ToME historical patches

This is a sub-page of my main Angband/ToME page, listing patches that I wrote for earlier releases of ToME and that have since been incorporated into (or otherwise rendered moot by) the release version. They are thus solely of historical interest.

• tome-symbeq.diff: "What is this 'z) Carrying:' slot in my equipment list for?" is something of a FAQ in ToME forums. This patch hides the symbiote slot in the equipment listing unless you actually have some Symbiosis skill, in which case it uses the somewhat more explanatory label "Symbiote:".
• tome-dumpmod.diff, v2: Some cosmetic (and not so cosmetic) changes to the character dump file:
  • "Your body is a <whatever>." instead of "Your body was a <whatever>." if you are still alive.
  • Similarly, "You are disguised into a <whatever>." instead of "You were disguised into a <whatever>." if you are still alive.
  • "It is currently <date in game>." rather than "You ended your adventure <date in game>." if you are alive.
  • "Your adventure lasted <n> days." instead of "It now is <n> days that you are adventuring." if you are dead.
  • If you are alive, add a line describing your location when the dump was made; if you are dead, add this information to the "You are dead, killed by a <monster>." line. The location is described as a dungeon level, a town, or a wilderness location relative to the nearest known landmark (for instance, "You are dead, killed by a Green naga in a shallow water area south of Bree.").
  • Added line "Iron-man Rooms: ON/OFF" to show the setting of the "Always generate very unusual rooms" birth option. [New in v2]
• tome-boomfix.diff: Fixes two boomerang-related bugs:
  • A boomerang's slay and brand flags weren't being applied to its damage.
  • When examining boomerangs with the 'I' command, average damage was not being shown, as it is for weapons and ammo.
• tome-symbname.diff: Changes various game messages to refer to your symbiote by type -- "Your Red mold is healed", for instance, rather than "Your monster is healed". You can also use the fake-artifact-name inscription trick to name your symbiote; use the '{' command to inscribe it with, say, "#named Billy Bob", and it will be listed in your equipment as "a Red mold named Billy Bob (136 hp)", and the game messages will say, "Billy Bob is healed".
• tome-skillprf.diff: Expand the conditional expressions in user pref files to allow conditioning on skill levels. For instance:

  # A macro to access the Mindcraft powers menu, if we have the appropriate
  # skill.
  ?:[GEQN [SKILL Mindcraft] 1]
  A:\e\e\e\em@Use\sMindcraft\n
  P:\[alt-M]
  
  # We can cast Identify if we have sufficient skill in either Divination or
  # Sorcery.
  ?:[IOR [GEQN [SKILL Divination] 8] [GEQN [SKILL Sorcery] 8] ]
  A:\e\e\e\em@Cast\sa\sspell\n@Identify\n
  P:\[alt-I]
  
  # Resume normal processing.
  ?:1
  

• tome-thaum.diff, v2: Fixes a bug that causes Thaumaturgy bolt spells to travel only a single square if fired in a cardinal direction rather than at a targeted square. [Changed in v2: Also allow Thaumaturgy beam spells to continue through a specified target.]
• tome-autoinsc.diff: Adds two new automatizer clauses: <inscribed>, which matches objects whose inscription contains the given text, and <discount>, which matches objects whose discount is within the given min-max range. [Note that <inscribed> doesn't match "fake" inscriptions like {50% off}, {tried} or the pseudo-ID inscriptions.]
• tome-autoabil.diff, v2: Adds a new automatizer clause <ability>, which is true when you have the given ability (hence the name). [Fixed in v2: Actually works this time... :-}]
• tome-sensfire.diff: Adds the line "It renders you especially vulnerable to fire." to the full-*Identify* description of objects which have that property.
• tome-monkdam.diff: Reflect damage bonuses from Tactic setting and other sources in the displayed damage per round on the 'C'haracter screen.
• tome-roguefix.diff, v2: Fixes some glitches in the handling of the rogue-like keyset:
  • Some store actions were inaccessible in roguelike mode.
  • Commands entered from an inventory/equipment listing effectively ignored roguelike mode.

  [Changed in v2: Updated for 2.3.1.]

• tome-showspd.diff, v2: Rearranges the 'C'haracter screen (and character dumps) slightly, adding a readout of the player's current speed. [Changed in v2: Updated for 2.3.1.]
• tome-antimsg.diff, v2: Fixes the message given when an antimagic field from Antimagic skill or a Dark Sword prevents a monster from casting a spell, from "Your anti-magic field disrupts The Mage spell." and "Your anti-magic field disrupts It spell." to "Your anti-magic field disrupts the Mage's spell." resp. "Your anti-magic field disrupts something's spell.". [Changed in v2: Updated for 2.3.1.]
• tome-splexam.diff: Fixes an annoying quirk when e'x'amining Demonblades and other Demonology gear in a store's inventory (or in your home); you are now prompted whether you want to browse the item's spells like a spellbook or view the item's properties normally. [obviated by 2.3.3, which now shows the item's properties first and then goes to the spells]
• tome-sheetfmt.diff: Fixes a bug in the formatting of item descriptions in character sheets.
• tome-fateart.diff, v2: Fixes the "You are fated to find something special" fatenot to attempt to make randarts out of inappropriate base objects. [Changed in v2: Updated for 2.3.1.]
• tome-symlevel.diff: Fixes a bug that causes symbiotes to gain levels simply by being hypnotized and released.
• tome-sq-auto.diff: A slight rearrangement of the automatizer squelching applied to floor items when the player enters a grid, so that it is applied after auto-identify effects (from, for instance, the Helm of Knowledge) rather than before, and can thus squelch baseed on the identified items.