gameserv/Changes

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