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Deliantra MORPG Server, Maps and Archetypes ChangeLog.

        - limited the number of items that can be picked up and dropped
          as temporary measurement against bad performance or dropping things.
        - 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:	1.41
Committed:	Mon Nov 26 12:54:31 2007 UTC (16 years, 5 months ago) by elmex
Branch:	MAIN
Changes since 1.40:	+3 -3 lines
Log Message:	moved update_stats from the inner drop/put loop to the callers. and converted some old messages. also hard limited pick_up now.
#	User	Rev	Content
1	root	1.36	Deliantra MORPG Server, Maps and Archetypes ChangeLog.
2	root	1.6
3	elmex	1.41	- limited the number of items that can be picked up and dropped
4			as temporary measurement against bad performance or dropping things.
5			- improved the performance of the drop command a bit.
6	root	1.38	- switch from Event to EV for higher performance, easier usage,
7			less bugs...
8	root	1.39	- updated to release version of the gnu affero license.
9	root	1.38
10	root	1.37	2.31 Sun Nov 11 17:26:28 CET 2007
11	root	1.36	- more thoroughly rename the binaries, contact addresses.
12			- update the copyrights.
13	root	1.37	- avoid backtraces due to old spells on some maps, sometimes causing
14			crashes.
15	root	1.36	- fix a problem where facedata wasn't initialised to zero properly,
16			potentially causing crashes.
17	root	1.35	- assign weapons on user load time, not login-time, avoiding
18			crashes.
19
20	root	1.34	2.3 Sat Oct 27 11:22:38 CEST 2007
21	root	1.32	- fixed an important bug that caused passwords to be forgotten.
22	root	1.31	- implement *tag destinations for goto, slaying etc. and use it
23			in some of the maps.
24	root	1.32	- bigworldised many maps (islands as in pupland and aldwulf),
25			which is now trivial to do.
26	root	1.33	- removed all traces of the old (and never working) plug-in interface
27			(70kb code less on amd64).
28	root	1.34	- improve/tune scheduling priorities.
29			- fix some freezing bugs.
30			- fix a memory corruption problem in dynbuf.printf.
31			- use channels for chat and many informational commands.
32			- improved the tutorial.
33			- create missile is now fixed.
34			- race fields must now contain archetypes.
35			- jumping skill now works as advertised.
36	root	1.31
37	root	1.29	2.2 Tue Sep 11 15:41:24 CEST 2007
38	root	1.24	- relicense under the gnu affero license.
39	root	1.25	- new inscription skill, can only inscribe INSCRIBABLE items.
40	root	1.24	- implement server-side framework for generic resources.
41			- use resource framework for server-provided ambient
42			music.
43	root	1.27	- save object owners (players only atm).
44	root	1.24	- replace limited sound api with server-provided sound effects.
45			- new sc (sound control) protocol command.
46			- improve fxix protocol to include types.
47			- exactly fill tcp segments, if possible.
48			- output-rate is now an upper limit, the server will automatically
49			(and quite perfectly) adjust to the network conditions, ensuring
50			low latency even during bulk transfers (music, images, sounds etc.).
51			- implement server-side widgets (i.e. client widgets controlled
52			in the server side). this will allow future expansion without
53			having to upgrade clients.
54			- implement a (artwork) world map with realtime player position
55			tracking.
56			- new and more efficient extcmd (server still supports old extcmd
57			protocol).
58	root	1.26	- fixed lots of underflow/overflow bugs in diseases and general stats
59			calcluation that could be easily exploited by users.
60			- rebalanced diseases to spread more naturally/evenly.
61			- completely asynchronous map loading even for tiled maps.
62	root	1.24	- replace simple messaging protocol with channels carrying metadata
63			(similar to message types, but more directed at the user).
64			- reduce command processing latency by a whopping 120ms by
65			reordering some processing steps inside the server. this directly
66			reduces lag by 120ms.
67			- actually send spell faces to the client.
68	root	1.23	- implement player genders.
69	root	1.24	- unclean logout/login results in: nothing if map hasn't reset,
70			otherwise return to savebed and possible kill if the log-out
71			was for too long.
72			- fast socket-dead detection (kick player after 8 seconds without ack).
73			- greatly reduce the cpu time needed to draw maps _again_.
74			- archetypes are now subclasses of objects.
75			- rebalanced shop greed and approval functions to be more realistic
76			(and likely match the actual intention).
77	root	1.23	- implement "crossfire pod" format for messages, with working bold,
78			italic, gender-specific text, paragraphs etc.
79	root	1.24	- implemented hint framework, players can opt to receive hints.
80			- implemented (long) book framework, added some books from the cf wiki.
81	root	1.23	- implement generic message framework that uses xml, utf8 for the client
82			protocol and is capable of transmitting generic meta information.
83	root	1.21	- implement (in a suboptimal way) per-player instantiated maps.
84			- replace the nexus by a per-player tutorial map that teaches stuff
85			better than the newbie house.
86	root	1.18	- fix the magicmap colours.
87	root	1.19	- optimise map update even more by removing unneeded code and checks.
88			- decouple map and stats update from pl->ob and use pl->observe instead.
89			- implement observe command.
90	root	1.20	- major speed up in map refresh by replacing most get_map_from_coord
91			calls with a simple comparison.
92			- fix a latent crossfire bug that could crash the server because the
93			map refresh did not update the mapspace.
94	root	1.24	- support custom keys for regions and maps, regions are now
95			refcount-managed.
96			- allow worldmap overlays anywhere in the 000..999 range.
97			- new system to acquire time slices for background jobs, to reduce
98			jitter.
99	root	1.27	- semi-persistent object-referencing framework (currently only players
100			supported).
101	root	1.22	- dependency tracking for perl extensions.
102	root	1.24	- new slag-ex extension for cleaning cauldrons.
103			- fix invoke result processing.
104			- there are even less i/o syncpoints in the server now.
105	root	1.29	- added map-tags extension that scans all maps for object tags
106			and records them in the database (not used yet).
107	root	1.28	- metaserver 2 support.
108	root	1.22	- many more bugfixes and minor optimisations.
109	root	1.16
110	root	1.15	2.1 Sun May 27 04:21:29 CEST 2007
111	root	1.14	- optimised event invocation (non-wanted events can now be
112			skipped with 4-5 inlined instructions).
113	root	1.12	- complete rewrite of town_portal: it now creates a portal
114			to the "nearest" town only, travel is only possible
115	root	1.13	to the town and back, anybody can use it (also removes
116			one of the remaining syncpoints in the server).
117	root	1.10	- complete rewrite of the range/attack skill slot system:
118			there are now two slots, one for combat, one for ranged
119			attacks.
120			- introduce the concept of a current weapon (either a ranged
121			or a combat weapon/skill/tool) and switch between them as
122			needed.
123			- rewrite bow code so bows get more useful: apply damage,
124			attacktype and other stats to the arrows and treat
125			bows as weapons. also rebalance the missile weapons skill
126			so its damage increases with level.
127			- rewrite the complete player speed logic: weapon_speed now
128			works as documented and there are no unnatural speed boosts.
129	root	1.6	- implement a utility - cfutil - that simplifies arch and map
130			installation, replacing the old collect scripts and
131	root	1.9	simplying deployment by scaling and cutting faces as required.
132			- simplify the map protocol extensively by taking advantage
133			of missing bigfaces, speeding up map generation immensely.
134	root	1.6	- implement inherit keyword allowing archetypes to inherit from
135			other archetypes.
136			- rationalise archetype, region and treasurelist file format
137			into a single file format and make them reloadable asynchronously.
138	root	1.9	- make the worldmap, facedata (smoothing, faces, magicmap)
139			reloadable at runtime.
140	root	1.6	- implement 64x64 faceset support.
141			- implement fxixsx protocol that saves
142			a lot of bandwidth over the old image/face/smooth packets
143	root	1.11	and allows images > packetsize, incremental and background
144			transfers.
145	root	1.6	- implement a bandwidth-saving smoothing protocol that works
146			on a face basis as opposed to a mapspace basis.
147	root	1.7	- the server can now rate-limit image uploads to not exceed
148			a certain (client-configurable) speed while guarenteeing full
149			freedom of movement.
150	root	1.8	- implement new ex command to request item descriptions.
151			- implement new msg command for in-game messages with meta
152			information (using xml).
153	root	1.9	- enforce utf-8 for all text messages.
154	root	1.13	- added micropather (not used yet).
155	root	1.6	- many, many bugfixes.
156	root	1.1
157	root	1.5	2.0 Tue Mar 6 15:22:53 CET 2007
158	root	1.1	- make coroapi accessible to cf+.
159			- moved map handling logic completely to perl
160			- per player maps are now marked in the map
161	root	1.2	- maps are saved completely differently now,
162			and much more often.
163	root	1.17	- rewrote map header parser and writer, to be much faster.
164	pippijn	1.4	- maps and players are now (in the average case) loaded
165	root	1.2	and saved completely asynchronously, I/O contention will no
166			longer freeze the server.
167	pippijn	1.4	- players and maps can be loaded anytime, without the player
168	root	1.2	being logged in.
169	root	1.1	- automatically generate method interfaces for perl from headers
170			- unbundled freezethaw
171			- mostly rewrote common/map.C
172			- completely rewrite server/swap.C
173			- introduced "runtime", the CCT clock (corrected crossfire time) :)
174			- introduced new keyword for map files: file_format_version (integer, server version: 0)
175			- better message for apply failures due to applymode
176			- removed most all of the weather code
177			- unified logging to stderr and file
178			- too many minor changes to document