0.2.0

Template:Oldversion 0.2.0 is an old version of Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup, released on April 1, 2007.

Release notes

Stone Soup 0.2 (20070401)

• Save and bones files formats changed, incompatible with 0.1.x.
• Added a game tutorial.
• More vaults and special level layouts.
• New evasion model (from 4.1.2).
• Revamped dungeon overview and character information screens.
• Targeting interface keymaps changed.
• 'v' examines monsters, items, etc., '?' gives help.
• -macro option now specifies a directory, not the macro file.
• Item colours changed.
• Deeper dungeon levels can have multiple player ghosts.
• Rods of striking also get magic reservoirs.
• Removed unpoisoned needles and blowguns of venom.
• Stash search also finds altars and portals.
• Mutation and species abilities cleanup.
• Sif Muna gives gifts on piety gain; Sif Munites do not need to pray.
• Low-HD monsters are less likely to give piety when killed.
• Fixed Pandemonium demons getting only magic dart.
• Character names can now include spaces, dashes and periods. On Unix, character names can also end with a digit.
• Adjusted beam to-hit calculation.
• Weapons animated by Tukima's Dance are now considered thrown for autopickup purposes.
• Crawl now tries to show error messages after curses cleanup, or before initialisation so that the user can see the error. :-)
• Reduced orange statue attack speed.
• Windows builds no longer use SHORT_FILE_NAMES.
• In-game help browser.
• Greedy explore now works in Pandemonium.
• Stash tracker now also tracks item inscriptions.
• Many item stacking bugs fixed.
• Artifacts are described as such when (v)iewed.
• The Hat of the Alchemist is now a real wizard hat, not a helmet.
• Fixed identify not clearing empty inscription.
• Fixed broken fear behaviour for monsters.
• Shop purchase asks for confirmation.
• Minor tweaks to some unrand artifacts.
• Gourmand contaminated -> clean effect is also gradual now.
• Searching is more effective.
• New god.
• Armour training tweaks.
• Full herbivorousness now happens only at level 3 of the mutation.
• Incremental butchering works now.
• Poisoned arrows are more likely to give snakes than before with sticks-to-snakes.
• Cannot shop while berserk.
• Fixed some monster movement bugs.
• Spriggans now start with slow metabolism and extra food, but are herbivores.
• Assassins have a chance of starting with a few curare-tipped needles.
• Rods are more common.
• stop_travel messages can also stop run/rest, if the message interrupt is disabled for run/rest.
• Better handling of monster-comes-into-view messages.
• Zin will reliably feed you if you have sufficient piety and are starving.
• Travel is no longer interrupted by submerged monsters.
• Travel is no longer interrupted by an invisible monster missing you.
• Blinking/teleporting monsters can no longer land on the player's square.
• Fixed Abyss banishment crash.
• Monster resists were not taking randarts into account in some cases.
• Better handling for travel_delay = -1.
• Monsters using draining or hellfire are M_EVIL and take damage from cleansing flame.
• Show monster paralysis status when examined.
• Carrying capacity shown in inventory menus is now maximum unburdened carrying capacity, not absolute maximum.
• Flying monsters no longer avoid mechanical traps.
• Items dropped onto an altar while praying will be sacrificed.
• Jellies can no longer eat artifacts.
• Enabling delay_message_clear uses a scrolling message window.
• Fixed bug where statues could move around.
• Added temporary pain-brand spell "Excruciating Wounds".
• Fixed duplicated scroll labels.
• Friendly monsters should not flee from the player.
• Fixed detect creatures revealing monster identities in notes.
• Fixed level-map crashes on large terms.
• no_dark_brand defaults to true, since the option is otherwise too obscure to find (and the problem it addresses is widespread on Unix terms).
• Added a synthetic cursor (use_fake_cursor = yes) for terms that cannot draw cursors on black/darkgrey spaces.
• Summon horrible things now produces temporary summons.
• Monster abjuration is weaker.
• Deflect missiles is less effective.
• Unseen horrors no longer resist electricity.
• Greedy explore now tries to handle mimics like the items they imitate.
• Dungeon builder guarantees that at least one downstair is reachable from the upstair on D:1, unless there is an enclosed entry vault.
• Hydras get their full attack round vs other monsters.
• Monsters fighting hydras can chop off heads if using suitable weapons/claws.
• Interlevel travel handles branch entries and exits more intelligently.
• Added wizmode &~ to instant travel to any level to test special levels.
• Messages can be coloured individually using pattern matches with the message_colour option.
• Monsters dying to friendlies' poison, or damaging clouds are now correctly attributed as collateral kills.