LambdaRogue 1.6.4 released

[mariodonick]

What a happy Sunday -- LambdaRogue 1.6.4 is here!  This patch gives monsters (esp. bosses) some new special abilities, adds more than 60 new items, incl. 18 set items, places random traps in the dungeons, as well as some elite monsters, improves interface, and introduces the new "Coffeebreak" game mode, allowing you to play the game without quests and story.

In coffeebreak mode, your goal is simple: Go down to dungeon level 20 and kill Eris, the evil deity. Nothing more. In coffebreak mode, profession ranks are gained automatically in character levels 4, 8, 12, 16, and 20.

Save games of previous versions are not compatible. Finish your current game before updating.


Downloads: http://lambdarogue.net/downloads.html

Read the long complete changelog: http://lambdarogue.net/dl-showentry.php?n=260

Help LambdaRogue by donating for it: http://lambdarogue.net/donate.html

[getter77]

Congrats on yet another well-rounded release!   

Coffeebreak mode seems like an odd, if technically apt, name for the new mode given the rest---what about something more congruent to the whole of the setting like, I dunno,  "The Gauntlet of Eris"?

[mariodonick]

I think terms of game modes don't need to be congruent with a setting. It's like "single player", "multiplayer" etc.

But as you're not the first to complain about the name, here's a poll to vote:

http://roguetemple.com/forums/index.php?topic=2435.0

[Legend]

Think you could put together some optional smaller download packages? Like the full game, the game without sound/music? Maybe even an ascii only version?

Also, is there a way to get true fullscreen? I set the forcefullscreen = true, but it doesn't go fullscreen. It just opened a slightly larger window.

[mariodonick]

Think you could put together some optional smaller download packages? Like the full game, the game without sound/music? Maybe even an ascii only version?

I probably can, but if I offered an ASCII only version, I also had to offer both ASCII only and graphics patches. Or patches only for the graphics version, but replacing the ASCII version completely. As I get easily confused by masses of files and archives, I would probably make many mistakes -- or it would take hours to prepare.

Overall, I had to offer

"graphics without music/sound"
"graphics with music/sound"
"ascii without music/sound"
"ascii with music/sound"

for all 3 OS, i.e. 12 packages, plus 1 for source code. If I have 2 updates a month, 26 packages a month. And for all I have to update the website and the links.

AND I also have to test the packages -- I usually download everything by myself, extract it and test it, to see that everything works.

In the end this usually leaves me with at least half a day of packaging and testing. Too much time. Other things in real life are more important. Sorry.

Also, is there a way to get true fullscreen? I set the forcefullscreen = true, but it doesn't go fullscreen. It just opened a slightly larger window.

First, this only works on Windows and Linux. Second, I could only test it on Windows 7 and on the previous Ubuntu, where it worked. Any more details?

[Legend]

I'm using windows xp with the most up to date service pack that I'm aware of, and running the latest version of lambda rogue. When I set the config to fullscreen and start the game, it simply does not run in full screen. It still runs in a window that does not fill the whole screen.

[mariodonick]

Hmm... I have to see if I can get a computer with XP somewhere (maybe at work) and test this.

By the way, the config file parser is very strict. Did you really write

ForceFullScreen
= True

in two lines and with space between = and True?

I'll report back when I found out the reason.

[Legend]

By the way, the config file parser is very strict. Did you really write

ForceFullScreen
= True

in two lines and with space between = and True?

Yes. Exactly like that. The default setting was false and I simply replaced "false" with "true.

[mariodonick]

ehm ... can you try True instead true?

[Legend]

ehm ... can you try True instead true?

It is capitalized in my config. Doesn't work.