Beta Test results 2.6.7 PART 2

PurpleSquerkle · Post by **PurpleSquerkle** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 3:27 am

Monsters already can level, it just never, ever happens.

Any of course you're going to get a ton of criticals; level 20?! That's nonsense.

penguinflyer2222 · Post by **penguinflyer2222** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 3:34 am

@Maxaxle: Are you sure you can't find him?
He spawns in Zippy by the lower buildings in different places, and he doesn't always spawn.

PurpleSquerkle · Post by **PurpleSquerkle** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 3:45 am

I like that concept, by the way; I was going to suggest that you (Zefz, I mean) do that with Moggy and/or Meena, but I figured "Nah, he'll do it anyway."

Ben Urban · Post by **Ben Urban** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 4:25 am

Looks like there's a door in the adventurer starter with a bad passage entry. It's the one just beyond the drain.

The spit also does not generate light.

Post by **Zefz** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 9:42 am

I don't understand why spits do not generate light. Did they do that before? Did someone maybe make modifications to the light code?

Monsters can level yes, and they do too! Especially if they kill high level characters. Monsters gain 1% of target xp + 30 each time they kill a player (Character with 14569 xp is worth 176 xp). The monster level system is mostly unused right now. The most it does now is give extra hp and slightly more damage. And a lot more xp value. Not worth the tradeoff if you ask me.

Post by **bgbirdsey** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 3:45 pm

there can only be 8 light particles at any one time.

Post by **Zefz** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 6:07 pm

Huh? Is that a hardcoded limit that's always been there? I haven't modified anything with the lightning grfx. And again this might not be a bad thing. Too many light particles at one time might make things look ugly (flickering torches/braziers?).

Cimeries · Post by **Cimeries** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 6:20 pm

Meats spits do not generate fire...
I removed the particle grip vertex because it screwed up the model. It was before I learned how to use grips.

PurpleSquerkle · Post by **PurpleSquerkle** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 6:30 pm

But grub spits, which do generate fire, do not generate light.

Maxaxle · Post by **Maxaxle** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 11:35 pm

PurpleSquerkle wrote:Monsters already can level, it just never, ever happens.

Any of course you're going to get a ton of criticals; level 20?! That's nonsense.

A little key combo of the "1" and "x" keys.

PurpleSquerkle · Post by **PurpleSquerkle** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 11:45 pm

I know.
I'm just saying that you have no right or reason to complain that you've cheated your character to demigodhood.

Post by **bgbirdsey** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 5:34 am

Huh? Is that a hardcoded limit that's always been there? I haven't modified anything with the lightning grfx. And again this might not be a bad thing. Too many light particles at one time might make things look ugly (flickering torches/braziers?).

It is hardcoded, but it is a matter of speed only. If you have a bunch of lights with large extents, you could require 4 * the number of tiles * the number of lights lighting calculations per iteration (once every 8 frames at the moment).

We could increase the number of possible lights and let the user change the max number for their system.

Post by **Zefz** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 9:35 am

Yes, we could make it a option in the graphics menu. It could replace the "enable fog" button? (which is currently unused)

Feenfleisch · Post by **Feenfleisch** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 9:04 pm

The lich in the crypt hang every time on the two glowers in his room. He dosent move.

Post by **Zefz** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 9:16 pm

That's the irritating lich'cozy brazier bug. I'm not sure how I should fix it. Removing the braziers from the scene seems the easiest one. This adds the challenge of a external light source from the player.