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Deliantra MORPG Server, Maps and Archetypes ChangeLog.

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

syncpoints: rules, news, motd, crossfiremail
""/opt/perl/lib/perl5/unicore/Canonical.pl", "/opt/perl/lib/perl5/unicore/To/Lower.pl" etc...

2.54
        - bugfix: players couldn't starve in 2.53 :(
        - (maps) fixed the death certificate system in nimbus
        - bugfix: correctly send the client a del_spell when a spell gets removed.
        - bugfix: spell effects like word fo recall are removed when dieing.
        - remove synchronous mkdir in chargen_race_done.
        - fix per-race starting maps.
        - tell players when they are starving.
        - get rid of costly object_from_name conversion for altar effects.
        - fix map difficulty calculation for generators.

2.53  Sun May  4 17:32:48 CEST 2008
        - 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 correct kill reason.
        - bugfix: archetype reloads could crash the server.
        - bugfix: the mailscrolls are now correctly handed out even when the destination
          player is not logged in.
        - bugfix: make list_logins non-blocking (glaring oversight). this caused the lag at
          server startup.
        - bugfix: fix the door surround check in the random map generator.
        - (maps) fix heaven quest difficulty progression.
        - (maps) fix some random map styles.
        - dropping items a shop is not interested in won't sell them anymore.
        - rods and horns with a too low maximum charge allow now at least one discharge.
        - implement kill & death statistics.
        - random map preparation is no longer synchronous.
        - rewrite find_style in perl, no longer does synchronous I/O.
        - improve random map specials placement.
        - make the killer a real object pointer instead of a string, improved
          kill reason messages.
        - take advantage of new aio_close and aio_chmod.
        - implement archetype::get, object::deep_clone and update callers.
        - change_abil is much faster.
        - update the floorbox more often to work around the reverses item order
          display in clients.
        - cleaned up object copying by encapsulating it to a single place.
        - add hints to the invite messages.
        - rewrote key<->value pair handling.
        - use an independent random number generator for the random map generator.

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:	1.139
Committed:	Mon May 5 16:02:20 2008 UTC (16 years ago) by root
Branch:	MAIN
Changes since 1.138:	+2 -0 lines
Log Message:	* empty log message *
#	User	Rev	Content
1	root	1.36	Deliantra MORPG Server, Maps and Archetypes ChangeLog.
2	root	1.6
3	root	1.131	TODO: dragons should not be able to change their title via the settings tab in playerbook
4			TODO: emergency swap mode is not working
5			08:43:44 -cfbot:#cf- [Larvae] when I had a devourerbow equipped, and then readied
6			some spellcasting. if I then started using karate, I would get all the
7			stateffects from the bow
8
9	root	1.135	syncpoints: rules, news, motd, crossfiremail
10			""/opt/perl/lib/perl5/unicore/Canonical.pl", "/opt/perl/lib/perl5/unicore/To/Lower.pl" etc...
11
12	root	1.134	2.54
13	root	1.138	- bugfix: players couldn't starve in 2.53 :(
14	root	1.134	- (maps) fixed the death certificate system in nimbus
15	root	1.136	- bugfix: correctly send the client a del_spell when a spell gets removed.
16	root	1.138	- bugfix: spell effects like word fo recall are removed when dieing.
17	root	1.139	- remove synchronous mkdir in chargen_race_done.
18			- fix per-race starting maps.
19	root	1.138	- tell players when they are starving.
20	root	1.133	- get rid of costly object_from_name conversion for altar effects.
21			- fix map difficulty calculation for generators.
22
23	root	1.130	2.53 Sun May 4 17:32:48 CEST 2008
24	root	1.119	- bugfix: custom skill settings were not saved by the server.
25			- bugfix: remove did not actually remove items from the inventory, leaving
26	root	1.116	ghost items.
27	root	1.119	- bugfix: properly update items identified on the ground.
28	root	1.120	- bugfix: use localtime_r in the logger thread.
29	root	1.122	- bugfix: player starvation will now give the correct kill reason.
30			- bugfix: archetype reloads could crash the server.
31	root	1.119	- bugfix: the mailscrolls are now correctly handed out even when the destination
32	elmex	1.114	player is not logged in.
33	root	1.119	- bugfix: make list_logins non-blocking (glaring oversight). this caused the lag at
34	root	1.117	server startup.
35	root	1.128	- bugfix: fix the door surround check in the random map generator.
36			- (maps) fix heaven quest difficulty progression.
37			- (maps) fix some random map styles.
38			- dropping items a shop is not interested in won't sell them anymore.
39			- rods and horns with a too low maximum charge allow now at least one discharge.
40			- implement kill & death statistics.
41			- random map preparation is no longer synchronous.
42			- rewrite find_style in perl, no longer does synchronous I/O.
43			- improve random map specials placement.
44			- make the killer a real object pointer instead of a string, improved
45			kill reason messages.
46	root	1.117	- take advantage of new aio_close and aio_chmod.
47	root	1.128	- implement archetype::get, object::deep_clone and update callers.
48	root	1.125	- change_abil is much faster.
49	root	1.126	- update the floorbox more often to work around the reverses item order
50			display in clients.
51	root	1.125	- cleaned up object copying by encapsulating it to a single place.
52	root	1.126	- add hints to the invite messages.
53	root	1.127	- rewrote key<->value pair handling.
54	root	1.128	- use an independent random number generator for the random map generator.
55	elmex	1.113
56	root	1.112	2.52 Thu Apr 24 11:47:19 CEST 2008
57	root	1.106	- completely automate the item add/delete on remove/insert. this should fix
58			all "ghost" item bugs caused by sloppy coding, as sloppy coding is now correct :)
59			- completely automate the weight handling, should fix all weight
60			accounting bugs caused by sloppy coding, as sloppy coding is now correct :)
61	root	1.103	- reloading archetypes while a user was in the character creation phase
62			could crash the server.
63	root	1.106	- fix a nontrivial number of cases of code commented similar
64			to "is this really correct?", as many of those cases are now handles
65			automatically by lower level code.
66			- replace many ad-hoc checks for client visibility by object::visible_to,
67			should result in broader applicability of functions using it.
68	root	1.104	- merge items with different arch pointers refering to the same arch
69			(due to archetype reloads).
70	root	1.106	- refactored the object remove/insert functions and most related
71			functions (decrease, split, merge_ob etc.).
72	root	1.105	- make it compile better on freebsd (reported by pippijn).
73	root	1.106	- remove GT_UPDATE_INV (no longer applicable).
74	root	1.108	- fix the longstanding "container stays open" bug.
75	root	1.107	- improved floorbox updating to be incremental and other protocol
76			optimisations.
77			- get rid of update_after_inventory_change and only do update stats
78			for weight once/tick/player at max.
79	root	1.109	- rewrite party commands, use party channel.
80	root	1.103
81	root	1.102	2.51 Sun Apr 20 21:27:37 CEST 2008
82	root	1.97	- properly link against libgthread as that is needed to make the slice
83			allocator thread-safe.
84	root	1.91	- support perls not compiled with 64 bit support (though this is not a
85			recommended configuration) (reported by Samuel Gondouin).
86	root	1.94	- always put godgiven items into the player inventory, never any containers.
87	root	1.102	- (arch)
88	root	1.92	- (maps, arch) the scorn go club was founded!
89	root	1.93	- (arch) do no longer support player abilities, they didn't work anyways.
90	root	1.100	- (arch) the alchemy spell is now of the alchemy spell school, which
91			became a real spell-class.
92	root	1.102	- (arch) the alchemist class now get an alchemy spell book for new characters.
93			- (arch) considerably strengthened spark shower and destruction.
94			- match archetypes by name, not by ptr, in treasure.C, this makes archetypes
95			finally reloadable at runtime.
96			- changed archetype loading algorithm to only require one pass and
97			use delayed resolving of references.
98	root	1.101	- examine command now uses the examine infobox.
99	root	1.102	- implement an "incremental garbage collector" for archetypes.
100	root	1.98	- enable slice allocator again.
101	root	1.96	- implement optional free memory poisoning.
102	root	1.91
103	root	1.89	2.5 Wed Apr 16 15:06:53 CEST 2008
104	root	1.90	- the two handed weapon skill can no longer be used as unarmed combat
105	root	1.85	skill.
106	root	1.84	- append [drop xxx coins] to altar/trigger_altar/identify_table/converter
107			names (also update all maps to use money instead of coins).
108	root	1.78	- add uuid accessors to perl.
109			- add coin names and archetype accessors to perl.
110	root	1.80	- fix runtime uuid file format to use "." instead of ",".
111	root	1.78	- change perl extensions to not use hardcoded coins and values.
112	root	1.79	- write uuids asynchronously (no hiccups due to uuid writes)
113			and be more parsimonous of uuid usage by the exact value out on exit.
114	root	1.86	- write log messages in another thread, removing another sync point.
115			- support multi-line log messages in a nicer way.
116	root	1.80	- be more portable w.r.t. uuids and format specifiers everywhere.
117	root	1.81	- fix a minor memleak in the random map generator.
118			- some parts of the random map generator are not coroutine-safe,
119			so only call it "single-threaded".
120			- major cleanup of memory management in random map generator.
121	root	1.87	- slight refactoring of the random map generator, faster too.
122	root	1.81	- solve the "slice_alloc becomes negative" mystery - no allocation bug,
123			bookkeeping bug.
124	root	1.87	- work around "player is on active list" problem by deactivating player
125			after loading.
126	root	1.81	- garbage collect shstr's more evenly and adaptively only when
127			there have in fact been allocations.
128	root	1.82	- fix object::insert to do as documented and insert into the env
129			if necessary.
130			- fix cf::map::unique_maps.
131			- fix nrof overflow check in can_merge_slow.
132			- fix converter code to handle >31 bit values.
133	elmex	1.83	- added support for the player_sold flag
134	root	1.84	- converters no longer accept unpaid items.
135	root	1.88	- canonicalize random map meta files for better unification.
136	root	1.77
137	root	1.75	2.43 Sun Apr 6 20:35:29 CEST 2008
138	root	1.72	- work around a glibc bug that causes calloc to return non-zero memory
139			when mlockall has been used.
140	root	1.71	- pass environment to perl_sys_init3, as required by newer perls.
141	root	1.72	- use separate thread for ticker timing (and more in the future).
142			this greatly increases timing accuracy and gets rid of an enourmous
143			number of gettimeofday calls.
144	root	1.82	- use a separate thread to signal aio completion, for lower latency.
145	root	1.73	- require Coro 4.47, which fixes a data corruption bug with its C API.
146	root	1.71
147	root	1.69	2.42 Sat Mar 15 12:05:21 CET 2008
148	root	1.68	- rebalanced default experience table to be more exponential
149			and much easier up to level ~40, then moderately harder.
150	root	1.67	- change attuned/repelled level boni to +-8 from +-2.
151	root	1.66	- use SvUPGRADE to avoid exception in sv_upgrade with perl 5.10.
152			- do not exit on reload/load errors but properly cleanup.
153	root	1.69	- fix a 32 bit uncleanlyness in the slice debugging wrapper.
154	root	1.66
155	root	1.64	2.41 Fri Jan 25 13:15:37 CET 2008
156	root	1.59	- get rid of YAML::Syck, it's too buggy and misparses many files
157			(this fixes the jeweler skill).
158	root	1.60	- back-to-back perl_reloads don't freeze the ticker anymore.
159	root	1.61	- convert cfutil from Event to EV (forgot to do this earlier...).
160	root	1.63	- move tombstone to real map if player died due to cave-in (even if
161			it has reset, which is better than putting it on the savebed, also as
162			proof that the palyer didn't use a savebed).
163	root	1.59
164	root	1.58	2.4 Sun Jan 13 13:41:29 CET 2008
165	root	1.56	- work around perl bug in configure perl module version check.
166	root	1.49	- fix bug in golem move code that would cause a crash at tiling borders.
167	root	1.50	- fix a freeze bug when looking for an arrow in the inventory.
168	root	1.52	- fix a bug in animate_weapon, causing a crash.
169	root	1.54	- no longer exit when a coroutine throws an exception.
170	root	1.57	- fix a potential double free bug (nicely exploited by g++ 4.2).
171	root	1.53	- fix the "<player> is nuts" message.
172	root	1.58	- fix an exception at logout due to the json_coder being gone.
173	root	1.43	- upgrade to EV version 2.0 API.
174	root	1.47	- when players don't apply a savebed correctly but stand above one,
175			do not move or kill them.
176	root	1.46	- implement client-side settings page in playerbook (0.9963+ required).
177	root	1.43	- implement generic framework for server-side resource files.
178			- implement resource file update event.
179			- hook experience table update into the framework.
180			- move jeweler.yaml to resources (arch/).
181	root	1.44	- switch from Crossfire to Deliantra perl module.
182			- implement json2json arch filter.
183	root	1.45	- implement widget protocol version 2, support for ui templates.
184	root	1.54	- mapinfo is now handled fully asynchronously.
185	root	1.48	- ext/irc: also log irc messages.
186	root	1.51	- ext/schmorplog: write user stat files asynchronously.
187	root	1.43
188	root	1.42	2.32 Sun Dec 2 18:11:01 CET 2007
189	elmex	1.41	- limited the number of items that can be picked up and dropped
190	root	1.42	as temporary measurement against bad performance or dropping things
191			(this lead to long freezes and triggered the watchdog).
192	elmex	1.41	- improved the performance of the drop command a bit.
193	root	1.38	- switch from Event to EV for higher performance, easier usage,
194			less bugs...
195	root	1.39	- updated to release version of the gnu affero license.
196	root	1.38
197	root	1.37	2.31 Sun Nov 11 17:26:28 CET 2007
198	root	1.36	- more thoroughly rename the binaries, contact addresses.
199			- update the copyrights.
200	root	1.37	- avoid backtraces due to old spells on some maps, sometimes causing
201			crashes.
202	root	1.36	- fix a problem where facedata wasn't initialised to zero properly,
203			potentially causing crashes.
204	root	1.35	- assign weapons on user load time, not login-time, avoiding
205			crashes.
206
207	root	1.34	2.3 Sat Oct 27 11:22:38 CEST 2007
208	root	1.32	- fixed an important bug that caused passwords to be forgotten.
209	root	1.31	- implement *tag destinations for goto, slaying etc. and use it
210			in some of the maps.
211	root	1.32	- bigworldised many maps (islands as in pupland and aldwulf),
212			which is now trivial to do.
213	root	1.33	- removed all traces of the old (and never working) plug-in interface
214			(70kb code less on amd64).
215	root	1.34	- improve/tune scheduling priorities.
216			- fix some freezing bugs.
217			- fix a memory corruption problem in dynbuf.printf.
218			- use channels for chat and many informational commands.
219			- improved the tutorial.
220			- create missile is now fixed.
221			- race fields must now contain archetypes.
222			- jumping skill now works as advertised.
223	root	1.31
224	root	1.29	2.2 Tue Sep 11 15:41:24 CEST 2007
225	root	1.24	- relicense under the gnu affero license.
226	root	1.25	- new inscription skill, can only inscribe INSCRIBABLE items.
227	root	1.24	- implement server-side framework for generic resources.
228			- use resource framework for server-provided ambient
229			music.
230	root	1.27	- save object owners (players only atm).
231	root	1.24	- replace limited sound api with server-provided sound effects.
232			- new sc (sound control) protocol command.
233			- improve fxix protocol to include types.
234			- exactly fill tcp segments, if possible.
235			- output-rate is now an upper limit, the server will automatically
236			(and quite perfectly) adjust to the network conditions, ensuring
237			low latency even during bulk transfers (music, images, sounds etc.).
238			- implement server-side widgets (i.e. client widgets controlled
239			in the server side). this will allow future expansion without
240			having to upgrade clients.
241			- implement a (artwork) world map with realtime player position
242			tracking.
243			- new and more efficient extcmd (server still supports old extcmd
244			protocol).
245	root	1.26	- fixed lots of underflow/overflow bugs in diseases and general stats
246			calcluation that could be easily exploited by users.
247			- rebalanced diseases to spread more naturally/evenly.
248			- completely asynchronous map loading even for tiled maps.
249	root	1.24	- replace simple messaging protocol with channels carrying metadata
250			(similar to message types, but more directed at the user).
251			- reduce command processing latency by a whopping 120ms by
252			reordering some processing steps inside the server. this directly
253			reduces lag by 120ms.
254			- actually send spell faces to the client.
255	root	1.23	- implement player genders.
256	root	1.24	- unclean logout/login results in: nothing if map hasn't reset,
257			otherwise return to savebed and possible kill if the log-out
258			was for too long.
259			- fast socket-dead detection (kick player after 8 seconds without ack).
260			- greatly reduce the cpu time needed to draw maps _again_.
261			- archetypes are now subclasses of objects.
262			- rebalanced shop greed and approval functions to be more realistic
263			(and likely match the actual intention).
264	root	1.23	- implement "crossfire pod" format for messages, with working bold,
265			italic, gender-specific text, paragraphs etc.
266	root	1.24	- implemented hint framework, players can opt to receive hints.
267			- implemented (long) book framework, added some books from the cf wiki.
268	root	1.23	- implement generic message framework that uses xml, utf8 for the client
269			protocol and is capable of transmitting generic meta information.
270	root	1.21	- implement (in a suboptimal way) per-player instantiated maps.
271			- replace the nexus by a per-player tutorial map that teaches stuff
272			better than the newbie house.
273	root	1.18	- fix the magicmap colours.
274	root	1.19	- optimise map update even more by removing unneeded code and checks.
275			- decouple map and stats update from pl->ob and use pl->observe instead.
276			- implement observe command.
277	root	1.20	- major speed up in map refresh by replacing most get_map_from_coord
278			calls with a simple comparison.
279			- fix a latent crossfire bug that could crash the server because the
280			map refresh did not update the mapspace.
281	root	1.24	- support custom keys for regions and maps, regions are now
282			refcount-managed.
283			- allow worldmap overlays anywhere in the 000..999 range.
284			- new system to acquire time slices for background jobs, to reduce
285			jitter.
286	root	1.27	- semi-persistent object-referencing framework (currently only players
287			supported).
288	root	1.22	- dependency tracking for perl extensions.
289	root	1.24	- new slag-ex extension for cleaning cauldrons.
290			- fix invoke result processing.
291			- there are even less i/o syncpoints in the server now.
292	root	1.29	- added map-tags extension that scans all maps for object tags
293			and records them in the database (not used yet).
294	root	1.28	- metaserver 2 support.
295	root	1.22	- many more bugfixes and minor optimisations.
296	root	1.16
297	root	1.15	2.1 Sun May 27 04:21:29 CEST 2007
298	root	1.14	- optimised event invocation (non-wanted events can now be
299			skipped with 4-5 inlined instructions).
300	root	1.12	- complete rewrite of town_portal: it now creates a portal
301			to the "nearest" town only, travel is only possible
302	root	1.13	to the town and back, anybody can use it (also removes
303			one of the remaining syncpoints in the server).
304	root	1.10	- complete rewrite of the range/attack skill slot system:
305			there are now two slots, one for combat, one for ranged
306			attacks.
307			- introduce the concept of a current weapon (either a ranged
308			or a combat weapon/skill/tool) and switch between them as
309			needed.
310			- rewrite bow code so bows get more useful: apply damage,
311			attacktype and other stats to the arrows and treat
312			bows as weapons. also rebalance the missile weapons skill
313			so its damage increases with level.
314			- rewrite the complete player speed logic: weapon_speed now
315			works as documented and there are no unnatural speed boosts.
316	root	1.6	- implement a utility - cfutil - that simplifies arch and map
317			installation, replacing the old collect scripts and
318	root	1.9	simplying deployment by scaling and cutting faces as required.
319			- simplify the map protocol extensively by taking advantage
320			of missing bigfaces, speeding up map generation immensely.
321	root	1.6	- implement inherit keyword allowing archetypes to inherit from
322			other archetypes.
323			- rationalise archetype, region and treasurelist file format
324			into a single file format and make them reloadable asynchronously.
325	root	1.9	- make the worldmap, facedata (smoothing, faces, magicmap)
326			reloadable at runtime.
327	root	1.6	- implement 64x64 faceset support.
328			- implement fxixsx protocol that saves
329			a lot of bandwidth over the old image/face/smooth packets
330	root	1.11	and allows images > packetsize, incremental and background
331			transfers.
332	root	1.6	- implement a bandwidth-saving smoothing protocol that works
333			on a face basis as opposed to a mapspace basis.
334	root	1.7	- the server can now rate-limit image uploads to not exceed
335			a certain (client-configurable) speed while guarenteeing full
336			freedom of movement.
337	root	1.8	- implement new ex command to request item descriptions.
338			- implement new msg command for in-game messages with meta
339			information (using xml).
340	root	1.9	- enforce utf-8 for all text messages.
341	root	1.13	- added micropather (not used yet).
342	root	1.6	- many, many bugfixes.
343	root	1.1
344	root	1.5	2.0 Tue Mar 6 15:22:53 CET 2007
345	root	1.1	- make coroapi accessible to cf+.
346			- moved map handling logic completely to perl
347			- per player maps are now marked in the map
348	root	1.2	- maps are saved completely differently now,
349			and much more often.
350	root	1.17	- rewrote map header parser and writer, to be much faster.
351	pippijn	1.4	- maps and players are now (in the average case) loaded
352	root	1.2	and saved completely asynchronously, I/O contention will no
353			longer freeze the server.
354	pippijn	1.4	- players and maps can be loaded anytime, without the player
355	root	1.2	being logged in.
356	root	1.1	- automatically generate method interfaces for perl from headers
357			- unbundled freezethaw
358			- mostly rewrote common/map.C
359			- completely rewrite server/swap.C
360			- introduced "runtime", the CCT clock (corrected crossfire time) :)
361			- introduced new keyword for map files: file_format_version (integer, server version: 0)
362			- better message for apply failures due to applymode
363			- removed most all of the weather code
364			- unified logging to stderr and file
365			- too many minor changes to document