Din's Curse v1.002 Patch and v1.003 Beta Patch Released

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Written by Brother None on July 21st, 2010

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1.003
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• fixed DemonMastery StatusEffect icon (Caal)
• fixed frustum spelling
• now cull properly in perspective mode
• fixed lich control status effect icon (Valgor)
• added perspective view mode
• perspective user var and ui
• added addsTo for database entries (like overrides, but adds to array type things instead of overriding)
• now only calculate _viewConversionFactor at beginning
• shadows can now be on objects with transparency
• added an option to turn shadows on for world objects
• moved shadow light position to lighting system
• improved UI
• added lighting to models on main menu
• added lighting to models on new character screen
• sped up perspective mode slightly
• added new shadow option to highest settings option
• improved model culling (speeds up ortho & perspective modes)
• changed perspective view to the default
• added new perspective option to highest/fastest settings options
• now most bushes/trees sway slightly with the wind
• added r_detailModelMovement option
• added new detailModelMovement option to highest/fastest settings options
• added draw player helmet option (Roswitha)
• added more room to game options screen
• fixed being able to fail some quests right after solving them (Roswitha)
• fixed horror teleport effect (Valgor)
• removed compressed textures option from ui
• added character export to logs when win or lose town
• decreased normal monster dropping item chance from 0.25 to 0.2
• now draw secondary item text first so it is behind primary text in case they overlap (Aet)
• changed starting backpack to 16 slots, no longer get extra bag though
• fixed built a statue typo (Roswitha)
• now hide long keynames on used use slots (Roswitha)
• fixed keyboard options screen not fitting on normal monitors
• changed fewer magic items words (Roswitha)
• fixed poverty typo (Roswitha)
• changed poor to dirt poor (Roswitha)
• fixed half of the health wording issue (Roswitha)
• clarified honorable death description with text mentioning not permanent unless in hardcore
• mini-volcanos no longer get in the way of rescues (Haigdul)
• decreased area heal reusetime from 10.0 to 8.0 (Jorlen)
• increased lifeburn damage over time (TheRani)
• oil, acid, and magma traps no longer allowed on random objects (Roswitha)
• added a little more text about leaving or dying to meeting quest text (Valgor)
• fixed frost nova not destroying doors (Aet)
• now abandoning a town gives you a bunch of xp debt
• create new world now tells you when it would be abandoning a town and warns about stats/xp debt
• fixed new character with multiplayer and then the first singleplayer game counting as an abandon
• npcs can no longer complete new apothecary quest (demoss)
• sped up LightingSystem::getLineOfSightIntensity a tad
• objects that you have already seen blink out of sight less now
• now only update world map after moving
• fixed some issues with Din final quests (Pheelon)
• renamed Din's final quests to be a little more significant
• muscipula plant and broken barrels no longer fade out because they are in the way
• increased difficulty of champion, elite, and legendary difficulties (Inspired)
• culled entities now fade in better
• fixed a roof fading out issue
• added triple buffering to troubleshooting section of manual
• added a min level to smuggled goods quest
• now lose a little reputation after smuggling quest (Inspired)
• fixed war quest not always spawning monsters correctly
• fixed dark elf assassins shadow
• now game fails town if apothecary dead & steward petrified
• fixed dying from an object not incrementing your death counter correctly (Bugbear)
• failed meeting quests no longer spawn unique monster quests for killed meeting members (random_rolle)
• fixed weapon speed modifier not working correctly on armor pieces (Robin)
• renegades can now respawn again if they were lost somehow
• now check if npcs can see enemies that would prevent a rescue (Haigdul)
• now spawn a little more cursed items when playing cursed characters (TheRani)
• decreased treasure find elixir per level bonus from 5 to 2
• increased armor & weapon stands magic chance
• made money chests better
• solving Din's final quests now open next difficulty correctly (demoss)
• fixed a couple collision issues in Vehement Chambers (Kirk)
• fixed weird auto solve issue when a new monster gets added to a unique group (Valgor)
• fixed a 1 off issue with weighted random numbers

 

1.002
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• changed item glow to match item colors (Valgor)
• now build.cfg controls whether or not manual link appears
• get info on mac now shows version correctly (Aet)
• treasure quests no longer tell you about any reputation gain (Caal)
• respecing skills with status effects now works better (TheRani)
• can now select other players with F1 - F8 (Aganazer)
• fixed key select background
• fixed duplicate input background
• now only show hotkey on use slots if hotkey name is one character long
• added a Ways Back to Town help topic
• added Ways Back to Town to manual
• stunned monsters (and others that can't move) can no longer block, dodge, evade, etc. (Heinosity)
• fixed Egg Sac spelling (Roswitha)
• Dark Elf Wizards should no longer be able to cast Ice Storms through walls (Heinosity)
• now npcs in town look towards the center of town
• townspeople now look towards danger in town (Framistan)
• decreased shatter & bone shatter damage
• spells like frost nova can no longer go through walls
• fire elemental now has a 2 minute reuse time, but is now much more powerful
• hidden creatures can see through stealth a little better now
• fixed a way that a summoned creature could attack player (Teddy)
• fixed liches not following the leader correctly (Roswitha)
• fixed looking for some steel wording (Roswitha)
• added deadly poison icon (Valgor)
• increased area heal mana a little, but heal a lot (Jorlen)
• fixed some trap names (Kruztee/Roswitha)
• made town attack ending a bit more full proof (Roswitha)
• quest monsters can no longer get upgraded (Roswitha)
• changed protocol version
• added advanced Ego mode (half xp for achievements below your level)
• added advanced Unlucky mode (-50 magic find to start off)
• added advanced Poverty mode (-50 item find and -50 money find to start off)
• added advanced Honorable Death mode (losing the town kills you)
• added advanced Fragile mode (half health)
• changed skill power needed to a float for a bit more control (Magitek)
• chaos lord summons no longer use the earthquake skill (a little safer for the player)
• summoned chaos lords no long make stomping noises
• increased health/damage of summoned chaos lord (iligiann)
• increased mana on block/parry for defender & paladin from 0.5 to 2.0 (elsol69)
• fixed getting unique monsters in monster quest (Annalisa)
• changed personal gift chests from basically small to large chests (Kruztee)
• monsters that give quests and other neutral monsters will no longer attack pets (Kruztee)
• crushing blow item magic modifier now applies to magic crushing blow also (Stardusts)
• critical hit item magic modifier now applies to magic critical hit also
  made holy fire a bit more powerful (iligiann)
• fixed gabardine spelling (Roswitha)
• can now walk through ghosts that have revenge quests (Marcin)
• mini-volcanos no longer show dot on mini-map (Valgor)
• totems are now considered inanimate, no longer break stealth (viper34j)
• quest monsters can no longer fall down pit traps (Aganazer)
• names for keys, flaming oil, and ice bombs are now white to see them a little easier (graffen69)
• added some grass to town centers
• fixed yellow crystals not glowing
• each crystal color now glows at a different speed
• added a little bit more clutter to some of the dungeons
• skulls no longer have collision
• set, unique, artifact, and legendary items now get better automatic damage/armor bonuses

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