Mr.Hoge and Hengband Dev Team released new versions; Hengband 1.4.5 and 1.6.0 .

The former development branch 1.5.x is now raised to new stable branch 1.6.x .
Hengband 1.6.0 is the first version of the new stable branch (1.6.x).
It is a bug fix version of Hengband 1.5.4 .
So please update to 1.6.0 if you were using 1.5.4 .

Hengband 1.4.5 is the last version of old stable branch (1.4.x).
It is the last version without The Saved Floors.
You can use 1.4.5 if you want to use stair scum and don't like The
Saved Floors.

Usually we used to release a stable version and a development version
at once. But this time, there are two (new and old) stable versions.
We are working hard on Hengband 1.7.0 in new development branch 1.7.x
too. But we decided not to release three versions at once; it is too
troublesome work.


Here are the archives of Hengband 1.4.5 and 1.6.0

New stable branch:

 Source archive [provided by Hengband Dev Team]
    hengband-1.6.0.tar.gz
 Windows binary [compiled by @nothere]:
    hengband-1.6.0-win-eng.zip
 Macintosh binary [compiled by mogami]:
    hengband-1.6.0-PPC-eng.sit.bin
    hengband-1.6.0-68k-eng.sit.bin

Old stable branch:

 Source archive [provided by Hengband Dev Team]
    hengband-1.4.5.tar.gz
 Windows binary [compiled by @nothere]:
    hengband-1.4.5-win-eng.zip
 Macintosh binary [compiled by mogami]:
    hengband-1.4.5-PPC-eng.sit.bin
    hengband-1.4.5-68k-eng.sit.bin



=======  Changes of 1.6.0 from 1.5.4   =========

hengband 1.6.0 (New stable branch)

- Activation of the Wizardstaff of Gandalf was changed.
- Activation of the Charmed Pendant was changed.
- "share gold" in thievs guild was abolished.
- Hunter's office make no difference between two races of the same name.
- Mirrors will disappear when you move to other floor.

- Various bug fixes:
"./configure --with-setgid=games" didn't work.
Strange behavior for inscriptions such as {@ud}.
Sanity blast each time you used save command.
Quest rewards in lite_town were older.
The game crashed at cure mutation service when you are a Lucky.
The rarely crashed when a unique vanished from a saved floor.
When a monster threw another monster, the player caused damage.
Many typo, screen update failures, wrong descriptions etc.

- All changes for 1.4.5 are also included in 1.6.0 .


=======  Changes of 1.4.5 from 1.4.4   =========

hengband 1.4.5 (Old stable branch)
This is the final version of old stable branch (1.4.x),
and is the final version without the saved floor.

- Avoid displaying unimportant descriptions when *identified* an object.
- Enabled use of sound.cfg on Windows. (Thanks to KoKa)
- Mimicing monsters '+','%','{' didn't appear in monster knowledge menu.

- Various bug fixes:
Samurai couldn't use Boomerang tech in Arena.
A monster in Capture Ball sometimes disenchanted and changed.
Random teleport in Monster Arena cause infinite loop.
Charging Magic Whistles were stacked, and charge was reset.
Surplus {special} fake inscription on identified artifact.
Some items in the Race career list in character dump were missing.
Warrior of the Dawn couldn't reproduced in forests.
Cursed weapon in left hand was able to move to right hand.
Summon Pet sometimes failed.
Stop time was cancelled when any monster die.
Miscount of Silver Angels.
Renamed "A Set of Gloves of Dragon" to "A Set of Dragon Gloves".
Sometimes pets mistakenly breathed on the player.
Sometimes normal breath pierce walls.
The Minotaur of the Labyrinth should be summond by final boss.
Many typo, screen update failures, wrong descriptions etc.



 Mogami

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