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Veracity

Veracity

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May as well have a general thread to note things.

If you are not in the new challenge path, the Mer-Kin Temple is sea_merkin.php?action=temple.
We currently detect the following adventure failures:
Code: 
    // Looks like you've gotta be somebody special to get in there.
    // Even as High Priest of the Mer-kin, they're not gonna let you in dressed like this.
    // Even as the Champion of the Mer-kin Colosseum, they're not gonna let you in dressed like
    // this.
    // The temple is empty.

In the challenge path, the Temple has three doors:
- left for the gladiator boss = sea_merkin.php?action=temple&subaction=left
- right for the scholar boss = sea_merkin.php?action=temple&subaction=right
- center for Her Naughtiness = sea_merkin.php?action=temple&subaction=center

I recall the failure-to-enter messages were different.
I also notice that we do not log the adventure location in the session log; just the unrecognized URL.

For example:

Code: 
sea_merkin.php?action=temple&subaction=right
Encounter: They've Got Fun and Games
Took choice 710/1: Enter.
choice.php?pwd&whichchoice=710&option=1
Encounter: They've Got Everything You Want
Took choice 711/1: Drink.
choice.php?pwd&whichchoice=711&option=1
Encounter: Honey, They Know the Names
You acquire an effect: More Like a Suckrament (1)
Took choice 712/1: IÄ YOG-URT!
choice.php?pwd&whichchoice=712&option=1
Encounter: Yog-Urt, Elder Goddess of Hatred

Code: 
sea_merkin.php?action=temple&subaction=left
Encounter: In The Temple of Violence, Shine Like Thunder
Took choice 706/1: Enter the Temple
choice.php?pwd&whichchoice=706&option=1
Encounter: Flex Your Pecs in the Narthex
Took choice 707/1: Receive the Blessing of Shub-Jigguwat
choice.php?pwd&whichchoice=707&option=1
Encounter: Don't Falter at the Altar
You acquire an effect: Jiggu... What? (1)
Took choice 708/1: Summon Shub-Jigguwat
choice.php?pwd&whichchoice=708&option=1
Encounter: Shub-Jigguwatt, Elder God of Violence

Code: 
sea_merkin.php?action=temple&subaction=center
Encounter: The Nautical Seaceress

adventures.txt has this:

Code: 
# Shub-Jigguwatt/Yog-Urt/Dad
The Mer-Kin Deepcity    adventure=207    DiffLevel: unknown Env: underwater    Mer-kin Elementary School
The Mer-Kin Deepcity    adventure=208    DiffLevel: unknown Env: underwater    Mer-kin Library
The Mer-Kin Deepcity    adventure=209    DiffLevel: unknown Env: underwater    Mer-kin Gymnasium
The Mer-Kin Deepcity    adventure=210    DiffLevel: unknown Env: underwater    Mer-kin Colosseum
The Mer-Kin Deepcity    sea_merkin=temple    DiffLevel: unknown Env: underwater overdrunk    Mer-kin Temple

Do we want each door to resolve into "Mer-Kin Temple"?
What does KoL show as the Last Adventure in the charpane?
 
Honestly, don't know much about the new path, but we normally give warnings if freeing the king loses something, so . . .
Important safety tip: convert your leftover sand pennies to sand dollars *before* freeing King Ralph, because Wet Crap For Sale goes away and the pennies become useless. -- jef
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What about the new dolphin whistle?
It allows multiple uses before it runs out?
Is it deleted when it runs out? (if so, boo, hiss)
Or is it some sort of "daily usage" item?
What is the maximum # of charges it can have? (i.e., the equivalent of "path points"?)
 
Speaking of logging things that take turns:

Code: 
[213] Mer-kin Library
Encounter: Playing the Catalog Card
Took choice 704/3: unknown
choice.php?pwd&whichchoice=704&option=3
Mer-kin Library 1 clue: DOUBLED

use 1 Mer-kin dreadscroll
Encounter: Mer-kin Dreadscroll
Took choice 703/1: (secret choice)
choice.php?pro1=2&pro2=2&pro3=1&pro4=1&pro5=3&pro6=4&pro7=3&pro8=1&whichchoice=703&pwd&option=1

[215] Mer-kin Temple

Using the scroll - whether it succeeds or not - takes a turn.
We should log it with turn number.
 
Is it plausible for us to get full recording of "bad" dreadscroll guesses please? Every option taken, number of turns of effect given?

Even if they don't tell you the perfect options, every wrong guess gives more information - which should be useful for a script advising future guesses.
 
Veracity said:
What about the new dolphin whistle?
It allows multiple uses before it runs out?
Is it deleted when it runs out? (if so, boo, hiss)
Or is it some sort of "daily usage" item?
What is the maximum # of charges it can have? (i.e., the equivalent of "path points"?)
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I haven't tested manually but the description got updated today.

Now it says (for me):
This is a special kind of whistle that you can blow more than once before it breaks.
(used 0 of 4 times today)
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I believe it briefly said out of 11 for everyone so I think that's almost definitely the cap.
 
r28673 does this:

1) Add 3 new sea_merkin.php zones:
Code: 
The Mer-Kin Deepcity    sea_merkin=temple    DiffLevel: unknown Env: underwater overdrunk    Mer-kin Temple
The Mer-Kin Deepcity    sea_merkin=temple    DiffLevel: unknown Env: underwater overdrunk    Mer-kin Temple (Left Door)
The Mer-Kin Deepcity    sea_merkin=temple    DiffLevel: unknown Env: underwater overdrunk    Mer-kin Temple (Center Door)
The Mer-Kin Deepcity    sea_merkin=temple    DiffLevel: unknown Env: underwater overdrunk    Mer-kin Temple (Right Door)
The last three have subaction=left subaction=center and subaction=right added when we generate an AdventureRequest for them.
2) Having these adventures exist allows us to recognize the locations and log them in the gCLI and session log.
3) canAdventure now has rules for every adventure in the Mer-Kin Deepcity. They all require a Mer-kin disguise. The School and Gymnasium are satisfied with a Crappy Mer-Kin Disguise - although they will accept Scholar or Gladiator outfits as well. Colosseum and Left Door require Gladiator. Library and RIght Door require Scholar. You don't have to be wearing the outfits; having them accessible will suffice.
4) prepareForAdventure will retrieve and equip the outfit that canAdventure expects to be worn in order to adventure.
5) merkinQuestPath still exists as "none", "scholar", "gladiator" and "done" - but is only meaningful if you are not in the Sea path. New properties - isMerkinGladiatorChampion and isMerkinHighPriest - track your status after finishing the Colosseum and Library.
6) I have all sorts of tests. These include logging when you canAdventure and visit the location, as well as detecting failure messages for the 3 doors in the Temple. Next run, I'll collect more failure messages and write some more tests.

r28665 changes tailpiece to reduce mana cost in combat only

r28669 Adds turn number to using dreadscroll

r28670 Adds seaPoints and _durableDolphinWhistleUsed (counts from 0 to max)

r28672 saves dreadscroll attempts in dreadScrollGuesses
"For example, 41211113:2 means you guessed options 4, 1, 2, etc. in order and got two wrong."

Still to come are Relay Warnings.
 
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