--- deliantra/server/Changes 2008/03/14 19:16:24 1.68 +++ deliantra/server/Changes 2008/04/24 00:38:52 1.108 @@ -1,15 +1,104 @@ 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: ridify us from FLAG_NO_FIX_PLAYER TODO: dragons should not be able to change their title via the settings tab in playerbook + - completely automate the item add/delete on remove/insert. this should fix + all "ghost" item bugs caused by sloppy coding, as sloppy coding is now correct :) + - completely automate the weight handling, should fix all weight + accounting bugs caused by sloppy coding, as sloppy coding is now correct :) + - reloading archetypes while a user was in the character creation phase + could crash the server. + - fix a nontrivial number of cases of code commented similar + to "is this really correct?", as many of those cases are now handles + automatically by lower level code. + - replace many ad-hoc checks for client visibility by object::visible_to, + should result in broader applicability of functions using it. + - merge items with different arch pointers refering to the same arch + (due to archetype reloads). + - refactored the object remove/insert functions and most related + functions (decrease, split, merge_ob etc.). + - make it compile better on freebsd (reported by pippijn). + - remove GT_UPDATE_INV (no longer applicable). + - fix the longstanding "container stays open" bug. + - improved floorbox updating to be incremental and other protocol + optimisations. + - get rid of update_after_inventory_change and only do update stats + for weight once/tick/player at max. + +2.51 Sun Apr 20 21:27:37 CEST 2008 + - properly link against libgthread as that is needed to make the slice + allocator thread-safe. + - support perls not compiled with 64 bit support (though this is not a + recommended configuration) (reported by Samuel Gondouin). + - always put godgiven items into the player inventory, never any containers. + - (arch) + - (maps, arch) the scorn go club was founded! + - (arch) do no longer support player abilities, they didn't work anyways. + - (arch) the alchemy spell is now of the alchemy spell school, which + became a real spell-class. + - (arch) the alchemist class now get an alchemy spell book for new characters. + - (arch) considerably strengthened spark shower and destruction. + - match archetypes by name, not by ptr, in treasure.C, this makes archetypes + finally reloadable at runtime. + - changed archetype loading algorithm to only require one pass and + use delayed resolving of references. + - examine command now uses the examine infobox. + - implement an "incremental garbage collector" for archetypes. + - enable slice allocator again. + - implement optional free memory poisoning. + +2.5 Wed Apr 16 15:06:53 CEST 2008 + - the two handed weapon skill can no longer be used as unarmed combat + skill. + - append [drop xxx coins] to altar/trigger_altar/identify_table/converter + names (also update all maps to use money instead of coins). + - add uuid accessors to perl. + - add coin names and archetype accessors to perl. + - fix runtime uuid file format to use "." instead of ",". + - change perl extensions to not use hardcoded coins and values. + - write uuids asynchronously (no hiccups due to uuid writes) + and be more parsimonous of uuid usage by the exact value out on exit. + - write log messages in another thread, removing another sync point. + - support multi-line log messages in a nicer way. + - be more portable w.r.t. uuids and format specifiers everywhere. + - fix a minor memleak in the random map generator. + - some parts of the random map generator are not coroutine-safe, + so only call it "single-threaded". + - major cleanup of memory management in random map generator. + - slight refactoring of the random map generator, faster too. + - solve the "slice_alloc becomes negative" mystery - no allocation bug, + bookkeeping bug. + - work around "player is on active list" problem by deactivating player + after loading. + - garbage collect shstr's more evenly and adaptively only when + there have in fact been allocations. + - fix object::insert to do as documented and insert into the env + if necessary. + - fix cf::map::unique_maps. + - fix nrof overflow check in can_merge_slow. + - fix converter code to handle >31 bit values. + - added support for the player_sold flag + - converters no longer accept unpaid items. + - canonicalize random map meta files for better unification. + +2.43 Sun Apr 6 20:35:29 CEST 2008 + - work around a glibc bug that causes calloc to return non-zero memory + when mlockall has been used. + - pass environment to perl_sys_init3, as required by newer perls. + - use separate thread for ticker timing (and more in the future). + this greatly increases timing accuracy and gets rid of an enourmous + number of gettimeofday calls. + - use a separate thread to signal aio completion, for lower latency. + - require Coro 4.47, which fixes a data corruption bug with its C API. + +2.42 Sat Mar 15 12:05:21 CET 2008 - 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. + - fix a 32 bit uncleanlyness 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