It's very very early in the morning and patch 1.5.2 for LambdaRogue: The Book of Stars has been released.
The new version introduces ways of interaction to the game that have long been missed, namely item combining, and throwing. Additionally, balancing has been worked on again, to fill some, well, "difficulty gaps" in the mid-game.
To combine one item with another, simply drop both items at the same dungeon tile. The dropping order is irrelevant. Currently, there exist about 25 possible combinations, many of them involving usual comestibles. Future updates will bring additional variations. If items can't be combined, you'll receive the message that there is no space on the dungeon tile, as in previous releases.
To throw an item at a creature, press the newly introduced Throw-button, which is [T] by default. Then select an item and enter a direction. You can throw as far as your field of view goes. If your item hits a creature, the item falls to the ground. If your item hits a solid wall, it will be destroyed, so -- throw tactically. The inflicted damage depends on your strength, the type of item, possible long-range bonuses your equipment might have, and a little bit luck.
Existing save games of the 1.5 branch (1.5, 1.5.1 and 1.5.1a) are compatible with the new release. You can continue your current game and make use of the new possibilities. However, some items have slightly modified properties.
This patch is available both for Windows and Linux.
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Josef Vítů schrieb am 03.04.2010, 20:33
startlr in wrong format
Hi, the startlr shell script in the patch has CR/LF endings which make it unexecutable. It is a minor problem though.
Mario Donick schrieb am 03.04.2010, 22:07
Oh, I'm sorry. I must have edited it in Windows Notepad for some reason some time ago …
I think most Linux users who use the shell script will be able to transform the line endings on their own, won't they?
Josef Vítů schrieb am 03.04.2010, 23:15
Well, people who do not use shell might get confused (but they would just probably click on the ‘lambdarogue’ executable in their file manager). As I said, nothing serious.
By the way, the link to ‘Quickstart Guide’ in external links on Google Code is broken.
Mario Donick schrieb am 03.04.2010, 23:23
Oh, yeah. You're right ... I assumed most people would click the executable. This will be fixed in 1.5.3, but I don't think it's necessary to provide a single fixed startlr hotfix at the moment.
Thanks for the remark concerning the link on Google Code -- it's fixed now.
Josef Vítů schrieb am 03.04.2010, 23:42
You are welcome.
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