Tossed up a shorter-term Ironman server

[Fink]

... so ... close ..... grrk!!@#


Literally one screw stands between me and trying to boot up on a new motherboard. One   freaking   screw. Bah!  This has been a hardware comedy of errors, but victory will soon be mine!

[Fink]

Phewee! Man, what a rough ride that was. Anyhoo, server is back up!

Over the next day or two you may see it appear and dissappear - have no fear: thats just me reinstalling various things and patching up etc.

[Warrior]

IIIIIIIIIIIIIRRRRROONMMMMMMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNN!!!

[Fink]

You will see a character connected to the Ironman server (currently, IRONMAN_IRC). This is a cool script that I'm testing, which our own Flambard banged out over the last couple weeks.

It sends chat from the game server to an irc channel (irc.perl.org #finks_ironman), and vice versa.

[Warrior]

So we have chatlogs, finally! It's pretty cool stuff. Also shows unique kills and player deaths Great work by Flambard

[Fink]

Hola Ironpeople!

I have a little experiment I want to run on my server (details forthcoming when the time comes). This would mean wrapping up the current instance to do so.

My plan was to wait until we are out of alpha/beta stage on vanilla Mangband, but I'm getting itchy to try some stuff out.

So, "soon," I will end the current instance. For a few of you, this means the end of some deeply-diven (TM) characters. Consider this fair warning that the End is Nigh, and dive on down!

~fink

[Warrior]

oh no!
or... you're gonna put the savefiles somewhere safe and then put them back in after your experiment?

[Fink]

Heck no! After the experiment, I'll start using the 1.0 code

[Fink]

Man, I almost feel bad for prodding the deep characters to get diving. Sbluen rolled in and started a dive, but bit it not far out of the gate. Here's his dump:



 [Ironman MAngband 0.7.3 Character Dump]

               
Name   : Sbluen      Age       12  STR:  18/40    
Sex    : Male                    Height    66  INT:     13    
Race   : Half-Orc    Weight   145  WIS:                  9    
Class  : Rogue  Social Class   21  DEX:  18/20    
                                                                                       CON:  18/10    
                                                                                       CHR:     16    
               
+ To Hit      22 Level                     28                Max Hit Points  287    
+ To Damage   21 Experience     59867    Cur Hit Points   -1    
+ To AC               53 Max Exp               59867    Max SP (Mana)    25    
  Base AC     41                                                                Cur SP (Mana)     6    
       Gold  3185        
               
    (Miscellaneous Abilities)      
Fighting    : Heroic  Perception  : Good    Blows/Round:  3      
Bows/Throw  : Superb  Searching   : Good    Shots/Round:  1      
Saving Throw: Superb  Disarming   : Superb        
Stealth     : Good    Magic Device: Superb  Infra-Vision: 30 feet    
               
    (Character Background)        
    Your mother was an Orc, but it is unacknowledged.  You are  
    the adopted child of a Townsman.  You are a credit to the    
    family.  You have brown eyes, curly brown hair, and an      
    average complexion.            
               
 [Character Equipment]

a) a Mace of Extra Attacks (2d4) (+8,+ (+2 attacks)
b) a Long Bow (x3) (+7,+7)
c) a Ring of Slaying (+9,+ {@w0}
d) a Ring of Slaying (+11,+10) {on sale}
e) an Amulet of Charisma (+3) {chr +3}
f) a Brass Lantern (with 7640 turns of light) {75% off}
g) Balance Dragon Scale Mail (-2) [30,+10] {@A1}
h) a Cloak of Resistance [1,+22]
i) a Small Metal Shield [3,+4]
j) a Metal Cap of Beauty [3,+4] (+4)
k) a Set of Gauntlets of Agility [2,+7] (+3)
l) a Pair of Soft Leather Boots of Free Action [2,+4]


 [Character Inventory]

a) 5 Books of Magic Spells [Magic for Beginners] {@m1}
b) 5 Books of Magic Spells [Conjurings and Tricks] {@m2}
c) 6 Books of Magic Spells [Incantations and Illusions] {@m3}
d) a Book of Magic Spells [Resistance of Scarabtarices] {@m5}
e) a Book of Magic Spells [Mordenkainen's Escapes] {@m6}
f) 10 Rations of Food
g) 11 Flasks of oil
h) 2 Potions of Speed
i) 25 Potions of Cure Critical Wounds {@q2}
j) 22 Potions of Healing {@q2}
k) 2 Potions of Restore Strength {on sale}
l) a Potion of Wisdom
m) 2 Potions of Enlightenment
n) 47 Scrolls of Teleportation {@r5}
o) 3 Scrolls of Identify {90% off}
p) a Scroll of *Destruction*
q) a Rod of Trap Location {@z1}
r) a Wand of Teleport Other (9 charges) {@a8}
s) a Wand of Stone to Mud (4 charges)
t) a Wand of Sleep Monster (23 charges)
u) a Ring of See Invisible {@w0}
v) a Pair of Hard Leather Boots [3,+0]
w) 40 Arrows (1d4) (+0,+0) {@f1}


 [Character History]

Time  Dungeon Char  Event
     Level   Level

00:00:15    150ft    5   Reached level 5
00:00:49    350ft   10   Reached level 10
00:01:02    400ft   12   Killed Bullroarer the Hobbit
00:01:34    400ft   14   Killed Mughash the Kobold Lord
00:01:44    450ft   15   Reached level 15
00:02:45    550ft   17   Killed Wormtongue, Agent of Saruman
00:04:11    700ft   20   Reached level 20
00:06:43    800ft   23   Killed Ulfast, Son of Ulfang
00:14:40   1050ft   25   Reached level 25
00:15:17   1100ft   26   Found The Halberd 'Osondir'
00:15:17   1100ft   26   Found The Long Sword 'Elvagil'
00:16:31   1100ft   26   Killed Shagrat, the Orc Captain
00:18:22   1350ft   27   Killed Grishnakh, the Hill Orc
00:19:10   1450ft   27   Killed Fang, Farmer Maggot's dog
03:00:58   2050ft   28   Killed Ulwarth, Son of Ulfang


 [Last Messages]

Quaker, Master of Earth hits you.
You do not have enough mana.
You miss Quaker, Master of Earth.
You miss Quaker, Master of Earth.
You miss Quaker, Master of Earth.
The Dark hound breathes darkness.
There is a wall blocking your way.
Quaker, Master of Earth misses you.
Quaker, Master of Earth hits you.
Quaker, Master of Earth hits you.
Quaker, Master of Earth misses you.
The Dark hound claws you.
The Dark hound misses you.
The Dark hound bites you.
There is a wall blocking your way.
There is a wall blocking your way.
Quaker, Master of Earth hits you.
Quaker, Master of Earth hits you.
Quaker, Master of Earth hits you.
You die.

[sbluen]

I found the balance DSM on 650 ft I believe. The balance DSM really helped me survive encounters with umber hulks.

The orc pits and troll pits that I found were important for gaining levels and finding items. They are easy and not very risky if you can cast detect monsters and you can tell where every monster moves.

My rogue's detect monsters spell is very useful for seeing dangerous monsters like nexus hounds and red nagas. My warrior Slasher died from nexus hounds.

After 1000 ft, objects of restoration start appearing. So when a ghost on 1350 ft drained my int and wis both to 3, I luckily found a mushroom of restoring on the same level. i had my str drained a different time, and then found a potion of restore str. It is important to id things on those levels for restoring stats.

After around 1600 ft, the monsters started getting tough and I was running low on scrolls of teleportation. So I dove quickly by using the detect stairs spell.

Once I was on 2000 ft, I had my warrior dive to 1000 ft, and then sell a mords that it found to the 6 in 1000, and then my rogue bought it back from the 6 in 2000 ft. So my mords went from a warrior at 1000 ft who hasn't made it to 2000 ft and later got killed by nexus hounds to my rogue at 2000 ft.

Then, at 2050 ft, Quaker came though walls and made earthquakes. The walls surrounded me and I forgot what my macros for ironman were after not playing ironman for several weeks. So I was killed in 2 seconds.

[Fink]

My trigger finger is getting itchy! Chop chop, Warrior!