The Dink Network

So.. I killed Churnblade in the dungeon I was trapped in, went to free Sahib and learned Acid Rain magic. After that I go out in the desert and find out there are only 2 places I can really go to. An underground entrance where it's too dark for Dink so he returns to the desert, and a path near the Goblin village where you get a screen lock and kill 1 goblin so realise 2 new ones appear, so it doesn't lead anywhere. I'd appreciate a hint or two.

Go back to Sahib's house?
Oh, go back to the Sahib's house if you've already gone to Pencilhead's dungeon, too.
Can't remember where it was... :/

I would, but can't get out of the desert. Was wondering, I can only cast one spell after getting the acid rain magic and I need it to get through the first flames right next to the dungeon exit.. Also tried going back from the dungeon enterance but that won't work. There are 2 other flames in the desert I'd extinguish with acid rain in order to get back to the village, but for some reason my spells won't be renewed. Is that how this is supposed to go..? My magic level isn't 0, so that can't be it at least.

Your spell won't renew? That's... weird. Do you have Fireball as well? Does that do the same thing?

Yeah. I can only cast one spell and that's when Dink learns Acid Rain. And yes, I've got the fireball spell, actually 2 of them.. Gathered enough money to buy it from the lady in the cliffs and after that I found out you can get it for free from the Bonca Lair.. Duh. But it's just one spell, be it Acid Rain or Fireball. After that the green bar just won't move anywhere. The spells haven't worked at all during the game, no matter where I am or how many spells I've got.

That is very, very weird. (Also didn't realise that Fireball was added twice - I'll try and fix that at some point too). Would it be possible for you to e-mail me your saved game to maskofarik@yahoo.com ? I'll take a look at it and see if I can figure out what the problem is. Does magic work O.K in your other Dink games?

Magic works fine in other dmods. And sure I'd send you my saved game if I hadn't started a new game and accidentaily overwritten the other one.. Sorry. But in case I find myself struggling with the same problem again, I'll send you it before messing anything up.

you need at least 1 in your magic level for it to refill, if it is at 0 it wont refresh and that is why you only get one use of the acid rain

Hey um... Watch post dates next time, okay?

She also noted that her magic level wasn't 0. I've still no idea what could possibly have caused this bug. Hopefully it was a one-off.

On a note related to bugs: I don't remember if I informed either of you boys or not, but for the fun of it I decided to "beta test" the game again with the 0.98 patch, and I seem to recall producing a decent-sized list of stuff... a lot of it was spelling/grammar stuff, since I seem to have a knack for that, but it seems like I found a few genuine quirks as well. I don't know how many were major, if any, but I thought that might "interest" you (make you grumpy). I think I covered pretty much everything except the very last level of the ToA. Maybe if I find some free time soonish, I'll finish that test up and send the list on by.

That would be most kind. And by "kind", I mean annoying.

But it would be nice to get the d-mod completely glitch free, so if you can put together a truly comprehensive buglist, I'm sure Arik would love to see it.

I've been meaning to ask you about that. Hit me. I'll hit Sabre.