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In the editor there does not seem to be a proper facility to allow objects to be
placed (or chosen) at -1, -1 for the release action (like the firestaff_plus_gem is in DM for example).
I tried releasing an object that was placed normally in the dungeon (i.e 0+,0+ where you could just pick it up if you found it) but doing so then
creates a duplicate item reference with position -1,-1 which stops the dungeon from compiling.
It seems you can't use the release action without editing the txt file at the moment

exactly, you must create the target object somewhere in the dungeon before using it in a release action, and then remove it manually from the txt file... it's not very annoying but the release action targets could be implemented differently.

brrr... what frightening avatar you have...

This has already been suggested before - I'll sort something out when I get time.

it's just so large : ) (the avatar)

Sorry if I you were already on the case, I hadn't noticed it mentioned in any other threads. I mentioned it as a side note in another thread but I thought
it might not have been seen.
There is a workaround for the editor which I have just discovered :

Create the item you want released anywhere as above (which would generate the error) then save the dungeon. Open it again which makes the editor find the error and apparently it strips the duplicate item from the dungeon leaving the one at -1,-1 that you wanted! Then save the dungeon again and you can compile.

This is now fixed for V0.35.

RELEASE triggers now work in the same way as MIRRORs / SHOOTERs do (i.e. they take the things they release from the tile rather than a specific list).

For back compatibility, the old method of specifying items as TARGETs and a position of -1,-1 also works.