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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

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

2.54
        - change floorbox item ordering to enbale more efficient protocol and to
          stay in sync with the 0.9971 client update which also reverses ordering.
        - 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.
        - bugfix: fix a crash when objects with treasure on top (ground...)
          were created outside a map.
        - bugfix: couldn't apply inventory items when levitating, but ground items
          (fixed by reversing the logic).
        - unapply item in range slow when readying a spell.
        - remove synchronous mkdir in chargen_race_done.
        - fix per-race starting maps.
        - check hiscore on suicide and quit as well.
        - 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:	1.145
Committed:	Tue May 6 16:32:34 2008 UTC (16 years ago) by root
Branch:	MAIN
Changes since 1.144:	+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
6	root	1.135	syncpoints: rules, news, motd, crossfiremail
7			""/opt/perl/lib/perl5/unicore/Canonical.pl", "/opt/perl/lib/perl5/unicore/To/Lower.pl" etc...
8
9	root	1.134	2.54
10	root	1.140	- change floorbox item ordering to enbale more efficient protocol and to
11			stay in sync with the 0.9971 client update which also reverses ordering.
12	root	1.138	- bugfix: players couldn't starve in 2.53 :(
13	root	1.134	- (maps) fixed the death certificate system in nimbus
14	root	1.136	- bugfix: correctly send the client a del_spell when a spell gets removed.
15	root	1.138	- bugfix: spell effects like word fo recall are removed when dieing.
16	root	1.141	- bugfix: fix a crash when objects with treasure on top (ground...)
17			were created outside a map.
18	root	1.145	- bugfix: couldn't apply inventory items when levitating, but ground items
19			(fixed by reversing the logic).
20	root	1.143	- unapply item in range slow when readying a spell.
21	root	1.139	- remove synchronous mkdir in chargen_race_done.
22			- fix per-race starting maps.
23	root	1.142	- check hiscore on suicide and quit as well.
24	root	1.138	- tell players when they are starving.
25	root	1.133	- get rid of costly object_from_name conversion for altar effects.
26			- fix map difficulty calculation for generators.
27
28	root	1.130	2.53 Sun May 4 17:32:48 CEST 2008
29	root	1.119	- bugfix: custom skill settings were not saved by the server.
30			- bugfix: remove did not actually remove items from the inventory, leaving
31	root	1.116	ghost items.
32	root	1.119	- bugfix: properly update items identified on the ground.
33	root	1.120	- bugfix: use localtime_r in the logger thread.
34	root	1.122	- bugfix: player starvation will now give the correct kill reason.
35			- bugfix: archetype reloads could crash the server.
36	root	1.119	- bugfix: the mailscrolls are now correctly handed out even when the destination
37	elmex	1.114	player is not logged in.
38	root	1.119	- bugfix: make list_logins non-blocking (glaring oversight). this caused the lag at
39	root	1.117	server startup.
40	root	1.128	- bugfix: fix the door surround check in the random map generator.
41			- (maps) fix heaven quest difficulty progression.
42			- (maps) fix some random map styles.
43			- dropping items a shop is not interested in won't sell them anymore.
44			- rods and horns with a too low maximum charge allow now at least one discharge.
45			- implement kill & death statistics.
46			- random map preparation is no longer synchronous.
47			- rewrite find_style in perl, no longer does synchronous I/O.
48			- improve random map specials placement.
49			- make the killer a real object pointer instead of a string, improved
50			kill reason messages.
51	root	1.117	- take advantage of new aio_close and aio_chmod.
52	root	1.128	- implement archetype::get, object::deep_clone and update callers.
53	root	1.125	- change_abil is much faster.
54	root	1.126	- update the floorbox more often to work around the reverses item order
55			display in clients.
56	root	1.125	- cleaned up object copying by encapsulating it to a single place.
57	root	1.126	- add hints to the invite messages.
58	root	1.127	- rewrote key<->value pair handling.
59	root	1.128	- use an independent random number generator for the random map generator.
60	elmex	1.113
61	root	1.112	2.52 Thu Apr 24 11:47:19 CEST 2008
62	root	1.106	- completely automate the item add/delete on remove/insert. this should fix
63			all "ghost" item bugs caused by sloppy coding, as sloppy coding is now correct :)
64			- completely automate the weight handling, should fix all weight
65			accounting bugs caused by sloppy coding, as sloppy coding is now correct :)
66	root	1.103	- reloading archetypes while a user was in the character creation phase
67			could crash the server.
68	root	1.106	- fix a nontrivial number of cases of code commented similar
69			to "is this really correct?", as many of those cases are now handles
70			automatically by lower level code.
71			- replace many ad-hoc checks for client visibility by object::visible_to,
72			should result in broader applicability of functions using it.
73	root	1.104	- merge items with different arch pointers refering to the same arch
74			(due to archetype reloads).
75	root	1.106	- refactored the object remove/insert functions and most related
76			functions (decrease, split, merge_ob etc.).
77	root	1.105	- make it compile better on freebsd (reported by pippijn).
78	root	1.106	- remove GT_UPDATE_INV (no longer applicable).
79	root	1.108	- fix the longstanding "container stays open" bug.
80	root	1.107	- improved floorbox updating to be incremental and other protocol
81			optimisations.
82			- get rid of update_after_inventory_change and only do update stats
83			for weight once/tick/player at max.
84	root	1.109	- rewrite party commands, use party channel.
85	root	1.103
86	root	1.102	2.51 Sun Apr 20 21:27:37 CEST 2008
87	root	1.97	- properly link against libgthread as that is needed to make the slice
88			allocator thread-safe.
89	root	1.91	- support perls not compiled with 64 bit support (though this is not a
90			recommended configuration) (reported by Samuel Gondouin).
91	root	1.94	- always put godgiven items into the player inventory, never any containers.
92	root	1.102	- (arch)
93	root	1.92	- (maps, arch) the scorn go club was founded!
94	root	1.93	- (arch) do no longer support player abilities, they didn't work anyways.
95	root	1.100	- (arch) the alchemy spell is now of the alchemy spell school, which
96			became a real spell-class.
97	root	1.102	- (arch) the alchemist class now get an alchemy spell book for new characters.
98			- (arch) considerably strengthened spark shower and destruction.
99			- match archetypes by name, not by ptr, in treasure.C, this makes archetypes
100			finally reloadable at runtime.
101			- changed archetype loading algorithm to only require one pass and
102			use delayed resolving of references.
103	root	1.101	- examine command now uses the examine infobox.
104	root	1.102	- implement an "incremental garbage collector" for archetypes.
105	root	1.98	- enable slice allocator again.
106	root	1.96	- implement optional free memory poisoning.
107	root	1.91
108	root	1.89	2.5 Wed Apr 16 15:06:53 CEST 2008
109	root	1.90	- the two handed weapon skill can no longer be used as unarmed combat
110	root	1.85	skill.
111	root	1.84	- append [drop xxx coins] to altar/trigger_altar/identify_table/converter
112			names (also update all maps to use money instead of coins).
113	root	1.78	- add uuid accessors to perl.
114			- add coin names and archetype accessors to perl.
115	root	1.80	- fix runtime uuid file format to use "." instead of ",".
116	root	1.78	- change perl extensions to not use hardcoded coins and values.
117	root	1.79	- write uuids asynchronously (no hiccups due to uuid writes)
118			and be more parsimonous of uuid usage by the exact value out on exit.
119	root	1.86	- write log messages in another thread, removing another sync point.
120			- support multi-line log messages in a nicer way.
121	root	1.80	- be more portable w.r.t. uuids and format specifiers everywhere.
122	root	1.81	- fix a minor memleak in the random map generator.
123			- some parts of the random map generator are not coroutine-safe,
124			so only call it "single-threaded".
125			- major cleanup of memory management in random map generator.
126	root	1.87	- slight refactoring of the random map generator, faster too.
127	root	1.81	- solve the "slice_alloc becomes negative" mystery - no allocation bug,
128			bookkeeping bug.
129	root	1.87	- work around "player is on active list" problem by deactivating player
130			after loading.
131	root	1.81	- garbage collect shstr's more evenly and adaptively only when
132			there have in fact been allocations.
133	root	1.82	- fix object::insert to do as documented and insert into the env
134			if necessary.
135			- fix cf::map::unique_maps.
136			- fix nrof overflow check in can_merge_slow.
137			- fix converter code to handle >31 bit values.
138	elmex	1.83	- added support for the player_sold flag
139	root	1.84	- converters no longer accept unpaid items.
140	root	1.88	- canonicalize random map meta files for better unification.
141	root	1.77
142	root	1.75	2.43 Sun Apr 6 20:35:29 CEST 2008
143	root	1.72	- work around a glibc bug that causes calloc to return non-zero memory
144			when mlockall has been used.
145	root	1.71	- pass environment to perl_sys_init3, as required by newer perls.
146	root	1.72	- use separate thread for ticker timing (and more in the future).
147			this greatly increases timing accuracy and gets rid of an enourmous
148			number of gettimeofday calls.
149	root	1.82	- use a separate thread to signal aio completion, for lower latency.
150	root	1.73	- require Coro 4.47, which fixes a data corruption bug with its C API.
151	root	1.71
152	root	1.69	2.42 Sat Mar 15 12:05:21 CET 2008
153	root	1.68	- rebalanced default experience table to be more exponential
154			and much easier up to level ~40, then moderately harder.
155	root	1.67	- change attuned/repelled level boni to +-8 from +-2.
156	root	1.66	- use SvUPGRADE to avoid exception in sv_upgrade with perl 5.10.
157			- do not exit on reload/load errors but properly cleanup.
158	root	1.69	- fix a 32 bit uncleanlyness in the slice debugging wrapper.
159	root	1.66
160	root	1.64	2.41 Fri Jan 25 13:15:37 CET 2008
161	root	1.59	- get rid of YAML::Syck, it's too buggy and misparses many files
162			(this fixes the jeweler skill).
163	root	1.60	- back-to-back perl_reloads don't freeze the ticker anymore.
164	root	1.61	- convert cfutil from Event to EV (forgot to do this earlier...).
165	root	1.63	- move tombstone to real map if player died due to cave-in (even if
166			it has reset, which is better than putting it on the savebed, also as
167			proof that the palyer didn't use a savebed).
168	root	1.59
169	root	1.58	2.4 Sun Jan 13 13:41:29 CET 2008
170	root	1.56	- work around perl bug in configure perl module version check.
171	root	1.49	- fix bug in golem move code that would cause a crash at tiling borders.
172	root	1.50	- fix a freeze bug when looking for an arrow in the inventory.
173	root	1.52	- fix a bug in animate_weapon, causing a crash.
174	root	1.54	- no longer exit when a coroutine throws an exception.
175	root	1.57	- fix a potential double free bug (nicely exploited by g++ 4.2).
176	root	1.53	- fix the "<player> is nuts" message.
177	root	1.58	- fix an exception at logout due to the json_coder being gone.
178	root	1.43	- upgrade to EV version 2.0 API.
179	root	1.47	- when players don't apply a savebed correctly but stand above one,
180			do not move or kill them.
181	root	1.46	- implement client-side settings page in playerbook (0.9963+ required).
182	root	1.43	- implement generic framework for server-side resource files.
183			- implement resource file update event.
184			- hook experience table update into the framework.
185			- move jeweler.yaml to resources (arch/).
186	root	1.44	- switch from Crossfire to Deliantra perl module.
187			- implement json2json arch filter.
188	root	1.45	- implement widget protocol version 2, support for ui templates.
189	root	1.54	- mapinfo is now handled fully asynchronously.
190	root	1.48	- ext/irc: also log irc messages.
191	root	1.51	- ext/schmorplog: write user stat files asynchronously.
192	root	1.43
193	root	1.42	2.32 Sun Dec 2 18:11:01 CET 2007
194	elmex	1.41	- limited the number of items that can be picked up and dropped
195	root	1.42	as temporary measurement against bad performance or dropping things
196			(this lead to long freezes and triggered the watchdog).
197	elmex	1.41	- improved the performance of the drop command a bit.
198	root	1.38	- switch from Event to EV for higher performance, easier usage,
199			less bugs...
200	root	1.39	- updated to release version of the gnu affero license.
201	root	1.38
202	root	1.37	2.31 Sun Nov 11 17:26:28 CET 2007
203	root	1.36	- more thoroughly rename the binaries, contact addresses.
204			- update the copyrights.
205	root	1.37	- avoid backtraces due to old spells on some maps, sometimes causing
206			crashes.
207	root	1.36	- fix a problem where facedata wasn't initialised to zero properly,
208			potentially causing crashes.
209	root	1.35	- assign weapons on user load time, not login-time, avoiding
210			crashes.
211
212	root	1.34	2.3 Sat Oct 27 11:22:38 CEST 2007
213	root	1.32	- fixed an important bug that caused passwords to be forgotten.
214	root	1.31	- implement *tag destinations for goto, slaying etc. and use it
215			in some of the maps.
216	root	1.32	- bigworldised many maps (islands as in pupland and aldwulf),
217			which is now trivial to do.
218	root	1.33	- removed all traces of the old (and never working) plug-in interface
219			(70kb code less on amd64).
220	root	1.34	- improve/tune scheduling priorities.
221			- fix some freezing bugs.
222			- fix a memory corruption problem in dynbuf.printf.
223			- use channels for chat and many informational commands.
224			- improved the tutorial.
225			- create missile is now fixed.
226			- race fields must now contain archetypes.
227			- jumping skill now works as advertised.
228	root	1.31
229	root	1.29	2.2 Tue Sep 11 15:41:24 CEST 2007
230	root	1.24	- relicense under the gnu affero license.
231	root	1.25	- new inscription skill, can only inscribe INSCRIBABLE items.
232	root	1.24	- implement server-side framework for generic resources.
233			- use resource framework for server-provided ambient
234			music.
235	root	1.27	- save object owners (players only atm).
236	root	1.24	- replace limited sound api with server-provided sound effects.
237			- new sc (sound control) protocol command.
238			- improve fxix protocol to include types.
239			- exactly fill tcp segments, if possible.
240			- output-rate is now an upper limit, the server will automatically
241			(and quite perfectly) adjust to the network conditions, ensuring
242			low latency even during bulk transfers (music, images, sounds etc.).
243			- implement server-side widgets (i.e. client widgets controlled
244			in the server side). this will allow future expansion without
245			having to upgrade clients.
246			- implement a (artwork) world map with realtime player position
247			tracking.
248			- new and more efficient extcmd (server still supports old extcmd
249			protocol).
250	root	1.26	- fixed lots of underflow/overflow bugs in diseases and general stats
251			calcluation that could be easily exploited by users.
252			- rebalanced diseases to spread more naturally/evenly.
253			- completely asynchronous map loading even for tiled maps.
254	root	1.24	- replace simple messaging protocol with channels carrying metadata
255			(similar to message types, but more directed at the user).
256			- reduce command processing latency by a whopping 120ms by
257			reordering some processing steps inside the server. this directly
258			reduces lag by 120ms.
259			- actually send spell faces to the client.
260	root	1.23	- implement player genders.
261	root	1.24	- unclean logout/login results in: nothing if map hasn't reset,
262			otherwise return to savebed and possible kill if the log-out
263			was for too long.
264			- fast socket-dead detection (kick player after 8 seconds without ack).
265			- greatly reduce the cpu time needed to draw maps _again_.
266			- archetypes are now subclasses of objects.
267			- rebalanced shop greed and approval functions to be more realistic
268			(and likely match the actual intention).
269	root	1.23	- implement "crossfire pod" format for messages, with working bold,
270			italic, gender-specific text, paragraphs etc.
271	root	1.24	- implemented hint framework, players can opt to receive hints.
272			- implemented (long) book framework, added some books from the cf wiki.
273	root	1.23	- implement generic message framework that uses xml, utf8 for the client
274			protocol and is capable of transmitting generic meta information.
275	root	1.21	- implement (in a suboptimal way) per-player instantiated maps.
276			- replace the nexus by a per-player tutorial map that teaches stuff
277			better than the newbie house.
278	root	1.18	- fix the magicmap colours.
279	root	1.19	- optimise map update even more by removing unneeded code and checks.
280			- decouple map and stats update from pl->ob and use pl->observe instead.
281			- implement observe command.
282	root	1.20	- major speed up in map refresh by replacing most get_map_from_coord
283			calls with a simple comparison.
284			- fix a latent crossfire bug that could crash the server because the
285			map refresh did not update the mapspace.
286	root	1.24	- support custom keys for regions and maps, regions are now
287			refcount-managed.
288			- allow worldmap overlays anywhere in the 000..999 range.
289			- new system to acquire time slices for background jobs, to reduce
290			jitter.
291	root	1.27	- semi-persistent object-referencing framework (currently only players
292			supported).
293	root	1.22	- dependency tracking for perl extensions.
294	root	1.24	- new slag-ex extension for cleaning cauldrons.
295			- fix invoke result processing.
296			- there are even less i/o syncpoints in the server now.
297	root	1.29	- added map-tags extension that scans all maps for object tags
298			and records them in the database (not used yet).
299	root	1.28	- metaserver 2 support.
300	root	1.22	- many more bugfixes and minor optimisations.
301	root	1.16
302	root	1.15	2.1 Sun May 27 04:21:29 CEST 2007
303	root	1.14	- optimised event invocation (non-wanted events can now be
304			skipped with 4-5 inlined instructions).
305	root	1.12	- complete rewrite of town_portal: it now creates a portal
306			to the "nearest" town only, travel is only possible
307	root	1.13	to the town and back, anybody can use it (also removes
308			one of the remaining syncpoints in the server).
309	root	1.10	- complete rewrite of the range/attack skill slot system:
310			there are now two slots, one for combat, one for ranged
311			attacks.
312			- introduce the concept of a current weapon (either a ranged
313			or a combat weapon/skill/tool) and switch between them as
314			needed.
315			- rewrite bow code so bows get more useful: apply damage,
316			attacktype and other stats to the arrows and treat
317			bows as weapons. also rebalance the missile weapons skill
318			so its damage increases with level.
319			- rewrite the complete player speed logic: weapon_speed now
320			works as documented and there are no unnatural speed boosts.
321	root	1.6	- implement a utility - cfutil - that simplifies arch and map
322			installation, replacing the old collect scripts and
323	root	1.9	simplying deployment by scaling and cutting faces as required.
324			- simplify the map protocol extensively by taking advantage
325			of missing bigfaces, speeding up map generation immensely.
326	root	1.6	- implement inherit keyword allowing archetypes to inherit from
327			other archetypes.
328			- rationalise archetype, region and treasurelist file format
329			into a single file format and make them reloadable asynchronously.
330	root	1.9	- make the worldmap, facedata (smoothing, faces, magicmap)
331			reloadable at runtime.
332	root	1.6	- implement 64x64 faceset support.
333			- implement fxixsx protocol that saves
334			a lot of bandwidth over the old image/face/smooth packets
335	root	1.11	and allows images > packetsize, incremental and background
336			transfers.
337	root	1.6	- implement a bandwidth-saving smoothing protocol that works
338			on a face basis as opposed to a mapspace basis.
339	root	1.7	- the server can now rate-limit image uploads to not exceed
340			a certain (client-configurable) speed while guarenteeing full
341			freedom of movement.
342	root	1.8	- implement new ex command to request item descriptions.
343			- implement new msg command for in-game messages with meta
344			information (using xml).
345	root	1.9	- enforce utf-8 for all text messages.
346	root	1.13	- added micropather (not used yet).
347	root	1.6	- many, many bugfixes.
348	root	1.1
349	root	1.5	2.0 Tue Mar 6 15:22:53 CET 2007
350	root	1.1	- make coroapi accessible to cf+.
351			- moved map handling logic completely to perl
352			- per player maps are now marked in the map
353	root	1.2	- maps are saved completely differently now,
354			and much more often.
355	root	1.17	- rewrote map header parser and writer, to be much faster.
356	pippijn	1.4	- maps and players are now (in the average case) loaded
357	root	1.2	and saved completely asynchronously, I/O contention will no
358			longer freeze the server.
359	pippijn	1.4	- players and maps can be loaded anytime, without the player
360	root	1.2	being logged in.
361	root	1.1	- automatically generate method interfaces for perl from headers
362			- unbundled freezethaw
363			- mostly rewrote common/map.C
364			- completely rewrite server/swap.C
365			- introduced "runtime", the CCT clock (corrected crossfire time) :)
366			- introduced new keyword for map files: file_format_version (integer, server version: 0)
367			- better message for apply failures due to applymode
368			- removed most all of the weather code
369			- unified logging to stderr and file
370			- too many minor changes to document