1 | Crossfire+ Server ChangeLog |
1 | Deliantra MORPG Server, Maps and Archetypes ChangeLog. |
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2 | Version numbers sort like decimal numbers. |
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4 | TODO: emergency swap mode is not working |
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5 | TODO: xs-warn doesn't end up in server log. |
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6 | TODO: 2008-07-13 00:41:27.8762 BUG: process_events(): removed object is on active list: {cnt:8720978,uuid:<1.37c8d364d>,name:"bomb",flags:[2,11],type:102} |
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7 | TODO: inscription cannot be readied. |
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8 | TODO: random destination transport may bring you tot nürnberg errornously, likely stoneville |
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9 | TODO: reasy_skill find traps does nto unapply the range slot item (bow) |
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12 | 2008-09-22 01:19:41.2886 unload completed, starting to reload now |
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13 | 2008-09-22 01:19:41.2886 reloading cf.pm |
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14 | 2008-09-22 01:19:41.3091 panic: attempt to copy value Storable to a freed scalar 2756268 at /opt/crossfire/share/deliantra-server/cf.pm line 72, <GEN1> line 3. |
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15 | 2008-09-22 01:19:41.3091+Compilation failed in require at /opt/crossfire/share/deliantra-server/cf.pm line 3671, <GEN1> line 3. |
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17 | TODO: release compress-lzf 3.41 |
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18 | TODO: region monsters gone? |
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19 | TODO: increasing frequency in evtgread.C of ticks triggers bugs during startup? |
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20 | TODO: cf::player::exists is a sync_job??? |
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21 | - bump login name length from 18 to 20 char max. |
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22 | - fix a disastrous "memleak" where temporary memory allocations |
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23 | would grow out of bounds. |
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24 | - server now writes a pidfile and makes sure its alter ego is killed. |
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25 | - fixed a double-escaping bug in the pod-parser. |
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26 | - rewrote the cfpod parser in C++. |
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27 | - hintmode moved to C++, players need to re-set their hintmode if |
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28 | they dislike "show". |
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29 | - fix RIP inscription. |
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30 | - correctly support gender in emotes. |
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31 | - correctly support gender in the death messages. |
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32 | - correctly generate death messages for players only when they really die, |
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33 | with increased information. |
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34 | - fix a bug in the dynbuf code that could potentially lead to crashes |
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35 | and data corruption (but apparently was never triggered). |
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36 | - close the $ENV{LOCKUTIL_LOCK_FD} fd if in the env, for lockutil. |
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37 | - make sure Compress::LZF acquires the storable lock, might fix some |
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38 | data corruption bug. |
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39 | - tweak coredumping/monitoring a bit. |
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40 | - do not crash in the loader when an inventory object could not be loaded |
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41 | (from a corrupted file). |
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42 | - redid skills comamnd to send output to proper channel. |
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43 | - object->map is no longer refcounting. |
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44 | - add FLAG_DEBUG for internal debugging. |
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45 | - add NDI_VERBATIM flag to send_msg. |
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46 | - add perl backtraces to logBacktrace-initiated backtraces. |
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47 | - split login.ext's player scheduler into |
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48 | it's own player-scheduler.ext extension. |
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50 | 2.7 Sun Sep 7 16:32:03 CEST 2008 |
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51 | - require perl 5.10. |
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52 | - make nrof signed, so that code that checks for underflow actually works. |
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53 | - swap player and observed count's on the map when observing. |
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54 | - add (mostly untested) mapspace perl class and accessors. |
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55 | - re-"calibrate" value/weight autopickup to be silver/kg >= pickup*100. |
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56 | - fix a crash in cast_bless (restoration et al.) when no target |
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57 | could be found. |
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58 | - pits now have a configurable "random spread" range and default |
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59 | to a radius of two now. |
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60 | - rewrite pay_player_arch. |
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61 | - use a more stable perl_reload implementation. |
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62 | - do not use Symbol::delete_package (causes crashes after perl-reload), |
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63 | use our own, safer, clear_package instead. |
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64 | - when asynchronously dumping core, close all file handles to allow |
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65 | the server to restart concurrently. |
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66 | - improve the cfpod parser to generate proper xml from proper cfpod |
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67 | sequences, without double-encoding. it should be faster, too. |
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68 | - the above fixes wrong display of help tetx and many other issues. |
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69 | - use lzf and frag packets for large messages for clients supporting them |
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70 | (0.9976+), use it for long books and other messages. |
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71 | - eradicate listen command and corresponding code. |
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72 | - eradicate logs command. |
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73 | - let the client log into the server log, used for crash backtraces. |
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74 | - fixed rods/wands/etc. with randomitem spells on maps, but broke |
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75 | old style spell objects with the spell magic bullet. |
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76 | - (arch) fixed skill less rods in the archetypes |
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78 | 2.61 Sun Aug 3 17:59:50 CEST 2008 |
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79 | - made jeweler workbench larger and some other minor map |
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80 | changes in jeweler town. |
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81 | - fixed wrong item handling in jeweler skill code. |
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82 | - (arch) use a special "key_random_map" for random map keys |
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83 | that are used up. |
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84 | - fix a crash when the player who was observed has logged out long |
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85 | enough for his region/map to be gone. |
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86 | - port to g++-4.3's incompatible tr1 changes. |
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87 | - add some missing dependencies. |
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88 | - log to /var/log/deliantra/ by default. |
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89 | - hack observe code to enable smooth movmenet when observing. |
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91 | 2.6 Sun Jul 20 18:58:08 CEST 2008 |
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92 | - (maps) extension of the jeweler quest/skill/town |
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93 | - correctly move gsay to the party channel. |
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94 | - fix a crash when animate weapon was used in some areas. |
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95 | - fixed unnecessary identification of by converters created objects. |
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96 | - (maps) tutorial now contains clues about chatting and talking |
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97 | with NPCs. |
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98 | - (arch) dragon scales got proper type now |
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99 | - object::decrease would sometimes cause container weights to |
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100 | be wrong, this has been fixed. |
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101 | - do not send time updates for newly-seen items. |
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102 | - thawing an icecube will once more drop its contents to the ground. |
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103 | - fix cone spells etc. going through walls sometimes. |
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104 | - fix a weight update bug that sometimes left containers |
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105 | with wrong weights. |
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106 | - added auto_apply event and extension for shop tiles. |
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107 | - work around get_map_flags invoking perl and switching the stack. |
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108 | - make sure the map is loaded when using a town portal return. |
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109 | - fixed a bug with caching of sp/grace/food points for spells |
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110 | where healing spells didn't cost any grace. |
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111 | - fix starvation kill reason. |
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112 | - fix pk killer name message. |
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113 | - don't let people apply signs with @match. |
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114 | - add support for berkeley db 4.7 (the new BDB module also fixes |
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115 | what seems to be the biggets memleak in the server). |
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117 | 2.56 Wed Jun 4 10:50:40 CEST 2008 |
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118 | - require Coro 4.73 which contains an important performance-bugfix. |
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119 | - use anyevent to manage listen ports (this enables IPv6 support). |
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120 | - server supports ipv6 client connections now. |
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121 | - use newly-available Coro::AnyEvent. |
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122 | - get rid of the AnyEvent::AIO watcher, start the event thread earlier |
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123 | to let it handle AIO requests. |
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125 | 2.55 Sat May 24 19:52:52 CEST 2008 |
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126 | - avoid newmap commands when crossing tiled map boundaries. this speeds up |
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127 | processing considerably (especially in the client) and reduces data transfers |
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128 | (saves roughly 1kb each crossing in typical configs). works even with gcfclient. |
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129 | - (arch) fix typo in ixalovh treasurelist causing empty_archetypes to appear. |
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130 | - (map) fixed npc dialogue in pup_land/s_f/special. |
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131 | - bugfix: fix a crash when a player casts a swarm spell and then logs out |
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132 | (swarm spells now stay in the player's inventory). |
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133 | - bugfix: when unapplying skills also remove them from the range/combat slots. |
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134 | - bugfix: do not merge items whose archetype name merges, use the |
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135 | archetype *archname* (chairs of different facings were merged). |
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136 | - bugfix: fix a potential crash issue in find_object_name (not used |
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137 | normally). |
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138 | - bugfix: locked doors cnanot be bashed down by magical means |
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139 | (destruction, magic missile etc.). |
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140 | - swarm spells without a direction now use various spiral patterns |
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141 | instead of being fully random. |
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142 | - update AnyEvent API to 3.4 and above. |
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144 | 2.54 Thu May 8 22:01:22 CEST 2008 |
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145 | - change floorbox item ordering to enable more efficient protocol and to |
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146 | stay in sync with the 0.9971 client update which also reverses ordering. |
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147 | - bugfix: the jumping skill now gives experience for jumping |
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148 | and for attacking monsters. it also takes about one second to do a jump. |
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149 | - bugfix: players couldn't starve in 2.53 :( |
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150 | - bugfix: correctly send the client a del_spell when a spell gets removed. |
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151 | - bugfix: spell effects like word of recall are removed on death. |
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152 | - bugfix: fix a crash when objects with treasure on top (ground...) |
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153 | were created outside a map. |
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154 | - bugfix: couldn't apply inventory items when levitating, but ground items |
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155 | (fixed by reversing the logic). |
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156 | - bugfix: fixed a mismatched '"' in the debugging description of objects |
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157 | - bugfix: the random map generator no longer leaks key objects. |
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158 | - bugfix: support random maps >127x127. |
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159 | - (maps) fixed the death certificate system in nimbus. |
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160 | - (maps) rebalance onefang, build a road to onefang, temporarily closed zorn. |
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161 | - (arch) the material 'wood' was undefined, it's now a burnable material. |
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162 | - (arch) give ball lightning a real name. |
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163 | - (arch) fixed material of bones (was 'wood', is now 'bone') |
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164 | - support cfpod in ex replies (client item tooltips). |
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165 | - unapply item in range slow when readying a spell. |
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166 | - bugfix: account for rounding errors in weight updates. |
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167 | - remove synchronous mkdir in chargen_race_done. |
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168 | - fix per-race starting maps. |
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169 | - check hiscore on suicide and quit as well. |
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170 | - tell players when they are starving. |
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171 | - get rid of costly object_from_name conversion for altar effects. |
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172 | - fix map difficulty calculation for generators. |
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173 | - slightly more intelligent handling of "is_animated" flag. |
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174 | - support no_drop map header flag (before it was only available internally). |
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175 | - make random-map-generated keys crumble after one hour, use more unique slaying. |
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177 | 2.53 Sun May 4 17:32:48 CEST 2008 |
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178 | - bugfix: custom skill settings were not saved by the server. |
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179 | - bugfix: remove did not actually remove items from the inventory, leaving |
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180 | ghost items. |
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181 | - bugfix: properly update items identified on the ground. |
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182 | - bugfix: use localtime_r in the logger thread. |
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183 | - bugfix: player starvation will now give the correct kill reason. |
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184 | - bugfix: archetype reloads could crash the server. |
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185 | - bugfix: the mailscrolls are now correctly handed out even when the destination |
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186 | player is not logged in. |
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187 | - bugfix: make list_logins non-blocking (glaring oversight). this caused the lag at |
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188 | server startup. |
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189 | - bugfix: fix the door surround check in the random map generator. |
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190 | - (maps) fix heaven quest difficulty progression. |
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191 | - (maps) fix some random map styles. |
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192 | - dropping items a shop is not interested in won't sell them anymore. |
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193 | - rods and horns with a too low maximum charge allow now at least one discharge. |
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194 | - implement kill & death statistics. |
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195 | - random map preparation is no longer synchronous. |
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196 | - rewrite find_style in perl, no longer does synchronous I/O. |
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197 | - improve random map specials placement. |
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198 | - make the killer a real object pointer instead of a string, improved |
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199 | kill reason messages. |
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200 | - take advantage of new aio_close and aio_chmod. |
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201 | - implement archetype::get, object::deep_clone and update callers. |
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202 | - change_abil is much faster. |
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203 | - update the floorbox more often to work around the reverses item order |
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204 | display in clients. |
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205 | - cleaned up object copying by encapsulating it to a single place. |
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206 | - add hints to the invite messages. |
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207 | - rewrote key<->value pair handling. |
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208 | - use an independent random number generator for the random map generator. |
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210 | 2.52 Thu Apr 24 11:47:19 CEST 2008 |
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211 | - completely automate the item add/delete on remove/insert. this should fix |
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212 | all "ghost" item bugs caused by sloppy coding, as sloppy coding is now correct :) |
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213 | - completely automate the weight handling, should fix all weight |
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214 | accounting bugs caused by sloppy coding, as sloppy coding is now correct :) |
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215 | - reloading archetypes while a user was in the character creation phase |
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216 | could crash the server. |
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217 | - fix a nontrivial number of cases of code commented similar |
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218 | to "is this really correct?", as many of those cases are now handles |
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219 | automatically by lower level code. |
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220 | - replace many ad-hoc checks for client visibility by object::visible_to, |
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221 | should result in broader applicability of functions using it. |
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222 | - merge items with different arch pointers refering to the same arch |
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223 | (due to archetype reloads). |
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224 | - refactored the object remove/insert functions and most related |
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225 | functions (decrease, split, merge_ob etc.). |
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226 | - make it compile better on freebsd (reported by pippijn). |
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227 | - remove GT_UPDATE_INV (no longer applicable). |
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228 | - fix the longstanding "container stays open" bug. |
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229 | - improved floorbox updating to be incremental and other protocol |
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230 | optimisations. |
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231 | - get rid of update_after_inventory_change and only do update stats |
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232 | for weight once/tick/player at max. |
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233 | - rewrite party commands, use party channel. |
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235 | 2.51 Sun Apr 20 21:27:37 CEST 2008 |
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236 | - properly link against libgthread as that is needed to make the slice |
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237 | allocator thread-safe. |
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238 | - support perls not compiled with 64 bit support (though this is not a |
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239 | recommended configuration) (reported by Samuel Gondouin). |
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240 | - always put godgiven items into the player inventory, never any containers. |
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241 | - (maps, arch) the scorn go club was founded! |
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242 | - (arch) do no longer support player abilities, they didn't work anyways. |
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243 | - (arch) the alchemy spell is now of the alchemy spell school, which |
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244 | became a real spell-class. |
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245 | - (arch) the alchemist class now get an alchemy spell book for new characters. |
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246 | - (arch) considerably strengthened spark shower and destruction. |
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247 | - match archetypes by name, not by ptr, in treasure.C, this makes archetypes |
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248 | finally reloadable at runtime. |
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249 | - changed archetype loading algorithm to only require one pass and |
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250 | use delayed resolving of references. |
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251 | - examine command now uses the examine infobox. |
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252 | - implement an "incremental garbage collector" for archetypes. |
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253 | - enable slice allocator again. |
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254 | - implement optional free memory poisoning. |
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256 | 2.5 Wed Apr 16 15:06:53 CEST 2008 |
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257 | - the two handed weapon skill can no longer be used as unarmed combat |
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258 | skill. |
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259 | - append [drop xxx coins] to altar/trigger_altar/identify_table/converter |
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260 | names (also update all maps to use money instead of coins). |
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261 | - add uuid accessors to perl. |
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262 | - add coin names and archetype accessors to perl. |
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263 | - fix runtime uuid file format to use "." instead of ",". |
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264 | - change perl extensions to not use hardcoded coins and values. |
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265 | - write uuids asynchronously (no hiccups due to uuid writes) |
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266 | and be more parsimonous of uuid usage by the exact value out on exit. |
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267 | - write log messages in another thread, removing another sync point. |
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268 | - support multi-line log messages in a nicer way. |
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269 | - be more portable w.r.t. uuids and format specifiers everywhere. |
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270 | - fix a minor memleak in the random map generator. |
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271 | - some parts of the random map generator are not coroutine-safe, |
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272 | so only call it "single-threaded". |
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273 | - major cleanup of memory management in random map generator. |
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274 | - slight refactoring of the random map generator, faster too. |
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275 | - solve the "slice_alloc becomes negative" mystery - no allocation bug, |
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276 | bookkeeping bug. |
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277 | - work around "player is on active list" problem by deactivating player |
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278 | after loading. |
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279 | - garbage collect shstr's more evenly and adaptively only when |
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280 | there have in fact been allocations. |
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281 | - fix object::insert to do as documented and insert into the env |
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282 | if necessary. |
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283 | - fix cf::map::unique_maps. |
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284 | - fix nrof overflow check in can_merge_slow. |
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285 | - fix converter code to handle >31 bit values. |
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286 | - added support for the player_sold flag |
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287 | - converters no longer accept unpaid items. |
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288 | - canonicalize random map meta files for better unification. |
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289 | |
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290 | 2.43 Sun Apr 6 20:35:29 CEST 2008 |
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291 | - work around a glibc bug that causes calloc to return non-zero memory |
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292 | when mlockall has been used. |
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293 | - pass environment to perl_sys_init3, as required by newer perls. |
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294 | - use separate thread for ticker timing (and more in the future). |
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295 | this greatly increases timing accuracy and gets rid of an enourmous |
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296 | number of gettimeofday calls. |
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297 | - use a separate thread to signal aio completion, for lower latency. |
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298 | - require Coro 4.47, which fixes a data corruption bug with its C API. |
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299 | |
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300 | 2.42 Sat Mar 15 12:05:21 CET 2008 |
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301 | - rebalanced default experience table to be more exponential |
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302 | and much easier up to level ~40, then moderately harder. |
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303 | - change attuned/repelled level boni to +-8 from +-2. |
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304 | - use SvUPGRADE to avoid exception in sv_upgrade with perl 5.10. |
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305 | - do not exit on reload/load errors but properly cleanup. |
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306 | - fix a 32 bit uncleanlyness in the slice debugging wrapper. |
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307 | |
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308 | 2.41 Fri Jan 25 13:15:37 CET 2008 |
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309 | - get rid of YAML::Syck, it's too buggy and misparses many files |
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310 | (this fixes the jeweler skill). |
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311 | - back-to-back perl_reloads don't freeze the ticker anymore. |
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312 | - convert cfutil from Event to EV (forgot to do this earlier...). |
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313 | - move tombstone to real map if player died due to cave-in (even if |
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314 | it has reset, which is better than putting it on the savebed, also as |
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315 | proof that the palyer didn't use a savebed). |
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316 | |
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317 | 2.4 Sun Jan 13 13:41:29 CET 2008 |
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318 | - work around perl bug in configure perl module version check. |
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319 | - fix bug in golem move code that would cause a crash at tiling borders. |
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320 | - fix a freeze bug when looking for an arrow in the inventory. |
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321 | - fix a bug in animate_weapon, causing a crash. |
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322 | - no longer exit when a coroutine throws an exception. |
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323 | - fix a potential double free bug (nicely exploited by g++ 4.2). |
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324 | - fix the "<player> is nuts" message. |
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325 | - fix an exception at logout due to the json_coder being gone. |
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326 | - upgrade to EV version 2.0 API. |
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327 | - when players don't apply a savebed correctly but stand above one, |
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328 | do not move or kill them. |
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329 | - implement client-side settings page in playerbook (0.9963+ required). |
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330 | - implement generic framework for server-side resource files. |
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331 | - implement resource file update event. |
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332 | - hook experience table update into the framework. |
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333 | - move jeweler.yaml to resources (arch/). |
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334 | - switch from Crossfire to Deliantra perl module. |
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335 | - implement json2json arch filter. |
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336 | - implement widget protocol version 2, support for ui templates. |
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337 | - mapinfo is now handled fully asynchronously. |
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338 | - ext/irc: also log irc messages. |
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339 | - ext/schmorplog: write user stat files asynchronously. |
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340 | |
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341 | 2.32 Sun Dec 2 18:11:01 CET 2007 |
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342 | - limited the number of items that can be picked up and dropped |
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343 | as temporary measurement against bad performance or dropping things |
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344 | (this lead to long freezes and triggered the watchdog). |
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345 | - improved the performance of the drop command a bit. |
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346 | - switch from Event to EV for higher performance, easier usage, |
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347 | less bugs... |
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348 | - updated to release version of the gnu affero license. |
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349 | |
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350 | 2.31 Sun Nov 11 17:26:28 CET 2007 |
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351 | - more thoroughly rename the binaries, contact addresses. |
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352 | - update the copyrights. |
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353 | - avoid backtraces due to old spells on some maps, sometimes causing |
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354 | crashes. |
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355 | - fix a problem where facedata wasn't initialised to zero properly, |
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356 | potentially causing crashes. |
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357 | - assign weapons on user load time, not login-time, avoiding |
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358 | crashes. |
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359 | |
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360 | 2.3 Sat Oct 27 11:22:38 CEST 2007 |
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361 | - fixed an important bug that caused passwords to be forgotten. |
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362 | - implement *tag destinations for goto, slaying etc. and use it |
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363 | in some of the maps. |
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364 | - bigworldised many maps (islands as in pupland and aldwulf), |
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365 | which is now trivial to do. |
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366 | - removed all traces of the old (and never working) plug-in interface |
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367 | (70kb code less on amd64). |
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368 | - improve/tune scheduling priorities. |
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369 | - fix some freezing bugs. |
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370 | - fix a memory corruption problem in dynbuf.printf. |
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371 | - use channels for chat and many informational commands. |
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372 | - improved the tutorial. |
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373 | - create missile is now fixed. |
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374 | - race fields must now contain archetypes. |
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375 | - jumping skill now works as advertised. |
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376 | |
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377 | 2.2 Tue Sep 11 15:41:24 CEST 2007 |
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378 | - relicense under the gnu affero license. |
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379 | - new inscription skill, can only inscribe INSCRIBABLE items. |
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380 | - implement server-side framework for generic resources. |
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381 | - use resource framework for server-provided ambient |
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382 | music. |
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383 | - save object owners (players only atm). |
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384 | - replace limited sound api with server-provided sound effects. |
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385 | - new sc (sound control) protocol command. |
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386 | - improve fxix protocol to include types. |
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387 | - exactly fill tcp segments, if possible. |
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388 | - output-rate is now an upper limit, the server will automatically |
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389 | (and quite perfectly) adjust to the network conditions, ensuring |
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390 | low latency even during bulk transfers (music, images, sounds etc.). |
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391 | - implement server-side widgets (i.e. client widgets controlled |
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392 | in the server side). this will allow future expansion without |
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393 | having to upgrade clients. |
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394 | - implement a (artwork) world map with realtime player position |
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395 | tracking. |
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396 | - new and more efficient extcmd (server still supports old extcmd |
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397 | protocol). |
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398 | - fixed lots of underflow/overflow bugs in diseases and general stats |
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399 | calcluation that could be easily exploited by users. |
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400 | - rebalanced diseases to spread more naturally/evenly. |
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401 | - completely asynchronous map loading even for tiled maps. |
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402 | - replace simple messaging protocol with channels carrying metadata |
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403 | (similar to message types, but more directed at the user). |
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404 | - reduce command processing latency by a whopping 120ms by |
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405 | reordering some processing steps inside the server. this directly |
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406 | reduces lag by 120ms. |
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407 | - actually send spell faces to the client. |
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408 | - implement player genders. |
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409 | - unclean logout/login results in: nothing if map hasn't reset, |
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410 | otherwise return to savebed and possible kill if the log-out |
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411 | was for too long. |
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412 | - fast socket-dead detection (kick player after 8 seconds without ack). |
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413 | - greatly reduce the cpu time needed to draw maps _again_. |
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414 | - archetypes are now subclasses of objects. |
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415 | - rebalanced shop greed and approval functions to be more realistic |
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416 | (and likely match the actual intention). |
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417 | - implement "crossfire pod" format for messages, with working bold, |
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418 | italic, gender-specific text, paragraphs etc. |
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419 | - implemented hint framework, players can opt to receive hints. |
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420 | - implemented (long) book framework, added some books from the cf wiki. |
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421 | - implement generic message framework that uses xml, utf8 for the client |
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422 | protocol and is capable of transmitting generic meta information. |
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423 | - implement (in a suboptimal way) per-player instantiated maps. |
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424 | - replace the nexus by a per-player tutorial map that teaches stuff |
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425 | better than the newbie house. |
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426 | - fix the magicmap colours. |
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427 | - optimise map update even more by removing unneeded code and checks. |
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428 | - decouple map and stats update from pl->ob and use pl->observe instead. |
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429 | - implement observe command. |
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430 | - major speed up in map refresh by replacing most get_map_from_coord |
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431 | calls with a simple comparison. |
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432 | - fix a latent crossfire bug that could crash the server because the |
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433 | map refresh did not update the mapspace. |
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434 | - support custom keys for regions and maps, regions are now |
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435 | refcount-managed. |
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436 | - allow worldmap overlays anywhere in the 000..999 range. |
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437 | - new system to acquire time slices for background jobs, to reduce |
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438 | jitter. |
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439 | - semi-persistent object-referencing framework (currently only players |
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440 | supported). |
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441 | - dependency tracking for perl extensions. |
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442 | - new slag-ex extension for cleaning cauldrons. |
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443 | - fix invoke result processing. |
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444 | - there are even less i/o syncpoints in the server now. |
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445 | - added map-tags extension that scans all maps for object tags |
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446 | and records them in the database (not used yet). |
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447 | - metaserver 2 support. |
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448 | - many more bugfixes and minor optimisations. |
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449 | |
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450 | 2.1 Sun May 27 04:21:29 CEST 2007 |
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451 | - optimised event invocation (non-wanted events can now be |
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452 | skipped with 4-5 inlined instructions). |
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453 | - complete rewrite of town_portal: it now creates a portal |
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454 | to the "nearest" town only, travel is only possible |
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455 | to the town and back, anybody can use it (also removes |
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456 | one of the remaining syncpoints in the server). |
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457 | - complete rewrite of the range/attack skill slot system: |
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458 | there are now two slots, one for combat, one for ranged |
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459 | attacks. |
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460 | - introduce the concept of a current weapon (either a ranged |
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461 | or a combat weapon/skill/tool) and switch between them as |
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462 | needed. |
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463 | - rewrite bow code so bows get more useful: apply damage, |
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464 | attacktype and other stats to the arrows and treat |
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465 | bows as weapons. also rebalance the missile weapons skill |
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466 | so its damage increases with level. |
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467 | - rewrite the complete player speed logic: weapon_speed now |
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468 | works as documented and there are no unnatural speed boosts. |
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469 | - implement a utility - cfutil - that simplifies arch and map |
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470 | installation, replacing the old collect scripts and |
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471 | simplying deployment by scaling and cutting faces as required. |
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472 | - simplify the map protocol extensively by taking advantage |
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473 | of missing bigfaces, speeding up map generation immensely. |
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474 | - implement inherit keyword allowing archetypes to inherit from |
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475 | other archetypes. |
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476 | - rationalise archetype, region and treasurelist file format |
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477 | into a single file format and make them reloadable asynchronously. |
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478 | - make the worldmap, facedata (smoothing, faces, magicmap) |
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479 | reloadable at runtime. |
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480 | - implement 64x64 faceset support. |
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481 | - implement fxixsx protocol that saves |
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482 | a lot of bandwidth over the old image/face/smooth packets |
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483 | and allows images > packetsize, incremental and background |
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484 | transfers. |
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485 | - implement a bandwidth-saving smoothing protocol that works |
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486 | on a face basis as opposed to a mapspace basis. |
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487 | - the server can now rate-limit image uploads to not exceed |
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488 | a certain (client-configurable) speed while guarenteeing full |
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489 | freedom of movement. |
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490 | - implement new ex command to request item descriptions. |
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491 | - implement new msg command for in-game messages with meta |
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492 | information (using xml). |
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493 | - enforce utf-8 for all text messages. |
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494 | - added micropather (not used yet). |
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495 | - many, many bugfixes. |
2 | |
496 | |
3 | 2.0 Tue Mar 6 15:22:53 CET 2007 |
497 | 2.0 Tue Mar 6 15:22:53 CET 2007 |
4 | - make coroapi accessible to cf+. |
498 | - make coroapi accessible to cf+. |
5 | - moved map handling logic completely to perl |
499 | - moved map handling logic completely to perl |
6 | - per player maps are now marked in the map |
500 | - per player maps are now marked in the map |
7 | - maps are saved completely differently now, |
501 | - maps are saved completely differently now, |
8 | and much more often. |
502 | and much more often. |
9 | - rewrote map header parser and writer |
503 | - rewrote map header parser and writer, to be much faster. |
10 | - maps and players are now (in the average case) loaded |
504 | - maps and players are now (in the average case) loaded |
11 | and saved completely asynchronously, I/O contention will no |
505 | and saved completely asynchronously, I/O contention will no |
12 | longer freeze the server. |
506 | longer freeze the server. |
13 | - players and maps can be loaded anytime, without the player |
507 | - players and maps can be loaded anytime, without the player |
14 | being logged in. |
508 | being logged in. |