gameserv/Changes

   1 Version 1.2.7
   2 * Added www.gameserv.us website to the startup banner
   3 * Completed new item system: http://www.gameserv.us/viewtopic.php?t=21 - kain
   4 * Added a new config file directive for the master item data file - kain
   5
   6 Version 1.2.6
   7 * Implemented the new dragon/boss system as suggested by Tsukasa:
   8     Whenever someone beats the dragon, their player is placed in the Dragon's spot
   9     guarding the lair. All other attempts to fight the dragon will cause a duel
  10     between your old character and the challenger. You essentially become the new
  11     dragon, but the old character's name gets a DRAGON- next to it. You are also
  12     now reset back to level 1 - kain w/ thanks to Tsukasa at watnet.org for the idea
  13 * Changed the way the sacks of gold and extra experience point forest
  14     events were calculated. It is now just as if you killed a monster
  15     and didn't have to fight - kain
  16 * Fixed the socket code to allow for hostnames to be put in the
  17     gameserv.conf for remoteserver instead of just IP addresses - kain
  18 * Added capability for GameServ to identify with NickServ on connection - thank you
  19     Tsukasa and watever
  20 * Added a /msg GameServ SET command with various options - kain
  21
  22 Version 1.2.5
  23 * All level master data is now being stored in data/masters.dat - kain
  24 * Added a new config file directive that allows you to specify whether or
  25     not you want gameserv to send notices to the channel every time it
  26     writes the player database - kain
  27 * Some under the scenes changes have been made with the way players' and
  28     monsters' names, weapons, and death phrases are being stored which
  29     should make for less memory leakage and minimized overall memory
  30     usage - kain
  31 * Fixed a minor bug where gameserv was not notifying of a syntax error in
  32     /msg gameserv store buy x x - kain (thank you wolfgar)
  33
  34 Version 1.2.4
  35 * Monsters are completely generated except for the names, weapons, and
  36     death cries. A range is set for each level's strength, gold, exp, and
  37     hp, and a new monster is generated at random during every forest
  38     search. This makes for a more unique gaming experience at the expense
  39     of some cpu time on random number generations - kain & wolfgar
  40 * The structure for holding monsters is now different. Monsters are all
  41     stored in the monsters subdirectory in levelx.dat files where x is
  42     the level 1 through 12. This will allow for an arbitrary amount of
  43     monsters per level - kain & wolfgar
  44 * Every time a new news item is added, GameServ announces it in the forest
  45     channel - kain
  46 * Added a notice to the forest channel that the player data was
  47     saved - kain
  48 * Fixed some things with the upper limts of money and experience - kain
  49 * Changed the command LIST so it only lists people who are playing.
  50     To get a full list, use LIST ALL - kain
  51 * Added two new config file options which allow you to specify how
  52     long to wait before deleting level 1 and other levels' accounts
  53     separately - kain
  54 * Added a new command CHECK which will display the amount of time until
  55     the next refresh - kain
  56 * Added a new config option to specify a refresh period in seconds.
  57     Now you can specify how often you want the players to be given
  58     new forest fights, etc... - kain
  59 * Fixed bug causing negative funds to be deposited into an account
  60     (bugID 966653) (thank you Jono H - xjono)
  61 * Fixed a bug causing players to be duplicated on /msg gameserv
  62     load - kain
  63 * Added Ultimate2.8.x support - kain
  64 * Healing potions can only add up to 100 over your max HP now - kain
  65 * Changed the logic for the wishing well forest event. It now adds back
  66     a forest fight if you were broke - kain
  67 * Fixed a bug causing the wrong bonuses to be added when a level was
  68     gained, and none to be added on the last level - kain
  69 * Added daily news with automatic additions when you gain a level,
  70     unsuccessfully best your master, kill someone, or are killed - kain
  71
  72 Version 1.2.3
  73 * Took experience out of calculating the cost of potions - kain
  74 * Added even more strength to masters (your defense bonus for each level)
  75     to try to even out the fight - kain
  76 * Added more strength to monsters past level 7 and changed the masters'
  77     stats accordingly - kain
  78 * Changed the fountain forest event to not take a forest fight if your
  79     HP is at max - kain
  80 * Added more experience per monster past level 7 - kain
  81 * Added a new forest event (find a potion) each potion has a 1/5 chance
  82     of being the one you found, and you have a 2% chance of incurring
  83     this forest event - kain
  84 * Added notification that a player used a potion during a fight to the
  85     player they are fighting - kain
  86 * Added potions to the stats command - kain
  87 * Made the code a bit less dependent on 12 levels - kain
  88 * Added a new parameter to the list command that allows listing only
  89     those that are online and playing - kain
  90 * Added a new command "Dragon" which lets you fight the end boss - kain
  91 * Doubled the required experience for fighting masters - kain
  92 * Fixed a cosmetic bug (sorta) that caused your HP not to read 0 when
  93     you're dead (thanks Ricky-S) - kain
  94 * Fixed a divide by 0 bug that occurred when you attacked, but had no
  95     weapon (BugID 946043) (thank you NOTevil) - kain
  96 * Fixed a logic error allowing players to bank during a fight - kain
  97 * Added more gold per monster above level 4 - kain
  98
  99 Version 1.2.2
 100 * Fixed a logical error causing the ListenOnCF flag to only work in P10
 101     servers - kain
 102 * Fixed the store command to display syntax on improper sequence of
 103     commands (thanks damaged) - kain
 104 * Added monsters for levels 10, 11, and 12 (created by damaged, edited
 105     by kain) - kain
 106 * Made the masters stats match the next level's monsters' stats a lot
 107     closer - kain
 108 * Fixed a bug that crashed gameserv on /msg gameserv master - kain
 109 * Made welcomemsg an optional config file option. If commented out
 110     or deleted, gameserv will not send the welcome message
 111     (requested by zshack)- kain
 112 * Made the ignoreservers config file option work for Unreal - kain
 113 * Fixed a minor logical problem that was causing players to be mugged
 114     for 0 gold when they were either dead or had no gold on hand and
 115     they timed out (thanks Rehm) - kain
 116 * Fixed the bug not allowing different config files to be used - kain
 117 * Added an optional config file directive BOPER which makes
 118     gameserv become an oper on the network - kain
 119 * Added an optional config file directive USEPRIVMSG which makes
 120     gameserv use /msg instead of /notice - kain
 121 * Made the ignoreservers config file option work for bahamut - kain
 122 * Fixed an error in do_register that was not adding the client to the
 123     players list correctly, causing newly registered players to be
 124     locked out of identifying until the next gameserv restart - kain
 125 * Fixed an error that crashed GameServ if you tried to fight a player
 126     lower than the configured level - kain
 127 * Reduced the effect of potions since the price is down - kain
 128 * Reduced the price of potions significantly - kain
 129 * Added a few timeout events if you're not in a fight - kain
 130
 131 Version 1.2.1
 132 * Included a crontab script in all new distros now - kain
 133 * Added a new flag that tells wether a person is playing instead of
 134     relying solely on pointers - kain
 135 * Added a mechanism to ignore on a nick to nick basis, and implemented
 136     code to auto-ignore nicks on certain servers - kain
 137 * Changed the HASH command to iHASH (case insensitive) and sHASH (case
 138     sensitive) - kain
 139 * Gameserv no longer opers - kain
 140 * New config file directive: listenonc_forest... see
 141     gameserv.example.conf - kain
 142 * Fixed a bug in identify that was causing players to be shown as not
 143     playing (after the change in functions) - kain
 144 * Fixed up the is_playing boolean function to be more strict - kain
 145 * A true timestamp is now sent on SJOIN for hybrid servers. TS of 1
 146     was messing things up - kain
 147 * Logs are now timestamped as follows: mm/dd/yyyy HH:MM:SS - kain
 148 * Added a timeout mechanism with two new config file options - kain
 149     - If players are fighting, and the one who's turn it is times out,
 150         they lose their turn. If they both timeout after that,
 151         they are logged out.
 152     - If players are not fighting (player fights), they are simply
 153         logged out.
 154 * Fixed a major bug causing a crash when players fought - kain
 155 * The gameserv server now attempts 3 reconnects if disconnected - kain
 156
 157 Version 1.2.0
 158 * Took +devel out of the version reply in gameserv.cpp - kain
 159 * Implemented a hashing algorithm for extremely fast searches through
 160     the players and clients linked lists - kain & wcampbel
 161 * Fixed some of the fight code - kain
 162 * Added a logout command so you don't have to quit the IRC Network to
 163     stop playing - kain
 164 * Fixed a bug that was causing players not to be voiced on the forest
 165     channel on P10 servers - kain
 166 * Added a missing code segment to decrement the player fights per
 167     day when you fight another player (reported by MaCbLiNd) - kain
 168 * Fixed a bug that allowed the same player name to be registered any
 169     number of times - kain
 170 * Fixed a problem in when players quit on a P10 server, the /msg
 171     gameserv list shows the irc nick as not NULL because it was only
 172     setting the regular nick and not the realnick - kain
 173 * Fixed a logic error in the identify command that caused players to be
 174     falsely shown as identified - kain
 175 * When a player logs off during a player fight, the fight now ends.
 176     Before it was held in limbo - kain
 177 * Fixed a bug in the fight command requiring you to use an irc nickname
 178     to fight (BugID 927789) - kain
 179
 180 Version 1.1.9
 181 * Added 2 new config file directives (maxafightdistance and maxbfightdistance)
 182     These allow you to set limits on the distance (in levels) two players
 183     are allowed to fight with. See gameserv.example.conf for more info. - kain
 184 * Fixed a bug in the identify command that falsly showed a player as
 185     already being identified. - kain
 186 * Created Monsters for level 9 - kain
 187 * Added the beginnings of an end monster - kain
 188 * Slightly adjust the weapon and armor bonuses to prevent a divide by zero
 189     exception (reported by wassup). - wcampbel
 190 * Prevent players from issuing a FIGHT against a dead player (reported
 191     by wassup). - wcampbel
 192 * Fixed a core in RUN if a client wasn't playing. - wcampbel
 193 * Added an option to specify the PID file in the config file. - kain
 194
 195 Version 1.1.8
 196 * Missing directives now are identified for config files upon startup - kain
 197 * Added a --help option to the gameserv binary - kain
 198 * Added an optional command line parameter to load a config file - kain
 199 * Added a nifty startup intro with the version number. - Kain
 200 * Fixed BANK BALANCE (BugID 895157) - wcampbel
 201 * Completely removed the midnight() function code, and replaced it with
 202     some struct tm functionality with the localtime() function. - kain
 203 * Major changes to the Makefile, cleaned up a number of rules and added
 204     dependencies (via make depend). - wcampbel
 205 * Corrected the VERSION reply, it broke ircII. - wcampbel
 206 * Fixed some P10/other protocol issues - wcampbel
 207 * Removed the old hard coded monsters entries. - wcampbel
 208 * Made gameserv load as a true daemon. gameserv.pid now contains the pid
 209     for the gameserv process. No more run script. - kain
 210 * Fixed a bug that caused the identify function to segfault. - kain
 211 * Fixed some P10 Functionality - kain
 212 * Merged in the Hybrid patch - wcampbel
 213
 214 Version 1.1.7
 215 * Added P10 Functionality (ircu-2.10.11.x)
 216 * Created Monsters for level 8
 217 * Increased the size of the monster struct to account for longer names,
 218     weapons, and death phrases.
 219 * Created Monsters for level 7
 220 * Fixed a bug causing the bank balance command not to work correctly.
 221     (Thank you wcampbel)
 222 * Added HP potions to increase maximum HP.
 223 * Made strength and defense potions add either 1 or 2 points rather than
 224     0, 1, or 2.
 225 * Made the monsters a bit harder. I found that as the game progressed,
 226     it got easier and easier instead of harder.
 227 * Fixed the forest events from happening too often. Also, the fountain
 228     forest event specifically was adding too many forest fights, making
 229     the day never end.
 230
 231 Version 1.1.6
 232 * Added a Reset command to GameServ that functions the same was as the
 233     refresh command, except it completely resets a player to the beginning
 234     of the game.
 235 * Fixed a bug that would cause monsters to have extremely high HP after
 236     loading the monster database.
 237 * Tweaked the forest events percentages. They happened too frequently.
 238 * New player database format:
 239     - Alive/Dead is no longer saved as a word in the database. It is
 240         saved as a flag.
 241     - 3 new integer values were added to the end of every player string
 242         representing their inventory (healing, strength, and defense
 243         potions).
 244 * Changed the Player structure to use 2 new flags which eliminated 2
 245     boolean values (alive & yourturn) to save a little memory.
 246 * Fixed a bug that allowed a player already in a fight to be challenged
 247     by another player. The other player was then locked into the fight
 248     with no way out.
 249 * Added a use command that allows a player to use items in their inventory.
 250     Currently the only items are health, strength, and defense potions.
 251     Command may be used in battle, but it costs you your turn.
 252 * Changed the stats command so that it takes the player name as
 253     the stats request. You type /msg GameServ stats nick still, but
 254     nick no longer has to be on IRC. You use the player name instead of
 255     the IRC Nickname.
 256 * Added a new hybrid patch to the contrib dir. (Thank you wcampbel)
 257 * Fixed a problem in the display_help() function that could cause a bus
 258     error. The problem was with changing literal text when passed to the
 259     function as a filename. The function now copies the data as a local
 260     variable and modifies that. (Thank you wcampbel)
 261 * Fixed a bug that allowed a player to be registered twice if the player
 262     was not online. (Thank you wcampbel)
 263 * Added an inventory command which allows players to view how many
 264     potions they are storing.
 265 * Added a tavern command which allows players to buy potions and store
 266     them in their inventory for later use.
 267 * Made some cosmetic changes to this file.
 268 * Added an inventory class Pouch which allows players to carry around
 269     things such as potions and such.
 270
 271 Version 1.1.5
 272 * Added a missing help file admin_commands. It was written before, but
 273     somehow was deleted.
 274 * Admins can now identify as any user without having the correct password.
 275 * Fixed a bug that allowed for two nicknames to identify for the same player.
 276 * Added a forestfights directive to the config file so admins can set the
 277     default daily forest fights.
 278 * Added a die directive to the config file that will not let you start
 279     GameServ if it is present.
 280 * Inputted monsters for Level 6. Six more levels left unfinished.
 281 * Changed confloadtime directive to welcomedelay directive in the config file.
 282     This made more sense.
 283 * Added an updateperiod directive to the config file. This represents the
 284     period (in seconds) for updating the player data file. Every time the
 285     gameserv server gets a message it will check to see if "updateperiod"
 286     seconds or more have elapsed since the last update.
 287
 288 Version 1.1.4
 289 * Fixed the welcome msg sending "ICK" instead of the nickname of a new
 290     aclient. (Thank you wcampbel)
 291 * Load now has an optional parameter "monsters" which will force a load of the
 292     monsterdata file. This is useful for changing monsters on-the-fly.
 293 * Added a load_monsters function that loads from a preconfigured monsters.dat
 294     file instead of hard coding the monsters into the array. Users can now
 295     change the monster configuration around without knowing C/C++.
 296 * Added a new directive to the config file: confloadtime
 297     this represents the delay (in seconds) until GameServ sends a welcome
 298     message to incoming clients.
 299 * Added the welcome message to the config file. See gameserv.example.conf
 300     for more info on how to use the variable as a formatted string.
 301
 302 Version 1.1.3
 303 * Removed a lot of extra list searches by changing all of the boolean
 304     functions to take aClient as a parameter instead of a nickname string.
 305 * Added an is_alive boolean function. Players must now wait until the next
 306     day to play again.
 307 * Saving the player->flags integer to the players.dat file. Old databases
 308     will not work.
 309     QUICK FIX: put a 0 to the left of the encrypted passwords for all player
 310     entries so the database can load properly. Look in flags.h for a
 311     description of the way flags work.
 312
 313 Version 1.1.2
 314 * Added a /version reply
 315 * Fixed the Makefile to include configscript.cpp
 316 * Added a join message when people connect to the IRCD. The message is set
 317     on a delay so that on the initial nick burst, the services do not send
 318     everyone the message.
 319 * Changed the admin commands from a simple password interface to a more
 320     sophisticated flags approach. Now you have to identify with the
 321     administrator password once, and your flags indicate that you are an
 322     admin for all commands.
 323 * Full help files available in corrected form for the new administrator type
 324     commands.
 325
 326 Version 1.1.1
 327 * Added some admin features.
 328     - Refresh
 329 * Added help menu functionality for all commands.
 330 * Fixed the register command so it notified the client that registration
 331     was successful.
 332 * Changed the master command so that you didn't have to fight your master
 333     if you had enough experience. There is now a question/fight subcommand
 334     set for the master command.
 335 * Tweaked the masters a bit. Basically, they were too tough. Once a player
 336     had enough experience, they had no chance against their master until
 337     they got the next two weapons up. This made the next level too easy.
 338     Past level 1 still needs tweaking.
 339 * Added functionality for bahamut IRCD
 340
 341 Version 1.1.0
 342 * Added autoconf functionality to the gameserv package. Does not compile
 343     correctly on SunOS without tweaking.
 344 * Fixed the game so that players stats reset at midnight UTC + 8 hours.
 345     time(NULL) - (time(NULL) % 86400) + 3600 * 8
 346 * Added a contrib directory with a user submitted patch for hybrid ircd.