--- deliantra/server/Changes 2008/12/23 01:51:27 1.293 +++ deliantra/server/Changes 2009/01/13 13:29:57 1.333 @@ -15,25 +15,74 @@ TODO: no detah messages for arena anymore TODO: remove curse should *maybe* work on players themselves TODO: remove curse in glyph/rune doesn't have any effect? -TODO: nothing is written on it -> log-1 TODO: rewrite highscore code -TODO: saying open to the old man in tutorial makes the sign(?) say "@match..." TODO: greeting message on what to do in dialog after race selection. TODO: health bars for earthwalls seem to start at 100% end die at 50% + + - (arch) fix quiver of Holding Bolts. + - applying unpaid items will now examine them. + - add "What" column to body command, showing items in that slot. + - redesigned and rebalanced lamps and torches. + - add "..." to item names that have been shortened. + - fixed "assign" function that squeezes strings into fixed length. + - add cursed effect to lamps and (some) torches. + +2.75 Fri Jan 9 16:13:30 CET 2009 + - rebalanced lighting w.r.t. outdoor, darkness and see_in_dark. + - fix a bug in the nimbus extension that allowed players to cheat. + - make monster smell logic dependent on their wisdom stat. + - put the death reason into a separate tab. + - converted "connected" slot to string, cleanly got rid of some ugly + hacks such as the path_attuned hack. + - introduce shstr_tmp for fast temporary shstr passing. + - replace one-at-a-time hash by faster than smaller FNV-1a hash + when hashing strings. + - sanitized alchemy-like skills and cauldrons to check earlier + whether the right cauldron is used. + - considerably optimise shared string implementation by + making its null value a compiletime constant. + - use shared string matching insteafd of strcmp in a lot of places, + as well as using shstr_cmp to pass shared stringsa round efficiently, + for lots of code size savings. + - monsters which breed new monsters shouldn't breed new monsters when + they are sleeping: generators now check for the sleeping flag. + - tell gcc not to excessively inline some perl interface functions. + - remove marking rune length limit. + - fix formatting of cfpod when a verbatim block was following + a single newline. + - move resistances, statistics and showpets command output into tabs. + - implement map scripts that can replace the boulder logic without + having to write extensions. + +2.74 Mon Dec 29 15:23:38 CET 2008 + - fix a longstanding bug that teared multipart monsters + at map boundaries apart. - temporarily make permanently invisible player visible when he/she makes noise. - fix being able to see through walls a bit. + - improve look at output. - completely replaced the line of sight algorithm with a variant of spiral fov capable of visibility grades and arbitrary shadow angles, that uses less memory and less code. - the new los code supports arbitrary map rectangles and loosens - other restrictions of the old code, supporitng further optimisations. - - udpate los if blocksview-objects are inserted in a map, not just when + other restrictions of the old code, supporting further optimisations. + - update los if blocksview-objects are inserted in a map, not just when removed (e.g. for summon fog). + - permanent invisibility doesn't make immune against making noise: + implement a noise system that allows monsters to locate the player + when he/she makes noise. + - implement a primitive smell system that monsters can use to track + players. - create bomb now also works when casted by door traps. - (arch) new torch graphics. - (maps) considerably soften the subway spider. + - (maps) made the portgate of navar safe ground, to protect + the guards from being killed by players. + - (maps) lots of tweaks in and around scorn. + - (maps) use special non-blocksview jungle, mountain and + darkforest freely on the worldmap, to get gradual sight obstacles + instead of total blackout in those areas. - no maximum darkness for outdoor maps anymore. - add more hints, fix some messages. - fix a bug: firing rods should tell you something about them. @@ -42,7 +91,34 @@ - improve handling of los changes when inserting or removing objects, not perfect yet. - make map darkness signed (formerly unsigned) to allow - ambient lighting. + ambient lighting and centrally manage darkness as an offset. + - revamped, fixed and documented the server calendrics, also + tell users the current time and data, to improve awareness. + - implement proper wizlook flag and handling of wizlook, instead + of dumbly just clearing los once. + - speed up los code - it's now about 2-3 times as fast as the old one, + and has a smaller runtime variance. + - daylight/nightfall can now increase/decrease past the natural limit, + making them actually useful. + - see_in_dark now increases the viewing radius by 3. + - implement a fast tiled map iterator and use it in LOS for a 20% + speedup, as well as in many other places. + - remove support for extended map infos - these are not used + by the deliantra client and removing them gives us a 10% speedup + when sending map changes. + - remove most gcfclient and other client bug workarounds, as well + as now obsolete protocol versions, simplying the code. + - optimise and simplify generation of random numbers. + - correctly provide a non-zero default density for materials, to + avoid crashes, fix other bugs in the material handling code. + - fix volume calculations. + - fix cfpod parsing when multiple verbatim blocks were separated by + newlines. + - increase monster detection radius from wis/5 to wis/3. + - remove old pickup modes. + - remove obsolete disarm and search commands (search wasn't working + anyways). + - fix a crash when an npc applied a sign. 2.73 Thu Dec 18 20:56:31 CET 2008 - this release is assumed to be very stable. @@ -410,7 +486,7 @@ - convert cfutil from Event to EV (forgot to do this earlier...). - move tombstone to real map if player died due to cave-in (even if it has reset, which is better than putting it on the savebed, also as - proof that the palyer didn't use a savebed). + proof that the player didn't use a savebed). 2.4 Sun Jan 13 13:41:29 CET 2008 - work around perl bug in configure perl module version check.