Iter Vehemens ad Necem

This is a tty port of IVAN 0.50. There is now a git repo. This is very much a work in progress, see the list of issues below.

You can try it online: ssh ivan@orthanc.fixme.fi, password "ivan".

• View character dumps
• Download recorded games (Use a ttyrec player such as termplay).

attnam.com is the best place to find information about IVAN.

Installing

./configure && make. You can specify datadir and localstatedir to configure, e.g.,

./configure --datadir=/usr/share --localstatedir=/var/games

The data scripts in Script go to $datadir/ivan/Script. Ivan needs write permission to the following files and directories (make install assigns these to games:games and installs the binary setgid games):

• $localdatadir/ivan/bones/
• $localdatadir/ivan/save/
• $localdatadir/ivan/ivan-highscore.scores
• $localdatadir/ivan/ivan-logfile
• $localdatadir/ivan/config/
• $localdatadir/ivan/dump/

Run ivan with ivan $playername. Each player needs the directory $localdatadir/ivan/dump/$playername/ where chardumps go and the config file $localdatadir/ivan/config/$playername.ivanrc. The config file with default values for all options is as follows:

DefaultPetName = "Kenny";
WarnAboutVeryDangerousMonsters = 1;
AutoDropLeftOvers = 1;
UseAlternativeKeys = 0;

Changes

• Compiles on x86-64.
• Uses curses for rendering instead of SDL.
• Uses vi keys (hjkl yubn) for movement. Other keyboard commands changed accordingly, check the ingame '?' command for the list.
• Config scripts specify Glyph (ASCII code) and Attr (text color index) attributes instead of bitmaps for monsters, items, terrain, and materials.
• Records all games in a log file.
• Writes a character dump on death.

Issues/TODO

• Trying to load a savefile still segfaults. Please kill your character instead of saving.
• LOS is not clearly indicated. Map does not remember items out of LOS.
• Message panel has issues with line wrapping due to different line length.
• Some prompts are not implemented. For example, picking up multiple identical objects is impossible.
• Explosions and wand zaps are not drawn.
• Score file and bones are disabled.
• Character/color assignment for items and monsters needs work.
• Some entities don't display correctly (at least spider webs and smokes).
• Dangerous liquid such as acid is not displayed if there are items on the same square.
• Game crashes when opening chests.
• Map does not remember visited squares after leaving and re-entering a level.
• Thrown and kicked objects don't show on the map until after the next move.
• Crash when trying to enter world map while polymorphed (Bored)