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From: paul@cacilj.UUCP (Paul Close)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Chaos Strikes Back (CSB) bugs?
Summary: A hollow voice whispers "that's not a bug, it's a feature!"
Message-ID: <1342@cacilj.UUCP>
Date: 18 Dec 89 20:07:48 GMT
References: <10354@stag.math.lsa.umich.edu>
Reply-To: paul@cacilj.UUCP (Paul Close)
Organization: CACI Products Company, La Jolla, CA
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In article <10354@stag.math.lsa.umich.edu> dyer@math.lsa.umich.edu (Jon Brode) writes:
>Well, after a few days of intensive playing I think I've noticed a few bugs.
>
>Crash - while going down a flight of stairs, the game crashed with two 
>	bombs.
>
>Glitch - after a save, there appeared ~8 squares of multi-colored badness
>	 indicators across the name, sleep and disk buttons. They cleared
>	 up and normal play resumed after switching screens.

These are bugs, all right.  As one of the playtesters, I can tell you that FTL
is very careful and particular about *any* odd behaviour, let alone blatant
bugs like these.  You should report this to them.  Make sure and mention your
machine type, TOS release, and and hardware mods.  I've never seen either of
these....

>Oddness - Fireballs stopped working. This has happened to me twice. Both
>	  times it was while entering the room with the spider critters.
>	  I cast a fireball, it appears on the screen in front of me,
>	  it disappears, a few seconds later the sound comes but no monster
>	  appears to be affected and no visual effects. You can enter this
>	  room from the room with the humanoid-blue-insect-people. However,
>	  fireballs only seem to break when you enter the room from the 
>	  opposite direction.

That's not a bug, it's a feature.  Ask the oracle....  This is the KU
(fighter) path.  You didn't think you could use magic to conquer the fighter
path, did you? :-)  Fireballs don't work here, and on the level above with the
insects, they aren't effective near you.  They are also dangerous in the "No
Fireballs" section a few levels down.

This is a great game!  As a playtester, I've logged close to a hundred hours
so far, and have only completed 1/4 of the game!  Good luck in the maze (heh,
heh :-).  I've been all the way through the KU path, and part way through the
others, so if anyone needs some help (that the oracle doesn't help with), feel
free to ask.
-- 
Paul Close	paul@cacilj.CTS.COM 	...!{uunet, ucsd, crash}!cacilj!paul

    The Obi-wan Kenobi method:  "Use the Source, Luke"	-Jim Fulton