X-Git-Url: https://jxself.org/git/?p=open-adventure.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=history.adoc;h=ec3739c005d3df0c8a65e8450acd4af28aaaee5d;hp=ff887af6dc1e121c3bf7849e80e0e6d02e9424e5;hb=c0537670c0d74095377b2e163fc67d4ccf79b328;hpb=0f126b0cb5f8539f456f2d7f2c06d8f32c2491c2 diff --git a/history.adoc b/history.adoc index ff887af..ec3739c 100644 --- a/history.adoc +++ b/history.adoc @@ -117,11 +117,16 @@ versions 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and for all I know higher than that. It seems best just to start a new numbering series while acknowledging the links back. -We have reverted to "Advent" for the binary to avoid a name collision +We have reverted to "advent" for the binary to avoid a name collision with the BSD Games version. == Functional changes in Open Adventure == +By default, advent issues "> " as a command prompt. This feature +became common in many variants after the original 350-point version, +but was never backported into Crowther & Wood's main line before now. +The "-o" (oldstyle) version reverts the behavior. + A "seed" command has been added. This is not intended for human use but as a way for game logs to set the PRNG (pseudorandom-number generator) so that random events (dwarf & pirate appearances, the bird's magic word)