Re: [Crawl-ref-discuss] The state of 0.14

[David P. <dp...@mi...>]

On Sun, 16 Mar 2014, Steve Melenchuk wrote:

> For those of you who get their news primarily from CRD, we're nearly
> ready to branch 0.14 off of trunk

Thanks for the heads up!

> More to the point, I don't imagine that any huge new features will (or
> should) be added before the branching occurs.

Indeed: we should be polishing what's in. New content can peacefully wait 
until 0.15.

> So, if you want to help 0.14 reach a state of stable release, go forth 
> and play-test (and let us know if you find things that don't seem to be 
> working effectively)!

Well, I keep doing the broken record, because I don't get replies:

1. I made my peace with item weights in the drop list. I still would like 
to get rid of them in the inventory: they're unneeded there, and actually 
an interface regression. Here's an actual example from my current game:
  F - the cursed +0 scale mail of Nemelex Xobeh's Pride (worn) {+F..  (35 aum)
The game forces me to jump through a hoop on this one, and it's not 
necessary at all.

2. The starting screens still look more threatening than they should 
(because of the colour changes). If you don't want to go back the old 
colours (but I didn't hear any opinions, in either directions), then 
galefury mentioned something else: we could simply not show forbidden 
combinations. Effectively, this gives a third colour. The crucial point 
for me is to use darkgrey for non-recommended choices, so as to make the 
screen look less overwhelming.

3. I've played more Dithmenoites, and I stand by my suggestions:
* xp for spotting monsters
* bonus piety for kills when the monster was still unaware
   (being aware once kills the flag, so you have only one try)


In general, I would be very grateful if those who added or changed a 
feature would reply when someone asks or suggests something about it. I 
know you're much more eager to code than to discuss, but c-r-d is pretty 
pointless otherwise.

Cheers,
David