The Codex of Roguelikes

[buffalo bill]

Quick question, if anyone knows off the top of their head. Do melee weapon bonuses stack with the Ghoul's claw upgrades?

iirc claw-specific traits don't affect non-claw damage output (e.g. for melee weapons), but melee traits stack with claw traits for a combined increase in melee damage

 

[Fenix]

Thanks to this thread for introducing me to Infra Arcana. Best thing I've come across in a long time.

Is it that good? Played one of the first versions like 5? 6? years ago. Failed miserably. Scared with difficulty to this day.

 

[AdamReith]

Thanks to this thread for introducing me to Infra Arcana. Best thing I've come across in a long time.

Is it that good? Played one of the first versions like 5? 6? years ago. Failed miserably. Scared with difficulty to this day.

I'm going to reply to this post with the sprite the game uses for a ghoul armed with a Winchester precision rifle.

Really though your enjoyment is kind of contingent on how much you love being chased down corridors by reanimated corpses only to reach a dead end and have your head punched in. I'm not much of a Lovecraft guy but the way this game handles dread and danger is pretty amazing.

Also, despite loving the ghoul in this game I'd recommend following everyone else's advice and playing an imperceptible rogue until the game clicks for you. When enemies are highlighted in blue they haven't seen you yet, lots of fun. Opening a door or making any sort of noise triggers them.

 

[Fenix]

Well, what killed me is that I must avoid everyone, but that goes against exploration.
You get exp for seeing monsters, but also you shouldn't see them.
Welp... that broke my silly brain that also has a bit of OCD in it.

I just need to wrap my head around that, find a way to play it.

 

[buffalo bill]

Imo ghoul with indomitable fury is the easiest class atm. Basically every class needs to invest in anti-insanity traits to allow more exploration. I usually can explore most of every level with most classes by the time I get courageous.

Though clairvoyant might be easier than ghoul depending on your playstyle.

 

[sser]

For some reason Infra Arcana now lags about every minute or so for me, just freezes up completely, but the inputs still work so after 5-ish seconds it'll catch up and spring a bunch of queued moves. Can't figure what on earth is causing it to do that (tried hardware acceleration in options but that didn't resolve it).

 

[buffalo bill]

For some reason Infra Arcana now lags about every minute or so for me, just freezes up completely, but the inputs still work so after 5-ish seconds it'll catch up and spring a bunch of queued moves. Can't figure what on earth is causing it to do that (tried hardware acceleration in options but that didn't resolve it).

I have a similar issue with the most recent official release, but it only happens infrequently for me.

Is non still an active member here?

 

[AdamReith]

That lag may be caused by dynamic loading of sound files. You can set them to pre-cache in the options and it should remove that lag.

 

[sser]

That lag may be caused by dynamic loading of sound files. You can set them to pre-cache in the options and it should remove that lag.

Unfortunately this did not solve it. Such a strange issue, never seen anything like it in a roguelike they usually run flawlessly.

 

[AdamReith]

That lag may be caused by dynamic loading of sound files. You can set them to pre-cache in the options and it should remove that lag.

Unfortunately this did not solve it. Such a strange issue, never seen anything like it in a roguelike they usually run flawlessly.

Ah, surprised at that. I was getting annoying stutters with it turned off.

Was surprised to get lag in a game with basically no graphics myself, I wonder what other amazing "optimizations" he has in there that manage to make it happen.

 

[Alex]

Could it be Microsoft Defender doesn't like the program for some reason? I had troubles like that more than once where a program running slow later turns out to be watched by Defender.