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Deliantra MORPG Server, Maps and Archetypes ChangeLog.

2.53
        - dropping items a shop is not interested in won't sell them anymore
        - the mailscrolls are now correctly handed out even when the destination
          player is not logged in.
        - rods and horns with a too low maximum charge allow now at least one discharge.

2.52  Thu Apr 24 11:47:19 CEST 2008
        - completely automate the item add/delete on remove/insert. this should fix
          all "ghost" item bugs caused by sloppy coding, as sloppy coding is now correct :)
        - completely automate the weight handling, should fix all weight
          accounting bugs caused by sloppy coding, as sloppy coding is now correct :)
        - reloading archetypes while a user was in the character creation phase
          could crash the server.
        - fix a nontrivial number of cases of code commented similar
          to "is this really correct?", as many of those cases are now handles
          automatically by lower level code.
        - replace many ad-hoc checks for client visibility by object::visible_to,
          should result in broader applicability of functions using it.
        - merge items with different arch pointers refering to the same arch
          (due to archetype reloads).
        - refactored the object remove/insert functions and most related
          functions (decrease, split, merge_ob etc.).
        - make it compile better on freebsd (reported by pippijn).
        - remove GT_UPDATE_INV (no longer applicable).
        - fix the longstanding "container stays open" bug.
        - improved floorbox updating to be incremental and other protocol
          optimisations.
        - get rid of update_after_inventory_change and only do update stats
          for weight once/tick/player at max.
        - rewrite party commands, use party channel.

2.51  Sun Apr 20 21:27:37 CEST 2008
        - 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).
        - always put godgiven items into the player inventory, never any containers.
        - (arch)
        - (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.
        - (arch) the alchemist class now get an alchemy spell book for new characters.
        - (arch) considerably strengthened spark shower and destruction.
        - match archetypes by name, not by ptr, in treasure.C, this makes archetypes
          finally reloadable at runtime.
        - changed archetype loading algorithm to only require one pass and
          use delayed resolving of references.
        - examine command now uses the examine infobox.
        - implement an "incremental garbage collector" for archetypes.
        - 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:	1.115
Committed:	Thu Apr 24 11:26:41 2008 UTC (16 years ago) by elmex
Branch:	MAIN
Changes since 1.114:	+1 -0 lines
Log Message:	selling of things a shop is not interested doesn't work anymore
#	User	Rev	Content
1	root	1.36	Deliantra MORPG Server, Maps and Archetypes ChangeLog.
2	root	1.6
3	elmex	1.113	2.53
4	elmex	1.115	- dropping items a shop is not interested in won't sell them anymore
5	elmex	1.114	- the mailscrolls are now correctly handed out even when the destination
6			player is not logged in.
7	elmex	1.113	- rods and horns with a too low maximum charge allow now at least one discharge.
8
9	root	1.112	2.52 Thu Apr 24 11:47:19 CEST 2008
10	root	1.106	- completely automate the item add/delete on remove/insert. this should fix
11			all "ghost" item bugs caused by sloppy coding, as sloppy coding is now correct :)
12			- completely automate the weight handling, should fix all weight
13			accounting bugs caused by sloppy coding, as sloppy coding is now correct :)
14	root	1.103	- reloading archetypes while a user was in the character creation phase
15			could crash the server.
16	root	1.106	- fix a nontrivial number of cases of code commented similar
17			to "is this really correct?", as many of those cases are now handles
18			automatically by lower level code.
19			- replace many ad-hoc checks for client visibility by object::visible_to,
20			should result in broader applicability of functions using it.
21	root	1.104	- merge items with different arch pointers refering to the same arch
22			(due to archetype reloads).
23	root	1.106	- refactored the object remove/insert functions and most related
24			functions (decrease, split, merge_ob etc.).
25	root	1.105	- make it compile better on freebsd (reported by pippijn).
26	root	1.106	- remove GT_UPDATE_INV (no longer applicable).
27	root	1.108	- fix the longstanding "container stays open" bug.
28	root	1.107	- improved floorbox updating to be incremental and other protocol
29			optimisations.
30			- get rid of update_after_inventory_change and only do update stats
31			for weight once/tick/player at max.
32	root	1.109	- rewrite party commands, use party channel.
33	root	1.103
34	root	1.102	2.51 Sun Apr 20 21:27:37 CEST 2008
35	root	1.97	- properly link against libgthread as that is needed to make the slice
36			allocator thread-safe.
37	root	1.91	- support perls not compiled with 64 bit support (though this is not a
38			recommended configuration) (reported by Samuel Gondouin).
39	root	1.94	- always put godgiven items into the player inventory, never any containers.
40	root	1.102	- (arch)
41	root	1.92	- (maps, arch) the scorn go club was founded!
42	root	1.93	- (arch) do no longer support player abilities, they didn't work anyways.
43	root	1.100	- (arch) the alchemy spell is now of the alchemy spell school, which
44			became a real spell-class.
45	root	1.102	- (arch) the alchemist class now get an alchemy spell book for new characters.
46			- (arch) considerably strengthened spark shower and destruction.
47			- match archetypes by name, not by ptr, in treasure.C, this makes archetypes
48			finally reloadable at runtime.
49			- changed archetype loading algorithm to only require one pass and
50			use delayed resolving of references.
51	root	1.101	- examine command now uses the examine infobox.
52	root	1.102	- implement an "incremental garbage collector" for archetypes.
53	root	1.98	- enable slice allocator again.
54	root	1.96	- implement optional free memory poisoning.
55	root	1.91
56	root	1.89	2.5 Wed Apr 16 15:06:53 CEST 2008
57	root	1.90	- the two handed weapon skill can no longer be used as unarmed combat
58	root	1.85	skill.
59	root	1.84	- append [drop xxx coins] to altar/trigger_altar/identify_table/converter
60			names (also update all maps to use money instead of coins).
61	root	1.78	- add uuid accessors to perl.
62			- add coin names and archetype accessors to perl.
63	root	1.80	- fix runtime uuid file format to use "." instead of ",".
64	root	1.78	- change perl extensions to not use hardcoded coins and values.
65	root	1.79	- write uuids asynchronously (no hiccups due to uuid writes)
66			and be more parsimonous of uuid usage by the exact value out on exit.
67	root	1.86	- write log messages in another thread, removing another sync point.
68			- support multi-line log messages in a nicer way.
69	root	1.80	- be more portable w.r.t. uuids and format specifiers everywhere.
70	root	1.81	- fix a minor memleak in the random map generator.
71			- some parts of the random map generator are not coroutine-safe,
72			so only call it "single-threaded".
73			- major cleanup of memory management in random map generator.
74	root	1.87	- slight refactoring of the random map generator, faster too.
75	root	1.81	- solve the "slice_alloc becomes negative" mystery - no allocation bug,
76			bookkeeping bug.
77	root	1.87	- work around "player is on active list" problem by deactivating player
78			after loading.
79	root	1.81	- garbage collect shstr's more evenly and adaptively only when
80			there have in fact been allocations.
81	root	1.82	- fix object::insert to do as documented and insert into the env
82			if necessary.
83			- fix cf::map::unique_maps.
84			- fix nrof overflow check in can_merge_slow.
85			- fix converter code to handle >31 bit values.
86	elmex	1.83	- added support for the player_sold flag
87	root	1.84	- converters no longer accept unpaid items.
88	root	1.88	- canonicalize random map meta files for better unification.
89	root	1.77
90	root	1.75	2.43 Sun Apr 6 20:35:29 CEST 2008
91	root	1.72	- work around a glibc bug that causes calloc to return non-zero memory
92			when mlockall has been used.
93	root	1.71	- pass environment to perl_sys_init3, as required by newer perls.
94	root	1.72	- use separate thread for ticker timing (and more in the future).
95			this greatly increases timing accuracy and gets rid of an enourmous
96			number of gettimeofday calls.
97	root	1.82	- use a separate thread to signal aio completion, for lower latency.
98	root	1.73	- require Coro 4.47, which fixes a data corruption bug with its C API.
99	root	1.71
100	root	1.69	2.42 Sat Mar 15 12:05:21 CET 2008
101	root	1.68	- rebalanced default experience table to be more exponential
102			and much easier up to level ~40, then moderately harder.
103	root	1.67	- change attuned/repelled level boni to +-8 from +-2.
104	root	1.66	- use SvUPGRADE to avoid exception in sv_upgrade with perl 5.10.
105			- do not exit on reload/load errors but properly cleanup.
106	root	1.69	- fix a 32 bit uncleanlyness in the slice debugging wrapper.
107	root	1.66
108	root	1.64	2.41 Fri Jan 25 13:15:37 CET 2008
109	root	1.59	- get rid of YAML::Syck, it's too buggy and misparses many files
110			(this fixes the jeweler skill).
111	root	1.60	- back-to-back perl_reloads don't freeze the ticker anymore.
112	root	1.61	- convert cfutil from Event to EV (forgot to do this earlier...).
113	root	1.63	- move tombstone to real map if player died due to cave-in (even if
114			it has reset, which is better than putting it on the savebed, also as
115			proof that the palyer didn't use a savebed).
116	root	1.59
117	root	1.58	2.4 Sun Jan 13 13:41:29 CET 2008
118	root	1.56	- work around perl bug in configure perl module version check.
119	root	1.49	- fix bug in golem move code that would cause a crash at tiling borders.
120	root	1.50	- fix a freeze bug when looking for an arrow in the inventory.
121	root	1.52	- fix a bug in animate_weapon, causing a crash.
122	root	1.54	- no longer exit when a coroutine throws an exception.
123	root	1.57	- fix a potential double free bug (nicely exploited by g++ 4.2).
124	root	1.53	- fix the "<player> is nuts" message.
125	root	1.58	- fix an exception at logout due to the json_coder being gone.
126	root	1.43	- upgrade to EV version 2.0 API.
127	root	1.47	- when players don't apply a savebed correctly but stand above one,
128			do not move or kill them.
129	root	1.46	- implement client-side settings page in playerbook (0.9963+ required).
130	root	1.43	- implement generic framework for server-side resource files.
131			- implement resource file update event.
132			- hook experience table update into the framework.
133			- move jeweler.yaml to resources (arch/).
134	root	1.44	- switch from Crossfire to Deliantra perl module.
135			- implement json2json arch filter.
136	root	1.45	- implement widget protocol version 2, support for ui templates.
137	root	1.54	- mapinfo is now handled fully asynchronously.
138	root	1.48	- ext/irc: also log irc messages.
139	root	1.51	- ext/schmorplog: write user stat files asynchronously.
140	root	1.43
141	root	1.42	2.32 Sun Dec 2 18:11:01 CET 2007
142	elmex	1.41	- limited the number of items that can be picked up and dropped
143	root	1.42	as temporary measurement against bad performance or dropping things
144			(this lead to long freezes and triggered the watchdog).
145	elmex	1.41	- improved the performance of the drop command a bit.
146	root	1.38	- switch from Event to EV for higher performance, easier usage,
147			less bugs...
148	root	1.39	- updated to release version of the gnu affero license.
149	root	1.38
150	root	1.37	2.31 Sun Nov 11 17:26:28 CET 2007
151	root	1.36	- more thoroughly rename the binaries, contact addresses.
152			- update the copyrights.
153	root	1.37	- avoid backtraces due to old spells on some maps, sometimes causing
154			crashes.
155	root	1.36	- fix a problem where facedata wasn't initialised to zero properly,
156			potentially causing crashes.
157	root	1.35	- assign weapons on user load time, not login-time, avoiding
158			crashes.
159
160	root	1.34	2.3 Sat Oct 27 11:22:38 CEST 2007
161	root	1.32	- fixed an important bug that caused passwords to be forgotten.
162	root	1.31	- implement *tag destinations for goto, slaying etc. and use it
163			in some of the maps.
164	root	1.32	- bigworldised many maps (islands as in pupland and aldwulf),
165			which is now trivial to do.
166	root	1.33	- removed all traces of the old (and never working) plug-in interface
167			(70kb code less on amd64).
168	root	1.34	- improve/tune scheduling priorities.
169			- fix some freezing bugs.
170			- fix a memory corruption problem in dynbuf.printf.
171			- use channels for chat and many informational commands.
172			- improved the tutorial.
173			- create missile is now fixed.
174			- race fields must now contain archetypes.
175			- jumping skill now works as advertised.
176	root	1.31
177	root	1.29	2.2 Tue Sep 11 15:41:24 CEST 2007
178	root	1.24	- relicense under the gnu affero license.
179	root	1.25	- new inscription skill, can only inscribe INSCRIBABLE items.
180	root	1.24	- implement server-side framework for generic resources.
181			- use resource framework for server-provided ambient
182			music.
183	root	1.27	- save object owners (players only atm).
184	root	1.24	- replace limited sound api with server-provided sound effects.
185			- new sc (sound control) protocol command.
186			- improve fxix protocol to include types.
187			- exactly fill tcp segments, if possible.
188			- output-rate is now an upper limit, the server will automatically
189			(and quite perfectly) adjust to the network conditions, ensuring
190			low latency even during bulk transfers (music, images, sounds etc.).
191			- implement server-side widgets (i.e. client widgets controlled
192			in the server side). this will allow future expansion without
193			having to upgrade clients.
194			- implement a (artwork) world map with realtime player position
195			tracking.
196			- new and more efficient extcmd (server still supports old extcmd
197			protocol).
198	root	1.26	- fixed lots of underflow/overflow bugs in diseases and general stats
199			calcluation that could be easily exploited by users.
200			- rebalanced diseases to spread more naturally/evenly.
201			- completely asynchronous map loading even for tiled maps.
202	root	1.24	- replace simple messaging protocol with channels carrying metadata
203			(similar to message types, but more directed at the user).
204			- reduce command processing latency by a whopping 120ms by
205			reordering some processing steps inside the server. this directly
206			reduces lag by 120ms.
207			- actually send spell faces to the client.
208	root	1.23	- implement player genders.
209	root	1.24	- unclean logout/login results in: nothing if map hasn't reset,
210			otherwise return to savebed and possible kill if the log-out
211			was for too long.
212			- fast socket-dead detection (kick player after 8 seconds without ack).
213			- greatly reduce the cpu time needed to draw maps _again_.
214			- archetypes are now subclasses of objects.
215			- rebalanced shop greed and approval functions to be more realistic
216			(and likely match the actual intention).
217	root	1.23	- implement "crossfire pod" format for messages, with working bold,
218			italic, gender-specific text, paragraphs etc.
219	root	1.24	- implemented hint framework, players can opt to receive hints.
220			- implemented (long) book framework, added some books from the cf wiki.
221	root	1.23	- implement generic message framework that uses xml, utf8 for the client
222			protocol and is capable of transmitting generic meta information.
223	root	1.21	- implement (in a suboptimal way) per-player instantiated maps.
224			- replace the nexus by a per-player tutorial map that teaches stuff
225			better than the newbie house.
226	root	1.18	- fix the magicmap colours.
227	root	1.19	- optimise map update even more by removing unneeded code and checks.
228			- decouple map and stats update from pl->ob and use pl->observe instead.
229			- implement observe command.
230	root	1.20	- major speed up in map refresh by replacing most get_map_from_coord
231			calls with a simple comparison.
232			- fix a latent crossfire bug that could crash the server because the
233			map refresh did not update the mapspace.
234	root	1.24	- support custom keys for regions and maps, regions are now
235			refcount-managed.
236			- allow worldmap overlays anywhere in the 000..999 range.
237			- new system to acquire time slices for background jobs, to reduce
238			jitter.
239	root	1.27	- semi-persistent object-referencing framework (currently only players
240			supported).
241	root	1.22	- dependency tracking for perl extensions.
242	root	1.24	- new slag-ex extension for cleaning cauldrons.
243			- fix invoke result processing.
244			- there are even less i/o syncpoints in the server now.
245	root	1.29	- added map-tags extension that scans all maps for object tags
246			and records them in the database (not used yet).
247	root	1.28	- metaserver 2 support.
248	root	1.22	- many more bugfixes and minor optimisations.
249	root	1.16
250	root	1.15	2.1 Sun May 27 04:21:29 CEST 2007
251	root	1.14	- optimised event invocation (non-wanted events can now be
252			skipped with 4-5 inlined instructions).
253	root	1.12	- complete rewrite of town_portal: it now creates a portal
254			to the "nearest" town only, travel is only possible
255	root	1.13	to the town and back, anybody can use it (also removes
256			one of the remaining syncpoints in the server).
257	root	1.10	- complete rewrite of the range/attack skill slot system:
258			there are now two slots, one for combat, one for ranged
259			attacks.
260			- introduce the concept of a current weapon (either a ranged
261			or a combat weapon/skill/tool) and switch between them as
262			needed.
263			- rewrite bow code so bows get more useful: apply damage,
264			attacktype and other stats to the arrows and treat
265			bows as weapons. also rebalance the missile weapons skill
266			so its damage increases with level.
267			- rewrite the complete player speed logic: weapon_speed now
268			works as documented and there are no unnatural speed boosts.
269	root	1.6	- implement a utility - cfutil - that simplifies arch and map
270			installation, replacing the old collect scripts and
271	root	1.9	simplying deployment by scaling and cutting faces as required.
272			- simplify the map protocol extensively by taking advantage
273			of missing bigfaces, speeding up map generation immensely.
274	root	1.6	- implement inherit keyword allowing archetypes to inherit from
275			other archetypes.
276			- rationalise archetype, region and treasurelist file format
277			into a single file format and make them reloadable asynchronously.
278	root	1.9	- make the worldmap, facedata (smoothing, faces, magicmap)
279			reloadable at runtime.
280	root	1.6	- implement 64x64 faceset support.
281			- implement fxixsx protocol that saves
282			a lot of bandwidth over the old image/face/smooth packets
283	root	1.11	and allows images > packetsize, incremental and background
284			transfers.
285	root	1.6	- implement a bandwidth-saving smoothing protocol that works
286			on a face basis as opposed to a mapspace basis.
287	root	1.7	- the server can now rate-limit image uploads to not exceed
288			a certain (client-configurable) speed while guarenteeing full
289			freedom of movement.
290	root	1.8	- implement new ex command to request item descriptions.
291			- implement new msg command for in-game messages with meta
292			information (using xml).
293	root	1.9	- enforce utf-8 for all text messages.
294	root	1.13	- added micropather (not used yet).
295	root	1.6	- many, many bugfixes.
296	root	1.1
297	root	1.5	2.0 Tue Mar 6 15:22:53 CET 2007
298	root	1.1	- make coroapi accessible to cf+.
299			- moved map handling logic completely to perl
300			- per player maps are now marked in the map
301	root	1.2	- maps are saved completely differently now,
302			and much more often.
303	root	1.17	- rewrote map header parser and writer, to be much faster.
304	pippijn	1.4	- maps and players are now (in the average case) loaded
305	root	1.2	and saved completely asynchronously, I/O contention will no
306			longer freeze the server.
307	pippijn	1.4	- players and maps can be loaded anytime, without the player
308	root	1.2	being logged in.
309	root	1.1	- automatically generate method interfaces for perl from headers
310			- unbundled freezethaw
311			- mostly rewrote common/map.C
312			- completely rewrite server/swap.C
313			- introduced "runtime", the CCT clock (corrected crossfire time) :)
314			- introduced new keyword for map files: file_format_version (integer, server version: 0)
315			- better message for apply failures due to applymode
316			- removed most all of the weather code
317			- unified logging to stderr and file
318			- too many minor changes to document