--- deliantra/server/Changes	2008/09/22 01:33:09	1.236
+++ deliantra/server/Changes	2008/10/28 12:48:23	1.262
@@ -7,19 +7,42 @@
 TODO: inscription cannot be readied.
 TODO: random destination transport may bring you tot nürnberg errornously, likely stoneville
 TODO: reasy_skill find traps does nto unapply the range slot item (bow)
+TODO: schmorp-neko-san force has sped zero but is on active lsit sometimes?
+TODO: worldmaps still get loaded on startup before the gridmap is ready
 
+TODO: look into monster widths again?
+TODO: cats light witrh JP_5 put light into caster.
+TODO: strange rign oif acid artifact description/story looks weird.
+TODO: destry_inv() should destroy, drop_inv_to_ground method?
+TODO: no detah messages for arena anymore
+	- the "worldmaps sometimes are black" bug is finally fixed.
+        - the "player objects are referenced in _GENxx globals" bug has finally
+          been fixed, by not relying on buggy perl internals when serialising.
+        - fixed a long standing bug in the anvil converters in armour shops.
+        - items shops weren't interested in don't vanish anymore, and are given
+          back to the player.
+	- attuned/repell and spell base level system reworked.
+	- rewrote skill cache (last_skill_ob) system and usage - might
+          be less erratic now.
+        - refuse to write the uuid file if the uuid is zero
+          (to avoid writing it in early crashes).
+	- pathsync the directory after saving a file for added slowdown^Wsafety.
+        - speed up emergency_save by not syncing every file separately.
+        - no longer reattach perl to every object on reload, it's slow, and no longer
+          necessary since we don't nuke stashes anymore.
+        - do not bootstrap perl from the commandline args, use separate eval for
+          better error reporting.
+        - fix a crash when pushing cone spells met ice attacks.
+        - pre-cache perl extension files on reload to speed up the reload.
+        - speed up map refresh in server a bit.
+        - refactored drop code and fixed some programming errors in it.
+        - fixed small regression in 'Slag Ex' potion extension.
+        - fixed a bug where some objects couldn't cross map tile boundaries.
 
-   2008-09-22 01:19:41.2886 unload completed, starting to reload now
-   2008-09-22 01:19:41.2886 reloading cf.pm
-   2008-09-22 01:19:41.3091 panic: attempt to copy value Storable to a freed scalar 2756268 at /opt/crossfire/share/deliantra-server/cf.pm line 72, <GEN1> line 3.
-   2008-09-22 01:19:41.3091+Compilation failed in require at /opt/crossfire/share/deliantra-server/cf.pm line 3671, <GEN1> line 3.
-
-TODO: ex tooltip should offste story with \n\n
-TODO: region monsters gone?
-TODO: increasing frequency in evtgread.C of ticks triggers bugs during startup?
-TODO: cf::player::exists is a sync_job???
-TODO: royal statistician text \n\n, maybe other npc's.
-	- bump login name length from 18 to 20 char max.
+2.71 Tue Sep 23 07:02:23 CEST 2008
+	- removed all command line parsing, only env variables are supported
+          anymore.
+        - region-specific monsters will now once more be on the worldmap.
 	- fix a disastrous "memleak" where temporary memory allocations
           would grow out of bounds.
         - server now writes a pidfile and makes sure its alter ego is killed.
@@ -28,6 +51,7 @@
 	- hintmode moved to C++, players need to re-set their hintmode if
           they dislike "show".
         - fix RIP inscription.
+	- bump login name length from 18 to 20 char max.
         - correctly support gender in emotes.
         - correctly support gender in the death messages.
         - correctly generate death messages for players only when they really die,
@@ -38,13 +62,15 @@
         - make sure Compress::LZF acquires the storable lock, might fix some
           data corruption bug.
         - tweak coredumping/monitoring a bit.
+        - completely redid server initialisation to hopefully avoid rare races.
         - do not crash in the loader when an inventory object could not be loaded
           (from a corrupted file).
-        - redid skills comamnd to send output to proper channel.
+        - redid skills command to send output to proper channel.
         - object->map is no longer refcounting.
         - add FLAG_DEBUG for internal debugging.
         - add NDI_VERBATIM flag to send_msg.
         - add perl backtraces to logBacktrace-initiated backtraces.
+        - player->exists is no longer a sync_job.
         - split login.ext's player scheduler into
           it's own player-scheduler.ext extension.