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1 Deliantra MORPG Server, Maps and Archetypes ChangeLog.
2
3 TODO: ridify us from FLAG_NO_FIX_PLAYER
4 TODO: dragons should not be able to change their title via the settings tab in playerbook
5 TODO: emergency swap mode is not working
6 08:43:44 -cfbot:#cf- [Larvae] when I had a devourerbow equipped, and then readied
7 some spellcasting. if I then started using karate, I would get all the
8 stateffects from the bow
9
10 2.53
11 - fix a bug where remove did not actually remove items from the inventory, leaving
12 ghost items.
13 - dropping items a shop is not interested in won't sell them anymore.
14 - the mailscrolls are now correctly handed out even when the destination
15 player is not logged in.
16 - rods and horns with a too low maximum charge allow now at least one discharge.
17 - make list_logins non-blocking (glaring oversight). this caused the lag at
18 server startup.
19 - take advantage of new aio_close and aio_chmod.
20
21 2.52 Thu Apr 24 11:47:19 CEST 2008
22 - completely automate the item add/delete on remove/insert. this should fix
23 all "ghost" item bugs caused by sloppy coding, as sloppy coding is now correct :)
24 - completely automate the weight handling, should fix all weight
25 accounting bugs caused by sloppy coding, as sloppy coding is now correct :)
26 - reloading archetypes while a user was in the character creation phase
27 could crash the server.
28 - fix a nontrivial number of cases of code commented similar
29 to "is this really correct?", as many of those cases are now handles
30 automatically by lower level code.
31 - replace many ad-hoc checks for client visibility by object::visible_to,
32 should result in broader applicability of functions using it.
33 - merge items with different arch pointers refering to the same arch
34 (due to archetype reloads).
35 - refactored the object remove/insert functions and most related
36 functions (decrease, split, merge_ob etc.).
37 - make it compile better on freebsd (reported by pippijn).
38 - remove GT_UPDATE_INV (no longer applicable).
39 - fix the longstanding "container stays open" bug.
40 - improved floorbox updating to be incremental and other protocol
41 optimisations.
42 - get rid of update_after_inventory_change and only do update stats
43 for weight once/tick/player at max.
44 - rewrite party commands, use party channel.
45
46 2.51 Sun Apr 20 21:27:37 CEST 2008
47 - properly link against libgthread as that is needed to make the slice
48 allocator thread-safe.
49 - support perls not compiled with 64 bit support (though this is not a
50 recommended configuration) (reported by Samuel Gondouin).
51 - always put godgiven items into the player inventory, never any containers.
52 - (arch)
53 - (maps, arch) the scorn go club was founded!
54 - (arch) do no longer support player abilities, they didn't work anyways.
55 - (arch) the alchemy spell is now of the alchemy spell school, which
56 became a real spell-class.
57 - (arch) the alchemist class now get an alchemy spell book for new characters.
58 - (arch) considerably strengthened spark shower and destruction.
59 - match archetypes by name, not by ptr, in treasure.C, this makes archetypes
60 finally reloadable at runtime.
61 - changed archetype loading algorithm to only require one pass and
62 use delayed resolving of references.
63 - examine command now uses the examine infobox.
64 - implement an "incremental garbage collector" for archetypes.
65 - enable slice allocator again.
66 - implement optional free memory poisoning.
67
68 2.5 Wed Apr 16 15:06:53 CEST 2008
69 - the two handed weapon skill can no longer be used as unarmed combat
70 skill.
71 - append [drop xxx coins] to altar/trigger_altar/identify_table/converter
72 names (also update all maps to use money instead of coins).
73 - add uuid accessors to perl.
74 - add coin names and archetype accessors to perl.
75 - fix runtime uuid file format to use "." instead of ",".
76 - change perl extensions to not use hardcoded coins and values.
77 - write uuids asynchronously (no hiccups due to uuid writes)
78 and be more parsimonous of uuid usage by the exact value out on exit.
79 - write log messages in another thread, removing another sync point.
80 - support multi-line log messages in a nicer way.
81 - be more portable w.r.t. uuids and format specifiers everywhere.
82 - fix a minor memleak in the random map generator.
83 - some parts of the random map generator are not coroutine-safe,
84 so only call it "single-threaded".
85 - major cleanup of memory management in random map generator.
86 - slight refactoring of the random map generator, faster too.
87 - solve the "slice_alloc becomes negative" mystery - no allocation bug,
88 bookkeeping bug.
89 - work around "player is on active list" problem by deactivating player
90 after loading.
91 - garbage collect shstr's more evenly and adaptively only when
92 there have in fact been allocations.
93 - fix object::insert to do as documented and insert into the env
94 if necessary.
95 - fix cf::map::unique_maps.
96 - fix nrof overflow check in can_merge_slow.
97 - fix converter code to handle >31 bit values.
98 - added support for the player_sold flag
99 - converters no longer accept unpaid items.
100 - canonicalize random map meta files for better unification.
101
102 2.43 Sun Apr 6 20:35:29 CEST 2008
103 - work around a glibc bug that causes calloc to return non-zero memory
104 when mlockall has been used.
105 - pass environment to perl_sys_init3, as required by newer perls.
106 - use separate thread for ticker timing (and more in the future).
107 this greatly increases timing accuracy and gets rid of an enourmous
108 number of gettimeofday calls.
109 - use a separate thread to signal aio completion, for lower latency.
110 - require Coro 4.47, which fixes a data corruption bug with its C API.
111
112 2.42 Sat Mar 15 12:05:21 CET 2008
113 - rebalanced default experience table to be more exponential
114 and much easier up to level ~40, then moderately harder.
115 - change attuned/repelled level boni to +-8 from +-2.
116 - use SvUPGRADE to avoid exception in sv_upgrade with perl 5.10.
117 - do not exit on reload/load errors but properly cleanup.
118 - fix a 32 bit uncleanlyness in the slice debugging wrapper.
119
120 2.41 Fri Jan 25 13:15:37 CET 2008
121 - get rid of YAML::Syck, it's too buggy and misparses many files
122 (this fixes the jeweler skill).
123 - back-to-back perl_reloads don't freeze the ticker anymore.
124 - convert cfutil from Event to EV (forgot to do this earlier...).
125 - move tombstone to real map if player died due to cave-in (even if
126 it has reset, which is better than putting it on the savebed, also as
127 proof that the palyer didn't use a savebed).
128
129 2.4 Sun Jan 13 13:41:29 CET 2008
130 - work around perl bug in configure perl module version check.
131 - fix bug in golem move code that would cause a crash at tiling borders.
132 - fix a freeze bug when looking for an arrow in the inventory.
133 - fix a bug in animate_weapon, causing a crash.
134 - no longer exit when a coroutine throws an exception.
135 - fix a potential double free bug (nicely exploited by g++ 4.2).
136 - fix the "<player> is nuts" message.
137 - fix an exception at logout due to the json_coder being gone.
138 - upgrade to EV version 2.0 API.
139 - when players don't apply a savebed correctly but stand above one,
140 do not move or kill them.
141 - implement client-side settings page in playerbook (0.9963+ required).
142 - implement generic framework for server-side resource files.
143 - implement resource file update event.
144 - hook experience table update into the framework.
145 - move jeweler.yaml to resources (arch/).
146 - switch from Crossfire to Deliantra perl module.
147 - implement json2json arch filter.
148 - implement widget protocol version 2, support for ui templates.
149 - mapinfo is now handled fully asynchronously.
150 - ext/irc: also log irc messages.
151 - ext/schmorplog: write user stat files asynchronously.
152
153 2.32 Sun Dec 2 18:11:01 CET 2007
154 - limited the number of items that can be picked up and dropped
155 as temporary measurement against bad performance or dropping things
156 (this lead to long freezes and triggered the watchdog).
157 - improved the performance of the drop command a bit.
158 - switch from Event to EV for higher performance, easier usage,
159 less bugs...
160 - updated to release version of the gnu affero license.
161
162 2.31 Sun Nov 11 17:26:28 CET 2007
163 - more thoroughly rename the binaries, contact addresses.
164 - update the copyrights.
165 - avoid backtraces due to old spells on some maps, sometimes causing
166 crashes.
167 - fix a problem where facedata wasn't initialised to zero properly,
168 potentially causing crashes.
169 - assign weapons on user load time, not login-time, avoiding
170 crashes.
171
172 2.3 Sat Oct 27 11:22:38 CEST 2007
173 - fixed an important bug that caused passwords to be forgotten.
174 - implement *tag destinations for goto, slaying etc. and use it
175 in some of the maps.
176 - bigworldised many maps (islands as in pupland and aldwulf),
177 which is now trivial to do.
178 - removed all traces of the old (and never working) plug-in interface
179 (70kb code less on amd64).
180 - improve/tune scheduling priorities.
181 - fix some freezing bugs.
182 - fix a memory corruption problem in dynbuf.printf.
183 - use channels for chat and many informational commands.
184 - improved the tutorial.
185 - create missile is now fixed.
186 - race fields must now contain archetypes.
187 - jumping skill now works as advertised.
188
189 2.2 Tue Sep 11 15:41:24 CEST 2007
190 - relicense under the gnu affero license.
191 - new inscription skill, can only inscribe INSCRIBABLE items.
192 - implement server-side framework for generic resources.
193 - use resource framework for server-provided ambient
194 music.
195 - save object owners (players only atm).
196 - replace limited sound api with server-provided sound effects.
197 - new sc (sound control) protocol command.
198 - improve fxix protocol to include types.
199 - exactly fill tcp segments, if possible.
200 - output-rate is now an upper limit, the server will automatically
201 (and quite perfectly) adjust to the network conditions, ensuring
202 low latency even during bulk transfers (music, images, sounds etc.).
203 - implement server-side widgets (i.e. client widgets controlled
204 in the server side). this will allow future expansion without
205 having to upgrade clients.
206 - implement a (artwork) world map with realtime player position
207 tracking.
208 - new and more efficient extcmd (server still supports old extcmd
209 protocol).
210 - fixed lots of underflow/overflow bugs in diseases and general stats
211 calcluation that could be easily exploited by users.
212 - rebalanced diseases to spread more naturally/evenly.
213 - completely asynchronous map loading even for tiled maps.
214 - replace simple messaging protocol with channels carrying metadata
215 (similar to message types, but more directed at the user).
216 - reduce command processing latency by a whopping 120ms by
217 reordering some processing steps inside the server. this directly
218 reduces lag by 120ms.
219 - actually send spell faces to the client.
220 - implement player genders.
221 - unclean logout/login results in: nothing if map hasn't reset,
222 otherwise return to savebed and possible kill if the log-out
223 was for too long.
224 - fast socket-dead detection (kick player after 8 seconds without ack).
225 - greatly reduce the cpu time needed to draw maps _again_.
226 - archetypes are now subclasses of objects.
227 - rebalanced shop greed and approval functions to be more realistic
228 (and likely match the actual intention).
229 - implement "crossfire pod" format for messages, with working bold,
230 italic, gender-specific text, paragraphs etc.
231 - implemented hint framework, players can opt to receive hints.
232 - implemented (long) book framework, added some books from the cf wiki.
233 - implement generic message framework that uses xml, utf8 for the client
234 protocol and is capable of transmitting generic meta information.
235 - implement (in a suboptimal way) per-player instantiated maps.
236 - replace the nexus by a per-player tutorial map that teaches stuff
237 better than the newbie house.
238 - fix the magicmap colours.
239 - optimise map update even more by removing unneeded code and checks.
240 - decouple map and stats update from pl->ob and use pl->observe instead.
241 - implement observe command.
242 - major speed up in map refresh by replacing most get_map_from_coord
243 calls with a simple comparison.
244 - fix a latent crossfire bug that could crash the server because the
245 map refresh did not update the mapspace.
246 - support custom keys for regions and maps, regions are now
247 refcount-managed.
248 - allow worldmap overlays anywhere in the 000..999 range.
249 - new system to acquire time slices for background jobs, to reduce
250 jitter.
251 - semi-persistent object-referencing framework (currently only players
252 supported).
253 - dependency tracking for perl extensions.
254 - new slag-ex extension for cleaning cauldrons.
255 - fix invoke result processing.
256 - there are even less i/o syncpoints in the server now.
257 - added map-tags extension that scans all maps for object tags
258 and records them in the database (not used yet).
259 - metaserver 2 support.
260 - many more bugfixes and minor optimisations.
261
262 2.1 Sun May 27 04:21:29 CEST 2007
263 - optimised event invocation (non-wanted events can now be
264 skipped with 4-5 inlined instructions).
265 - complete rewrite of town_portal: it now creates a portal
266 to the "nearest" town only, travel is only possible
267 to the town and back, anybody can use it (also removes
268 one of the remaining syncpoints in the server).
269 - complete rewrite of the range/attack skill slot system:
270 there are now two slots, one for combat, one for ranged
271 attacks.
272 - introduce the concept of a current weapon (either a ranged
273 or a combat weapon/skill/tool) and switch between them as
274 needed.
275 - rewrite bow code so bows get more useful: apply damage,
276 attacktype and other stats to the arrows and treat
277 bows as weapons. also rebalance the missile weapons skill
278 so its damage increases with level.
279 - rewrite the complete player speed logic: weapon_speed now
280 works as documented and there are no unnatural speed boosts.
281 - implement a utility - cfutil - that simplifies arch and map
282 installation, replacing the old collect scripts and
283 simplying deployment by scaling and cutting faces as required.
284 - simplify the map protocol extensively by taking advantage
285 of missing bigfaces, speeding up map generation immensely.
286 - implement inherit keyword allowing archetypes to inherit from
287 other archetypes.
288 - rationalise archetype, region and treasurelist file format
289 into a single file format and make them reloadable asynchronously.
290 - make the worldmap, facedata (smoothing, faces, magicmap)
291 reloadable at runtime.
292 - implement 64x64 faceset support.
293 - implement fxixsx protocol that saves
294 a lot of bandwidth over the old image/face/smooth packets
295 and allows images > packetsize, incremental and background
296 transfers.
297 - implement a bandwidth-saving smoothing protocol that works
298 on a face basis as opposed to a mapspace basis.
299 - the server can now rate-limit image uploads to not exceed
300 a certain (client-configurable) speed while guarenteeing full
301 freedom of movement.
302 - implement new ex command to request item descriptions.
303 - implement new msg command for in-game messages with meta
304 information (using xml).
305 - enforce utf-8 for all text messages.
306 - added micropather (not used yet).
307 - many, many bugfixes.
308
309 2.0 Tue Mar 6 15:22:53 CET 2007
310 - make coroapi accessible to cf+.
311 - moved map handling logic completely to perl
312 - per player maps are now marked in the map
313 - maps are saved completely differently now,
314 and much more often.
315 - rewrote map header parser and writer, to be much faster.
316 - maps and players are now (in the average case) loaded
317 and saved completely asynchronously, I/O contention will no
318 longer freeze the server.
319 - players and maps can be loaded anytime, without the player
320 being logged in.
321 - automatically generate method interfaces for perl from headers
322 - unbundled freezethaw
323 - mostly rewrote common/map.C
324 - completely rewrite server/swap.C
325 - introduced "runtime", the CCT clock (corrected crossfire time) :)
326 - introduced new keyword for map files: file_format_version (integer, server version: 0)
327 - better message for apply failures due to applymode
328 - removed most all of the weather code
329 - unified logging to stderr and file
330 - too many minor changes to document