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Deliantra MORPG Server, Maps and Archetypes ChangeLog.

TODO: picking up the torches in nibmus seemingly works, but after
      a while (used up?) they seem to be gone from the inv but the client doesn't know about that.
TODO: dragons should not be able to change their title via the settings tab in playerbook

        - rebalanced default experience table to be more exponential
          and much easier up to level ~40, then moderately harder.
        - change attuned/repelled level boni to +-8 from +-2.
        - use SvUPGRADE to avoid exception in sv_upgrade with perl 5.10.
        - do not exit on reload/load errors but properly cleanup.
        - fix a 32 bit uncleanlieness in the slice debugging wrapper.

2.41 Fri Jan 25 13:15:37 CET 2008
        - get rid of YAML::Syck, it's too buggy and misparses many files
          (this fixes the jeweler skill).
        - back-to-back perl_reloads don't freeze the ticker anymore.
        - convert cfutil from Event to EV (forgot to do this earlier...).
        - move tombstone to real map if player died due to cave-in (even if
          it has reset, which is better than putting it on the savebed, also as
          proof that the palyer didn't use a savebed).

2.4  Sun Jan 13 13:41:29 CET 2008
        - work around perl bug in configure perl module version check.
        - 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.
        - fix a bug in animate_weapon, causing a crash.
        - no longer exit when a coroutine throws an exception.
        - fix a potential double free bug (nicely exploited by g++ 4.2).
        - fix the "<player> is nuts" message.
        - fix an exception at logout due to the json_coder being gone.
        - 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.
        - mapinfo is now handled fully asynchronously.
        - ext/irc: also log irc messages.
        - ext/schmorplog: write user stat files asynchronously.

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:	1.68
Committed:	Fri Mar 14 19:16:24 2008 UTC (16 years, 2 months ago) by root
Branch:	MAIN
Changes since 1.67:	+2 -0 lines
Log Message:	more exp balancing
#	User	Rev	Content
1	root	1.36	Deliantra MORPG Server, Maps and Archetypes ChangeLog.
2	root	1.6
3	root	1.65	TODO: picking up the torches in nibmus seemingly works, but after
4			a while (used up?) they seem to be gone from the inv but the client doesn't know about that.
5	root	1.67	TODO: dragons should not be able to change their title via the settings tab in playerbook
6	root	1.65
7	root	1.68	- rebalanced default experience table to be more exponential
8			and much easier up to level ~40, then moderately harder.
9	root	1.67	- change attuned/repelled level boni to +-8 from +-2.
10	root	1.66	- use SvUPGRADE to avoid exception in sv_upgrade with perl 5.10.
11			- do not exit on reload/load errors but properly cleanup.
12			- fix a 32 bit uncleanlieness in the slice debugging wrapper.
13
14	root	1.64	2.41 Fri Jan 25 13:15:37 CET 2008
15	root	1.59	- get rid of YAML::Syck, it's too buggy and misparses many files
16			(this fixes the jeweler skill).
17	root	1.60	- back-to-back perl_reloads don't freeze the ticker anymore.
18	root	1.61	- convert cfutil from Event to EV (forgot to do this earlier...).
19	root	1.63	- move tombstone to real map if player died due to cave-in (even if
20			it has reset, which is better than putting it on the savebed, also as
21			proof that the palyer didn't use a savebed).
22	root	1.59
23	root	1.58	2.4 Sun Jan 13 13:41:29 CET 2008
24	root	1.56	- work around perl bug in configure perl module version check.
25	root	1.49	- fix bug in golem move code that would cause a crash at tiling borders.
26	root	1.50	- fix a freeze bug when looking for an arrow in the inventory.
27	root	1.52	- fix a bug in animate_weapon, causing a crash.
28	root	1.54	- no longer exit when a coroutine throws an exception.
29	root	1.57	- fix a potential double free bug (nicely exploited by g++ 4.2).
30	root	1.53	- fix the "<player> is nuts" message.
31	root	1.58	- fix an exception at logout due to the json_coder being gone.
32	root	1.43	- upgrade to EV version 2.0 API.
33	root	1.47	- when players don't apply a savebed correctly but stand above one,
34			do not move or kill them.
35	root	1.46	- implement client-side settings page in playerbook (0.9963+ required).
36	root	1.43	- implement generic framework for server-side resource files.
37			- implement resource file update event.
38			- hook experience table update into the framework.
39			- move jeweler.yaml to resources (arch/).
40	root	1.44	- switch from Crossfire to Deliantra perl module.
41			- implement json2json arch filter.
42	root	1.45	- implement widget protocol version 2, support for ui templates.
43	root	1.54	- mapinfo is now handled fully asynchronously.
44	root	1.48	- ext/irc: also log irc messages.
45	root	1.51	- ext/schmorplog: write user stat files asynchronously.
46	root	1.43
47	root	1.42	2.32 Sun Dec 2 18:11:01 CET 2007
48	elmex	1.41	- limited the number of items that can be picked up and dropped
49	root	1.42	as temporary measurement against bad performance or dropping things
50			(this lead to long freezes and triggered the watchdog).
51	elmex	1.41	- improved the performance of the drop command a bit.
52	root	1.38	- switch from Event to EV for higher performance, easier usage,
53			less bugs...
54	root	1.39	- updated to release version of the gnu affero license.
55	root	1.38
56	root	1.37	2.31 Sun Nov 11 17:26:28 CET 2007
57	root	1.36	- more thoroughly rename the binaries, contact addresses.
58			- update the copyrights.
59	root	1.37	- avoid backtraces due to old spells on some maps, sometimes causing
60			crashes.
61	root	1.36	- fix a problem where facedata wasn't initialised to zero properly,
62			potentially causing crashes.
63	root	1.35	- assign weapons on user load time, not login-time, avoiding
64			crashes.
65
66	root	1.34	2.3 Sat Oct 27 11:22:38 CEST 2007
67	root	1.32	- fixed an important bug that caused passwords to be forgotten.
68	root	1.31	- implement *tag destinations for goto, slaying etc. and use it
69			in some of the maps.
70	root	1.32	- bigworldised many maps (islands as in pupland and aldwulf),
71			which is now trivial to do.
72	root	1.33	- removed all traces of the old (and never working) plug-in interface
73			(70kb code less on amd64).
74	root	1.34	- improve/tune scheduling priorities.
75			- fix some freezing bugs.
76			- fix a memory corruption problem in dynbuf.printf.
77			- use channels for chat and many informational commands.
78			- improved the tutorial.
79			- create missile is now fixed.
80			- race fields must now contain archetypes.
81			- jumping skill now works as advertised.
82	root	1.31
83	root	1.29	2.2 Tue Sep 11 15:41:24 CEST 2007
84	root	1.24	- relicense under the gnu affero license.
85	root	1.25	- new inscription skill, can only inscribe INSCRIBABLE items.
86	root	1.24	- implement server-side framework for generic resources.
87			- use resource framework for server-provided ambient
88			music.
89	root	1.27	- save object owners (players only atm).
90	root	1.24	- replace limited sound api with server-provided sound effects.
91			- new sc (sound control) protocol command.
92			- improve fxix protocol to include types.
93			- exactly fill tcp segments, if possible.
94			- output-rate is now an upper limit, the server will automatically
95			(and quite perfectly) adjust to the network conditions, ensuring
96			low latency even during bulk transfers (music, images, sounds etc.).
97			- implement server-side widgets (i.e. client widgets controlled
98			in the server side). this will allow future expansion without
99			having to upgrade clients.
100			- implement a (artwork) world map with realtime player position
101			tracking.
102			- new and more efficient extcmd (server still supports old extcmd
103			protocol).
104	root	1.26	- fixed lots of underflow/overflow bugs in diseases and general stats
105			calcluation that could be easily exploited by users.
106			- rebalanced diseases to spread more naturally/evenly.
107			- completely asynchronous map loading even for tiled maps.
108	root	1.24	- replace simple messaging protocol with channels carrying metadata
109			(similar to message types, but more directed at the user).
110			- reduce command processing latency by a whopping 120ms by
111			reordering some processing steps inside the server. this directly
112			reduces lag by 120ms.
113			- actually send spell faces to the client.
114	root	1.23	- implement player genders.
115	root	1.24	- unclean logout/login results in: nothing if map hasn't reset,
116			otherwise return to savebed and possible kill if the log-out
117			was for too long.
118			- fast socket-dead detection (kick player after 8 seconds without ack).
119			- greatly reduce the cpu time needed to draw maps _again_.
120			- archetypes are now subclasses of objects.
121			- rebalanced shop greed and approval functions to be more realistic
122			(and likely match the actual intention).
123	root	1.23	- implement "crossfire pod" format for messages, with working bold,
124			italic, gender-specific text, paragraphs etc.
125	root	1.24	- implemented hint framework, players can opt to receive hints.
126			- implemented (long) book framework, added some books from the cf wiki.
127	root	1.23	- implement generic message framework that uses xml, utf8 for the client
128			protocol and is capable of transmitting generic meta information.
129	root	1.21	- implement (in a suboptimal way) per-player instantiated maps.
130			- replace the nexus by a per-player tutorial map that teaches stuff
131			better than the newbie house.
132	root	1.18	- fix the magicmap colours.
133	root	1.19	- optimise map update even more by removing unneeded code and checks.
134			- decouple map and stats update from pl->ob and use pl->observe instead.
135			- implement observe command.
136	root	1.20	- major speed up in map refresh by replacing most get_map_from_coord
137			calls with a simple comparison.
138			- fix a latent crossfire bug that could crash the server because the
139			map refresh did not update the mapspace.
140	root	1.24	- support custom keys for regions and maps, regions are now
141			refcount-managed.
142			- allow worldmap overlays anywhere in the 000..999 range.
143			- new system to acquire time slices for background jobs, to reduce
144			jitter.
145	root	1.27	- semi-persistent object-referencing framework (currently only players
146			supported).
147	root	1.22	- dependency tracking for perl extensions.
148	root	1.24	- new slag-ex extension for cleaning cauldrons.
149			- fix invoke result processing.
150			- there are even less i/o syncpoints in the server now.
151	root	1.29	- added map-tags extension that scans all maps for object tags
152			and records them in the database (not used yet).
153	root	1.28	- metaserver 2 support.
154	root	1.22	- many more bugfixes and minor optimisations.
155	root	1.16
156	root	1.15	2.1 Sun May 27 04:21:29 CEST 2007
157	root	1.14	- optimised event invocation (non-wanted events can now be
158			skipped with 4-5 inlined instructions).
159	root	1.12	- complete rewrite of town_portal: it now creates a portal
160			to the "nearest" town only, travel is only possible
161	root	1.13	to the town and back, anybody can use it (also removes
162			one of the remaining syncpoints in the server).
163	root	1.10	- complete rewrite of the range/attack skill slot system:
164			there are now two slots, one for combat, one for ranged
165			attacks.
166			- introduce the concept of a current weapon (either a ranged
167			or a combat weapon/skill/tool) and switch between them as
168			needed.
169			- rewrite bow code so bows get more useful: apply damage,
170			attacktype and other stats to the arrows and treat
171			bows as weapons. also rebalance the missile weapons skill
172			so its damage increases with level.
173			- rewrite the complete player speed logic: weapon_speed now
174			works as documented and there are no unnatural speed boosts.
175	root	1.6	- implement a utility - cfutil - that simplifies arch and map
176			installation, replacing the old collect scripts and
177	root	1.9	simplying deployment by scaling and cutting faces as required.
178			- simplify the map protocol extensively by taking advantage
179			of missing bigfaces, speeding up map generation immensely.
180	root	1.6	- implement inherit keyword allowing archetypes to inherit from
181			other archetypes.
182			- rationalise archetype, region and treasurelist file format
183			into a single file format and make them reloadable asynchronously.
184	root	1.9	- make the worldmap, facedata (smoothing, faces, magicmap)
185			reloadable at runtime.
186	root	1.6	- implement 64x64 faceset support.
187			- implement fxixsx protocol that saves
188			a lot of bandwidth over the old image/face/smooth packets
189	root	1.11	and allows images > packetsize, incremental and background
190			transfers.
191	root	1.6	- implement a bandwidth-saving smoothing protocol that works
192			on a face basis as opposed to a mapspace basis.
193	root	1.7	- the server can now rate-limit image uploads to not exceed
194			a certain (client-configurable) speed while guarenteeing full
195			freedom of movement.
196	root	1.8	- implement new ex command to request item descriptions.
197			- implement new msg command for in-game messages with meta
198			information (using xml).
199	root	1.9	- enforce utf-8 for all text messages.
200	root	1.13	- added micropather (not used yet).
201	root	1.6	- many, many bugfixes.
202	root	1.1
203	root	1.5	2.0 Tue Mar 6 15:22:53 CET 2007
204	root	1.1	- make coroapi accessible to cf+.
205			- moved map handling logic completely to perl
206			- per player maps are now marked in the map
207	root	1.2	- maps are saved completely differently now,
208			and much more often.
209	root	1.17	- rewrote map header parser and writer, to be much faster.
210	pippijn	1.4	- maps and players are now (in the average case) loaded
211	root	1.2	and saved completely asynchronously, I/O contention will no
212			longer freeze the server.
213	pippijn	1.4	- players and maps can be loaded anytime, without the player
214	root	1.2	being logged in.
215	root	1.1	- automatically generate method interfaces for perl from headers
216			- unbundled freezethaw
217			- mostly rewrote common/map.C
218			- completely rewrite server/swap.C
219			- introduced "runtime", the CCT clock (corrected crossfire time) :)
220			- introduced new keyword for map files: file_format_version (integer, server version: 0)
221			- better message for apply failures due to applymode
222			- removed most all of the weather code
223			- unified logging to stderr and file
224			- too many minor changes to document