Forge 04/22/2011 (unofficial BETA) version

[Chris H.]

Forge 04/22/2011 (unofficial BETA) version

(Quest icons used created by Teekatas, from his Legendora set
http://raindropmemory.deviantart.com)


7746 cards in total.

This version is based upon the revision # 8153 which is found on our SVN.

This beta includes some new cards and a number of bug fixes. The work pace has slowed somewhat. Work continues on the Ability Factory and cards sets. Additional cards were added to the list of cards that will not appear in a randomly generated deck.

Fnoed spent some time in the recent past improving the quest mode UI, the user interface. With the several thousand new cards that were added some people developed an interest in upgrading the previous quest mode AI decks and we would also like to add son=me new decks.

We attempted to add in untested and unadjusted decks and decided to try a different and more organized approach. We have several new and several changed decks in this version. There will probably become an ongoing project and we can expect to see additional quest opponent decks over the next several beta releases.

We also have a handful of bug fixes and new cards for this release. There is a new column in the deck editor labeled AI. The data contained in this column is primarily for those people who are building and editing quest opponent decks.

I found a utility to remove the hidden Mac-related files. I removed the ".SVN" and the /res/lib/ folders from this archive as they are not needed. We have changed the archiving format to ".tar.bz2" since this may help to store the file permissions for the Mac OS X launcher. There are utilities for Windows, Mac OS and the various *nix's that can be used to decompress these archives.


The Mac OS application version:

We have packaged the Forge 04/01/2011 BETA version as a Mac OS application. You can double click the Forge.app icon to launch the forge application on your Apple computer running Mac OS. This application will automatically increase the java heap space memory for you as it launches. This version does not require the forge.command file and it does not need to start the Terminal application as part of the start up process. This version should only require java 1.5.

You can move a copy of your pictures and decks over to the Forge.app application. Right click or control click on the Forge.app icon. Select Show Package Contents form the contextual menu. A Finder window will open and will display a folder named Contents. Navigate to the folder:

/Contents/Resources/Java/res/

Your decks can be placed in the decks folder, your pics can be placed in the pics folder, etc.


Many people helped with this version. A special thank you goes out to them:

Sloth
Dennis Bergkamp
Friar Sol
Hellfish
Slapshot5
Jeff Wadsworth
Corwin72
Jaedayr
LazyLockie
Zirbert
Replika
Eidolon
Jhhh
Chris H


Added many cards, including:

NEW CARD LIST | Open

AEther Burst
AEther Charge
Alarum
Ancient Hellkite
Angelic Protector
Arcane Spyglass
Aura of Dominion
Backlash
Bargain Table
Barter in Blood
Belltower Sphinx
Betrayal
Betrayal of Flesh
Binding Agony
Blazing Shoal
Bloodfire Infusion
Cephalid Illusionist
Chimeric Coils
Civic Guildmage
Cradle of Vitality
Delirium
Divine Retribution
Dragonsoul Knight
Dust Elemental
Emberwilde Caliph
Energy Bolt
Esperzoa
Far Wanderings
Flowstone Salamander
Fool's Tome
Forked Bolt
Goblin Tinkerer
Godo's Irregulars
Golgari Grave-Troll
Grim Feast
Guardian Idol
Haunting Apparition
Hurloon Shaman
Ichorid
Idle Thoughts
Indestructible Aura
Into the Roil
Jungle Wurm
Knight of Dusk
Lim-Dul the Necromancer
Lim-Dul's Cohort
Liquimetal Coating
Malignant Growth
Myr Landshaper
Nourishing Shoal
Opal Acrolith
Paragon of the Amesha
Phantom Whelp
Phyrexian Delver
Reign of Chaos
Relic of Progenitus
Reparations
Rise from the Grave
Sadistic Augermage
Sawback Manticore
Scrapbasket
Sensei Golden-Tail
Serene Sunset
Sickening Shoal
Sidar Jabari
Skirk Ridge Exhumer
Still Life
Stunted Growth
Teneb, the Harvester
Testament of Faith
Tropical Storm
Unyaro Griffin
Urborg Stalker
Vastwood Animist
Veil of Birds
Veiled Apparition
Verdant Touch
Veteran Explorer
Vines of Vastwood
Vivify
Waiting in the Weeds
Wall of Resistance
Wall of Tombstones
Woodwraith Corrupter

The links to the various archives:

The Forge 04/22/2011 archive (requires java 5, possibly java 6):

WinUnix Forge 04222011.7z (7.56 MB, at MediaFire)

(at cardforge.org)


Forge 04/22/2011 BETA packaged as a Mac OS application:

Mac Forge 04222011.7z (7.96 MB, at MediaFire)


The quest opponent icons (New version, includes additional icons for the new opponents):

Quest_Opponent_Icons04-22-2011.7z (1.01 MB, at MediaFire)
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[Chris H.]

Fixes/Features:

FIXES and FEATURES | Open

- Fixed Mox Opal.
- Cards with "CARDNAME can't be the target of spells." can no longer be targeted by aura spells.
- "CARDNAME can't be the target of Aura spells." will no longer protect from abilities of auras (like Chime of Night.)
- Fixed Dense Foliage.
- Converted Leafdrake Roost to generic aura + AF.
- Added Zirberts Zombie Pack 4.
- Fixed Treva's Ruins.
- Fixed Mage Slayer.
- Minor edit to the notes recently added to CF_Auras.
- Added a brG Landfall theme.
- Updated some themes.
- Fixed several misspellings, changed occured to occurred.
- Cleanup in CardFactory.
- Added two new parameters to AF ChangeZone: Mandatory and Chooser (see wiki).
- Converted Chittering Rats as an example.
- Made a few edits to finish the Squirrel Nest conversion. Most of the work was already done at some point in the past.
- Converted Chimney Imp to use "Mandatory".
- Converted Mind Swords to use "Mandatory".
- Fixed Annihilator keyword.
- Re-fixed Tangle Wire.
- Ran set info script.
- Added the option "Targeted" to "Chooser".
- Ran set info script.
- Generic aura can now handle "Enchant " {Type} " an opponent controls".
- Ran set info script.
- Finished changing occurrences of "clearSpellAbility()" to "clearFirstSpellAbility()" that are located in CardFactory_Auras.java.
- Generic aura can now handle "Enchant " {Type} " an opponent controls".
- Ran set info script.
- Renamed the "Grimclaw Bats.txt" card file to "grimclaw_bats.txt".
- Renamed the "krosan_war_chief.txt" card file to "krosan_warchief.txt".
- Renamed the "nacrolepsy.txt" card file to "narcolepsy.txt".
- Renamed the "duergar_hedge-mage.txt" card file to "duergar_hedge_mage.txt".
- Renamed the "lim-duls_cohort.txt" card file to "lim_duls_cohort.txt".
- Changed occurrences of "clearSpellAbility()" to "clearFirstSpellAbility()" that are located in CardFactory_Instants.java.
- Changed occurrences of "clearSpellAbility()" to "clearFirstSpellAbility()" that are located in CardFactory_Sorceries.java.
- The triggered ability of Silver Drake is now mandatory.
- Added "Mandatory$ True" to some more cards.
- Added "Mandatory$ True" to some more cards.
- Added "Mandatory$ True" to two more cards.
- Finished changing occurrences of "clearSpellAbility()" to "clearFirstSpellAbility()" that are located in CardFactory_Sorceries.java.
- Fixed Wolf-Skull Shaman, replaced the em dash with a normal dash.
- Changed occurrences of "clearSpellAbility()" to "clearFirstSpellAbility()" that are located in CardFactory.java.
- Ran set info script.
- Fixed Pestilence Rats, it's power will now only count the other rats on the battlefield.
- Reverted Altar of Bone; Arid Mesa; Artificer's Intuition; Bad River; Bant Panorama; Beseech the Queen; Bloodstained Mire; Bog Glider; Braidwood Sextant; Captain Sisay; Cateran Summons; Citanul Flute; Conflux; Corpse Harvester; Crop Rotation; Deep Reconnaissance.
- Converted the older drawback to the newer AF drawback in a number of cards.
- Reverted Chastise and Divine Offering.
- Added "Mandatory$ True" to Entomb; Foresight; Gamble; Grim Tutor; Imperial Seal; Liliana Vess; Long-Term Plans; Manipulate Fate; Planar Portal; Vampiric Tutor.
- Converted Amulet of Vigor to trigger.
- Fixed Well of Life text.
- Converted the older drawback to the newer AF drawback in a number of cards.
- Text fix
- Converted the older drawback to the newer AF drawback in a number of cards.
- Converted Afterlife to the newer AF drawback.
- Added a space.
- Converted Beckon Apparition to the newer AF drawback.
- Converted Funeral Pyre to the newer AF drawback.
- Converted Violet Pall to the newer AF drawback.
- Converted the older drawback to the newer AF drawback in a number of cards.
- Fixed the mistake made in Essence Drain, the drawback now has a LifeAmount.
- Converted the older drawback to the newer AF drawback in a number of cards.
- Converted the older drawback to the newer AF drawback in a number of cards.
- Converted the older drawback to the newer AF drawback in a number of cards.
- Fixed level 5 ability for Kabira Vindicator.
- Dormant Gomazoa was missing flying.
- Converted Vampiric Feast and Vicious Hunger to the newer AF drawback.
- Converted Bargain; Mikokoro, Center of the Sea; Temple Bell and Words of Wisdom to the newer AF drawback.
- Converted Call to Heel; Chandra's Outrage; Path of Peace and Kiss of the Amesha to the newer AF drawback.
- Fixed Warren Instigator, no longer displays two copies of the spell description.
- Fixed Commune with Nature, changed "of the bottom" to "on the bottom".
- Fixed Screeching Sliver, it will now ask you to "Select target player".
- Added a method used in the Shandalar code for keeping set info per card intact, when saving a deck.
- Converted Desecrated Earth to the newer AF drawback.
- Ran set info script.
- Converted First Volley to the newer AF drawback.
- Converted Fodder Launch to the newer AF drawback.
- Converted Grotag Siege-Runner; Gwafa Hazid, Profiteer and Melt Terrain to the newer AF drawback.
- Converted Misfortune's Gain and Poison the Well to the newer AF drawback.
- Corrected the casting cost of Resounding Silence.
- Fixed Nissa's Chosen, it now moves to bottom of library rather than the top of library.
- Converted Reckless Embermage; Sign in Blood and Smash to Smithereens to the newer AF drawback.
- Converted Sunflare Shaman to the newer AF drawback.
- Fixed Minion of Tevesh Szat, it now does the correct amount of damage if you fail to pay the upkeep cost.
- Converted Convalescence to trigger and AF.
- Converted Convalescent Care to trigger and AF.
- Added the missing pump ability to Orcish Veteran.
- Millikin will no longer appear in a randomly constructed deck used by the computer.
- Fixed Gigapede, it is now a triggered ability.
- Converted Nether Spirit to Trigger.
- Little Updates and fixes to card text files.
- Fixed Spirit Loop, it will now only enchant creatures that you control.
- Fixed exceptions when Mycoid Shepherd triggers.
- Added SVar:RemRandomDeck:True to some cards.
- The AI will now use token generators more often.
- Minor edits to some card files.
- Added "blockingSource" and "blockedBySource" to Valid restrictions.
- Minor edits to some card files.
- Ran set info script.
- Minor edits to some card files.
- Fixed Briar Patch trigger not having any effect.
- Fixed LQ pic URL for Forked Bolt.
- Converted AEther Mutation; Artifact Mutation; Aura Mutation; Death Mutation and Morbid Bloom to the newer AF drawback.
- Converted Divine Offering; Serene Offering; Terashi's Grasp and Viashino Heretic to the newer AF drawback.
- Minor edits to some card files.
- Added the missing P/T to Springjack Knight.
- Added the missing Trample ability to Bramblesnap.
- Converted Armistice; Chastise and Condemn to the newer AF drawback.
- Added "SVar:RemRandomDeck:True" to Didgeridoo.
- Converted Burning Cloak to the newer AF drawback.
- Minor edit to the Arc Mage card file.
- Converted Cruel Bargain; Devour in Shadow and Eternal Flame to the newer AF drawback.
- Fixed Skull of Orm, it now will not return enchantments from the opponent's graveyard.
- Minor edits to some card files.
- Minor edits to some more card files.
- Converted Exile; Infernal Contract and Psionic Sliver to the newer AF drawback.
- Converted the last hardcoded ability of Cromat to script.
- Added a note to Illumination about it being buggy. As a temporary fix, this card no longer has a drawback.
- Converted Rashida Scalebane; Sever Soul and Vendetta to the newer AF drawback.
- Converted Stern Judge and Stronghold Discipline to the newer AF drawback. This may be the last of the cards that contain convertible drawbacks.
- Minor edits to some card files.
- Ran set info script.
- Fixed Conjurer's Bauble.
- Excluded Auras from Charmed Griffin and added a note.
- Corrected the name for Bargaining Table.
- Fixed Stone-Seeder Hierophant.
- Added the 100+ new quest decks from Corwin.
- Added "Mandatory$ True" to some more triggered abilities.
- Several of the new quest decks had invalid card names that would cause an error exception when the deck was loaded. Fixed the Atomic Robo 3; Colossus 3 and Predator 3 decks.
- Several of the new quest decks had cards that are not in forge and this would cause an error exception when the deck was loaded. Fixed the Lucifer 2 and Lucifer 3 decks.
- Ran set info script.
- Fixed text of Skinwing.
- Added SVar:RemAIDeck:True to Cabal Pit.
- The deck editors will now display a column named "AI". Cards with the SVar RemAIDeck will show a "No", cards with the SVar RemRandomDeck will show a "?" and the rest of the coards will show a "".
- I have not been able to figure out the code in the table sorter class. If you click on the "AI" in the title bar you will get an error.
- The deck editor will now sort by clicking on the "AI" column title and it will no longer generate an error.
- Minor edits to some AF_Mana card files. All DBPain cards should now have SVar:RemAIDeck:True.
- Fixed Windscouter.
- Minor edits to some card files. This batch includes spell countering cards that use the term "unless its controller pays".
- Ran set info script.
- There may be or is cases where a card could have both the "SVar:RemAIDeck:True" and the "SVar:RemRandomDeck:True" Svars. Made some changes to the new AI column. Cards with both SVars will display "No ?".
- Minor edits to some card files.
- Ran set info script.
- Added SVar:RemAIDeck:True to Harabaz Druid.
- Moved some of Corwin's updated quest decks to the SVN. Fixed several invalid card names. The following decks were moved: Aquaman 1.dck; Aquaman 2.dck; Aquaman 3.dck; Ash 1.dck; Ash 2.dck; Ash 3.dck; Atomic Robo 1.dck; Atomic Robo 2.dck; Atomic Robo 3.dck; Bear 1.dck; Bear 2.dck; Cable 2.dck; Captain America 2.dck; Colbert 2.dck; Colossus 2.dck; Conan 3.dck; Darkseid 2.dck; Dick Grayson 3.dck; Dinosaur 1.dck; Dinosaur 2.dck; Dog 2.dck; En Sabah Nur 3.dck; Fin Fang Foom 1.dck; Fin Fang Foom 3.dck; Gambit 3.dck; Goblin Recruit 2.dck; Green Arrow 2.dck; Hulk 2.dck; Hulk 3.dck; Jack 2.dck; Jack 3.dck; Jason Todd 3.dck; Kang 2.dck; Kang 3.dck
- Updated the following quest decks: Colossus 3.dck; Dr Doom 2.dck; Dr Doom 3.dck; Krypto 3.dck; Link 3.dck
- Added a CostDesc$ to Wall of Mulch.
- Minor edits to some card files.
- Added SVar:RemAIDeck:True to Joiner Adept.
- Added SVar:RemAIDeck:True to Wirewood Channeler and Viridian Joiner.
- Removed the SVar:RemAIDeck:True from Red Sun's Zenith.
- Added edited versions of these new decks: Bear 2.dck; Colbert 3.dck; Deadpool 2.dck; En Sabah Nur 2.dck
- Updated some tier 3 quest decks (mostly with fetchlands).
- Removed 8 quest opponent decks and these will not be considered for inclusion at a later date.
- Replaced the Seabiscuit decks with white metalcraft decks.
- Made Darrin Stephens 1 a little less powerful.
- Fixed Sharuum the Hegemon.
- This should complete the removal of the recently added but not yet ready quest decks. Play tested the quest mode and encountered no problems. Should be stable.
- Removed the forum member and developer names from the quest deck opponent deck descriptions.
- Updated the Seabiscuit opponent deck descriptions.
- Added missing text to Yavimaya's Embrace.
- Fixed Brainstorm ability of Jace, the Mind Sculptor.
- Added SVar:RemAIDeck:True to Farmstead.
- Little fix in Wall of Mulch.
- Replaced 2 of the old tier 3 decks with new decks by lazylockie.
- Updated and improved Jack Sparrow 3.
- Commented out the forge.Gui_Quest_Deck_Info.buildDeckList() method as it no longer is being used. Left a not here that people should place future opponent quest decks descriptions at: forge.quest.gui.main.QuestBattle.buildDeckList().
- Added Aquaman quest decks for Corwin.
- Added the description and updated the lists.
- Updated some quest decks.
- Updated some descriptions.
- Fixed Citanul Hierophants.
- Converted Joiner Adept to script.
- Fixed Sachi, Daughter of Seshiro.
- Commented out the no longer needed "commands.put("Joiner_Adept", Joiner_Adept);" statement in gameActionUtil.
- Added SVars to a couple of cards.
- Triggers will now accept a second suit of isPresent: "isPresent2", "PresentZone2", etc.
- Fixed Quest for the Nihil Stone.
- Fixed Clockwork Dragon, it now has Flying.
- Stacking keywords (like bushido) will now stack, when given out by AF animate.
- Converted Gemhide Sliver to script.
- Ran set info script.

[Chris H.]

I am trying to upload the main forge archive to MediaFire and am having no luck. Both times MediaFire has reported a failure and the archive fails to show up under "My File Listing".

And yet the opp icon archive uploaded OK. I do not know what is happening with MediaFire today. Sigh. Will try one more time.

[Chris H.]

I am trying to upload the main forge archive to MediaFire and am having no luck. Both times MediaFire has reported a failure and the archive fails to show up under "My File Listing".

And yet the opp icon archive uploaded OK. I do not know what is happening with MediaFire today. Sigh. Will try one more time.

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Three failures in a row on uploading the main forge archive to MediaFire.

[friarsol]

Three failures in a row on uploading the main forge archive to MediaFire.

Chris check your messages. I sent you some info on a possible alternative.

[Chris H.]

Three failures in a row on uploading the main forge archive to MediaFire.

Chris check your messages. I sent you some info on a possible alternative.

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Thank you Sol, I may try that next.

The new icon archive was accepted by MediaFire even though it gave me a failure message at the end. The new icon archive is a .7z rather than a .tar.bz2 archive.

I was able to upload the Mac Forge archive with the same results and it is also a .7z archive. Not sure if I am on to something or not.

[DemoneNero]

thanks guys

[slappysquirrel]

i dont see a link for the windows version. how do i download it?

[Chris H.]

i dont see a link for the windows version. how do i download it?

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That link is not yet ready. Sorry about that. I only have modem dial up and it is taking me a lon, long time to get all the links up. MedaiFire is also giving me some problems.

I have two of the three links up. I am trying to upload a WinUnix version as a .7z archive since MedaiFire seems to be accepting that type of archive at this time.

[Chris H.]

I was able to upload a working copy of the main archive to MediaFire. This version should be compatible with Windows and Unix.

This version does not contain the forge.command file that is needed to launch the jar without a heap error on an Apple Mac computer.

Macs should use the Mac version, or if you still have a copy of the forge.command file you can use that to launch the Windows and Unix version.


Oh, and Sol, I downloaded the installer and will try this out in a more relaxed time. I think that I should be looking for a replacement to MediaFire as a long term solution.

[Sloth]

Note that the Recover keyword does no longer work (I don't know since when).

Comments on new and old quest decks are welcome.

[mtgrares]

Another great release, thanks.

[ProphetSword]

Wow, I'm not sure what happened, but ever since I installed the newest update, all I get are error messages. Two when it starts up, and more when I try to start a game. It won't allow me to do anything. I can reprint the errors here if that will help. I just wanted to know if anyone else is having this issue.

[Chris H.]

Wow, I'm not sure what happened, but ever since I installed the newest update, all I get are error messages. Two when it starts up, and more when I try to start a game. It won't allow me to do anything. I can reprint the errors here if that will help. I just wanted to know if anyone else is having this issue.

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Try extracting the archive into a new directory and see if it will run.

Note that if you do not use the included launcher and instead launch the run-forge.jar file without increasing the java heap space you will get an error message.

[ProphetSword]

I figured out the issue. It was due some card files having their name changed and not overwriting the original. It was giving fits because there were multiple instances of some cards. Once I deleted the oldest versions of those cards, everything worked fine.