This is the list of changes for OAngband 0.4.1, which was put together
by Tim Baker to fix all the known bugs reported by OAngband users,
who had had enough of the bugs in an otherwise excellent variant.
We hope Leon Marrick gives us his blessing in this endeavor, but
we have waited long enough!


Changes to OAngband 0.4.0e
==========================

o The following things were changed to support Tom Morton's Bigscreen Patch:

	> Inventory and equipment lists (right-justified, longer descriptions)
	> The message history (fill screen vertically)
	> Notes during initialization (centered on bottom row)
	> The 'M'ap command (the map fills the screen)
	> The message line at the top of the screen (more of a message is seen)
	> The tomb display (centered)
	> The high scores display (more scores vertically)
	> The dungeon level is displayed in the lower-right corner
	> Screen dumps (handle different screen sizes)

o Changed the Windows version to allow the user to choose any fixed-width
	font installed on the computer, in addition to the included font files.
	I like the "Fixedsys" font. Because of this, I had to remove the
	pseudo-graphics from font-win.prf.

o Changed the Windows version to apply a "gamma correction" to the screen
	colors (to make them a bit brighter).

o Added two options for keeping the player centered, "center_player" and
	"center_running" under the Efficiency page. Stolen from ZAngband.

o Changed the Windows version to optimize drawing of the screen. This is to
	counteract the slow center_player option.

o The target/look command now scrolls the screen. Stolen from ZAngband.

o Fixed a bug with selecting an item. The screen was not redrawn when
	switching between inventory and equipment with '/'. Didn't rr report
	this for easy_floor once?

o Many extra status messages are displayed if the screen is at least 26 rows
	tall. The possible messages are: Blessed, Hero, Berserk, ResAcid, ResCold,
	ResElec, ResFire, ResPois, ProtEvil, Shield, Faster, Slower, Infra,
	SeeInvis, ESP, Recall, Halluc, AttAcid, AttElec, AttFire, AttCold, AttPois,
	MagicDef and Stealth. This requires 2 extra rows near the bottom.

o Added the "verify_destroy_junk" option to the Disturbance page. When this
	option is on, you are asked to confirm the destruction of worthless
	objects when using the destroy command.

o Ask for which ring to replace when putting on another ring, if two rings are
	already being worn.

o Added two commands for saving and loading options in the "options" command.
	The window flags are also saved/loaded.

o If there is a lib\user\birth.prf file, it is automatically loaded when a
	new character is created, before the other preference files (see below).

o Race- and class-specific preference files are loaded in addition to the
	others, as in ZAngband. The order now is:
	> user.prf
	> Hobbit.prf (race name)
	> Rogue.prf (class name)
	> Bilbo.prf (character name)

o Separated user inscriptions from game-generated inscriptions. This required
	the game version to be bumped to 0.4.1, since an extra object field was
	needed to hold the game inscription in the savefile.

o Added many new menus to the Windows version, containing most of the game
	commands. This should help new players.

o Changed the "screen dump" commands to ask for a filename, and fixed a bug.

o Made sure the monster fear message was displayed when a monster sets off
	the player's cunning trap.

o Fixed a few "buf[i] == NULL" typos.

o Added "time of day" command (^T/') from ZAngband, minus the descriptive
	messages.

o Added auto-pickup of any item inscribed with "=g". The item will be picked
	up regardless of any pickup options, if there is room. Inscribe your ammo!

o Grids outside the town walls are darkened. This looks better with big
	screens or when center_player is on.


Changes to OAngband 0.4.0d
==========================

o Themed levels aren't generated on quest levels, to prevent down
	staircases and give the quest monsters a better chance of being
	generated.

o The item activation description for objects which brand missiles
	said "brand missiles every 999 turns" but the code value is actually
	every 1750 turns.

o Make sure the "Please wait.  This may take a little while." message
	is displayed while generating a themed level if the fresh_after
	option is not set.

o *Identify* was incorrectly listing some uncursed objects as cursed.

o Random artifacts were not being allocated. All my fault. They were
	initialized for each character, but never showed up in the cave.

o Elven Cloak random artifacts always get a "pval" bonus, since they always
	affect stealth.

o Fixed a bug where *Identify*ing some objects would not display the full
	knowledge the first time.


Changes to OAngband 0.4.0c
==========================

o when the shield was moved on or off the characters' back due to
	2-handed weapons use, some things were not recalculated

o some fixes for Macintosh compilation
	- "(byte *) &p_ptr->black_breath" cast in load2.c
	- fixed multi-line string constants in analyze_misc() in wizard1.c
	- add FALSE parameter to do_cmd_save_game() in main-mac.c
	- change "void main(void)" to "int main(void)"

o D: line changed to F: for 'Careth Asdriag' in a_info.txt

o Monsters on themed levels can sense the player to their full range
	if they are hurt. This is to prevent the player shooting monsters
	which are just out of sight.

o Fixed a problem with character history of Ents.

o Tom Morton's bigscreen patch applied. I changed this so the "default"
	terminal size is 80x24 instead of 80x25, which seemed strange, and
	resulted in a blank line at the bottom of the screen. Made the
	store display consider the new screen height.

o Fixed some potential problems with the generation of special rooms and
	vaults.


Changes to OAngband 0.4.0b
==========================

o it is no longer possible to scum for special shots when using
	missile weapons of Velocity or Accuracy

o problems with picking up items were fixed

o it is no longer possible to close a door while standing on it
	using the easy_open option

o the Rogue hit-and-run attack takes effect when stealing from
	a monster

o elemental attack choices were incorrectly labelled c) d) a) b)

o the "dimension door" spells now start out allowing the user to
	choose locations, instead of monsters, and temporarily set
	the expand_look option

o it was possible that an invalid spell could be chosen when
	repeating a command if the book containing the spell was
	destroyed

o the "Choose a location to teleport to." prompt was not seen
	when using the dimension door spells

o the Sanctify for Battle prayer now says "Your blows will strike
	with Holy might!" when invoked.

o the Volcanic Eruption spell no longer asks for a direction, as it is
	centered at the character's location

o the Stench of Death can no longer be cast "for free" by cancelling
	the poison ball component of the spell

o many multi-attack spells would kill the targetted monster on the
	first attack, causing the next attack to be centered on the
	character's position, which was not desired

o the pack is combined/reordered if an empty unidentified wand is used

o some rods would ask (or not ask) for a direction before using

o the Rod of Delving didn't affect walls if fired in a direction

o when resting with "&" or "*", the rest couldn't be interupted

o the Random Number Generator is re-initialized when a dead-character
	savefile is read in

o if a themed level is generated, and the cave is created
	again because of "too many monsters", the themed level
	is un-marked so it may be created again another time

o various corrections were made to spell comments

o Artifact rods, staffs and wands were fixed. The "A:" entries were
	removed from k_info.txt to prevent the base objects being created
	without turning them into artifacts, and the "W:" entries were
	updated in a_info.txt with the correct allocation chances.

o Balrog and Dwarven ego-items have their special bonuses maintained
	when reading a savefile

o monsters no longer lose any items they had picked up or stolen

o when a monster breaks a glyph of protection it increases the number
	which the character can set on that level

o if a monster moves into a monster trap set by the character, the trap
	goes off after the monster steps on it, not before, and doesn't go
	off if the grid is actually blocked by another monster

o fixed recall of unique monsters, where it would say "^he is a" or
	"^she is a" or "^it is a"

o temporary ESP works (it used to do nothing at all)

o long object descriptions are correctly handled (this fixes the
	"a Pair of Hard Leather Boots of Pitiless Torment" bug)

o pseudo-identified ammo no longer stacks with other fully-identified
	ammo if the damage dice are different

o fixed the "^XXX is not drained" message when draining charges

o the Wand of Unmaking had no effect

o mass-produced rods and wands would have the wrong number of
	charges

o the "Repeat last command (n)" command was broken in stores

o dropping or selling the wielded weapon in a store now takes the
	shield off the player's back if it was there

o the Battle Axe 'Mundwine' was a dart

-- Tim Baker
dbaker@direct.ca
February 13, 2000