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Revision: 1.87
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1 root 1.36 Deliantra MORPG Server, Maps and Archetypes ChangeLog.
2 root 1.6
3 root 1.76 TODO: picking up the torches in nimbus 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     TODO: dragons should not be able to change their title via the settings tab in playerbook
6    
7 root 1.85 - the two handed weapon skill cna no longe rbe used as unarmed combat
8     skill.
9 root 1.84 - append [drop xxx coins] to altar/trigger_altar/identify_table/converter
10     names (also update all maps to use money instead of coins).
11 root 1.78 - add uuid accessors to perl.
12     - add coin names and archetype accessors to perl.
13 root 1.80 - fix runtime uuid file format to use "." instead of ",".
14 root 1.78 - change perl extensions to not use hardcoded coins and values.
15 root 1.79 - write uuids asynchronously (no hiccups due to uuid writes)
16     and be more parsimonous of uuid usage by the exact value out on exit.
17 root 1.86 - write log messages in another thread, removing another sync point.
18     - support multi-line log messages in a nicer way.
19 root 1.80 - be more portable w.r.t. uuids and format specifiers everywhere.
20 root 1.81 - fix a minor memleak in the random map generator.
21     - some parts of the random map generator are not coroutine-safe,
22     so only call it "single-threaded".
23     - major cleanup of memory management in random map generator.
24 root 1.87 - slight refactoring of the random map generator, faster too.
25 root 1.81 - solve the "slice_alloc becomes negative" mystery - no allocation bug,
26     bookkeeping bug.
27 root 1.87 - work around "player is on active list" problem by deactivating player
28     after loading.
29 root 1.81 - garbage collect shstr's more evenly and adaptively only when
30     there have in fact been allocations.
31 root 1.82 - fix object::insert to do as documented and insert into the env
32     if necessary.
33     - fix cf::map::unique_maps.
34     - fix nrof overflow check in can_merge_slow.
35     - fix converter code to handle >31 bit values.
36 elmex 1.83 - added support for the player_sold flag
37 root 1.84 - converters no longer accept unpaid items.
38 root 1.77
39 root 1.75 2.43 Sun Apr 6 20:35:29 CEST 2008
40 root 1.72 - work around a glibc bug that causes calloc to return non-zero memory
41     when mlockall has been used.
42 root 1.71 - pass environment to perl_sys_init3, as required by newer perls.
43 root 1.72 - use separate thread for ticker timing (and more in the future).
44     this greatly increases timing accuracy and gets rid of an enourmous
45     number of gettimeofday calls.
46 root 1.82 - use a separate thread to signal aio completion, for lower latency.
47 root 1.73 - require Coro 4.47, which fixes a data corruption bug with its C API.
48 root 1.71
49 root 1.69 2.42 Sat Mar 15 12:05:21 CET 2008
50 root 1.68 - rebalanced default experience table to be more exponential
51     and much easier up to level ~40, then moderately harder.
52 root 1.67 - change attuned/repelled level boni to +-8 from +-2.
53 root 1.66 - use SvUPGRADE to avoid exception in sv_upgrade with perl 5.10.
54     - do not exit on reload/load errors but properly cleanup.
55 root 1.69 - fix a 32 bit uncleanlyness in the slice debugging wrapper.
56 root 1.66
57 root 1.64 2.41 Fri Jan 25 13:15:37 CET 2008
58 root 1.59 - get rid of YAML::Syck, it's too buggy and misparses many files
59     (this fixes the jeweler skill).
60 root 1.60 - back-to-back perl_reloads don't freeze the ticker anymore.
61 root 1.61 - convert cfutil from Event to EV (forgot to do this earlier...).
62 root 1.63 - move tombstone to real map if player died due to cave-in (even if
63     it has reset, which is better than putting it on the savebed, also as
64     proof that the palyer didn't use a savebed).
65 root 1.59
66 root 1.58 2.4 Sun Jan 13 13:41:29 CET 2008
67 root 1.56 - work around perl bug in configure perl module version check.
68 root 1.49 - fix bug in golem move code that would cause a crash at tiling borders.
69 root 1.50 - fix a freeze bug when looking for an arrow in the inventory.
70 root 1.52 - fix a bug in animate_weapon, causing a crash.
71 root 1.54 - no longer exit when a coroutine throws an exception.
72 root 1.57 - fix a potential double free bug (nicely exploited by g++ 4.2).
73 root 1.53 - fix the "<player> is nuts" message.
74 root 1.58 - fix an exception at logout due to the json_coder being gone.
75 root 1.43 - upgrade to EV version 2.0 API.
76 root 1.47 - when players don't apply a savebed correctly but stand above one,
77     do not move or kill them.
78 root 1.46 - implement client-side settings page in playerbook (0.9963+ required).
79 root 1.43 - implement generic framework for server-side resource files.
80     - implement resource file update event.
81     - hook experience table update into the framework.
82     - move jeweler.yaml to resources (arch/).
83 root 1.44 - switch from Crossfire to Deliantra perl module.
84     - implement json2json arch filter.
85 root 1.45 - implement widget protocol version 2, support for ui templates.
86 root 1.54 - mapinfo is now handled fully asynchronously.
87 root 1.48 - ext/irc: also log irc messages.
88 root 1.51 - ext/schmorplog: write user stat files asynchronously.
89 root 1.43
90 root 1.42 2.32 Sun Dec 2 18:11:01 CET 2007
91 elmex 1.41 - limited the number of items that can be picked up and dropped
92 root 1.42 as temporary measurement against bad performance or dropping things
93     (this lead to long freezes and triggered the watchdog).
94 elmex 1.41 - improved the performance of the drop command a bit.
95 root 1.38 - switch from Event to EV for higher performance, easier usage,
96     less bugs...
97 root 1.39 - updated to release version of the gnu affero license.
98 root 1.38
99 root 1.37 2.31 Sun Nov 11 17:26:28 CET 2007
100 root 1.36 - more thoroughly rename the binaries, contact addresses.
101     - update the copyrights.
102 root 1.37 - avoid backtraces due to old spells on some maps, sometimes causing
103     crashes.
104 root 1.36 - fix a problem where facedata wasn't initialised to zero properly,
105     potentially causing crashes.
106 root 1.35 - assign weapons on user load time, not login-time, avoiding
107     crashes.
108    
109 root 1.34 2.3 Sat Oct 27 11:22:38 CEST 2007
110 root 1.32 - fixed an important bug that caused passwords to be forgotten.
111 root 1.31 - implement *tag destinations for goto, slaying etc. and use it
112     in some of the maps.
113 root 1.32 - bigworldised many maps (islands as in pupland and aldwulf),
114     which is now trivial to do.
115 root 1.33 - removed all traces of the old (and never working) plug-in interface
116     (70kb code less on amd64).
117 root 1.34 - improve/tune scheduling priorities.
118     - fix some freezing bugs.
119     - fix a memory corruption problem in dynbuf.printf.
120     - use channels for chat and many informational commands.
121     - improved the tutorial.
122     - create missile is now fixed.
123     - race fields must now contain archetypes.
124     - jumping skill now works as advertised.
125 root 1.31
126 root 1.29 2.2 Tue Sep 11 15:41:24 CEST 2007
127 root 1.24 - relicense under the gnu affero license.
128 root 1.25 - new inscription skill, can only inscribe INSCRIBABLE items.
129 root 1.24 - implement server-side framework for generic resources.
130     - use resource framework for server-provided ambient
131     music.
132 root 1.27 - save object owners (players only atm).
133 root 1.24 - replace limited sound api with server-provided sound effects.
134     - new sc (sound control) protocol command.
135     - improve fxix protocol to include types.
136     - exactly fill tcp segments, if possible.
137     - output-rate is now an upper limit, the server will automatically
138     (and quite perfectly) adjust to the network conditions, ensuring
139     low latency even during bulk transfers (music, images, sounds etc.).
140     - implement server-side widgets (i.e. client widgets controlled
141     in the server side). this will allow future expansion without
142     having to upgrade clients.
143     - implement a (artwork) world map with realtime player position
144     tracking.
145     - new and more efficient extcmd (server still supports old extcmd
146     protocol).
147 root 1.26 - fixed lots of underflow/overflow bugs in diseases and general stats
148     calcluation that could be easily exploited by users.
149     - rebalanced diseases to spread more naturally/evenly.
150     - completely asynchronous map loading even for tiled maps.
151 root 1.24 - replace simple messaging protocol with channels carrying metadata
152     (similar to message types, but more directed at the user).
153     - reduce command processing latency by a whopping 120ms by
154     reordering some processing steps inside the server. this directly
155     reduces lag by 120ms.
156     - actually send spell faces to the client.
157 root 1.23 - implement player genders.
158 root 1.24 - unclean logout/login results in: nothing if map hasn't reset,
159     otherwise return to savebed and possible kill if the log-out
160     was for too long.
161     - fast socket-dead detection (kick player after 8 seconds without ack).
162     - greatly reduce the cpu time needed to draw maps _again_.
163     - archetypes are now subclasses of objects.
164     - rebalanced shop greed and approval functions to be more realistic
165     (and likely match the actual intention).
166 root 1.23 - implement "crossfire pod" format for messages, with working bold,
167     italic, gender-specific text, paragraphs etc.
168 root 1.24 - implemented hint framework, players can opt to receive hints.
169     - implemented (long) book framework, added some books from the cf wiki.
170 root 1.23 - implement generic message framework that uses xml, utf8 for the client
171     protocol and is capable of transmitting generic meta information.
172 root 1.21 - implement (in a suboptimal way) per-player instantiated maps.
173     - replace the nexus by a per-player tutorial map that teaches stuff
174     better than the newbie house.
175 root 1.18 - fix the magicmap colours.
176 root 1.19 - optimise map update even more by removing unneeded code and checks.
177     - decouple map and stats update from pl->ob and use pl->observe instead.
178     - implement observe command.
179 root 1.20 - major speed up in map refresh by replacing most get_map_from_coord
180     calls with a simple comparison.
181     - fix a latent crossfire bug that could crash the server because the
182     map refresh did not update the mapspace.
183 root 1.24 - support custom keys for regions and maps, regions are now
184     refcount-managed.
185     - allow worldmap overlays anywhere in the 000..999 range.
186     - new system to acquire time slices for background jobs, to reduce
187     jitter.
188 root 1.27 - semi-persistent object-referencing framework (currently only players
189     supported).
190 root 1.22 - dependency tracking for perl extensions.
191 root 1.24 - new slag-ex extension for cleaning cauldrons.
192     - fix invoke result processing.
193     - there are even less i/o syncpoints in the server now.
194 root 1.29 - added map-tags extension that scans all maps for object tags
195     and records them in the database (not used yet).
196 root 1.28 - metaserver 2 support.
197 root 1.22 - many more bugfixes and minor optimisations.
198 root 1.16
199 root 1.15 2.1 Sun May 27 04:21:29 CEST 2007
200 root 1.14 - optimised event invocation (non-wanted events can now be
201     skipped with 4-5 inlined instructions).
202 root 1.12 - complete rewrite of town_portal: it now creates a portal
203     to the "nearest" town only, travel is only possible
204 root 1.13 to the town and back, anybody can use it (also removes
205     one of the remaining syncpoints in the server).
206 root 1.10 - complete rewrite of the range/attack skill slot system:
207     there are now two slots, one for combat, one for ranged
208     attacks.
209     - introduce the concept of a current weapon (either a ranged
210     or a combat weapon/skill/tool) and switch between them as
211     needed.
212     - rewrite bow code so bows get more useful: apply damage,
213     attacktype and other stats to the arrows and treat
214     bows as weapons. also rebalance the missile weapons skill
215     so its damage increases with level.
216     - rewrite the complete player speed logic: weapon_speed now
217     works as documented and there are no unnatural speed boosts.
218 root 1.6 - implement a utility - cfutil - that simplifies arch and map
219     installation, replacing the old collect scripts and
220 root 1.9 simplying deployment by scaling and cutting faces as required.
221     - simplify the map protocol extensively by taking advantage
222     of missing bigfaces, speeding up map generation immensely.
223 root 1.6 - implement inherit keyword allowing archetypes to inherit from
224     other archetypes.
225     - rationalise archetype, region and treasurelist file format
226     into a single file format and make them reloadable asynchronously.
227 root 1.9 - make the worldmap, facedata (smoothing, faces, magicmap)
228     reloadable at runtime.
229 root 1.6 - implement 64x64 faceset support.
230     - implement fxixsx protocol that saves
231     a lot of bandwidth over the old image/face/smooth packets
232 root 1.11 and allows images > packetsize, incremental and background
233     transfers.
234 root 1.6 - implement a bandwidth-saving smoothing protocol that works
235     on a face basis as opposed to a mapspace basis.
236 root 1.7 - the server can now rate-limit image uploads to not exceed
237     a certain (client-configurable) speed while guarenteeing full
238     freedom of movement.
239 root 1.8 - implement new ex command to request item descriptions.
240     - implement new msg command for in-game messages with meta
241     information (using xml).
242 root 1.9 - enforce utf-8 for all text messages.
243 root 1.13 - added micropather (not used yet).
244 root 1.6 - many, many bugfixes.
245 root 1.1
246 root 1.5 2.0 Tue Mar 6 15:22:53 CET 2007
247 root 1.1 - make coroapi accessible to cf+.
248     - moved map handling logic completely to perl
249     - per player maps are now marked in the map
250 root 1.2 - maps are saved completely differently now,
251     and much more often.
252 root 1.17 - rewrote map header parser and writer, to be much faster.
253 pippijn 1.4 - maps and players are now (in the average case) loaded
254 root 1.2 and saved completely asynchronously, I/O contention will no
255     longer freeze the server.
256 pippijn 1.4 - players and maps can be loaded anytime, without the player
257 root 1.2 being logged in.
258 root 1.1 - automatically generate method interfaces for perl from headers
259     - unbundled freezethaw
260     - mostly rewrote common/map.C
261     - completely rewrite server/swap.C
262     - introduced "runtime", the CCT clock (corrected crossfire time) :)
263     - introduced new keyword for map files: file_format_version (integer, server version: 0)
264     - better message for apply failures due to applymode
265     - removed most all of the weather code
266     - unified logging to stderr and file
267     - too many minor changes to document