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Deliantra MORPG Server, Maps and Archetypes ChangeLog.

        - more thoroughly rename the binaries, contact addresses.
        - update the copyrights.
        - 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:	1.36
Committed:	Sat Nov 10 22:41:58 2007 UTC (16 years, 6 months ago) by root
Branch:	MAIN
Changes since 1.35:	+5 -1 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	1.36	- more thoroughly rename the binaries, contact addresses.
4			- update the copyrights.
5			- fix a problem where facedata wasn't initialised to zero properly,
6			potentially causing crashes.
7	root	1.35	- assign weapons on user load time, not login-time, avoiding
8			crashes.
9
10	root	1.34	2.3 Sat Oct 27 11:22:38 CEST 2007
11	root	1.32	- fixed an important bug that caused passwords to be forgotten.
12	root	1.31	- implement *tag destinations for goto, slaying etc. and use it
13			in some of the maps.
14	root	1.32	- bigworldised many maps (islands as in pupland and aldwulf),
15			which is now trivial to do.
16	root	1.33	- removed all traces of the old (and never working) plug-in interface
17			(70kb code less on amd64).
18	root	1.34	- improve/tune scheduling priorities.
19			- fix some freezing bugs.
20			- fix a memory corruption problem in dynbuf.printf.
21			- use channels for chat and many informational commands.
22			- improved the tutorial.
23			- create missile is now fixed.
24			- race fields must now contain archetypes.
25			- jumping skill now works as advertised.
26	root	1.31
27	root	1.29	2.2 Tue Sep 11 15:41:24 CEST 2007
28	root	1.24	- relicense under the gnu affero license.
29	root	1.25	- new inscription skill, can only inscribe INSCRIBABLE items.
30	root	1.24	- implement server-side framework for generic resources.
31			- use resource framework for server-provided ambient
32			music.
33	root	1.27	- save object owners (players only atm).
34	root	1.24	- replace limited sound api with server-provided sound effects.
35			- new sc (sound control) protocol command.
36			- improve fxix protocol to include types.
37			- exactly fill tcp segments, if possible.
38			- output-rate is now an upper limit, the server will automatically
39			(and quite perfectly) adjust to the network conditions, ensuring
40			low latency even during bulk transfers (music, images, sounds etc.).
41			- implement server-side widgets (i.e. client widgets controlled
42			in the server side). this will allow future expansion without
43			having to upgrade clients.
44			- implement a (artwork) world map with realtime player position
45			tracking.
46			- new and more efficient extcmd (server still supports old extcmd
47			protocol).
48	root	1.26	- fixed lots of underflow/overflow bugs in diseases and general stats
49			calcluation that could be easily exploited by users.
50			- rebalanced diseases to spread more naturally/evenly.
51			- completely asynchronous map loading even for tiled maps.
52	root	1.24	- replace simple messaging protocol with channels carrying metadata
53			(similar to message types, but more directed at the user).
54			- reduce command processing latency by a whopping 120ms by
55			reordering some processing steps inside the server. this directly
56			reduces lag by 120ms.
57			- actually send spell faces to the client.
58	root	1.23	- implement player genders.
59	root	1.24	- unclean logout/login results in: nothing if map hasn't reset,
60			otherwise return to savebed and possible kill if the log-out
61			was for too long.
62			- fast socket-dead detection (kick player after 8 seconds without ack).
63			- greatly reduce the cpu time needed to draw maps _again_.
64			- archetypes are now subclasses of objects.
65			- rebalanced shop greed and approval functions to be more realistic
66			(and likely match the actual intention).
67	root	1.23	- implement "crossfire pod" format for messages, with working bold,
68			italic, gender-specific text, paragraphs etc.
69	root	1.24	- implemented hint framework, players can opt to receive hints.
70			- implemented (long) book framework, added some books from the cf wiki.
71	root	1.23	- implement generic message framework that uses xml, utf8 for the client
72			protocol and is capable of transmitting generic meta information.
73	root	1.21	- implement (in a suboptimal way) per-player instantiated maps.
74			- replace the nexus by a per-player tutorial map that teaches stuff
75			better than the newbie house.
76	root	1.18	- fix the magicmap colours.
77	root	1.19	- optimise map update even more by removing unneeded code and checks.
78			- decouple map and stats update from pl->ob and use pl->observe instead.
79			- implement observe command.
80	root	1.20	- major speed up in map refresh by replacing most get_map_from_coord
81			calls with a simple comparison.
82			- fix a latent crossfire bug that could crash the server because the
83			map refresh did not update the mapspace.
84	root	1.24	- support custom keys for regions and maps, regions are now
85			refcount-managed.
86			- allow worldmap overlays anywhere in the 000..999 range.
87			- new system to acquire time slices for background jobs, to reduce
88			jitter.
89	root	1.27	- semi-persistent object-referencing framework (currently only players
90			supported).
91	root	1.22	- dependency tracking for perl extensions.
92	root	1.24	- new slag-ex extension for cleaning cauldrons.
93			- fix invoke result processing.
94			- there are even less i/o syncpoints in the server now.
95	root	1.29	- added map-tags extension that scans all maps for object tags
96			and records them in the database (not used yet).
97	root	1.28	- metaserver 2 support.
98	root	1.22	- many more bugfixes and minor optimisations.
99	root	1.16
100	root	1.15	2.1 Sun May 27 04:21:29 CEST 2007
101	root	1.14	- optimised event invocation (non-wanted events can now be
102			skipped with 4-5 inlined instructions).
103	root	1.12	- complete rewrite of town_portal: it now creates a portal
104			to the "nearest" town only, travel is only possible
105	root	1.13	to the town and back, anybody can use it (also removes
106			one of the remaining syncpoints in the server).
107	root	1.10	- complete rewrite of the range/attack skill slot system:
108			there are now two slots, one for combat, one for ranged
109			attacks.
110			- introduce the concept of a current weapon (either a ranged
111			or a combat weapon/skill/tool) and switch between them as
112			needed.
113			- rewrite bow code so bows get more useful: apply damage,
114			attacktype and other stats to the arrows and treat
115			bows as weapons. also rebalance the missile weapons skill
116			so its damage increases with level.
117			- rewrite the complete player speed logic: weapon_speed now
118			works as documented and there are no unnatural speed boosts.
119	root	1.6	- implement a utility - cfutil - that simplifies arch and map
120			installation, replacing the old collect scripts and
121	root	1.9	simplying deployment by scaling and cutting faces as required.
122			- simplify the map protocol extensively by taking advantage
123			of missing bigfaces, speeding up map generation immensely.
124	root	1.6	- implement inherit keyword allowing archetypes to inherit from
125			other archetypes.
126			- rationalise archetype, region and treasurelist file format
127			into a single file format and make them reloadable asynchronously.
128	root	1.9	- make the worldmap, facedata (smoothing, faces, magicmap)
129			reloadable at runtime.
130	root	1.6	- implement 64x64 faceset support.
131			- implement fxixsx protocol that saves
132			a lot of bandwidth over the old image/face/smooth packets
133	root	1.11	and allows images > packetsize, incremental and background
134			transfers.
135	root	1.6	- implement a bandwidth-saving smoothing protocol that works
136			on a face basis as opposed to a mapspace basis.
137	root	1.7	- the server can now rate-limit image uploads to not exceed
138			a certain (client-configurable) speed while guarenteeing full
139			freedom of movement.
140	root	1.8	- implement new ex command to request item descriptions.
141			- implement new msg command for in-game messages with meta
142			information (using xml).
143	root	1.9	- enforce utf-8 for all text messages.
144	root	1.13	- added micropather (not used yet).
145	root	1.6	- many, many bugfixes.
146	root	1.1
147	root	1.5	2.0 Tue Mar 6 15:22:53 CET 2007
148	root	1.1	- make coroapi accessible to cf+.
149			- moved map handling logic completely to perl
150			- per player maps are now marked in the map
151	root	1.2	- maps are saved completely differently now,
152			and much more often.
153	root	1.17	- rewrote map header parser and writer, to be much faster.
154	pippijn	1.4	- maps and players are now (in the average case) loaded
155	root	1.2	and saved completely asynchronously, I/O contention will no
156			longer freeze the server.
157	pippijn	1.4	- players and maps can be loaded anytime, without the player
158	root	1.2	being logged in.
159	root	1.1	- automatically generate method interfaces for perl from headers
160			- unbundled freezethaw
161			- mostly rewrote common/map.C
162			- completely rewrite server/swap.C
163			- introduced "runtime", the CCT clock (corrected crossfire time) :)
164			- introduced new keyword for map files: file_format_version (integer, server version: 0)
165			- better message for apply failures due to applymode
166			- removed most all of the weather code
167			- unified logging to stderr and file
168			- too many minor changes to document