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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.
        - (arch) the alchemy spell is now of the alchemy spell school, which
          became a real spell-class.
        - examine command now uses the examine infobox.
        - (arch) the alchemist class now get an alchemy spell book for new characters.
        - enable slice allocator again.
        - 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:	1.101
Committed:	Sun Apr 20 18:49:25 2008 UTC (16 years ago) by root
Branch:	MAIN
Changes since 1.100:	+1 -6 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	- (arch) the alchemy spell is now of the alchemy spell school, which
21			became a real spell-class.
22	root	1.101	- examine command now uses the examine infobox.
23	elmex	1.99	- (arch) the alchemist class now get an alchemy spell book for new characters.
24	root	1.98	- enable slice allocator again.
25	root	1.96	- implement optional free memory poisoning.
26	root	1.91
27	root	1.89	2.5 Wed Apr 16 15:06:53 CEST 2008
28	root	1.90	- the two handed weapon skill can no longer be used as unarmed combat
29	root	1.85	skill.
30	root	1.84	- append [drop xxx coins] to altar/trigger_altar/identify_table/converter
31			names (also update all maps to use money instead of coins).
32	root	1.78	- add uuid accessors to perl.
33			- add coin names and archetype accessors to perl.
34	root	1.80	- fix runtime uuid file format to use "." instead of ",".
35	root	1.78	- change perl extensions to not use hardcoded coins and values.
36	root	1.79	- write uuids asynchronously (no hiccups due to uuid writes)
37			and be more parsimonous of uuid usage by the exact value out on exit.
38	root	1.86	- write log messages in another thread, removing another sync point.
39			- support multi-line log messages in a nicer way.
40	root	1.80	- be more portable w.r.t. uuids and format specifiers everywhere.
41	root	1.81	- fix a minor memleak in the random map generator.
42			- some parts of the random map generator are not coroutine-safe,
43			so only call it "single-threaded".
44			- major cleanup of memory management in random map generator.
45	root	1.87	- slight refactoring of the random map generator, faster too.
46	root	1.81	- solve the "slice_alloc becomes negative" mystery - no allocation bug,
47			bookkeeping bug.
48	root	1.87	- work around "player is on active list" problem by deactivating player
49			after loading.
50	root	1.81	- garbage collect shstr's more evenly and adaptively only when
51			there have in fact been allocations.
52	root	1.82	- fix object::insert to do as documented and insert into the env
53			if necessary.
54			- fix cf::map::unique_maps.
55			- fix nrof overflow check in can_merge_slow.
56			- fix converter code to handle >31 bit values.
57	elmex	1.83	- added support for the player_sold flag
58	root	1.84	- converters no longer accept unpaid items.
59	root	1.88	- canonicalize random map meta files for better unification.
60	root	1.77
61	root	1.75	2.43 Sun Apr 6 20:35:29 CEST 2008
62	root	1.72	- work around a glibc bug that causes calloc to return non-zero memory
63			when mlockall has been used.
64	root	1.71	- pass environment to perl_sys_init3, as required by newer perls.
65	root	1.72	- use separate thread for ticker timing (and more in the future).
66			this greatly increases timing accuracy and gets rid of an enourmous
67			number of gettimeofday calls.
68	root	1.82	- use a separate thread to signal aio completion, for lower latency.
69	root	1.73	- require Coro 4.47, which fixes a data corruption bug with its C API.
70	root	1.71
71	root	1.69	2.42 Sat Mar 15 12:05:21 CET 2008
72	root	1.68	- rebalanced default experience table to be more exponential
73			and much easier up to level ~40, then moderately harder.
74	root	1.67	- change attuned/repelled level boni to +-8 from +-2.
75	root	1.66	- use SvUPGRADE to avoid exception in sv_upgrade with perl 5.10.
76			- do not exit on reload/load errors but properly cleanup.
77	root	1.69	- fix a 32 bit uncleanlyness in the slice debugging wrapper.
78	root	1.66
79	root	1.64	2.41 Fri Jan 25 13:15:37 CET 2008
80	root	1.59	- get rid of YAML::Syck, it's too buggy and misparses many files
81			(this fixes the jeweler skill).
82	root	1.60	- back-to-back perl_reloads don't freeze the ticker anymore.
83	root	1.61	- convert cfutil from Event to EV (forgot to do this earlier...).
84	root	1.63	- move tombstone to real map if player died due to cave-in (even if
85			it has reset, which is better than putting it on the savebed, also as
86			proof that the palyer didn't use a savebed).
87	root	1.59
88	root	1.58	2.4 Sun Jan 13 13:41:29 CET 2008
89	root	1.56	- work around perl bug in configure perl module version check.
90	root	1.49	- fix bug in golem move code that would cause a crash at tiling borders.
91	root	1.50	- fix a freeze bug when looking for an arrow in the inventory.
92	root	1.52	- fix a bug in animate_weapon, causing a crash.
93	root	1.54	- no longer exit when a coroutine throws an exception.
94	root	1.57	- fix a potential double free bug (nicely exploited by g++ 4.2).
95	root	1.53	- fix the "<player> is nuts" message.
96	root	1.58	- fix an exception at logout due to the json_coder being gone.
97	root	1.43	- upgrade to EV version 2.0 API.
98	root	1.47	- when players don't apply a savebed correctly but stand above one,
99			do not move or kill them.
100	root	1.46	- implement client-side settings page in playerbook (0.9963+ required).
101	root	1.43	- implement generic framework for server-side resource files.
102			- implement resource file update event.
103			- hook experience table update into the framework.
104			- move jeweler.yaml to resources (arch/).
105	root	1.44	- switch from Crossfire to Deliantra perl module.
106			- implement json2json arch filter.
107	root	1.45	- implement widget protocol version 2, support for ui templates.
108	root	1.54	- mapinfo is now handled fully asynchronously.
109	root	1.48	- ext/irc: also log irc messages.
110	root	1.51	- ext/schmorplog: write user stat files asynchronously.
111	root	1.43
112	root	1.42	2.32 Sun Dec 2 18:11:01 CET 2007
113	elmex	1.41	- limited the number of items that can be picked up and dropped
114	root	1.42	as temporary measurement against bad performance or dropping things
115			(this lead to long freezes and triggered the watchdog).
116	elmex	1.41	- improved the performance of the drop command a bit.
117	root	1.38	- switch from Event to EV for higher performance, easier usage,
118			less bugs...
119	root	1.39	- updated to release version of the gnu affero license.
120	root	1.38
121	root	1.37	2.31 Sun Nov 11 17:26:28 CET 2007
122	root	1.36	- more thoroughly rename the binaries, contact addresses.
123			- update the copyrights.
124	root	1.37	- avoid backtraces due to old spells on some maps, sometimes causing
125			crashes.
126	root	1.36	- fix a problem where facedata wasn't initialised to zero properly,
127			potentially causing crashes.
128	root	1.35	- assign weapons on user load time, not login-time, avoiding
129			crashes.
130
131	root	1.34	2.3 Sat Oct 27 11:22:38 CEST 2007
132	root	1.32	- fixed an important bug that caused passwords to be forgotten.
133	root	1.31	- implement *tag destinations for goto, slaying etc. and use it
134			in some of the maps.
135	root	1.32	- bigworldised many maps (islands as in pupland and aldwulf),
136			which is now trivial to do.
137	root	1.33	- removed all traces of the old (and never working) plug-in interface
138			(70kb code less on amd64).
139	root	1.34	- improve/tune scheduling priorities.
140			- fix some freezing bugs.
141			- fix a memory corruption problem in dynbuf.printf.
142			- use channels for chat and many informational commands.
143			- improved the tutorial.
144			- create missile is now fixed.
145			- race fields must now contain archetypes.
146			- jumping skill now works as advertised.
147	root	1.31
148	root	1.29	2.2 Tue Sep 11 15:41:24 CEST 2007
149	root	1.24	- relicense under the gnu affero license.
150	root	1.25	- new inscription skill, can only inscribe INSCRIBABLE items.
151	root	1.24	- implement server-side framework for generic resources.
152			- use resource framework for server-provided ambient
153			music.
154	root	1.27	- save object owners (players only atm).
155	root	1.24	- replace limited sound api with server-provided sound effects.
156			- new sc (sound control) protocol command.
157			- improve fxix protocol to include types.
158			- exactly fill tcp segments, if possible.
159			- output-rate is now an upper limit, the server will automatically
160			(and quite perfectly) adjust to the network conditions, ensuring
161			low latency even during bulk transfers (music, images, sounds etc.).
162			- implement server-side widgets (i.e. client widgets controlled
163			in the server side). this will allow future expansion without
164			having to upgrade clients.
165			- implement a (artwork) world map with realtime player position
166			tracking.
167			- new and more efficient extcmd (server still supports old extcmd
168			protocol).
169	root	1.26	- fixed lots of underflow/overflow bugs in diseases and general stats
170			calcluation that could be easily exploited by users.
171			- rebalanced diseases to spread more naturally/evenly.
172			- completely asynchronous map loading even for tiled maps.
173	root	1.24	- replace simple messaging protocol with channels carrying metadata
174			(similar to message types, but more directed at the user).
175			- reduce command processing latency by a whopping 120ms by
176			reordering some processing steps inside the server. this directly
177			reduces lag by 120ms.
178			- actually send spell faces to the client.
179	root	1.23	- implement player genders.
180	root	1.24	- unclean logout/login results in: nothing if map hasn't reset,
181			otherwise return to savebed and possible kill if the log-out
182			was for too long.
183			- fast socket-dead detection (kick player after 8 seconds without ack).
184			- greatly reduce the cpu time needed to draw maps _again_.
185			- archetypes are now subclasses of objects.
186			- rebalanced shop greed and approval functions to be more realistic
187			(and likely match the actual intention).
188	root	1.23	- implement "crossfire pod" format for messages, with working bold,
189			italic, gender-specific text, paragraphs etc.
190	root	1.24	- implemented hint framework, players can opt to receive hints.
191			- implemented (long) book framework, added some books from the cf wiki.
192	root	1.23	- implement generic message framework that uses xml, utf8 for the client
193			protocol and is capable of transmitting generic meta information.
194	root	1.21	- implement (in a suboptimal way) per-player instantiated maps.
195			- replace the nexus by a per-player tutorial map that teaches stuff
196			better than the newbie house.
197	root	1.18	- fix the magicmap colours.
198	root	1.19	- optimise map update even more by removing unneeded code and checks.
199			- decouple map and stats update from pl->ob and use pl->observe instead.
200			- implement observe command.
201	root	1.20	- major speed up in map refresh by replacing most get_map_from_coord
202			calls with a simple comparison.
203			- fix a latent crossfire bug that could crash the server because the
204			map refresh did not update the mapspace.
205	root	1.24	- support custom keys for regions and maps, regions are now
206			refcount-managed.
207			- allow worldmap overlays anywhere in the 000..999 range.
208			- new system to acquire time slices for background jobs, to reduce
209			jitter.
210	root	1.27	- semi-persistent object-referencing framework (currently only players
211			supported).
212	root	1.22	- dependency tracking for perl extensions.
213	root	1.24	- new slag-ex extension for cleaning cauldrons.
214			- fix invoke result processing.
215			- there are even less i/o syncpoints in the server now.
216	root	1.29	- added map-tags extension that scans all maps for object tags
217			and records them in the database (not used yet).
218	root	1.28	- metaserver 2 support.
219	root	1.22	- many more bugfixes and minor optimisations.
220	root	1.16
221	root	1.15	2.1 Sun May 27 04:21:29 CEST 2007
222	root	1.14	- optimised event invocation (non-wanted events can now be
223			skipped with 4-5 inlined instructions).
224	root	1.12	- complete rewrite of town_portal: it now creates a portal
225			to the "nearest" town only, travel is only possible
226	root	1.13	to the town and back, anybody can use it (also removes
227			one of the remaining syncpoints in the server).
228	root	1.10	- complete rewrite of the range/attack skill slot system:
229			there are now two slots, one for combat, one for ranged
230			attacks.
231			- introduce the concept of a current weapon (either a ranged
232			or a combat weapon/skill/tool) and switch between them as
233			needed.
234			- rewrite bow code so bows get more useful: apply damage,
235			attacktype and other stats to the arrows and treat
236			bows as weapons. also rebalance the missile weapons skill
237			so its damage increases with level.
238			- rewrite the complete player speed logic: weapon_speed now
239			works as documented and there are no unnatural speed boosts.
240	root	1.6	- implement a utility - cfutil - that simplifies arch and map
241			installation, replacing the old collect scripts and
242	root	1.9	simplying deployment by scaling and cutting faces as required.
243			- simplify the map protocol extensively by taking advantage
244			of missing bigfaces, speeding up map generation immensely.
245	root	1.6	- implement inherit keyword allowing archetypes to inherit from
246			other archetypes.
247			- rationalise archetype, region and treasurelist file format
248			into a single file format and make them reloadable asynchronously.
249	root	1.9	- make the worldmap, facedata (smoothing, faces, magicmap)
250			reloadable at runtime.
251	root	1.6	- implement 64x64 faceset support.
252			- implement fxixsx protocol that saves
253			a lot of bandwidth over the old image/face/smooth packets
254	root	1.11	and allows images > packetsize, incremental and background
255			transfers.
256	root	1.6	- implement a bandwidth-saving smoothing protocol that works
257			on a face basis as opposed to a mapspace basis.
258	root	1.7	- the server can now rate-limit image uploads to not exceed
259			a certain (client-configurable) speed while guarenteeing full
260			freedom of movement.
261	root	1.8	- implement new ex command to request item descriptions.
262			- implement new msg command for in-game messages with meta
263			information (using xml).
264	root	1.9	- enforce utf-8 for all text messages.
265	root	1.13	- added micropather (not used yet).
266	root	1.6	- many, many bugfixes.
267	root	1.1
268	root	1.5	2.0 Tue Mar 6 15:22:53 CET 2007
269	root	1.1	- make coroapi accessible to cf+.
270			- moved map handling logic completely to perl
271			- per player maps are now marked in the map
272	root	1.2	- maps are saved completely differently now,
273			and much more often.
274	root	1.17	- rewrote map header parser and writer, to be much faster.
275	pippijn	1.4	- maps and players are now (in the average case) loaded
276	root	1.2	and saved completely asynchronously, I/O contention will no
277			longer freeze the server.
278	pippijn	1.4	- players and maps can be loaded anytime, without the player
279	root	1.2	being logged in.
280	root	1.1	- automatically generate method interfaces for perl from headers
281			- unbundled freezethaw
282			- mostly rewrote common/map.C
283			- completely rewrite server/swap.C
284			- introduced "runtime", the CCT clock (corrected crossfire time) :)
285			- introduced new keyword for map files: file_format_version (integer, server version: 0)
286			- better message for apply failures due to applymode
287			- removed most all of the weather code
288			- unified logging to stderr and file
289			- too many minor changes to document