Re: [crossfire] In game count adjustment question (i.e., up/down control in GTKv2 client)

Hello. From what I see in the server code, "count" is used for: - specifying the number of items to pick/drop (whether with the pick/drop commands or through the GUI, I think) - giving a distance for dimension door - it also may be updated as part of the "ncom" command if not -1 - I'm not

Re: [crossfire] Server log messages

Hello. I guess the main issue is that CF has only 4 log levels (error / information / debug / monster), so I'm not surprised using "debug" spits many many lines. Also the logs don't distinguish between "this is a runtime issue which may lead to real problems" (map not found, out of space,

Re: [crossfire] Game feature or ideas with random maps and preset monster populations

Hello. Thanks for the really interesting proposal :) I think that's a really good idea overall (and as Draug noted quite ambitious, but worth it!), and hope it will materialize someday - I'll help if possible ;) I would too favor non randomness in zones, but making zones related to a

Re: [crossfire] Scorn Smith

Hello. Thanks for the bug report :) It should be fixed on SF now. Best regards Nicolas Le 13/04/2023 à 03:07, Preston Crow a écrit : I think the smith in Scorn is broken.  He took my shield and money, but is never able to finish. While I have local changes, I don't think anything

Re: [crossfire] flatpak

Hello. > Does anyone have sound working with the JX Client on Linux? > If so, care to share any details on your set up or troubleshooting to > get sound working? I have sound with JXClient, Debian system (Stretch, pretty old, but shouldn't matter). Nothing specific to do for me to get it

Re: [crossfire] flatpak

Hello. Thanks for the work on flathub :) > > Short answer, yes - the Java client supports sounds. However, do you > > specifically mean the in-game sounds (i.e., foot steps or monster > > deaths) or the background music files? > > Well, both. Where should these files be placed so that the

Re: [crossfire] flatpak

Hello. Thanks for the work & the updates :) Best regards Nicolas Le mardi 27 décembre 2022, 21:40:48 CET Jussi Eloranta a écrit : > Hi, > > Just letting you know that I just sent the first attempt to the flathub > folks. Let's see how many issues they will discover I will keep you >

Re: [crossfire] flatpak

Hello. Thanks Jussi for the script! I'm fine with using Flatpak, but then we'll have the maintenance issue. And we'll have to decide when/what to release :p Since we don't do releases lately, well, we can put some Flatpak. So fine with that, but let's document everything, and automate as

[crossfire] Windows versions

Hello. I've set up a build server for Windows versions of various things, so on http://crossfire.weeger.org/ you can find daily builds of: - Gridarta, as a Windows installer - JXClient, as a Windows installer - cre, as a simple Windows executable (statically linked, no dependency) There is a

Re: [crossfire] Purge old Windows client snapshots on SourceForge?

Hello. > For what is worth, I've setup daily builds of JXClient Windows installer, > available at http://crossfire.weeger.org/ I also added Gridarta Windows installer daily builds :) Best regards Nicolas signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: [crossfire] Bigworld and Pupland

Hello. > > Should Pupland be part of the main continent, a separate continent, or > > on a separate plane entirely? > > I was hoping to put it on it's own continent, but a fallback is to put > it on it's own plane, ostensibly "on the other side of the world." I'd say on its own continent, part

[crossfire] Localisation

Hello. I'd like to overhaul the translation / localisation system. So searching good ideas & suggestions & comments :) My goal is to be able to handle: - singular / plural / variants (some languages have more forms apparently) - genders - other special cases. For instance in English "the

Re: [crossfire] Purge old Windows client snapshots on SourceForge?

Hello. > I am asking for feedback on purging old Windows based GTK Client > snapshots on SourceForge. Fine with me, thanks for the maintenance :) For what is worth, I've setup daily builds of JXClient Windows installer, available at http://crossfire.weeger.org/ Best regards Nicolas

Re: [crossfire] Windows versions of JXClient and CRE

> My thoughts are to make CRE available as an .exe > > Make those aware of it's existence (website, wiki, discord/irc) and see > if any feedback is collected. Note that CRE requires some files (config) from the server, and also the presence of some directories, I think... And arch and maps at

Re: [crossfire] Windows versions of JXClient and CRE

Hello. > I have tested the JXClientInstaller.exe and it did alert about the > unknown publisher. Otherwise, no issues or problems with the client on > Windows 10. Thanks for the test :) Yes, the installer isn't digitally signed, so there is a warning... To sign requires paying some $$$ of

[crossfire] Windows versions of JXClient and CRE

Hello. I've uploaded Windows versions of JXClient and CRE, available at: http://nicolas.weeger.org/crossfire/JXClientInstaller.exe and http://nicolas.weeger.org/crossfire/cre.exe (versions of some days ago, I'll see for updating) The JXClient installer is a all-in-one package, that will

[crossfire] Custom items & monsters on maps

Hello. I wonder if instead of setting custom values for items & monsters on maps, it wouldn't be better to create artifacts (with a 0 chance of being generated) and use it in maps. The rationale I can see is that it makes it much easier to balance items/ monsters (since artifacts will give

[crossfire] Account login limitation

Hello. The code currently forbids being connected more than one time per account. I don't remember what the rationale was for that restriction - game-play ones? technical ones? Any hint appreciated :) I was thinking of removing it, to allow players to exchange easily stuff between their

Re: [crossfire] Finding maps and their location, moving around

> I think the problem here is that the density of places worth exploring > on the world map is too low. If we had more maps to find, exploring > would result in stumbling on stuff all the time, which would result in > lots more exploring. Agreed, on that, but let's face it, there aren't many

Re: [crossfire] Finding maps and their location, moving around

her own locations based on her position in the world map. Basically a free GPS - my concern with items is that it's useful for low-level players, but definitely not often easy to find... Best regards Nicolas Le dimanche 30 mai 2021, 12:39:25 CEST Kevin Zheng a écrit : > On 5/30/21 12:15 PM, N

Re: [crossfire] Finding maps and their location, moving around

> Could you explain how that GPS system works? > > What I've been thinking about this is to have a sort of Rhyzian amulet > that can be set and reset. So, once a player finds something interesting > on the world map, the could program (call it "imbune" or something) > their amulet to point back

[crossfire] Private apartments versus guilds

Hello. I'm wondering on the use of guilds versus private apartments. From what I see, the 2 major points of guilds are: - having portals to many towns and places in the world - that is probably the most useful for me - sharing items between players (or even your own characters) Negative

[crossfire] Finding maps and their location, moving around

Hello. I think one issue in the game is that many maps aren't easy to find or even to know that they exist. Cases in point: three sisters valley, warrior's tower, castle Samorok, whaling output, things like that. Merely being in town won't give much information, and if you start exploring

Re: [crossfire] IRC channel move from Freenode to Libera?

Hello. Fine for me to move. Best regards Nicolas Le dimanche 23 mai 2021, 03:29:40 CEST Rick Tanner a écrit : > Hello, > > > TL;DR > Should we move the official IRC channel of Crossfire from Freenode to > Libera ? > > > There has been a turn of events with Freenode, our current &

[crossfire] Removing server-side help files for client-side commands

Hello. I'd like to remove server-side help files that pertain to client-side commands. I think that includes: - bind - nextkey - prevkey _ sort_inventory - unbind The rationale is that different clients don't necessarily have the same commands. Opinions? Best regards Nicolas

Re: [crossfire] Plugins

Hello. I committed the changes for citybell and citylife. I also moved from a hardcoded configuration to a file-based configuration for those 2 modules, with files in the "maps" repository (since bells and NPCs are linked to maps, obviously :)). And I migrated the 2 files to C++ during the

[crossfire] Plugins

Hello. I'd like to move some plugins to the server "core" itself, possibly with option to disable the relevant code at startup (and if required, disabling/ enabling by a DM, like plugins). The rationale is that the plugin code adds some overhead, and having code dynamically loaded isn't that

[crossfire] Handling massive loot

Hello. One issue that happens is server delays when dealing with big loot. For instance a player selling some thousands rods can stuck the server for some seconds... Or even dropping many items on a big pile can be quite slow. So to handle that correctly, I was thinking of changing the server

Re: [crossfire] 'get' and 'drop'

Hello. Patch for this rework available on https://sourceforge.net/p/crossfire/patches/385/ Comments and suggestions welcome of course :) Best regards Nicolas Le dimanche 17 janvier 2021, 19:22:50 CET Nicolas Weeger a écrit : > Hello. > > > I'd like to rework 'get' (and 'tak

[crossfire] 'get' and 'drop'

Hello. I'd like to rework 'get' (and 'take' and 'drop' (and 'dropall') to be more consistent. Syntax for both could be (samples with get): - 'get all' or 'get *' => all items - 'get part of name' => all items matching 'part of name', like now - 'get *magic' => all known magic items ; same

[crossfire] Sounds

Hello. The "sounds" repository contains various sounds for use with the clients. Unfortunately many don't have a proper license attached (especially the old ones). I therefore propose to remove files with an unknown origin, to (re)start with a clean state. Best regards Nicolas

Re: [crossfire] Archetypes collection changes proposal

Hello. I've committed my (massive) changes following the 1.75 release :) It is now possible to run the server without "packed" archetypes, faces, treasures, ... ("assets"). But you still can "pack" everything in single files for speed or distribution reasons :) There may be some issues yet,

Re: [crossfire] Crossfire 1.75.0 release

Hello. Thanks for the release work :) Best regards Nicolas Le mercredi 13 janvier 2021, 19:09:30 CET Kevin Zheng a écrit : > Hi there, > > I'm pleased to announce that Crossfire 1.75.0 is available. > > This release brings many changes, fixes, and improvements to the server, > maps, and

Re: [crossfire] Crossfire 1.75.0 release engineering

Hello. Patch (slightly modified by me so send flames here and not to Preston :)) commited as r21762, thanks :) Best regards Nicolas Le dimanche 3 janvier 2021, 15:36:14 CET Preston Crow a écrit : > Here's the patch. > > It should be compatible with existing servers, creating a new

Re: [crossfire] Git for arch, maps, server, and client

Hello. > Based on IRC and private conversations, it seems that many current > developers and contributors would prefer to use Git. Therefore, I'm > proposing to migrate the arch, maps, and server to Git. Fine by me :) > - Non-committing contributors can more easily create bite-sized, >

Re: [crossfire] Playing Valkyrie fun :)

be great to first ensure "critical" spells are all available somehow. Best regards Nicolas Le mardi 12 janvier 2021, 10:54:39 CET Robert Brockway a écrit : > On Mon, 11 Jan 2021, Nicolas Weeger wrote: > > Hello. > > > > > > I've been playing a Valkyrie follo

Re: [crossfire] Crossfire 1.75.0 release engineering

Hello. The patch has been running for a few days on invidious, no issue so far. Guess I'll commit it soon. Best regards Nicolas signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. ___ crossfire mailing list

[crossfire] Playing Valkyrie fun :)

Hello. I've been playing a Valkyrie follower, so I wanted to share some points & fun things - everything is my personal opinion of course :p For reminder, Valkyrie forbids all magic spells. I choose to not use items or help from my other players, else it would have been too easy :) Fun

Re: [crossfire] Crossfire 1.75.0 release engineering

Hello. Here's a modified version of the patch which doesn't need changing the subtype for harvesting :) I think / hope it works the same as your patch! :) Best regards Nicolas Le lundi 4 janvier 2021, 13:37:52 CET Preston Crow a écrit : > It's much simpler to have a number that can be

Re: [crossfire] Crossfire 1.75.0 release engineering

> It's much simpler to have a number that can be used as an array index. > > Splitting the harvesting skills simply means there is a case statement > for each one instead of a single case statement. That's the only change > required. It requires updating the archetypes, too :) Also,

Re: [crossfire] Crossfire 1.75.0 release engineering

Hello. Couldn't you track skills by name instead of subtype? I'm definitely against splitting harvesting skills... Best regards Nicolas Le dimanche 3 janvier 2021, 15:36:14 CET Preston Crow a écrit : > Here's the patch. > > It should be compatible with existing servers, creating a new

[crossfire] Events, plugins rework

Hello. I was thinking of reworking the events system, as well as the plugin one. Currently, "events", events linked to specific objects (through the archetype in inventory trick) and global events (clock, map loading and such) are in the plugin system. I'd like to move the event system to

[crossfire] Game play thoughts, ideas, ramblings :)

Hello. Been thinking of the game play lately, so I figured I'd share some ideas, ramblings, thoughts about that :) I'm not saying I'll change the game to match what I say in this mail, I merely want to share ideas & such to see what other opinions exist :) I'm not either saying I'll fight

[crossfire] Server code structure

Hello. The server code is currently divided in libraries, but without a clean separation IMO. For instance why is "rod_adjust" in server and not in "common"? (forcing users of common to declare a stub) Should we just decide to put all code together and forget the 4 or 5 libraries, or on

Re: [crossfire] Archetypes collection changes proposal

Hello. I think my code works nicely now :) It's been running on invidious for some days, no crash as far as I can tell. What I added as support: - of course, ability to run the server with a simple "arch" directory, without any collect to do :) - ability of the server to read .tar files

Re: [crossfire] Archetypes collection changes proposal

Hello. For information, the patch is being tested (and bugs ironed out :)) on invidious. Best regards Nicolas Le lundi 30 novembre 2020, 19:28:29 CET Nicolas Weeger a écrit : > Hello. > > > So, anyone courageous (or crazy? :)) enough to have looked at my patch? :) > &g

Re: [crossfire] Archetypes collection changes proposal

Hello. So, anyone courageous (or crazy? :)) enough to have looked at my patch? :) Best regards Nicolas Le mardi 24 novembre 2020, 23:00:12 CET Nicolas Weeger a écrit : > Hello. > > > Here's the latest version of my patch :) > > Comments & suggestions welcome of cou

Re: [crossfire] Speech bubbles for NPCs

Hello. Sounds nice :) Wouldn't it be worth checking the "is_friendly" flag too? I think some monsters (raas in particular) have a message defined but will definitely not talk to the player :) Best regards Nicolas Le jeudi 26 novembre 2020, 12:39:56 CET Kevin Zheng a écrit : > Hi there,

Re: [crossfire] Graphism, tiles, size, and such

Hello. > I think when things were changed a while back so that image size & > footprint of the creature were not tied together, making hill giants 1x1 > footprint (and other similar tall creatures have a square footprint) was > either done or investigated, but not done or reverted back. For

Re: [crossfire] Chaos attack type (v1.12 17760rc): good or bad?

Hello. Sorry for the late reply :) Indeed, chaos apparently uses a random attack type, ignoring the weapon's one. And obviously not caring about what you're hitting :) So losing life-stealing is logical in this case. I'm not sure there is chaos resistance on armor, but I may be wrong. In

Re: [crossfire] Archetypes collection changes proposal

Hello. I finally managed to make good progress, so joining a patch to this message for comments & review & whatever else :) This is a work in progress, and may crash at any point :) The following files are now grabbed from individual files instead of "collected" files: - treasures (from

[crossfire] Code cleaning: discrete damage

Hello. Unless someone objects with good arguments, I'd like to remove support for discrete damage for each attack type. This is only used by flame touch, for physical damage, so I guess it can safely be removed... Best regards Nicolas signature.asc Description: This is a digitally

[crossfire] Graphism, tiles, size, and such

Hello. I've been thinking about game graphics, and I'd like to share some questions and thoughts. Monsters like the hill giant (I can also think of the ArchAngel, the Retributioner, some dragons too) have an incoherent size IMO. They are 1x2 in tiles, but that only reflects their height,

[crossfire] Windows server support

Hello. After a discussion on the IRC channel, I wonder if anyone is currently compiling the server for Windows? Latest pre-compiled binaries are 7 years old on SF. It would be great to have a newer version :) Did anyone lately try to compile the server? With what toolchain? Ideally,

Re: [crossfire] Archetypes collection changes proposal

Hello. I've made good progress, with a global skeleton on which to add more files to read (right now I read .face & .png files). Right now, partial collect process takes approx 10s. It'll probably take more at the end, 'cause of more file processing. I'll just freely troll (to vent some

Re: [crossfire] Archetypes collection changes proposal

Hello. > Do maps have a place here, as well? Didn't think about them, good question. They could probably, but I don't plan to have them handled right now like other assets. > To keep things simple, why keep the collect mechanism? Couldn't we put > the "official" assets into a big ZIP file,

[crossfire] Archetypes collection changes proposal

Hello. I'd like to revamp the archetypes / faces / treasures / etc. "collect" mechanism. This proposal is opened to discussion & suggestions & criticism of course :) To simplify, I'll call "assets" everything that is in the "arch" repository: archetypes, pictures, faces, animations,

Re: [crossfire] Monsters balance

Hello. > Totally true. I tried to balance them somewhat at one point, but it is a > big task, and hard to get right. Also, because some monsters have > vulnerabilities, they still become easy to kill if the players know to use > the right spell/weapon against them. But that's also part of

[crossfire] Monsters balance

Hello. Monsters balance (and game balance in general) is a big topic obviously :) I think right now monsters aren't really balanced, with big gaps in terms of difficulty (how long it takes to kill them, how dangerous they are for players) versus experience they give versus rewards they

[crossfire] Various adjustments

Hello. Been playing some lately, and I noticed a few things I'd like to change. I think the following commands should be made DM-only, if needed adding the player to affect: - fix_me - forget_spell - printlos Moving in diagonals should cost more than moving horizontally or vertically ; ok,

Re: [crossfire] Proposal to move server/lib/ files to arch/

Hello. Fine by me too, and I agree with Mark on the idea of splitting those files too :) Best regards Nicolas Le dimanche 1 mars 2020, 11:01:41 CET Kevin Zheng a écrit : > Hi there, > > I'm proposing to move these non-generated files in server/lib to arch: > > artifacts > attackmess >

[crossfire] Cartography

Hello. There was a discussion on IRC about adding cartography to Crossfire, that is writing down map plans on a scroll. So I'm jolting some ideas around on the list, to see if there are good ideas to use ;) One idea was giving them a limiter number of uses, so players are motivated in

Re: [crossfire] Improving IRC availability with a chat bridge

Hello. Seems fine to me. For the archive history, 2 months seems ok to me. It won't be indexed, apparently. Besides, everyone knows (I hope :)) that chats on IRC that need to be persisted should be sent to the mailing list :p Best regards Nicolas Le lundi 18 février 2019 22:29:52,

[crossfire] Happy new year!

Hello everyone :) Happy new year to all members of the list! :) May that year see even more improvements to Crossfire ;p Best regards Nicolas signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. ___ crossfire mailing list

Re: [crossfire] [Crossfire-cvs] SF.net SVN: crossfire:[20646] server/trunk/server/player.c

Hello. That change will break strict ANSI C conformance, as you can't declare variables except at the start of a block. Here "turn" is declared only when assigned. I'm fine with that change, of course, but then we should clearly state that ANSI C is no longer relevant :) Best regards

Re: [crossfire] Qt experiments

Honestly, I'm not concerned about executable size, or other things. Yes, there are other frameworks (and maybe I'll use eg Google Tests instead of Qt's test stuff). But I've decided to use Qt :) If you want to experiment with SDL, or anything else, be my guest provide patches :) Kind

Re: [crossfire] DKIM Re: DKIM Wiki Changes

! On 09/13/2014 01:43 AM, Rick Tanner wrote: On 9/12/14 5:10 PM, Nicolas Weeger wrote: Players information is on the official website (though it may require some update, but that's another topic), and it should probably be there because that's the page you'll see first when you discover

Re: [crossfire] Game change proposals

It's difficult to tell where each section ends; in the final version it might be useful to highlight the current segment. Yes, or make the connecting part a different color ;) How would breaking a pick be represented in the game? Will there be a separate item for each pick depicted, or will

Re: [crossfire] Game change proposals

I also found it a bit hard to identify where each section ended, which made the minigame a little confusing in the beginning. It's a proof of concept, not a final product :) I'm also worried about the frequency of this and other minigames that might arise from these changes, while they can

Re: [crossfire] Game change proposals

I know some other games have an idea of you can either play the minigame (at which point it is largely player skill and the character skill makes it easier), or a quick 'use character' skill type thing which is probably less prone to work, but also very fast (and in the case of failures,

Re: [crossfire] Game change proposals

How do you envision the in-game lockpicking skill to change these minigames? It really should, shouldn't it? More time to pick the lock, less chance to break a pick when mistaking, probably? Also, even now, for higher-level characters it is still quite often easier to bash in a door than

Re: [crossfire] Game change proposals

12 juin 2014 20:35:55, Nicolas Weeger a écrit : Hello. I'd like to change various things in the game, to make it funnier (IMO) in non combat aspects. So here are random proposals. What about mini-games? For instance, instead of a mere lockpicking, you actually have to use the picks

Re: [crossfire] Game change proposals

Hello. Makes sense - would the lockpicks be consumed (or perhaps break) on failed attempts? That might be another way to limit special door access - yes, you can pick it, but the lockpicks themselves are rare and/or expensive, so may not be worth it just for the sake of doing it. Yup,

Re: [crossfire] Crossfire should use Git

/me throws some plain non blessed water to squash the religious war Nicolas Le vendredi 13 juin 2014 15:13:22, Kevin Zheng a écrit : Hi all, Crossfire originally lived in the world of CVS, until a handful of brave knights ventured to move it to SVN. Today I believe it is time to move

Re: [crossfire] Game change proposals

Hello. I'm not familiar to the original game, but I'd be careful with anything that is too time sensitive. I'd also like a better idea of what you envision. Is it something like there are 10 (or 20) different lockpicks in the game, and the character has to use them in the right order?

Re: [crossfire] Update client GLib dependency

Hello. I'm ok with using glib everywhere on the client, as long as you have fun with that :) Regards Nicolas Le jeudi 8 mai 2014 03:25:59, Kevin Zheng a écrit : Hi there, The GTKv2 client sources are split up into two parts, one for common code that can be shared across different

Re: [crossfire] Crossfire server code cleanup/janitorial

Hello. The plugin logic has pluses and minuses - the ability to right plugins that register themselves is good, but the entire dynamic loading adds a bit of code complexity and another place for errors. But also, at one time, the python plugin was optional, so you could run the server

Re: [crossfire] Crossfire server code cleanup/janitorial

Hello. The real question is: what is the future of Crossfire ? I agree to Nicolas that focussing on game content is more important than code. However, the current code architecture restricts the maintenance and addition of new features. I'd like to improve this situation. What are you

Re: [crossfire] 'svn:externals' pointers to stable/next/latest

Agreed, feel free to clean up stuff :) Regards Nicolas Le mercredi 2 avril 2014 23:14:16, Rick Tanner a écrit : Unless someone speaks up on reasons to keep them or other ideas in the next week or so, I say proceed with your suggestions.

Re: [crossfire] Version bump request?

Hello. I agree on the need to do a release :) I can't guarantee I'll do a Windows packaged version though. Regards Nicolas Le dimanche 30 mars 2014 16:06:32, Kevin Zheng a écrit : On 03/28/2014 10:56, DraugTheWhopper wrote: Right, so assuming that this email gets to the intended

Re: [crossfire] New bug tracker states

Thanks Leaf! Regards Nicolas Le lundi 13 janvier 2014 04:32:12, Rick Tanner a écrit : On 12/27/13 2:49 PM, Kevin Zheng wrote: The Crossfire bug/patch tracker on SourceForge uses states to keep track of the state of a bug report/patch. In order to make it more useful, I propose

Re: [crossfire] New bug tracker states

Hello. The Crossfire bug/patch tracker on SourceForge uses states to keep track of the state of a bug report/patch. In order to make it more useful, I propose removing several states and adding new ones to clear things up. Seems all fine to me, thanks for handling those kind of things :)

Re: [crossfire] Call for testing: updated banks have been committed!

Hello. A number of overhauls in the banking code have been committed between r18853 and r18875. Changes with this overhaul include: Many thanks for all those fixes! :) Invidious has been updated with the latest changes from SVN so players can test there. Regards Nicolas -- Mon p'tit

Re: [crossfire] SVN write access to Kevin Zheng

Hello. Kevin Zheng has contributed a number of patches to maps that have been added and accepted to the Crossfire code base. He now has the necessary access and permissions to directly contribute code changes. Kevin - thank you for all your work and contributions. Welcome aboard the

[crossfire] Race inconsistency for gnome

Hello. The gnome archetype is defined as having a race of gnome, but in the lib/races file it is defined (and reset by server) as dwarf. So I guess one should be fixed, which one? I admit to not knowing, maybe the easiest fix is to let the race as gnome, there are other monsters with it

Re: [crossfire] Gem upgrade formulae?

I like the idea of being able to assemble or craft items in the game. Which is why it's nice to add more formulae, imo, makes non combat stuff more interesting :) Thaumaturgy to assemble lesser gems in to a flawed gem. Jeweler skill to cut/polish the flawed gem in to the gem of great

[crossfire] Gem upgrade formulae?

Hello. I was wondering of adding gem upgrades alchemy recipes, something like: - 20 diamonds = 1 diamond of great value - 20 diamonds of great value = 1 diamond of exceptional beauty - 20 diamonds of exceptional beauty = 1 diamond of flawless value (with the number high enough to ensure the

Re: [crossfire] SourceForge migration tentatively scheduled for 2013-feb-25

Hello. I would like to suggest starting the migration on 2013-feb-25 at 18:00 UTC. Seems ok to me. Starting the process is a matter of completing a web form and then waiting - which I volunteer to do. I will post status updates as they are available, and any changes that might be

Re: [crossfire] Should ship transportation cost money?

Hello. Hey, i know i haven't speak for years in this list. But i still sometime read that mailing list :p /me sees a ghost! :) Other time, other people, still the same problems. Yup. But for old players that knew about mids' server in Dutchland (yes, the one that was located in a

Re: [crossfire] Should ship transportation cost money?

Hello. However, traveling by ship is currently free and instantaneous. It's as easy as using a magic portal: step on and press 'a' to teleport somewhere else. I think this discourages foot travel and devalues exploration outside of cities. Other transport cost money, so shouldn't ships cost

[crossfire] Happy new year!

Hello everyone. I wish you all a happy new year! May this year be nice to you and people close to you, with great and small happiness :) Nicolas -- Mon p'tit coin du web - http://nicolas.weeger.org signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

[crossfire] New SVN committer

Hello. I've gone ahead and given SVN access to SilverNexus, who contributes a lot of graphical patches (see patch tracker). Will make it easier for everyone :) Regards Nicolas -- Mon p'tit coin du web - http://nicolas.weeger.org signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed

Re: [crossfire] crossfire 1.70.0 and map difficulty

Hello. Has something changed with map difficulties in 1.70.0? For example, reading the questbook in Wanderer Inn in Scorn rewards the player with 525 exp now, a quarter of what a new player needs to reach level 2. In 1.60.0 that was just 100 exp. Going through the Central Library easily

Re: [crossfire] crossfire 1.70.0 and map difficulty

Has something changed with map difficulties in 1.70.0? For example, reading the questbook in Wanderer Inn in Scorn rewards the player with 525 exp now, a quarter of what a new player needs to reach level 2. In 1.60.0 that was just 100 exp. Going through the Central Library easily gives

Re: [crossfire] Upgrading the 'probe' spell

Hello. As a follow-up, I've added the display of the monster-related knowledge (after level 10), if known. This will make the player more interested in what she uses to attack the monster :) The display is based on the archetype's name, so if the monster is customized, the result will be

Re: [crossfire] Windowed JXclient mode

Hello. Hello all, I have been using the JXclient and love how fast and well laid out it is, but I was wondering, is there a way to run the JXclient in a windowed mode? If you're using WebStart from http://invidious.meflin.net/crossfire/jxclient.jnlp through , use

Re: [crossfire] Quest-based leveling?

Hello. So what you propose a player would only gain exp when the complete a milestone in a quest - such as recover an item, slay a specific monster, etc.? Instead of gaining exp for all the monster slaying, item identification, and other skills - it would only be when the quest objective

[crossfire] Quest-based leveling?

Hello. I'm wondering whether it'd be nice or not to have some main quests, maybe related (like Scorn's nobility quest), that would enable a player to level through them. The idea being that instead of leveling, one would do the quests, and level almost like a side-effect. Of course that'd

Re: [crossfire] [PATCH] Fix for libpng compilation problem

Hello. A missing png_setjmp() results in compilation failure in latest subversion sources on ArchLinux (png_infop's jmp_buf is accessed directly in one place). A proposed fix is attached. Patch committed to SVN, thanks :) Regards Nicolas -- Mon p'tit coin du web -

Re: [crossfire] Compiling 1.60 on OSX.

Hello. I tried the java client some year ago, but it was not really playable, the character would often start to run and not stop until I typed a stop running command. I'd be interested in you trying the current Java (JXClient) again :) It did change a lot lately. If you got

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