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Changes to Empire 4.3.15 - Sun May 18 08:59:30 UTC 2008
* The edit command keys deprecated in 4.3.10 are now gone.
* fairland now obeys game file locks.
* Do not leak world creation time in files utility, because that
facilitates attacks against fairland's PRNG. Broken in 4.3.12.
* Fix starvation not to starve one more than it should. The last man
on a boat or land unit now can't starve anymore.
* Fix a crash bug in satellite. Broken in 4.2.7 and not fixed
correctly in 4.2.12.
* Fix a coordinate normalization bug that could theoretically lead to
buffer overruns and other unpleasantness. None have been
reproduced, though. Broken in 4.3.12.
* Remove option FUEL. The abstract idea of tying ships and land
units to a logistical tether is sound, the concrete implementation
as option FUEL is flawed. It adds too much busy-work to the game
to be enjoyable. It hasn't been enabled in a public game for
years. The code implementing it is ugly, repetitive, and a burden
to maintain. The edit command still accepts and ignores the fuel
keys for compatibility, but they are deprecated.
* Fix pin-bomb not to report subs when there are none.
* You now have to take a capital to capture the victim's money, loans
or market lots. Merely obliterating the capital doesn't cut it.
It still makes the victim lose money, though.
* Fix a bug that could theoretically allow sacking of non-existant
capitals of visitors, deities and such.
* You now gain BTUs and MOB_ACCESS mobility before the first update
again. You didn't since 4.3.10 introduced the ETU clock.
* Fix edit to detect when the edited object changes while it's being
edited.
* Fix xdump nat for relations: it got HIDDEN backwards. Broken in
4.3.12.
* Fix origin command not to prompt twice for its argument. Broken in
4.3.0.
* Info file improvements.
Changes to Empire 4.3.14 - Mon May 5 04:57:03 UTC 2008
* Another round of fixes to the fire command:
- Don't disclose where the target retreated to.
@ -175,8 +210,8 @@ Changes to Empire 4.3.11 - Tue Jan 1 18:57:38 UTC 2008
created by fairland.
* The client now copes with ids greater than 15. The Empire
protocol currently uses 14 ids.
* Rewrite the client's code to read server output during login. The
old code could write one byte beyond the end of the buffer
* Rewrite the client's code for reading server output during login.
The old code could write one byte beyond the end of the buffer
(theoretically a remote hole), got confused by long lines, and
lines that didn't arrive in one piece.
* Long country name, password or user name crashed the client.
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* convert now silently limits conversions to avoid exceeding maximum
population.
* shoot no longer limits you to 999 victims.
* 4.2.19 broke pin bombing commodities on some platforms.
* 4.2.19 broke pin-bombing commodities on some platforms.
* Don't block on output while update is pending. This is required to
ensure the update can abort commands.
* Commands submitted while the update is waiting for commands to

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@ -7,6 +7,41 @@ new Empire4 Server. This outlines the various changes and how they
will affect you, the player. These were coded as the Wolfpack project,
and bug-reports should be sent to <wolfpack@wolfpackempire.com>.
.NF
Changes to Empire 4.3.15 - Sun May 18 08:59:30 UTC 2008
* The edit command keys deprecated in 4.3.10 are now gone.
* fairland now obeys game file locks.
* Do not leak world creation time in files utility, because that
facilitates attacks against fairland's PRNG. Broken in 4.3.12.
* Fix starvation not to starve one more than it should. The last man
on a boat or land unit now can't starve anymore.
* Fix a crash bug in satellite. Broken in 4.2.7 and not fixed
correctly in 4.2.12.
* Fix a coordinate normalization bug that could theoretically lead to
buffer overruns and other unpleasantness. None have been
reproduced, though. Broken in 4.3.12.
* Remove option FUEL. The abstract idea of tying ships and land
units to a logistical tether is sound, the concrete implementation
as option FUEL is flawed. It adds too much busy-work to the game
to be enjoyable. It hasn't been enabled in a public game for
years. The code implementing it is ugly, repetitive, and a burden
to maintain. The edit command still accepts and ignores the fuel
keys for compatibility, but they are deprecated.
* Fix pin-bomb not to report subs when there are none.
* You now have to take a capital to capture the victim's money, loans
or market lots. Merely obliterating the capital doesn't cut it.
It still makes the victim lose money, though.
* Fix a bug that could theoretically allow sacking of non-existant
capitals of visitors, deities and such.
* You now gain BTUs and MOB_ACCESS mobility before the first update
again. You didn't since 4.3.10 introduced the ETU clock.
* Fix edit to detect when the edited object changes while it's being
edited.
* Fix xdump nat for relations: it got HIDDEN backwards. Broken in
4.3.12.
* Fix origin command not to prompt twice for its argument. Broken in
4.3.0.
* Info file improvements.
Changes to Empire 4.3.14 - Mon May 5 04:57:03 UTC 2008
* Another round of fixes to the fire command:
- Don't disclose where the target retreated to.
@ -184,8 +219,8 @@ Changes to Empire 4.3.11 - Tue Jan 1 18:57:38 UTC 2008
created by fairland.
* The client now copes with ids greater than 15. The Empire
protocol currently uses 14 ids.
* Rewrite the client's code to read server output during login. The
old code could write one byte beyond the end of the buffer
* Rewrite the client's code for reading server output during login.
The old code could write one byte beyond the end of the buffer
(theoretically a remote hole), got confused by long lines, and
lines that didn't arrive in one piece.
* Long country name, password or user name crashed the client.
@ -948,7 +983,7 @@ Changes to Empire 4.2.22 - Tue Oct 11 20:23:51 UTC 2005
* convert now silently limits conversions to avoid exceeding maximum
population.
* shoot no longer limits you to 999 victims.
* 4.2.19 broke pin bombing commodities on some platforms.
* 4.2.19 broke pin-bombing commodities on some platforms.
* Don't block on output while update is pending. This is required to
ensure the update can abort commands.
* Commands submitted while the update is waiting for commands to