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06487a46a3 Update copyright notice
Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@pond.sub.org>
2021-01-23 08:39:13 +01:00
4a1ec06364 Update copyright notice
Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@pond.sub.org>
2021-01-05 10:41:28 +01:00
d111522fe8 Update copyright notice
Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
2018-04-29 10:33:19 +02:00
2bcd875715 Spell BTU and ETU consistently
Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@pond.sub.org>
2017-08-07 10:08:31 +02:00
afe5001a23 Update copyright notice
Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@pond.sub.org>
2017-08-07 09:38:32 +02:00
549561ff03 Include "file.h" where it's needed
Several headers define macros that use ef_ptr() without including
"file.h".  Fix that.  Drop redundant inclusions elsewhere.

Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@pond.sub.org>
2017-08-06 20:08:31 +02:00
bae3f5447e Update copyright notice
Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@pond.sub.org>
2017-07-02 17:45:44 +02:00
b14f5276ab Update copyright notice
Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@pond.sub.org>
2015-02-28 16:21:34 +01:00
bb467c335d Update copyright notice
Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@pond.sub.org>
2014-01-02 14:33:48 +01:00
df4925d696 Update copyright notice 2013-01-12 17:45:01 +01:00
1118f1c0ca Update copyright notice 2012-06-10 10:52:22 +02:00
98cd2a3a70 Update known contributors comments 2011-04-14 20:21:23 +02:00
7e2008e7f4 License upgrade to GPL version 3 or later
Why upgrade?  I'm not a lawyer, but here's my take on the differences
to version 2:

* Software patents: better protection against abuse of patents to
  prevent users from exercising the rights under the GPL.  I doubt
  we'll get hit with a patent suit, but it's a good move just on
  general principles.

* License compatibility: compatible with more free licenses, i.e. can
  "steal" more free software for use in Empire.  I don't expect to steal
  much, but it's nice to have the option.

* Definition of "source code": modernization of some details for today's
  networked world, to make it easier to distribute the software.  Not
  really relevant to us now, as we normally distribute full source code.

* Tivoization: this is about putting GPL-licensed software in hardware,
  then make the hardware refuse to run modified software.  "Neat" trick
  to effectively deny its users their rights under the GPL.  Abuse was
  "pioneered" by TiVo (popular digital video recorders).  GPLv3 forbids
  it.  Unlikely to become a problem for us.

* Internationalization: more careful wording, to harden the license
  outside the US.  The lawyers tell us it better be done that way.

* License violations: friendlier way to deal with license violations.
  This has come out of past experience enforcing the GPL.

* Additional permissions: Probably not relevant to us.

Also include myself in the list of principal authors.
2011-04-12 21:20:58 +02:00
73e25ff21e Update copyright notice 2010-01-19 08:40:17 +01:00
2fa5f65257 Generation numbers to catch write back of stale copies
Oops when a stale copy is written back, i.e. the processor was yielded
since the copy was made.  Such bugs are difficult to spot.  Sequence
numbers catch them when they do actual harm (they also catch different
bugs).  Generation numbers catch them even when they don't.

New ef_generation to count generations.  Call new ef_make_stale() to
increment it whenever the processor may be yielded.

New struct emptypedstr member generation.  To conserve space, make it
a bit-field of twelve bits, i.e. generations are only recorded modulo
2^12.  Make sure all members of unit empobj_storage share it.  It is
only used in copies; its value on disk and in the cache is
meaningless.  Copies with generation other than ef_generation are
stale.  Stale copies that are a multiple of 2^12 generations old can't
be detected, but that is sufficiently improbable.

Set generation to ef_generation by calling new ef_mark_fresh() when
making copies in ef_read() and ef_blank().  nav_ship() and
fltp_to_list() make copies without going through ef_read(), and
therefore need to call ef_mark_fresh() as well.  Also call it in
obj_changed() to make check_sect_ok() & friends freshen their argument
when it is unchanged.

New must_be_fresh() oopses when its argument is stale.  Call it in
ef_write() to catch write back of stale copies.
2010-01-19 08:36:01 +01:00
358aee203e Store sequence numbers more compactly
Store them and ef_type in bit-fields.

Allocate eight bits for ef_type.  Values range from 0 to EF_GAME
(currently 16), so this is plenty.

Allocate twelve bits for sequence numbers.  Sequence number mismatches
are now missed when the numbers are equal modulo 2^12.  Still
sufficiently improbable.

Common machines store the bit-fields in a 32 bit word.  There are
twelve bits left in that word for future use.  Total savings 16 bits,
which is exactly what the previous commit spent on wider uids on
common machines.
2010-01-19 08:31:10 +01:00
ba2044be18 Store uids as int to support more sectors and units
Before, they were stored as short.  Wider uids use more space, but the
next commit will recover it by narrowing other members.

The use of short has always limited the number of ships, planes, land
units and nukes to SHRT_MAX (commonly 32768).  Only the most extreme
games ever came close.

Commit 49780e2c (v4.3.12) added struct sctstr member sct_uid to make
struct empobj member uid work for sectors.  This made the limit apply
to sectors as well.  We've had games with more than 32768 sectors.
2010-01-19 08:26:42 +01:00
ee20a9cd34 Update known contributors comments 2009-02-18 21:11:33 +01:00
fe9f02ccfb Store game down flag in the game table
This avoids the silly opening of downfil all the time.

For what it's worth, it also makes the information visible in xdump,
as new game selector down.
2009-02-08 14:18:04 +01:00
35ef345ecb Update copyright notice 2009-02-08 09:33:18 +01:00
d702068457 Fix trailing whitespace 2008-09-17 21:31:40 -04:00
536ef0b0a2 Add sequence numbers to game state
This oopses on output dependency violations, e.g. two threads doing a
read-modify-write without synchronization, or the one thread nesting
several read-modify-writes.  Such bugs are difficult to spot, and tend
to be abusable.  I figure we have quite a few of them.

New struct emptypedstr member seqno.  Make sure all members of unit
empobj_storage share it.  Initialize it in files: main() and
file_sct_init().  Set it in ef_blank() and new ef_set_uid() by calling
new get_seqno().  Use ef_set_uid() when copying objects: swaps(),
doland(), doship(), doplane(), dounit(), delete_old_news().  Step it
in ef_write() by calling new new_seqno().

Factor do_read() out of fillcache() to make it available for
get_seqno().
2008-05-17 22:50:30 +02:00
bb7c8665e4 Start the Empire clock on first break or update
Before, the Empire clock started at the epoch, which effectively made
it not tick before the first update.
2008-05-10 21:52:19 +02:00
0dd6702df1 Update known contributors comments 2008-03-14 20:25:44 +01:00
a680c81110 Put a timestamp into struct emptypedstr
Make sure all members of unit empobj_storage share it.

Add matching timestamp member to struct comstr, struct empobj, struct
gamestr, struct lonstr, struct natstr, struct nwsstr, struct trdstr,
struct trtstr.  The timestamp isn't yet set for these.  To be fixed.

Move the timestamp member to the right place in struct lndstr, struct
loststr, struct realmstr, struct nukstr, struct plnstr, struct sctstr,
struct shpstr.
2008-03-14 20:25:43 +01:00
49780e2c6c Extend the common header of struct empobj to include uid
Make sure all members of unit empobj_storage share uid in addition to
ef_type.

Add matching uid member to struct gamestr, struct natstr and struct
sctstr, and set them.

Swap struct empobj members uid and own to make that easier, and update
struct comstr, struct lndstr, struct lonstr, struct loststr, struct
nwsstr, struct nukstr, struct plnstr, struct realmstr, struct shpstr,
struct trdstr, struct trtstr accordingly.

Note that the uid isn't properly set for struct nwsstr, struct lonstr,
struct trdstr, struct comstr and struct loststr.  To be fixed.
2008-03-05 22:48:20 +01:00
db02dda32f Update copyright notice 2008-01-19 10:15:37 +01:00
286dda725e Store update disable flag in the game table to make it visible in
xdump:
(gamestr): New member game_upd_disable.
(game_ca): Update accordingly.
(game_ctrl_update): New.
(disa, enab): Use it.
(updates_disabled): Rewrite and move to game.c
(disablefil): Remove.
2007-07-27 05:58:40 +00:00
aa34ef2b7b (game_reset_tick): New.
(prod_nat): Use it.
2007-07-15 09:01:58 +00:00
dd2daaaab3 Provide an Empire clock with ETU resolution that is properly
synchronized to updates (the one based on s_p_etu isn't synchronized):
(gamestr): New members game_turn, game_tick, game_rt.
(game_ca): New selectors for them.  Restrict tick and rt to deity for
now.  We'd need xdump update the Empire clock to make them safe for
players.
(game_record_update): New.
(update_main): Call it.
(game_tick_tick, game_tick_to_now, game_step_a_tick): New, not yet
used.
2007-07-14 15:58:37 +00:00
654335c621 New Empire table game, to be used for global stuff:
(gamestr, EF_GAME, game_ca): New.
(empfile): Declare the table.
(ef_open_srv, ef_close_srv): Open and close it.
(main): Create it.
(empobj_storage): New member game.

(EF_DYNMAX): New.
(EF_IS_GAME_STATE): Use it.
2007-07-14 14:49:58 +00:00