May 2008 Simeon Pilgrim

Archive for May, 2008

Friday, May 23rd, 2008

I put up build 1.0.8 on Wednesday to fix a missing file from the installer, as discovered via Issue 17

Other fixes in the build are:

Issue 16 - Copying items between players resulted in duplication
Overhauled the cheats - You can now activate the original cheats via context menu, plus a few extras. Remember to press ‘-’ to activate “god intervene”
Fixed a mistake, that stopped you from memorising spells when resting (more work needed in the area of spells)
Fixed a mistake, that said you had cast a combat spell in non-combat when you chose to cancel

Happy playing…

Friday, May 16th, 2008

Build 1.0.7 has been released. Download from Google Code

Fixed the “You have lost the fight”/”Zero EXP” noticed fighting Drow patrols in Save E
Fixed crash when lightning bolt spell hits a wall
Turned off the “always on” detect magic effect that was left in after debugging the issue
Fixed ‘Paul’s save game F’ forward into big fight. The combat now actually begins
Added a cheat, to allow Saving Throws to always succeed for the party. Some spells however do not make saving throws, and other have lesser spells cast when the major fails
Fixed a number of small mistaken translations
Fixed the installer so older installations are removed, and from 1.0.7 onwards, older installers will not over install newer installations
As always, lots of renaming of the variables/functions

So a minor release really, but I been wanting to fix the installer for a while, so I did.

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008

I am only a fraction of my way through, but I’m finding it great.

int i,j; for (j=n-1,i=0; i < n; j=i++) { process_edge(j,i); }

Which puts the edge case (the end) and the beginning, so the loop is trivial, it’s just so neat. A better write-up is here

Friday, May 2nd, 2008

I remember the running man from my youth. Great modern dance video sending up the old ways very nicely.

Thursday, May 1st, 2008

After lots of rubbish, we have finally returned to Telstra as our telephone and Internet provider. Take that Telecom! - Again!!

I have spent the evening making the file-server linux box now act as a firewall/router/NAT box as well as what it was previously doing.

Finished downloading some stuff, that had been started on the Xtra Broadband, oh my gosh Telstra is just faster, by lots!

Now I might even get back into FPS gaming….