1 Changes to Empire 4.2.14 - Mon Mar 22 09:04:12 UTC 2004
2 * Options NEWPOWER, NEW_STARVE and NEW_WORK are no longer optional.
3 * Gripe about unknown options in econfig.
4 * Remove option GRAB_THINGS.
5 * Utility program files takes new option -f.
6 * Remove utility programs land, ore and perfect, which don't compile
8 * fairland no longer warns when it added resources, but when it
10 * Fallout code could claim destruction of more items than actually
12 * Fix recursive resupply (resupply from supply land unit triggering a
13 resupply of the land unit) when just testing for how much can be
14 resupplied. The bug could have led to insufficient resupply.
15 * Fix recursive resupply not to consume all fuel in supply units. No
16 supply units consuming fuel exist in the stock game.
17 * Limit delivery and distribution thresholds to ITEM_MAX (9999).
18 Distribution threshold were previously limited to 10000, and
19 delivery thresholds to 65528.
20 * Limit items in sectors to ITEM_MAX (9999). Commands give and buy
21 used to limit to 9990. Market transactions and commands explore,
22 move, drop and fly to 32767. Limiting in autonav code (order
23 command) didn't work. Item delivery used to stop at 9990,
24 distribution at 9999. Food growing and sector production used to
25 stop at 9999. Grind, assault lunchboxes, demobilization, mine
26 sweeping and che liberating uw could theoretically attempt to
27 increase items beyond 65535, which would have been ignored
28 (destroying the increase).
29 * Properly saturate fallout at FALLOUT_MAX (9999). Previously,
30 fallout increases behaved inconsistently. Increases beyond 65535
31 could get ignored, or fallout could saturate at 9999, or it could
32 overflow at 65536 (that would take quite some nuking, though).
33 * Properly saturate mines at MINES_MAX (65535). Previously, a mining
34 operation that would have gone beyond 65535 was ignored.
35 * Fix `are we loading or unloading' tests for load, unload, lload and
37 * Fix editing of land unit attack and defense values. Implement
38 editing of ship defense values. Contributed by Ron Koenderink.
39 * edit now edits che number and target separately.
40 * Fix edit to properly extend unit files. Contributed by Ron
42 * Major internal reorganisation: Sectors need space for items,
43 deliveries and distribution thresholds. To save space, the
44 ancients invented `variables': a collection of key-value pairs,
45 missing means zero value, space for `enough' keys. This
46 complicates the code, as assigning to a `variable' can fail for
47 lack of space. Over time, `enough' increased, and for quite some
48 time now `variables' have been *wasting* space. Replace them,
49 except in unit characteristics, where they are read-only, and will
50 be replaced later. This also removes misfeatures like plague
51 outbreaks silently deleting deliveries.
52 * Remove disabled commands dissolve and mult. Remove configuration
53 parameters minmult and maxmult.
54 * trade command indexed an array out of bounds when attempting to
55 display the plague as commodity. Fix.
56 * New make goal interix. Contributed by Ron Koenderink.
57 * The type selector now prefers an exact match to a partial match.
58 ?type=sb now selects sb, not sbc, even when sbc happens to be found
60 * Value of selector sell was always zero, remove it.
61 * Clean up selector code.
62 * satellite now displays all sectors owned by other players, and none
63 else. It used to display all but sea, mountains, sanctuaries,
64 wasteland and wilderness.
65 * map commands now display wilderness and plains owned by other
66 players as '?'. Radar commands now display all wilderness and
68 * Fix power timestamp for Windows. Contributed by Ron Koenderink.
69 * Make client abort the current command on ^C under Windows, as
70 everywhere else. Contributed by Ron Koenderink.
71 * Command line parser interpreted trailing whitespace as an another
72 (empty) argument. Ignore it instead.
73 * Properly declare stuff in headers, include proper system headers.
74 Remove all nested external declarations. Source code is now fully
75 prototyped. Enable appropriate gcc warnings.
76 * Fix several type errors. Some may have been show-stoppers on big
77 endian machines where sizeof(long) != sizeof(int).
78 * Remove pre-ISO C compatibility cruft (hey, it's been only fifteen
80 * Various portability fixes. Some bugs may have been show-stoppers
81 when sizeof(long) != sizeof(int). With help from Marc Olzheim and
83 * Move some code to more logical places. Remove some unused code,
84 some of which was hard to port.
85 * The files program could print error messages to a log file in some
86 circumstances. Make it print to stderr.
87 * deliver can now change direction without changing the threshold.
88 * deliver now provides appropriate context when prompting for
90 * Login command play no longer ignores up to two arguments if there
92 * Fix payoff (was broken in 4.2.13).
93 * Capability fish didn't work together with capability oil.
94 * Fix and clarify plague outbreak chance in info Plague.
95 * Fix RES_POP maximum population in info Research.
96 * Fix info telegram and info announce on ~ escapes.
97 * Update info Selector to match code.
98 * Document all undocumented unit capabilities and stats.
99 * Document submarines' ability to carry landspies.
100 * Fix info shoot on security units.
101 * Various small info file fixes.
102 * Many fixes in the troff macro package for info files.
103 * Many fixes for translating info files to HTML.
104 * Many info file markup fixes.
106 Changes to Empire 4.2.13 - Fri Feb 13 22:12:36 UTC 2004
107 * Source code reindented and cleaned up somewhat.
108 * Various small info file fixes.
109 * Fixed change requiring 254 BTUs even when not charging any
111 * Fixed tactical non-marine missile crash.
112 * Fixed spy unit detection chance for eff<100.
113 * Fixed output of sorder.
114 * `edit' can now work non-interactively. Contributed by Ron
116 * Fixed and extended edit for sectors.
117 * Fixed use of errno.
118 * Minor security fix: doconfig now writes example auth entry as
120 * Fixed reading of country name and password in client for Windows.
121 * Replace use of some obsolete non-portable library functions by
122 portable equivalents.
123 * designate now warns about redesignated capital only when it
124 succeeds in redesignating the capital.
125 * attack could be off by one when reporting required unit mobility.
126 * Fixed command matching. Unique prefixes were not always
127 recognized, and junk suffixes were ignored.
128 * Removed bestdistpath. bestpath yields the same results.
129 * Renamed lstats to lstat for consistency and to match info page.
130 * Fixed non-portable fd_set * arguments of select().
131 * New `map' flag `h' to highlight own sectors. Contributed by Marc
133 * Fixed `sabo' reporting damage to player in deity coordinates.
134 * New option ROLLOVER_AVAIL. Contributed by Drake Diedrich.
135 * Fix Windows server shutdown on reading "quit" from stdin.
136 * Land units now fortify automatically at the update using excess
137 mobility. With code from Marc Olzheim.
138 * Wandering che are less predictable.
139 * Land units no longer regenerate mobility faster while it is
141 * Fixed emp_client -k.
142 * No longer allow pirates to ferret out where a ship was built.
143 * Fixed map commands to reject bmap flags `t' and `r' instead of
145 * Fixed lmine shell resupply.
146 * News no longer call all sub-launched missiles nuclear.
147 * Incoming missiles are now reported with coordinates.
148 * Removed some code that served no purpose except crashing on
150 * Fixed Mac OSX and AIX build problems.
151 * Don't resolve player IP addresses for now, because it can crash
152 with certain versions of GNU libc.
153 * Fixed recording of lost nukes.
155 Changes to Empire 4.2.12 - Mon Aug 18 16:54:21 MDT 2003
156 * Corrected contact information for Wolfpack.
157 * Sector isn't abandoned until move or explore is complete.
158 * Fixed multiple cases where return value of getstarg() was
159 used without being checked which crashed the server.
160 * Used stdarg.h instead of varargs.h.
161 * Call only_subs and save result before mission frees attacker
162 list. Call with free list could cause server crash.
163 * Fixed spy sat map for units on opposite side of world wrap.
164 * Don't sleep in main thread when called from signal handler.
165 * Fixed error checking in pthreads.
166 * Properly detach pthreads.
167 * Pass unlocked mutex to pthread_mutex_unlock.
168 * Cope with interrupted sleep in pthread empth_sleep to prevent
170 * Added server configurable update window.
171 * Initialized variables passed to setsockopt in accept.c.
172 * Fixed bug where sharing bmap with uncontacted country crashes
175 Changes to Empire 4.2.11 - Sun Sep 1 09:54:59 MDT 2002
176 * Added compile option for the Mac OSX architecture.
177 * Fixed bug in cargo where unit array was indexed by shp_maxno
178 instead of lnd_maxno.
179 * Fixed bug in reject where aborting the command crashes the
181 * Can't buy land units into enemy headquarters.
182 * Added sabotage command and commando unit.
183 * Spies moving by themselves will not trigger interdiction.
184 * Fixed error in map distance calculation that caused errant
186 * Ships going under -127 mobility will be set to -127 mob and
187 not roll over to positive mobility.
188 * Corrected plane cost in info Maintenance.
189 * Changed error message for loans rejected for being too big.
190 * Land units will take casualty damage proportional to their
191 ability to carry mil.
192 * Fixed bug where "route i *" crashes server.
193 * Cannot upgrade planes in orbit.
194 * Fixed bug in declare with deity aborting command at last
195 prompt crashes the server.
196 * Coastwatch notify works with NO_FORT_FIRE option.
197 * Thread that kills idle connection will charge player for
198 minutes the player was logged on.
199 * Removed separate sendeof at end of execute from emp_client
200 that logged players off on certain platforms.
201 * Updated player idle counter during read prompt so players
202 wouldn't be kicked off during long flashes or writing telegrams.
203 * LOSE_CONTACT will work as advertised.
204 * Allied units marching through 0 mobility conquered sectors
205 are charged at least LND_MINMOBCOST.
207 Changes to Empire 4.2.10 - Mon Aug 13 14:34:39 MDT 2001
208 * Assault can reinforce own sector when SLOW_WAR is enabled.
209 * emp_client no longer converts lines into tags but still verifies executes,
210 pipes, and file redirect match players input.
211 * Added pboard command to capture enemy planes in your territory.
212 * Declaring war when at Sitzkrieg won't return relations to Mobilizing.
213 * Declaring war won't charge money if you're already Mobilizing.
214 * Added multiple territory fields.
215 * "show nuke build" displays the proper avail.
216 * retreating land units will only retreat to sectors owned by the player
218 * added hard cap of "250 + easy" to limit_level.
219 * education p.e. calculation divides edu constant by etu per update.
220 * Added patch for Linux for the PowerPC.
222 Changes to Empire 4.2.9 - Sun Jan 7 15:49:13 PST 2001
223 * Fixed data corruption when bogus target gets fired upon.
224 * Increased size of ancillary stacks to prevent stack overflow.
225 * Changed all references to empire.cx.
226 * Ships, planes, and land units lost to lack of maintenance will now be
228 * No longer allowed to sack deity's capital.
229 * Accuracy calculation in land unit support was backwards.
230 * Corrected formula for likelihood of plague in info Plague.
231 * Fixed files to correctly size map and bmap files from econfig file.
232 * No longer allowed to add country 0. It corrupts deity country.
234 Changes to Empire 4.2.8 - Mon Oct 9 17:35:35 MDT 2000
235 * Fixed range in radar.t and Sector-types.t. Maximum range at infinite
237 * Changed so that player can't drop civilians into occupied sectors.
238 * Fixed bug that crashes update if etus/update is less than 8.
239 * Fixed sometimes not reporting overflights
240 * Fixing flak for units/ships to be in all sectors as they should be
241 * Updated order of firing flak in Flak.t.
242 * Fixed 80% efficient planes on ships must be maintained.
243 * Fixed initial MOB_ACCESS check thread sleep time was set by an uninitialized
245 * Removed "TEMPORARILY DISABLED" message from mission command for escort
246 missions. Escort missions have been re-enabled since 4.0.15.
247 * Using sonar from the navigate command will print the sonar map.
248 * Eliminated annoying error messages when using navigate with conditionals.
249 * Fixed Technology.t to correctly add 1 before taking the logarithm.
250 * Fixed bug that allowed players to steal opponents maps.
251 * Put time limit for bidding on market and trade in econfig file.
252 * Moved hours file information into econfig file.
253 * Added comments on setting update policy in econfig file.
254 * Added logging of cases where write extends data file by more than one id.
255 * Option MARKET is turned off by default.
257 Changes to Empire 4.2.7 - Fri Mar 10 18:41:04 PST 2000
258 * Added new NF_SACKED flag to indicate when a country has had it's
259 capital sacked. This flag is only cleared when the country actively
260 redesignates it's capital using the "capital" command, and changed
261 capital.t to reflect this (no more re-sacking after an update if the
262 country doesn't reset and repeating until they are out of cash.)
263 * Added land unit to edit command for planes.
264 * Added nuketype to edit command for planes.
265 * Changed so that if the leader of a group of units is a train, the
266 railways are used for bestpath instead of roadways.
267 * Changed mission command to also print reaction radius of reserve
268 missions when set for land units.
269 * Changed Flak.t to reflect guns having to be loaded onto a land unit
271 * Changed so that visitor countries cannot change their name or password.
272 * Changed so that you cannot upgrade deity planes, ships or units.
273 * Changed so that you know where missions are flown from.
274 * Changed so that the airport owner you fly a mission from is informed.
275 * Changed so that preperations for takeoff are reported to the owner of
276 the sector, ship or unit a plane is taking off from if it is not owned
277 by the owner of the plane.
278 * Changed so that when a sector reverts during a guerrilla revolt, the
279 mobility is not reset. When MOB_ACCESS is not enabled, this used to mean
280 you would always get at least an updates worth of mobility. With
281 MOB_ACCESS, sectors that reverted during the update were useless, since you
282 got no mobility for a long time. This fixes that problem, and makes che
284 * Changed so that air defense missions don't always send up every plane in the
285 area, but instead always send up at most two times the number of incoming
286 planes (for each interdicting country.) This helps to stop 1 plane from
287 stripping the mobility from 25 air defense planes all at once, but doesn't
288 limit it to n+1 as there is for regular interception.
289 * Clarified deity reversion of sectors in Sector-ownership.t
290 * Clarified production efficiency and added pointer to "show sector cap"
292 * Clarified nuketype selector for planes in Selector.t
293 * Clarified that fortifying units does not affect mission status in info
294 pages for mission and fortify.
295 * Clarified fuel syntax upon error in fuel command in empmod.c.
296 * Cleaned up comments causing minor complaints in some builds.
297 * Fixed bug in loans where you could collect on proposed loans.
298 * Fixed production command to be more accurate (though it *still* has some
299 rounding errors, it's better.)
300 * Fixed potential memory leak in air defense missions.
301 * Fixed bug where you couldn't pinbomb some commodities if other commodities
302 didn't already exist in the sector.
303 * Fixed bug where you couldn't build 0 crew planes without military in the
304 sector. (This is different from needing at least 1 military to build all
305 planes that need a crew which introduced another related bug earlier.)
306 * Fixed bug where scrapping land unit 0 could cause erroneous transfer
307 messages to be displayed for deity owned planes.
308 * Fixed bug where land units on ships in a sector taken over were blown
310 * Fixed bug where planes on ships in a sector taken over were blown up
312 * Fixed bug in sdump printing origx and origy in deity coordinates.
313 * Fixed bug in satellites showing wrong sectors (sometimes) when using the
315 * Fixed bug in launch showing wrong satellite target (showed asat instead
316 of the target satellite.)
317 * Fixed bug where you could gain information not normally available using
318 the "fire" command to determine sector type information.
319 * Fixed bug in market/trade creating extra money when loans are taken out.
320 * Fixed problem with land units not being reported sunk after being sunk
321 on a ship that was nuked or wastelanded in a sector.
322 * Fixed problem with Spies.t using "llook" instead of "llookout".
323 * Fixed problem in lwp/arch.c including jmp_buf.h instead of setjmp.h
325 * Fixed problem with plague infection being way too high in cities when
326 the BIG_CITY option is enabled.
327 * Fixed bug in edit command getting confused with arguments.
328 * Fixed bug in ask_move_in_off asking you to move in a negative number of
329 troops (hey, it could happen. :) )
330 * Fixed bug in add command not keeping flags or relations initially correct.
331 * Fixed bug in torpedo command sometimes telling victim about torpedo
332 sightings even when way out of range.
333 * Fixed bug in spy command not reporting planes in adjacent sectors, as well
334 as not formatting them properly when reporting them.
335 * Fixed bug in satellite with noisy transmission causing a potential
336 crash of the server with non-100% efficient satellites.
337 * Fixed potential crashing of the server during satellite display when not
338 calculating distances to ships and units correctly.
339 * Fixed bug where planes in non-allied sectors, ships and units could be
341 * Fixed bug where planes on the trading block could be used on missions.
342 * Fixed bug where planes and units that get traded don't have mobility set
343 correctly when using MOB_ACCESS option.
344 * Fixed bug which made security units virtually useless.
345 * Fixed access times and mobility not being set right when building planes,
346 ships, units, bridges and bridge towers when MOB_ACCESS is enabled.
347 * Fixed minor formatting problem with launch of satellites.
348 * Fixed minor formatting problem with planes with greater than 999 tech.
349 * Fixed minor formatting problem with ships with greater than 999 tech.
350 * Fixed problem with "llook" showing up in TOP info file.
351 * Fixed problem with lwp Makefile choking on NT builds with clean target.
352 * General cleanup of potentially ambiguous statements.
354 Changes to Empire 4.2.6 - Fri Jun 4 05:55:20 PDT 1999
355 * Added "TECH_POP" as an option where technology costs more to make
356 as your population grows past 50K civilians. It is disabled by
358 * Changed "produce" command to accurately print what the true p.e. is.
359 * Changed "update" command to display if mobility updating is enabled for
361 * Fixed bug where toggling off the coastwatch flag also turned off
362 forts firing on hostile ships coming into range.
363 * Fixed bug where assaulting your own land would violate any treaties
364 you have where assaults are a violation.
365 * Fixed bug where all planes (even those without need for a crew, such
366 as missiles) needed at least 1 military to build.
367 * Fixed bug where when a ship sinks during the update due to lack of maint,
368 land units and planes on it were left stranded.
369 * Fixed bug where when a land unit dies during the update due to lack of
370 maint, land units and planes on it were left stranded on it.
371 * Fixed bug where nukes could be lost due to MOB_ACCESS updating mobility
373 * Fixed bug in "show sector capabilities" not showing products correctly.
374 * Fixed bug in "show tower build" printing "bridges" instead of "bridge
376 * Fixed bug in sectors that don't revolt not showing up as lost items.
377 * Fixed bug where maps with an X of exactly 200 is not drawing third line.
378 * Fixed bug where MOB_ACCESS was not updating the mobility just before
380 * Fixed bug in the way treaties are examined and sometimes produce
382 * Fixed edit to allow creating negative mobility for sectors.
383 * Fixed setsector to allow creating negative mobility for sectors.
384 * Fixed bug where when writing out the value of a sector that had
385 negative mobility and was damaged in combat, mobility was being
387 * Fixed Taxes.t info page to reflect that captured civvies only pay
389 * Fixed Technology.t info page to reflect TECH_POP option.
390 * Fixed navigate.t info page to reflect that only ships in the fleet
391 in the same sector that are fired upon have damage divided up.
392 * Made techlists toggle on by default (so things are shown in order of
393 technological advances.)
395 Changes to Empire 4.2.5 - Mon Mar 1 06:42:24 PST 1999
396 * Added optimization to increasing mobility to check if an object is
397 already at max mob, just return since it can't be increased.
398 * Added "-ltermcap" for client libs for hp build (it was already in
400 * Added clearing of telegram flags after the update so that the next
401 telegram is flagged as new and not part of the update.
402 * Fixed Update-sequence.t to reflect MOB_ACCESS.
403 * Fixed bug where fortification amount was not being limited to
404 maximum mobility for land units (land_mob_max).
405 * Fixed bug where land unit fortification strength was being calculated
406 by using 127 instead of land_mob_max.
407 * Fixed bug where scrapping land units was creating military.
408 * Fixed description of sect_mob_neg_factor in econfig file.
409 * Increased speed of PT boats.
411 Changes to Empire 4.2.4 - Tue Feb 2 05:47:44 PST 1999
412 * Added check to make military values match up correctly for land
414 * Fixed bug in doconfig not putting ipglob.c in the right place.
415 * Fixed bug where attacking deity sectors will violate a treaty.
416 * Fixed newspaper.t information file.
417 * Fixed potential bug in fixing up timestamp information when restarting a
418 game with MOB_ACCESS turned on.
419 * Fixed bug in explore command not setting mobility to correct
420 value when MOB_ACCESS was enabled.
421 * Fixed bug in enlist setting mobility incorrectly sometimes.
422 * Added doc/backup file for deities which recommends how backups and
423 restores of the data directory should be done.
425 Changes to Empire 4.2.3 - Wed Jan 13 06:02:35 PST 1999
426 * Added linux-pthreads target and build for using pthreads under Linux.
427 * Added NO_FORT_FIRE option which disables the ability of forts to
429 * Added more error checking and recovery for corrupt data files.
430 * Changed alphapos target to alpha-pthreads for better clarity.
431 * Changed fairland to allow 0 sector distance to other islands and
432 continents (James Risner)
433 * Changed "frg" and "dam" land unit stats to "rng" and "fir" so they
434 match the way ships are described (since this is how they really work.)
435 * Changed Unit-types.t to now describe "rng" as firing range of a unit,
436 and "fir" as the number of guns that a land unit fires.
437 * Cleaned up misc. build warnings.
438 * Changed artillery damage to be 5 + d6 per gun firing from just d6
439 per gun firing and updated Damage.t to reflect this change.
440 * Changed artillery firing ranges to be like ships ranges - divided
441 by two, and modified them to make more sense.
442 * Changed artillery units to be "slightly" :) more powerful.
443 * Changed "cavalry" unit to tech 30 and lowered mil content to 20.
444 * Changed "artillery" unit to tech 35.
445 * Changed so that guns are no longer required to build units, and
446 that guns must be loaded onto artillery units for them to fire.
447 Client developers note: the show command has not changed yet to
448 remove the 'guns' column (since guns are no longer required) but
449 will in a future revision (possibly 4.2.4) so "be prepared" for
450 "show land build" to change. :)
451 * Fixed landunitgun to handle all the damage calculations like it should.
452 * Fixed bug sinking planes when the ship they are on sinks.
453 * Fixed bug destroying planes when the land unit they are on is destroyed.
454 * Fixed bug where land units could fire support without enough military.
455 * Fixed bug in abandoning sectors by marching out a land unit where it
456 would not let you sometimes (uninitialized variable problem.)
457 * Fixed gets problem in files.c (James Risner)
458 * Fixed bug in determinig operations range of a ship.
459 * Fixed bug in building planes where you could manufacture military.
460 * Fixed warnings in threading package(s).
461 * Fixed fire.t to reflect new firing changes.
462 * Fixed lstat.t to reflect new firing changes.
463 * Fixed sstat.t to reflect the way things really work.
464 * Fixed Ship-types.t to reflect the way things really work.
465 * Fixed the way shutdowns work to hopefully better protect data files.
466 * Fixed bug in attacking when sector mobility is less than 0 and it would
467 prompt for attacking with a negative amount of military.
468 * Fixed typo in fire.t stating wrong parameters for firing from a sector.
469 * Fixed bug in client when it prompts for country name it was putting
470 an extraneous end of line on the end that needed to be stripped off.
471 * Fixed problems running on Linux running on an Alpha machine. Thanks
472 to Rocky Mountain Internet and Jeremy A. Cunningham for giving us time
473 on a machine to work out the bugs. (Note that the only build that
474 works on Linux/Alpha is the linux-pthreads)
476 Changes to Empire 4.2.2 - Sun Dec 27 12:46:34 PST 1998
477 * Added some code optimizations into the update code when building paths.
478 * Added some new cacheing for building paths to help speed up updates.
479 * Added so that you can use "name" and "password" with the change command
480 as well as "country" and "representative".
481 * Added flag to power command so that if you are a deity and enter
482 a negative number of countries you want to see, you see the power chart
483 for that many countries without power numbers on the next line. Only
484 useful for deities that want to see the chart un-broken up by that line.
485 * Added new functionality to fortify command. You can now use a negative
486 fortification value to cause the unit to be fortified and leave at
487 least that much mobility on the unit. I.E. "fort * -67" will fortify
488 all units and make sure the mobility of each unit doesn't go below
489 67. If the mobility is already below that level (or equal) the unit
491 * Added that the realm command prints "Realm #n is x:x,y:y" after
493 * Added TREATIES option and enabled it by default.
494 * Added "no depth-charging subs" and "no new land units" treaty
496 * Added Trannie Carter's basic client fix to use fgets instead of gets.
497 * Changed market and command to only print the lowest priced lot of
498 each given commodity by default. If you specify "all" it shows
499 all lots on the market, and if you specify a specific item, it shows
500 all lots of that item type.
501 * Changed start command to only write out sector if it changed.
502 * Changed stop command to only write out sector if it changed.
503 * Changed how plane names were changed on server startup if the
504 PLANENAMES option was enabled.
505 * Changed move command to use standard askyn function for abandoning
507 * Changed plane overlight sightings to take stealth into account,
508 and if the planes managed to evade all flak and interceptors, they
509 are not marked as "spotted" over enemy sectors.
510 * Changed all units with the supply flag to have their marching speeds
511 based on efficiency since that is their purpose. What this means is
512 that supply units and trains are more effective at 100% than at 10%
513 (just as fighting units are more effective at 100% than at 10%, but
514 their effectiveness is determined by how well they fight, not how well
515 they "run away, run away!" :) )
516 * Changed so that flash toggle is on by default for POGO at setup
518 * Changed so that when a sector is taken, all land units owned by the
519 current owner are treated as planes are during takeovers (i.e. there
520 is a pretty good chance they are blown up, and if not, they change owner
521 to the attacker and are beat up pretty good.)
522 * Fixed treaties to work again.
523 * Fixed bug in taking over land units not using correct pointer (can
524 cause a crash or data corruption.)
525 * Fixed collect command to wipe deliver and distribution information
527 * Fixed potential bug in bmap not working when destination bmap has
529 * Fixed bug in shark command not getting right nation structure.
530 * Fixed bug in server where empty commands (for example, all spaces
531 or tabs) were being reported as bogus commands. They are now just
533 * Fixed bug in scrap not dropping land units off of scrapped units carrying
535 * Fixed bug in news where boarding of land units was reported backwards.
536 * Fixed bug in calculating new people when growing them during an update.
537 * Fixed missing -ltermcap in HP/UX build.
538 * Fixed setsector to limit mobility to 127 not 255 (255 was being caught
539 later and being reset to 0 anyway)
540 * Fixed Sector-types.t to show a '\' instead of a '/' for wasteland,
541 since that is what it really is.
542 * Fixed retreat.t documentation to reflect the "retreat upon failed
544 * Fixed bug where satellites were not orbiting the world during the
546 * Fixed bug in torpedos being too smart. They knew how to jump over
547 land! :) Now the "line_of_sight" routine is used to determine if a
548 torpedo has a straight path to the destination. If it doesn't, the
549 torpedo no longer jumps over land, but instead slams into it. This was
550 an interesting bug because you could torp ships on the other side of
551 a very skinny island as long as they were in range, even if there was
552 no sea route possible.
553 * Fixed bug when pinbombing and you run out of an object to pinbomb (land
554 units for example) but you still have to pick something to bomb. For
555 ships it worked ok (just aborted that it couldn't find any more ships)
556 and this was fixed for land units and planes.
557 * Fixed server crashing bug when flying a plane and not carrying
559 * Fixed bug in move losing commodities when it runs out of room in the
560 destination sector. Goods are now attempted to be returned to the
561 start sector, and apporpriate steps taken if the start sector is no
563 * Fixed march to prompt you before you abandon a sector you own by
564 marching out the last land unit.
565 * Fixed check functions to only check the relevant portions of the structure
566 and not the timestamp info that doesn't affect how the object functions.
567 * Fixed bug in spy command that always told you if a spy unit was in a
569 * Fixed bug in displaying of land unit missions not showing correct land
571 * Fixed bug in wire command where new announcements that you read at
572 the last second don't get wiped out properly.
573 * Fixed bug where announcement file could be corrupted by very long lines.
574 * Fixed bug where bmap was not set when player was told what kind of
575 sector they were attacking (this was an old abusable bug that was
576 removed long ago to fix the abuse, and it's been fixed in a non-abusable
578 * Fixed bug where change command would warn you about monetary and
579 BTU costs, but not prompt you to break out if you didn't want to really
580 change your country name.
581 * Fixed bug in sub-launched nukes that are intercepted being reported in
582 the news incorrectly.
583 * Fixed bug in load where you could abandon a sector and not know it by
584 loading your last civilians or military onto a ship.
585 * Fixed potential memory leak in autonav code.
586 * Fixed potential bug where you could possibly determine if a sector is
587 owned or not using one way plane missions.
588 * Fixed Damage.t info page to properly show damages for planes and
590 * Fixed deliver.t to include syntax for command.
591 * Fixed country.t to include syntax for command.
592 * Fixed bug where ships on orders were not adding radar information to
593 the bmap during an update.
594 * Fixed bug where ships on sail were not adding radar information to
595 the bmap during an update.
596 * Fixed bestownedpath code to use the bmap properly. Note this is a very
597 important bug fix. When navigating a ship, players are no longer given
598 free information that they would not normally know. For example, if you
599 try sailing your ship off into uncharted areas of your bmap, the bestpath
600 code will only use as much information as you have on-hand (i.e. your
601 bmap) to plan out your path for you. If you have no information on an
602 area, it just keeps forging on, until bumping into something. Of course,
603 after the initial exploration through an area, the bmap will be set and
604 used for all future sailings through that area. Harbors and bridges
605 are still checked for construction worthiness if you know where they
606 are (i.e. they are on your bmap.) (Overall, what happened before
607 was that the bestpath code would route your ship around islands that
608 you didn't even know were there, and you could use various commands
609 to see how that ship was going to sail during the update and thus you
610 gained information that you wouldn't normally know.)
611 * Merged bestpath and bestownedpath and wrote new wrappers, "BestShipPath"
612 and "BestAirPath" to use it properly. It is also good to note that
613 bestownedpath is used to determine paths for ships and for planes,
614 and that best_path (which uses the A* algorithm) is used for all land
615 based paths, and that the two are never interchanged.
616 * Removed "jet recon" plane (it slipped in during the PLANENAMES conversion,
617 and RECON was never used before.)
618 * Removed extraneous "resnoise" and "resbenefit" functions and combined
619 the two for setresource and setsector commands.
621 Changes to Empire 4.2.1 - Tue Nov 3 12:56:20 PST 1998
622 * Fixed problem with global/plane.c not defining last structure element
623 properly, and thus causing crashes when accessing certain plane
624 routines. This happened during the move to make the PLANENAMES option
625 run-time configurable.
627 Changes to Empire 4.2.0 - Thu Oct 29 06:27:15 PST 1998
628 * Bumped rev to 4.2.0 since this is a major release (the server is now
629 run-time configurable for just about everything and is released under
631 * Put in official licensing information.
632 * Re-arranged and commented the econfig (Empire Configuration) file. The
633 auto-generated "data/econfig" file is now pumped out chock full of
634 comments (which may or may not be useful.) Since the server is
635 pretty much fully run-time configurable (MAXNOC is not, but it gets
636 a default of 99 anyway) deities will probably be spending more time
638 * Added server support for building under NT, including mods from
639 Doug Hay and Steve McClure to get the server building and running
640 under NT. (This was built using MSVC++ 5.0 on NT 4.0 and command
642 * Added Doug Hay's ntthread.c implementation for NT threading.
643 * Added max pop column to "show sector stats" output.
644 * Added lboard command for boarding land units from sectors. Only raw
645 mil can board land units, and only mil and land units aboard the unit
646 being boarded fight back.
647 * Added GODNEWS option. When enabled, the deity giving people stuff
648 is shown in the news.
649 * Added bridge tower sector ('@')
650 * Added BRIDGETOWERS option. When enabled you can build bridge towers
651 from a bridge span. You can then build bridge spans from the tower.
652 If the tower is destroyed ( <20% eff) bridges connected fall unless
653 supported on the other side. You can only build bridge towers in open
654 water not adjacent to land and other towers. Expensive.
655 * Added plains sector ('~') - Max pop is 1/40th regular sectors, and
656 it is deity creatable only (can't redesignate unless you wasteland it
658 * Changed "info all" to no longer use printdir, instead it just uses the "all"
659 info page which contains this information.
660 * Changed so you can now load up to 2 spy units onto non-land unit carrying
661 submarines if the LANDSPIES option is enabled. Useful for sneaking up
662 to shore and spying on your neighbors.
663 * Changed so spies unloaded from ships are not given as gifts, they are just
665 * Changed build command to handle building towers ("build t")
666 * Changed show command to show tower stats ("show t b")
667 * Changed reject so you can now reject things from any country except
668 deity countries (this now includes sanctuary countries and visitor
669 countries you don't want to deal with)
670 * Changed ndump to dump nuclear stockpile ID as well.
671 * Changed flash so that if someone allied to you is either not logged on or
672 not accepting flashes, you are notified. This is info you could gain
673 otherwise since you can see other countries that are allied to you via
675 * Fixed bug in news command when HIDDEN mods are enabled.
676 * Fixed distribute command to only write out to the database if we
677 actually changed the sector (i.e. if we really moved the dist
678 center, we write. Otherwise, it makes no point.)
679 * Fixed threshold command to only write out to the database if
680 we actually changed the sector (i.e. if we really changed the
681 threshold, we write. Otherwise, it makes no point.)
682 * Fixed - population growth and truncation in "Update-sequence.t" info
684 * Fixed the way fortify takes mobility away from a land unit if
685 engineers are present.
686 * Fixed bug in buying commodities at the last minute not resetting the
687 time correctly in all situations.
688 * Fixed bug in building nukes where it would always ask if you tried
689 building more than one at a time.
690 * Fixed bug where if you put (either by building or by transporting)
691 more than 127 of one type of nuke in a sector, they all got lost. A
692 negative wrapover sort of thing.
693 * Fixed ndump to print # of stockpiles dumped.
694 * Fixed ndump.t to reflect changes
695 * Fixed bug in build command that didn't account for EOL characters.
696 * Fixed bug where you could use planes to drop conquered populace
697 * Fixed bug in distribute command in how it checked for current distribution
699 * Fixed pr_flash and pr_inform to no longer send messages if the player
700 is still in the process of logging in (i.e. not in the PLAYING state)
701 * Fixed report command output for deities.
702 * Fixed bug in nuclear damage either taking out submarines when it
703 shouldn't, or not taking them out when it should.
704 * Fixed bug in loading units that are carrying units onto other units
705 (note that it doesn't happen since only HEAVY units can carry other
706 units and that check works, but that might change some day, and we
707 don't want units carrying units to be carried by other units, etc. :) )
708 * Fixed info pages to reflect new sector types.
709 * Fixed info pages to reflect new spy unit capabilities.
710 * Fixed show commands to only show trade ships if the TRADESHIPS option
712 * Fixed build command to only allow building of trade ships if the
713 TRADESHIPS options is enabled.
714 * Fixed up some definitions located in many places used for checking
715 sectors for navigation rights.
716 * Fixed power.t to correctly describe NEW_POWER formula.
717 * Made HIDDEN option run time configurable.
718 * Made LOSE_CONTACT option run time configurable.
719 * Made ORBIT option run time configurable.
720 * Made SAIL option run time configurable.
721 * Made MOB_ACCESS option run time configurable.
722 * Made FALLOUT option run time configurable.
723 * Made SLOW_WAR option run time configurable.
724 * Made SNEAK_ATTACK option run time configurable.
725 * Made WORLD_X and WORLD_Y run time configurable.
726 * Made MARKET option run time configurable.
727 * Made LOANS option run time configurable.
728 * Made BIG_CITY option run time configurable.
729 * Made TRADESHIPS option run time configurable.
730 * Made SHIPNAMES option run time configurable.
731 * Made DEMANDUPDATE option run time configurable.
732 * Made UPDATESCHED option run time configurable.
733 * Made LANDSPIES option run time configurable.
734 * Made NONUKES option run time configurable.
735 * Made PLANENAMES option run time configurable.
736 * Removed SMALL_SERVER stuff (unused baggage)
737 * Removed trading post sector ('v')
739 Changes to Empire 4.0.18 - Thu Sep 24 06:54:27 PDT 1998
740 * Fixed bug in aircombat where planes in flight could intercept air
741 defense planes and take no damage (i.e. they got to fight twice,
743 * Fixed bug in freeing memory after performing missions that could crash
744 the server (it mainly happened after an interdiction mission using
745 planes and escorts, where some escorts came from airports that didn't have
746 bombers going up. Freeing the leftover escorts was crashing the server.)
747 * Fixed bug where you could load non-existant units if you were allied
749 * Fixed bug where you could pin-bomb a plane with itself.
750 * Fixed bug where satellites over a bridge may get killed if the bridge
752 * Fixed bug where land units on a ship in the same sector as a bridge
753 that is splashed may get sunk.
754 * Fixed bug where planes on a ship in the same sector as a bridge
755 that is splashed may get sunk.
756 * Fixed doconfig with correct empire site text.
757 * Fixed major problem with abms not firing, and sometimes crashing
759 * Fixed bug in land units counting up loaded units wrong.
760 * Fixed doconfig makefile to have doconfig.c as a dependency.
761 * Fixed bug in resetting commodities (the comm_uid was not being
763 * Fixed bug in repaying loans not working correctly (the l_uid was not
765 * Fixed bug in buying items from the trading block not allowing you
766 to due to a perceived change in item status.
767 * Fixed bug in mfir.c where a bogus input to a target could crash
769 * Fixed bug that after you read telegrams new telegrams may not send
770 an inform message (the old telegram flags were not cleared.)
771 * Fixed bug where fort support distance calculations are calculated
772 twice instead of just once. This bug caused a lower percentage
773 of support fire than designed.
774 * Fixed bomb.t to reflect land unit changes.
775 * Put in some integrity checking for planes returing from bombing runs.
776 * Added ability to edit land unit that a land unit is loaded on in
778 * Consolidated bridgefall code into "knockdown" function (this code
779 existed in at least 3 places, and was different in all of them.)
780 * Subs returning fire are no longer reported in the news.
781 * Visitor countries can now use the 'motd' command.
782 * When trying to use a visitor country, if it is in use, you are not told
783 by whom, just that it is in use.
784 * Optimized (slightly) support fire from forts not getting supply and
785 shells if not needed (out of range)
786 * Updated Education.t
787 * Modified (increased) chances of hitting mines slightly.
788 * Removed unused variables from shp_check_mines.
790 Changes to Empire 4.0.17 - Fri Jul 31 06:12:21 PDT 1998
791 * Added ability in edit to change coastal flag for sectors.
792 * Added ability in edit to edit plague values for ships.
793 * Added ability for "spy" to report all units/planes not owned by you
794 that exist in the sector you are spying from.
795 * Modified naval planes and anti-sub planes.
796 * Changed so that missiles and bombs that miss their targets cause
797 collateral damage in the target sector (they have to land somewhere!)
798 * Changed llook so that non-spy units are required to have at least 1
799 military personnel on board to see anything.
800 * Fixed "llookout.t" to reflect change for military requirement.
803 * Added "lmine" flag for deities to see what sectors have mines in them
804 (works for sea and land mines, used "lmine" to distinguish it from "min"
805 which determines mineral (iron) content of a sector.)
806 * No longer able to pin bomb land units on a ship.
807 * Land units are required to have at least one military loaded to perform
809 * Firing land units are required to have at least on military loaded to
810 be able to fire (or return fire.)
811 * Spies are not always seen when being pinbombed. You have to look very
812 carefully for them (as you usually would.)
813 * Fixed typo in "Spies.t"
814 * Added new info about spy ability to spy.t.
815 * Updated tax information in Innards.t and Update-sequence.t
816 * Fixed typo in fire.t information about units firing on ships.
817 * Loading military onto land units now resets fortification. (You gotta
818 re-fortify the new guys.)
819 * Fixed bug where planes that were mine capable could not drop mines if
820 they were not cargo capable.
821 * Fixed bug in potentially crashing in update code for nations tech/research.
822 * Fixed bug in execute putting you into execute mode incorrectly.
823 * Fixed bug in board not allowing land units to board from 0 mobility
825 * Fixed bug where interdicted land units that were missed displayed
826 a "SPLASH! Bombs miss your ships" message.
827 * Fixed bug in minesweeping sectors where, even with mobility or
828 having the sweep ability, ships would get hit by mines for doing
830 * Fixed bug in count_land_planes always writing out land units unnecessarily.
831 * Fixed bug in count_planes always writing out ships unnecessarily.
832 * Fixed bug in lnd_count_units always writing out land units unnecessarily.
833 * Fixed bug in count_units always writing out ships unnecessarily.
834 * Fixed bug in llook that reported units on ships.
835 * Fixed bug in llook that reported satellites launched over the unit.
836 * Fixed bug in llook that always reported spies (it should be a 10-100%
838 * Fixed bug in anti possibly not saving lost items correctly.
839 * Fixed bug in planes getting extended range when on missions and the
840 op center is not where the plane is located.
841 * Fixed bug in land unit defensive strength not being based on the eff of
842 the unit when calculating odds of a battle.
843 * Fixed bug in board not reporting consistant information.
844 * Fixed bug in the way land unit casualties were being taken.
845 * Fixed bug where land units on ships could return fire.
846 * Fixed bug where land units on other land units could return fire.
847 * Fixed bug where land units on other land units could fire.
848 * Fixed bug in attacks/assaults/boardings spreading plague incorrectly.
849 * Fixed bug in updating plague for ships.
850 * Fixed bug in updating plague for land units.
851 * Fixed bug in updating plague for attacking/defending land units.
852 * Fixed bug where you couldn't pin-bomb land units that were < 20% eff.
853 * Fixed bug which revealed the owner of torping subs when on a mission.
855 Changes to Empire 4.0.16 - Fri Jun 12 08:52:06 EDT 1998
856 * Added patches sent in by Steve McClure, Sverker Wiberg and Curtis
857 Larsen. They are described with other changes below.
858 * Fixed bugs in the following commands that allowed two cooperating
859 countries to create infinite numbers of any commodity and/or cash
860 at any time (race conditions in the server): build, board, deliver,
861 designate, distribute, explore, fuel, improve, load, ltend, mobquota,
862 move, name, order, reset, sail, sell, set, tend, territory, test,
863 threshold, torpedo, transport, unload
864 * Fixed bug in board command giving out too much information about a
865 non-owned sector when it shouldn't be.
866 * Fixed bug in board command when firing on a sector in defense before
868 * Fixed bug in rangeedit allowing plane(s) to possibly be stored wrong.
869 * Fixed bug in launch allowing plane to possibly be stored wrong after
871 * Fixed bug in lrangeedit allowing land unit(s) to possibly be stored wrong.
872 * Fixed bug in morale allowing land unit(s) to possibly be stored wrong.
873 * Fixed bug in arm/disarm allowing a plane to possibly be stored wrong.
874 * Fixed bug in loan sometimes not writing database correctly.
875 * Fixed bug in collect.
876 * Fixed bug in dropping mines from land units.
877 * Fixed crashing bug in sector_strength routine when oceans take
879 * Fixed bug in transport possibly decrementing too much mobility when
881 * Fixed some little warning type messages building with gcc -Wall.
882 * Fixed problem compiling lwp threads with glibc6 under Linux.
883 * Changed flash so that players can always flash deities.
884 * Changed players command to always show deities and visitor countries
885 that are logged on, and only show allied countries for normal player
887 * Fixed bug in anti command not stopping sectors when they revolt.
888 * Fixed bug in set_coastal function not counting bridge spans as
889 water based sectors (after all, the land is still a coastal sector,
890 even if next to a bridge span.)
891 * "flash" and "players" is re-enabled for visitor accounts.
892 * Fixed bug in bleeding of technology and research to other players.
893 * Fixed bug in explore not spreading plague correctly.
894 * Fixed bug in move not spreading plague correctly.
895 * Fixed bug in deliver not spreading plague correctly.
896 * Fixed bug in distribute not spreading plague.
897 * Included "postresults" script in the scripts directory which can be
898 used to auto-post daily power chart/announcements to rec.games.empire.
901 * Removed OVCONFIG from build.conf, and patched doconfig to match.
902 * doconfig is only run if needed
903 * emp_client and emp_server are only linked if needed
904 * Added list of disabled options to the version command.
905 * Fixed bug in survey allowing you to see hidden variables.
906 * Re-enabled escort missions due to above bug fix most likely the problem.
907 * Changed one instance of "restrict" to "restricted" in bestpath.c. For
908 some reason, this was causing a problem on one of the Linux builds (??).
909 * Added "show sector capabilities" functionality (this didn't exist
911 * Fixed bug in neweff not reporting stopped sectors. It now (correctly)
912 reports them as not changing eff.
914 Changes to Empire 4.0.15 - Wed May 20 12:35:53 EDT 1998
915 * Fixed the spelling of Markus' name in CHANGES4.0 files.
916 * Added Markus' patches/fixes. Some are detailed below.
917 * Added 'mipsultrix.gxx' build target.
918 * Fixed doconfig to write ipglob.c in the correct target area.
919 * Fixed a bunch of type casting that needed to be done correctly.
920 * Only print out last connect by for non-visitor accounts.
921 * 'players' command is only useable by non-visitor accounts.
922 * Fixed ask_off in attsub.c to not print out allied sector mil counts
923 when attacking from neighboring sectors.
924 * Fixed targetting of che when taking over sectors.
925 * 'anti' command only fights che that are targetted at you.
926 * Fixed update not updating timestamps of objects (ships, planes, land
928 * Fixed bug delivering conquered populace.
929 * Fixed potential bug scuttling ship with land units on it.
930 * Moved heavy bombers to tech 90.
931 * Fixed bug in setsector telling the deity coordinates of sectors being
933 * Fixed bug in setting budget of enlistment sectors to 0.
935 Changes to Empire 4.0.14 - Wed Apr 8 08:47:54 EDT 1998
936 * Fixed time_t problem in common/log.c
937 * Fixed bug in headlines
938 * Replaced vaxultrix build flags with proper vanilla ones.
939 * Fixed bug in update/prepare.c (sometimes not getting charged for
940 mil on units and ships)
941 * Fixed bug in printing of "No ship(s)" twice in cargo command when no
943 * Temporarily disabled escort missions until a fix is found. They are
944 randomly crashing the server.
945 * Fixed morale.t to reflect that retreat percentage is based off of
946 morale_base and not 75.
947 * Fixed bug in bridgefall where planes and units on ship in a sector
948 that has a bridge collapse are being sunk.
949 * Fixed bug in update/produce.c when a sector overflows it's capacity
951 * Fixed bug in produce command reporting incorrect costs (sometimes).
952 * Land units on ships will now try to draw supply from the ship they
955 Changes to Empire 4.0.13 - Mon Mar 2 11:04:28 EST 1998
956 * Fixed bug in distribute when world sizes are other than 64x32
957 * Fixed bug in getcommand (not really a bug, just made it work like
958 it used to so that the players command is useful for deities
960 * Fixed building of POSIX threads on Alpha running Digital Unix.
961 * Fixed line_of_sight prototype in sona.c
962 * Fixed fairland not to conuse stupid C++ compilers.
964 Changes to Empire 4.0.12 - Tue Feb 24 11:27:31 EST 1998
965 * Fixed client build on linux (whoops)
967 Changes to Empire 4.0.11 - Tue Feb 10 10:53:10 EST 1998
968 * AIX build seems to only work with gcc right now (but at least that works)
969 * Vax Ultrix (vaxultrix) build should work now (hopefully) out of the box.
970 * Took out autosupply of airports when bombing or dropping shells.
971 (This was the only commodity this was done for, and it was creating
972 problems since supply is still somewhat broken somewhere)
973 * Included Curtis Larsen's, Markus Armbruster's and Sverker Wiberg's
974 submitted patches, which collectively included cleaning up most
975 of the server prototypes and bogus declarations. Many thanks.
976 * Increased incoming command buffer to 1024 from 512 bytes
977 * Increased the # of parsed arguments from 64 to 100
978 * Fixed bug where spies were not dying when damaged.
979 * Fixed bug in HIDDEN mods in declare command not printing country # of
980 uncontacted country correctly (or at all as a matter of fact)
982 Changes to Empire 4.0.10 - Mon Aug 18 12:34:58 EDT 1997
983 * Fixed bug where fleets were being interdicted but the damage was being
984 spread to ships not in the same sectors.
985 * Fixed but in market when buying goods without enough cash.
986 * Planes in orbit over airports are no longer fixed up during updates.
987 * Planes in orbit are no longer damaged when the sectors they are over
989 * Planes on ships are no longer damaged when the sectors they are in are
990 damaged, unless the ship is damaged.
991 * Fixed problem with no newline after partisan activity telegram in
993 * Fixed problem in chan.c printing out change costs incorrectly.
994 * Fixed problem in dispatch.c screwing things up on redirection.
995 * financial should now handle 6 and 7 digit loans.
996 * Planes on ships that are in sectors that revolt are no longer taken
998 * Fixed bug in powe.c where the power report was mis-calculating the
999 efficiency of planes.
1000 * Fixed doconfig.c to use STDC instead of multi-level #ifdefs.
1001 * Fixed bug in parse.c that was screwing up double quotes in conditional
1003 * Military in a sector now only produce up to maxpop, just like civvies
1004 and uw's. No more stuffing 6K mil into a mountain to max it out. You
1005 can still hold more mil there over the updates, but the extras just
1006 won't produce anymore.
1007 * Fixed bug in shark that allowed you to shark up loans even if you couldn't
1009 * Fixed bug in day of week calculation for server up time in common/keyword.c
1010 that is used for gamedays.
1011 * Documented what happens to standing military in collect.t when you collect
1013 * Documented mountains only holding and using 1/10th of the normal sector
1014 population in Sector-types.t.
1015 * Fixed documentation on ship's firing ranges in fire.t to be less
1017 * Updated nukes in nuke.t
1018 * Added apropos command (thanks to Mike Wise)
1019 * Added case-insensitivity to the info command (thanks to Mike Wise). If
1020 there are two files of the same name, and you don't get a complete match,
1021 then whichever file is found first in the directory is used.
1022 * Changed documentation in wantupd.h
1024 Changes to Empire 4.0.9 - Sat Apr 19 23:01:51 EDT 1997
1025 * Fixed dump info pages that were getting formatted funny.
1026 * Fixed improve info page.
1027 * Fixed bug in allied planes/units not moving when the carriers move.
1028 * Fixed bug in satellite output for <100% satellites.
1029 * Fixed bug in load/unload not putting a newline after some unloadings
1031 * Fixed bug in harden not printing correct values.
1032 * Fixed bug in creating/moving/etc. nuclear stockpiles.
1033 * Fixed bug where subs were trying to torp commodities moving on land when
1034 on interdiction. (This was funny ;-) )
1035 * Fixed bug in "move" where you could keep a sector even after someone else
1037 * Budget now correctly reports the # of units being built.
1038 * Mil on units & ships are now reported as normal military costs, not
1039 ship or unit maintainence costs in budget.
1040 * Fixed bug in update code where taxes could potentially be initialized
1041 incorrectly (affected budgets too.)
1042 * Fixed bug in nat.h header so that it uses SCT_MAXDEF instead of a fixed
1043 number (that was incorrect.)
1044 * Fixed bug with trains - they needed the xlight flag to carry planes.
1045 * Revamped and improved flak.
1046 * Added "Flak" info page.
1047 * Added "Fallout" info page.
1048 * Fixed repay/offer/consider to all need a capital to be used.
1049 * Fixed bug with air defense missions not running when not AT WAR. They now
1051 * plane/ship/unit short names are all now 4 characters, padded if needed.
1052 * pdump/sdump/ldump/ndump now just print the short name for the type.
1053 * sdump now has ship name at very end in quotes.
1054 These were done at the request of some client developers for ease of use.
1055 * Fixed extra space in the dump output.
1056 * Fixed fallout - not quite so nasty anymore.
1057 * Fixed fallout - things on ships/units are damaged now.
1058 * Fixed and balanced planes/ships/units/nukes in conjunction with each other.
1059 * Fixed bug in doconfig.c calculating wrong s_p_etu sometimes.
1060 * Fixed bug where harbors weren't being used to resupply.
1061 * Fixed bug where selling units loaded with planes and units wouldn't take
1062 the loaded planes or units - they are now dropped.
1063 * Fixed bug in arm/disarm where you could arm/disarm planes on the trading
1065 * Deities can now remove things from the trading block/market.
1066 * Fixed bug in "work" not charging engineers enough mob.
1067 * Fixed bug in "work" not adding teardown and buildup avail costs together.
1068 * Subs no longer need mobility to return fire when fired upon.
1070 * Fixed bug in "trade" allowing 2 players to pay for the same item, but only
1071 the last player gets it.
1072 * Fixed bug where you couldn't launch missiles from allied ships or sectors.
1073 * Fixed bombing so that pin-bombing can cause collateral damage too.
1074 * Fixed sector damage to damage planes there too.
1075 * Fixed flag in lload so that it doesn't always print if not needed.
1076 * Fixed "sell.t" info page.
1077 * Fixed bug in "buy" where not entering the price correctly could cause
1079 * Fixed "sell" so that at least 1 mobility is required to sell goods. Keeps
1080 the midnight "raid and sell" abuse down. :)
1081 * Fixed "show plane cap" to move the last column over 1 more where it should
1083 * Fixed timestamps to be updated for units/planes on ships/units that move,
1084 since those units/planes move too.
1086 Changes to Empire 4.0.8 - Wed Feb 26 23:00:51 EST 1997
1087 * Fixed bug in nstr_exec that was wiping out the previous conditional.
1088 This was major because it affected timestamp values which are more
1090 * Fixed bug in sdump.c for typo in reporting the trade ships origin.
1092 Changes to Empire 4.0.7 - Mon Feb 24 22:48:54 EST 1997
1093 * Fixed bug in aircombat.c when calculating the air combat odds. Negative
1094 numbers were screwing things up good...
1095 * Fort sector's coordinates are no longer printed when auto-firing at
1097 * Subs can now surface and fire deck guns (again) They can also be
1098 hit by return fire when doing so.
1099 * Fixed bug in setting of plane attack and defensive values so that
1100 negative numbers don't keep going further negative.
1101 * Fixed incorrect military control calculation in the sell command.
1102 * Trading posts are no longer required to sell goods from. You can sell
1103 from harbors and warehouses now too.
1104 * Spy now prints out the owner of land units you see when spying. Before
1105 this was assumed to be sector owner, which is no longer true.
1106 * Loading land units now prints out what was loaded onto each unit,
1107 just as loading ships do.
1108 * Added fallout, coast, c_del, m_del, c_cut and m_cut to dump output.
1109 * Added "GO_RENEW" option. This option means that gold and oil resources
1111 * Added "lost_items_timeout" config variable, and set the default to
1112 48 hours. This determines how long lost items stay in the lost items
1114 * Fixed land unit names to be more consistent.
1115 * Fixed mission.t info page.
1116 * Fixed bug in that if mission_mob_cost was set to 0, even negative
1117 mob units should be able to be put on missions.
1118 * Removed restriction on things needing to be at least 60% to be put
1119 on a mission. Note that while you can put them on missions at < 60%
1120 now, when trying to do the mission, it still checks the eff. This
1121 is to help in automatic setup (build, put on mission, forget) instead
1122 of having to come back repeatedly.
1123 * Spies caught in Neutral or Friendly countries cause the Neutral or
1124 Friendly country to go Hostile towards the owner of the spy.
1125 * Tweaked ammunition numbers for artillery units.
1126 * No more automatic declarations of War should be made. You will go
1127 hostile, but since going to war doesn't increase your countries
1128 defenses, and is purely political, it is left to the player to go
1130 * Fixed bug in trade that wasn't incrementing the time if last second bidding.
1131 * Fixed bug in "lmine" that was crashing the server if the land unit was
1133 * Fixed buy so that if you specify a product, you can only bid on that
1135 * Added "lost.t" info page.
1136 * Added "lost items" database (EF_LOST)
1137 * Fixed bug where you could move in allied forces after an attack if they
1138 bordered the victim area.
1139 * Fixed nstr_comp to deal with values > 16 bits coming in from
1140 client for comparisons.
1141 * Changed last minute market/trade timers to increment 5 minutes. 2 minutes
1143 * Fixed decode in lib/common/nstr_subs.c to deal with NSC_TIME better.
1144 * Commented out the logging of the market checking in server/marketup.c,
1145 lib/commands/buy.c and lib/commands/trad.c It was generating lots of
1146 pretty much useless data that made parsing the server.log file more
1147 more difficult than it needed to be.
1148 * Fixed crashing bug in ldump.
1149 * sdump, ldump, ndump, pdump and dump now print out the current
1150 timestamp on the "DUMP XXX" line.
1151 * Fixed denial of service bug in lib/player/accept.c in
1152 player_find_other function.
1153 * Fixed bug in shark reporting incorrect buyer of the loan.
1154 * Fixed bug in sdump.c (case 0 should have been case 10)
1155 * ldump and sdump now always print the fuel column if asked for,
1156 even if opt_FUEL is turned off. In the case that it is turned
1157 off, the fuel is listed as 0.
1158 * Added "timestamp" field, which is updated every time an item is
1160 * Fixed up the Clients.t info page.
1161 * sdump now prints trade ship building origin.
1162 * sdump now always prints name even if SHIPNAMES isn't defined. If
1163 it is not defined, then the name is empty.
1164 * Added "timestamp" to info/Concepts/Selector.t
1165 * Added some more relevant info to info/Server/Empire4.t
1166 * Fixed Infrastructure.t info page to reflect the fact that infrastructure
1167 is no longer torn down when a sector is re-designated.
1168 * Fixed sell.t to more accurately reflect the time-delay market.
1169 * Fixed read.t and wire.t to reference accept and reject.
1170 * Fixed reject.t not referencing accept command.
1171 * Fixed collect.t to more accurately reflect what goes on when collecting
1173 * Fixed financial.t to reflect defaulted loans.
1174 * Fixed dump.t, sdump.t, ldump.t, ndump.t, pdump.t to reflect new
1176 * Fixed "census.t" (had incorrect reference to "info syntax" instead
1179 Changes to Empire 4.0.6 - Thu Jan 16 11:33 EST 1997
1180 * Increased damage from depthcharges because on increased damage from
1181 torpedos. Sub frange decreased to be more balanced with destroyer frange.
1182 * Intelligence reports (spy) on units will now report the estimated number
1184 * Fixed equation for ship visibility so it will drop as tech increases.
1185 * Added new commands sdump, ldump, pdump, and ndump to dump data on ships,
1186 land units, planes, and nukes.
1187 * If fields are provided, dump will only supply those fields requested.
1188 * Decreased speed of subs.
1189 * When options NO_LCMS or NO_HCMS are set, those commodities are no longer
1190 required for infrastructure improvements.
1191 * Units that lose an assault or a boarding attempt from a ship will no
1192 longer swim back to the ship they came from.
1193 * Units that take extra casualties will no longer lose all their mil at
1195 * Infrastucture is retained when redesignating a sector.
1196 * Dieing spies will no longer crash the server.
1197 * Units, planes, and ships must have mobility to perform missions.
1198 * Units on ship being scrapped are transferred to harbor.
1199 * Food is no longer autoloaded onto units when they are built.
1200 * Fixed show plane stat to show correct range.
1201 * Infantries now take damage at same rate as casualties.
1202 * Fixed bug with hap_fact. Having more happiness now helps with fighting
1204 * Fixed anti to write back target country so che will continue to fight
1206 * Fixed llookout to show correct estimate on number of mil on unit.
1207 * Added buildable architecture "hp". This type will build the server on
1208 a HP/UX machine using the standard compiler instead of gcc.
1210 Changes to Empire 4.0.5 - Thu Dec 12 10:28:48 EST 1996
1211 * Fixed bug in update/distribute.c where pathcost was not being called with
1212 the MOB_ROAD argument (and thus distribution costs could be GREATLY
1213 affected.) - Thanks Ice!
1215 Changes to Empire 4.0.4 - Mon Dec 9 11:00:00 EST 1996
1216 * Fixed Solaris port using gcc.
1217 * Fixed doconfig.c to create directories with right modes.
1218 * Fixed install macros in makefiles to move binaries to the right
1221 Changes to Empire 4.0.3 - Wed Dec 4 22:46:53 EST 1996
1223 * Fixed doconfig.c (put exit(0) at the end of main.)
1224 * Fixed improve.c (moved the prompt[] string outside the fcn.)
1226 Changes to Empire 4.0.2 - Mon Oct 14 12:26:40 EDT 1996
1227 * Put in LND_MINMOBCOST in land.h
1228 * Put in change in lnd_mobcost in lndsub.c
1229 * Put in new nuke costs in nuke.c
1230 * Put in fix so that total work can only be done by the max pop. No more extra
1231 civvies tossed in will do it anymore in human.c.
1232 * Put in fix for src/util/Makefile - beefed it up.
1233 * Put in fix to show where your ship is when it gets shelled in mfir.c.
1234 * Changed infrastructure of roads from .040 to .020 (122 instead of 150 in
1236 * Fixed Update-sequence.t.
1237 * Put in fix for mobcost bonus for 0% highways.
1240 * Spruced up torpedo damage somewhat. :) :)
1241 * Fixed "assault bmap bug" in attsub.c
1242 * Fixed Produce.t (bars cost)
1243 * Changed mountains to get an automatic "2" for defensive bonus in attsub.c
1247 * Fixed "offer" and "consider" not being legal commands in player/empmod.c
1250 * Fixed lstat.c, pstat.c and sstat.c
1251 * Fixed cutoff command in cuto.c
1252 * Fixed attack value in attack_val in lndsub.c
1253 * Fixed lload in commands/load.c
1254 * Fixed defense_val in lndsub.c - Made it a minimum of 1, so that units will
1255 always fight until dead or retreating. 0 makes them get stuck.
1256 * Fixed update/deliver.c - no delivery of non-oldowned civvies (or anything
1257 else for that matter.)
1258 * Fixed llook in commands/look.c
1259 * Fixed che bug in subs/nstr.c
1260 * Fixed bug in strv.c by overcompensating by 1 food per sector (minute amounts
1261 of people would starve.)
1262 * Fixed update/human.c - feed_people rounding problems (I hope.)
1263 * Fixed morale problem in update/land.c
1264 * Fixed count_bodies in attsub.c
1265 * Fixed lnd_mobcost.
1266 * Fixed subs/land,plane,ship.c to handle sunken units and planes correctly.
1267 * Fixed interest rate in commands/offe.c
1268 * Fixed bug in buy.c.
1269 * Put in DEFENSE_INFRA soption o you can turn on/off the use of the defensive
1270 infrastructure. When off, the defensive infrastructure is the same
1271 as the sector efficiency, and you can't improve it. This is OFF by
1275 * Land units are now built with a default reaction radius of 0.
1276 * Changed name of lt artilleries to "lat" from "lart" so you can now build
1278 * Lowered the speed and firing range of pt boats.
1279 * Lowered the initial att strength of cavs from 1.5 to 1.3 (they were TOO
1281 * Changed the max mob gain defaults of units/planes to 1.0 and ships to 1.5
1282 (This is * ETU_RATE, so it is equal to ETU_RATE for units/planes and
1283 1.5 * ETU_RATE for ships.)
1284 * Conquered civvies only pay 1/4 taxes.
1285 * Railways don't get torn down when you rebuild sectors anymore (but roads
1286 and defenses do (if enabled.)
1288 Changes to Empire 4.0.1 - Wed Aug 28 11:35:40 EDT 1996
1289 * Added "extern double tradetax" to check_trade in trad.c
1290 * Improved description of data directory in build.conf
1291 * Fixed bug in attacking land units that retreat so they now get
1292 charged mobility for attacking.
1293 * Fixed dump to report road, rail and defense of a sector at the end.
1294 * Fixed doconfig bug in not checking the right directory to see if the
1295 "data" directory existed or not before trying to create it.
1296 * "change" now works for sanctuary countries.
1297 * Fixed the description of "sinfrastructure".
1298 * Added more info to "Infrastructure".
1299 * Units/planes are no longer reduced to 75% when bought from the trading
1301 * Supply units were slowed down to the speed of infantry units.
1302 * Trade-ship payoffs have been lowered to 2.5, 3.5 and 5.0
1303 * Bars interest is up to $250 per 1K again.
1304 * Civ taxes were raised back up to a 10:1 mil/civ tax ratio (was 20:1)
1305 * Fixed various info pages.
1306 * Fixed bug in people not getting truncated when broke (this was thought
1307 to be fixed, but wasn't. Now it is, dammit!)
1308 * Fixed bug with units marching across oceans (scuba gear not included. ;-) )
1309 * Market/trade taxes and trade ship payoff figures were added to version.
1310 * "cede" has been removed as a default command.
1311 * Makefile rule was fixed for depend build.
1312 * Fixed bug in mapdist not taking world edges into account nicely enough.
1313 * Added a "scuttle" order for autoscuttling trade ships. Makes using them
1314 easier. Cleaned up scuttle code while in there.
1315 * Fixed bug with scuttling a ship with units on it not scuttling the units
1318 Changes to Empire 4.0.0 - Initial release
1319 * Initial Wolfpack release - Long live the Wolfpack!!!!
1320 * Cleaned up the build environment. Now all that is needed is to edit the
1321 build.conf file, answer the questions there and type "make <arch>" to
1322 build for a specific architecture. Thus, no more reliance on gnumake
1323 or special shell scripts.
1324 * We are now shipping the pre-built info pages with the server for those who
1325 Don't want to build them. You can also still just type "make" and have
1326 the info pages build, but it doesn't completely work (i.e. rebuild new
1327 Subjects) if you don't have perl5 installed.
1328 * Put in the "help" command that does the same thing as "info".
1329 * Removed C_SYNC. This is done for 2 reasons. 1) None of us like it or
1330 wish to support it. 2) We envision a better scheme for doing similar
1331 things will come along.
1332 * Put in MOB_ACCESS - This allows real-time updating of mobility.
1333 * Put in MARKET - This is the time-based market (yes, still teleports,
1334 but it's not as bad as it was.)
1335 * Lots of the documenation has been updated, but there is more to do.
1336 * Added NO_LCMS, NO_HCMS and NO_OIL options. When any of these options are
1337 enabled, you don't need any of that type of material to build things.
1338 If NO_HCMS is enabled, you don't need HCMS to build bridges, you need
1339 lcms. If both NO_HCMS and NO_LCMS are enabled, then you don't need
1340 any materials to build a bridge.
1341 * There is no mobility cost for assigning missions. But, there is also
1342 no longer any benefit for being on a mission either.
1343 * Damage is the same for all commodities (people too.) This means you
1344 can deity shell/bomb sectors again.
1345 * Units are now dependant on tech. What this means is that their statistics
1346 now increase with tech. In addition, there is only 1 type of each basic
1347 unit now (i.e. just "cavalry" instead of "cavalry 1", "cavalry 2", etc.)
1348 This reflects the idea that as you learn more, you learn how to not only
1349 build better units, but you learn to build units better. :) This also
1350 opens the door for a "lupgrade" command along the same lines as the
1351 "upgrade" command for ships.
1352 * Units now have a minimum mob cost for attacking a sector. Marching
1353 mob costs have not changed.
1354 * Starting units have been removed. This means that at the beginning, people
1355 may live a little longer since their neighbor can't come visiting quite
1357 * Shells are no longer required to build units.
1358 * Mil are no longer required to build units.
1359 * Mil are no longer an intrinsic part of a unit. They are now a loadable
1360 commodity. The way a unit's defense/att bonuses work now are
1361 attack = (att * mil * eff)
1362 defense = (def * mil * eff)
1363 In addition, when a unit takes damage, both the eff and the mil go
1364 down. You can quickly toss in new hacks, but you need to wait to repair
1365 the unit at the update. Thus, you can now look at unit's efficiency
1367 * You need at least 1 mil on a unit to march it (spies are the exception.)
1368 * Units always react if in range and they have the mobility, no matter
1369 what their efficency.
1370 * Units may now march anywhere - in your own sectors, deity owned sectors
1371 or allied sectors, with 1 exception, spies. Also, your units can get
1372 trapped if your ally declares non-alliance with you while your units
1373 are still in his country.)
1374 * Units always march at their speed, efficiency doesn't matter.
1375 * LANDSPIES was added - This creates land unit based spies. Spies may march
1376 anywhere, with a chance of getting caught (except in allied territory.)
1377 See "info Spies" for more info on them.
1378 * Planes may now be based out of allied airports. Landing planes on
1379 ships/sectors you do not own no longer changes thier owner. You can only
1380 land on owned/allied sectors/ships, and you may only
1381 fly/bomb/para/recon/drop from owned/allied sectors. So, if a country
1382 you are allied with goes hostile at you, your planes are now stuck there.
1383 Note that if you are using an allied airport, their commodities get
1384 sucked up, not yours (obviously.)
1385 * Planes are now tech-based. Their statistics increase as their tech
1386 increases. Deleted extraneous planes.
1387 * There is a new toggle, "techlists", which allows you to see what you
1388 can build/stats/capabilities sorted by tech instead of groupings.
1389 * Ships are now tech-based. Their statistics increase as their tech
1390 increases. Deleted extraneous ships.
1391 * Che can now be lessened by making happiness. If you have more happiness
1392 than your conquered populace, they don't fight as hard or recruit as
1393 much. If you have less than them, they fight harder and recruit more.
1394 It's not much though - it ranges from 2.0 in your favor to only 0.8
1395 against you (whereas it was always 1.0 before.) So, it definitely
1396 favors the attackers to make lots of happy now.
1397 * Bridgeheads can only be built on coasts.
1398 * Players command was fixed so you only see allies, and don't get
1399 approx #'s of players anymore.
1400 * POSIX threads support has been added.
1401 * The attack bmap bug has been fixed.
1402 * BTUs regenerate 3 times faster now.
1403 * GRAB_THINGS is off by default.
1404 * Big nuclear bombs are back, and FALLOUT has been fixed and enabled
1405 as a default (you couldn't make wasteland before with FALLOUT, now
1407 * You can now deliver military and civilians.
1408 * Added SHIP_DECAY option - off by default (turns off ships decaying out
1409 at sea if not enough mil.)
1410 * The reverting owner bug has been fixed in territory, thresh, dist
1411 and deliver. There are probably more, and when found, will be fixed.
1412 * The "sectors don't starve when stopped or broke" bug has been fixed.
1413 * The "people never get truncated" bug has been fixed.
1414 * Added infrastructure to sectors. What this means is that a sector
1415 can now have it's mobility improved by building both roads and
1416 railways. It also means that a sectors defense is now based on the
1417 defensive infrastructure you build into the sector (no more intrinsic
1418 better defenses based on the sector, you determine which sectors are
1419 defended heavily, and which aren't.)
1420 * The defensive value of a sector no longer relies on the efficiency of
1421 the sector. Instead, it relies on the defensive efficiency of the sector.
1422 Thus, the "production" and "defensive" aspects of sectors have been
1424 * "show sect stats" now shows the maximum defensive value for sectors.
1425 * Changed sector structure to take floats for off/def values so we can use
1426 a base of 1 instead of 2.
1427 * Added "improve" and "sinfrastructure" to support the infrastructure
1429 * Added L_TRAIN units which can only travel along railways. Very fast on
1430 efficient railways, slow on non-efficient ones.
1431 * Added the ability for units to carry other units.
1432 * Fixed census (shortened up "fallout" and "coast" to "fall" and "coa".)
1433 * Forts only cost $500 to build and 100 hcms now (since they don't get any
1434 better defenses automagically.)
1435 * Modified "show sect build" to show the costs for building up the
1436 infrastructure of a sector.
1437 * Changed "spy" and the satellite recon stuff (which shows sector stuff for
1438 spyplanes too) to show the new infrastructure stuff, rounded of course.
1439 * Added Drake's info->html scripts, with some modifications, so you can
1440 now type "make html" and have your info pages built as html files too.
1441 This adds a new directory, "info.html", to the build tree.
1442 * Modified upgrade so that planes and land units may now be upgraded.
1443 * Added pstat command to list the statistics of your planes.
1444 * Added lstat command to list the statistics of your land units.
1445 * Added sstat command to list the statistics of your ships.
1446 * Added nmap command to show a map of your sectors after their new
1447 designations have taken place.