[CF List] Crossfire 0.97.0 released.

Tue Mar 20 01:44:57 CST 2001

Crossfire 0.97.0 has been released.  
Unless serious bugs are detected, this will be the last release before
1.0.

Main changes:
All known server crashing bugs fixed.
Various fixes to exit code.  All exits should now work
properly.

NOTE TO MIRROR SITES:  The primary site (ftp.scruz.net) has limited download
bandwidth per day.  You can also get this release off of sourceforge.net.

Files released for this version:

sums (bsd)  filename
25647  1587 crossfire-0.97.0.arch.tar.bz2
25529  1911 crossfire-0.97.0.arch.tar.gz
09309  2724 crossfire-0.97.0.maps.tar.bz2
52601  3917 crossfire-0.97.0.maps.tar.gz
42177  2654 crossfire-0.97.0.tar.bz2
20334  2979 crossfire-0.97.0.tar.gz
37495   239 crossfire-client-0.97.0.tar.gz

Sums (md5)
741f8d40acccee291fa79123528134a2  crossfire-0.97.0.arch.tar.bz2
0498e28ac5b867925d120753c68e4489  crossfire-0.97.0.arch.tar.gz
47b72b99b8aa58a9b0e8f59121be7a40  crossfire-0.97.0.maps.tar.bz2
6ef6c7e9dd3929c3e40ab6a8467a57aa  crossfire-0.97.0.maps.tar.gz
441971f04bc61632afdc3f18e92e541c  crossfire-0.97.0.tar.bz2
e34ef338c87c5855af2ef11a75ede71f  crossfire-0.97.0.tar.gz
13d40c5f6031c970135f81dc14ca4fd7  crossfire-client-0.97.0.tar.gz

crossfire-client-0.97.0 is the client (X11) distribution - standard
X11 and gtk interfaces are provided.

crossfire-0.97.0.tar.{gz/bz2} contains the server code with prebuilt
archetype and image files. 

crossfire-0.97.0.arch.tar.{gz/bz2} contains the unpacked archetype changes.
This is not needed if you only want to compile the server and play the
game.

crossfire-0.97.0-maps.tar.{gz/bz2} contains the maps.  This is needed 
with the server distribution.

FOR FIRST TIME USERS:  You will only need the appropriate server, map
and client file.  You do not need the arch file.  If you are a first time
user, you may want the doc file unless you are using a web based player
referance.

If you just want to play the game at some remote server, you need the client
and perhaps some version of the doc file.

Crossfire is avaible on the following ftp sites

Primary:

     ftp://ftp.scruz.net:/users/mwedel/public

      (165.227.192.254)

     ftp://ftp.sourceforge.net:/pub/sourceforge/crossfire

      (64.28.67.101)

     ftp://ftp.ifi.uio.no:/pub/crossfire

      (129.240.64.44) 

Secondary:

     ftp://ftp.real-time.com/pub/games/crossfire

      (206.10.252.12)

     ftp://ftp.cs.city.ac.uk:/pub/games/crossfire/

     ftp://ftp.sunet.se:/pub/unix/games/crossfire

      (130.238.127.3)

     ftp://ftp.cs.titech.ac.jp:/pub/games/crossfire

     ftp://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/games/roguelike/crossfire/

     ftp://crossfire.futt.org//pub/crossfire

I uploaded this version to just ftp.scruz.net - it should be on the
other ftp sites in a short time.

Mark Wedel

     mwedel at scruz.net

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Changes:

Client:

Changes for 0.97.0:

MSW 2001/03/18
Change so that containers on the ground still keep proper contents even if the
map space itself changes (spells or other objects going onto the space).  This
is done by using the cpl.container pointer and when getting an updated map
space, seeing if one of the map space object tags match that.
commands.c: update the cpl.container tags when opening/closing containers.
item.c: Have locate_object see if the container matches the tag.  Don't have
    remove_item remove the object contents of other attributes if it is the
    container, but still remove it from the list it is on.
item.h: remove function prototypes - these are in proto.h

MSW 2001/03/13:
png.c: New png -> X11 (or gdk) creation routines that are much faster.  This
   should make a noticable difference in performance.  Note that the X11
   and gdk implementations are very different now - the gdk implementation
   lets the gdk library do most of the work.
gx11.c: remove some dead code, add call to gdk_rgb_init() if using
   png images - needed by new png loader.
x11.c: Add call to init_pngx_loader if running in png mode.  Also pass colormap
   by pointer so png_to_xpixmap can modify it.
xutil.c: pass colormap by pointer to init_pngx_loader (same reason as above)

MSW 2001/03/06:
Makefile.in: Add DMALLOC_LIB definition instead of it going in with the
    the default libraries.  cfsndserv will now get properly linked with
    dmalloc.
configure.in, configure: add --disable-sound option, and make relevant
    changes to use that option (which basically amounts to not checking
    for any of the sound systems).  Add check for dmalloc.h.  change
    substitution for -ldmalloc.

cfsndserv.c: Modified so it now compiles with the modern ALSA sound system.
    No idea if it actually works.  MSW 2001/03/04

metaserver.c: Modified so it uses the value of -port if that command
    line option is given by a user.  MSW 2001/03/01

x11.c: Fixes for info window resizing.  This should fix some crashes
     and the code is a bit simpler now.  MSW 2001/02/28

Makefile.in: Modify so that it installs the target (cfclient, gcfclient,
    cfsndserv) one at a time so it works with the install script.
item.c: add insert_item_before_item function.  Modify the sorting function
    so it first sorts by type, then by locked/unlocked status, and then
    by alphabetical order (not including the number prefix).
item_types, item_types.h: More updates of missing objects or ones that
    need more specific matching rules.
x11.c: Remove a lot of duplicate code that was in place for metaserver
    support - instead, just add checks to the existing X event handling
    code to know not to do some things if we're in metaserver selection
    mode.  This fixes a bug in that resize events would not be handled
    if in metaserver selection mode.
MSW 2001/02/22

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Changes for 0.97.0:

MSW 2001/03/18:
common/init.c: add RESET_LOCATION_TIME initializer to settings structure.
include/config.h: Add RESET_LOCATION_TIME value.  If nonzero and the save was
longer than 
    the specified time in seconds, player will be returned home upon login from
    save.
include/global.h: Add reset_loc_time field to settings structure.
server/login.c: Remove some unused variables, add support to return player
   home as described above.
server/spell_effect.c: Fix for crashes when casting control undead and your
   god does not have an enemy.  Now properly check to make sure we are not
   dereferencing null pointers.

MSW 2001/03/16:
Change code so that if player dies and loading the players savebed map does
not work, return player to EMERGENCY_MAPPATH instead.  New function added
to server/main.c called enter_player_savebed which does the work,
Files changed: include/sproto.h server/main.c server/player.c
    server/spell_effect.c (comment added)
Unrelated change: Remove messages about multiple resist types set.
Files changed: common/loader.l common/loader.c

MSW 2001/03/15:
server/spell_effect.c: Add physical attacktype when casting holy possession.
    Otherwise, characters who use karate end up not being able to damaage
     anything.

MSW 2001/03/09:
crossedit/App.c: Move the loading of images to later in the editor
    startup state.  In this way, the client can allocate the colors it
    needs for its windows before the the png images use up all the colors.
crossedit/png.c: New png loader implementation.  New version is much
   faster (50 times faster).  As part of this, only 8 bit displays,
   a private colormap will be allocated, and after that gets filled
   up, a color mapping routine will be used - this makes the png
   images loadable on an 8 bit system in addition to the speedup.
crossedit/xutil.c: Adding timing information for loading of images.
   call init_pngx_loader before starting to load png images.  Pass
   colormap to png_to_xpixmap by pointer and not value so that
   the loader can change the colormap.

AV 2001/03/09:
common/button.c: Added new attribute to altar triggers: "last_sp 1".
    If set, the altar trigger will push the connected value only
    by dropping the sacrifice, NOT by altar reset. If unset ("last_sp 0")
    it will work like it used to (push by sacrifice and by reset).

MSW 2001/03/06:
server/spell_effect.c: Fix message when consecration fails - use the ob->name
    field and not the ob->title field.  Also fix broken logic that checked
    for the floor.
server/init.c: Related to 3-4 change which changed the default name of
    the logfile to "" so we know to use stderr.  This doesn't work for
    daemon mode, so if the name is "", we use the default logfile instead.

MSW 2001/03/04:
TODO: add re-connecting player to new client if client logs in with
    right name/password.
common/init.c: Open up the logfile with the provide filename when given
    the -log option.
server/init.c: Make set_logfile a first pass option so the init_library
    has the right logfile name to work with.
server/main.c: Fix crash if map has an exit path yet that file does not
    exist.  Give proper error message.

MSW 2001/03/01:
server/main.c: Modified random_map code so the server will not
     crash if the exit object has no message (and thus variables to set
     for the random map).
     Modified so that golems move away from player when player
     changes map.  Values were reversed before, causing the golem to move
     towards the player.

MSW 2001/02/25: General player login cleanup.  This should fix the crash
    when players re-roll stats too often.  So far, it also seems to
    have the additional effect that calculated players on map now appears
    to be correct.
common/player.c: No longer allocate the player object structure in
    get_player_ob (function is really misnamed).  Callers to this function
    were not using the allocated function.
server/login.c: Add leave_map call when player is loaded.
server/main.c: Add leave_map function.
server/player.c: Move get_player function to start of file - can declare
    it static that way.  Move some initialize from add_player to get_player.
    Add set_first_map function.  Add appropriate calls to leave_map
    and set_first_map when players join and leaves the game.

MSW 2001/02/22:
TODO: Add some items, remove some others, remove outline of future versions,
    since it was out of date.
common/loader.l,loader.c: Declare msgbuf a static outside the lex_load function.
    lex_load was otherwise clearing it each time it was called, which resulted
    in empty messages for the random artifacts (since the call lex_load one
    line at a time).  Instead, we just zero this at start of load_object.
    Original reason of this change was due to purify errors - as I look at the
    code, it appears even before these changes that it was clearing the buffer
    properly.
common/map.c: removing pending field from map objects.
common/re-cmp.c: Comment out some code which was resulting in too many
    false compares.
include/config.h: increase default for MAX_OBJECTS.  6000 is a bit small
    on current systems.
include/map.h: Remove pending field from map structure.
random_maps/treasure.c: Increase size of doorlist.  Fixes crash, in that
    if a random map could place 8 doors around the treasure, the list
    was not terminated, so the problem would eventually try to read/dereference
    random memory after the array.
server/c_misc.c: Remove pending field from maps, so remove functions
    and other places that referred to it (like the maps command)
server/c_wiz.c: fix up wiz map reset command.  Not really tested, but
    old code had some definate problems just from visual inspection.
server/main.c: Further fix for unique exits - relative paths to unique maps
    from non unique maps should now work.
server/monster.c: Various fixes - one is that should get more reliable distance
    values for multipart monsters.  Second, modify dist_att to calculate from
    closest part of monster, and not the head of the monster.
server/pets.c: Remove code dealing with pending objects.
server/player.c: Don't remove invisible objects in players inventory when
    playing with permadeath mode.
server/spell_util.c: If you try to cast denied spell, it no longer costs any
    spellpoints.
socket/item.c: Fix bug where it was using 'item' protocol command instead of
    'item1'
End of MSW 2001/02/22 checkin.

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