Mythos 0.8.9 sports tons o' changes, most of which are listed below; if you're new to Mythos, you can mostly skip much of the following, as you won't care how things used to be...veteran players may wish to take note to see how the changes now affect game-play:
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These changes were included in the 0.8.8.c patch:
Enhancements:
Changed font for many dialogs, for better legibility..it's been changed again since, due to ATM display trubs...
Bug Fixes:
Checked & beefed-up random routines--should cause fewer random crashes.
Fixed crashing bug when attempting to enter a room other than through the door & added "go through door" message.
Fixed random crashing bug in "Talk about Items"
Fixed bug with jumping activating non-existent traps (if you don't know what I mean, don't ask!)
These changes are all-new to vers 0.8.9:
Enhancements:
Implemented Fired Weapons; Added "Ammo Supply" display next to the Weapon display when using Fired weapons; also, you now find multiple amounts of Ammo items--the higher the Floor number, the greater possible amounts of Ammo to be found...
Added a new History system, that allows changes to off-screen Floors and Worlds, even if they have not been created yet...thus if you attack someone in a room, the Soldiers and Freebooters on the main floor (and perhaps the main floors above & below) can be alerted (you'll hear an alarm sound if this happens)...in future versions, a Stronghold may launch an attack on another Stronghold, leaving only ashes by the time you get there...stay tuned for more developments...
New Talk options:
Appease: Only shows up when you're fighting a monster--pay the critter some gold & it'll leave you alone (at least for a little while...)
Sell <Item> To and Buy <Item> From: Buy & sell to individuals, mostly determined by creature's occupation
Hire: Enhanced this one quite a bit...Hired creatures will now follow you in & out of rooms & up and down Portals (though they will not yet follow you through Gates into other Worlds), and there are several new options as well:
Bodyguard: Hired creatures will now help you fight monsters...
Porter: Not implemented yet...right now, the critter will just follow you around, but will eventually carry stuff for you...
Release From Service: Use this to fire a Hired monster
Finished the Avatar Evolver, to allow older (0.8.8 & 0.8.8.c) Avatars to be upgraded to vers 0.8.9...included with both the Locked & Full versions
Added "Creature Specs" to "Options" menu; added Occupation and Allegience indicators for monsters to main display.
Added "Attack Mode," "Hit," and "Hired" graphic indicators to main display
Lots of tweaks with monster occupations/allegience & behavior; Set appropriate Occupations to Shoppes, Palaces, Strongholds, Taverns &Temples; beefed up hit points for Leaders, Soldiers & Freebooters; an attacked creature on the main floors will call for help from Soldiers & Freebooters of the same Allegience to assist; In rooms, an attacked monster will get help from most creatures of similar allegience in that room...
Removed "Animation" menu option, replaced with "Speed" submenu; currently you can only slow down the Mythos system (to run better on faster machines); work is in progress to clip frames to have Mythos run faster on lower-end Macs
Talk dialogues now display the creature's Occupation, and also tweaked some messaging to better reflect the creature's disposition towards you.
Added better-looking prestart (for color depth) dialog box
Added new artwork for wand animation
Bumped the maximum number of enemies (at one time) per floor to 15 (up from 12)
By request, implemented the Serial Num "Copy to Clipboard" function in the Unlock dialogue...and as an added bonus, also implemented "Paste From Clipboard" button for the Unlock code; Also, displayed the Serial Num to the About Box (previously, after you had Unlocked, there would be no way to tell what your Serial Num was...)
Updated much of the on-line & Quickstart documentation
Added (by request) the ability to Restore an Avatar without first Aborting the adventure...also, customized several File menu options to include current Avatar's name, where appropriate...
Minor display tweaks on main interface
Tweaked & fixed a few bugs in the Registration Convolver (to move your Registration info to the latest version...included in the Full release
The "GuyDead Toore" demo Campaign is identical to the last, with only one level with displays of Slider Walls and Directed Teleports, as well as the usual stuff...Wall- and Floor-Switches are almost complete, but not included. Several other features (such as custom Talk dialogues for Monsters) are enabled, though not displayed in this demo...Also, completed the Campaign Evolver (to be included with the up-coming Campaign Forge) so you can update your Campaigns to the newer versions of Mythos
Unfortunately, the demo Mission, "The Lost Amulet" is still in limbo, so there is no demo Mission in vers 0.8.9...Missions will probably be mutated to take advantage of the new History system, so look for an improved reappearance of Missions in a few more versions...
Bug Fixes:
Fixed crashing bug caused by dropping or selling weapons
Fixed rare crashing bug with main display scrolling
Fixed rare crashing bug involving very high-level Discipline usage
Fixed rare crashing bug in Lair creation routines
Fixed bug with Message box involving line breaks and punctuation
Checked all variable declarations for optimum space-usage & stability
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Full documentation is available at:
http://www.midgard.com
Note: If you've received Mythos on CD-ROM, you must copy the entire Mythos folder to your hard drive for it to run properly!
Enjoy!
-Geoffrey
*** Legal Stuff ***
I'm not a lawyer (nor do I play one on TV), and I hate having to pay the one I've got...so here's the deal: Locked versions of Mythos may be freely distributed anywhere, so long as all files, notes, & utilities are included.
For the inquisitive, all picts & sounds are stored as easily-accesible resources...you can modify, alter or do anything you want to with your copy, but please DO NOT distribute altered versions of Mythos...if you come up with cool animations or sounds, contact me at midgard@mindspring.com about their inclusion into the official releases.
Registered versions assign unique Unlock codes to single individuals/family units only. This means that YOU (and family, friends, etc.) are entitled to use YOUR SINGLE REGISTERED COPY of Mythos. Simply put:
*you MAY NOT distribute Unlocked (Registered) versions of Mythos IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM*
...I truly hope this last point is crystal-clear...I'd really hate to have to resort to spelling it all out in hard-core legalese as I file a lawsuit, y'know...?
