--- deliantra/server/Changes	2008/04/18 23:46:02	1.93
+++ deliantra/server/Changes	2008/04/30 06:40:28	1.120
@@ -1,14 +1,74 @@
 Deliantra MORPG Server, Maps and Archetypes ChangeLog.
 
-TODO: picking up the torches in nimbus 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
+TODO: emergency swap mode is not working
+08:43:44 -cfbot:#cf- [Larvae] when I had a devourerbow equipped, and then  readied 
+          some spellcasting. if I then started using karate, I would get all the 
+                    stateffects from the bow
 
+2.53
+	- bugfix: custom skill settings were not saved by the server.
+	- bugfix: remove did not actually remove items from the inventory, leaving
+          ghost items.
+        - bugfix: properly update items identified on the ground.
+        - bugfix: use localtime_r in the logger thread.
+        - make the killer a real object pointer instead of a string.
+        - dropping items a shop is not interested in won't sell them anymore.
+        - bugfix: the mailscrolls are now correctly handed out even when the destination
+          player is not logged in.
+        - rods and horns with a too low maximum charge allow now at least one discharge.
+        - bugfix: make list_logins non-blocking (glaring oversight). this caused the lag at
+          server startup.
+        - take advantage of new aio_close and aio_chmod.
+        - implement archetype::get.
+
+2.52  Thu Apr 24 11:47:19 CEST 2008
+	- 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.
+        - rewrite party commands, use party channel.
+
+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).
-        - enable slice allocator again.
+        - 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