--- deliantra/server/Changes 2007/03/06 14:23:02 1.5 +++ deliantra/server/Changes 2009/11/02 11:50:20 1.477 @@ -1,4 +1,877 @@ -Crossfire+ Server ChangeLog +Deliantra MORPG Server, Maps and Archetypes ChangeLog. +Version numbers sort like decimal numbers. + +TODO: warrior_1 looks broken +TODO: apartment-descritpions for gotisch1/2 +TODO: it is possible to inventory-lock items on the floor, and *spomehow* possible to drop them. +TODO: think about naking the rhyzian amulet useful - makes little sense in deliantra? + - (maps) add lostwages and lorak (valdor/varsia) from cfextended. + - (maps, server) add lostwages and celvear apartments to rent system. + - (maps) closed guild houses, this is not scalable, ask your friendly + dm instead. + - (maps) add town portal to celvear. + - (maps, arch) add troll canyon, pygmy forest, elven moon and temple of justice + mapsets from crossfire, together with associated archetypes. + - (maps) add extended region descriptions for some regions from crossfire. + - (maps) define a new whalingoutpost region. + - (maps, arch) add all changes to mlab between 2006-08-01 and 2009-10-28, + and most archetypes that go with them (without stoning and swallow effects), + casino tokens and stock certificates are also missing. + - (maps, arch) add a number of minor maps from crossfire to scorn, navar + and santo dominion. + - (maps, arch) added gotischerbereich from cfextended, and some archetypes + to go with them. also adjusted archetypes to be more korrekt "gotisch". + - properly close client-side dialogue when the player is teleported away. + - map-tags did not properly close it's database tables or wait + for a quiescent state, causing memory corruption on reload. + - support "stat.xyz" accessor in match expressions. + - skip /styles and /editor directories in cf::map::static_maps. + - implement ->send_big_packet and use it in ext_msg (among other things, this + fixes long answers from npc dialogue). + - connected magic mouths no longer spill to Log-1, but use the examine tab. + - (arch) change marker archetypes to not remove "marker" forces anymore + and to not add a "put your code here" force needlessly. + - (arch) fix or improve many plurals. + - markers do no longer add a force if the slaying field is unset. + - sped up search-items implementation, but it's still horrible. + - (maps) bigchests are now properly non-unique, per_player and no_reset. + - editor_folder can now be used to override whatever cfutil sets. + +2.82 Sat Oct 24 03:50:17 CEST 2009 + - fixed a classical and exploitable stack buffer overflow in the gsay command. + - fix a memory buffer overflow in the book code. + - add @check, @find npc dialogue commands. + - (maps) add a number of town interiors. + - (maps) add tindervale the fireborn capitol from cfextended. + - (maps) add celvear area from cfextended. + - (server,arch) add a number of inscribables, show their capacity in hint. + - (server,maps) fix bug causing some library books not to be chained down, + cause Scorn/Navar libraries not to have inscribable books. + - (maps) fix bug causing the Greyshield and Greysword to have + inappropriate item power. + - (maps) fix intwell balancing issue. + - improve the look of generated books. + - make slag no_drop so it can't be dropped from the cauldron. + - fix bug where players could bypass no_drop by putting items in containers. + - consecutive commands arriving at the same time in the server would be + corrupted if the length was >255. + - support sub-matches in () inside match expressions, not just conditions. + - got rid of motd/rules/news code in C++ part, move motd to it's own tab + and perl. + - implemented new "match" type that combines both check_inv and pedestal + functionality (and more) inside the same object using the match expressions. + - create simpler match expression compiles in many common cases. + - reduce object size by removing obsolete "seen_by" member. + - removed the rather broken make_list_like utility function, taking advantage + of the new dynbuf::splice function (which gave an unexpected net win + in code size...). + - the server will no longer complain (and subtly fail) when an object + being removed from a map causes another object to get removed. + - banish strncpy from the server, speed up and simplify sending item + descriptions to the client considerably. + - add new "in head" set modifier for matches. + - new BLOCKED_MOVE event added. + - mapscript archetype now has activate_on_xxx true by default, as similar + connected elements. + - (maps) imported all styles from cfextended except + floorstyles/land_plots and monsterstyles. + - (arch) imported gem treasurelists and archetypes from cfextended. + - don't crash when treasure lists are empty / supply new empty + treasurelist for randomitems when none can be found. + - implement cf::map::static_maps and use it in map-tags.ext. + - fix a bug in map-tag scanning when moving tags. + - (deliantra.net) improve watchdog to now check both listening ports + for a reaction. + - implement new "loadall" map loading command, purely for debugging. + +2.81 Mon Oct 12 20:00:18 CEST 2009 + - display spell description for spellbooks, rods, wands, potion and scrolls, + but not horns (to make them more useful for content-creators). + - fix a number of bugs in check_move_on: 1) it didn't update the flags + 2) it skipped spell effects and 3) it didn't handle the case where + and object was destroyed while iterating over it correctly. all this + allowed players to sometimes walk onto spaces they should not be able to + walk on. + - fix an exploit where inscription/marking runes could execute arbitrary code. + - examining an object now dumps the serialised object form when the user + is a wizard (wizlook). + - altars no longer accept unpaid items. + - party spells didn't work all that well. + - added complex object matching framework (cf::match), and make altars + and pedestals use it. + - identified skill-tools show what skill they grant. + - display the duration of change_ability spells when examining them + (missing: protection spells, but they are a hack...). + - improve effectiveness of special foods created by woodsman skill, + adding more variety to the different mushrooms. + - fix a minor cfpod formatting bug. + - do not talk about the hintmode so much - die-hards are expected to find + the hintmode setting on the settings page. + - IPO no longer lies about prices; prices tweaked. + - clarified that all deliantra-specific parts are under the Affero GPL. + - enable the object loader to also dump archetypes. + - (maps) fix guild teleporters to Pupland Terminal. + - (maps) put the trapdoor above the floor in sisters/necro_ruins1. + - force the initial face when loading an object that is time-animated + or a monster, so it does not have to be specified anymore. + - fix a bug where recasting an ability changing spell could shorten + its remaining duration. + - fix pedestal and floor building with builder. + - fix RUNATT attack mode, which was broken before (used e.g. by mice). + - fix a broken bow-related speed optimisation by using splay - speed + up splay operations as well. + - use NDI_CLEAR for the body command, and make it use observe. + - implement introspection data for C++ classes (%REFLECT). + - (arch) add name_pl fields and documentation for building materials. + - (maps) random fountains no longer generate permanent stat increases. + - fix transmutation alchemy. + - speed up many frequently-invoked C->perl callbacks. + - added complex object matching framework, to be used in altars and the like. + - switch to YAML::XS from YAML. + +2.80 Tue Sep 15 20:22:31 CEST 2009 + - fix the "screen stays black on login" bug and remove debug instrumentation + that ultimately was not helpful to catch it :) + - split outer_env into outer_env and outer_env_self, and fix + all callers to use either one or the other, as appropriate. This + fixes the (rather fragile) light spell, maybe others. + - fixed an overflow and exploit in the bank/payment code. + - fixed a bug in the jeweler quest and added the 'Tome of Jewelery' + to explain the skill a bit more. + - removed a buggy check for zero attacktype. So that we might find + the real bugs in the archs/maps/objects. + - Fixed enabling torches with lighters. + - (maps) Added Heaven Town region. + - (arch+maps) Fixed & normalized warriors on map + /quests/peterm/CTower/Barracks. + - fix the light spell (and possibly diseases and other lights). + - (arch) The clawing skill didn't have the physical attacktype. + - (maps) make the greenway accessible again - this bug was introduced + a long time ago, and similar cases are still to be found in the maps. + - make the socket_timeout configurable in the code (but not yet for users). + - earth wall health bar is now correct. + +2.79 Tue Jul 28 00:56:36 CEST 2009 + - IO::AIO chaged to using eventfd internally - updated server to not + freeze with IO::AIO anymore due this change. + - avoid a crash when a player tries to apply a lighter. + - allow a spell argument for dimension door. + - move shop item listing and some otherstuff into the info tab. + - avoid crashes when non-players cast party spells. + - fix a crash in get_spell_by_name (for learn_spell). + - added pyromancer class with graphics (by Job Vranish). + - small improvement of the number of potions in shops + (by Job Vranish). + - added a few party spells (by Job Vranish). + - use a common message dynbuf. + - destroying tear down objects will now use the full hp range + for animation and will only destroy/lastframe when hp < 0. + - allow monsters to use earth to dust. + - use manhattan distance for get_rangevector_from_mapcoord, just as + in get_rangevector. + - los updates now correctly take tiled maps into account. + - do los updates even on maps without darkness. + - fixed quiver of holding bolts to be able to hold bolts. + - upgrade to IO::AIO 3.21. + - fixed show invisible, to show objects of type CONTAINER. + - properly catching exceptions from callback in irc.ext. + - fixed a potentially hazardous bug in cfpod regarding Z<>. + - (maps) fixed npc dialog in /pup_land/nurnberg/reception/reception. + - (arch) added hint about usage to Slag Ex. + - (maps) /darcap/quest/water sea1 tile are now passable by players, + like the rest. + - (maps) added /heaven/gem_shop by Boes. + - (arch+maps) added rate limited converter and adjusted + /elmex/mana_fountain. + - store arrow->slaying in custom_name, to get rid of the spellarg slot. + - reduce size of casting_time, move_status, attack_movement, + last_heal and last_sp slots, squeezing some more space out of struct + object, also declare expmul as constant 1.0, as it isn't used + anywhere. + +2.78 Sun Apr 5 20:04:29 CEST 2009 + - fixed bug in alchemy, where finding the right object for enhancements + didn't work. + - aggressively merge spell effects and do not allow more than 5 spell + effects (w.r.t. put_more) per mapspace, to give the server a chance + to survive a hundred deathsheads. + - correctly clear op->env when inserting onto map, this was a potentially + disastrous bug of unfortunately unknown proportions... + - fix cone-spell symmetry that was broken for direction 8. + - use gender-neutral place descriptions for invite. + - (arch) new faces for alchemist class, wizard class and quetzalcoatl race. + Thanks go to Lisa Larsen! + - remove support for colour reducing 32x32 images (no cfclient support + anymore). + - actually mention the literacy level when it is too low to learn the spell. + - use better dependency tracking for include/keyword.h. + - add accept-invitation and suicide to the list of asynchronous commands, + so it is possible to invite somebody out of some stck-till-death traps, + or simply to commit suicide. + - replace the "ignoring delayed commands" message by something more useful + (cf. cunning gnome freezeing issue). + - various fixes for weapon improvements. + - fixed small bug with handling connect errors in the IRC gateway. + - support T and G sequences in cfpod. + +2.77 Sun Feb 1 16:30:48 CET 2009 + - convert me command from per-map to chat, which makes more sense, also + document it. + - more than one spellbooks of same class can now be given + in class selection. + - adjusted the starting_spell.trs treasure list to the recent + spell rebalancements. + - the IRC gateway filters IRC colors now. + +2.76 Sat Jan 17 08:36:51 CET 2009 + - (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. + - fixed bad assigned crafting skills and their tools. + +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, 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. + - make light additive even within players. + - darken xrays effect a bit. + - improve handling of los changes when inserting or removing + objects, not perfect yet. + - make map darkness signed (formerly unsigned) to allow + 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. + - (maps) radically redesigned and improved tutorial. + - directional casting no longer immediately removes the invisible effect. + - magic ears now trigger when used inside the NPC dialogue. + - fix overflow in lighting calculations. + - negative glow radii can no longer cause total darkness. + - allow lookat on spaces where we only barely see, as opposed to + only maximally-lit ones. + - class selection has been reworked completely and their documentation corrected. + - swashbucklers got the oratory skill now. + - jump skill was fixed to adhere to all the flags a mapspace has got. + - (maps) small fix w.r.t. magic ear in /scorn/houses/wizz.entry + - fix deadlock in Jeweler::improve_ring_by_plan. + - use Coro::SemaphoreSet instead of our own lock management + (which was probably broken, too). + - support negative glow radii during daytime, too. + - use circular, not rectangular, viewing area. + - use minimum viewing distance of 2 in outdoor maps. + - negative glow is stronger than viewing area or lamps. + - (arch) new darkness spell face. + +2.72 Thu Dec 4 22:20:19 CET 2008 + - (maps) completely redesigned scorn. + - "cast light" now works on oneself. + - bump max light radius to 9, rewrote glow lighting calculations, fix + negative glow radii again (they were totally broken before). + - 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. + - fixed a bug with weight update of the player, the client showed -0.0 + as the current weight of the inventory. + - (arch) the dragonbreath spell is level 12 again, but the high level spell + dragonfire has been introduced for the non-dragon players. + - remove unused "tooltype", "start_holding" object slots. + - change "weapontype" object slot to uint8. + - convert "hide" object slot into flag. + - reorder object members for better locality of reference and codesize + decrease. + - correct rounding in lerp, add lerp_rd, lerp_ru. + - fix a crash when no skill could be found when killing amonster. + - fix a small memleak that would eat one pointer on the perl stack for + every completed aio operation. + - perl mapspace acessor methods now normalise (handle tiled maps) + and update mapspaces if necessary. + +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. + - fixed a double-escaping bug in the pod-parser. + - rewrote the cfpod parser in C++. + - 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, + with increased information. + - fix a bug in the dynbuf code that could potentially lead to crashes + and data corruption (but apparently was never triggered). + - close the $ENV{LOCKUTIL_LOCK_FD} fd if in the env, for lockutil. + - 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 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. + +2.7 Sun Sep 7 16:32:03 CEST 2008 + - require perl 5.10. + - make nrof signed, so that code that checks for underflow actually works. + - swap player and observed count's on the map when observing. + - add (mostly untested) mapspace perl class and accessors. + - re-"calibrate" value/weight autopickup to be silver/kg >= pickup*100. + - fix a crash in cast_bless (restoration et al.) when no target + could be found. + - pits now have a configurable "random spread" range and default + to a radius of two now. + - rewrite pay_player_arch. + - use a more stable perl_reload implementation. + - do not use Symbol::delete_package (causes crashes after perl-reload), + use our own, safer, clear_package instead. + - when asynchronously dumping core, close all file handles to allow + the server to restart concurrently. + - improve the cfpod parser to generate proper xml from proper cfpod + sequences, without double-encoding. it should be faster, too. + - the above fixes wrong display of help tetx and many other issues. + - use lzf and frag packets for large messages for clients supporting them + (0.9976+), use it for long books and other messages. + - eradicate listen command and corresponding code. + - eradicate logs command. + - let the client log into the server log, used for crash backtraces. + - fixed rods/wands/etc. with randomitem spells on maps, but broke + old style spell objects with the spell magic bullet. + - (arch) fixed skill less rods in the archetypes + +2.61 Sun Aug 3 17:59:50 CEST 2008 + - made jeweler workbench larger and some other minor map + changes in jeweler town. + - fixed wrong item handling in jeweler skill code. + - (arch) use a special "key_random_map" for random map keys + that are used up. + - fix a crash when the player who was observed has logged out long + enough for his region/map to be gone. + - port to g++-4.3's incompatible tr1 changes. + - add some missing dependencies. + - log to /var/log/deliantra/ by default. + - hack observe code to enable smooth movmenet when observing. + +2.6 Sun Jul 20 18:58:08 CEST 2008 + - (maps) extension of the jeweler quest/skill/town + - correctly move gsay to the party channel. + - fix a crash when animate weapon was used in some areas. + - fixed unnecessary identification of by converters created objects. + - (maps) tutorial now contains clues about chatting and talking + with NPCs. + - (arch) dragon scales got proper type now + - object::decrease would sometimes cause container weights to + be wrong, this has been fixed. + - do not send time updates for newly-seen items. + - thawing an icecube will once more drop its contents to the ground. + - fix cone spells etc. going through walls sometimes. + - fix a weight update bug that sometimes left containers + with wrong weights. + - added auto_apply event and extension for shop tiles. + - work around get_map_flags invoking perl and switching the stack. + - make sure the map is loaded when using a town portal return. + - fixed a bug with caching of sp/grace/food points for spells + where healing spells didn't cost any grace. + - fix starvation kill reason. + - fix pk killer name message. + - don't let people apply signs with @match. + - add support for berkeley db 4.7 (the new BDB module also fixes + what seems to be the biggets memleak in the server). + +2.56 Wed Jun 4 10:50:40 CEST 2008 + - require Coro 4.73 which contains an important performance-bugfix. + - use anyevent to manage listen ports (this enables IPv6 support). + - server supports ipv6 client connections now. + - use newly-available Coro::AnyEvent. + - get rid of the AnyEvent::AIO watcher, start the event thread earlier + to let it handle AIO requests. + +2.55 Sat May 24 19:52:52 CEST 2008 + - avoid newmap commands when crossing tiled map boundaries. this speeds up + processing considerably (especially in the client) and reduces data transfers + (saves roughly 1kb each crossing in typical configs). works even with gcfclient. + - (arch) fix typo in ixalovh treasurelist causing empty_archetypes to appear. + - (map) fixed npc dialogue in pup_land/s_f/special. + - bugfix: fix a crash when a player casts a swarm spell and then logs out + (swarm spells now stay in the player's inventory). + - bugfix: when unapplying skills also remove them from the range/combat slots. + - bugfix: do not merge items whose archetype name merges, use the + archetype *archname* (chairs of different facings were merged). + - bugfix: fix a potential crash issue in find_object_name (not used + normally). + - bugfix: locked doors cnanot be bashed down by magical means + (destruction, magic missile etc.). + - swarm spells without a direction now use various spiral patterns + instead of being fully random. + - update AnyEvent API to 3.4 and above. + +2.54 Thu May 8 22:01:22 CEST 2008 + - change floorbox item ordering to enable more efficient protocol and to + stay in sync with the 0.9971 client update which also reverses ordering. + - bugfix: the jumping skill now gives experience for jumping + and for attacking monsters. it also takes about one second to do a jump. + - bugfix: players couldn't starve in 2.53 :( + - bugfix: correctly send the client a del_spell when a spell gets removed. + - bugfix: spell effects like word of recall are removed on death. + - bugfix: fix a crash when objects with treasure on top (ground...) + were created outside a map. + - bugfix: couldn't apply inventory items when levitating, but ground items + (fixed by reversing the logic). + - bugfix: fixed a mismatched '"' in the debugging description of objects + - bugfix: the random map generator no longer leaks key objects. + - bugfix: support random maps >127x127. + - (maps) fixed the death certificate system in nimbus. + - (maps) rebalance onefang, build a road to onefang, temporarily closed zorn. + - (arch) the material 'wood' was undefined, it's now a burnable material. + - (arch) give ball lightning a real name. + - (arch) fixed material of bones (was 'wood', is now 'bone') + - support cfpod in ex replies (client item tooltips). + - unapply item in range slow when readying a spell. + - bugfix: account for rounding errors in weight updates. + - remove synchronous mkdir in chargen_race_done. + - fix per-race starting maps. + - check hiscore on suicide and quit as well. + - tell players when they are starving. + - get rid of costly object_from_name conversion for altar effects. + - fix map difficulty calculation for generators. + - slightly more intelligent handling of "is_animated" flag. + - support no_drop map header flag (before it was only available internally). + - make random-map-generated keys crumble after one hour, use more unique slaying. + +2.53 Sun May 4 17:32:48 CEST 2008 + - 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. + - bugfix: player starvation will now give the correct kill reason. + - bugfix: archetype reloads could crash the server. + - bugfix: the mailscrolls are now correctly handed out even when the destination + player is not logged in. + - bugfix: make list_logins non-blocking (glaring oversight). this caused the lag at + server startup. + - bugfix: fix the door surround check in the random map generator. + - (maps) fix heaven quest difficulty progression. + - (maps) fix some random map styles. + - dropping items a shop is not interested in won't sell them anymore. + - rods and horns with a too low maximum charge allow now at least one discharge. + - implement kill & death statistics. + - random map preparation is no longer synchronous. + - rewrite find_style in perl, no longer does synchronous I/O. + - improve random map specials placement. + - make the killer a real object pointer instead of a string, improved + kill reason messages. + - take advantage of new aio_close and aio_chmod. + - implement archetype::get, object::deep_clone and update callers. + - change_abil is much faster. + - update the floorbox more often to work around the reverses item order + display in clients. + - cleaned up object copying by encapsulating it to a single place. + - add hints to the invite messages. + - rewrote key<->value pair handling. + - use an independent random number generator for the random map generator. + +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). + - always put godgiven items into the player inventory, never any containers. + - (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 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 + (this fixes the jeweler skill). + - back-to-back perl_reloads don't freeze the ticker anymore. + - 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 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. + - fix bug in golem move code that would cause a crash at tiling borders. + - fix a freeze bug when looking for an arrow in the inventory. + - fix a bug in animate_weapon, causing a crash. + - no longer exit when a coroutine throws an exception. + - fix a potential double free bug (nicely exploited by g++ 4.2). + - fix the " is nuts" message. + - fix an exception at logout due to the json_coder being gone. + - upgrade to EV version 2.0 API. + - when players don't apply a savebed correctly but stand above one, + do not move or kill them. + - implement client-side settings page in playerbook (0.9963+ required). + - implement generic framework for server-side resource files. + - implement resource file update event. + - hook experience table update into the framework. + - move jeweler.yaml to resources (arch/). + - switch from Crossfire to Deliantra perl module. + - implement json2json arch filter. + - implement widget protocol version 2, support for ui templates. + - mapinfo is now handled fully asynchronously. + - ext/irc: also log irc messages. + - ext/schmorplog: write user stat files asynchronously. + +2.32 Sun Dec 2 18:11:01 CET 2007 + - limited the number of items that can be picked up and dropped + as temporary measurement against bad performance or dropping things + (this lead to long freezes and triggered the watchdog). + - improved the performance of the drop command a bit. + - switch from Event to EV for higher performance, easier usage, + less bugs... + - updated to release version of the gnu affero license. + +2.31 Sun Nov 11 17:26:28 CET 2007 + - more thoroughly rename the binaries, contact addresses. + - update the copyrights. + - avoid backtraces due to old spells on some maps, sometimes causing + crashes. + - fix a problem where facedata wasn't initialised to zero properly, + potentially causing crashes. + - assign weapons on user load time, not login-time, avoiding + crashes. + +2.3 Sat Oct 27 11:22:38 CEST 2007 + - fixed an important bug that caused passwords to be forgotten. + - implement *tag destinations for goto, slaying etc. and use it + in some of the maps. + - bigworldised many maps (islands as in pupland and aldwulf), + which is now trivial to do. + - removed all traces of the old (and never working) plug-in interface + (70kb code less on amd64). + - improve/tune scheduling priorities. + - fix some freezing bugs. + - fix a memory corruption problem in dynbuf.printf. + - use channels for chat and many informational commands. + - improved the tutorial. + - create missile is now fixed. + - race fields must now contain archetypes. + - jumping skill now works as advertised. + +2.2 Tue Sep 11 15:41:24 CEST 2007 + - relicense under the gnu affero license. + - new inscription skill, can only inscribe INSCRIBABLE items. + - implement server-side framework for generic resources. + - use resource framework for server-provided ambient + music. + - save object owners (players only atm). + - replace limited sound api with server-provided sound effects. + - new sc (sound control) protocol command. + - improve fxix protocol to include types. + - exactly fill tcp segments, if possible. + - output-rate is now an upper limit, the server will automatically + (and quite perfectly) adjust to the network conditions, ensuring + low latency even during bulk transfers (music, images, sounds etc.). + - implement server-side widgets (i.e. client widgets controlled + in the server side). this will allow future expansion without + having to upgrade clients. + - implement a (artwork) world map with realtime player position + tracking. + - new and more efficient extcmd (server still supports old extcmd + protocol). + - fixed lots of underflow/overflow bugs in diseases and general stats + calcluation that could be easily exploited by users. + - rebalanced diseases to spread more naturally/evenly. + - completely asynchronous map loading even for tiled maps. + - replace simple messaging protocol with channels carrying metadata + (similar to message types, but more directed at the user). + - reduce command processing latency by a whopping 120ms by + reordering some processing steps inside the server. this directly + reduces lag by 120ms. + - actually send spell faces to the client. + - implement player genders. + - unclean logout/login results in: nothing if map hasn't reset, + otherwise return to savebed and possible kill if the log-out + was for too long. + - fast socket-dead detection (kick player after 8 seconds without ack). + - greatly reduce the cpu time needed to draw maps _again_. + - archetypes are now subclasses of objects. + - rebalanced shop greed and approval functions to be more realistic + (and likely match the actual intention). + - implement "crossfire pod" format for messages, with working bold, + italic, gender-specific text, paragraphs etc. + - implemented hint framework, players can opt to receive hints. + - implemented (long) book framework, added some books from the cf wiki. + - implement generic message framework that uses xml, utf8 for the client + protocol and is capable of transmitting generic meta information. + - implement (in a suboptimal way) per-player instantiated maps. + - replace the nexus by a per-player tutorial map that teaches stuff + better than the newbie house. + - fix the magicmap colours. + - optimise map update even more by removing unneeded code and checks. + - decouple map and stats update from pl->ob and use pl->observe instead. + - implement observe command. + - major speed up in map refresh by replacing most get_map_from_coord + calls with a simple comparison. + - fix a latent crossfire bug that could crash the server because the + map refresh did not update the mapspace. + - support custom keys for regions and maps, regions are now + refcount-managed. + - allow worldmap overlays anywhere in the 000..999 range. + - new system to acquire time slices for background jobs, to reduce + jitter. + - semi-persistent object-referencing framework (currently only players + supported). + - dependency tracking for perl extensions. + - new slag-ex extension for cleaning cauldrons. + - fix invoke result processing. + - there are even less i/o syncpoints in the server now. + - added map-tags extension that scans all maps for object tags + and records them in the database (not used yet). + - metaserver 2 support. + - many more bugfixes and minor optimisations. + +2.1 Sun May 27 04:21:29 CEST 2007 + - optimised event invocation (non-wanted events can now be + skipped with 4-5 inlined instructions). + - complete rewrite of town_portal: it now creates a portal + to the "nearest" town only, travel is only possible + to the town and back, anybody can use it (also removes + one of the remaining syncpoints in the server). + - complete rewrite of the range/attack skill slot system: + there are now two slots, one for combat, one for ranged + attacks. + - introduce the concept of a current weapon (either a ranged + or a combat weapon/skill/tool) and switch between them as + needed. + - rewrite bow code so bows get more useful: apply damage, + attacktype and other stats to the arrows and treat + bows as weapons. also rebalance the missile weapons skill + so its damage increases with level. + - rewrite the complete player speed logic: weapon_speed now + works as documented and there are no unnatural speed boosts. + - 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, incremental and background + transfers. + - 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. + - added micropather (not used yet). + - many, many bugfixes. 2.0 Tue Mar 6 15:22:53 CET 2007 - make coroapi accessible to cf+. @@ -6,7 +879,7 @@ - per player maps are now marked in the map - maps are saved completely differently now, and much more often. - - rewrote map header parser and writer + - rewrote map header parser and writer, to be much faster. - maps and players are now (in the average case) loaded and saved completely asynchronously, I/O contention will no longer freeze the server.