[crossfire] Minor bugs

Preston Crow pc-crossfire06 at crowcastle.net
Tue Jul 11 07:30:55 CDT 2017


I'm running 1.71.0 on Linux (Gentoo).


On 07/11/17 00:37, Kevin Zheng wrote:
> On 07/10/2017 07:03, Preston Crow wrote:
>> Resizing the map in the client will occasionally cause things on the
>> other side of walls to show up.
>>
>> The "unidentified" tab in the client doesn't seem to work.  It's always
>> blank, even when I have unidentified items.
>>
>> Sometimes I have to shift-click twice to lock or unlock an item. (I'm
>> using pointer focus, so I shouldn't lose the first click to get focus.)
> What version of the client are you using? On what OS?
>
>> When I walk away from an open container on the floor, occasionally the
>> code still behaves as if I'm on top of the open container, even if I
>> move to another map.  I've been able to drink a potion from a container
>> in my apartment when in another map.  I think this has something to do
>> with opening and closing containers in my inventory and in the square,
>> but I'm not sure how I've triggered this glitch.
> I believe this is fixed on recent servers. I don't remember if this is
> fixed on Metalforge or not.
>
>> The -split option on the client doesn't seem to work anymore.  No
>> separate windows for me.  (I'm not sure it's really useful, though.)  I
>> also note that the subwindows don't start up in the same place each
>> time, which would be convenient.  I keep having to resize things or the
>> experience window is squished to nothing.
> This must be an old client.
>
>> I haven't encountered a scroll of sense curse yet--probably just my
>> luck.  It's also the only skill scroll not in the permanent store in
>> Scorn on Metalforge, which makes me suspicious that something's up.
>> Grepping in the source indicates that it is referenced in various
>> places, so it's probably just bad luck.
> Those are definitely available in newer servers; Metalforge I'm not sure
> but I don't imagine why not.
>



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