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Deliantra MORPG Server, Maps and Archetypes ChangeLog.

TODO: picking up the torches in nimbus seemingly works, but after
      a while (used up?) they seem to be gone from the inv but the client doesn't know about that.
TODO: dragons should not be able to change their title via the settings tab in playerbook

2.51  
        - properly link against libgthread as that is needed to make the slice
          allocator thread-safe.
        - support perls not compiled with 64 bit support (though this is not a
          recommended configuration) (reported by Samuel Gondouin).
        - match archetypes by name, not by ptr, in treasure.C, this makes archetypes
          finally reloadable at runtime.
        - always put godgiven items into the player inventory, never any containers.
        - changed archetype loading algorithm to only require one pass and
          use delayed resolving of references.
        - implement an "incremental garbage collector" for archetypes.
        - (maps, arch) the scorn go club was founded!
        - (arch) do no longer support player abilities, they didn't work anyways.
<<<<<<< Changes
        - (arch) the alchemy spell is now of the alchemy spell school, which
          became a real spell-class.
        - examine comamnd now uses the examine infobox.
        - enable slice allocator again, was accidentally disabled in 2.5.
=======
        - (arch) the alchemy spell is now of the alchemy spell school.
        - (arch) the alchemist class now get an alchemy spell book for new characters.
        - enable slice allocator again.
>>>>>>> 1.99
        - implement optional free memory poisoning.

2.5  Wed Apr 16 15:06:53 CEST 2008
        - the two handed weapon skill can no longer be used as unarmed combat
          skill.
        - append [drop xxx coins] to altar/trigger_altar/identify_table/converter
          names (also update all maps to use money instead of coins).
        - add uuid accessors to perl.
        - add coin names and archetype accessors to perl.
        - fix runtime uuid file format to use "." instead of ",".
        - change perl extensions to not use hardcoded coins and values.
        - write uuids asynchronously (no hiccups due to uuid writes)
          and be more parsimonous of uuid usage by the exact value out on exit.
        - write log messages in another thread, removing another sync point.
        - support multi-line log messages in a nicer way.
        - be more portable w.r.t. uuids and format specifiers everywhere.
        - fix a minor memleak in the random map generator.
        - some parts of the random map generator are not coroutine-safe,
          so only call it "single-threaded".
        - major cleanup of memory management in random map generator.
        - slight refactoring of the random map generator, faster too.
        - solve the "slice_alloc becomes negative" mystery - no allocation bug,
          bookkeeping bug.
        - work around "player is on active list" problem by deactivating player
          after loading.
        - garbage collect shstr's more evenly and adaptively only when
          there have in fact been allocations.
        - fix object::insert to do as documented and insert into the env
          if necessary.
        - fix cf::map::unique_maps.
        - fix nrof overflow check in can_merge_slow.
        - fix converter code to handle >31 bit values.
        - added support for the player_sold flag
        - converters no longer accept unpaid items.
        - canonicalize random map meta files for better unification.

2.43 Sun Apr  6 20:35:29 CEST 2008
        - work around a glibc bug that causes calloc to return non-zero memory
          when mlockall has been used.
        - pass environment to perl_sys_init3, as required by newer perls.
        - use separate thread for ticker timing (and more in the future).
          this greatly increases timing accuracy and gets rid of an enourmous
          number of gettimeofday calls.
        - use a separate thread to signal aio completion, for lower latency.
        - require Coro 4.47, which fixes a data corruption bug with its C API.

2.42 Sat Mar 15 12:05:21 CET 2008
        - rebalanced default experience table to be more exponential
          and much easier up to level ~40, then moderately harder.
        - change attuned/repelled level boni to +-8 from +-2.
        - use SvUPGRADE to avoid exception in sv_upgrade with perl 5.10.
        - do not exit on reload/load errors but properly cleanup.
        - fix a 32 bit uncleanlyness in the slice debugging wrapper.

2.41 Fri Jan 25 13:15:37 CET 2008
        - get rid of YAML::Syck, it's too buggy and misparses many files
          (this fixes the jeweler skill).
        - back-to-back perl_reloads don't freeze the ticker anymore.
        - convert cfutil from Event to EV (forgot to do this earlier...).
        - move tombstone to real map if player died due to cave-in (even if
          it has reset, which is better than putting it on the savebed, also as
          proof that the palyer didn't use a savebed).

2.4  Sun Jan 13 13:41:29 CET 2008
        - work around perl bug in configure perl module version check.
        - fix bug in golem move code that would cause a crash at tiling borders.
        - fix a freeze bug when looking for an arrow in the inventory.
        - fix a bug in animate_weapon, causing a crash.
        - no longer exit when a coroutine throws an exception.
        - fix a potential double free bug (nicely exploited by g++ 4.2).
        - fix the "<player> is nuts" message.
        - fix an exception at logout due to the json_coder being gone.
        - upgrade to EV version 2.0 API.
        - when players don't apply a savebed correctly but stand above one,
          do not move or kill them.
        - implement client-side settings page in playerbook (0.9963+ required).
        - implement generic framework for server-side resource files.
        - implement resource file update event.
        - hook experience table update into the framework.
        - move jeweler.yaml to resources (arch/).
        - switch from Crossfire to Deliantra perl module.
        - implement json2json arch filter.
        - implement widget protocol version 2, support for ui templates.
        - mapinfo is now handled fully asynchronously.
        - ext/irc: also log irc messages.
        - ext/schmorplog: write user stat files asynchronously.

2.32 Sun Dec  2 18:11:01 CET 2007
        - limited the number of items that can be picked up and dropped
          as temporary measurement against bad performance or dropping things
          (this lead to long freezes and triggered the watchdog).
        - improved the performance of the drop command a bit.
        - switch from Event to EV for higher performance, easier usage,
          less bugs...
        - updated to release version of the gnu affero license.

2.31 Sun Nov 11 17:26:28 CET 2007
        - more thoroughly rename the binaries, contact addresses.
        - update the copyrights.
        - avoid backtraces due to old spells on some maps, sometimes causing
          crashes.
        - fix a problem where facedata wasn't initialised to zero properly,
          potentially causing crashes.
        - assign weapons on user load time, not login-time, avoiding
          crashes.

2.3  Sat Oct 27 11:22:38 CEST 2007
        - fixed an important bug that caused passwords to be forgotten.
        - implement *tag destinations for goto, slaying etc. and use it
          in some of the maps.
        - bigworldised many maps (islands as in pupland and aldwulf),
          which is now trivial to do.
        - removed all traces of the old (and never working) plug-in interface
          (70kb code less on amd64).
        - improve/tune scheduling priorities.
        - fix some freezing bugs.
        - fix a memory corruption problem in dynbuf.printf.
        - use channels for chat and many informational commands.
        - improved the tutorial.
        - create missile is now fixed.
        - race fields must now contain archetypes.
        - jumping skill now works as advertised.

2.2  Tue Sep 11 15:41:24 CEST 2007
        - relicense under the gnu affero license.
        - new inscription skill, can only inscribe INSCRIBABLE items.
        - implement server-side framework for generic resources.
        - use resource framework for server-provided ambient
          music.
        - save object owners (players only atm).
        - replace limited sound api with server-provided sound effects.
        - new sc (sound control) protocol command.
        - improve fxix protocol to include types.
        - exactly fill tcp segments, if possible.
        - output-rate is now an upper limit, the server will automatically
          (and quite perfectly) adjust to the network conditions, ensuring
          low latency even during bulk transfers (music, images, sounds etc.).
        - implement server-side widgets (i.e. client widgets controlled
          in the server side). this will allow future expansion without
          having to upgrade clients.
        - implement a (artwork) world map with realtime player position
          tracking.
        - new and more efficient extcmd (server still supports old extcmd
          protocol).
        - fixed lots of underflow/overflow bugs in diseases and general stats
          calcluation that could be easily exploited by users.
        - rebalanced diseases to spread more naturally/evenly.
        - completely asynchronous map loading even for tiled maps.
        - replace simple messaging protocol with channels carrying metadata
          (similar to message types, but more directed at the user).
        - reduce command processing latency by a whopping 120ms by
          reordering some processing steps inside the server. this directly
          reduces lag by 120ms.
        - actually send spell faces to the client.
        - implement player genders.
        - unclean logout/login results in: nothing if map hasn't reset,
          otherwise return to savebed and possible kill if the log-out
          was for too long.
        - fast socket-dead detection (kick player after 8 seconds without ack).
        - greatly reduce the cpu time needed to draw maps _again_.
        - archetypes are now subclasses of objects.
        - rebalanced shop greed and approval functions to be more realistic
          (and likely match the actual intention).
        - implement "crossfire pod" format for messages, with working bold,
          italic, gender-specific text, paragraphs etc.
        - implemented hint framework, players can opt to receive hints.
        - implemented (long) book framework, added some books from the cf wiki.
        - implement generic message framework that uses xml, utf8 for the client
          protocol and is capable of transmitting generic meta information.
        - implement (in a suboptimal way) per-player instantiated maps.
        - replace the nexus by a per-player tutorial map that teaches stuff
          better than the newbie house.
        - fix the magicmap colours.
        - optimise map update even more by removing unneeded code and checks.
        - decouple map and stats update from pl->ob and use pl->observe instead.
        - implement observe command.
        - major speed up in map refresh by replacing most get_map_from_coord
          calls with a simple comparison.
        - fix a latent crossfire bug that could crash the server because the
          map refresh did not update the mapspace.
        - support custom keys for regions and maps, regions are now
          refcount-managed.
        - allow worldmap overlays anywhere in the 000..999 range.
        - new system to acquire time slices for background jobs, to reduce
          jitter.
        - semi-persistent object-referencing framework (currently only players
          supported).
        - dependency tracking for perl extensions.
        - new slag-ex extension for cleaning cauldrons.
        - fix invoke result processing.
        - there are even less i/o syncpoints in the server now.
        - added map-tags extension that scans all maps for object tags
          and records them in the database (not used yet).
        - metaserver 2 support.
        - many more bugfixes and minor optimisations.

2.1  Sun May 27 04:21:29 CEST 2007
        - optimised event invocation (non-wanted events can now be
          skipped with 4-5 inlined instructions).
        - complete rewrite of town_portal: it now creates a portal
          to the "nearest" town only, travel is only possible
          to the town and back, anybody can use it (also removes
          one of the remaining syncpoints in the server).
        - complete rewrite of the range/attack skill slot system:
          there are now two slots, one for combat, one for ranged
          attacks.
        - introduce the concept of a current weapon (either a ranged
          or a combat weapon/skill/tool) and switch between them as
          needed.
        - rewrite bow code so bows get more useful: apply damage,
          attacktype and other stats to the arrows and treat
          bows as weapons. also rebalance the missile weapons skill
          so its damage increases with level.
        - rewrite the complete player speed logic: weapon_speed now
          works as documented and there are no unnatural speed boosts.
        - implement a utility - cfutil - that simplifies arch and map
          installation, replacing the old collect scripts and
          simplying deployment by scaling and cutting faces as required.
        - simplify the map protocol extensively by taking advantage
          of missing bigfaces, speeding up map generation immensely.
        - implement inherit keyword allowing archetypes to inherit from
          other archetypes.
        - rationalise archetype, region and treasurelist file format
          into a single file format and make them reloadable asynchronously.
        - make the worldmap, facedata (smoothing, faces, magicmap)
          reloadable at runtime.
        - implement 64x64 faceset support.
        - implement fxixsx protocol that saves
          a lot of bandwidth over the old image/face/smooth packets
          and allows images > packetsize, incremental and background
          transfers.
        - implement a bandwidth-saving smoothing protocol that works
          on a face basis as opposed to a mapspace basis.
        - the server can now rate-limit image uploads to not exceed
          a certain (client-configurable) speed while guarenteeing full
          freedom of movement.
        - implement new ex command to request item descriptions.
        - implement new msg command for in-game messages with meta
          information (using xml).
        - enforce utf-8 for all text messages.
        - added micropather (not used yet).
        - many, many bugfixes.

2.0  Tue Mar  6 15:22:53 CET 2007
        - make coroapi accessible to cf+.
        - moved map handling logic completely to perl
        - per player maps are now marked in the map
        - maps are saved completely differently now,
          and much more often.
        - rewrote map header parser and writer, to be much faster.
        - maps and players are now (in the average case) loaded
          and saved completely asynchronously, I/O contention will no
          longer freeze the server.
        - players and maps can be loaded anytime, without the player
          being logged in.
        - automatically generate method interfaces for perl from headers
        - unbundled freezethaw
        - mostly rewrote common/map.C
        - completely rewrite server/swap.C
        - introduced "runtime", the CCT clock (corrected crossfire time) :)
        - introduced new keyword for map files: file_format_version (integer, server version: 0)
        - better message for apply failures due to applymode
        - removed most all of the weather code
        - unified logging to stderr and file
        - too many minor changes to document
Revision:	1.100
Committed:	Sun Apr 20 18:48:51 2008 UTC (16 years ago) by root
Branch:	MAIN
Changes since 1.99:	+8 -0 lines
Log Message:	* empty log message *
#	User	Rev	Content
1	root	1.36	Deliantra MORPG Server, Maps and Archetypes ChangeLog.
2	root	1.6
3	root	1.91	TODO: picking up the torches in nimbus seemingly works, but after
4			a while (used up?) they seem to be gone from the inv but the client doesn't know about that.
5			TODO: dragons should not be able to change their title via the settings tab in playerbook
6
7	root	1.100	2.51
8	root	1.97	- properly link against libgthread as that is needed to make the slice
9			allocator thread-safe.
10	root	1.91	- support perls not compiled with 64 bit support (though this is not a
11			recommended configuration) (reported by Samuel Gondouin).
12	root	1.94	- match archetypes by name, not by ptr, in treasure.C, this makes archetypes
13			finally reloadable at runtime.
14			- always put godgiven items into the player inventory, never any containers.
15			- changed archetype loading algorithm to only require one pass and
16			use delayed resolving of references.
17	root	1.96	- implement an "incremental garbage collector" for archetypes.
18	root	1.92	- (maps, arch) the scorn go club was founded!
19	root	1.93	- (arch) do no longer support player abilities, they didn't work anyways.
20	root	1.100	<<<<<<< Changes
21			- (arch) the alchemy spell is now of the alchemy spell school, which
22			became a real spell-class.
23			- examine comamnd now uses the examine infobox.
24			- enable slice allocator again, was accidentally disabled in 2.5.
25			=======
26	root	1.95	- (arch) the alchemy spell is now of the alchemy spell school.
27	elmex	1.99	- (arch) the alchemist class now get an alchemy spell book for new characters.
28	root	1.98	- enable slice allocator again.
29	root	1.100	>>>>>>> 1.99
30	root	1.96	- implement optional free memory poisoning.
31	root	1.91
32	root	1.89	2.5 Wed Apr 16 15:06:53 CEST 2008
33	root	1.90	- the two handed weapon skill can no longer be used as unarmed combat
34	root	1.85	skill.
35	root	1.84	- append [drop xxx coins] to altar/trigger_altar/identify_table/converter
36			names (also update all maps to use money instead of coins).
37	root	1.78	- add uuid accessors to perl.
38			- add coin names and archetype accessors to perl.
39	root	1.80	- fix runtime uuid file format to use "." instead of ",".
40	root	1.78	- change perl extensions to not use hardcoded coins and values.
41	root	1.79	- write uuids asynchronously (no hiccups due to uuid writes)
42			and be more parsimonous of uuid usage by the exact value out on exit.
43	root	1.86	- write log messages in another thread, removing another sync point.
44			- support multi-line log messages in a nicer way.
45	root	1.80	- be more portable w.r.t. uuids and format specifiers everywhere.
46	root	1.81	- fix a minor memleak in the random map generator.
47			- some parts of the random map generator are not coroutine-safe,
48			so only call it "single-threaded".
49			- major cleanup of memory management in random map generator.
50	root	1.87	- slight refactoring of the random map generator, faster too.
51	root	1.81	- solve the "slice_alloc becomes negative" mystery - no allocation bug,
52			bookkeeping bug.
53	root	1.87	- work around "player is on active list" problem by deactivating player
54			after loading.
55	root	1.81	- garbage collect shstr's more evenly and adaptively only when
56			there have in fact been allocations.
57	root	1.82	- fix object::insert to do as documented and insert into the env
58			if necessary.
59			- fix cf::map::unique_maps.
60			- fix nrof overflow check in can_merge_slow.
61			- fix converter code to handle >31 bit values.
62	elmex	1.83	- added support for the player_sold flag
63	root	1.84	- converters no longer accept unpaid items.
64	root	1.88	- canonicalize random map meta files for better unification.
65	root	1.77
66	root	1.75	2.43 Sun Apr 6 20:35:29 CEST 2008
67	root	1.72	- work around a glibc bug that causes calloc to return non-zero memory
68			when mlockall has been used.
69	root	1.71	- pass environment to perl_sys_init3, as required by newer perls.
70	root	1.72	- use separate thread for ticker timing (and more in the future).
71			this greatly increases timing accuracy and gets rid of an enourmous
72			number of gettimeofday calls.
73	root	1.82	- use a separate thread to signal aio completion, for lower latency.
74	root	1.73	- require Coro 4.47, which fixes a data corruption bug with its C API.
75	root	1.71
76	root	1.69	2.42 Sat Mar 15 12:05:21 CET 2008
77	root	1.68	- rebalanced default experience table to be more exponential
78			and much easier up to level ~40, then moderately harder.
79	root	1.67	- change attuned/repelled level boni to +-8 from +-2.
80	root	1.66	- use SvUPGRADE to avoid exception in sv_upgrade with perl 5.10.
81			- do not exit on reload/load errors but properly cleanup.
82	root	1.69	- fix a 32 bit uncleanlyness in the slice debugging wrapper.
83	root	1.66
84	root	1.64	2.41 Fri Jan 25 13:15:37 CET 2008
85	root	1.59	- get rid of YAML::Syck, it's too buggy and misparses many files
86			(this fixes the jeweler skill).
87	root	1.60	- back-to-back perl_reloads don't freeze the ticker anymore.
88	root	1.61	- convert cfutil from Event to EV (forgot to do this earlier...).
89	root	1.63	- move tombstone to real map if player died due to cave-in (even if
90			it has reset, which is better than putting it on the savebed, also as
91			proof that the palyer didn't use a savebed).
92	root	1.59
93	root	1.58	2.4 Sun Jan 13 13:41:29 CET 2008
94	root	1.56	- work around perl bug in configure perl module version check.
95	root	1.49	- fix bug in golem move code that would cause a crash at tiling borders.
96	root	1.50	- fix a freeze bug when looking for an arrow in the inventory.
97	root	1.52	- fix a bug in animate_weapon, causing a crash.
98	root	1.54	- no longer exit when a coroutine throws an exception.
99	root	1.57	- fix a potential double free bug (nicely exploited by g++ 4.2).
100	root	1.53	- fix the "<player> is nuts" message.
101	root	1.58	- fix an exception at logout due to the json_coder being gone.
102	root	1.43	- upgrade to EV version 2.0 API.
103	root	1.47	- when players don't apply a savebed correctly but stand above one,
104			do not move or kill them.
105	root	1.46	- implement client-side settings page in playerbook (0.9963+ required).
106	root	1.43	- implement generic framework for server-side resource files.
107			- implement resource file update event.
108			- hook experience table update into the framework.
109			- move jeweler.yaml to resources (arch/).
110	root	1.44	- switch from Crossfire to Deliantra perl module.
111			- implement json2json arch filter.
112	root	1.45	- implement widget protocol version 2, support for ui templates.
113	root	1.54	- mapinfo is now handled fully asynchronously.
114	root	1.48	- ext/irc: also log irc messages.
115	root	1.51	- ext/schmorplog: write user stat files asynchronously.
116	root	1.43
117	root	1.42	2.32 Sun Dec 2 18:11:01 CET 2007
118	elmex	1.41	- limited the number of items that can be picked up and dropped
119	root	1.42	as temporary measurement against bad performance or dropping things
120			(this lead to long freezes and triggered the watchdog).
121	elmex	1.41	- improved the performance of the drop command a bit.
122	root	1.38	- switch from Event to EV for higher performance, easier usage,
123			less bugs...
124	root	1.39	- updated to release version of the gnu affero license.
125	root	1.38
126	root	1.37	2.31 Sun Nov 11 17:26:28 CET 2007
127	root	1.36	- more thoroughly rename the binaries, contact addresses.
128			- update the copyrights.
129	root	1.37	- avoid backtraces due to old spells on some maps, sometimes causing
130			crashes.
131	root	1.36	- fix a problem where facedata wasn't initialised to zero properly,
132			potentially causing crashes.
133	root	1.35	- assign weapons on user load time, not login-time, avoiding
134			crashes.
135
136	root	1.34	2.3 Sat Oct 27 11:22:38 CEST 2007
137	root	1.32	- fixed an important bug that caused passwords to be forgotten.
138	root	1.31	- implement *tag destinations for goto, slaying etc. and use it
139			in some of the maps.
140	root	1.32	- bigworldised many maps (islands as in pupland and aldwulf),
141			which is now trivial to do.
142	root	1.33	- removed all traces of the old (and never working) plug-in interface
143			(70kb code less on amd64).
144	root	1.34	- improve/tune scheduling priorities.
145			- fix some freezing bugs.
146			- fix a memory corruption problem in dynbuf.printf.
147			- use channels for chat and many informational commands.
148			- improved the tutorial.
149			- create missile is now fixed.
150			- race fields must now contain archetypes.
151			- jumping skill now works as advertised.
152	root	1.31
153	root	1.29	2.2 Tue Sep 11 15:41:24 CEST 2007
154	root	1.24	- relicense under the gnu affero license.
155	root	1.25	- new inscription skill, can only inscribe INSCRIBABLE items.
156	root	1.24	- implement server-side framework for generic resources.
157			- use resource framework for server-provided ambient
158			music.
159	root	1.27	- save object owners (players only atm).
160	root	1.24	- replace limited sound api with server-provided sound effects.
161			- new sc (sound control) protocol command.
162			- improve fxix protocol to include types.
163			- exactly fill tcp segments, if possible.
164			- output-rate is now an upper limit, the server will automatically
165			(and quite perfectly) adjust to the network conditions, ensuring
166			low latency even during bulk transfers (music, images, sounds etc.).
167			- implement server-side widgets (i.e. client widgets controlled
168			in the server side). this will allow future expansion without
169			having to upgrade clients.
170			- implement a (artwork) world map with realtime player position
171			tracking.
172			- new and more efficient extcmd (server still supports old extcmd
173			protocol).
174	root	1.26	- fixed lots of underflow/overflow bugs in diseases and general stats
175			calcluation that could be easily exploited by users.
176			- rebalanced diseases to spread more naturally/evenly.
177			- completely asynchronous map loading even for tiled maps.
178	root	1.24	- replace simple messaging protocol with channels carrying metadata
179			(similar to message types, but more directed at the user).
180			- reduce command processing latency by a whopping 120ms by
181			reordering some processing steps inside the server. this directly
182			reduces lag by 120ms.
183			- actually send spell faces to the client.
184	root	1.23	- implement player genders.
185	root	1.24	- unclean logout/login results in: nothing if map hasn't reset,
186			otherwise return to savebed and possible kill if the log-out
187			was for too long.
188			- fast socket-dead detection (kick player after 8 seconds without ack).
189			- greatly reduce the cpu time needed to draw maps _again_.
190			- archetypes are now subclasses of objects.
191			- rebalanced shop greed and approval functions to be more realistic
192			(and likely match the actual intention).
193	root	1.23	- implement "crossfire pod" format for messages, with working bold,
194			italic, gender-specific text, paragraphs etc.
195	root	1.24	- implemented hint framework, players can opt to receive hints.
196			- implemented (long) book framework, added some books from the cf wiki.
197	root	1.23	- implement generic message framework that uses xml, utf8 for the client
198			protocol and is capable of transmitting generic meta information.
199	root	1.21	- implement (in a suboptimal way) per-player instantiated maps.
200			- replace the nexus by a per-player tutorial map that teaches stuff
201			better than the newbie house.
202	root	1.18	- fix the magicmap colours.
203	root	1.19	- optimise map update even more by removing unneeded code and checks.
204			- decouple map and stats update from pl->ob and use pl->observe instead.
205			- implement observe command.
206	root	1.20	- major speed up in map refresh by replacing most get_map_from_coord
207			calls with a simple comparison.
208			- fix a latent crossfire bug that could crash the server because the
209			map refresh did not update the mapspace.
210	root	1.24	- support custom keys for regions and maps, regions are now
211			refcount-managed.
212			- allow worldmap overlays anywhere in the 000..999 range.
213			- new system to acquire time slices for background jobs, to reduce
214			jitter.
215	root	1.27	- semi-persistent object-referencing framework (currently only players
216			supported).
217	root	1.22	- dependency tracking for perl extensions.
218	root	1.24	- new slag-ex extension for cleaning cauldrons.
219			- fix invoke result processing.
220			- there are even less i/o syncpoints in the server now.
221	root	1.29	- added map-tags extension that scans all maps for object tags
222			and records them in the database (not used yet).
223	root	1.28	- metaserver 2 support.
224	root	1.22	- many more bugfixes and minor optimisations.
225	root	1.16
226	root	1.15	2.1 Sun May 27 04:21:29 CEST 2007
227	root	1.14	- optimised event invocation (non-wanted events can now be
228			skipped with 4-5 inlined instructions).
229	root	1.12	- complete rewrite of town_portal: it now creates a portal
230			to the "nearest" town only, travel is only possible
231	root	1.13	to the town and back, anybody can use it (also removes
232			one of the remaining syncpoints in the server).
233	root	1.10	- complete rewrite of the range/attack skill slot system:
234			there are now two slots, one for combat, one for ranged
235			attacks.
236			- introduce the concept of a current weapon (either a ranged
237			or a combat weapon/skill/tool) and switch between them as
238			needed.
239			- rewrite bow code so bows get more useful: apply damage,
240			attacktype and other stats to the arrows and treat
241			bows as weapons. also rebalance the missile weapons skill
242			so its damage increases with level.
243			- rewrite the complete player speed logic: weapon_speed now
244			works as documented and there are no unnatural speed boosts.
245	root	1.6	- implement a utility - cfutil - that simplifies arch and map
246			installation, replacing the old collect scripts and
247	root	1.9	simplying deployment by scaling and cutting faces as required.
248			- simplify the map protocol extensively by taking advantage
249			of missing bigfaces, speeding up map generation immensely.
250	root	1.6	- implement inherit keyword allowing archetypes to inherit from
251			other archetypes.
252			- rationalise archetype, region and treasurelist file format
253			into a single file format and make them reloadable asynchronously.
254	root	1.9	- make the worldmap, facedata (smoothing, faces, magicmap)
255			reloadable at runtime.
256	root	1.6	- implement 64x64 faceset support.
257			- implement fxixsx protocol that saves
258			a lot of bandwidth over the old image/face/smooth packets
259	root	1.11	and allows images > packetsize, incremental and background
260			transfers.
261	root	1.6	- implement a bandwidth-saving smoothing protocol that works
262			on a face basis as opposed to a mapspace basis.
263	root	1.7	- the server can now rate-limit image uploads to not exceed
264			a certain (client-configurable) speed while guarenteeing full
265			freedom of movement.
266	root	1.8	- implement new ex command to request item descriptions.
267			- implement new msg command for in-game messages with meta
268			information (using xml).
269	root	1.9	- enforce utf-8 for all text messages.
270	root	1.13	- added micropather (not used yet).
271	root	1.6	- many, many bugfixes.
272	root	1.1
273	root	1.5	2.0 Tue Mar 6 15:22:53 CET 2007
274	root	1.1	- make coroapi accessible to cf+.
275			- moved map handling logic completely to perl
276			- per player maps are now marked in the map
277	root	1.2	- maps are saved completely differently now,
278			and much more often.
279	root	1.17	- rewrote map header parser and writer, to be much faster.
280	pippijn	1.4	- maps and players are now (in the average case) loaded
281	root	1.2	and saved completely asynchronously, I/O contention will no
282			longer freeze the server.
283	pippijn	1.4	- players and maps can be loaded anytime, without the player
284	root	1.2	being logged in.
285	root	1.1	- automatically generate method interfaces for perl from headers
286			- unbundled freezethaw
287			- mostly rewrote common/map.C
288			- completely rewrite server/swap.C
289			- introduced "runtime", the CCT clock (corrected crossfire time) :)
290			- introduced new keyword for map files: file_format_version (integer, server version: 0)
291			- better message for apply failures due to applymode
292			- removed most all of the weather code
293			- unified logging to stderr and file
294			- too many minor changes to document