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Changes to Empire 4.3.0 - Mon Mar 6 19:32:06 UTC 2006
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* version no longer pretends option SHIPNAMES still exists.
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* Remove files auth and ban. They could be used to restrict client
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address and user. Restricting user is useless, because players can
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send whatever they want. Banning IPs is better done with a packet
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filter. That leaves restricting deity IPs. Provide new econfig
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key privip for that. Apply it to session kill as well as login.
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* xdump leaves GUINEA_PIGS:
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- xdump is now enabled unconditionally.
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- xdump sect now dumps selector coastal, because it can't be
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reliably computed from other xdump information.
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- New xdump realm and country. Realm information is now stored in
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a separate file, with appropriate selectors.
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- Review for completeness and information leaks. See info xdump
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for remaining issues. New treaty selector uid, nat selectors
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relations, contacts. Removed useless selectors: news and lost
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uid, nat dayno.
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- Command syntax changed.
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- xdump opt is no more, option information is now in xdump ver.
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- xdump can now dump meta-data.
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- Header and footer changed to be more compact. You now need
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meta-data to identify fields.
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- Bug fixes.
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- Documentation in doc/xdump
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* New econfig key builtindir.
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* New econfig key custom_tables lets you customize configuration
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tables without recompiling. Customizing tables other than unit
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tables is not recommended for now. See doc/econfig for
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instructions.
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* Check configuration and game state are sane on server startup.
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* Remove option NONUKES and NEUTRON. Deities can load a suitable
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nuke table to get the same effect.
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* Remove option DRNUKE. Use econfig key drnuke_const to control
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whether nukes need research.
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* Disqualify land units from performing missions while loaded on
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ships or trains.
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* Fix dump for strings without terminating zero.
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* Fix login command option not to send an extra prompt.
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* zdone now displays information about demand update vetoing.
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* The Windows port now requires Winsock version 2.
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* Remove econfig key powe_cost.
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* version report now shows all the configurable settings of interest
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to players.
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* carg and lcarg now display people as well.
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* ldump now dumps civ and uw as well.
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* Fix dangling pointer dereference in dogfighting code.
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* Tell sector owner when partisans take over. But don't disclose che
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casualties then.
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* emp_server, files, fairland now support options -h and -v.
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* Simplify baroque version numbering to a single version number.
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This affects output of version.
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* New show item and show news.
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* New build process:
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- Follow the usual steps: configure; make; make install. The
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to avoid breaking clients.latter is optional. The only file
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to avoid breaking clients.deities still have to edit is econfig.
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- Use GNU Autoconf for system configuration.
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- Use GNU Make for portability and features.
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- Support separate build trees.
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- Remake out-of-date dependencies automatically.
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- Remake out-of-date info files automatically.
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- Flatten info directory.
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- Formatted info files are no longer distributed in source tarball.
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- Use LWP only with UCONTEXT. Autoconfiguring the other LWP
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low-level options doesn't seem to be worth the effort, as
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UCONTEXT should be pretty portable.
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* Fix use of freed memory in sail.
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* sail could let large ships enter big cities.
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* Fix reject and accept not to require contact.
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* Fix sharebmap and telegram to prompt for a missing first argument.
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* Fix report to align column research correctly for deities.
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* When the optional newspaper argument doesn't work because HIDDEN is
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enabled, complain instead of ignoring it silently.
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* When BLITZ is enabled, fairland no longer permutes country numbers
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in newcap_script so that start islands are ordered from top left to
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bottom right.
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* Minimize output format differences between options:
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- census shows column fall regardless of FALLOUT.
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- show nuke now shows column res regardless of DRNUKE.
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- report no longer suppress column status when HIDDEN is enabled.
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HIDDEN limits status information like for the country command.
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- relations column width differed depending on option SLOW_WAR.
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Always use the wider format.
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* Fix a bug in edit that suppressed the player notification telex on
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military reserve change.
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* Fix command dispatch not to let deities use commands that are
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declared not to be available to them. The only command affected is
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break.
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* Fix the list command for visitor.
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* econfig key m_m_p_d no longer applies to deities.
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* Fix the origin command for country #0. Allow moving origin to
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another country's origin. Allow deities to reset origin to
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absolute 0,0. This turns origin into a superset of the offset
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command. Remove offset command.
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* Fix a bug that caused unpredictable flak damage when it should have
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been maximum damage (was broken in 4.2.19).
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* Don't store initial capital location, remove the associated nat
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selectors xstart, ystart.
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* Fix production command to consider resource depletion.
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* Fix justification of coordinate output in cutoff and mission.
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* Option UPDATESCHED is no longer optional. Disabling it didn't
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work anyway.
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* Support IPv6.
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* Turn options into ordinary econfig keys.
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* New econfig key start_cash.
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* BTU regeneration now depends on the capital's work percentage.
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* nation now supports an optional argument that lets deities ask for
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somebody else's nation report.
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* Fix nation to display SANCTUARY instead of VISITOR for countries in
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sanctuary.
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* Fix capital to let you use a regained sacked capital without
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activating another one in between.
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* Don't move capital when it is sacked.
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* New ship capability canal.
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* You now need a capital to request a demand update.
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* power now ignores landspies.
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* Fix LWP stack checking.
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* Clean up LWP, drop dead machine-specific code, fix portability bugs
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in UCONTEXT code.
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* census now shows the old owner instead of `*'. dump is unchanged
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to avoid breaking clients.
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* peek no longer prints the old owner.
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* When a bombed land unit retreated, collateral damage was applied to
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the wrong sector.
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* paradrop, drop and fly can no longer abandon the base sector.
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* Tending foreign ships now sends a bulletin to the owner.
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* Fix bug that permitted login for inactive countries, including ""
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* Fix tend for spies
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* Change launch to fire all missiles selected at the same target.
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Previously, it prompted for a new target after each missile.
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* add, consider, build, launch and fire no longer re-prompt when
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supplied with a bad argument, they just fail. Consequently, the
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build command no longer lets you lists types you can build. It
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points to the show command instead.
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* Fix add not to truncate country number.
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* Fix selector coastal to be accurate at all times.
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* Fix obscure bug in fairland: the sector added last to an island
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wasn't considered coastal. Affected resource computation.
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* Fix sector wiping in add command.
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* Remove options NO_LCMS, NO_HCMS, NO_OIL. They were broken in many
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ways. Custom configuration tables should become a serviceable
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replacement eventually.
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* Client no longer freezes on long lines of server output.
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* Fix uninitialized signal mask bugs.
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* Fix Windows service code's treatment of -e.
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* Sub interdiction disclosed sub owner through news' actor selector.
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* country reports on all countries, but carefully limits information
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disclosed to mortals. Output format changed.
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* Market no longer forces sellers to grant loans.
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* Fix potential crash bug in set command. Friendlier prompt and
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diagnostics.
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* Substantial code cleanup and portability fixes.
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* Extend empfile abstraction to cover game configuration.
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* Overhaul of game state storage.
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* The above includes major contributions from Ron Koenderink. Many
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thanks!
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Changes to Empire 4.2.23 - Sun Oct 23 09:28:26 UTC 2005
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Changes to Empire 4.2.23 - Sun Oct 23 09:28:26 UTC 2005
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* Make version pretend option SHIPNAMES still exists, for the benefit
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* Make version pretend option SHIPNAMES still exists, for the benefit
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of clients that still depend on it.
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of clients that still depend on it.
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info/Empire4.t
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info/Empire4.t
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@ -7,6 +7,163 @@ 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 4.3.0 - Mon Mar 6 19:32:06 UTC 2006
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* version no longer pretends option SHIPNAMES still exists.
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* Remove files auth and ban. They could be used to restrict client
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address and user. Restricting user is useless, because players can
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send whatever they want. Banning IPs is better done with a packet
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filter. That leaves restricting deity IPs. Provide new econfig
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key privip for that. Apply it to session kill as well as login.
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* xdump leaves GUINEA_PIGS:
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- xdump is now enabled unconditionally.
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- xdump sect now dumps selector coastal, because it can't be
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reliably computed from other xdump information.
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- New xdump realm and country. Realm information is now stored in
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a separate file, with appropriate selectors.
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- Review for completeness and information leaks. See info xdump
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for remaining issues. New treaty selector uid, nat selectors
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relations, contacts. Removed useless selectors: news and lost
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uid, nat dayno.
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- Command syntax changed.
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- xdump opt is no more, option information is now in xdump ver.
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- xdump can now dump meta-data.
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- Header and footer changed to be more compact. You now need
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meta-data to identify fields.
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- Bug fixes.
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- Documentation in doc/xdump
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* New econfig key builtindir.
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* New econfig key custom_tables lets you customize configuration
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tables without recompiling. Customizing tables other than unit
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tables is not recommended for now. See doc/econfig for
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instructions.
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* Check configuration and game state are sane on server startup.
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* Remove option NONUKES and NEUTRON. Deities can load a suitable
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nuke table to get the same effect.
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* Remove option DRNUKE. Use econfig key drnuke_const to control
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whether nukes need research.
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* Disqualify land units from performing missions while loaded on
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ships or trains.
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* Fix dump for strings without terminating zero.
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* Fix login command option not to send an extra prompt.
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* zdone now displays information about demand update vetoing.
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* The Windows port now requires Winsock version 2.
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* Remove econfig key powe_cost.
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* version report now shows all the configurable settings of interest
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to players.
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* carg and lcarg now display people as well.
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* ldump now dumps civ and uw as well.
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* Fix dangling pointer dereference in dogfighting code.
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* Tell sector owner when partisans take over. But don't disclose che
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casualties then.
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* emp_server, files, fairland now support options -h and -v.
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* Simplify baroque version numbering to a single version number.
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This affects output of version.
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* New show item and show news.
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* New build process:
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- Follow the usual steps: configure; make; make install. The
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to avoid breaking clients.latter is optional. The only file
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to avoid breaking clients.deities still have to edit is econfig.
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- Use GNU Autoconf for system configuration.
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- Use GNU Make for portability and features.
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- Support separate build trees.
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- Remake out-of-date dependencies automatically.
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- Remake out-of-date info files automatically.
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- Flatten info directory.
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- Formatted info files are no longer distributed in source tarball.
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- Use LWP only with UCONTEXT. Autoconfiguring the other LWP
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low-level options doesn't seem to be worth the effort, as
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UCONTEXT should be pretty portable.
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* Fix use of freed memory in sail.
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* sail could let large ships enter big cities.
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* Fix reject and accept not to require contact.
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* Fix sharebmap and telegram to prompt for a missing first argument.
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* Fix report to align column research correctly for deities.
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* When the optional newspaper argument doesn't work because HIDDEN is
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enabled, complain instead of ignoring it silently.
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* When BLITZ is enabled, fairland no longer permutes country numbers
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in newcap_script so that start islands are ordered from top left to
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bottom right.
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* Minimize output format differences between options:
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- census shows column fall regardless of FALLOUT.
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- show nuke now shows column res regardless of DRNUKE.
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- report no longer suppress column status when HIDDEN is enabled.
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HIDDEN limits status information like for the country command.
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- relations column width differed depending on option SLOW_WAR.
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Always use the wider format.
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* Fix a bug in edit that suppressed the player notification telex on
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military reserve change.
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* Fix command dispatch not to let deities use commands that are
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declared not to be available to them. The only command affected is
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break.
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* Fix the list command for visitor.
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* econfig key m_m_p_d no longer applies to deities.
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* Fix the origin command for country #0. Allow moving origin to
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another country's origin. Allow deities to reset origin to
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absolute 0,0. This turns origin into a superset of the offset
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command. Remove offset command.
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* Fix a bug that caused unpredictable flak damage when it should have
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been maximum damage (was broken in 4.2.19).
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* Don't store initial capital location, remove the associated nat
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selectors xstart, ystart.
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* Fix production command to consider resource depletion.
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* Fix justification of coordinate output in cutoff and mission.
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* Option UPDATESCHED is no longer optional. Disabling it didn't
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work anyway.
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* Support IPv6.
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* Turn options into ordinary econfig keys.
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* New econfig key start_cash.
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* BTU regeneration now depends on the capital's work percentage.
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* nation now supports an optional argument that lets deities ask for
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somebody else's nation report.
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* Fix nation to display SANCTUARY instead of VISITOR for countries in
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sanctuary.
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* Fix capital to let you use a regained sacked capital without
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activating another one in between.
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* Don't move capital when it is sacked.
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* New ship capability canal.
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* You now need a capital to request a demand update.
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* power now ignores landspies.
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* Fix LWP stack checking.
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* Clean up LWP, drop dead machine-specific code, fix portability bugs
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in UCONTEXT code.
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* census now shows the old owner instead of `*'. dump is unchanged
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to avoid breaking clients.
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* peek no longer prints the old owner.
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* When a bombed land unit retreated, collateral damage was applied to
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the wrong sector.
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* paradrop, drop and fly can no longer abandon the base sector.
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* Tending foreign ships now sends a bulletin to the owner.
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* Fix bug that permitted login for inactive countries, including ""
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* Fix tend for spies
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* Change launch to fire all missiles selected at the same target.
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Previously, it prompted for a new target after each missile.
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* add, consider, build, launch and fire no longer re-prompt when
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supplied with a bad argument, they just fail. Consequently, the
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build command no longer lets you lists types you can build. It
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points to the show command instead.
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* Fix add not to truncate country number.
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* Fix selector coastal to be accurate at all times.
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* Fix obscure bug in fairland: the sector added last to an island
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wasn't considered coastal. Affected resource computation.
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* Fix sector wiping in add command.
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* Remove options NO_LCMS, NO_HCMS, NO_OIL. They were broken in many
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ways. Custom configuration tables should become a serviceable
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replacement eventually.
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* Client no longer freezes on long lines of server output.
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* Fix uninitialized signal mask bugs.
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* Fix Windows service code's treatment of -e.
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* Sub interdiction disclosed sub owner through news' actor selector.
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* country reports on all countries, but carefully limits information
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disclosed to mortals. Output format changed.
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* Market no longer forces sellers to grant loans.
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* Fix potential crash bug in set command. Friendlier prompt and
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diagnostics.
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* Substantial code cleanup and portability fixes.
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* Extend empfile abstraction to cover game configuration.
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* Overhaul of game state storage.
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* The above includes major contributions from Ron Koenderink. Many
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thanks!
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Changes to Empire 4.2.23 - Sun Oct 23 09:28:26 UTC 2005
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Changes to Empire 4.2.23 - Sun Oct 23 09:28:26 UTC 2005
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* Make version pretend option SHIPNAMES still exists, for the benefit
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* Make version pretend option SHIPNAMES still exists, for the benefit
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of clients that still depend on it.
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of clients that still depend on it.
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