--- deliantra/server/Changes 2006/12/30 10:16:09 1.1 +++ deliantra/server/Changes 2007/04/27 02:20:21 1.9 @@ -1,12 +1,44 @@ -Crossfire+ Server ChangeLog +Crossfire TRT Server ChangeLog 2.1 - - started a Changes file, please use. + - 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. + - 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. + - 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 + - maps are saved completely differently now, + and much more often. - rewrote map header parser and writer + - 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