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Deliantra MORPG Server, Maps and Archetypes ChangeLog.

TODO: "you get the distinctive feeling that <other> is nuts"
TODO: logging/backtrace in non-main contexts cause crashes with glibc 2.7
TODO: perl exceptions inside coroutines exit, which is correct, but unwanted behaviour
TODO: map->at:  attempt to copy freed scalar b7d4b48 to b800c38 at warn "FOO$m { ".scalar (@a)." }\n";
        - 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.
        - 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.
        - ext/irc: also log irc messages.

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:	1.50
Committed:	Sat Jan 5 06:11:27 2008 UTC (16 years, 4 months ago) by root
Branch:	MAIN
Changes since 1.49:	+1 -0 lines
Log Message:	fix a freeze bug when looking for an arrow in the inventory
#	User	Rev	Content
1	root	1.36	Deliantra MORPG Server, Maps and Archetypes ChangeLog.
2	root	1.6
3	root	1.49	TODO: "you get the distinctive feeling that <other> is nuts"
4			TODO: logging/backtrace in non-main contexts cause crashes with glibc 2.7
5			TODO: perl exceptions inside coroutines exit, which is correct, but unwanted behaviour
6			TODO: map->at: attempt to copy freed scalar b7d4b48 to b800c38 at warn "FOO$m { ".scalar (@a)." }\n";
7			- fix bug in golem move code that would cause a crash at tiling borders.
8	root	1.50	- fix a freeze bug when looking for an arrow in the inventory.
9	root	1.43	- upgrade to EV version 2.0 API.
10	root	1.47	- when players don't apply a savebed correctly but stand above one,
11			do not move or kill them.
12	root	1.46	- implement client-side settings page in playerbook (0.9963+ required).
13	root	1.43	- implement generic framework for server-side resource files.
14			- implement resource file update event.
15			- hook experience table update into the framework.
16			- move jeweler.yaml to resources (arch/).
17	root	1.44	- switch from Crossfire to Deliantra perl module.
18			- implement json2json arch filter.
19	root	1.45	- implement widget protocol version 2, support for ui templates.
20	root	1.48	- ext/irc: also log irc messages.
21	root	1.43
22	root	1.42	2.32 Sun Dec 2 18:11:01 CET 2007
23	elmex	1.41	- limited the number of items that can be picked up and dropped
24	root	1.42	as temporary measurement against bad performance or dropping things
25			(this lead to long freezes and triggered the watchdog).
26	elmex	1.41	- improved the performance of the drop command a bit.
27	root	1.38	- switch from Event to EV for higher performance, easier usage,
28			less bugs...
29	root	1.39	- updated to release version of the gnu affero license.
30	root	1.38
31	root	1.37	2.31 Sun Nov 11 17:26:28 CET 2007
32	root	1.36	- more thoroughly rename the binaries, contact addresses.
33			- update the copyrights.
34	root	1.37	- avoid backtraces due to old spells on some maps, sometimes causing
35			crashes.
36	root	1.36	- fix a problem where facedata wasn't initialised to zero properly,
37			potentially causing crashes.
38	root	1.35	- assign weapons on user load time, not login-time, avoiding
39			crashes.
40
41	root	1.34	2.3 Sat Oct 27 11:22:38 CEST 2007
42	root	1.32	- fixed an important bug that caused passwords to be forgotten.
43	root	1.31	- implement *tag destinations for goto, slaying etc. and use it
44			in some of the maps.
45	root	1.32	- bigworldised many maps (islands as in pupland and aldwulf),
46			which is now trivial to do.
47	root	1.33	- removed all traces of the old (and never working) plug-in interface
48			(70kb code less on amd64).
49	root	1.34	- improve/tune scheduling priorities.
50			- fix some freezing bugs.
51			- fix a memory corruption problem in dynbuf.printf.
52			- use channels for chat and many informational commands.
53			- improved the tutorial.
54			- create missile is now fixed.
55			- race fields must now contain archetypes.
56			- jumping skill now works as advertised.
57	root	1.31
58	root	1.29	2.2 Tue Sep 11 15:41:24 CEST 2007
59	root	1.24	- relicense under the gnu affero license.
60	root	1.25	- new inscription skill, can only inscribe INSCRIBABLE items.
61	root	1.24	- implement server-side framework for generic resources.
62			- use resource framework for server-provided ambient
63			music.
64	root	1.27	- save object owners (players only atm).
65	root	1.24	- replace limited sound api with server-provided sound effects.
66			- new sc (sound control) protocol command.
67			- improve fxix protocol to include types.
68			- exactly fill tcp segments, if possible.
69			- output-rate is now an upper limit, the server will automatically
70			(and quite perfectly) adjust to the network conditions, ensuring
71			low latency even during bulk transfers (music, images, sounds etc.).
72			- implement server-side widgets (i.e. client widgets controlled
73			in the server side). this will allow future expansion without
74			having to upgrade clients.
75			- implement a (artwork) world map with realtime player position
76			tracking.
77			- new and more efficient extcmd (server still supports old extcmd
78			protocol).
79	root	1.26	- fixed lots of underflow/overflow bugs in diseases and general stats
80			calcluation that could be easily exploited by users.
81			- rebalanced diseases to spread more naturally/evenly.
82			- completely asynchronous map loading even for tiled maps.
83	root	1.24	- replace simple messaging protocol with channels carrying metadata
84			(similar to message types, but more directed at the user).
85			- reduce command processing latency by a whopping 120ms by
86			reordering some processing steps inside the server. this directly
87			reduces lag by 120ms.
88			- actually send spell faces to the client.
89	root	1.23	- implement player genders.
90	root	1.24	- unclean logout/login results in: nothing if map hasn't reset,
91			otherwise return to savebed and possible kill if the log-out
92			was for too long.
93			- fast socket-dead detection (kick player after 8 seconds without ack).
94			- greatly reduce the cpu time needed to draw maps _again_.
95			- archetypes are now subclasses of objects.
96			- rebalanced shop greed and approval functions to be more realistic
97			(and likely match the actual intention).
98	root	1.23	- implement "crossfire pod" format for messages, with working bold,
99			italic, gender-specific text, paragraphs etc.
100	root	1.24	- implemented hint framework, players can opt to receive hints.
101			- implemented (long) book framework, added some books from the cf wiki.
102	root	1.23	- implement generic message framework that uses xml, utf8 for the client
103			protocol and is capable of transmitting generic meta information.
104	root	1.21	- implement (in a suboptimal way) per-player instantiated maps.
105			- replace the nexus by a per-player tutorial map that teaches stuff
106			better than the newbie house.
107	root	1.18	- fix the magicmap colours.
108	root	1.19	- optimise map update even more by removing unneeded code and checks.
109			- decouple map and stats update from pl->ob and use pl->observe instead.
110			- implement observe command.
111	root	1.20	- major speed up in map refresh by replacing most get_map_from_coord
112			calls with a simple comparison.
113			- fix a latent crossfire bug that could crash the server because the
114			map refresh did not update the mapspace.
115	root	1.24	- support custom keys for regions and maps, regions are now
116			refcount-managed.
117			- allow worldmap overlays anywhere in the 000..999 range.
118			- new system to acquire time slices for background jobs, to reduce
119			jitter.
120	root	1.27	- semi-persistent object-referencing framework (currently only players
121			supported).
122	root	1.22	- dependency tracking for perl extensions.
123	root	1.24	- new slag-ex extension for cleaning cauldrons.
124			- fix invoke result processing.
125			- there are even less i/o syncpoints in the server now.
126	root	1.29	- added map-tags extension that scans all maps for object tags
127			and records them in the database (not used yet).
128	root	1.28	- metaserver 2 support.
129	root	1.22	- many more bugfixes and minor optimisations.
130	root	1.16
131	root	1.15	2.1 Sun May 27 04:21:29 CEST 2007
132	root	1.14	- optimised event invocation (non-wanted events can now be
133			skipped with 4-5 inlined instructions).
134	root	1.12	- complete rewrite of town_portal: it now creates a portal
135			to the "nearest" town only, travel is only possible
136	root	1.13	to the town and back, anybody can use it (also removes
137			one of the remaining syncpoints in the server).
138	root	1.10	- complete rewrite of the range/attack skill slot system:
139			there are now two slots, one for combat, one for ranged
140			attacks.
141			- introduce the concept of a current weapon (either a ranged
142			or a combat weapon/skill/tool) and switch between them as
143			needed.
144			- rewrite bow code so bows get more useful: apply damage,
145			attacktype and other stats to the arrows and treat
146			bows as weapons. also rebalance the missile weapons skill
147			so its damage increases with level.
148			- rewrite the complete player speed logic: weapon_speed now
149			works as documented and there are no unnatural speed boosts.
150	root	1.6	- implement a utility - cfutil - that simplifies arch and map
151			installation, replacing the old collect scripts and
152	root	1.9	simplying deployment by scaling and cutting faces as required.
153			- simplify the map protocol extensively by taking advantage
154			of missing bigfaces, speeding up map generation immensely.
155	root	1.6	- implement inherit keyword allowing archetypes to inherit from
156			other archetypes.
157			- rationalise archetype, region and treasurelist file format
158			into a single file format and make them reloadable asynchronously.
159	root	1.9	- make the worldmap, facedata (smoothing, faces, magicmap)
160			reloadable at runtime.
161	root	1.6	- implement 64x64 faceset support.
162			- implement fxixsx protocol that saves
163			a lot of bandwidth over the old image/face/smooth packets
164	root	1.11	and allows images > packetsize, incremental and background
165			transfers.
166	root	1.6	- implement a bandwidth-saving smoothing protocol that works
167			on a face basis as opposed to a mapspace basis.
168	root	1.7	- the server can now rate-limit image uploads to not exceed
169			a certain (client-configurable) speed while guarenteeing full
170			freedom of movement.
171	root	1.8	- implement new ex command to request item descriptions.
172			- implement new msg command for in-game messages with meta
173			information (using xml).
174	root	1.9	- enforce utf-8 for all text messages.
175	root	1.13	- added micropather (not used yet).
176	root	1.6	- many, many bugfixes.
177	root	1.1
178	root	1.5	2.0 Tue Mar 6 15:22:53 CET 2007
179	root	1.1	- make coroapi accessible to cf+.
180			- moved map handling logic completely to perl
181			- per player maps are now marked in the map
182	root	1.2	- maps are saved completely differently now,
183			and much more often.
184	root	1.17	- rewrote map header parser and writer, to be much faster.
185	pippijn	1.4	- maps and players are now (in the average case) loaded
186	root	1.2	and saved completely asynchronously, I/O contention will no
187			longer freeze the server.
188	pippijn	1.4	- players and maps can be loaded anytime, without the player
189	root	1.2	being logged in.
190	root	1.1	- automatically generate method interfaces for perl from headers
191			- unbundled freezethaw
192			- mostly rewrote common/map.C
193			- completely rewrite server/swap.C
194			- introduced "runtime", the CCT clock (corrected crossfire time) :)
195			- introduced new keyword for map files: file_format_version (integer, server version: 0)
196			- better message for apply failures due to applymode
197			- removed most all of the weather code
198			- unified logging to stderr and file
199			- too many minor changes to document