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Deliantra MORPG Server, Maps and Archetypes ChangeLog.

TODO: ridify us from FLAG_NO_FIX_PLAYER
TODO: dragons should not be able to change their title via the settings tab in playerbook
TODO: emergency swap mode is not working
08:43:44 -cfbot:#cf- [Larvae] when I had a devourerbow equipped, and then  readied 
          some spellcasting. if I then started using karate, I would get all the 
                    stateffects from the bow

2.53
        - bugfix: custom skill settings were not saved by the server.
        - bugfix: remove did not actually remove items from the inventory, leaving
          ghost items.
        - bugfix: properly update items identified on the ground.
        - bugfix: use localtime_r in the logger thread.
        - bugfix: player starvation will now give the corretc kill reason.
        - make the killer a real object pointer instead of a string.
        - dropping items a shop is not interested in won't sell them anymore.
        - bugfix: 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.
        - bugfix: make list_logins non-blocking (glaring oversight). this caused the lag at
          server startup.
        - take advantage of new aio_close and aio_chmod.
        - implement archetype::get.

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:	1.121
Committed:	Wed Apr 30 07:08:57 2008 UTC (16 years ago) by root
Branch:	MAIN
Changes since 1.120:	+1 -0 lines
Log Message:	probably fix starvation message
#	User	Rev	Content
1	root	1.36	Deliantra MORPG Server, Maps and Archetypes ChangeLog.
2	root	1.6
3	root	1.116	TODO: ridify us from FLAG_NO_FIX_PLAYER
4			TODO: dragons should not be able to change their title via the settings tab in playerbook
5			TODO: emergency swap mode is not working
6			08:43:44 -cfbot:#cf- [Larvae] when I had a devourerbow equipped, and then readied
7			some spellcasting. if I then started using karate, I would get all the
8			stateffects from the bow
9
10	elmex	1.113	2.53
11	root	1.119	- bugfix: custom skill settings were not saved by the server.
12			- bugfix: remove did not actually remove items from the inventory, leaving
13	root	1.116	ghost items.
14	root	1.119	- bugfix: properly update items identified on the ground.
15	root	1.120	- bugfix: use localtime_r in the logger thread.
16	root	1.121	- bugfix: player starvation will now give the corretc kill reason.
17	root	1.120	- make the killer a real object pointer instead of a string.
18	root	1.116	- dropping items a shop is not interested in won't sell them anymore.
19	root	1.119	- bugfix: the mailscrolls are now correctly handed out even when the destination
20	elmex	1.114	player is not logged in.
21	elmex	1.113	- rods and horns with a too low maximum charge allow now at least one discharge.
22	root	1.119	- bugfix: make list_logins non-blocking (glaring oversight). this caused the lag at
23	root	1.117	server startup.
24			- take advantage of new aio_close and aio_chmod.
25	root	1.120	- implement archetype::get.
26	elmex	1.113
27	root	1.112	2.52 Thu Apr 24 11:47:19 CEST 2008
28	root	1.106	- completely automate the item add/delete on remove/insert. this should fix
29			all "ghost" item bugs caused by sloppy coding, as sloppy coding is now correct :)
30			- completely automate the weight handling, should fix all weight
31			accounting bugs caused by sloppy coding, as sloppy coding is now correct :)
32	root	1.103	- reloading archetypes while a user was in the character creation phase
33			could crash the server.
34	root	1.106	- fix a nontrivial number of cases of code commented similar
35			to "is this really correct?", as many of those cases are now handles
36			automatically by lower level code.
37			- replace many ad-hoc checks for client visibility by object::visible_to,
38			should result in broader applicability of functions using it.
39	root	1.104	- merge items with different arch pointers refering to the same arch
40			(due to archetype reloads).
41	root	1.106	- refactored the object remove/insert functions and most related
42			functions (decrease, split, merge_ob etc.).
43	root	1.105	- make it compile better on freebsd (reported by pippijn).
44	root	1.106	- remove GT_UPDATE_INV (no longer applicable).
45	root	1.108	- fix the longstanding "container stays open" bug.
46	root	1.107	- improved floorbox updating to be incremental and other protocol
47			optimisations.
48			- get rid of update_after_inventory_change and only do update stats
49			for weight once/tick/player at max.
50	root	1.109	- rewrite party commands, use party channel.
51	root	1.103
52	root	1.102	2.51 Sun Apr 20 21:27:37 CEST 2008
53	root	1.97	- properly link against libgthread as that is needed to make the slice
54			allocator thread-safe.
55	root	1.91	- support perls not compiled with 64 bit support (though this is not a
56			recommended configuration) (reported by Samuel Gondouin).
57	root	1.94	- always put godgiven items into the player inventory, never any containers.
58	root	1.102	- (arch)
59	root	1.92	- (maps, arch) the scorn go club was founded!
60	root	1.93	- (arch) do no longer support player abilities, they didn't work anyways.
61	root	1.100	- (arch) the alchemy spell is now of the alchemy spell school, which
62			became a real spell-class.
63	root	1.102	- (arch) the alchemist class now get an alchemy spell book for new characters.
64			- (arch) considerably strengthened spark shower and destruction.
65			- match archetypes by name, not by ptr, in treasure.C, this makes archetypes
66			finally reloadable at runtime.
67			- changed archetype loading algorithm to only require one pass and
68			use delayed resolving of references.
69	root	1.101	- examine command now uses the examine infobox.
70	root	1.102	- implement an "incremental garbage collector" for archetypes.
71	root	1.98	- enable slice allocator again.
72	root	1.96	- implement optional free memory poisoning.
73	root	1.91
74	root	1.89	2.5 Wed Apr 16 15:06:53 CEST 2008
75	root	1.90	- the two handed weapon skill can no longer be used as unarmed combat
76	root	1.85	skill.
77	root	1.84	- append [drop xxx coins] to altar/trigger_altar/identify_table/converter
78			names (also update all maps to use money instead of coins).
79	root	1.78	- add uuid accessors to perl.
80			- add coin names and archetype accessors to perl.
81	root	1.80	- fix runtime uuid file format to use "." instead of ",".
82	root	1.78	- change perl extensions to not use hardcoded coins and values.
83	root	1.79	- write uuids asynchronously (no hiccups due to uuid writes)
84			and be more parsimonous of uuid usage by the exact value out on exit.
85	root	1.86	- write log messages in another thread, removing another sync point.
86			- support multi-line log messages in a nicer way.
87	root	1.80	- be more portable w.r.t. uuids and format specifiers everywhere.
88	root	1.81	- fix a minor memleak in the random map generator.
89			- some parts of the random map generator are not coroutine-safe,
90			so only call it "single-threaded".
91			- major cleanup of memory management in random map generator.
92	root	1.87	- slight refactoring of the random map generator, faster too.
93	root	1.81	- solve the "slice_alloc becomes negative" mystery - no allocation bug,
94			bookkeeping bug.
95	root	1.87	- work around "player is on active list" problem by deactivating player
96			after loading.
97	root	1.81	- garbage collect shstr's more evenly and adaptively only when
98			there have in fact been allocations.
99	root	1.82	- fix object::insert to do as documented and insert into the env
100			if necessary.
101			- fix cf::map::unique_maps.
102			- fix nrof overflow check in can_merge_slow.
103			- fix converter code to handle >31 bit values.
104	elmex	1.83	- added support for the player_sold flag
105	root	1.84	- converters no longer accept unpaid items.
106	root	1.88	- canonicalize random map meta files for better unification.
107	root	1.77
108	root	1.75	2.43 Sun Apr 6 20:35:29 CEST 2008
109	root	1.72	- work around a glibc bug that causes calloc to return non-zero memory
110			when mlockall has been used.
111	root	1.71	- pass environment to perl_sys_init3, as required by newer perls.
112	root	1.72	- use separate thread for ticker timing (and more in the future).
113			this greatly increases timing accuracy and gets rid of an enourmous
114			number of gettimeofday calls.
115	root	1.82	- use a separate thread to signal aio completion, for lower latency.
116	root	1.73	- require Coro 4.47, which fixes a data corruption bug with its C API.
117	root	1.71
118	root	1.69	2.42 Sat Mar 15 12:05:21 CET 2008
119	root	1.68	- rebalanced default experience table to be more exponential
120			and much easier up to level ~40, then moderately harder.
121	root	1.67	- change attuned/repelled level boni to +-8 from +-2.
122	root	1.66	- use SvUPGRADE to avoid exception in sv_upgrade with perl 5.10.
123			- do not exit on reload/load errors but properly cleanup.
124	root	1.69	- fix a 32 bit uncleanlyness in the slice debugging wrapper.
125	root	1.66
126	root	1.64	2.41 Fri Jan 25 13:15:37 CET 2008
127	root	1.59	- get rid of YAML::Syck, it's too buggy and misparses many files
128			(this fixes the jeweler skill).
129	root	1.60	- back-to-back perl_reloads don't freeze the ticker anymore.
130	root	1.61	- convert cfutil from Event to EV (forgot to do this earlier...).
131	root	1.63	- move tombstone to real map if player died due to cave-in (even if
132			it has reset, which is better than putting it on the savebed, also as
133			proof that the palyer didn't use a savebed).
134	root	1.59
135	root	1.58	2.4 Sun Jan 13 13:41:29 CET 2008
136	root	1.56	- work around perl bug in configure perl module version check.
137	root	1.49	- fix bug in golem move code that would cause a crash at tiling borders.
138	root	1.50	- fix a freeze bug when looking for an arrow in the inventory.
139	root	1.52	- fix a bug in animate_weapon, causing a crash.
140	root	1.54	- no longer exit when a coroutine throws an exception.
141	root	1.57	- fix a potential double free bug (nicely exploited by g++ 4.2).
142	root	1.53	- fix the "<player> is nuts" message.
143	root	1.58	- fix an exception at logout due to the json_coder being gone.
144	root	1.43	- upgrade to EV version 2.0 API.
145	root	1.47	- when players don't apply a savebed correctly but stand above one,
146			do not move or kill them.
147	root	1.46	- implement client-side settings page in playerbook (0.9963+ required).
148	root	1.43	- implement generic framework for server-side resource files.
149			- implement resource file update event.
150			- hook experience table update into the framework.
151			- move jeweler.yaml to resources (arch/).
152	root	1.44	- switch from Crossfire to Deliantra perl module.
153			- implement json2json arch filter.
154	root	1.45	- implement widget protocol version 2, support for ui templates.
155	root	1.54	- mapinfo is now handled fully asynchronously.
156	root	1.48	- ext/irc: also log irc messages.
157	root	1.51	- ext/schmorplog: write user stat files asynchronously.
158	root	1.43
159	root	1.42	2.32 Sun Dec 2 18:11:01 CET 2007
160	elmex	1.41	- limited the number of items that can be picked up and dropped
161	root	1.42	as temporary measurement against bad performance or dropping things
162			(this lead to long freezes and triggered the watchdog).
163	elmex	1.41	- improved the performance of the drop command a bit.
164	root	1.38	- switch from Event to EV for higher performance, easier usage,
165			less bugs...
166	root	1.39	- updated to release version of the gnu affero license.
167	root	1.38
168	root	1.37	2.31 Sun Nov 11 17:26:28 CET 2007
169	root	1.36	- more thoroughly rename the binaries, contact addresses.
170			- update the copyrights.
171	root	1.37	- avoid backtraces due to old spells on some maps, sometimes causing
172			crashes.
173	root	1.36	- fix a problem where facedata wasn't initialised to zero properly,
174			potentially causing crashes.
175	root	1.35	- assign weapons on user load time, not login-time, avoiding
176			crashes.
177
178	root	1.34	2.3 Sat Oct 27 11:22:38 CEST 2007
179	root	1.32	- fixed an important bug that caused passwords to be forgotten.
180	root	1.31	- implement *tag destinations for goto, slaying etc. and use it
181			in some of the maps.
182	root	1.32	- bigworldised many maps (islands as in pupland and aldwulf),
183			which is now trivial to do.
184	root	1.33	- removed all traces of the old (and never working) plug-in interface
185			(70kb code less on amd64).
186	root	1.34	- improve/tune scheduling priorities.
187			- fix some freezing bugs.
188			- fix a memory corruption problem in dynbuf.printf.
189			- use channels for chat and many informational commands.
190			- improved the tutorial.
191			- create missile is now fixed.
192			- race fields must now contain archetypes.
193			- jumping skill now works as advertised.
194	root	1.31
195	root	1.29	2.2 Tue Sep 11 15:41:24 CEST 2007
196	root	1.24	- relicense under the gnu affero license.
197	root	1.25	- new inscription skill, can only inscribe INSCRIBABLE items.
198	root	1.24	- implement server-side framework for generic resources.
199			- use resource framework for server-provided ambient
200			music.
201	root	1.27	- save object owners (players only atm).
202	root	1.24	- replace limited sound api with server-provided sound effects.
203			- new sc (sound control) protocol command.
204			- improve fxix protocol to include types.
205			- exactly fill tcp segments, if possible.
206			- output-rate is now an upper limit, the server will automatically
207			(and quite perfectly) adjust to the network conditions, ensuring
208			low latency even during bulk transfers (music, images, sounds etc.).
209			- implement server-side widgets (i.e. client widgets controlled
210			in the server side). this will allow future expansion without
211			having to upgrade clients.
212			- implement a (artwork) world map with realtime player position
213			tracking.
214			- new and more efficient extcmd (server still supports old extcmd
215			protocol).
216	root	1.26	- fixed lots of underflow/overflow bugs in diseases and general stats
217			calcluation that could be easily exploited by users.
218			- rebalanced diseases to spread more naturally/evenly.
219			- completely asynchronous map loading even for tiled maps.
220	root	1.24	- replace simple messaging protocol with channels carrying metadata
221			(similar to message types, but more directed at the user).
222			- reduce command processing latency by a whopping 120ms by
223			reordering some processing steps inside the server. this directly
224			reduces lag by 120ms.
225			- actually send spell faces to the client.
226	root	1.23	- implement player genders.
227	root	1.24	- unclean logout/login results in: nothing if map hasn't reset,
228			otherwise return to savebed and possible kill if the log-out
229			was for too long.
230			- fast socket-dead detection (kick player after 8 seconds without ack).
231			- greatly reduce the cpu time needed to draw maps _again_.
232			- archetypes are now subclasses of objects.
233			- rebalanced shop greed and approval functions to be more realistic
234			(and likely match the actual intention).
235	root	1.23	- implement "crossfire pod" format for messages, with working bold,
236			italic, gender-specific text, paragraphs etc.
237	root	1.24	- implemented hint framework, players can opt to receive hints.
238			- implemented (long) book framework, added some books from the cf wiki.
239	root	1.23	- implement generic message framework that uses xml, utf8 for the client
240			protocol and is capable of transmitting generic meta information.
241	root	1.21	- implement (in a suboptimal way) per-player instantiated maps.
242			- replace the nexus by a per-player tutorial map that teaches stuff
243			better than the newbie house.
244	root	1.18	- fix the magicmap colours.
245	root	1.19	- optimise map update even more by removing unneeded code and checks.
246			- decouple map and stats update from pl->ob and use pl->observe instead.
247			- implement observe command.
248	root	1.20	- major speed up in map refresh by replacing most get_map_from_coord
249			calls with a simple comparison.
250			- fix a latent crossfire bug that could crash the server because the
251			map refresh did not update the mapspace.
252	root	1.24	- support custom keys for regions and maps, regions are now
253			refcount-managed.
254			- allow worldmap overlays anywhere in the 000..999 range.
255			- new system to acquire time slices for background jobs, to reduce
256			jitter.
257	root	1.27	- semi-persistent object-referencing framework (currently only players
258			supported).
259	root	1.22	- dependency tracking for perl extensions.
260	root	1.24	- new slag-ex extension for cleaning cauldrons.
261			- fix invoke result processing.
262			- there are even less i/o syncpoints in the server now.
263	root	1.29	- added map-tags extension that scans all maps for object tags
264			and records them in the database (not used yet).
265	root	1.28	- metaserver 2 support.
266	root	1.22	- many more bugfixes and minor optimisations.
267	root	1.16
268	root	1.15	2.1 Sun May 27 04:21:29 CEST 2007
269	root	1.14	- optimised event invocation (non-wanted events can now be
270			skipped with 4-5 inlined instructions).
271	root	1.12	- complete rewrite of town_portal: it now creates a portal
272			to the "nearest" town only, travel is only possible
273	root	1.13	to the town and back, anybody can use it (also removes
274			one of the remaining syncpoints in the server).
275	root	1.10	- complete rewrite of the range/attack skill slot system:
276			there are now two slots, one for combat, one for ranged
277			attacks.
278			- introduce the concept of a current weapon (either a ranged
279			or a combat weapon/skill/tool) and switch between them as
280			needed.
281			- rewrite bow code so bows get more useful: apply damage,
282			attacktype and other stats to the arrows and treat
283			bows as weapons. also rebalance the missile weapons skill
284			so its damage increases with level.
285			- rewrite the complete player speed logic: weapon_speed now
286			works as documented and there are no unnatural speed boosts.
287	root	1.6	- implement a utility - cfutil - that simplifies arch and map
288			installation, replacing the old collect scripts and
289	root	1.9	simplying deployment by scaling and cutting faces as required.
290			- simplify the map protocol extensively by taking advantage
291			of missing bigfaces, speeding up map generation immensely.
292	root	1.6	- implement inherit keyword allowing archetypes to inherit from
293			other archetypes.
294			- rationalise archetype, region and treasurelist file format
295			into a single file format and make them reloadable asynchronously.
296	root	1.9	- make the worldmap, facedata (smoothing, faces, magicmap)
297			reloadable at runtime.
298	root	1.6	- implement 64x64 faceset support.
299			- implement fxixsx protocol that saves
300			a lot of bandwidth over the old image/face/smooth packets
301	root	1.11	and allows images > packetsize, incremental and background
302			transfers.
303	root	1.6	- implement a bandwidth-saving smoothing protocol that works
304			on a face basis as opposed to a mapspace basis.
305	root	1.7	- the server can now rate-limit image uploads to not exceed
306			a certain (client-configurable) speed while guarenteeing full
307			freedom of movement.
308	root	1.8	- implement new ex command to request item descriptions.
309			- implement new msg command for in-game messages with meta
310			information (using xml).
311	root	1.9	- enforce utf-8 for all text messages.
312	root	1.13	- added micropather (not used yet).
313	root	1.6	- many, many bugfixes.
314	root	1.1
315	root	1.5	2.0 Tue Mar 6 15:22:53 CET 2007
316	root	1.1	- make coroapi accessible to cf+.
317			- moved map handling logic completely to perl
318			- per player maps are now marked in the map
319	root	1.2	- maps are saved completely differently now,
320			and much more often.
321	root	1.17	- rewrote map header parser and writer, to be much faster.
322	pippijn	1.4	- maps and players are now (in the average case) loaded
323	root	1.2	and saved completely asynchronously, I/O contention will no
324			longer freeze the server.
325	pippijn	1.4	- players and maps can be loaded anytime, without the player
326	root	1.2	being logged in.
327	root	1.1	- automatically generate method interfaces for perl from headers
328			- unbundled freezethaw
329			- mostly rewrote common/map.C
330			- completely rewrite server/swap.C
331			- introduced "runtime", the CCT clock (corrected crossfire time) :)
332			- introduced new keyword for map files: file_format_version (integer, server version: 0)
333			- better message for apply failures due to applymode
334			- removed most all of the weather code
335			- unified logging to stderr and file
336			- too many minor changes to document