From no-reply_wiki at metalforge.org Sun Mar 5 14:31:18 2006 From: no-reply_wiki at metalforge.org (no-reply_wiki@metalforge.org) Date: Sun, 05 Mar 2006 20:31:18 +0000 Subject: [Crossfire-wiki] [Crossfire DokuWiki] page changed: user:cavesomething:todo:spelldescriptions Message-ID: <1141590678.354784.5784.nullmailer@wiki.metalforge.net> A page in your DokuWiki was added or changed. Here are the details: Date : 2006/03/05 20:31 User : Edit Summary: organize a bit @@ -3,5 +3,7 @@ Large portions of this text have been taken from the large [[http://crossfire.real-time.com/spells/magic.html|spells list]] on the main site, and updated/modified to act less as advice and more as description. + + == A == AnimateWeapon/spell_animate_weapon.arc msg @@ -29,8 +31,10 @@ msg This prayer is granted by gaea to protect her followers. endmsg + + == B == BlessCurse/spell_bless.arc msg @@ -244,8 +248,10 @@ explodes on contact dealing vast amounts of acid damage to whatever it hit, and anything in the surrounding area. endmsg + + == C == Change_Ability/spell_charisma.arc msg @@ -516,8 +522,10 @@ Wonder can cause one of many different effects, what it will do at any casting is uncertain. endmsg + + == D == Detect/spell_detect_curse.arc msg @@ -640,8 +648,11 @@ Causes an outbreak of pneumonic plague, which can spead rapidly, doing great damage. + + == G == + Golem/spell_call_holy_servant.arc msg Causes the caster's god to send him a @@ -675,8 +686,10 @@ avatar will, for a short time, be under the control of the caster, able to be directed like a golem. endmsg + + == H == Healing/spell_cure_blindness.arc msg @@ -725,8 +738,10 @@ msg Heals a small number of hitpoints. endmsg + + == M == MagicMissile/spell_magic_miss.arc msg @@ -976,8 +991,10 @@ if it encounters a monster, it persues them, poisoning its target. The spell has a limited duration. endmsg + + == R == Rune/spell_antimagic_rune.arc msg @@ -1002,8 +1019,10 @@ This creates a rune that will hit the creature that activates it with electric damage. endmsg + + == S == Smite/spell_finger_of_death.arc msg @@ -1078,8 +1097,10 @@ missiles in one direction, each tracking individually and doing a small amount of damage if they hit. endmsg + + == T == TownPortal/spell_town_portal.arc msg IP-Address : 24.55.181.141 Old Revision: http://wiki.metalforge.net/doku.php/user/cavesomething/todo/spelldescriptions?rev=1140292412 New Revision: http://wiki.metalforge.net/doku.php/user/cavesomething/todo/spelldescriptions -- This mail was generated by DokuWiki at http://wiki.metalforge.net/ From no-reply_wiki at metalforge.org Sun Mar 5 14:35:07 2006 From: no-reply_wiki at metalforge.org (no-reply_wiki@metalforge.org) Date: Sun, 05 Mar 2006 20:35:07 +0000 Subject: [Crossfire-wiki] [Crossfire DokuWiki] page changed: dev_todo Message-ID: <1141590907.158970.5787.nullmailer@wiki.metalforge.net> A page in your DokuWiki was added or changed. Here are the details: Date : 2006/03/05 20:35 User : Edit Summary: @@ -15,11 +15,12 @@ * [[:landforms]] - The naming of various landmarks and features in bigworld (should it be done?) === Technical: === * [[dev_todo:newmapprotocol|Updated map sending protocol]] * [[dev_todo:fix_sound|Fix/Revamp sound]] + * Convert maps to use the [[dev_todo:quest system]]. ===== User's TODO ===== Links to the TODO lists of various people working on this project. * [[user:techolous:todo|Techolous]] * [[user:cavesomething:todo|Cavesomething]] * [[user:rednaxela:todo|Rednaxela]] IP-Address : 24.55.181.141 Old Revision: http://wiki.metalforge.net/doku.php/dev_todo?rev=1139160717 New Revision: http://wiki.metalforge.net/doku.php/dev_todo -- This mail was generated by DokuWiki at http://wiki.metalforge.net/ From no-reply_wiki at metalforge.org Sun Mar 5 14:36:07 2006 From: no-reply_wiki at metalforge.org (no-reply_wiki@metalforge.org) Date: Sun, 05 Mar 2006 20:36:07 +0000 Subject: [Crossfire-wiki] [Crossfire DokuWiki] page changed: user:techolous:todo Message-ID: <1141590967.494201.5790.nullmailer@wiki.metalforge.net> A page in your DokuWiki was added or changed. Here are the details: Date : 2006/03/05 20:36 User : Edit Summary: @@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ ==== Future ==== Stuff that I may do in the future, unless someone else does it. * Help convert maps to use quest system - * After I know how to use the quest system + * After I know how to use the [[dev_todo:quest system]] * Connected objects, triggered based on time of day * Put something together for map entrances too? IP-Address : 24.55.181.141 Old Revision: http://wiki.metalforge.net/doku.php/user/techolous/todo?rev=1139159944 New Revision: http://wiki.metalforge.net/doku.php/user/techolous/todo -- This mail was generated by DokuWiki at http://wiki.metalforge.net/ From no-reply_wiki at metalforge.org Sun Mar 5 14:36:52 2006 From: no-reply_wiki at metalforge.org (no-reply_wiki@metalforge.org) Date: Sun, 05 Mar 2006 20:36:52 +0000 Subject: [Crossfire-wiki] [Crossfire DokuWiki] page changed: dev_todo Message-ID: <1141591012.611824.5793.nullmailer@wiki.metalforge.net> A page in your DokuWiki was added or changed. Here are the details: Date : 2006/03/05 20:36 User : Edit Summary: @@ -16,11 +16,12 @@ === Technical: === * [[dev_todo:newmapprotocol|Updated map sending protocol]] * [[dev_todo:fix_sound|Fix/Revamp sound]] * Convert maps to use the [[dev_todo:quest system]]. + * [[dev_todo:Time of day based events]] ===== User's TODO ===== Links to the TODO lists of various people working on this project. * [[user:techolous:todo|Techolous]] * [[user:cavesomething:todo|Cavesomething]] * [[user:rednaxela:todo|Rednaxela]] IP-Address : 24.55.181.141 Old Revision: http://wiki.metalforge.net/doku.php/dev_todo?rev=1141590906 New Revision: http://wiki.metalforge.net/doku.php/dev_todo -- This mail was generated by DokuWiki at http://wiki.metalforge.net/ From no-reply_wiki at metalforge.org Sun Mar 5 16:22:57 2006 From: no-reply_wiki at metalforge.org (no-reply_wiki@metalforge.org) Date: Sun, 05 Mar 2006 22:22:57 +0000 Subject: [Crossfire-wiki] [Crossfire DokuWiki] page changed: crossfire_traffic Message-ID: <1141597377.911671.5836.nullmailer@wiki.metalforge.net> A page in your DokuWiki was added or changed. Here are the details: Date : 2006/03/05 22:22 User : cavehippo Edit Summary: finish febuary edition of cf-traffic. @@ -1,19 +1,36 @@ - This page contains the data that will comprise the next 'crossfire traffic' - over the course of the month, any events of significance should be added to it, and at the end of the month, these will be combined and edited into the final version which will be widely propogated. This page will then be reset to get ready for the next month. If you know of something that should be included, or are just too impatient to wait until the end of the month, then this is the place to refer to it. + This page contains the data that will comprise the next 'crossfire traffic' - over the course of the month, any events of significance should be added to it, and at the end of the month, these will be combined and edited into the final version which will be widely propagated. This page will then be reset to get ready for the next month. If you know of something that should be included, or are just too impatient to wait until the end of the month, then this is the place to refer to it. Remember, crossfire traffic is for things which are user-visible, if there is a visible effect (or is likely to be in the near future) it belongs here. - The current month is Feburary, all things of relevance that occur during this month should be listed below. + The current month is February, all things of relevance that occur during this month should be listed below. - This is crossfire traffic for Feburary 2006 + This is crossfire traffic for February 2006 Crossfire Traffic is a means to communicate the activity surrounding crossfire in an accessible and non-technical way, it is targeted at those who are curious about what is happening with the project, but find the existing mailing lists, CVS list. forum, wiki and IRC channels overly complicated, scary, or time consuming to read. As such it does not contain any background details, but instead focuses only on things that are user-visible **Crossfire 1.9 is out!** ====Mailing List==== + Traffic on the mailing list dropped a little this month from the flurry of activity in January, but there were still many interesting topics discussed: + + Transports continued to be discussed, this has now lead to the first of these being implemented. + + More on features discussion for crossfire 2.0, in particular speed changes, and smoother movement. + + The possibility of working with the daimonin developers in creating a single map editor for both projects. + + Maybe adding special testing code to the server, and cleaning up the existing code. + + The features that gcfclient2 is missing compared to gcfclient + + Possible ways to fix an exploit where repeated PK-ing can give a great amount of exp. + + Running gcfclient on *nix systems with gtk2, and the problems this causes. + + The abandoning of a series of maps forming an ice castle, and subsequent mirroring of them elsewhere. ====Changes that occurred this month:==== @@ -24,9 +41,9 @@ As well as blocking types of movement, some objects can specifically allow movement on the squares they are in. Players can now be remotely arrested by dm's, and sent to their local prison. - Create Food now works for objects which have a seperate poisoned version. (so casting 'create food booze' should now work. + Create Food now works for objects which have a separate poisoned version. (so casting 'create food booze' should now work. Starting items are now created in a locked state. A number of bugs concerning diagonally tiled maps should now be resolved. @@ -58,9 +75,9 @@ ===Items:=== Various types of ground now block or allow boats to pass as appropriate. - Convertors for jade and amber coins. + Converters for jade and amber coins. ===CFJavaEditor:=== A display bug with the map view has been fixed. @@ -123,5 +140,4 @@ A space to manually enter server name in the metaserver window. The metaserver window can be sorted by various headers. - IP-Address : 62.252.64.16 Old Revision: http://wiki.metalforge.net/doku.php/crossfire_traffic?rev=1141172432 New Revision: http://wiki.metalforge.net/doku.php/crossfire_traffic -- This mail was generated by DokuWiki at http://wiki.metalforge.net/ From no-reply_wiki at metalforge.org Fri Mar 10 15:19:16 2006 From: no-reply_wiki at metalforge.org (no-reply_wiki at metalforge.org) Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 21:19:16 +0000 Subject: [Crossfire-wiki] [Crossfire DokuWiki] page changed: dev_todo Message-ID: <1142025556.289081.9706.nullmailer@wiki.metalforge.net> A page in your DokuWiki was added or changed. Here are the details: Date : 2006/03/10 21:19 User : Edit Summary: @@ -11,9 +11,10 @@ * [[dev_todo:LandPlots|Land Plots]] * [[dev_todo:buildableshops|Buildable shops]] * [[dev_todo:lighting|Revamp lighting]] * [[dev_todo:music|Ambient Music]] - * [[:landforms]] - The naming of various landmarks and features in bigworld (should it be done?) + * [[:landforms]] - The naming of various landmarks and features in bigworld (should it be done?)\ + * [[dev_todo:News Paper]] - A newspaper that hilights interensting events on a server (impliment with a script) === Technical: === * [[dev_todo:newmapprotocol|Updated map sending protocol]] * [[dev_todo:fix_sound|Fix/Revamp sound]] * Convert maps to use the [[dev_todo:quest system]]. IP-Address : 24.55.181.141 Old Revision: http://wiki.metalforge.net/doku.php/dev_todo?rev=1141591012 New Revision: http://wiki.metalforge.net/doku.php/dev_todo -- This mail was generated by DokuWiki at http://wiki.metalforge.net/ From no-reply_wiki at metalforge.org Fri Mar 10 15:31:43 2006 From: no-reply_wiki at metalforge.org (no-reply_wiki at metalforge.org) Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 21:31:43 +0000 Subject: [Crossfire-wiki] [Crossfire DokuWiki] page changed: landforms Message-ID: <1142026303.883370.9709.nullmailer@wiki.metalforge.net> A page in your DokuWiki was added or changed. Here are the details: Date : 2006/03/10 21:31 User : Edit Summary: @@ -18,16 +18,19 @@ ^ Map ^ Place Name ^ Used by (race/group) ^ Description ^ ==== North East ==== ^ Map ^ Place Name ^ Used by (race/group) ^ Description ^ - | around [[http://dooler.woosworld.net/cf_map/zoom.php?X=127&Y=100|world_128_101]] | Azumauindo | ? | A hard to reach island at the far NE of the continent | + | around [[http://dooler.woosworld.net/cf_map/zoom.php?X=127&Y=100|world_128_101]] | [[Azumauindo]] | ? | A hard to reach island at the far NE of the continent | ==== South West ==== ^ Map ^ Place Name ^ Used by (race/group) ^ Description ^ + | | Some Mountains | | A range of hazardous mountains surrounding the region of [[:Brittany]] | + | [[http://dooler.woosworld.net/cf_map/zoom.php?X=107&Y=124|world_107_124]] | A Lake | | A lake to the south of the city of [[:Brest]] | ==== South East ==== ^ Map ^ Place Name ^ Used by (race/group) ^ Description ^ + | [[http://dooler.woosworld.net/cf_map/view.php?X=128&Y=129|world_128_129]]| Antartica | | An island in the far south | ===== Pupland Continent ===== "pupland" or "shining kingdom"? whats its name going to be? ^ Map ^ Place Name ^ Used by (race/group) ^ Description ^ IP-Address : 24.55.181.141 Old Revision: http://wiki.metalforge.net/doku.php/landforms?rev=1139161484 New Revision: http://wiki.metalforge.net/doku.php/landforms -- This mail was generated by DokuWiki at http://wiki.metalforge.net/ From no-reply_wiki at metalforge.org Wed Mar 22 23:14:03 2006 From: no-reply_wiki at metalforge.org (no-reply_wiki at metalforge.org) Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 05:14:03 +0000 Subject: [Crossfire-wiki] [Crossfire DokuWiki] page changed: dev_todo:newmapprotocol Message-ID: <1143090843.323269.19144.nullmailer@wiki.metalforge.net> A page in your DokuWiki was added or changed. Here are the details: Date : 2006/03/23 05:14 User : Edit Summary: @@ -10,4 +10,9 @@ ==== More information ==== * [[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.games.crossfire.general/433|Crossfire mailing list: server map code redo.]] + ====================== + Just my 0.02?, but using gzip on the conenction would likely be more effective than special protocol support for rectangular + areas. Likewise animations.. I analyzed a few streams and found that animation bandwidth use can be reduced to a few bytes/timestep that way. The computational effort is also comparable to implementing special protocol extensions like filling areas. + + Compression would be more efficient, easier to implement and more stable. IMnsHO. pcg at goof.com IP-Address : 85.180.73.158 Old Revision: http://wiki.metalforge.net/doku.php/dev_todo/newmapprotocol?rev=1137274577 New Revision: http://wiki.metalforge.net/doku.php/dev_todo/newmapprotocol -- This mail was generated by DokuWiki at http://wiki.metalforge.net/