [Client Quit] 01:15:12 -!- rossi_ has quit [Ping timeout: 250 seconds] 01:18:21 -!- Keanan has joined ##crawl-dev 01:18:29 -!- Blazinghand has quit [Ping timeout: 272 seconds] 01:22:55 -!- dtsund has quit [Ping timeout: 272 seconds] 01:23:23 -!- wat has quit [Ping timeout: 255 seconds] 01:25:34 -!- UncertainKitten has quit [Quit: Connection reset by pier.] 01:27:48 -!- ProzacElf has quit [Ping timeout: 260 seconds] 01:30:55 03MarvinPA02 07* 0.15-a0-2208-gb62d106: Fix messaging for forms other than lichform making a spell unmemorisable 10(4 hours ago, 1 file, 15+ 8-) 13http://s-z.org/neil/git/?p=crawl.git;a=commitdiff;h=b62d1063ba2c 01:30:55 03MarvinPA02 07* 0.15-a0-2209-g603939a: Make Sublimation of Blood only effective when cast on the player 10(2 hours ago, 12 files, 85+ 158-) 13http://s-z.org/neil/git/?p=crawl.git;a=commitdiff;h=603939af70ec 01:30:55 03MarvinPA02 07* 0.15-a0-2210-g92ec8ff: Revert "Remove an incorrect changelog entry" 10(2 hours ago, 1 file, 2+ 0-) 13http://s-z.org/neil/git/?p=crawl.git;a=commitdiff;h=92ec8ff9c87e 01:30:55 03MarvinPA02 07* 0.15-a0-2211-g084620b: Don't consider permafood permanently useless while in Lichform 10(2 hours ago, 1 file, 1+ 4-) 13http://s-z.org/neil/git/?p=crawl.git;a=commitdiff;h=084620bb5592 01:30:55 03MarvinPA02 07* 0.15-a0-2212-g5bdd4d7: Improve some Death's door-related messages 10(2 hours ago, 2 files, 4+ 7-) 13http://s-z.org/neil/git/?p=crawl.git;a=commitdiff;h=5bdd4d71a284 01:31:16 -!- sstrickl has quit [Ping timeout: 240 seconds] 01:31:22 -!- raskol has quit [Quit: quit] 01:34:40 -!- Patashu has quit [Quit: Page closed] 01:48:44 -!- Euph0ria has quit [Remote host closed the connection] 01:49:20 -!- MiBe has quit [Quit: Page closed] 01:54:16 -!- Nomi has quit [Ping timeout: 240 seconds] 01:57:29 -!- gastrox has quit [Quit: Page closed] 01:59:38 -!- Kramin has joined ##crawl-dev 02:00:51 -!- Blakmane has quit [Quit: Page closed] 02:04:20 -!- eki has quit [Ping timeout: 255 seconds] 02:05:00 -!- absolutego has joined ##crawl-dev 02:06:52 -!- SkaryMonk1 has joined ##crawl-dev 02:19:04 -!- SkaryMonk2 has joined ##crawl-dev 02:19:33 -!- SkaryMonk1 has quit [Ping timeout: 240 seconds] 02:19:51 -!- gammafunk has quit [Quit: leaving] 02:20:06 Unstable branch on crawl.beRotato.org updated to: 0.15-a0-2212-g5bdd4d7 (34) 02:33:24 -!- gareppa has quit [Read error: Connection reset by peer] 02:33:56 -!- absolutego has quit [Quit: leaving] 02:36:15 -!- lobf has joined ##crawl-dev 02:42:15 -!- Kramin has quit [Quit: This computer has gone to sleep] 02:45:11 -!- xKISAMEx has quit [Quit: Leaving] 02:46:14 -!- gareppa has quit [Remote host closed the connection] 02:47:27 Kipeekira (L8 DrSk) ASSERT(in_diamond_int(r->start)) in 'ray.cc' at line 166 failed. 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Kipeekira, XL8 DrSk, T:9264 (milestone): http://crawl.akrasiac.org/rawdata/Kipeekira/crash-Kipeekira-20140723-074726.txt 09:37:58 oh, |amethyst, is this your favourite bug again? 09:38:09 -!- Crehl has quit [Quit: Killed by a kitten.] 09:39:23 -!- rockygargoyle has joined ##crawl-dev 09:39:53 -!- dtsund has joined ##crawl-dev 09:40:13 -!- mamgar has quit [Quit: Leaving] 09:42:03 " So um... is it normal for two Natashas to spawn in the same game? And if so, are they supposed to spawn in the same room as each other? " 09:42:15 " edit 2: Make that 3 Natashas on one floor, though at least this one is in a different room (one room away from Sigmund though!!) Needless to say I'm getting the fuck out of this floor before I get 5 Sigmunds around me. " 09:42:27 <3 09:42:31 (ттПттП) 09:43:39 -!- bonghitz has quit [Ping timeout: 256 seconds] 09:44:01 -!- tswett is now known as warrigal2 09:45:01 Natasha seems to have a unique effect on newcomers. 09:45:11 so to speak 09:47:42 -!- tollymain has joined ##crawl-dev 09:52:21 -!- gareppa has quit [Quit: gareppa] 09:52:47 -!- rockygargoyle has quit [Read error: Connection reset by peer] 09:52:59 -!- rockygargoyle has joined ##crawl-dev 09:58:06 -!- rockygargoyle has quit [Remote host closed the connection] 09:58:33 -!- Morg0th has quit [Quit: leaving] 10:00:17 -!- rockygargoyle has joined ##crawl-dev 10:01:17 -!- bug_sniper has quit [Ping timeout: 240 seconds] 10:02:22 -!- truemono has quit [Ping timeout: 264 seconds] 10:02:36 -!- SkaryMonk has quit [Quit: Leaving.] 10:03:58 huh 10:04:16 -!- grit has quit [Read error: Connection reset by peer] 10:04:30 is it intentional that l_item_do_subtype() (used to) return "gourmand" instead of "the gourmand", and "life protection" instead of "positive energy"? 10:04:39 I'm wondering if I should re-add that functionality explicitly 10:14:07 -!- rophy has quit [Quit: Miranda NG! 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i feel like shapeshifters of them are excessively nasty compared to almost everything a shapeshifter could become if it's behind another monster 10:43:29 it'd be a little weird - right now it's only stuff like battlespheres/oods/tentacle segments/placeholder species monsters that have no_poly_to 10:44:10 what I kind of want to implement is their slow ending immediately if they die/polymorph/get banished. not sure how best to implement that, though 10:44:17 -!- bonghitz has quit [Ping timeout: 240 seconds] 10:45:13 yeah, that would be a better way to fix it, just requiring more code 10:45:25 -!- orionstein_away is now known as orionstein 10:45:26 would be better generally, though 10:45:33 more satisfying 10:45:48 I was thinking about it earlier. you get weird cases when e.g. you have multiple snails onscreen 10:49:59 -!- PleasingFungus has quit [Quit: I'm not here right now.] 10:57:25 -!- MarvinPA has joined ##crawl-dev 11:03:26 -!- wheals has quit [Quit: Leaving] 11:07:17 -!- PleasingFungus has joined ##crawl-dev 11:09:10 is it okay for me to post bad ideas in here 11:10:16 no other kinds of ideas are posted here 11:10:34 well, i pastebinned it http://pastebin.com/4WZDi9Kn 11:11:00 mm 11:11:21 i tried to come up with a good theme for a more active martial god, and then it mutated into a completely different style of play 11:11:24 this is the sort of thing that'd probably fit better on tavern, but you'd need to put a bit more thought into it before sticking it on GDD 11:12:10 glancing over it: 11:12:30 mesmerize on enemies has been suggested before, but it always seems really useless. 99% of enemies are already "mesmerized". that's just how they behave 11:13:08 watery grave is cute & cool 11:13:31 (as a passive, or an immolation-style LOS-wide active - it's not strong enough to be a single-target active) 11:14:08 basically like enslave soul within your aura 11:14:19 drowned souls aren't anything like enslaved souls, though.... 11:14:28 any enemies killed during the effect spawn a soul 11:14:52 are you suggesting a new thing called "drowned soul" but unrelated to the existing drowned soul enemy 11:14:57 no, same thing 11:15:00 o 11:15:05 then it's not really like enslave soul 11:15:12 no 11:15:33 i just mean that it's like if enslave soul was an aoe aura effect and spawned drowned souls 11:15:39 so, not really like enslave soul 11:15:41 :) 11:15:41 if that makes any sense 11:15:53 I get it, I just think it's a really bad analogy 11:15:56 sorry 11:15:59 no it is 11:16:03 anyway 11:16:23 crushing depths sounds like a cool capstone but you need to figure out what it actually does - you're just kind of flailing wildly at the keyboard there 11:17:15 oh, it basically disrupts anything that isn't melee 11:17:40 imho focus on the slow/silence/reduced LOS effects. cloud suppression could also work. not sure about projectile blocking. rF sounds like a weird annoying special case thing. 11:17:49 -!- UncertainKitten has joined ##crawl-dev 11:18:04 well, that's mostly for the half-joke about rhellfire 11:18:16 crawl suggestions are Very Serious and jokes are not allowed 11:18:24 i'm pretty sure an rhellfire effect in the post-endgame would be utterly ridiculous 11:18:33 eh 11:18:39 -!- truemonolith has quit [Read error: Connection reset by peer] 11:18:45 it's not as strong as sanctuary 11:18:46 so who cares 11:20:14 I assume 'can move in water like op/mf' doesn't imply mf's fast movespeed? 11:20:25 not at first, definitely 11:20:30 maybe later, maybe not 11:21:11 if I was going to play around with this idea, I think I'd probably make "tidal aura" actually create an aura of temp shallow water around you (like water nymph) 11:21:22 that'd be very strong, though 11:21:30 mm 11:21:43 i thought about making it change the depth of water around you 11:21:52 but then i realized holy fuck drowning enemies everywhere 11:22:25 that'd be easy enough to avoid 11:22:42 how so 11:22:52 pushing enemies out of newly deep water? 11:23:07 just don't make tiles that monsters are standing in into deep water (unless they can survive now) 11:23:11 same as happens in shoals right now 11:23:14 oh ok 11:23:15 [18:18:50] it's not as strong as sanctuary 11:23:31 why is the first thing that springs to my mind https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTUzPiC6MRE 11:23:42 because you're a nerd 11:24:33 -!- orionstein is now known as orionstein_away 11:24:58 part of the traditional problem with a 'sea god' for crawl (you'll be unsurprised to hear you aren't the first to suggest one) is that crawl doesn't have much water, with the exception of two mutually exclusive lair branches. your proposal 'solves' this by just having a bunch of sea-themed abilities without much connection to water terrain. 11:25:16 ...none, except for the passive, actually. 11:26:04 idk. maybe that's fine 11:26:32 PleasingFungus: the idea is more like, the "spirit" of the sea 11:26:43 rather than trying to be literal 11:26:56 because yeah water isn't a thing you can depend on having around 11:28:20 honestly would probably just make the water passive a 0* power, without any bonuses 11:28:29 sure 11:28:31 anyway, if you want to go further with this, I guess put some thought into the conduct (likes/dislikes), solidify the abilities a little more, & toss it up on GDD on tavern. 11:28:40 i'm trying to figure out mantis 11:28:44 oh 11:28:46 it's not a thing for mantis 11:28:47 not having a lot of luck 11:28:55 mantis is for bug reports, not feature requests 11:28:57 hm? 11:28:59 despite having a feature request category 11:29:04 okay 11:29:15 you want gdd https://crawl.develz.org/tavern/viewforum.php?f=8 11:29:30 note the " You Must Read This Before Posting in GDD " thread 11:29:55 it's kind of long but you should probably at least skim it 11:30:45 -!- gareppa has quit [Quit: gareppa] 11:30:58 how powerful would a kraken summon spell be anywya 11:31:00 anyway* 11:31:08 i've had little experience with them 11:31:36 this is largely curiosity more than intent 11:32:21 tentacled monstrosity (03X) | Spd: 10 | HD: 23 | HP: 104-154 | AC/EV: 5/5 | Dam: 22, 17, 13, 903(constrict) | 05demonic, 10doors, amphibious, see invisible | Res: 06magic(153), 05fire, 02cold, 10elec, 03poison, 12drown, 04rot, 13neg+++, 13torm | Vul: 08holy++ | XP: 2969 | Sz: Giant | Int: normal. 11:32:21 %??tentacled monstrosity 11:32:24 kraken (05X) | Spd: 14 | HD: 16 | HP: 184-231 | AC/EV: 20/0 | Dam: 50 | cold-blooded, !sil | Res: 06magic(64), 12drown | Chunks: 09poison | XP: 2317 | Sp: spawn tentacles, 04esc:ink cloud | Sz: Giant | Int: animal. 11:32:24 %??kraken 11:32:41 unknown monster: "kraken tentacle" 11:32:41 %??kraken tentacle 11:32:51 not sure. probably pretty decent. I don't have a strong intuition for the strengths of enemies as summons 11:32:55 large abomination (04X) | Spd: 6-12 | HD: 11 | HP: 32-67 | AC/EV: 0/0 | Dam: 40 | 07undead, evil | Res: 06magic(102), 09poison+++, 12drown, 04rot+++, 13neg+++, 13torm | Vul: 08holy++, 11silver | XP: 726 | Sz: Big | Int: plant. 11:32:55 %??large abomination 11:33:06 me neither, i'm not a big fan of summoning :V 11:33:20 ??kraken 11:33:20 kraken[1/3]: A powerful sea monster found in the {Shoals}. It keeps its main body out of reach and uses powerful tentacles (represented as seperate monsters with special AI) to attack you. The tentacles will advance when you are inside the main body's LoS, and retreat when you are outside it. Killing its tentacles hurts the kraken. 11:33:25 ??tentacle 11:33:26 tentacle[1/1]: Congratulations, you've spotted the long appendage of a {kraken}. Not to be confused with {eldritch tentacle}. 11:33:32 tentacle (06w) | Spd: 17 (07stationary) | HD: 12 | HP: 39-57 | AC/EV: 5/7 | Dam: 29 | amphibious, cold-blooded, lev | Res: 13magic(immune), 12drown | XP: 0 | Sz: Large | Int: animal. 11:33:32 %??tentacle 11:33:44 -!- Kalir has quit [Changing host] 11:35:58 -!- negatendo has quit [Quit: poop] 11:36:35 -!- Textmode has joined ##crawl-dev 11:36:41 -!- orionstein_away is now known as orionstein 11:43:25 -!- MrPeeps has quit [Ping timeout: 250 seconds] 11:43:57 -!- ProzacElf has joined ##crawl-dev 11:45:26 -!- bonghitz has quit [Ping timeout: 260 seconds] 11:47:11 -!- neunon has quit [Ping timeout: 256 seconds] 11:47:13 -!- bonghitz_ has quit [Ping timeout: 255 seconds] 11:48:02 -!- lobf has quit [Quit: lobf] 11:53:41 -!- Textmode has quit [Ping timeout: 244 seconds] 11:56:40 -!- gammafunk has joined ##crawl-dev 11:56:48 .gmap 11:56:52 oops 11:56:53 31. flammie80 the Hoplite (L12 FoMo of Okawaru), slain by a catoblepas on Lair:3 (gammafunk_lair_enchanted_lake) on 2014-07-20 00:14:14, with 14764 points after 12512 turns and 0:48:50. 11:57:16 -!- djetty has quit [Quit: rip] 11:58:00 -!- elliptic has quit [Read error: Connection reset by peer] 12:00:02 -!- elliptic has joined ##crawl-dev 12:00:59 -!- FlowRiser has quit [Remote host closed the connection] 12:03:21 -!- MrPeeps has quit [Ping timeout: 250 seconds] 12:04:27 -!- rockygargoyle has joined ##crawl-dev 12:05:17 -!- herself has quit [Ping timeout: 240 seconds] 12:06:35 -!- orionstein is now known as orionstein_away 12:10:47 -!- Textmode has joined ##crawl-dev 12:10:59 Unstable branch on crawl.akrasiac.org updated to: 0.15-a0-2213-gb17132f (34) 12:14:59 -!- predator217 has quit [Ping timeout: 264 seconds] 12:21:06 -!- gammafunk has quit [Quit: leaving] 12:21:41 tollymain: there was a GDD thread about "Sethygir" the sea god -- you might find that interesting as well 12:22:17 if i get to name this god i'm going to mash the keyboard just a warning :V 12:23:11 Just make sure you start by mashing a letter that doesn't already prefix a god name 12:26:44 imo finish the design before even thinking about naming 12:26:48 that is my position 12:27:02 Seems fair 12:27:32 Arguably, finish the code before worrying about naming. You kneel at the altar of PLACEHOLDER_ONE. 12:27:43 -!- Mandragora has quit [Client Quit] 12:28:35 PleasingFungus: i'm honestly disinterested in naming :V 12:29:43 finish the design, the code, playtesting & release the god in 0.17, then think about naming. 12:30:05 with that said, though 12:30:21 I will admit I was disappointed Qazlal didn't get a Kiku-style name. 12:30:29 -!- rockygargoyle has quit [Read error: Connection reset by peer] 12:31:40 PleasingFungus: I'm hoping to get Ru into 0.16. Does that seem possible? 12:31:45 -!- neunon has joined ##crawl-dev 12:32:16 from what I've seen, yes 12:32:53 Woo! 12:32:58 haha 12:33:36 nothing is certain, nothing is guaranteed, and there's work left to be done - you know that better than I, of course 12:34:17 I suppose the main uncertainty from my perspective is that I don't know what level of completion and/or approval the god needs to be at before being eligible for trunk 12:34:36 It's fairly complete (just acquirement code to go, AFAIK), but I don't know how "approved" it is 12:34:56 I'm not sure there are hard & fast rules 12:35:01 probably we'll just have to talk about it 12:35:26 makes senes 12:35:28 *sense 12:35:48 -!- rockygargoyle has joined ##crawl-dev 12:36:25 -!- eb_ has quit [Read error: Connection reset by peer] 12:36:52 -!- eb_ has joined ##crawl-dev 12:38:28 -!- rockygargoyle has quit [Read error: Connection reset by peer] 12:39:01 -!- rockygargoyle has joined ##crawl-dev 12:42:53 -!- alefury has joined ##crawl-dev 12:47:47 -!- bonghitz has quit [Ping timeout: 240 seconds] 12:48:43 -!- puissantveil has quit [Ping timeout: 246 seconds] 12:57:31 -!- rockygargoyle has quit [Quit: Leaving] 12:59:52 -!- ystael has quit [Ping timeout: 245 seconds] 13:00:34 have all fish been removed from trunk? just realized i've not seen anything other than eels recently. 13:05:03 sharks were given the harpoon 13:05:42 -!- giantbat has quit [Ping timeout: 260 seconds] 13:07:24 -!- simmarine has joined ##crawl-dev 13:09:55 and big fish somewhat earlier, yes 13:14:47 -!- debo has quit [Ping timeout: 272 seconds] 13:16:39 %git :/[Ll]otus 13:16:40 07wheals02 * 0.15-a0-212-g405fd41: Remove thorn lotuses. 10(3 months ago, 13 files, 7+ 141-) 13http://s-z.org/neil/git/?p=crawl.git;a=commitdiff;h=405fd4155241 13:17:03 -!- orionstein_away is now known as orionstein 13:17:16 this should probably have either removed electric eels or not have been a thing 13:18:01 the problem with vapours was not that you could walk away from them... 13:19:58 eh 13:20:00 idk 13:20:19 -!- debo has joined ##crawl-dev 13:21:14 giant frog (03F) | Spd: 15 (swim: 60%) | HD: 4 | HP: 13-31 | AC/EV: 0/12 | Dam: 9 | amphibious, cold-blooded | Res: 06magic(16), 12drown | XP: 90 | Sz: Medium | Int: reptile. 13:21:14 %??giant frog 13:21:21 big fish (09;) | Spd: 10 | HD: 4 | HP: 13-31 | AC/EV: 1/12 | Dam: 8 | cold-blooded | Res: 06magic(16), 12drown | XP: 42 | Sz: little | Int: reptile. 13:21:21 %?big fish 13:21:27 hm 13:21:31 hmm. 13:21:42 spiny frog (08F) | Spd: 12 (swim: 60%) | HD: 7 | HP: 25-53 | AC/EV: 6/9 | Dam: 2608(poison:14-28) | amphibious, cold-blooded | Res: 06magic(28), 03poison, 12drown | Chunks: 09poison | XP: 409 | Sz: Medium | Int: reptile. 13:21:42 %??spiny frog 13:21:44 unknown monster: "shark" 13:21:44 %??shark 13:21:47 shark (16;) | Spd: 10 | HD: 7 | HP: 23-52 | AC/EV: 9/5 | Dam: 18, 9 | cold-blooded | Res: 06magic(28), 12drown | Chunks: 07contam | XP: 205 | Sz: Big | Int: reptile. 13:21:47 %?shark 13:29:01 -!- halv has quit [Quit: Leaving.] 13:29:02 -!- ystael has quit [Ping timeout: 260 seconds] 13:31:10 -!- ais523_ has joined ##crawl-dev 13:46:47 -!- CampinSam has quit [Ping timeout: 240 seconds] 13:49:37 -!- ystael has quit [Ping timeout: 272 seconds] 13:52:07 -!- Ankalagon has quit [Quit: Page closed] 13:54:04 -!- jjpalen has quit [Quit: Page closed] 13:56:07 -!- orionstein is now known as orionstein_away 13:59:58 -!- Aryth has quit [Ping timeout: 255 seconds] 14:00:00 -!- lobf has joined ##crawl-dev 14:01:55 -!- Bloaxor has joined ##crawl-dev 14:05:22 -!- ystael has quit [Ping timeout: 255 seconds] 14:05:42 -!- Bloax has quit [Ping timeout: 245 seconds] 14:05:59 -!- Euph0ria has quit [Quit: Partake of my vision. Partake of my curse.] 14:07:39 <|amethyst> We could remove water monsters in general then turn all water in lava 14:08:03 <|amethyst> s/in l/into l/ 14:08:11 <|amethyst> Then it would probably be just a version or two before we remove lava 14:08:16 -!- PleasingFungus has quit [Ping timeout: 250 seconds] 14:08:35 -!- rophy has quit [Quit: Miranda NG! Smaller, Faster, Easier. http://miranda-ng.org/] 14:09:53 <|amethyst> %git b05c47ca 14:09:55 07gammafunk02 * 0.15-a0-110-gb05c47c: Remove vapour monsters 10(4 months ago, 29 files, 42+ 107-) 13http://s-z.org/neil/git/?p=crawl.git;a=commitdiff;h=b05c47ca704e 14:12:35 <|amethyst> I think the similarity was "always confused" 14:13:47 -!- Nomi has quit [Ping timeout: 240 seconds] 14:13:53 -!- orionstein_away is now known as orionstein 14:16:13 -!- PleasingFungus has joined ##crawl-dev 14:16:41 -!- gareppa has quit [Client Quit] 14:16:49 -!- Tux[Qyou] has quit [Ping timeout: 250 seconds] 14:17:56 -!- clouded_ is now known as st_ 14:19:22 -!- puissantveil has quit [Ping timeout: 246 seconds] 14:19:33 -!- happychan has quit [Ping timeout: 240 seconds] 14:20:39 -!- Daekdroom has quit [Ping timeout: 272 seconds] 14:28:49 bolt::bolt does not initialize was_missile 13https://crawl.develz.org/mantis/view.php?id=8820 by argonaut 14:31:01 -!- wheals has joined ##crawl-dev 14:31:30 -!- bonghitz has quit [Remote host closed the connection] 14:32:54 PleasingFungus, really i guess their problems were more in common with oldsirens 14:33:24 in that since their movement was random, they had a propensity to get stuck in deep water (i thought they were fine in forest, in fact, just not in swamp) 14:33:38 also, electric eels would be more controversial :P 14:34:35 that commit message was not ideal, i suppose 14:34:38 possibly 14:34:42 I was getting kind of grumpy before lunch. not sure how I actually feel about it 14:34:59 I was talking with people about maybe spawning frogs as water monsters 14:35:03 since a giant frog is a big fish 14:35:18 could work, we already do water elementals in deeper places i think 14:35:21 ya 14:35:41 i'm not sure that water monsters per se spawning really needs to exist 14:35:53 apparently there's some weird behaviour where aquatic monsters spawned as water monsters only patrol in their ponds? 14:36:03 but it doesn't do much harm, either 14:36:30 you mean amphibious? if they're aquatic doesn't really matter if they patrol :) 14:36:39 that was my feeling, yeah 14:36:57 s/aquatic/amphibious 14:37:02 both start with a and have a lot of vowels 14:37:04 that's my excuse 14:37:32 -!- Ququman has joined ##crawl-dev 14:37:34 -!- bonghitz has quit [Ping timeout: 240 seconds] 14:37:34 I also kind of want to make swamp worms amphibious. might need to tweak the ai. I like the idea of them being water trapdoor spiders, except without the venom, and with the different terrain. 14:37:54 i guess water monster stuff is pretty necessary for, say, coc, where there's a lot of water but a lot (?) of the normal spawn table can't be in/on water 14:38:37 not sure about that, actually 14:38:47 coc is pretty filled with giant zombies, which are fine in water 14:38:54 and simulacrula, which... I have no idea 14:38:56 do they float? 14:39:01 maybe they should? 14:39:01 or a D layout with a lot of water (does the "replace rock walls with water" layout_cross variant still exist) 14:39:07 I think it does but it's quite rare 14:39:19 honestly though I'd be fine with that one not having monsters in the water 14:39:28 because: ugh 14:40:55 -!- Aryth1 has quit [Ping timeout: 255 seconds] 14:41:28 really, i said that i'm not sure water monster spawning needs to exist less because i think it's bad and more since i'm not certain why it exists 14:41:45 mostly flavour, i suppose 14:41:51 -!- wheals has quit [Quit: Leaving] 14:41:55 flavour is nice - rip wheals 14:42:05 yeah it really breaks my immersion when a random puddle in the dungeon doesnt have giant goldfish and electric eels in it 14:42:10 same 14:47:36 i for one certainly am put out that i can't zombify giant fish anymore >:( 14:51:07 You can still zombify swamp worms -- it's basically the same 14:51:19 * PleasingFungus removes swamp worms!!! 14:51:23 Hooray! 14:51:32 ha ha just kidding I'm gonna make them nastier 14:51:40 * Lasty takes off his party hat. 14:51:50 <|amethyst> Does making them amphibous actually make them any harder? 14:51:56 <|amethyst> s/bou/biou/ 14:52:04 swamp worm (07w) | Spd: 12 | HD: 10 | HP: 23-47 | AC/EV: 3/12 | Dam: 26 | Res: 06magic(13), 12drown | XP: 162 | Sz: Medium | Int: insect. 14:52:04 <|amethyst> %??swamp worm 14:52:07 Actually, that'd be mostly fine . . . the real problem is just that they break autoexplore 14:52:09 <|amethyst> aha, spd 12 14:52:10 i think it just makes them giant leeches 14:52:18 giant leech (05w) | Spd: 8 (swim: 60%) | HD: 12 | HP: 46-74 | AC/EV: 5/15 | Dam: 3505(vampiric) | amphibious, evil | Res: 06magic(32), 12drown | Vul: 08holy | XP: 287 | Sz: Large | Int: insect. 14:52:18 %??giant leech 14:52:26 Giant leeches are way more dangerous 14:52:44 so name them not-giant leeches 14:52:47 problem: solved 14:53:21 |amethyst: my goal is to make them swamp trapdoor spiders 14:53:21 <|amethyst> I thought speed <= 10 melee-only monsters were trival 14:53:27 <|amethyst> gah 14:53:29 <|amethyst> trivial 14:53:36 |amethyst: giant leeches aren't speed <= 10 in water :) 14:53:39 and swamp has a lot of water 14:53:55 hydra (09D) | Spd: 10 (swim: 60%) | HD: 13 | HP: 54-91 | AC/EV: 0/5 | Dam: 18 per head | amphibious, cold-blooded, regen | Res: 06magic(52), 03poison, 12drown | Chunks: 09poison | XP: 976 | Sz: Big | Int: reptile. 14:53:55 <|amethyst> %??hydra 14:54:02 <|amethyst> I thought hydras were trivial too 14:54:33 I'm gonna be honest 14:54:36 minmay says a lot of things 14:54:44 I am only saying my own opinion here 14:54:52 tollymain: speed 9 and aquatic monsters are equally trivial in that you can walk away from both without risk 14:55:04 yes 14:55:04 Lightli: You have 2 messages. Use !messages to read them. 14:55:07 !messages 14:55:07 (1/2) PleasingFungus said (4w 2d 19h 15m 53s ago): "I saw a moth futter by. I hate that." 14:55:11 !messages 14:55:12 (1/1) LordSloth said (4h 13m 45s ago): I have that lovely xbow thanks to trunk and okawaru and an amulet of faith 14:55:22 .........4w 14:55:23 -!- Stelpa has quit [Quit: Leaving] 14:55:29 wow I am not paying attention 14:55:32 rip 14:55:35 I don't think swamp worms would be dangerous if they were amphibious since they would still be very easy to kill and not do very much damage, but they would certainly be more dangerous than they currently are 14:55:42 yeah 14:55:48 ??oldswamp 14:55:48 oldswamp[1/1]: The swamp worm uses the watery terrain to its advantage. The swamp worm bites you! * * * LOW HITPOINT WARNING * * * 14:55:50 imho 14:56:06 ??newswamp 14:56:06 oldswamp was great 14:56:06 I don't have a page labeled newswamp in my learndb. 14:56:13 I still miss it 14:56:17 rip 14:56:26 -!- puissantveil has quit [Quit: Page closed] 14:56:34 yeah, the problem is that all water monsters are trivialized by not being near them 14:56:56 the ones that have some way to hit you at range like electric eels and kraken are dealt with by just being even more not near them 14:57:31 At least Krakens appear in an area with enough water that sometimes it's hard to not be near them 14:57:35 yeah 14:57:36 (but only sometimes) 14:57:46 krakens are fine if used properly 14:58:03 someday I'm gonna remove that damn shoals:5 krakenvault 14:58:12 maybe today! 14:58:16 why not make that day today- 14:58:17 yeah 14:58:40 -!- lobf has quit [Quit: lobf] 14:58:49 PleasingFungus: the one that puts a kraken on the rune? 14:58:59 the one that puts a kraken in a tiny room on the rune 14:59:00 yes 14:59:02 I kinda like that one, but I've never had trouble with the kraken (or any kraken) 14:59:06 what is wrong with that vault? 14:59:06 -!- lobf has joined ##crawl-dev 14:59:08 also agreeing with swamp worms needing to become amphibious 14:59:17 I can think of dozens of vaults I'd remove first :P 14:59:40 it's just so sad and pointless 14:59:46 a kraken is a complete non-threat in a closed space like that 14:59:50 how so? the kraken is guarding the rune 14:59:59 that is the idea. and it is a cool idea 15:00:00 but it doesn't work 15:00:05 I don't really think that kraken is much different from other krakens 15:00:15 you can move away from other krakens too! 15:00:16 -!- ystael has quit [Ping timeout: 255 seconds] 15:00:17 seems more interesting than a kraken that you don't have to fight 15:00:44 which is every other kraken 15:00:47 krakens on the open sea can actually pursue and fight you 15:00:50 in principle 15:00:56 except they cant 15:00:59 because they are stuck in water 15:01:00 in principle!!! 15:01:02 just like the one in that vault! 15:01:04 shoals has a lot of water 15:01:06 the solution is obvious 15:01:09 I am pretty sure that the majority of the krakens that I have fought are in that rune vault 15:01:10 make kraken amphibious 15:01:10 also they are slow 15:01:23 elliptic: that is a problem with spawn freq imho 15:01:25 probably the majority by quite a bit 15:01:26 no 15:01:38 because I don't fight random spawn krakens 15:01:45 also a problem with kraken design wrt tentacles not being able to attack out of los of the head and also another thing that I forget 15:01:51 right, them not being to go into shallow water 15:01:55 (unless I have one of the spells that trivializes them) 15:01:55 those were my todo items 15:02:10 not being able to go on land seems equally problematic 15:02:27 yeah, if they could go on land I would be legit terrified of them 15:04:05 kraken are extremely dangerous to actually fight with many characters, and they are quite easy to avoid fighting 15:04:37 yes. even on the rune vault 15:04:49 I think I had that vault show up last game 15:04:59 Never even saw the kraken 15:05:14 getting that rune without fighting the kraken isn't easy without apportation 15:05:26 Lightli: iirc the kraken isn't guaranteed in that vault 15:05:28 oh 15:05:29 I find them pretty easy to kill with blowguns 15:05:43 here is how you trivialize the kraken: attack it from a distance. when it reaches its tentacles out, back up a step or two if necessary, then move forward again and resume. 15:05:49 you have killed the kraken. congratulations. 15:05:55 kraken (05X) | Spd: 14 | HD: 16 | HP: 184-231 | AC/EV: 20/0 | Dam: 50 | cold-blooded, !sil | Res: 06magic(64), 12drown | Chunks: 09poison | XP: 2317 | Sp: spawn tentacles, 04esc:ink cloud | Sz: Giant | Int: animal. 15:05:55 %??kraken 15:05:57 yes, that works with every water monster in the game 15:05:57 kraken can be killed in perfect safety with any ranged attack 15:06:03 yes 15:06:09 if i want to start helping out with dcss, where do i start 15:06:23 you can probably just poison them to death with needles 15:06:29 oops, PleasingFungus already said it better 15:06:52 -!- bonghitz has quit [Ping timeout: 245 seconds] 15:07:10 tollymain: just shout a lot and assume that you're right about everything, then get nothing done. that's my plan and it's been working pretty well so far 15:07:23 sure, with freedom of movement you can just avoid letting it hit you... at least with the one in the vault it might be attacking you at the same time as other monsters 15:07:23 i've got limited experience with c++ and a couple other languages atm, if that's a thing 15:07:43 elliptic: except you can just back around the corner and fight all the other monsters separately 15:07:45 It Doesn't WOrk 15:07:52 tollymain: ya that's pretty key 15:07:55 but yes, I agree that kraken is a bad monster like other water monsters 15:08:00 tollymain: idk. find something to improve and improve it 15:08:06 elliptic: only if you teleport into the vault 15:08:10 I just don't see how this vault is worse than random spawn krakens 15:08:11 submit patches 15:08:30 okay time to Ruin Crawl i guess :V 15:08:39 tollymain: imho try to find small things 15:08:43 at least to start 15:08:55 examples? 15:08:56 tollymain: Make wanderers better. There's always ways to improve wanderers. :D 15:09:06 elliptic: random spawn krakens *can* actually be relevant if they catch you in a situation where it's impractical to retreat, owing to Water. the vault kraken will literally never be in that situation, by design 15:09:25 sometimes you berserk the vault 15:09:46 or are fighting a lot of monsters and want to duck into it because walls are good 15:09:50 and the kraken is relevant then 15:10:02 so no, not "literally never" 15:10:17 give the kraken heat vision, problem solved 15:10:28 pew, pew 15:11:32 <|amethyst> ls 15:11:34 <|amethyst> doh 15:11:36 elliptic: even when berserking the vault, you can just duck around the corner - but I will accept the latter point 15:11:40 ??|amethyst 15:11:40 |amethyst[1/11]: <|amethyst> doh 15:12:31 Give kraken aquablink: blink near that creates deep water. Problem solved. Definitely won't break anything. 15:12:42 I will present proof that you can die to the kraken while berserking the vault: http://dobrazupa.org/morgue/qw/morgue-qw-20140418-223608.txt 15:12:45 :P 15:12:50 <3 qw 15:12:50 <|amethyst> kraken nymph 15:12:51 -!- gammafunk has joined ##crawl-dev 15:12:53 I should make a bot sometime 15:13:18 seriously though, "just duck around the corner" has its own costs - berserk ending and being slowed with dangerous merfolk around 15:13:22 can you make the bot remove tavern 15:13:34 if you are doing dangerous things because of the kraken, it is serving its purpose 15:13:38 <|amethyst> We should add qw as an autofight option :P 15:14:37 !gamesby qw 15:14:38 <|amethyst> "press tab to do whatever qw would do in this situation" 15:14:38 qw has played 676 games, between 2013-03-23 12:50:07 and 2014-04-24 08:38:00, won 3 (0.4%), high score 1851235, total score 23209119, total turns 6129120, play-time/day 0:10:10, total time 2d+19:26:24. 15:14:42 !gamesby neil 15:14:43 neil has played 9251 games, between 2011-08-10 11:04:55 and 2014-07-22 15:18:01, won 2 (0.0%), high score 1318561, total score 20145056, total turns 24661853, play-time/day 1:20:48, total time 60d+11:55:36. 15:15:10 oh but right the start scumming 15:15:12 6 million turns. Wow. 15:15:18 <|amethyst> !gamesby neil !boring 15:15:19 neil (!boring) has played 8434 games, between 2011-08-10 11:04:55 and 2014-07-20 22:12:11, won 2 (0.0%), high score 1318561, total score 20116270, total turns 24612543, play-time/day 1:20:37, total time 60d+6:00:36. 15:15:40 oh, that's total across 676 games 15:15:57 -!- CSDCS has quit [Read error: Connection reset by peer] 15:16:49 like in those chess games. "in this position, qw would... berserk." 15:17:10 In this position, qw would . . . dive directly into the kraken's mouth. 15:17:33 Strong Roleplaying 15:17:44 <|amethyst> !lg * won s=place 15:17:45 19851 games for * (won): 19851x D:$ 15:17:50 <|amethyst> Why does that say D:$ ? 15:18:12 !lg . won x=place 15:18:13 14. [place=D:$] gammafunk the Devastator (L27 DgWn), escaped with the Orb and 4 runes on 2013-10-21 15:19:02, with 1809768 points after 126440 turns and 20:37:48. 15:18:32 somehow the surface is d:$ 15:19:04 some kind of wraparound? d:1, go up one and it's d:15 15:19:13 -!- ystael_ has quit [Ping timeout: 250 seconds] 15:19:33 <|amethyst> I would expect D:0, but I guess it's D:-1 15:19:47 <|amethyst> !lg * won absdepth=1 15:19:48 11527. agentgt the Peltast (L27 MiWz of Cheibriados), escaped with the Orb and 3 runes on 2014-07-23 18:01:41, with 1763503 points after 64049 turns and 6:33:02. 15:19:49 <|amethyst> !lg * won absdepth=0 15:19:50 8324. Jazzimus the Farming Spellbinder (L27 SESt of Kikubaaqudgha), escaped with the Orb and 15 runes on 2014-07-01 02:03:51, with 7572327 points after 239190 turns and 1d+11:13:39. 15:20:01 <|amethyst> !lg * won absdepth=0 s=cv 15:20:02 8324 games for * (won absdepth=0): 1409x 0.10, 896x 0.9, 838x 0.5, 705x 0.4, 680x 0.7, 647x 0.8, 582x 0.8-a, 551x 0.10-a, 435x 0.3, 399x 0.11-a, 348x 0.9-a, 317x 0.6, 157x 0.6-a, 149x 0.2, 106x 0.7-a, 62x 0.1, 22x 0.4-a, 21x 0.5-a 15:20:04 <|amethyst> !lg * won absdepth=1 s=cv 15:20:04 11527 games for * (won absdepth=1): 2173x 0.14-a, 1667x 0.15-a, 1620x 0.13-a, 1453x 0.12-a, 1119x 0.11, 1031x 0.14, 925x 0.13, 887x 0.12, 652x 0.11-a 15:21:12 -!- wheals has joined ##crawl-dev 15:21:39 !lg gammafunk won end>2013-10-21 15:21:40 1. gammafunk the Devastator (L27 DgWn), escaped with the Orb and 4 runes on 2013-10-21 15:19:02, with 1809768 points after 126440 turns and 20:37:48. 15:21:42 !lg . won end>2013-10-21 15:21:43 17. wheals the Naga of Death (L27 NaNe of Kikubaaqudgha), escaped with the Orb and 4 runes on 2014-06-25 16:41:41, with 1904542 points after 102947 turns and 6:13:15. 15:21:51 i am 17 times better at crawl than gammafunk 15:21:53