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Changes to Empire 4.3.31 - Wed May 8 18:45:06 UTC 2013
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* Permit ships that can drop depth charges, but not fire. No such
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ships exist in the stock game.
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* Consistently require guns for dropping depth charges. Before, only
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the fire command required guns (since 4.3.12 and before 4.0.6).
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* Change econfig key rollover_avail_max from 0 to 50.
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* Make sector production more predictable. Commands production and
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budget are now a bit more accurate.
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* Fix bugs that messed up xdump lost and xdump trade on big endian
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hosts (broken in 4.3.8), and made the server fail during startup on
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most big endian hosts (broken in 4.3.12).
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* Build process robustness fixes.
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* Use "Level: Obsolete" to mark obsolete info pages, and drop "info
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Obsolete".
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* Server now uses IPv4 format for IPv4-mapped addresses. Simplifies
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safe use of econfig key privip.
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* Server logs a few more network connection details.
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* Fixes and workarounds for econfig key listen_addr "" (which is the
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default) when the system has both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses
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configured:
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- Server accepted only IPv6 connections on Windows and BSDs. Fix
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to accept IPv4 ones, too.
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- Except for OpenBSD, where the fix doesn't work. Accept IPv4
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connections instead of IPv6 ones there, and document how to get
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IPv6 accepted instead.
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- Linux systems are frequently configured in a way that makes the
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server accept only IPv4 connections. Document workaround: use
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listen_addr "::".
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* Change fairland island size probability distribution: roll two dice
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instead of one. This makes extreme sizes much less likely.
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* Make fairland record the island number in the deity territory.
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* Fix extension of market bidding time when high bidder changes.
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Introduced broken in 4.0.7, with insufficient fixes in 4.0.9 and
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4.2.0.
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* Fix market not to mess up ridiculously high unit prices. Has been
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broken since 4.0.0 introduced the market.
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* Fix melting of big piles of stuff by ridiculously heavy fallout.
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Has been broken since fallout exists.
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* Fix crash on edit s, p, u key 'U' with negative argument.
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* When a deity builds ships or land units in foreign sectors, they're
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given to the sector owner. This lets POGO build them, and it's how
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build works for planes and nukes.
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* Fix PRNG (pseudo-random number generator) seeding to resist
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guessing: seed with a kernel random number. If we can't get one,
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fall back to a hash of high-resolution time and process ID. This
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should happen only on old systems or Windows. Far worse than a
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kernel random number, but far better than just low-resolution time.
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Fairland's seeding used to be low-resolution time and process ID,
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but regressed in 4.2.20 to just time.
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* Switch PRNG from BSD random() to Mersenne Twister. This is a is a
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proven, high-quality PRNG.
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* Fix tiny error in distribution of some die rolls.
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* Increase land unit retreat chance and nuclear damage's chance to
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destroy a nuke by one percentage point, for simplicity.
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* Merge news items a bit more aggressively.
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* Fix a year 2038 bug in news item merging.
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* Retire the nightly build.
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* New make target check. Just a few tests for now, derived from the
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smoke test that used to be part of the nightly build.
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* Really fix accepting connections from "long" IPv6 address. The fix
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in 4.3.23 could mess up player's host address in player output and
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logs, and cause extra "Last connection" messages.
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* Take ship cost into account when picking missile interdiction
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target. Broken in 4.3.8.
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* Really fix give, setsector and setresource not to wipe out
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concurrent updates. The fix in 4.3.27 was insufficient.
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* Fix setsector not to disclose number of landmines to occupier.
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* Make capital fail more nicely when the sector is unsuitable. Its
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argument must now be a single sector. Before, it silently picked
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the first suitable one when the argument selected several. Has
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always been that way, and never documented.
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* Changes to option GODNEWS:
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- Deity command give could downgrade the deity's relations to the
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sector owner when GODNEWS was enabled. No more.
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- Likewise, deity commands edit and setsector can no longer
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downgrade the victim's relations to the deity.
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- News enabled by GODNEWS no longer affect news headlines.
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* Fix bomb, drop, fly, paradrop, recon and sweep to again accept a
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destination sector equal to the assembly point. Broken in 4.3.27.
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* Fix portability bug in configure test for Windows API.
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* More user friendly server startup: journal open errors are detected
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while the server still runs in the foreground, which makes it
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possible to complain to stderr and to exit unsuccessfully.
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* Market changes:
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- Forbid selling conquered populace. Only relevant when the deity
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allows selling civilians, which is probably a bad idea.
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- Permit selling military by default.
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- Forbid selling ships and land units carrying unsalable cargo.
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* Scrapping ships and land units now spreads the plague
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* Don't let scrap give away civilians, kill them off instead.
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* Pilots and air cargo now spread the plague.
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* Don't let fly and drop give away civilians.
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* Fix fly to permit flying civs to a carrier in an occupied sector.
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Broken in 4.2.17.
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* Don't let planes fly to a carrier without sufficient space.
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Before, planes that didn't fit were teleported home, which could be
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abused. Broken in 4.3.17. Almost the same bug was previously
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fixed in 4.2.17.
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* Fix tend to foreign ships:
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- Refuse to tend civilians to foreign ships.
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- Don't leak friendly foreign ships' commodity cargo.
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- Continue with remaining target ships after skipping a foreign one
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when tending a negative amount of commodities.
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All broken when Chainsaw 2 added tending to allies.
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* march sub-command 'm' can now sweep own landmines.
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* Land units no longer sweep allied landmines, except when executing
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march sub-command 'm'. They don't hit them since 4.3.27. Sweeping
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was forgotten then.
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* Fix bmap commands not to parse empty flags argument as "revert".
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Broken in 4.3.27.
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* Code refactoring and cleanup.
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* Info page fixes and clarifications.
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Changes to Empire 4.3.30 - Tue May 22 18:34:52 UTC 2012
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Changes to Empire 4.3.30 - Tue May 22 18:34:52 UTC 2012
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* Disable damage to base sector or ship when missile explodes on
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* Disable damage to base sector or ship when missile explodes on
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launch for now, because damage done to other missiles there can be
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launch for now, because damage done to other missiles there can be
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@ -7,6 +7,119 @@ new Empire4 Server. This outlines the various changes and how they
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will affect you, the player. These were coded as the Wolfpack project,
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will affect you, the player. These were coded as the Wolfpack project,
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and bug-reports should be sent to <wolfpack@wolfpackempire.com>.
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and bug-reports should be sent to <wolfpack@wolfpackempire.com>.
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.NF
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.NF
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Changes to Empire 4.3.31 - Wed May 8 18:45:06 UTC 2013
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* Permit ships that can drop depth charges, but not fire. No such
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ships exist in the stock game.
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* Consistently require guns for dropping depth charges. Before, only
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the fire command required guns (since 4.3.12 and before 4.0.6).
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* Change econfig key rollover_avail_max from 0 to 50.
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* Make sector production more predictable. Commands production and
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budget are now a bit more accurate.
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* Fix bugs that messed up xdump lost and xdump trade on big endian
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hosts (broken in 4.3.8), and made the server fail during startup on
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most big endian hosts (broken in 4.3.12).
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* Build process robustness fixes.
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* Use "Level: Obsolete" to mark obsolete info pages, and drop "info
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Obsolete".
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* Server now uses IPv4 format for IPv4-mapped addresses. Simplifies
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safe use of econfig key privip.
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* Server logs a few more network connection details.
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* Fixes and workarounds for econfig key listen_addr "" (which is the
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default) when the system has both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses
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configured:
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- Server accepted only IPv6 connections on Windows and BSDs. Fix
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to accept IPv4 ones, too.
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- Except for OpenBSD, where the fix doesn't work. Accept IPv4
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connections instead of IPv6 ones there, and document how to get
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IPv6 accepted instead.
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- Linux systems are frequently configured in a way that makes the
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server accept only IPv4 connections. Document workaround: use
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listen_addr "::".
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* Change fairland island size probability distribution: roll two dice
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instead of one. This makes extreme sizes much less likely.
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* Make fairland record the island number in the deity territory.
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* Fix extension of market bidding time when high bidder changes.
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Introduced broken in 4.0.7, with insufficient fixes in 4.0.9 and
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4.2.0.
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* Fix market not to mess up ridiculously high unit prices. Has been
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broken since 4.0.0 introduced the market.
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* Fix melting of big piles of stuff by ridiculously heavy fallout.
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Has been broken since fallout exists.
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* Fix crash on edit s, p, u key 'U' with negative argument.
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* When a deity builds ships or land units in foreign sectors, they're
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given to the sector owner. This lets POGO build them, and it's how
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build works for planes and nukes.
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* Fix PRNG (pseudo-random number generator) seeding to resist
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guessing: seed with a kernel random number. If we can't get one,
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fall back to a hash of high-resolution time and process ID. This
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should happen only on old systems or Windows. Far worse than a
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kernel random number, but far better than just low-resolution time.
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Fairland's seeding used to be low-resolution time and process ID,
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but regressed in 4.2.20 to just time.
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* Switch PRNG from BSD random() to Mersenne Twister. This is a is a
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proven, high-quality PRNG.
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* Fix tiny error in distribution of some die rolls.
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* Increase land unit retreat chance and nuclear damage's chance to
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destroy a nuke by one percentage point, for simplicity.
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* Merge news items a bit more aggressively.
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* Fix a year 2038 bug in news item merging.
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* Retire the nightly build.
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* New make target check. Just a few tests for now, derived from the
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smoke test that used to be part of the nightly build.
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* Really fix accepting connections from "long" IPv6 address. The fix
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in 4.3.23 could mess up player's host address in player output and
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logs, and cause extra "Last connection" messages.
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* Take ship cost into account when picking missile interdiction
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target. Broken in 4.3.8.
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* Really fix give, setsector and setresource not to wipe out
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concurrent updates. The fix in 4.3.27 was insufficient.
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* Fix setsector not to disclose number of landmines to occupier.
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* Make capital fail more nicely when the sector is unsuitable. Its
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argument must now be a single sector. Before, it silently picked
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the first suitable one when the argument selected several. Has
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always been that way, and never documented.
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* Changes to option GODNEWS:
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- Deity command give could downgrade the deity's relations to the
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sector owner when GODNEWS was enabled. No more.
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- Likewise, deity commands edit and setsector can no longer
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downgrade the victim's relations to the deity.
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- News enabled by GODNEWS no longer affect news headlines.
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* Fix bomb, drop, fly, paradrop, recon and sweep to again accept a
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destination sector equal to the assembly point. Broken in 4.3.27.
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* Fix portability bug in configure test for Windows API.
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* More user friendly server startup: journal open errors are detected
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while the server still runs in the foreground, which makes it
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possible to complain to stderr and to exit unsuccessfully.
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* Market changes:
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- Forbid selling conquered populace. Only relevant when the deity
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allows selling civilians, which is probably a bad idea.
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- Permit selling military by default.
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- Forbid selling ships and land units carrying unsalable cargo.
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* Scrapping ships and land units now spreads the plague
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* Don't let scrap give away civilians, kill them off instead.
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* Pilots and air cargo now spread the plague.
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* Don't let fly and drop give away civilians.
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* Fix fly to permit flying civs to a carrier in an occupied sector.
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Broken in 4.2.17.
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* Don't let planes fly to a carrier without sufficient space.
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Before, planes that didn't fit were teleported home, which could be
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abused. Broken in 4.3.17. Almost the same bug was previously
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fixed in 4.2.17.
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* Fix tend to foreign ships:
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- Refuse to tend civilians to foreign ships.
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- Don't leak friendly foreign ships' commodity cargo.
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- Continue with remaining target ships after skipping a foreign one
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when tending a negative amount of commodities.
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All broken when Chainsaw 2 added tending to allies.
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* march sub-command 'm' can now sweep own landmines.
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* Land units no longer sweep allied landmines, except when executing
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march sub-command 'm'. They don't hit them since 4.3.27. Sweeping
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was forgotten then.
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* Fix bmap commands not to parse empty flags argument as "revert".
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Broken in 4.3.27.
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* Code refactoring and cleanup.
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* Info page fixes and clarifications.
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Changes to Empire 4.3.30 - Tue May 22 18:34:52 UTC 2012
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Changes to Empire 4.3.30 - Tue May 22 18:34:52 UTC 2012
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* Disable damage to base sector or ship when missile explodes on
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* Disable damage to base sector or ship when missile explodes on
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launch for now, because damage done to other missiles there can be
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launch for now, because damage done to other missiles there can be
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