Recent changes to patches

Make wyvern zombies big

2009-12-24T17:36:20Z

These get bitched about all the damn time and it was just a 5 char change....

Make ammo branding spells auto id ammo

2009-11-20T18:52:19Z

Never caught this as wizmode id's the ammo for you. While i was at it, I simplified the function a bit and got rid of redundant code.

ranged weapons + confusion fix

2009-11-19T12:38:07Z

this fixes confusion and ranged weapons, which were previously completely unaffected. the second patch is a whitespace fix for the first patch =\

Portal projectile fixes + mulch rate changes

2009-11-19T06:05:31Z

fixes two bugs in portal projectile and changes mulch behavior for some special ammo

Re-arranged spell functionality code

2009-11-18T23:19:47Z

Moved all of the spellsN files into one big spells file, with the intention of break out any spells that other cc files need to call into their own files.

All of the spells have been roughly sorted into categories -- necromancy, conj / offense, enchantment, translocation, and misc.

Animate Dead has been broken out, and tomorrow I plan to do the rest. (In the meantime, you'll pretty much have to

This patch blows away whatever changes were made to Zin today in spells2, so that'd need to get reintegrated into this.

- timecircuits

Returning ammo + launchers fix

2009-11-15T14:33:53Z

made returning ammo work when launched as well as thrown. if launched, the appropriate launcher skill is checked rather than throwing.

Warper Overhaul

2009-11-15T04:02:51Z

FR2893800

Note, this is just my take on it; feel free to tweak some things for balance. I wasn't really able to do much more than error checking in-game as I don't think SF wants me using their shell server to play a video game for a week or so. =)

Notes from the patch:
Subject: [PATCH] Warper Overhaul - Renamed to Arcane Marksman

Missile Changes
--
electricity missiles are now an option - they are always destroyed
reaping / dispersal ammo is now always destroyed as it can be created by players
poison ammo can again affect rocks / bullets etc - still no nets. Apparently
this is a contact poison, but mainly it's to close the gap between sling users
and archers.

SKILLS
--
Ranged weapon 3
Dodging 2
Spellcasting 2
Enchantments OR Translocations 3

EQUIPMENT
--
Robe
Ration
Scroll of blink
Some ranged weapon options as Hunter
No melee weapon!
Either book of elemental missiles or warped missiles

The book of Elemental Missiles

Spells Type Level
a - Corona Enchantment 1
b - Swiftness Enchantment/Air 2
c - Repel Missiles Enchantment/Air 2
d - Flame Ammunition Enchantment/Fire 3
e - Frost Ammunition Enchantment/Ice 3
f - Poison Ammunition Enchantment/Poison 4

The book of Warped Missiles

Spells Type Level
a - Apportation Translocation 1
b - Portal Projectile Translocation 2
c - Repel Missiles Enchantment/Air 2
d - Blink Translocation 2
e - Returning Ammunition Enchantment/Translocation 3
f - Warp Ammunition Enchantment/Translocation 5

The book of Devastating Missiles

Spells Type Level
a - Poison Ammunition Enchantment/Poison 4
b - Warp Ammunition Enchantment/Translocation 5
c - Shocking Ammunition Enchantment/Air 5
d - Haste Enchantment 6
e - Deflect Missiles Enchantment/Air 6
f - Exploding Ammunition Enchantment/Fire/Air 7
g - Reaping Ammunition Enchantment/Necromancy 7

Show depth descended in overview (FR 2810891)

2009-11-13T19:31:30Z

Per the FR, adds the branch depth to the overview screen.

Fix Jiyva's piety gain

2009-11-03T00:53:57Z

Entirely numerical changes, this patch tones Jiyva's piety gain down. Previously Slime:6 alone would more than max out piety and the low timeout caused too many gifts.

Bolt of Iron->Iron Shot, Ice Bolt->Fling Icicle (FR1801710)

2009-10-28T22:36:34Z

Based on FR 1801710

Bolt of Iron and Ice Bolt were both mechanically different from the other
"bolts" in that they didn't penetrate targets. In addition, Ice Bolt was
very easy to confuse with Bolt of Cold. So they got their names changed to
Iron Shot and Fling Icicle, respectively. This change is both external (in
the game output) and internal (how the code refers to the spells). This
commit also changes the names of the spells in the data files (ie. for
tiles) and the names of some data files themselves (tile images).
(See the file list.)

Note that Lemuel's comment about the concept (and tile art)of "bolt" not
fitting with the way the "bolt" spells behave is still valid, but that's
another issue. I think this stems from a confusion between lightning
"bolts" and crossbow "bolts."