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Crossfire TRT Server, Maps and Archetypes ChangeLog.

2.2
        - 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.
        - many 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:	1.21
Committed:	Sat Jun 9 21:16:12 2007 UTC (16 years, 11 months ago) by root
Branch:	MAIN
Changes since 1.20:	+4 -1 lines
Log Message:	- inherit some flags from the head (probably should inherit everything, the whole object, but thats for later). this makes speed-relevant code faster and simpler.
#	User	Rev	Content
1	root	1.21	Crossfire TRT Server, Maps and Archetypes ChangeLog.
2	root	1.6
3	root	1.16	2.2
4	root	1.21	- implement (in a suboptimal way) per-player instantiated maps.
5			- replace the nexus by a per-player tutorial map that teaches stuff
6			better than the newbie house.
7	root	1.18	- fix the magicmap colours.
8	root	1.19	- optimise map update even more by removing unneeded code and checks.
9			- decouple map and stats update from pl->ob and use pl->observe instead.
10			- implement observe command.
11	root	1.20	- major speed up in map refresh by replacing most get_map_from_coord
12			calls with a simple comparison.
13			- fix a latent crossfire bug that could crash the server because the
14			map refresh did not update the mapspace.
15	root	1.17	- many bugfixes and minor optimisations.
16	root	1.16
17	root	1.15	2.1 Sun May 27 04:21:29 CEST 2007
18	root	1.14	- optimised event invocation (non-wanted events can now be
19			skipped with 4-5 inlined instructions).
20	root	1.12	- complete rewrite of town_portal: it now creates a portal
21			to the "nearest" town only, travel is only possible
22	root	1.13	to the town and back, anybody can use it (also removes
23			one of the remaining syncpoints in the server).
24	root	1.10	- complete rewrite of the range/attack skill slot system:
25			there are now two slots, one for combat, one for ranged
26			attacks.
27			- introduce the concept of a current weapon (either a ranged
28			or a combat weapon/skill/tool) and switch between them as
29			needed.
30			- rewrite bow code so bows get more useful: apply damage,
31			attacktype and other stats to the arrows and treat
32			bows as weapons. also rebalance the missile weapons skill
33			so its damage increases with level.
34			- rewrite the complete player speed logic: weapon_speed now
35			works as documented and there are no unnatural speed boosts.
36	root	1.6	- implement a utility - cfutil - that simplifies arch and map
37			installation, replacing the old collect scripts and
38	root	1.9	simplying deployment by scaling and cutting faces as required.
39			- simplify the map protocol extensively by taking advantage
40			of missing bigfaces, speeding up map generation immensely.
41	root	1.6	- implement inherit keyword allowing archetypes to inherit from
42			other archetypes.
43			- rationalise archetype, region and treasurelist file format
44			into a single file format and make them reloadable asynchronously.
45	root	1.9	- make the worldmap, facedata (smoothing, faces, magicmap)
46			reloadable at runtime.
47	root	1.6	- implement 64x64 faceset support.
48			- implement fxixsx protocol that saves
49			a lot of bandwidth over the old image/face/smooth packets
50	root	1.11	and allows images > packetsize, incremental and background
51			transfers.
52	root	1.6	- implement a bandwidth-saving smoothing protocol that works
53			on a face basis as opposed to a mapspace basis.
54	root	1.7	- the server can now rate-limit image uploads to not exceed
55			a certain (client-configurable) speed while guarenteeing full
56			freedom of movement.
57	root	1.8	- implement new ex command to request item descriptions.
58			- implement new msg command for in-game messages with meta
59			information (using xml).
60	root	1.9	- enforce utf-8 for all text messages.
61	root	1.13	- added micropather (not used yet).
62	root	1.6	- many, many bugfixes.
63	root	1.1
64	root	1.5	2.0 Tue Mar 6 15:22:53 CET 2007
65	root	1.1	- make coroapi accessible to cf+.
66			- moved map handling logic completely to perl
67			- per player maps are now marked in the map
68	root	1.2	- maps are saved completely differently now,
69			and much more often.
70	root	1.17	- rewrote map header parser and writer, to be much faster.
71	pippijn	1.4	- maps and players are now (in the average case) loaded
72	root	1.2	and saved completely asynchronously, I/O contention will no
73			longer freeze the server.
74	pippijn	1.4	- players and maps can be loaded anytime, without the player
75	root	1.2	being logged in.
76	root	1.1	- automatically generate method interfaces for perl from headers
77			- unbundled freezethaw
78			- mostly rewrote common/map.C
79			- completely rewrite server/swap.C
80			- introduced "runtime", the CCT clock (corrected crossfire time) :)
81			- introduced new keyword for map files: file_format_version (integer, server version: 0)
82			- better message for apply failures due to applymode
83			- removed most all of the weather code
84			- unified logging to stderr and file
85			- too many minor changes to document