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== DAWN 1.69r RELEASED 1Feb04
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13:22 02/02/2004 - Kal
- put in cygwin compiler error fix

22:41 04/02/2004 - Kal - typos reported by spilinek
- Fixed a bug in do_equipment which prevented the displaying of your 
  secondary weapon - reported by spilinek
- fixed spelling error of 'equiped' (should be 'equipped')

18:43 05/02/2004 - Kal
- added GIO_STR(default_prompt) into GIO_START(game_settings_type) so the
  default prompt saves

01:12 07/02/2004 - Kal
- spellname text within hedit_show() is now shown in white

10:16 09/02/2004 -Kal
- "done" within clanedit() no longer calls edit_done() twice... typo 
  reported by spilinek

14:29 14/02/2004 - Kal
- turning on your prompt now shows the system default prompt if you don't 
  have a prompt set.

01:07 09/04/2004 - Kal
- On Windows dawn now displays the text 
  "Application exiting, press any key to close this window." when it is 
  exiting if it wasn't started from the command line (this avoids people
  first running dawn and just getting a black box appear for a second then 
  disappear).
- On Windows, if check_directories() fails to find all the directories required, 
  it displays the following message:
	 If this is your first time starting with the Dawn of Time codebase it is
	 strongly recommended that you read the getting started guide at:
	     http://www.dawnoftime.org/    (assuming you haven't done so already)


01:05 10/04/2004 - Kal
- Installed previously developed mining system into MF
- wrote recall pendant system

14:49 10/04/2004 - Kal
- mpedit_show() now is more verbose about disabled progs and how to reenable
  them.

16:02 10/04/2004 - Kal
- removed the fullstops after the word ago in laston listings.

20:15 10/04/2004 - Kal
- started global rename of mobprogs to mudprogs.
- did a search and replace of mobprog for mudprogs while retaining case
- renamed mob_prog.cpp to mud_prog.cpp
- changed the 'mob' command to 'mp' (even though the old command works)
- renamed mob_cmd.* to mp_cmds.*
- changed mobhelp to mphelp (old command still works)

20:16 10/04/2004 - Kal
- made it so "mccp on" defaults to on2.

21:07 10/04/2004 - Kal
- changed the preprocessor defines in connect.h so if WIN32_MCCP_ENABLED is 
  defined, different zlib libary versions are linked against for a debug 
  build (zlib_debug.lib) and for a release build (zlib_release.lib).
  The following commands can be used to create the libaries in the zlib 
  source directory:
                      nmake -f win32/Makefile.msc clean
                      nmake -f win32/Makefile.msc LOC=/MLd
                      copy zlib.lib zlib_debug.lib
                      nmake -f win32/Makefile.msc clean
                      nmake -f win32/Makefile.msc LOC=/ML
                      copy zlib.lib zlib_release.lib
  then copy zlib_*.lib into the linker path.
- process_telnet_options() now converts the telnet options in the section
  relating to DEBUG_TELNET_OPTION_NEGOTIATION.

22:25 10/04/2004 - Kal
- fixed mccp, so it turns on correctly for all mud clients... this was 
  causing problems with hotreboots for some mud clients.

13:55 11/04/2004 - Kal
- wrote oedit_addmprog() based on the medit version

19:14 11/04/2004 - Kal
- weaken is now removed by restore

23:45 11/04/2004 - Kal
- wrote MUDPROG_TRIG_ON enum type including:
    MUDPROG_TRIG_ON_MOBILE, MUDPROG_TRIG_ON_OBJECT, MUDPROG_TRIG_ON_ROOM
- implemented mprog2_flags[], oprog_flags[] and oprog2_flags[]
- added support to the above tables for rooms as well
- updated fix_mudprogs() to support objects

01:06 12/04/2004 - Kal
- SET_BIT( pMob->mprog_flags, trigger ); is no longer called within 
  fread_mob_NAFF()... instead fix_mudprogs() sets the appropriate trigger 
  flags on mobs and objects.

11:24 12/04/2004 - Kal
- completed CONFIG2_MP_TRIGGER_IN_AREA, with this set you see mudprogs
  trigger in your area.
- renamed the mprog_list struct to mudprog_trigger_list, as 
  mprog_list was being used as a global variable name as well.
- renamed MPROG_LIST to MUDPROG_TRIGGER_LIST... a bit verbose but makes
  the code a lot more readible
- renamed mprog_code to mudprog_code - this stores the details on an 
  individual program as edited by mpedit.
- renamed mprog_list struct to mudprog_list - this is chains a global list 
  of mudprog_code.
- renamed mob_index_data's MUDPROG_TRIGGER_LIST from mprogs to mob_triggers
- renamed obj_index_data's MUDPROG_TRIGGER_LIST from mprogs to obj_triggers
- allocated vnum 444 to "mob_vnum_to_run_object_mudprogs".

12:57 12/04/2004 - Kal
- renamed do_mp_trigger_in_area to do_mp_trigger_in_room, and modified
  associated details as it was getting to spammy

14:24 12/04/2004 - Kal
- added code so objects can load their mudprog trigger lists
- wrote oprog_execute_if_appropriate(), object_program_flow() and 
  create_objectmudprog_mob().
- successfully tested the first object prog using a get trigger :)

14:34 12/04/2004 - Kal
- renamed char_data's id to player_id, did a similar change in laston and 
  the letgain databases - file format unchanged though.  This change was 
  done because it made it difficult to search for, since '->id' matches
  a number of things.
- removed get_mob_id()... not used anywhere.
- create_objectmudprog_mob() now defaults the mobs it creates language to 
  native.
- create_objectmudprog_mob() now defaults to 'mp seeall' on.
- added obj_data *running_mudprog_for_object; to char_data.

16:57 12/04/2004 - Kal
- added oedit_delmprog()
- changed medit_addmprog() and oedit_addmprog() so the phrase is all the 
  trailing text (with all whitespace trimmed on both sides) instead of
  just the first argument of the phrase.
- implemented the following object prog triggers:
    GET_PRE, GET_POST, DROP_PRE, DROP_POST, PUT_PRE, PUT_POST, WEAR_PRE, 
    WEAR_MID, WEAR_POST, LOOKAT_PRE, LOOKAT_POST, LOOKIN_PRE, LOOKIN_POST

18:10 12/04/2004 - Kal
- implemented mp preventobjectaction - used to stop wearing etc.

19:53 12/04/2004 - Kal
- wrote mpedit_indent() system to automatically indent your mudprog code.

23:16 12/04/2004 - Kal
- wrote REMOVE_PRE and REMOVE_POST triggers

00:20 17/04/2004 - Kal
- fixed bug related to wearing a pendant to replace an existing pendant
- added support for "and" and "or" to indent_mobprog_code().
- wrote mpedit_autoindent system - the code will now be automatically 
  indented when you finished editing mobprog code.
- changed .i to .spell in the string editor
- setup .i as indent in the string editor (only works while in mpedit)

12:43 17/04/2004 - Kal
- made it so load_thread() uses new_note() to allocate memory instead of 
  directly allocating memory.
- changed new_note() so it initialises all the memory to 0 before returning
- added cc_list to the note_data structure
- cc_list is now saved by save_thread() only if the entry has text.

13:19 17/04/2004 - Kal
- rewrote the logic of 'note remove', as the code wasn't documented and 
  pretty hard to read.
- renamed new_is_note_to() to is_note_to_new()
- wrote 'note cc' command into parse_note()
- changed 'note to' and 'note cc' so they now use replace_string()
- code now strips colour codes from the to and cc lists before checking if
  the note is addressed to a player... this means colour codes can now be
  used in these lists.
- 'note forward' now records the cc field.

14:33 17/04/2004 - Kal
- "laston -f" no longer displays the : before the [level] 

14:37 17/04/2004 - Kal
- changed path checkcode uses, so it can access the coding logs

14:53 17/04/2004 - Kal
- Made checkcode compatible with the bsd version of tail.

22:46 17/04/2004 - Kal
- fixed a typo in tables.cpp, specifically size_table[].

16:58 18/04/2004 - Kal
- tweak to mining to fix a compile warning on a version of gcc.

22:43 18/04/2004 - Kal
- fixed a replace_string() timing issue within mpedit_indent()

22:54 24/04/2004 - Kal
- object progs now dequeue all events before deleting the mob 

21:04 26/04/2004 - Tristan
- do_mpsetclass() modified to set the skills when changing a class on a 
  player.
- wrote do_mpcustomize()
- wrote changes to nanny.cpp, so the new creation system can be tested
  by creating using "newsystem", instead of "new" at the login prompt.

21:45 26/04/2004 - Kal
- disabled DEBUG_TELNET_OPTION_NEGOTIATION... not required for the time 
  being.
- added GAMESET5_SECOND_SKILL_ALIAS_NOT_REQUIRED, if set, the "second" alias 
  isn't enabled in skill_lookup()

1:22  1/5/2004 - Tristan
- Modified weapon message to citizens when equipping
- Skill is 50% with every weapon while citizen.

2:36  17/5/2004 - Tristan
- Changed skill to 65% for citizens
- Removed hunger & thirst in customization
- Created skill for common language
- Added do_apurge(), purges an entire area

16:18 13/06/2004 - Kal
- extended mpedit_show() so it tells you which objects are using a prog.
- extended do_look() so it now is more descriptive instead of saying
  "You do not see that here", it will say something like 
  "You do not see any '%s' here to look in." etc.
- extended object progs so the contents of an object are transfered to the
  inventory of the 'objectmob' then back to the contents of the object once
  the prog has finished running (allowing you to manipulate the contents
  of containers as though it is your inventory).
- get_obj_token() now strips the colour codes from tokens before matching
  their names.
- added the following object prog triggers:
  OTRIG_CONTAINER_GET_PRE, OTRIG_CONTAINER_GET_POST, 
  OTRIG_CONTAINER_PUTIN_PRE, OTRIG_CONTAINER_PUTIN_POST... currently the
  mudprog engine has no method or variables to find out what the objects 
  causing these triggers to occur are/were.
- updated format_obj_to_char_new() so objects with progs standout like
  mobs with progs do.

19:45 13/06/2004 - Kal
- Extra otterlungs now works on items worn on the face with a higher
  priority to items worn as a light.

22:57 13/06/2004 - Kal
- do_mptransfer() now displays the room vnum the mob, not the victim if it
  fails to find the player.

23:45 13/06/2004 - Kal
- fixed a bug in gain_condition() relating to if a player is disconnected, 
  then their ch->desc value becomes NULL.

16:51 15/06/2004 - Tristan
- minor change to do_mpcustomize() which sets the players starting CP to 
  their racial preset instead of 0.
- primes are applied when class is switched, player is now notified of their
  new class.

22:24 16/06/2004 - Kal
- implemented game_settings->global_scale_mining_value_scaling_percentage,
  used to globally scale the value of mined ore.

22:57 16/06/2004 - Kal
- fixed a bug in sedit_show() where DYN_SHOWFLAGS was being set, but not
  unset on ch->dyn.

22:40 17/06/2004 - Kal
- added game_settings->newbies_recall_to_roomvnum_newbie_recall_until_level.

22:51 17/06/2004 - Kal
- fixed do_herbalism(), so the message which is displayed when you fail if
  it cant find the object shows the vnum it attempted to load instead of 
  the vnum it would load if it was successful.
- added game_settings->obj_vnum_mix_bad_low and 
  game_settings->obj_vnum_mix_bad_high, enabling the vnum range for mixes to 
  be customised in gameedit.

23:19 17/06/2004 - Kal
- changed class skill_type{}, renaming "type" to "sktype" and converting
  it from an sh_int to an int.  The changes making the code easier to 
  search and the datatype change was required for sedit_type() below.
- added SKTYPE_REALM, SKTYPE_SPHERE and SKTYPE_ELEMENTSEASON.
- removed dynamictypes { DYNTYPE_UNDEFINED, DYNTYPE_SPELL, DYNTYPE_SKILL,
  DYNTYPE_REALM, DYNTYPE_SPHERE, DYNTYPE_SEASON};... as it wasn't used
  anywhere properly.
- in dynlookup_type{}, renamed type to dyn_sktype, and of type int.
- converted all the dynamic tables to use SKTYPE_*.
- wrote sedit_type(), the system prevents changing something edited to or 
  from being a spell.

10:15 18/06/2004 - Tristan
- spell_mana_regeneration() and spell_blessed_grounds()

19:58 20/06/2004 - Kal
- split out wordflag_to_value() from fread_wordflag()
- improved documentation of beats in sedit_show()
- added GAMESET5_TRANSLATE_ROGUE_CLASS_TO_THIEF to convert the remaining
  class allowance flags which are still incorrectly set
- forage now uses the beats parameter of gsn_forage if set

20:30 20/06/2004 - Kal
- extended mix system to use failed short, name and long values.

03:12 21/06/2004 - Tristan
- arms mastery, blade mastery, dagger mastery, magic mastery.

00:33 26/06/2004 - Kal
- experimental additional html colours - using the letters v and o 
  (requires MXP client, and "col mode html")

20:01 26/06/2004 - Kal & Kyla
- defined a number of html colours, and implemented a mapping system to 
  map html colour codes into a rough (very rough) ansi version.

23:41 26/06/2004 - Kal
- Introduced "col mode mxp" (colours based on HTML mode) - this scheme uses
  an mxp <c> tag instead of the html <font tag>.  This should result in 
  less data being sent from the mud server, In addition the colours for the
  ansi values are brighter for dark monitors.  
- changed the code which loads the colour table, so it inserts the <font>
  tags and <c> instead of needing to include them in the loading table.

00:13 27/06/2004 - Kal
- added the bright colour mode, moved the mxp codes there, and the mxp mode
  has been moved to closer to the html scheme.

10:13 01/07/2004 - Kal
- fix to do_mpsetskill() for those with negative pracs/trains.

19:34 19/08/2004 - Kal
- implemented logic fix to check_learn_spell() for lower levels found by
  Kewlage on the dawn forums.
- implemented "#define MFCODE 1 " into version.h
    When MFCODE is set, the code compiles in code which only belongs 
    to MF not the dawn codebase... new code should use #ifdef MFCODE sections
    if it is to be exclusive to MF.

14:44 20/08/2004 - Tristan
- GAMESET5_ENABLE_NEW_CREATION_SYSTEM, for better organization of the new
  creation system.  Currently disabled, creating with "newsystem" will still
  take you through the new creation system.
- Added "advanced dodge" skill
- Sheath item type, to be used in sheath & draw, creation skill to come.
- Added OBJEXTRA2_BLESSED_IN_HOLY_HANDS, weapon is blessed while in the hands
  of a class with the HOLY_CLASS flag set.  
- Blessed weapons now do 1.5x damage to undead/corpse/zombie types

00:39 21/08/2004 - Kal
- further enhanced check_dodge() so standard dodge skill has a bearing on
  enhanced dodge (so they work together).

10:42 21/08/2004 - Kal
- can now "note cc imm" - previously it told you to use an inote.

21:21 22/08/2004 - Kal
- prompt all6c moved to all6c2, all6c is now a slightly less colourful
  version
- wrote continent_exact_lookup(), continent_lookup() now does an exact 
  lookup first before doing a prefix match.
- changed the contient code, so it automatically creates a "none" if one
  doesn't exist.
- areas now default to continent "none".

22:11 22/08/2004 - Kal
- improved set rooms, so you can set rooms flags 2 and you can set only in 
  the current room by using a .

19:45 23/08/2004 - Kal
- wrote "mp returnmoney" for mudprogs - used to return money from a bribe
  trigger.

21:47 23/08/2004 - Kal
- added movement percentage into pinfo

23:15 23/08/2004 - Kal
- tweaked replay to still display the titlebar if there is only one entry.

23:29 23/08/2004 - Archiel
- fixed sprintf code typo in olc_act.cpp

23:33 23/08/2004 - Kal
- do_wake now makes you stand even when fighting

20:31 24/08/2004 - Kal
- auto show affects at the bottom of score now works through switch

21:56 25/08/2004 - Kal
- added GAMESET5_PREVENT_PLAYERS_NAMING_AFTER_AREALIST_NAMES


12:32 29/08/2004 - Kal
- added the following additional custom colour codes:
	CC_SCORE_LEVEL,
	CC_SCORE_RACE_GENDER_CLASS,
	CC_SCORE_LABELS,
	CC_SCORE_ATTRIBUTES,
	CC_SCORE_BORN,
	CC_SCORE_AGE,
	CC_SCORE_PRAC_TRAIN,
	CC_SCORE_XP_RPS,
	CC_SCORE_XPTNL,
	CC_SCORE_CURRENTVALUE,
	CC_SCORE_MAXVALUE,
	CC_SCORE_ALIGNMENT,
	CC_SCORE_AC,
	CC_SCORE_GOLD,
	CC_SCORE_SILVER,
	CC_SCORE_FORWARD_SLASH,
	CC_SCORE_IMMORTAL_VALUES,
	CC_SCORE_SHOW_AFFECTS_TITLE,
	CC_SCORE_SHOW_AFFECTS_TEXT,
- fixed a bug in custom_colour_set() where it was not using the correct 
  colour codes to indicate a colour change.
- changed CC_SCORE_NAME to CC_SCORE_NAME_REMORT.

21:54 29/08/2004 - Kal
- objects of type map on longer disappear on logout, but objects of type 
  key still do.

17:21 02/09/2004 - Archiel
- A pet's necktag now displays the owner player's name, not short.

00:18 05/09/2004 - Kal
- typo fix in the regenerating a karn text from Archiel

23:35 06/09/2004 - Kal
- fixed a bug in do_put() where "put all.object container", where if the 
  object weight was equal to the v3 value of the container, it wouldn't be
  put in.

22:31 07/09/2004 - Kal
- fixed up check_immune() based on a report of a flaw in its code reported
  by blackout on the Dawn forums.

23:11 28/09/2004 - Archiel
- Most of the changes are due to a typo in the credits of the file header.
  (St{rfeldt to  Staerfeldt)
- Fixed typo in worth, socedit, act_info, magic_da.cpp and update.cpp.
  These were mostly spelling errors.

23:20 28/09/2004 - Archiel
- transperantly mispelled in a comment of connect.cpp....
- reseting mispelled in handler.cpp, act_wiz2.cpp, and fight.cpp

22:29 29/09/2004 - Archiel
- Lots of typos fixed, detailed on: 
  http://forum.dawnoftime.org/viewtopic.php?p=4868#4868

23:39 03/10/2004 - Archiel
- A few more typos, same forum post as detailed above.

21:32 04/10/2004 - Archiel
- Yet more typos fixed, again mostly the same forum post.

11:38 18/10/2004 - Archiel
- http://forum.dawnoftime.org/viewtopic.php?t=1192&highlight=
  Correction to do_grab.

13:25 19/11/2004 - Archiel
- Added src/logs/todo.txt containing outstanding issues.

12:52 16/04/2005 - Kal
- Added GAMESET5_KEEP_NOTE_SPOOLS_INDEFINATELY

00:06 17/04/2005 - Kal
- audit of all changes to date
- line spacing tweaks

10:56 17/04/2005 -Kal
- langedit_show() now correctly formats wordmaps with colour codes in them
- Fixed bug in languages where typing in all caps would prevent the 
  scrambling of text
- fixed do_goto() so you can goto a number
- do_losepet() now displays the short description of the pet you are losing

16:37 17/04/2005 - Kal
- fixed gender typo in spell_possession()
- fixed a minor improvement abuse bug in do_pick()
- fixed up note_format_noteentry_for_char() regarding the width of the
  to and cc fields
- extended str_width() to have an extra parameter cut_if_too_long... if true
  the resulting string will be cut to the requested length... the default 
  option was true previously
- wrote IS_SAME_ROOM macro... #define IS_SAME_ROOM(ch1, ch2) 
      ( IS_VALID(ch1) && IS_VALID(ch2) && (ch1)->in_room == (ch2)->in_room )

- fixed disappearing dagger bug in hurl when a victim is slayed
- one_hit() now uses IS_SAME_ROOM() to prevent weapon effects after death

22:09 17/04/2005 - Kal
- created entity.h & class entity_data;... what will become the superclass
  of characters and objects... possibly rooms
- moved struct obj_data; into obj_data.h and converted it to a class which 
  decends from entity_data
- changed char_data so it decends from entity_data

18:36 18/04/2005 - Kal
- renamed mpqueue system to mudqueue
- changed mud queue system to work with entity_data instead of char_data
- added entity.o and objdata.o to makefile.in

21:38 18/04/2005 - Archiel
- Fixed bug in gameedit.cpp where it would not set defaults of some gameset
  variables if a gameedit.txt was not found.

22:43 19/04/2005 - Kal
- added some test code into new_char() and free_char() relating to entities

19:05 20/04/2005 - Kal
- removed char *name; from obj_data since it is in entity_data.

20:56 20/04/2005 - Kal
- changed new_char() and new_obj() so they use memcpy instead of just = to
  copy the static objects across, this way the vtable is duplicated as well.
  i.e. memcpy(obj, &obj_zero, sizeof(*obj));
 instead of *obj=obj_zero;

18:01 27/04/2005 - Archiel
- Changed a typo in a bugf in areas.cpp. "Fread_char" to "Fread_mob"

21:43 31/10/2005 - Kal
- Fixes to the DNS resolver, a pointer wasn't correctly be initialised, 
  which could lead to rare unexpected crashes.

21:46 01/11/2005 - Kal
- medit_copy(), added copying of mprog2_flags
- oedit_copy(), added copying of obj_triggers, oprog_flags and oprog2_flags
- relocated dup_mudprog_list() from medit.cpp to mud_prog.cpp, updated 
  prototype.h
- wrote mpedit_mpcopy() and related code.

22:50 02/11/2005 - Kal
- implemented basic object queuing extensions into run_mudqueue()... needs 
  cleaning up though.
- wrote do_dumpmpqueue(), basic diagnostic command

09:18 03/11/2005 - Kal
- renamed run_mudqueue() to mudqueue_execute()
- do_mpdequeueall(), upgraded to support object prog mobs
- created ch->bug_printlnf() type functions... sends a bug to the system bug
  log but also notifies the user if they are not NULL.
- renamed create_objectmudprog_mob() to 
  objectmudprog_generate_mobified_object(), extended functionality to 
  handle transfering the contents of objects into the inventory of the mob
- wrote objectmudprog_degenerate_mobified_object(), which transfers the
  inventory back and purges the mob
- rewrote the code handling which creates/deletes object mobs to use the 
  above functions.
- cleaned up dequeue code, so it now uses a single function called 
  mudqueue_delink_and_purge_child_node() to handle dequeuing.
- do_dream now defaults to visible on the command list
- improved layout of do_dumpmpqueue(), reduced its default level to ADMIN+1

13:33 03/11/2005 - Kal
- removed code specific for _AIX, apollo and __hpux.

14:57 03/11/2005 - Kal - fixes to bugs reported on the Dawn forums:
- spilinek: medit_copy() - missing copying helpgroups
- spilinek: do_newcast() - NO_MANA mana_focusing and sorcery improve flaws
- Arlodon: need to improve in spells when casting, lead to enhancing
  check_realm_improve() so it has a multiplier parameter, and teach+study etc
  using it with a high multiplier and casting using it with a low multiplier.
- do_drink(), fixed it so -1 for liquid total (v0) or liquid left (v1) is 
  infinite, not just liquid left.  Long outstanding issue rehighlighted by 
  Skye.
- do_lore() improved formatting of number of weapons a shealth will hold.

16:52 03/11/2005 - Kal
- extended to_affect_string(), so it has an additional parameter 
  "report_unknown_where_value_errors" so reporting of unknown bits is 
  optional.
- fixed do_lore() so it the use of to_affect_string() is outside of a loop
  that ment it was used infrequently... problem reported by Arlodon.
- fixed similar issue in spell_identify()
- do_grab() removed code which made lag only affect unix platforms.

18:05 03/11/2005 - Kal
- added Arlodon's fix for remorters colour turning off.
- applied Trellan's fix to do_buy() limiting purchases to 100 items a time
- applied Spilinek's "next_in_room" fixes to check_assist() and mob_hit().
- applied Aloundo's fix to muting info_broadcast() with Quiet etc

19:03 03/11/2005 - Archiel
- Corrected double declaration of spell_barkskin in magic.h (Spilinek)
- Corrected incorrect comment in bust_a_prompt in comm.cpp (Spilinek)
- Corrected a constructor comment in mud_q.cpp (Spilinek)

22:23 03/11/2005 - Archiel
- Added a comment noting that renamable is an alternate spelling of 
  renameable
- "siiting" to "sitting" in act_info.cpp and hers to her:
  http://forum.dawnoftime.org/viewtopic.php?t=1163
- Removed occurances of "the the" in act_info.cpp (Spilinek)

11:40 04/11/2005 - Kal
- wrote macro IS_ALIVE().
- poison affect in one_hit() checks if the victim is alive before displaying
  poison wearing off to them.
- added a tweak from daos to prevent recalling while affected by cause fear

14:09 05/11/2005 - Kal
- spilt up damage() into 3 functions... 
    damage_calculate_infliction() - calculates the damage
    damage_display_infliction_message() - displays the damage message
    damage_inflict()  - this function handles death thru sub functions
  This approach allows the use of damage with show==false, to actually
  implement the top and bottom of the two functions and put their own custom
  display routine inbetween the application of damage and
- wrote a new damage() - a wrapper for the other three, showing usage
- changed one_hit() so weapon affects now use the individual parts of the 
  split damage functions.

16:41 05/11/2005 - Kal
- applied fix to remove_obj() for removing lodged items submitted by Gwareth
- applied fix to char_to_room() relating to plague submitted by Spilinek

18:43 05/11/2005 - Kal
- added sizeof() displaying code to do_memory().

13:13 06/11/2005 - Kal
- improve output of the vnum command, to show the short name of an area a 
  mob or object belongs to aligned in a column on the far right. 

14:42 06/11/2005 - Kal
- MXP Enabled vnum output.
- added code to record tracks the riding of mounts 
- added code to make it so those being riden now leave tracks of type 
  TRACK_RIDING
- made it so track is easier to use

15:35 06/11/2005 - Kal
- added obj_vnum_outfit_spear to the game settings
- added GIO_INT_WITH_DEFAULT(obj_vnum_outfit_sickle, 418) to game edit
  (so object 418 is reserved as a basic spear)... added this to the dawn.are
- added WEAPON_SPEAR to weapon_table[]
- added fixes to weapontype() and weapon_name() suggested by bbailey on 
  the forums.

16:29 06/11/2005 - Kal
- added Arlodon's fix to create_mobile() where affected_by2 wasn't being
  applied from the template mobile.
- removed duplicate code for removing invis from damage() suggested by 
  Spilinek.

16:42 06/11/2005 - Kal
- changed a number of functions in fight.cpp, magic.cpp, nanny.cpp, trap.cpp
  and update.cpp affect_parentspellfunc_strip() in place of affect_strip() 
  as appropriate.
- added fix from Arlodon to make the fade affect work and use check_fade()

19:48 06/11/2005 - Kal
- removed flawed code to one_hit() relating to backstab and circle... issue
  identified by Arlodon on the dawn forums.
- slightly increased the difficultly of circle in do_circle().
- changed one_hit() to no longer use number_bits()... now uses number_range()

20:07 06/11/2005 - Kal
- converted the use of number_bits() to number_range() through the whole 
  codebase... conversion is to take number_bits(x), and replace with
  number_range(0, (2^x)-1)
- removed the number_bits() function from the game - code should be 
  intuitive and immediately obvious - unlike this function :)
- changed spec_cast_undead() to make it more evenly distribute its casting

20:34 06/11/2005 - Kal
- added src dir to directories required to be created, as code logs are in 
  a subdirectory of this.

21:55 06/11/2005 - Kal
- moved some of the autosave code for hotreboot into reboot_autosave()
- added save_intro_database() into reboot_autosave()... the only time the
  database was being saved was once every 15minutes, and not with any form
  of rebooting/shutting down the mud.

21:08 07/11/2005 - Kal
- Moved bool valid; from char_data and obj_data into entity_data
- moved running_mudprog_for_object out of char_data into entity_data;
- added mud_q.h
- juggled around a lot of the queuing code, entity_data() now has two 
  member functions queue_command() and queue_print() both taking two 
  parameters (int seconds, const char *argument).
- There shouldn't be any need to call this function, than inside the 
  entity_data class.

12:17 08/11/2005 - Archiel
- Forage now shows the character what was foraged. Fixed a possible
  segmentation fault for foraging on a new sector.

12:53 08/11/2005 - Archiel
- Typo in cleric classgroup_table. Thanks to Spilinek.

15:40 08/11/2005 - Archiel
- Forage now correctly scales to be easier for low level players. It was 
  backwards.
- Brew no longer explodes the vials if it succeeds. It looks like a > was 
  switched.
- Foraging for food now yields foods with some nutritive content.

23:17 08/11/2005 - Kal
- added prev pointer to mudqueue_data... going to make it a double linked 
  list

19:13 09/11/2005 - Kal
- fixed a bug with queuing, where events more than 257 seconds in the future
  could be delayed in executing
- updated do_dumpmpqueue() to also calculate the oldest event, instead of
  just starting counting from current_time-1.

18:08 12/11/2005 - Kal
- code now compiles cleanly without MFCODE defined on windows.

18:18 12/11/2005 - Kal
- fixed compiler warning in the mapping code relating to an unused range
  variable in some for loops
- changed resolver_init_unix() execlp() call ends with a type cast 
   ,(char*)NULL); instead of just a ,NULL); as per the man page requirements.
- do_who() fixed a compiler wanting caused by an extra unneeded wch in a 
  for loop.

21:32 28/12/2005 - Kal
- added comment about quota regarding error about diskspace.

21:07 02/01/2006 - Kal
- changed do_aslist(), do_alist, do_vlist() to use a dynamic buffer instead
  of a static MSL*4 buffer.

21:51 22/01/2006 - Kal
- changed release version to #define DAWN_RELEASE_VERSION "1.69s_alpha1"
- implemented code which enables compiling a statically linked release which
  will expire in 60 days... makes use of the DAWN_STATIC_ALPHA_RELEASE and 
  DAWN_STATIC_ALPHA_RELEASE_EXPIRY_DATE defines.

============================================================================
============================================================================
== DAWN 1.69s_alpha1 RELEASED 22Jan06 - not released, will clean up soon
============================================================================
15:41 27/01/2006 - Kal
- " is now shorthand for say instead of whisper.

22:25 03/02/2006 - Kal
- classinfo can now also support displaying by class name

15:55 04/02/2006 - Kal
- removed do_updatemagic()... very old code no longer required.
- optimised on_level_learn()... now doesn't attempt to learn spells you
  already know.
- fixed the code in on_level_learn() for newbies.

18:27 04/02/2006 - Kal
- modified advance_level() to remove all rounding down errors.

21:53 12/02/2006 - Kal
- No longer have to be with a trainer to use "gain list"

23:13 13/02/2006 - Kal
- fixed typo in do_lore() when you don't have enough mana
- added two custom colour codes for says and emotes

22:56 16/02/2006 - Kal
- do_train(), fixed spelling mistake with training intuition with the full 
  word
- mobile_update(), scavenger mobs no longer take bedrolls while people are 
  on them
- do_affects() increased the width of affects list fit in protection 
  lightening.
- added custom colour code equipment list none
- do_equipment(), now uses new colour code if a wear location is empty
- removed full stop after word nothing on equipment list

13:51 25/02/2006 - Kal
- changed read_from_connection() so it always reads from the socket even if
  there is pending input from the player to be processed - basically get
  the data off the network stack sooner.
- changed process_input() and read_from_connection() so they call 
  read_from_buffer[] so connection_data->incomm[] always has something in it
  if there is input from the user - this allows detecting of queued commands

18:25 25/02/2006 - Kal
- added code to prevent the realiasing of the " character

============================================================================
============================================================================
== DAWN 1.69s_beta1 RELEASED 2March06 (about time!!!)
============================================================================

08:46 04/03/2006 - Kal
- fixed a bug where the mud can crash if you start a hotreboot then logout
  during the process and noone else is logged in... why would you want to
  do this other than to prove it crashes is another question ;)

14:43 04/03/2006 - Kal
- cast now suggests standing if required.
 
21:43 08/03/2006 - Kal
- fixed aliasing bug introduced above
- improved robots.txt on the webserver to stop being indexed unnecessarily
- updated PERS() when the looker is NULL to show more detail
- added additional debugging code to do_mppurge().
- updated do_setichour() so it sets to 1 minute behind the hour and no 
  longer directly calls weather_update()

11:18 15/04/2006 - Kal
- implemented compiler error fix to lockers.h for new GCC versions.

============================================================================
============================================================================
== DAWN 1.69s_beta2 RELEASED 17June06
============================================================================

18:04 09/09/2006 - Kal
- fixed bug where language name would disappear for people who first 
  arrived in a room when more than 2 people were talking.

20:29 09/09/2006 - Kal
- fixed a bug in language.cpp, initially found by spilinek.
- added additional code to use malloc instead of new to make above fix 
  complete.

20:32 09/09/2006 - Kal
- added code to save the letgain database after one is cleared or canceled
- increased the time for idling during creation to 7 minutes before being
  disconnected

10:19 10/09/2006 - Kal
- changed the logging of mp, mob and mq to don't log instead of log never.

22:27 29/12/2006 - Kal
- note_format_noteentry_for_char() now takes into consideration colour
  codes while formatting the from column in note lists

23:31 29/12/2006 - Kal
- Bumped version information for 1.69s_beta3

23:47 29/12/2006 - Kal
- renamed classedit_name() to classedit_rename(), added entries into 
  cedit.*, but commented out entry, so there but not enabled by default.

12:40 30/12/2006 - Kal
- set skill now shows the name of the skill that has been set

13:27 30/12/2006 - Kal
- added note to mpedit_show() to comment that "mp call" can be used to 
  cause code to run that isn't directly linked to a mob.

16:00 30/12/2006 - Kal
- added note to forcetick about using setichour to test hourly mudprogs
- do_setichour() tweaked to cause the ic hour change to happen immediately
- do_dumpmpqueue() now displays the time in seconds with different colours
  to help in seeing which ones are going to happen in the same timing

11:47 31/12/2006 - Kal
- cspinfo now shows average percentage of realms etc
- rewrote the core of the mudprog queuing code and execution to make the 
  code a lot easier to read and easier to debug

13:18 31/12/2006 - Kal
- do_trust() is now clearer when setting the trust to 0 on a player

22:02 31/12/2006 - Kal
- Relocated description into entity_data... haven't relocated short_descr
  even though common to both obj and char, because room_index_data may also
  one day become a decendant class of entity_data

12:07 01/01/2007 - Kal
- changed most of all the char_data->println* functions to perform the 
  addition of the \r\n in place, instead of calling print("\r\n"), if in 
  the case of queued printing is being used or vsnprintf()... this is 
  because in the case of queued printing, two events were being queued.
- GIO now uses an initial ".", show_tilde/hide_tilde and fix_string for 
  STR_ARRAY and STR_ARRAYLIST in addition to STR.

16:44 01/01/2007 - Kal
- score now shows a total of the right hand modifiers
- charinfo now shows MXP auto setting of the character
- charinfo now shows what the player has their colour mode set to
- startup option "testboot" causes the mud to remain a foreground process

12:24 02/01/2007 - Kal
- renamed mud_q.* to events.*
- changed naming of classes
- changed events to be queued and executed based on a pulse count instead 
  of seconds - this means the mud has a lot more even execution of events.
- removed some of the unused historical code

12:47 02/01/2007 - Kal
- changed MAX_KEY_HASH from 1024 to 3079, to improve hashing performance
- renamed MPQUEUE_HASH_SIZE to EVENTQUEUE_HASH_SIZE
- Set EVENTQUEUE_HASH_SIZE to 3 (from 257) for testing

13:49 02/01/2007 - Kal
- renamed testyell to testgeneric, since it has a number of generic tests
- changed connections_update() so it doesn't display the message to those
  reading the MOTD or IMOTD

17:47 02/01/2007 - Kal
- within event code, changed next/prev to next_in_queue/prev_in_queue

20:13 02/01/2007 - Kal
- wrote next_for_entity, and prev_for_entity code
- wrote code to list all queued commands for an entity
- extended do_ostat() and do_mstat() to list the queued commands

22:24 02/01/2007 - Kal
- Added tracking of source mudprog number to each queued event

22:42 02/01/2007 - Kal
- Changed do_mpdequeall() and all entity event purging code to use the 
  next_for_entity linked list, instead of searching the entire hash
  table of queued events.

23:10 02/01/2007 - Kal
- added safety code to free_char() and free_object() to dequeue any queued
  events which haven't been caught else where.

23:34 02/01/2007 - Kal
- coded extensions into char_from_room() and char_to_room() to track if the
  previous room was OOC or IC... when moving between the types of rooms
  queued events are suspended/unsuspended.  As part of this introduced
  enum PREVIOUS_ROOM_TYPE in chardata.h

12:36 03/01/2007 - Kal
- renamed do_dumpmpqueue to do_dumpeventqueue
- log_string_core() no longer reports an error if log_string() it told to
  write an empty string.

13:09 03/01/2007 - Kal
- wrote moving_from_ic_to_ooc() and moving_from_ooc_or_load_to_ic() code 
  for characters and objects... it works recursively so when a player moves
  to ooc, all of the objects they carry, and their pet has its events
  suspended, moving out of ooc does the opposite.  This code really 
  confirms that making obj_data and char_data a decendant of entity_data 
  was the right approach!
- event_data::when, is now pulse orienated... no longer converted to 
  seconds when dequeued.
- Confirmed queued events on mobs, pets and objects suspend when moved to
  ooc.

14:47 03/01/2007 - Kal
- added code to warn admin during login if either NPC Corpse or PC Corpse 
  object template are missing.
- added code to warn admin during login if the objectprog mobile template 
  is missing.

23:45 03/01/2007 - Kal
- Changed "received a karn" message to use printing delays
- Fixed the spelling of "dont" for "don't" where actual text that a player
  sees, or a comment.  Haven't changed dont in places like dont_wander etc.

===== PACKAGED AND RELEASED AS Dawn1.69s.beta3

16:21 06/01/2007 - Kal
- added a virtual destructor to entity_data in order to adhere to the c++ 
  specs, and also address a compiler warning with the latest GCC versions.

19:23 06/01/2007 - Kal
- Renamed EVENTQUEUE_DEBUG_ENABLED to EVENTQUEUE_TRACE_ENABLED
- Increased EVENTQUEUE_HASH_SIZE to 769 (from the testing value of 3)
- Added to the entity_data class member functions save_events() and 
  load_events()
- Wrote event_data::save_events_for_entity_chain()
- Added an event_flags[] table for saving/loading event flags
- Added an event_types[] table for saving/loading event types
- Renamed ET_ECHOAT to ET_ECHOTO
- eventtype_to_text() now uses flag_string() and the event_types[] table

20:21 06/01/2007 - Kal
- wrote loading of events for characters

20:25 06/01/2007 - Kal
- made pets and objects load and save events

21:21 06/01/2007 - Kal
- added a "group" field to event_type... This is to allow the events system
  to support grouping of events.  If you don't specify a group when queuing
  a command, it defaults to group EVENTGROUP_DEFAULT (1).  
  With grouped events, it will be possible to dequeue all events
  relating to a set of mudprogs without dequeing the others.  Also, an 
  ifcheck will be implemented so you can test to see if a mob/object has 
  any events queued belonging to be a particular group.
- Extended do_mpqueue to allow the optional specifying of the group at the
  time of queuing... the syntax is:
  "mud queue [g#,]<seconds> command"  Where # is the group number... e.g.
  "mqg5,2 smile" will queue an event that smiles in 2 seconds in group 5.
- Mudprogs can queue events with a group value of 1 through 31999, 
  system/hardcoded events can use EVENTGROUP_SYSTEM (32000) and higher.	
- Delayed prints by the code are in group EVENTGROUP_SYSTEM_PRINT (32001).
- Changed do_mpqueue so you can now queue events to occur in up to 25 days

18:38 07/01/2007 - Kal
- extended event purge system to support purging individual groups and
  all mudprog queued events with EVENTGROUP_PURGE_ALL (0), and every
  queued event except that which is executing using 
  EVENTGROUP_PURGE_EVERY_EVENT_INCLUDING_SYSTEM_EVENTS(-1)
- extended do_mpdequeueall to support an optional parameter of 0 thru 31999
- enhanced all debug and logging functions to show event group value
- PERS() now shows a Q before a mob/obj vnum in holyvnum with queued events

21:54 07 January 2007  - Kal
- added mudhelp as an invisible alias for mphelp
- extended the mphelp on queue to discuss queue groupings.
- wrote has_eventgroupqueued() and ifcheck haseventgroupqueued
- wrote ifhelp entry haseventgroupqueued with example
- extended the mphelp on dequeueall to document the extended functionality
- confirmed that queued events on corpses and the objects they contain can
  save across reboots.

22:05 07/01/2007 - Kal
- begin_remort() now copies the class and race from the old class to the 
  new, this is overwritten when they player goes through creation, but it 
  allows previous class/races selections to effect available remort choices
- added remort_to_classes to class_type

22:46 07/01/2007 - Kal
- wrote classedit_setremortclasses() and classedit_addremortclass()
- added code to save remort_to_classes and initialise it correctly on load
- implemented enforcement of remort_to_classes into nanny_get_new_class()
  and other creation code.

21:23 07/07/2007 - Kal
- event_data::event_data() constructor calls smash_tilde() over text input.
- renamed do_dump() to do_dumpstats()... moved it below do_dumpeventqueue
  in the interp table.  do_dumpstats() is pretty pointless, tweaked it
  so it gives some screen output about what it is doing.

22:11 07/07/2007 - Kal
- Started converting mydrian fields only code into code for the dawn release
- converted the mf_experimental creation system
- made visible the mf gamesetting flags

22:32 07/07/2007 - Kal
- Increased size of EVENTQUEUE_HASH_SIZE from 769 to 6151, results in an
  extra 25KB to 50KB of memory footprint, but will provide better 
  performance on muds that use queuing heavily.
- Fixed a crash bug, where non queued events were attempting to dequeue
  themselves on player quit, if the player was in ooc.
- Moved events statistics counters into event_data() contructors and 
  destructor
- added code to log enqueuing as well as dequeuing

22:50 07/07/2007 - Kal
- MF CODE Enablements:
-  added GAMESETMF1_PENDANTS_ENABLED
-  enabled 16 additional MXP/HTML colours previously in MF only code
-  prac is now split into two sections, stuff you can and can't prac.
-  enabled hint giving directions to where you can prac and train if defined
-  enabled mf gsn_*_mastery where * = blade, dagger & arms (tristan)
-  restoring a player, removes their lag - useful when teaching spells as 
   an imm to a player.
- classedit gets the following additions:
	Newbie_prac_location_hint: none
	Newbie_train_location_hint: none
	Pendant Object Vnum: 25103 (an emerald pendant)
	---------Recalls to: Eldorynth Town Hall (room 24500) [Eldorynth]
	NewbieMap Object Vnum: 24577 (a map of eldorynth)
- classedit gets the following functions
	DECLARE_OLC_FUN( classedit_newbie_prac_location_hint );
	DECLARE_OLC_FUN( classedit_newbie_train_location_hint);
	DECLARE_OLC_FUN( classedit_pendant_vnum);
	DECLARE_OLC_FUN( classedit_newbiemap);
- introduction of a new imp function - replaychar()
- colour system gets some functions to generate html tables
  colour_generate_html_table() etc
- MF battlelag prompt - shows the number of queued commands
- enabled GAMESETMF1_SPELL_ONLEVEL_LEARN_EASIER_IF_ABOVE_SPELL_LEVEL
- spell list has a new category - "Use On Self Only Spells"
- enabled blessed_grounds and mana regen (tristan)
- enabled advanced_dodge (tristan)
- enabled common language
- enabled /me for emote (for irc users)
- do_language() lists the languages you can speak
- enabled do_mpsetclass (tristan)
- new players get a map specific to their class on create if one is set
- enabled GAMESETMF1_ENSURE_HIGH_STRENGTH_ROLLS
- do_gain() shows useful extra info

20:54 31/07/2007 - Kal
- Configure system updated to support IPv6 :)

22:21 31/07/2007 - Kal
- Surrounded visual studio specific #pragmas with #ifdef _MSC_VER instead of
  #ifdef WIN32... since they relate to the specific compiler.
- resolver_poll_and_process_WIN32(), cleaned up use of PeekNamedPipe to get
  around compiler errors with MinGW

23:42 02/08/2007 - Kal
- removed the manual defining of rename() in db.cpp and save.cpp... this 
  should be defined in stdio.h.
- various cleanups to make the code compile cleanly in Visual C++ 2005:
- changed order of include files, so wincfg.h is one of the first includes
- wincfg.h defines _CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE, _CRT_NONSTDC_NO_DEPRECATE and
  #ifndef _USE_32BIT_TIME_T if the compiler is visual c++.
- resolve.cpp - now specifies ASCII version of CreateProcessA etc even if 
  UNICODE is defined
- fixed up some of the cpp files, so either network.h or include.h is always 
  the first file included.

00:03 03/08/2007 - Kal
- Updated configure.in and makefile.in to work with MinGW and autodetect the
  need for ws2_32 lib... also moved $(LIBS) to the end of the linking line
  to work around a stupid bug in MinGW
- Added $(LIBS) to resolver linking line so MinGW can link it

21:54 03/08/2007 - Kal
- Immget now directly just takes sheathed items, instead of unequiping them,
  since they aren't actually equiped.
- changed number_lines() so it takes a 3rd parameter - use_mxp... when true
  it functions as it has, when false it doesn't show the mxp links on the 
  line numbering.
- changed the .b raw string formatting to not include the mxp formatting.
- fixed a handful of typos in the "warm and fuzzy inside ..." messages
  when saving languages, clans etc.
- pendants now show as <worn as a pendant> instead of <worn around the neck>
  in the equipment list
- removed OLCAREA_LOADING flag, it didn't do anything.
- added upper bounds on length of note subjects and text to note copy and
  note forward.
- fixed a crash bug in set_fighting() around setting OLCAREA_CHANGED

14:11 04/08/2007 - Kal
- build system enhancements to make releasing easier

============================================================================
============================================================================
== DAWN 1.69s.beta4 RELEASED 4August07
============================================================================

============================================================================