gameserv/Changes

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