A few minor changes

• Added a ROM checksum to the name entry screen
• Added an option to prevent Erdrick's Armor being in Charlock
• Added an option for easier running from higher level monsters
• Fixed a bug where custom sprites could override invisible NPCs
• Fixed some problems with a couple of sprites:
  • Kirby
  • DW3 ghost

Minor improvements

• Changed Death Counter flag to modify the checksum
  • The counter mildly changes some game timing so it should not have the same checksum
• Improvements to Noir Mode
  • This mode should be less garish and look more like the output of a black & white television
• Removed Dr. Wily stage music from the possible ending tracks to avoid more VOD mutes on Twitch.

Bug fixes and a new sprite

• Fixed a bug in stair shuffle that may cause Dragonlord to be inaccessible.
• Fixed a potential bug in chest placement code.
• Some player growth curve changes to hopefully speed things up a little.
  • This should put it more in line with play times from version 2.2.
• Removed Moon Theme to prevent VOD muting by Twitch.
• Added a few more original tracks.
• Fixed an issue with 2-byte XP/Gold drops when randomized (it was being truncated to one byte).
• Removed the top floor from Charlock in "Short Charlock" (community request).
• Removed Golem from the search spot treasure guard pool.
• Added "Mina the Hollower" sprite.
• Added support for dark mode.

So many changes!

• Entirely new web-based user interface
• Added tri-state flags for most options. This allows an option to randomly be on or off.
  • Two flags are exceptions, which are "partial" flags
    • "Summer Sale" will only discount about half of the items when set to "partial"
    • "Treasure Guards" will set only about half of important items to be guarded.
• Added tracking of certain stats which will be displayed after the game ending. The following are tracked:
  • Encounters, defeats, and deaths for each monster.
  • The number of times you used each spell.
  • Deaths - The number of times you died.
  • Attacks - The number of times you used the "Attack" command.
  • Crits - The number of times you had an "Excellent Move".
  • Dodges - The number of times an enemy dodged
  • Blocks - The number of times you were prevented from running.
  • Ambushes - The number of times a monster attacked you first.
  • Bonks - The number of times you ran into an obstacle.
  • Play time - In game play time from when you selected message speed until the "Until the dragons return again" text displays.
    • This includes time on the title screen if you have started the game and then reset.
• Added a flag for enabling random chest placement.
• Added stair shuffle to randomize where dungeon stairs go.
• Added alternate algorithm for determining run chances.
  • With this flag on, chances of running will be determines by which map you are on rather than the monster difficulty.
  • This is the same algorithm used when "Random Monster Stats" is on.
• Added "Summer Sale" flag which will discount all weapons and armor by 35-65%
• Added "Random Map Size" option to allow generation of smaller maps.
• Added "Treasure Guards" where a mid-level spike encounter will guard important items.
  • Guarded items are Erdrick's Armor & Sword, Silver Harp, Erdrick's Token, and Stones of Sunlight.
• Added "Randomly Rotate/Mirror Dungeons" which will change the orientation of dungeon maps
  • Maps can be rotated 90, 180, or 270 degrees in addition to being vertically or horizontally mirrored.
• Added a summary tab which will display a summary of what options are set to.
• Added sorting of player inventory based on item index
• Added display of what spells you learned at level up (instead of "thou hast learned a spell").
• Added support for 2-byte XP and Gold drops from monsters
  • Red Dragons now give 350 XP.
  • Golems now give 350 XP.
  • Goldmen now give 650 GOLD.
• Adjusted the player strength growth curve.
• Adjusted the curves for random XP and Gold drops for monsters based on the new values.
• "Short Charlock" now includes the top floor of Charlock unless "Stair Shuffle" is also on.
• Added new sprites:
  • FF4 Edge
  • Plumplim
  • DoaE Guan Yu
  • DoaE Zhang Fei
  • DoaE Zhao Yun
  • DoaE Huang Zhong
  • DoaE Ma Chao
  • DoaE Zhuge Liang
  • DoaE Jiang Wei
  • DoaE Lu Bu
  • Bo Jackson
  • Jerry Rice
  • Barry Sanders

Some balance changes for the tournament

• Maximum STOPSPELL resist is now 9/16
• Maximum SLEEP/DL2 breath chance is now 50%
• New Flag: Scaled Metal Slime XP (32 times level)
  • With this flag Metal Slimes will give XP equal to 32 times your level or 255, whichever is less.
• Updated the default flags to CDFGMPRSTWZar

Armor in Charlock? Yes. And much more!

• Added the ability for Erdrick's Armor to be in a chest

• The 3 search spots can now have any unique item: Sword, Armor, Token, Harp, Stones, Death Necklace, Fairy Flute.

  • Death Necklace on a search spot also creates a mini gold grind there.

• Added the ability to use torches and fairy water in battle

• Added a flag for forcing heal/hurt before healmore/hurtmore

• Added a "No Hurtmore" flag

• Changed "Vanilla Map" to "Random Map"

  • Opposite logic, of course

• Fixed picking up the token again after getting the Rainbow Drop

  • The chest/search spot will now be empty instead if you have the drop

• Moved Challenge mode sprites to be flags on the new Challenge tab

• Removed the extra town/cave locations from vanilla map

• Major overhaul of all stat generation

  • Added "make stats consistent" option for this mode for those who want the stats to be a little more sane.

• Also modified algorithms for random weapon prices and random XP.

• Modified the harp to pull lower-tier monsters (Zone 1&2)

• Rimuldar will no longer be required on the first continent if there is an accessible key in a cave

• Major speed increase to map generation (thanks dvj!)

• Removed stray sheild sprite in "Invisible hero" (thanks dwedit!)

• Added an option to disable screen flashing for spell casts

• Added "Permanent Torch" option

  • This will make the minimum viewable area 3x3 in dark areas
  • Torches will have no effect, but radiant still works as expected

• Fixed a bug where HP was not boosted when "Randomize Growth" was off in big swamp mode.

• Made sure there is no item on the overworld if "No Numbers" is enabled.

• Fixed an issue where towns were occasionally placed in improper spots on non-random maps

• Fixed random sprite choice to not be deterministic

  • The random sprite chosen will no longer depend on the seed number

• Added new sprites:

  • Ms. Pacman Sue
  • FF4 Cecil
  • Yoshi
  • Fixed an error in the Kirby princess carrying sprite

Sprite fix

• Fixed an issue with the Slime and Red Slime sprites.
• Fixed the version number.

Bug fixes

• Fixed a bug where selecting the default hero sprite would crash the randomizer
• Fixed a bounds check error in the map code which could crash the randomizer
• Some minor edits to a few sprites.

More ways to WIN!

• Cursed Princess mode!
  • In this mode, you can win the game by getting Gwaelin to take a cursed belt from your inventory when you return her to the king.
• Three's Company mode!
  • In this mode, you can win by bringing the princess to the Dragonlord and accepting his offer to join him.
• Vanilla Map option
  • Allows you to play with the original map instead of a randomized one.
• "Chaos Mode" has been removed and separated into multiple options
• Fixed some issues with disabled/randomized music.
  • Music can now be totally disabled aside from instances where it affects game timing
  • All music is now randomized/disabled, including after inn stays, etc.
• New player sprites:
  • Red Slime
  • Metal Slime
  • Dragonlord
  • Jason (Blaster Master)
  • Bomberman
  • Christine (Arkista's Ring)
  • Kirby
  • Lala (Adventures of Lolo)
  • Lolo (Adventures of Lolo)
  • Pac-Man
  • Ms. Pac-Man
  • Inky
  • Blinky
  • Pinky
  • Clyde
  • Slime (Dragon Quest franchise)
  • Mike (Star Tropics)
  • Waluigi (Mario franchise)
  • Wario (Mario franchise)
  • Doran (Dragon Warrior IV)
  • Tov the Dog (Dragon Wariror IV)
  • Yeti (Dragon Warrior IV)
• The wizard now takes the token as well as the staff/stones when you receive the rainbow drop
• An option to make metal slimes always run, even when you have low strength.
• "Search" now opens a treasure chest instead of just telling you one is there.
  • It's still faster to use "Take"
• Added an option to change to modern Dragon Quest spell names
• Fixed a bug in Death Necklace max HP calculations
  • This fixes an issue where HP was 1 lower than it should have been with the necklace equipped.
• Some tweaks to map generation which should make them more interesting.
• The Brecconary fairy water shop no longer requires a key to access.

Bug fix for potential soft lock

• Fixed an issue where Brecconary being on a different continent from Tantegel Castle could create a soft lock if the swamp cave is inside Tantegel.
  • Brecconary will now always be on the same continent as Tantegel if the swamp cave is in Tantegel.
• Fixed the Fairy Water text for female characters (his -> her).