Why should Lichforms be able to walk into water? We've had this discussion before in regards to undead. I don't know that any of us think that mummies, vampires and ghouls should be able to tromp through deep water (there was, in my recollection, some disagreement about what should happen to them -- instadeath, massive damage, etc. -- was this ever resolved?)
While we're on the subject: should we allow merfolk to submerge in deep water? Cheers, Brendan On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 1:59 PM, Raphael Langella <raphael.lange...@gmail.com> wrote: > I've fixed most of the grey drac inconsistencies (will push later, but > basically: they don't swim). > Last thing that bugs me is: should statue and lich form be able to cross > deep water like grey drac? > there's a res_water_drowning() function in player.cc, which itself check > is_unbreathing(). But res_water_drowning() only reduce damage against water > beams. Should this actually prevents the player from drowning in deep water? > If yes, this will allow statue and lich form to walk into deep water, just > like grey drac. If not, I guess we should rename the function! > > 2010/12/2 Raphael Langella <raphael.lange...@gmail.com> >> >> Looking at it closer, I realise that the swimming forms are a bug, not an >> intended change. So I'm fixing it. I'm still wondering about the fact that >> unbreathing == swimming. At the very least, grey drac should get the >> "splashing around" to_hit penalty in shallow water. Or we can actually say >> that they can swim. >> >> 2010/12/2 Raphael Langella <raphael.lange...@gmail.com> >>> >>> The new unbreathing status of grey drac, statue and lich forms is >>> inconsistent (see Mantis 2886). i can see the following problems: >>> >>> - Grey drac in water behaves just like ice form. They get no penalty, >>> even in shallow water. Shouldn't we try to differentiate unbreathing from >>> swimming? >>> - It's already hard to picture them fighting from the bottom, it's even >>> worse against airborne opponents. How to address that? Big to_hit penalty? >>> - Currently, grey drac and merfolks can walk in deep water while in >>> statue or lich form, but other races can't. Shouldn't the unbreathing statue >>> attached to the form? Meaning grey drac in spider form can't walk into deep >>> water, and all races can walk in deep water (and sink to the bottom) in lich >>> and statue form? >> >> > > > > -- > You can't make an omelette without ruthlessly crushing dozens of eggs > beneath your steel boot and then publicly disemboweling the chickens that > laid them as a warning to the others. > General Tarquin - OOTS > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Increase Visibility of Your 3D Game App & Earn a Chance To Win $500! > Tap into the largest installed PC base & get more eyes on your game by > optimizing for Intel(R) Graphics Technology. Get started today with the > Intel(R) Software Partner Program. Five $500 cash prizes are up for grabs. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intelisp-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Crawl-ref-discuss mailing list > Crawl-ref-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/crawl-ref-discuss > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Increase Visibility of Your 3D Game App & Earn a Chance To Win $500! Tap into the largest installed PC base & get more eyes on your game by optimizing for Intel(R) Graphics Technology. Get started today with the Intel(R) Software Partner Program. Five $500 cash prizes are up for grabs. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intelisp-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Crawl-ref-discuss mailing list Crawl-ref-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/crawl-ref-discuss
