Angband/65

Angband/65
Angband Variant
Developer	PaulBlay
Based on	Angband 3.1.1,Angband/64
Theme	Fantasy
Released	Apr 10 2009
Updated	Not yet.
Download	Windows
	Official site

The aim of this project is to produce Angband/64 reborn.

Rather than attempt to update the Angband/64 code directly I have decided to start from the Vanilla Angband code in the SVN repository and change the data (and code where required) to reproduce the Angband/64 gameplay.

Because I'm using GPL clean Angband + My code + (some of) Jurriaan Kalkman's code this should be under the GPL.

I would welcome help, from coders or from normal Angband players, if anyone is interested, write in the talk page.

Current status

I have just brought out a 'preAlpha' release with the purpose of finding new bugs. Do not expect a functional game! Please report new bugs found on the talk page, by email or on the SourceForge page

Compiling Angband/65

With Visual C++ (IDE)

Copy 'angband.ico' into the \src\win directory.
Start the VC++ IDE and create a new empty project
Add all the *.c, *.h and *.rc files from the \src directory and the monster, object, player and win subdirectories.
From Project -> Properties -> Linker -> Input set "additional dependencies" to winmm.lib
From Project -> Properties -> C/C++ -> Advanced set "Compile as" to "Compile as C code /TC"

With Visual C++ (Command prompt)

Start Visual C++ Command Prompt
Change to source directory
Enter "nmake /fMakefile.nmake"

With Dev-C++

NOTE: Earlier builds compiled with Dev-C++ were associated with segment fault crashes. Now seems to be OK.

Create an empty C project, located in the source directory
Add every C file from src/, src/win, src/monster, src/object and src/player.
From Project -> Project Options, General tab set "Win32 console application"
From Project -> Project Options, Build Options tab, set the executable output directory to "..\".
From Project -> Project Options, parameters tab, add -mwindows -DWINDOWS -I. to the compiler options and -lmingw32 -lwinmm -mwindows to the linker options.

With Linux

Compiling with Linux should be possible (now that some initial problems have been fixed). Compiling guides, hints, etc. are welcome.

Known issues

Linux

Reportedly 'not possible to move' in Linux.

Windows

Previous file (angband65_001.zip) failed to run on computers without VC++ installed. (See this gamedev post for how it might be fixed) Have replaced with new file (angband65_001a.zip) compiled with Dev-C++.
Earlier builds crashed with segment faults when compiled with Dev-C++ (most often noticed when you viewing the next screen from the character screen ('C' + 'h' command). Now seems OK.
Spellcasting classes are not yet supported. Play a warrior type.
Items with negative bonuses are generated in the shops (also things like Rings of Strength with +0).
Ego items are not being generated in the black market.
Angband/65 is based on recent Angband 3.1.1 dev code and so includes Angband 3.1.1 bugs. As Angband bugs are fixed we will catch up and copy those fixes too.

Non-reoccurring bugs

Memory problems (segmentation faults) along with game crashes when pressing 'x' or 'y'. This is possibly a compiler issue rather than a code issue.