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Crossfire TRT Server, Maps and Archetypes ChangeLog.

        - 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).

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:	1.33
Committed:	Sun Sep 30 16:24:27 2007 UTC (16 years, 7 months ago) by root
Branch:	MAIN
Changes since 1.32:	+2 -0 lines
Log Message:	finally remove the old buggy plug-in cruft
#	User	Rev	Content
1	root	1.21	Crossfire TRT Server, Maps and Archetypes ChangeLog.
2	root	1.6
3	root	1.32	- fixed an important bug that caused passwords to be forgotten.
4	root	1.31	- implement *tag destinations for goto, slaying etc. and use it
5			in some of the maps.
6	root	1.32	- bigworldised many maps (islands as in pupland and aldwulf),
7			which is now trivial to do.
8	root	1.33	- removed all traces of the old (and never working) plug-in interface
9			(70kb code less on amd64).
10	root	1.31
11	root	1.29	2.2 Tue Sep 11 15:41:24 CEST 2007
12	root	1.24	- relicense under the gnu affero license.
13	root	1.25	- new inscription skill, can only inscribe INSCRIBABLE items.
14	root	1.24	- implement server-side framework for generic resources.
15			- use resource framework for server-provided ambient
16			music.
17	root	1.27	- save object owners (players only atm).
18	root	1.24	- replace limited sound api with server-provided sound effects.
19			- new sc (sound control) protocol command.
20			- improve fxix protocol to include types.
21			- exactly fill tcp segments, if possible.
22			- output-rate is now an upper limit, the server will automatically
23			(and quite perfectly) adjust to the network conditions, ensuring
24			low latency even during bulk transfers (music, images, sounds etc.).
25			- implement server-side widgets (i.e. client widgets controlled
26			in the server side). this will allow future expansion without
27			having to upgrade clients.
28			- implement a (artwork) world map with realtime player position
29			tracking.
30			- new and more efficient extcmd (server still supports old extcmd
31			protocol).
32	root	1.26	- fixed lots of underflow/overflow bugs in diseases and general stats
33			calcluation that could be easily exploited by users.
34			- rebalanced diseases to spread more naturally/evenly.
35			- completely asynchronous map loading even for tiled maps.
36	root	1.24	- replace simple messaging protocol with channels carrying metadata
37			(similar to message types, but more directed at the user).
38			- reduce command processing latency by a whopping 120ms by
39			reordering some processing steps inside the server. this directly
40			reduces lag by 120ms.
41			- actually send spell faces to the client.
42	root	1.23	- implement player genders.
43	root	1.24	- unclean logout/login results in: nothing if map hasn't reset,
44			otherwise return to savebed and possible kill if the log-out
45			was for too long.
46			- fast socket-dead detection (kick player after 8 seconds without ack).
47			- greatly reduce the cpu time needed to draw maps _again_.
48			- archetypes are now subclasses of objects.
49			- rebalanced shop greed and approval functions to be more realistic
50			(and likely match the actual intention).
51	root	1.23	- implement "crossfire pod" format for messages, with working bold,
52			italic, gender-specific text, paragraphs etc.
53	root	1.24	- implemented hint framework, players can opt to receive hints.
54			- implemented (long) book framework, added some books from the cf wiki.
55	root	1.23	- implement generic message framework that uses xml, utf8 for the client
56			protocol and is capable of transmitting generic meta information.
57	root	1.21	- implement (in a suboptimal way) per-player instantiated maps.
58			- replace the nexus by a per-player tutorial map that teaches stuff
59			better than the newbie house.
60	root	1.18	- fix the magicmap colours.
61	root	1.19	- optimise map update even more by removing unneeded code and checks.
62			- decouple map and stats update from pl->ob and use pl->observe instead.
63			- implement observe command.
64	root	1.20	- major speed up in map refresh by replacing most get_map_from_coord
65			calls with a simple comparison.
66			- fix a latent crossfire bug that could crash the server because the
67			map refresh did not update the mapspace.
68	root	1.24	- support custom keys for regions and maps, regions are now
69			refcount-managed.
70			- allow worldmap overlays anywhere in the 000..999 range.
71			- new system to acquire time slices for background jobs, to reduce
72			jitter.
73	root	1.27	- semi-persistent object-referencing framework (currently only players
74			supported).
75	root	1.22	- dependency tracking for perl extensions.
76	root	1.24	- new slag-ex extension for cleaning cauldrons.
77			- fix invoke result processing.
78			- there are even less i/o syncpoints in the server now.
79	root	1.29	- added map-tags extension that scans all maps for object tags
80			and records them in the database (not used yet).
81	root	1.28	- metaserver 2 support.
82	root	1.22	- many more bugfixes and minor optimisations.
83	root	1.16
84	root	1.15	2.1 Sun May 27 04:21:29 CEST 2007
85	root	1.14	- optimised event invocation (non-wanted events can now be
86			skipped with 4-5 inlined instructions).
87	root	1.12	- complete rewrite of town_portal: it now creates a portal
88			to the "nearest" town only, travel is only possible
89	root	1.13	to the town and back, anybody can use it (also removes
90			one of the remaining syncpoints in the server).
91	root	1.10	- complete rewrite of the range/attack skill slot system:
92			there are now two slots, one for combat, one for ranged
93			attacks.
94			- introduce the concept of a current weapon (either a ranged
95			or a combat weapon/skill/tool) and switch between them as
96			needed.
97			- rewrite bow code so bows get more useful: apply damage,
98			attacktype and other stats to the arrows and treat
99			bows as weapons. also rebalance the missile weapons skill
100			so its damage increases with level.
101			- rewrite the complete player speed logic: weapon_speed now
102			works as documented and there are no unnatural speed boosts.
103	root	1.6	- implement a utility - cfutil - that simplifies arch and map
104			installation, replacing the old collect scripts and
105	root	1.9	simplying deployment by scaling and cutting faces as required.
106			- simplify the map protocol extensively by taking advantage
107			of missing bigfaces, speeding up map generation immensely.
108	root	1.6	- implement inherit keyword allowing archetypes to inherit from
109			other archetypes.
110			- rationalise archetype, region and treasurelist file format
111			into a single file format and make them reloadable asynchronously.
112	root	1.9	- make the worldmap, facedata (smoothing, faces, magicmap)
113			reloadable at runtime.
114	root	1.6	- implement 64x64 faceset support.
115			- implement fxixsx protocol that saves
116			a lot of bandwidth over the old image/face/smooth packets
117	root	1.11	and allows images > packetsize, incremental and background
118			transfers.
119	root	1.6	- implement a bandwidth-saving smoothing protocol that works
120			on a face basis as opposed to a mapspace basis.
121	root	1.7	- the server can now rate-limit image uploads to not exceed
122			a certain (client-configurable) speed while guarenteeing full
123			freedom of movement.
124	root	1.8	- implement new ex command to request item descriptions.
125			- implement new msg command for in-game messages with meta
126			information (using xml).
127	root	1.9	- enforce utf-8 for all text messages.
128	root	1.13	- added micropather (not used yet).
129	root	1.6	- many, many bugfixes.
130	root	1.1
131	root	1.5	2.0 Tue Mar 6 15:22:53 CET 2007
132	root	1.1	- make coroapi accessible to cf+.
133			- moved map handling logic completely to perl
134			- per player maps are now marked in the map
135	root	1.2	- maps are saved completely differently now,
136			and much more often.
137	root	1.17	- rewrote map header parser and writer, to be much faster.
138	pippijn	1.4	- maps and players are now (in the average case) loaded
139	root	1.2	and saved completely asynchronously, I/O contention will no
140			longer freeze the server.
141	pippijn	1.4	- players and maps can be loaded anytime, without the player
142	root	1.2	being logged in.
143	root	1.1	- automatically generate method interfaces for perl from headers
144			- unbundled freezethaw
145			- mostly rewrote common/map.C
146			- completely rewrite server/swap.C
147			- introduced "runtime", the CCT clock (corrected crossfire time) :)
148			- introduced new keyword for map files: file_format_version (integer, server version: 0)
149			- better message for apply failures due to applymode
150			- removed most all of the weather code
151			- unified logging to stderr and file
152			- too many minor changes to document