EDIT 3:This is now on Desura. Once it looks like nothing else has gone hideously wrong, we’ll move it to Steam and the HIB.
EDIT 2:Alright Mac users, we’ve heard you. You think you’ve got what it takes to apply HOTFIXES. Well, here you go. Grab it, try it, let us know what you think; you’ll need to put it in your Dungeons of Dredmor.app in Contents/MacOS – it should replace an existing file called Dredmor.
All this chicanery will be on Steam and Desura some time tomorrow, provided that just throwing the patches out there doesn’t show us any new problems. 🙂
EDIT: We have a patch being tested that fixes the other three major issues with 1.0.9: mysterious portal issues, the crashing after level 1, and quest hordes not spawning. Windows users, if you want to test the patch at home: grab it here and throw that EXE into your Steam/steamapps/common/dungeons of dredmor folder. Mac users, we can’t give you a test patch quite as easily, but rest assured, we’re working on it. Again, this is an unofficial test patch, and is offered without guarantees, but we would like to know if it works or not. (It should, theoretically, fix your old crashing saves, too.)
Having survived the ancient ritual known as “Christmas with the Families”, we are back in the office today. For what it’s worth, I’m not sure that we actually remember how to relax any more.
That said: we’re back, we’re fixing things. Expect some kind of a status update on a) the OS X nonsense, b) the missing quest monsters, c) getting all of this pushed to Steam – in a bit.
Now has anybody seen my fire extinguisher…?
Welcome back. Nothing like turning your back on something you thought was fairly stable and watching it burn, eh?
Take some time. The only thing worse than a rushed patch is a rushed patch by burnt-out developers.
Hurrah for Holiday survival!
Now, not to get the cattle prod warm, but… I don’t suppose there’s any word on the saved game crashes?
The Steam and Gaslamp Forums seem to confirm that this is an OS X as well as Windows 7 32/64 issue.
Common consensus seems to be that once a save has been made past the second floor, the game now seems to crash for many-a-folk (myself included [hence the hopeful prodding]).
The good news is, many of those posts include saved games and crash dumps!
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2341240
http://community.gaslampgames.com/threads/game-crash-while-loading-save-file.1877/
P.S. I Love You? (With less Gerard Butler)
Fixed and in testing!
Even for Windows? Diggle Gods be Praised!
See above. Grab a patch and try it out.
That looks like it did the trick for the crashing saves! It loaded up first try after I replaced the .exe with the new one. You folks are infinitely awesome.
I’ll keep an eye out for anything that might pop up after this .exe, but fingers crossed!
I’m looking forward to the Mac OS X patch! I bought the game on Dec. 24th and loved it instantly. I can’t wait to play past the first level!
I bought the game on Dec. 24th and loved it instantly. I can’t wait for the Mac OS X patch so I can get past the first level!
Great to hear you are back !
Hopefully you could at least find some relaxing days with your family on Christmas.
Please do not rush another patch quickly out of the door but ensure that it fixes all disturbing issues.
just a sidenote here: I see all this Windows and Mac OS Patch stuff all over the place but see no notion on Linux ? Just to let you know: The update to 1.0.9 under Linux via Desura screwed up my latest savegames. More specific I am unable to load those savegames from 1.0.8.
Any time frame for patching the Linux version ? 🙂
Oh, heck, let’s upload this on Desura now. 😛
and, eh, HIB… please ?
Actually, a hotfix for linux would be much much much better because by the time they go to 1.0.10 (they just updated to 1.0.9), there might (might!) be several new problems….
Since there is no installer, it also will not matter as for the (not) userfriendlyness of patched binaries.
Patch 1.09b was applied to my Linux x64 version of DoD and surprise: My save game still screws up DoD 🙁
Not good…I spent a lot of time on this character and hate to start again..
If someone tells me where the savegames reside I can send you the corresponding save game which causes the issues for further investigation.
Oh yeah…and two more things:
– Can we expect the patches on Desura as quick as on Steam ?
– When can I shell out my bucks for the Linux version of Realm of the Diggle Gods on Desura ? My wallet is so heavy after Christmas 🙂
Now all you need to do is fix the bug where skills in mods don’t give you passive stat bonuses.
Also my captcha was : lamps. auldert
For OS X, can’t you give us a copy of the “dredmor” executable to place in “Library/Application Support/Steam/SteamApps/common/dungeons of dredmor/Dungeons of Dredmor.app/Contents/MacOS/” ?
Yep – but empirical evidence suggests that about 75% of our users will fail to install the patch correctly. 🙂
Then why’d you post the windows one? Are you suggestiong mac users are stupid? 🙂
I’ve got experience in that folder area, modding minecraft and the like. Still no chance of a hotfix? I’d love to help test…
Yeah, might as well let us try.
Fine, you asked for it…
Patch fixed the saved game load crash for me – seems to be fine otherwise as well.
Mac user here. Thanks for the hotfix. Was having DoD withdrawal. One thing I noticed is that there are now duplicate entries on the load game selection screen. The patch has fixed the save game issue though, so now I can get back to dying! Yay!
Thanks! Load game problem is fixed; I never experienced the other bugs. There does seem to be an occasional hitch or pause that I don’t remember noticing before, but maybe that’s just the odd monster triggering a trap out of view or something. I hadn’t played too much before the saved game problem happened.
Thanks! I can now load games saved after visiting the second floor.
While we’re talking bugs: with the patch, there is sometimes a delay when entering rooms.
Also, the crafting window behaves strangely: for instance, pressing ESC does not close it, but instead brings up the options window. This problem is not new in the patch, it was in 1.0.9. Not sure about earlier versions.
This fixed it! Thank you so much!!! 😀
Thank you! It seems to be working!
Bullshit. You could at least try and provide the actual instructions for applying the hotfix, or write the ONE LINE script necessary to install the patch to the right location.
Attempting to install fix on mac, encountered problem: There was no existing “dredmor” file in Contents/MacOS, or in fact anywhere else. Please advise.
Library/Application Support/Steam/SteamApps/common/dungeons of dredmor/Dungeons of Dredmor.app/Contents/MacOS/
Remember .app files are actually folders. There’s another .app for the game, but the one above is the one you want.
1)Download the file for Mac OS X given above. 2)Unarchive it.
3)To open the Dungeons of Dredmor.app file you have to “right click” on it (or CTRL+Click if you don’t have a right click), and select “Show Package Contents”.
4)The app file is located here:
User/Library/Application Support/Steam/SteamApps/common/dungeons of dredmor/Dungeons of Dredmor.app/Contents/MacOS/
5) Paste the unarchived file you downloaded from above in that location.
6) Say yes to replace the existing dredmor file.
Step 4 should say “The executable file” instead of “The app file”.
Also, you might have trouble finding the right Library directory. It’s in /Users//Library, which for me doesn’t show up in finder. You can open Terminal and type ‘open ~/Library’ (without the quotes). /Library/ and /System/Library/ are not the right ones.
Er, that’s /Users/[username]/Library
Thank you for reminding me I have multiple Libraries for multiple user accounts! Was having a heck of a time finding it
never liked file management on a Mac, but trying to conquer Lion and get as far as Library/Application Support – Steam is not a listed entry in the directory. I must be one of the 75% – “75% of our users will fail to install the patch correctly”
MacOS patch works great, save game loaded right up and no crashes after about an hour of goofing around.
Mac patch works for me as well.
It has the side benefit of enabling the DLC, but since I only bought the original I’m not sure how that’s going to work out when the real update goes live on Steam.
I noticed this as well. Will still gladly be paying for the DLC.
My download of this file consistently locks up between 0 and 20% of the way through. I’m not sure why. Not limited to browser — I get the same problem using curl directly from the command line… Anybody else running into this?
Ah, nevermind, seems to have resolved on its own. Sorry for the ironically noisy posts.
Also I am now able to load saved games. For the epic win.
Eager to see the rest of these bugs patched, but man does this ever make night-and-day difference in my ability to really sink my teeth in. Thanks for the diligence, guys. Sorry the thing stole your holiday calm.
The hotfix solved my warping problem. Only other things I noticed was a diggle nest with 6 eggs in it (never saw more than 1 before, new feature or bug?) and dead monsters with “bleeding out” under their hover-over description.
Thanks as always for your efforts. Hope you had a good break.
I’ve encountered that bug before, where all the diggle eggs in a room are stuffed into one nest instead of spread out between them all.
For Mac OS Lion users trying to locate your userLibrary folder:
Open terminal and type in:
“chflags nohidden ~/Library/”
Then proceed to replace your [dredmor] file with the fix.
Solved my crash save issue, great work and looking forward to future updates.
What is the windows/mac/linux balance of purchases?
Windows users get a patch, Mac users get a “sorry, we cannot give you a patch now”, and Linux users are not even mentioned?
This is why some gamers on Linux either get very patient or switch back to Windows.
I just went back & played some more Minecraft.
I posted this already, but under the last post:
The 1.0.9 on HIB for Linux doesn’t load anything – well, unless you count segfaults as loading my desktop. 1.0.7, which I wisely saved, loads the only save made there just fine – unfortunately for me, it’s just the tutorial save. Halp? Should I just go ahead and register DoD on Desura? Id est, would that enable me to actually play without fear of saving or the game crashing? And I was doing so good for a third attempt, heh.
1.0.9 from HIB segfaults on newgame start as well. So, well. I though I’d play it, but I guess I’ll have to leave it for now…
I nuked the entire install directory & the save games, and it worked (I actually didn’t nuke the saved games until after I ran it & realized I didn’t care about them)…but I’m on 32-bit Ubuntu 10.10 – I sense it’s a YMMV situation.
Thanks so much for the mac update! Played a previously bugged and unavailable saved game for several hours last night, and it’s working great!
As others, I would greatly appreciate any information, or better a patch, for the Linux version.
This game is greatly addictive and not being able to play any saved game starts to be really frustrating !
This has just been sent to Desura; I expect it up in a bit.
OS X Lion user here. And I’m getting the crash on load bug. I’ve tried following the instructions to install the patch, but can’t figure them out. I’m not a power user, and I don’t want to spend my free time figuring out how to make the game I paid for work; I want to spend it killing diggles, you know?
I don’t want to be a jerk- I know how frustrating this must be to the developers- but is it possible to just get a stable version of the game, and make the updates optional?
My advice: just wait for Steam to push the update at this point. It shouldn’t be long now; we’re just being ultra-paranoid. (and who can blame us? :))
It looks like Monster Zoos aren’t working anymore. I’ve encountered two and both times, I can’t find all of the monsters that supposedly belong to the zoo (In one case, 4 were never found; in another case, 62 were missing!)
My monster zoos worked just fine. I killed two of them and got rewards for both.
Thank you for the patch, I was able to load one of my save.
Not sure about the rest though, the game just crashed right after clearing a monster zoo, I’ll try it again tomorrow to see if I can reproduce it.
The Linux 64Bit version on desura downloads the windowsfiles.
What in the…?
How strange. Re-uploading! Hopefully that will sort it.
Desura Linux user here.
Uh, so, I guess I’ve always had the ‘game crashes trying to load level 2-ish save file’, but now the game won’t even launch. I don’t know anything about crash logs or error messages or whatnot, but if I launch desura from a terminal window, here’s what Dredmor tells me when it tries to launch
Error opening /home/ohako/desura/common/dungeons-of-dredmor/Dredmor as 0: 2
The verify files thing comes back clean, I even re-installed from scratch (desura update…doesn’t work so good), but the Dredmor file just doesn’t open.
(Naming patch schemes using letters: awfully ambitious I think, unless you go into UTF-8!)
Desura, for whatever reason, has put the Windows binaries in the Linux64 build. I’m sorting this out now.
oh hey, it’s cool. I actually feel kinda mean for that last post.
Still, maybe the next patch number could be ‘1.0.9おして’ or something.
still ka-boned. My machine doesn’t seem to like the idea of installing the 32-bit version, and the 64-bit version still gives the same error. garg.
Desura still seems to be serving up the WIndows version when I downloaded and installed this morning. Should have downloaded the 64bit linux version
Not been able to play the 64-bit linux version on Desura since the update, any news on when it’ll be getting fixed?
any news on the infinite teleport bug?
I’m still having a few issues with saves crashing on load on OSX with the hotfix. It happened once before, then worked, and is now broken again. Not sure how it happened or how it got fixed the first time. Hoping it rights itself soon.
Where are save games for the Steam version of DoD? I installed Steam on linux and want to copy over my 1.0.9 savegame from the Linux version of DoD (which still doesn’t load :/ ) .. I figure I’ll just play the game on loonix (plus I can buy the expansion).
So if someone would clue me in on where the save games are (look in the user dir and in steamapps, etc)
Hello boyos!
Im sitting on Mac OS X 10.6.8 and the hotfix works good for me, playing the game via steam. Thanks for the quick support during the holiday and all!
And allow me to express my appreciation for you making this game, its really neat 🙂
Peace.
The hotfix seems to clear up my Mac OS save issue, thanks! …any progress on the “old Macs can’t play in full screen mode” issue?
Found a bug, not sure if it’s related to this patch but, here goes: When you find a wand recipe in a bookshelf, the image for the tool is missing and only showing a red “x”. If you mouse-over the missing icon, the game will crash.
It seems to be alright in the crafting interface but I couldn’t make the item to test it out.
I tried applying the new Windows patch and while save games are loading fine, Steam achievements are no longer working for me.
I think after the hotfix seam achievements don’t work. I maxed swords, survived thaumites, put on the maple should and the toque of canada but i have none of the achievements.
were you playing online??
oh noes, now should I wait for steam official update then?!?
Yes i always play online. I even saved the game and quit just to see if I had the achievements. I didn’t.
hotfix fixed it!! thanks a bunch and happy new year!!
(took me sometime to find the link to download the file tho.. how stupid am I)
Ditto — hotfix cured the crashing from trying to load a saved game in OS X, but now achievements don’t work. D: (Probably wouldn’t have applied the hotfix had I known that!)
While you are at it, there is a bug while loading saved games on Linux that you should take a look.
What is the proper way to report it? Is there a bugzilla somewhere?
Happy new year!
I’m seeing this as well. Ubuntu 10.10 32bit.
The latest update on Desura (20 hours ago, that puts it somewhere on Jan 02, 20:00 returned the savegame crashes, on 1.0.9B everything was working perfectly (installed Linux x32 build on a x64 system). Can’t wait to play again.
🙁 so sad right now, i can play and all but since steam achievements aren’t work i don’t want to…
such dilemma, i could play the 1st level and earn some achievements (if only i had the file prior overwriting with this patch) or i can play thoroughly but no achievements 🙁
just a question, if we patched using the hotfix, would Steam still update the game when the official patch comes out?
FAIL! It only works for new saves for me.
Dungeons of Dredmor seems to just crash on start up through steam on my mac. I applied the hotfix when it came out and the game worked fine up until today, Im not sure if there have been any patches go up on steam so Im kind of wondering what went wrong.
If it helps, see the web link for a dump of what Dredmor does under Linux when trying to load a save (even from 1.0.9).
Looks like applying the hotfix breaks achievements in Steam. When the patch goes live, will Steam re-download it and start achievements again?
steam updated showed up as of right now.. but steam is acting weird (it shows “no connection”) and thus i can’t play the game (gives a warning message about steam cloud etc)
it’s live, 1.0.9 REV B is live on steam for mac.
SO HAPPY!! it finally loaded my saved games!! and here’s hope achievements is working since it’s officially patched now!! thanks a ton!!
DIGGLES HERE I COME
Yep. I cant play anymore after the last steam patch.
Just sticks at preparing to launch for ages.
The you for the update, wonderful stuff!
So, after finding the >L2 bug on Mac, I installed the hotfix and it worked again. Now after the new version from steam (1.0.9b), (at least) that saved game won’t load anymore, just crashes instantly when it begins to load. Re-installing the hot-fix seems to allow it to work again. Haven’t yet tried loading a >L2 saved game with the 1.0.9b version yet.
revised^4 patch from yesterday or so enables me to load saves on linux version again. thank you.
Using the1.0.9 version my game crashed when Praying to the Goddess at the Statue of Inconsequentia
Sorry forgot to say using Windows 7