gameserv/Changes

   1 Version 1.2.4
   2 * Added a new command CHECK which will display the amount of time until
   3     the next refresh - kain
   4 * Added a new config option to specify a refresh period in seconds.
   5     Now you can specify how often you want the players to be given
   6     new forest fights, etc... - kain
   7 * Fixed bug causing negative funds to be deposited into an account
   8     (bugID 966653) (thank you Jono H - xjono)
   9 * Fixed a bug causing players to be duplicated on /msg gameserv
  10     load - kain
  11 * Added Ultimate2.8.x support - kain
  12 * Healing potions can only add up to 100 over your max HP now - kain
  13 * Changed the logic for the wishing well forest event. It now adds back
  14     a forest fight if you were broke - kain
  15 * Fixed a bug causing the wrong bonuses to be added when a level was
  16     gained, and none to be added on the last level - kain
  17 * Added daily news with automatic additions when you gain a level,
  18     unsuccessfully best your master, kill someone, or are killed - kain
  19 Version 1.2.3
  20 * Took experience out of calculating the cost of potions - kain
  21 * Added even more strength to masters (your defense bonus for each level)
  22     to try to even out the fight - kain
  23 * Added more strength to monsters past level 7 and changed the masters'
  24     stats accordingly - kain
  25 * Changed the fountain forest event to not take a forest fight if your
  26     HP is at max - kain
  27 * Added more experience per monster past level 7 - kain
  28 * Added a new forest event (find a potion) each potion has a 1/5 chance
  29     of being the one you found, and you have a 2% chance of incurring
  30     this forest event - kain
  31 * Added notification that a player used a potion during a fight to the
  32     player they are fighting - kain
  33 * Added potions to the stats command - kain
  34 * Made the code a bit less dependent on 12 levels - kain
  35 * Added a new parameter to the list command that allows listing only
  36     those that are online and playing - kain
  37 * Added a new command "Dragon" which lets you fight the end boss - kain
  38 * Doubled the required experience for fighting masters - kain
  39 * Fixed a cosmetic bug (sorta) that caused your HP not to read 0 when
  40     you're dead (thanks Ricky-S) - kain
  41 * Fixed a divide by 0 bug that occurred when you attacked, but had no
  42     weapon (BugID 946043) (thank you NOTevil) - kain
  43 * Fixed a logic error allowing players to bank during a fight - kain
  44 * Added more gold per monster above level 4 - kain
  45
  46 Version 1.2.2
  47 * Fixed a logical error causing the ListenOnCF flag to only work in P10
  48     servers - kain
  49 * Fixed the store command to display syntax on improper sequence of
  50     commands (thanks damaged) - kain
  51 * Added monsters for levels 10, 11, and 12 (created by damaged, edited
  52     by kain) - kain
  53 * Made the masters stats match the next level's monsters' stats a lot
  54     closer - kain
  55 * Fixed a bug that crashed gameserv on /msg gameserv master - kain
  56 * Made welcomemsg an optional config file option. If commented out
  57     or deleted, gameserv will not send the welcome message
  58     (requested by zshack)- kain
  59 * Made the ignoreservers config file option work for Unreal - kain
  60 * Fixed a minor logical problem that was causing players to be mugged
  61     for 0 gold when they were either dead or had no gold on hand and
  62     they timed out (thanks Rehm) - kain
  63 * Fixed the bug not allowing different config files to be used - kain
  64 * Added an optional config file directive BOPER which makes
  65     gameserv become an oper on the network - kain
  66 * Added an optional config file directive USEPRIVMSG which makes
  67     gameserv use /msg instead of /notice - kain
  68 * Made the ignoreservers config file option work for bahamut - kain
  69 * Fixed an error in do_register that was not adding the client to the
  70     players list correctly, causing newly registered players to be
  71     locked out of identifying until the next gameserv restart - kain
  72 * Fixed an error that crashed GameServ if you tried to fight a player
  73     lower than the configured level - kain
  74 * Reduced the effect of potions since the price is down - kain
  75 * Reduced the price of potions significantly - kain
  76 * Added a few timeout events if you're not in a fight - kain
  77
  78 Version 1.2.1
  79 * Included a crontab script in all new distros now - kain
  80 * Added a new flag that tells wether a person is playing instead of
  81     relying solely on pointers - kain
  82 * Added a mechanism to ignore on a nick to nick basis, and implemented
  83     code to auto-ignore nicks on certain servers - kain
  84 * Changed the HASH command to iHASH (case insensitive) and sHASH (case
  85     sensitive) - kain
  86 * Gameserv no longer opers - kain
  87 * New config file directive: listenonc_forest... see
  88     gameserv.example.conf - kain
  89 * Fixed a bug in identify that was causing players to be shown as not
  90     playing (after the change in functions) - kain
  91 * Fixed up the is_playing boolean function to be more strict - kain
  92 * A true timestamp is now sent on SJOIN for hybrid servers. TS of 1
  93     was messing things up - kain
  94 * Logs are now timestamped as follows: mm/dd/yyyy HH:MM:SS - kain
  95 * Added a timeout mechanism with two new config file options - kain
  96     - If players are fighting, and the one who's turn it is times out,
  97         they lose their turn. If they both timeout after that,
  98         they are logged out.
  99     - If players are not fighting (player fights), they are simply
 100         logged out.
 101 * Fixed a major bug causing a crash when players fought - kain
 102 * The gameserv server now attempts 3 reconnects if disconnected - kain
 103
 104 Version 1.2.0
 105 * Took +devel out of the version reply in gameserv.cpp - kain
 106 * Implemented a hashing algorithm for extremely fast searches through
 107     the players and clients linked lists - kain & wcampbel
 108 * Fixed some of the fight code - kain
 109 * Added a logout command so you don't have to quit the IRC Network to
 110     stop playing - kain
 111 * Fixed a bug that was causing players not to be voiced on the forest
 112     channel on P10 servers - kain
 113 * Added a missing code segment to decrement the player fights per
 114     day when you fight another player (reported by MaCbLiNd) - kain
 115 * Fixed a bug that allowed the same player name to be registered any
 116     number of times - kain
 117 * Fixed a problem in when players quit on a P10 server, the /msg
 118     gameserv list shows the irc nick as not NULL because it was only
 119     setting the regular nick and not the realnick - kain
 120 * Fixed a logic error in the identify command that caused players to be
 121     falsely shown as identified - kain
 122 * When a player logs off during a player fight, the fight now ends.
 123     Before it was held in limbo - kain
 124 * Fixed a bug in the fight command requiring you to use an irc nickname
 125     to fight (BugID 927789) - kain
 126
 127 Version 1.1.9
 128 * Added 2 new config file directives (maxafightdistance and maxbfightdistance)
 129     These allow you to set limits on the distance (in levels) two players
 130     are allowed to fight with. See gameserv.example.conf for more info. - kain
 131 * Fixed a bug in the identify command that falsly showed a player as
 132     already being identified. - kain
 133 * Created Monsters for level 9 - kain
 134 * Added the beginnings of an end monster - kain
 135 * Slightly adjust the weapon and armor bonuses to prevent a divide by zero
 136     exception (reported by wassup). - wcampbel
 137 * Prevent players from issuing a FIGHT against a dead player (reported
 138     by wassup). - wcampbel
 139 * Fixed a core in RUN if a client wasn't playing. - wcampbel
 140 * Added an option to specify the PID file in the config file. - kain
 141
 142 Version 1.1.8
 143 * Missing directives now are identified for config files upon startup - kain
 144 * Added a --help option to the gameserv binary - kain
 145 * Added an optional command line parameter to load a config file - kain
 146 * Added a nifty startup intro with the version number. - Kain
 147 * Fixed BANK BALANCE (BugID 895157) - wcampbel
 148 * Completely removed the midnight() function code, and replaced it with
 149     some struct tm functionality with the localtime() function. - kain
 150 * Major changes to the Makefile, cleaned up a number of rules and added
 151     dependencies (via make depend). - wcampbel
 152 * Corrected the VERSION reply, it broke ircII. - wcampbel
 153 * Fixed some P10/other protocol issues - wcampbel
 154 * Removed the old hard coded monsters entries. - wcampbel
 155 * Made gameserv load as a true daemon. gameserv.pid now contains the pid
 156     for the gameserv process. No more run script. - kain
 157 * Fixed a bug that caused the identify function to segfault. - kain
 158 * Fixed some P10 Functionality - kain
 159 * Merged in the Hybrid patch - wcampbel
 160
 161 Version 1.1.7
 162 * Added P10 Functionality (ircu-2.10.11.x)
 163 * Created Monsters for level 8
 164 * Increased the size of the monster struct to account for longer names,
 165     weapons, and death phrases.
 166 * Created Monsters for level 7
 167 * Fixed a bug causing the bank balance command not to work correctly.
 168     (Thank you wcampbel)
 169 * Added HP potions to increase maximum HP.
 170 * Made strength and defense potions add either 1 or 2 points rather than
 171     0, 1, or 2.
 172 * Made the monsters a bit harder. I found that as the game progressed,
 173     it got easier and easier instead of harder.
 174 * Fixed the forest events from happening too often. Also, the fountain
 175     forest event specifically was adding too many forest fights, making
 176     the day never end.
 177
 178 Version 1.1.6
 179 * Added a Reset command to GameServ that functions the same was as the
 180     refresh command, except it completely resets a player to the beginning
 181     of the game.
 182 * Fixed a bug that would cause monsters to have extremely high HP after
 183     loading the monster database.
 184 * Tweaked the forest events percentages. They happened too frequently.
 185 * New player database format:
 186     - Alive/Dead is no longer saved as a word in the database. It is
 187         saved as a flag.
 188     - 3 new integer values were added to the end of every player string
 189         representing their inventory (healing, strength, and defense
 190         potions).
 191 * Changed the Player structure to use 2 new flags which eliminated 2
 192     boolean values (alive & yourturn) to save a little memory.
 193 * Fixed a bug that allowed a player already in a fight to be challenged
 194     by another player. The other player was then locked into the fight
 195     with no way out.
 196 * Added a use command that allows a player to use items in their inventory.
 197     Currently the only items are health, strength, and defense potions.
 198     Command may be used in battle, but it costs you your turn.
 199 * Changed the stats command so that it takes the player name as
 200     the stats request. You type /msg GameServ stats nick still, but
 201     nick no longer has to be on IRC. You use the player name instead of
 202     the IRC Nickname.
 203 * Added a new hybrid patch to the contrib dir. (Thank you wcampbel)
 204 * Fixed a problem in the display_help() function that could cause a bus
 205     error. The problem was with changing literal text when passed to the
 206     function as a filename. The function now copies the data as a local
 207     variable and modifies that. (Thank you wcampbel)
 208 * Fixed a bug that allowed a player to be registered twice if the player
 209     was not online. (Thank you wcampbel)
 210 * Added an inventory command which allows players to view how many
 211     potions they are storing.
 212 * Added a tavern command which allows players to buy potions and store
 213     them in their inventory for later use.
 214 * Made some cosmetic changes to this file.
 215 * Added an inventory class Pouch which allows players to carry around
 216     things such as potions and such.
 217
 218 Version 1.1.5
 219 * Added a missing help file admin_commands. It was written before, but
 220     somehow was deleted.
 221 * Admins can now identify as any user without having the correct password.
 222 * Fixed a bug that allowed for two nicknames to identify for the same player.
 223 * Added a forestfights directive to the config file so admins can set the
 224     default daily forest fights.
 225 * Added a die directive to the config file that will not let you start
 226     GameServ if it is present.
 227 * Inputted monsters for Level 6. Six more levels left unfinished.
 228 * Changed confloadtime directive to welcomedelay directive in the config file.
 229     This made more sense.
 230 * Added an updateperiod directive to the config file. This represents the
 231     period (in seconds) for updating the player data file. Every time the
 232     gameserv server gets a message it will check to see if "updateperiod"
 233     seconds or more have elapsed since the last update.
 234
 235 Version 1.1.4
 236 * Fixed the welcome msg sending "ICK" instead of the nickname of a new
 237     aclient. (Thank you wcampbel)
 238 * Load now has an optional parameter "monsters" which will force a load of the
 239     monsterdata file. This is useful for changing monsters on-the-fly.
 240 * Added a load_monsters function that loads from a preconfigured monsters.dat
 241     file instead of hard coding the monsters into the array. Users can now
 242     change the monster configuration around without knowing C/C++.
 243 * Added a new directive to the config file: confloadtime
 244     this represents the delay (in seconds) until GameServ sends a welcome
 245     message to incoming clients.
 246 * Added the welcome message to the config file. See gameserv.example.conf
 247     for more info on how to use the variable as a formatted string.
 248
 249 Version 1.1.3
 250 * Removed a lot of extra list searches by changing all of the boolean
 251     functions to take aClient as a parameter instead of a nickname string.
 252 * Added an is_alive boolean function. Players must now wait until the next
 253     day to play again.
 254 * Saving the player->flags integer to the players.dat file. Old databases
 255     will not work.
 256     QUICK FIX: put a 0 to the left of the encrypted passwords for all player
 257     entries so the database can load properly. Look in flags.h for a
 258     description of the way flags work.
 259
 260 Version 1.1.2
 261 * Added a /version reply
 262 * Fixed the Makefile to include configscript.cpp
 263 * Added a join message when people connect to the IRCD. The message is set
 264     on a delay so that on the initial nick burst, the services do not send
 265     everyone the message.
 266 * Changed the admin commands from a simple password interface to a more
 267     sophisticated flags approach. Now you have to identify with the
 268     administrator password once, and your flags indicate that you are an
 269     admin for all commands.
 270 * Full help files available in corrected form for the new administrator type
 271     commands.
 272
 273 Version 1.1.1
 274 * Added some admin features.
 275     - Refresh
 276 * Added help menu functionality for all commands.
 277 * Fixed the register command so it notified the client that registration
 278     was successful.
 279 * Changed the master command so that you didn't have to fight your master
 280     if you had enough experience. There is now a question/fight subcommand
 281     set for the master command.
 282 * Tweaked the masters a bit. Basically, they were too tough. Once a player
 283     had enough experience, they had no chance against their master until
 284     they got the next two weapons up. This made the next level too easy.
 285     Past level 1 still needs tweaking.
 286 * Added functionality for bahamut IRCD
 287
 288 Version 1.1.0
 289 * Added autoconf functionality to the gameserv package. Does not compile
 290     correctly on SunOS without tweaking.
 291 * Fixed the game so that players stats reset at midnight UTC + 8 hours.
 292     time(NULL) - (time(NULL) % 86400) + 3600 * 8
 293 * Added a contrib directory with a user submitted patch for hybrid ircd.