Re: CF: blindness and artifacts

[Brian Thomas <thomas@xplorer.gsfc.nasa.gov>]

> From: Jonathan Tourtellot <jon@Bitsy.st.hmc.edu>
> 
> I have noticed a few major problems with the spell 'sunspear' and blindness 
> more generally:
> At the moment, sunspear is a relatively cheap spell, and it blinds just
> about anything, in addition to doing damage that affects all creatures 
> in the game (I have yet to meet a creature not damaged by it, anyway). This
> poses a rather nasty problem, because it lets mid-level characters crush
> high-level monsters with ease. With a single shot of sunspear, almost any
> creature gets blinded and stands still, not attacking unless you move too 
> close. I have found it simple to thus kill wizards, titans, Jessy, dragons,
> dreads, etc. using only sunspear, and without taking any damage myself.
> 
	Some thing is definitely wrong here. Creatures that have 
	see_invisible (everything you list above; except Dreads??)
	should'nt be effected by BLINDNESS (they are still blinded,
	but because of these creatures "superior" senses they easily
	compensate for loss of sight). *sigh*, its been a banner week
	for my code changes :) I take a look this weekend.

					-b.t.

> 
> As an additional aside, has anyone else tried the 'unique artifact' code?
> I still see multiples of the same artifacts lying around.
> 
	I use the unique artifact code quite a bit in my maps. I think
	you are mis-understanding what it is for. 'Unique artifacts'
	are *anything* that have the 'unique 1' flag set. This flag
	means that *that* particular artifact will not be removed/reset
	if it is left on a map that resets.

	Stuff like 'excalibur', etc. are *not* unique items. 

					-b.t.

> -jon
>