Difference between revisions of "Revisions Changelog"

Revision as of 11:29, 13 February 2014

Following is a list of all changes made to Sphere since version 55a. These changes can also be found by opening and reading the REVISIONS-55-SERIES.txt and REVISIONS-56-SERIES.txt files that are provided with the Sphere download.

You can also retrieve the very latest revisions file for the 56 series from the Automated SVN Builds page. This file also shows the changes that have been made for the next prerelease.

REVISIONS-55-SERIES

---- 0.55a --------------------------------------------------------------------
---- * date unknown

new crypt for clients up to 2.0.7
2.0.7 client has strange problem with text containing - or _ in UNICODE speech modes (this can crash the client in some cases)
UNICODESpeech=off will fix for english.
3d beta client support.
new key ACCOUNT.CHARS
new key ACCOUNT.CHAR.x.NAME
use verb serv.server.0.name
bandages only for gm's
Steal Looting corpses
line numbers for errors where not accurate - ftell() is not accurate in text mode !!! does not work with fseek to get you back to the same place !!!
CHECK cant feed pets ? not GM's
Ghosts can't equip scriptable timers ? timers don't expire.
block type [REGION] changed to [REGIONTRIG]
added key RESOURCES= to [AREA]
added new block type [REGIONRESOURCES] in sphereregion.scp
changed [MAPRESDEF] to [REGIONRESOURCE]
ANIM with backwards and TimeDelay = invis in all other clients (client bug really)
x You put the logss in your pack
x. Also you can smelt Chaos and Order shields to get gold and blackrock ingots in mass amounts with no or little work.
x. Also with the guild stones, you can recruit the guildmaster making him a candidate and
take over the guild stone and kick everyone out. Warring guilds tend to make mules and do this sort of thing.
18. Many guild bugs. Players can be "half-way" in a guild now.
The result is other waring guilds are now orange to you and
you are blue to them. They can be half way in the guild two
ways.
18.1. Have the guildmaster never accept you fully in.
18.2. after the guildmaster accepts you in, don't click the stone. You can actually end up half way in a guild with your guild tag on.
19. Another guild bug is people will make a charater with 10 str
and then join it to a guild thats either Chaos or Order.
Then go attack greens, the player will auto attack back and
easily kill the player with 10 str. Thusly giving them a kill
they get guard killed and a near by guildmate loots the corpse of the person that got attacked by the guy with 10 str. No criminal tags are incured on either the looter or the attacker due to the fact that the target was green.

---- 0.55b --------------------------------------------------------------------
---- * date unknown

XBank and XCOLOR problems.
test inscription
DUPE limited to MaxItemComplexity
X (seems ok, script issue ?) word Bank dont work
immunity to ones own spells.
X (seems ok to me) defname of types don't work
x no loss of ar-value on unequipping armor or another item, but unequipping works correct with xedit
X (seems ok, script issue ?) scribing scrolls no longer check to see if magery is high enough to scribe a scroll
x The same with weapons like bow, you can shoot with the unequipt bow after unequip...
X ( seems ok) .shutdown 1 says it will, but never shutsdown :)
X returnvalue for functions . see i_test_rand_ret
slight damage to mining tools as used.
@SkillTry to @SkillStart

---- 0.55c --------------------------------------------------------------------
---- 15/03/2001

sphere list sorting. non letters and repeating letters
SPEECHCOLOR for NPC's
X Equip / unequip items that mod skills.
X (Seem ok ) overly heavy iron ingots ?
X Check - listening equipped items.
prevent NUKE command target in pack.
x test poisoned horse dies while ridden.
x change mapresources causes critical error on resync
i_runebook
CanSee and CanSeeLOS triggers for items
change unreasonable timer max length to 90 days. was 2 hours !
ADD items directly into pack by targetting other item in pack.

---- 0.55d --------------------------------------------------------------------
---- * date unknown

X tag.morep_1=<morep> works
X Check i_rune_book
remove MENU_ADMIN, replace with gump and FUNCTION
test output for scripts and logs should use the \r\n text mode. NotePad will work again.
SKILLDEF effects
"DELAY_HI",
"DELAY_LO",
"EFFECT_HI",
"EFFECT_LO",
missing SKILLMAKE=BLACKSMTIHING x.x for item 01b73 (i_shield_buckler) in sphereitemb5.scp
SPELL_Reactive_Armor = effect_Lo and Effect_Hi = random max percent reflected damage.
Crypt for 3.0.0

---- 0.55e --------------------------------------------------------------------
---- 21/03/2001

X Taste Id doesnt work at all it doesnt give a message period.
burn vs. smelt. flame effect ?
X -npc speech color not working properly
SEEMS OK = no kindling from trees -dagger on tree doesn't yield kindling "this is not a tree"
SEEMS OK = Problem with resources on Multiple planes, not getting any? Problem in map file maybe?
X Polymorph not working
SEEMS OK TO ME - When creating a t_script item, buying off a vendor, not to have the t_script attributes,
the TAGS do not appear to working through the ON=@CREATE .
X Need the @LOGIN @LOGOUT trigger
x Backgammon board has chess pieces
X All drinkable potions create a gold coin in pack instead of empty bottle (probably script TDATA value).
? CLIENT UPDATE BUG? - when u set an amount as a gm it doesnt set the whole stack-it leaves the original 1 and then gives u the diff in a different pile
-NEED to do UPDATE now - couldnt .set flags statf_nightsight
-Setting colors of cchar objects is very strange, I would color my zorn, but no refeash commands would show me the color, when I mounted it, it turned the right color.
- CANT CURSE self - curse, weaken, clumsy, feeblemind all consume regs but have no spell effect (no reduction of stats)
new command SAYUA Color, Mode, Font, Lang, Text
- dices can roll a "0,0", "0,x", "x,0"
SKILLBEST or SKILLBEST.1 to get the best ranked skills
X unicode speech must add lost of "......" , or it will not be displayed. "......." amount = unicode words amount - 2
TEXT problem with new client versions 2.0.7 ?
Yawn anim ?
Fix items that should decay but lose timers.
Eval Int message
TRUE - Drink one potion, then drink a different one - second one drank overwrites the first potion's effect. (IE, poison yourself, drink agility - now agile, but no longer poisoned at all)(all potions, same thing)
TRUE - Var.x=rand(nnn) doesn't save output of Random function (so a number since 0 to nnn-1) but it save the function.
Should use Var.x = <eval rand(nnn)> rand() only works bare if it's an 'if' or other known math function.
i_shield_wood shield made of only wood.

---- 0.55f --------------------------------------------------------------------
---- * date unknown

ARCHERYMINDIST=2
Repairs now require some of the components of the item.
Double fame when order pet to attack.
GM equipping item to NPC.
Stealing can fail
Stealing can get you caught.
-archer npcs AI three steps to fire
X Shovel is destroyed really fast if you mine

---- 0.55g --------------------------------------------------------------------
---- 29/03/2001

BUG - missing reags = success. ?
LASTUSED for player chars. seconds
CHECK -Seems ok = released animals still follow their owner
CHECK -Seems OK- Spawns seems to be hovering around their spawn point and not moving
Meditation:
[SKILL] all 0 to 100 percent.
DELAY=2.0,3.0 // per stroke.
EFFECT=0.0,100.0
ADV_RATE=10.0,200.0,800.0 = reveresd from old.
VALUES=
Bandage washing not working (it seems so anyway might have to wash them somewhere else)
NPC re-lighting torches a million times ?
Ingot smelting yield for one ore is 1.
x) If in war mode, summon a animal, you end up fighting yourself
Healing - you get two messages about applying bandages when you heal yourself/anyonelse unequip on heal healrates totally screwed up 100 heal 100 anat = crazy healing
SECTOR.RAIN SECTOR.DRY weather transition problem.
MORE1l, MORE1h, MORE2l, MORE2h
remove "Rune to:" header
CAN'T FIND THIS- they don't count fists or daggers as a criminal offence,
thus getting the npc's to attack them and making the npc grey and free to kill.
CALL FOR GUARDS WORKS FOR ME - Just hit the blue npc or player one time in war mode. The aggressor WILL NOT
be flagged criminal until the victim die. Or the aggressor can go in peace
mode and let the blue attack. The blue will become grey to him and finally
the aggressor will kill the blue and loot him without any problems. I tested
it, it works. Some players seem to use this for kill any blues in town.
NOT ON SELF = curse, weaken, clumsy, feeblemind all consume regs but have no spell effect (no reduction of stats)

---- 0.55h --------------------------------------------------------------------
---- 04/04/2001

CHECK - OK - refresh potion
keys to houses going blank
3) Hatches on boats wont open?
4) No Keys for tents boxes (Fixed this problem by adding a sign to the multi)
TAGLIST for multi, script, account, cchar
x loot while hidden
player use bandages on self,-> get 2 messages
Stealing off corspses still works, should never be able to steal off a corpse
murderer and criminal titles capitalized.
the bug appears if the archery butte is linked to an item. if the item it is linked to is dclicked, the archery butte reacts as if itself had been dclicked. (Same with pickpocket dips and training dummies and alot of other things).
With GM or PC, if you try to fill a keg with potion you get the you cannot use this yet message. I have a mortar and pestle. Tested at GM alchemy skill for both GM and PC.
In UO3D, if you log into an account that has no characters, you get a message
that says "You already have 5 characters". -- Fixed AD 3/31/2001.
Increased maximum item name length to 256.
The teleports in the map script, like entering dungeons should not allow NPC's to travel through them unless they are pets. This will keep monsters from harder levels roaming to easier levels.
CHECK - .sayua x,x,x,x,test -- Works, but was returning false, so it would say "Not a valid command or format"
It seem the off duty vendor brain act though it's just a vendor that has ran out of goods..
Party System reveals your account name (not password) to any person you ask to join.
CHECK - OK - 55g deletes all shrinked npcs on startup?
CHECK - OK - kills down by 1 each login ?
Can't attack things u can't see.
fix silly torch dupe AGAIN !

---- 0.55i --------------------------------------------------------------------
---- * date unknown

.ACCOUNT name ADD password changed to .ACCOUNT ADD name password
working tool tips
x A way to check if skill requirments when casting like IF (<SRC.CANMAKE>==i_arrow) something like that
x Poison needs to release a paralyzed person
x Item i_fire is being picked up by players when being created suring smelting
set color will not update imediately
5) Resources in Other Mapplanes like (1) and so on (MAP.SCP Attached)
6) Undefined Symbol error on region tags in housing.... Look at lines 4270 & 4263 in sphereitem_housing.scp

---- 0.55j --------------------------------------------------------------------
---- * date unknown

.55j
uid.x.name is broken
i_multi_house_wheat_cottage
UNICODE to UTF8 convert for LINUX
syntax error with " if ((<morey><0) || (<morey>>1000))"
port +1000 for the accounts ?

REGIONRESOURCE replace AMOUNT_LO,AMOUNt_HI with AMOUNT=lo,hi
REGIONRESOURCE replace SKILL_LO,SKILL_HI with SKILL=lo,hi
REGIONRESOURCE add REAPAMOUNT = range of amount to find in 1 try.

---- 0.55 R1 ------------------------------------------------------------------
---- 14/11/2003

11-11-2003, Zorm
Fixed dye anything, now has to be a dye tub
Added checking to strings to prevent exploits
Candle dupe has been fixed
Layer_horse can no longer be picked up by players
Messages in message boards can no longer be picked up by players
Stats max on create character raised from 66 to 80, allows new prof.txt
Now checking colors for pants and shirt when creating a character
Added more checking to a players name when creating characters
Teleport effects should no longer harm players
Pets now clear all old owners when getting a new one
Fixed showing of hp to other players
Administrator account is no longer auto admin
If you attempt a command and can't use it it comes out as normal speech
death menu option is no longer sent
guild mates no longer give you a kill count/karma/fame when you kill them
speech support improved. If you send unicode text it is handled throughout as unicode
non unicode text is sent back out as unicode text

12-11-2003, Kell
- Added @CallGuards as a propper trigger, "return 1" cancels guards being called
- Changed @Logout so that "return 1" disallows instalogout.
- Added support for the following TAGs on characters:
TAG.NAME.ALT (alternate name, good for incognito effects)
TAG.NAME.PREFIX (alternate prefix, if not set, defaults to Notoriety prefix - lady/lord)
TAG.NAME.SUFFIX (suffix for the name)
Note that a space isn't added for prefix or suffix on purpose, to allow text to be
glued to the name. You can add a space by using quotes, as in: TAG.NAME.SUFFIX="text "
- Using open door macro now triggers double click event.
- @DClick is now triggered on NPCs BEFORE attempting to mount, paperdoll or open
backpack ("return 1" cancels)
- If REAPAMOUNT isn't present, AMOUNT/3 will be used (it won't just default to 1).

13-11-2003, Kell
- Player characters with conjured flag get unmounted and the flag removed on death. Useful
to leave no corpse behind ( under ON=@Death : flags = <flags> | statf_conjured ). This would
be better as a server setting.
- Fixed spider webs remaining for days, and spider silk too (increased item count too much)

14-11-2003, Zorm
- Fixed client 1.26.x, it may now log on a 55i server
- Updated addbark, addbarkunicode, addbarkspeechtable to follow OSI better

---- 0.55 R2 ------------------------------------------------------------------
---- 27/11/2003

14-11-2003, Kell
- Fixed parsing of <<args>> or any other nested <var> btw. Also fixed parsing of numerical commands
(skills) so that <7> actually works for accessing skill #7 (this didn't make it to .55R1).
- Fixed dumb log file being created out of place. Will still happen when Sphere is run as
an NT service though.

15-11-2003, Zorm
- Added LOS check for taming
- Changed m_defense from BYTE to WORD, thus fixing the bug with AR > 255
- CanSeeLOS fixed, now checks if target object z is greater then myz + 14 if so blocks
- Kill count decay should be fixed
- Can no longer steal from trade windows or game boards
- ATTR_OWNED items may no longer be magic locked
- Added @DeathCorpse, argn1 = corpse?
- Trade window items are now dumped to back before corpse is made
- Now checks accounts when first sent
- Added @start in skilldefs
- Provoking players disabled

16-11-2003, Kell
- Identified problem regarding vanishing horses. Apparently, they stop acting as ridden, so instead
of deleting them I will just try and restart their behaviour again. If this fails, they still
shouldn't be deleted, and a new message should be printed out. To test, try creating a horse, mount
and then worldsave.
- Made sure that ABORTED skills don't hand out experience for failure. Only those that actually fail do.
( this fixes lumberjacking / mining exploits ).
- Added support for TAG.NAME.HUE (name colour)
- Added @SkillSelect to character events, and @Select to SKILLDEFs ("return 1" aborts).
- Added support for FORCHARS/FORITEMS/FOROBJS the correct way: SRC is retained and the default object
within the FOR block is the object being looped through.
- Added @SkillSuccess to character events, and @Success to SKILLDEFs ("return 1" aborts).
- Changed @SkillStart so that "return 1" actually aborts the skill (same for @Start in SKILLDEFs).
- Changed @Login so that "return 1" disallows logging in.
- Added @UserSkills ("return 1" cancels the skill window being displayed).
- Added @UserStats ( user requested stats update, return value is ignored )
- DBG: Added @SkillMakeItem to character events, triggered after the item has been created:
"return 1" deletes the item
"return 0" bounces the item as usual, but with no extra messages (potion, quality message)
"return" bounces the item as usual.

17-11-2003, Kell
- Hopefully fixed the bug with resyncing SPELL sections.
- Added triggers to SPELL sections, so you can now independently code spells:
@Select ( "return 1" cancels, "return 0" skip checks, "return" default behaviour)
@Start ( "return 1" cancels )
@Fail ( "return 1" cancels the fizzle effect).
@Success
- Changed SERV.LOG to allow writing of messages to the log. New syntax is:
serv.log @enable -- enables logging
serv.log @disable -- disable logging
serv.log @toggle -- toggles logging
serv.log text -- log text to console and file

18-11-2003, Zorm
- Fixed commands going to npcs, as well as more problems with unicode speech
support - BROKEN
- CGTypedArray, SetCount, DestroyElements, crashes on shutdown. Needs more
work to fix
- Fame gain fixed

18-11-2003, Kell
- Moved tags to CObjBase so all types of objects can have tags. Removed special
handling of TAGs from characters, script items and multi items.
- Fixed problem when resycing SKILL sections (spheretables.scp) would mess up
Skill_ defnames ( and the ACTION field on characters ). One no longer needs
to use workarounds like my FIXACTION function. Memory corruption problems
when resyncing SPELL tables should also be fixed.

18-11-2003, DarkStorm
- Started fixing some issues preventing sphere to compile on linux (CSocket.h)
- Managed to make it compile on Linux, comitted all the changes neccesary and
made sure it still compiles on windows.
- Implemented some code changes to remove the ncurses dependency on linux and
activated the console again.
- Implemented Colors on the Linux Console

19-11-2003, DarkStorm
- Added MD5 Password support via MD5PASSWORDS=1 in sphere.ini. If you activate
this, accounts will be saved with the password encoded (existing non-encoded
password will be converted). WARNING: disabling it afterwards won't restore
the passwords to plain text, and thus you won't be able to login with those
accounts. Once enabled, and the accounts file saved this setting should not be
changed (unless you set the passwords by hand).
- Removed the ScriptEngine Folder from the VC++6 project and wrapped an #if
defined() around the three functions that used it. It seems unused in the
productive gameserver, so i think we can remove the additional 400kb of
possibly error prone code.
- Removed the ScriptEngine Folder from the VC++ 7 project too
- Changed the VC++ 6 projects to use the shared CRT. (It's shipped with windows
since 95)
- Rewrote the new[], new, delete and delete[] operators and removed the memory
footprinting.
- Tuned the optimizations for VS.NET 2003 Release mode a bit.
- Removed the StatusReports from ntservice.cpp before it loads the ini for now
Reporting as a service if you aren't a service isn't supposed to be happening,
there needs to be a better fix than mine (maybe a -service argument?)
- added a check to CAccount to filter out accounts named "eof"
- fixed the help provided by .serv.accounts

19-11-2003, Kell
- Added a .DBG command, to put test code in. At the moment it'll be used to try
and crash the server in various ways, to see how it behaves on Linux.

20-11-2003, Kell
- Added INTERRUPT=X,Y to SPELL sections in spheretable_x.scp. This controls
the chance to fizzle a spell when hit in combat, at different Magery levels.
Default is 100.0, 100.0 (always fizzle). With a setting of "100.0 50.0" a GM
mage would only fizzle half the times.
- NPCs equipping stuff that is too heavy for them on @NPCRestock won't
spit hundreds of errors to the console.
- Added LOSTNPCTELEPORT=X to sphere.ini. If X is greater than 0, NPCs that have
a HOME point set will now teleport home if the distance to their HOME is above
X. This fixes it when they go through portals, then get lost in the map.
- Fixed problem with mounted NPCs dying and leaving a lingering object which
could leak later.
- FINALLY made it crash resistant under Linux - it is now trapping most
signals AND launching exceptions correcly. Tested with a single thread
(FREEZERESTARTTIME=0 in sphere.ini) and no background saving. More tests
to come.
- Changed the loading procedure so sphere.ini is loaded prior to any message
being printed to the log file. This allows the LOG= line to be parsed and
log files to be created in the appropriate folder, so to make sure, LOG=
line should be among the first in sphere.ini
- Changed the Linux makefile to include the necessary exception flags.
- "return 1" from a skill's @Start or @Success trigger doesn't trigger @Fail. If you
do want @Fail triggered, set ACTION=-1. This is compatible with .55i scripts, because
seeing as "return 1" didn't work there, scripts which did mean for @Fail to be triggered
should already be using ACTION=-1

21-11-2003, Kell
- Linux version now works with secondary threads (FREEZERESTARTTIME not 0),
and is able to restart the main loop if it freezes.
- Added a toggle to sphere.ini, "EXPERIMENTAL", to allow setting flags
which enable several experimental features. You will see these referenced
in the changelog as EF 0x????.
- EF 0x0001 enables a packet fix for Linux servers, for XCMD_Spy. Enable this
if your clients get a login error.
- EF 0x0002 enables new UNICODE fixes.
- EF 0x0004 enables zorm CanSeeLOS fix. This is required, seeing as that fix
won't allow you to cast uphill - a minor problem, but worth having a flag to
toggle that behaviour.
- EF 0x0008 disables interruption of fight skills if the ACT changes. This
fixes scripts that re-implement combat, and cases where combat with multiple
enemies would break swings.
- EF 0x0010 enables the INTERRUPT field in SPELL sections. INTERRUPT=100.0 100.0
SHOULD yield the standard always fail behaviour, as should not having an
INTERRUPT line at all. But seeing as this wasn't fully tested, you MUST enable
this flag to make any use of the interrupt values.
- Suggested value for EXPERIMENTAL field in sphere.ini is:
EXPERIMENTAL=013

22-11-2003, Kell
- LOSTNPCTELEPORT now checks for homedist, and won't teleport if the NPCs are still
within home-distance. This allows you to have low values.
- Further stability fixes for Linux version, it should now work fine with background
world saves.

22-11-2003, Zorm
- Added login crypt keys for clients up to 3.0.3, must add support for packets up to
0xCC or atleast lengths.
- I think I fixed unicode speech now

22-11-2003, Kell
- Attempted to fix the bug where setting ACT in a @Hit trigger stops
the swing, by restoring it after the trigger.
- Added SKIPDIFFICULTY (0 by default, or 1) to SKILL sections. Setting it to 1
skips the hardcoded difficulty check and allows one to do their own skill difficulty
checks in @Success, and "return 1" in there for a failure.
- Fixed @Select triggers which return 1 leaving the character waiting for an action.

23-11-2003, Zorm
- Experimental Precasting support, enable with experimental flag EF_Precast (flag 020),
this is not well tested - it's a work in progress. Included here just for the sake of
getting feedback.

24-11-2003, Kell
- SERV.SPELL(x).yyy, where x is the number of the spell and yyy is a key from the
SPELLs section, such as MANAUSE or RESOURCES. You can also use RESCAST for a
descriptive name of resources (much like RESMAKE works for items).
- SERV.SKILL(x).yyy, where x is the skill number and yyy is a key from the SKILLs
section, such as KEY or TITLE.
- Experimented with breaking SKILL and SPELL sections to seperate files, loading them
off-order and reloading, no problems found. Notice however that files containing
SPELL sections must load after the base items (like spheretable_x does).

25-11-2003, Kell
- Changed it so NPCs with SPIRITSPEAK equal or above 100.0 are able to see dead players,
like healers can. That allows one to use ON = @NPCSeeNewPlayer and an human brain to
implement NPCs that interact with the dead, without having to put up with healer's
default behaviour.
- Added flag NORESROBE to sphere.ini. If set to 1, players will not be given a robe
when resurrected.

26-11-2003, Kell
- Changed SERV.SPELL and SERV.SKILL so that they accept either number or defname
(SKILL also accepts plain names, like <SERV.SKILL(Magery).TITLE>)
- SERV.ITEMDEF(x).yyy to access data from ITEMDEF sections (similar to the above)
- SERV.CHARDEF(x).yyy to access data from CHARDEF sections (similar to the above)

27-11-2003, Kell
- On the brink of release, fixed a serious problem inherited from .55j where unknown
keywords being evaluated would *silently* come out untouched. As an example,
'<SERV.NONEXISTANT>' would silently come out as '<SERV.NONEXISTANT>' instead of ''
as in .55i. If used with tags, it could end up getting weird values and make it hard
to catch the error, as no error was being shown. It now returns '' for stuff it can't
evaluate, BUT also prints an error in the console. I believe this is the best possible
behaviour.
- Linux version is now declared stable. A minor problem still exists, in that pressing
CTRL-C in the console is not a good way to terminate the server, and will very likely
get it into a loop. This is a minor problem though, still trying to solve it. Test
servers report uptimes of 2-3 days with 10-20 players online (that's all the testing
I could do).
- Added CANMAKESKILL to test ONLY for the ability to make an item skillwise (it ONLY
tests the SKILLMAKE line), not resources.
- Added "fval", which works exactly like "eval", but formats the output in x.x format.
- There seems to be an issue with skills that use @Success to cancel a skill, in that
sometimes the skill won't be registered as finished, and using the skill again will
show the "you must wait" message. Players can just double-tap TAB to overcome this,
or you can use ACTION=-1 to force skill termination. Need some feedback on this, as
this behaviour might actually be due to bad scripts, so feel free to post comments.
- Many issues with the default

---- 0.55 R2a -----------------------------------------------------------------
---- 02/12/2003

30-11-2003, Zorm
- Fixed text going all uppercase sometimes and gm body commands.

01-12-2003, Kell
- Added @EquipTest and @ItemEquipTest (return 1 cancels equiping).
- Changed @SkillItemMake so that "return 1" only deletes the item if it's container hasn't
been set.
- Fixed bug with skills apparently not finishing (also fixes cartography).
- Fixed summoning bug (Linux only). This has to do with doing propper memory initialization
prior to using points.
- Removed all specific handling for SERV.xxx(y).zzz and made it generic. You can now use
either syntax: SERV.xxx(y).zzz or SERV.xxx.y.zzz.
- Changed default release options for speed optimization.

02-12-2003, Kell
- Fixed REAPAMOUNT / AMOUNT. It can now take multi-point values in a format similar to
ADVANCE for skills.
- Added SPEECHSELF= to sphere.ini, to allow setting the name of the speech trigger that
should be called to intercept player speech. Suggested: SPEECHSELF=spk_player
"return 1" in said trigger stops the player from actually talking.
- Removed hard coded "home home home" - one can just use the default spk_player speech if
that feature is desired (but mostly it's not)
- Added SPEECHPET= to sphere.ini, to allow setting the name of the speech trigger that
is called when a pet listens to its master. "return 1" in said trigger stops the pet
from listenning.

---- 0.55 R3 rc1 --------------------------------------------------------------
---- 08/01/2004

09-12-2003
- Added TAGs to CHARDEF/ITEMDEF sections. If a TAG does exists at an instance it overrides
the def value.

10-12-2003, Kell
- Added OptionFlags to sphere.ini, to set multiple options. These will be named OF_
- Added OF_Magic_IgnoreAR = 0001, so that AR doesn't count to stop damage spells.
- Added ACTDIFF to characters to obtain the current action difficulty.
Suggestion: One can use ACTDIFF to modify difficulty within skill Start triggers.
- Added a 6th parameter to the EFFECT command, the hue for the effect.
- Added @Effect trigger to spells, triggered after @SpellEffect
- <TAG0.xxx> can now be used to assume "0" as the default value for a tag.
- TAG0.xxx = yyy can now be used, if yyy is 0, then no tag will be recorded (same as setting
to a zero length string)
Using TAG0, you can thus have tags that are only recorded if they are not 0. This is great
for tags that are usually 0 and are often used (e.g. tags that must exist on all characters).
- Added VAR0 (same functionality as TAG0, but for VAR).

11-12-2003, Kell
- Added OF_Magic_CanHarmSelf = 0002, so that spells with SPELLFLAG_HARM will still affect the
caster (useful for SPELLEFFECT in scripts)
- Changed rand(x) to allow a 2nd parameter rand(x,y) and return a random number between x and y,
if y is present.

12-12-2003, Kell
- You can now use @color,font in SYSMESSAGE and MESSAGE. font ranges from 0 to 9, and I quote:
FONT_BOLD, // 0 - Bold Text = Large plain filled block letters.
FONT_SHAD, // 1 - Text with shadow = small gray
FONT_BOLD_SHAD, // 2 - Bold+Shadow = Large Gray block letters.
FONT_NORMAL, // 3 - Normal (default) = Filled block letters.
FONT_GOTH, // 4 - Gothic = Very large blue letters.
FONT_ITAL, // 5 - Italic Script
FONT_SM_DARK, // 6 - Small Dark Letters = small Blue
FONT_COLOR, // 7 - Colorful Font (Buggy?) = small Gray (hazy)
FONT_RUNE, // 8 - Rune font (Only use capital letters with this!)
FONT_SM_LITE, // 9 - Small Light Letters = small roman gray font.
- Changed SKILLMAKE to allow getting an individual resource in the list. SKILLMAKE.1 gets the first,
SKILLMAKE.1.VAL gets the value and SKILLMAKE.1.KEY gets the associated resource key.

13-12-2003, Kell
- Added "RELEASE" to character verbs, does the same as "release" when spoke to a pet.
- Added @NPCFollow trigger, called when an NPC is following someone.

14-12-2003, Kell
- Changed ATTACK to accept as parameter the UID of the character to attack.
- Changed TRY to make no plevel or touch/distance checks. Use TRYP if you want those checks
(TRYP 0 only checks for touch/distance, not plevel).
- Added an useful keyword to scripts, that allows one to use "OBJ" as pointer to an item. It's
similar to ACT but it can be used anywhere.
Example:
OBJ = <UID>
SAY You are <OBJ.NAME>, with uid <OBJ.UID>.
- Changed MEMORY to allow an UID as parameter, so you can now find the memory related to a specific
UID. If no argument is used, it uses SRC's UID as usual. Also changed it to be read/write.
Example:
MEMORY <SRC.UID> 0200 // set memory
SAY Memory flag regarding <UID> is <MEMORY.<SRC.UID>>.

15-12-2003, Kell
- Changed @UserSkills so that <argn1> is the number of the skill being updated, or -1 for the skill
list. This allows one to stop sending of skill updates to the client.
- NPCs will not say "Yes Master" if SPEECHPET is set in sphere.ini (you can script it in the speech
triggers if you want them to). If SPEECHPET isn't set, they still won't say anything unless they
can see their master (which is great for GMs). Players will no longer respond "Sorry".
- Resource gathering was changed so that the SKILLMAKE of the resource item is checked. Resources
which fail the canmake check are ignored and aren't part of the randomization process. If for some
reason one wants to go back to the old style, just comment SKILLMAKE on the ore itemdefs.
- Added OF_Skill_DiffFirst = 0008. With this flag turned on, difficulty for a skill is calculated BEFORE
calling @Start/@SkillStart. This has the advantage of allowing the difficulty for a skill to be changed
via ACTDIFF within that trigger. Notice that for a skill to fail, ACTDIFF must be set above the current
(modified) skill. Setting ACTDIFF to a negative value means that the skill will abort, that is, @Fail
will not be called and no skill gain will be attempted. To always fail set ACTDIFF to a value above the
possible skill (say, 1001).
This has the sideffect of calling @SpellCast before @Start/@SkillStart. On the other hand, it is the
ultimate tool for implementing your own skill difficulties.
Here's an example of making the difficulty for arms lore AT LEAST the same value as for making the item
(using the primary skill). Characters with skill above ACTDIFF will always succeed.
ON = @Start
if ( <SRC.ACTDIFF> < <SRC.ACT.SKILLMAKE.1.VAL> )
SRC.ACTDIFF = <SRC.ACT.SKILLMAKE.1.VAL>
endif

16-12-2003, Kell
- You can now use NEWITEM, NEWNPC and NEWDUPE in item scripts, the items will be created into "NEW". Using
these commands on a character will create the items in both NEW and ACT. If you want to use these
on a character without changing ACT, use SERV.NEWITEM, etc.
Example:
NEWITEM i_gold
NEW.AMOUNT 100
NEW.P = <TOPOBJ.P>
You can also use NEW as a temporary handler, much like you can use OBJ (and to an extenct, ACT).

17-12-2003, Kell
- Functions can now receive "args" when being evaluated, as in <SRC.myfunction Say hello>
- Added RANGE=min,max or RANGE=max (min defaults to 0) for ITEMDEF and CHARDEF. Default weapon range
is 1. Default character range is 1. Range is calculated as (character + weapon -1).
Example: Assuming all characters are RANGE=1 (which they are), putting RANGE=2 in an halberd
means characters equipping it can hit 1 square further.

18-12-2003, Kell
- The main section for DIALOGs is now fully interpreted like other scripts, allowing you to add logic
to your dialog, use IFs, etc. The only limitation at the moment is that gump commands are only
allowed right in the DIALOG section, and not within FUNCTIONs, but hei... it's better. :)
- Dialogs will no longer conflict with each other, this allows for permanent on-screen dialogs. INPDLG
works too, seeing as there can be only one INPDLG window onscreen at all times.
- Added RESOURCES.n, RESOURCES.n.KEY and RESOURCES.n.VAL to items/characters.

19-12-2003, Kell
- To make writing dialogs easier, added a cursor and relative coordinates:
dorigin 50 50 // sets the origin to x=50, y=50
Using "*" near a coordinate makes it relative to the origin, and displaces the origin by some amount:
dtext *0 *10 0 the origin is now x=50 y=60, so is the last location
Using "+" near a coordinate makes it relative to the last location w/o changing the origin.
dtext +10 - 0 adds 10 to X (y=150, o.y=100)
As an example, imagine writing a list of text with 3 columns, each seperated via 200 x and 20 space
between each row:
dorigin 10 10
// first row
dtext *0 - 5 1:
dtext +10 - 0 the text for row1, col1
dtext *200 - 5 2: // x orig = 200
dtext +10 - 0 the text for row1, col2
dtext *200 - 5 3: // x orig = 400
dtext +10 - 0 the text for row1, col2

And now one only has to go down one row. and the text is quite similar. This isn't too easy to explain, it's
there for whomever might find it useful. If you can't think of a use for it, just ignore it. ;)
- Fixed the bug with FORCHARS/ITEMS/OBJS and keywords starting with "FOR" (like FORensics).
- Changed textadd and gumptext to collapse equal strings of text to the same index. So if you use
gumptext 10 20 This is an example.
gumptext 10 40 This is an example.
gumptext 10 60 This is an example.
It will only generate ONE text id. This does away with the need to have a seperate TEXT section. Granted,
such a section is still useful for keeping strings all in one place (in this case it'd be useful), but it
is no longer mandatory, it becomes simply a matter of style/choice.

20-12-2003, Kell
- Equal PLEVEL should be able to see each other, so they are now.
- You can now open a dialog in a specific page, with DIALOG d_dialog_name pagenumber. This isn't actually
possible with the UO client - what it does is recalculate the dialog page/button numbers so that the selected
page is first. It's completly invisible though, and works perfectly.
- Added a new command - DTEXT - to gumps, which does the handling of text ids for you (d stands for dynamic):
dtext x y color Actual text comes here.
Text added with gumptext is actually added to the [DIALOG ... TEXT] section. If you're only using a given
text string once, then it's actually faster using this than using "text" and adding it to the TEXT section
of the dialog. Simmilar commands, DCROPPEDTEXT and DTEXTENTRY are also in, also taking text instead of an
index. DHTMLGUMP is also in, but notice that the syntax is like HTMLGUMP, except that you ommit the ID and add
the text in the end.
With these changes, you can completly ommit the [DIALOG ... TEXT] section of dialogs. Only those strings
that are commonly used throughout the dialog should you put in the [DIALOG ... TEXT] section.
Internally, both gumptext and textadd simply add stuff to the dialog as needed, and send normal "text"
commands to the client, so they're safe to use. But they free you from having to keep track of a LONG
list of numbers, and allow you to shape and modify your dialog w/o bothering with text ids.
- You can now use FUNCTIONs that issue gump commands. So you actually make your own gump commands!!! Death to
copy & paste dialogs!

21-12-2003, Kell
- Fixed a bug in that setting stats & skills via scripts wouldn't correctly parse things. For instance, numerical
expressions.
- Started work on MANUAL.TXT, to detail the current state of things like triggers and their arguments, seeing as
reading this changelog is probably a difficult task for a lot of people.
- Changed args in functions to be writeable. This is useful in scripts, but for triggers, the server will read
back the values and use the new ones wherever it makes sense. For the time being, these triggers were
changed:
@GetHit, ARGN1 is the damage being apllied, ARGN2 the damage type (as usual, but now writeable).
@Hit, ARGN1 is now the raw damage being applied, prior to armour (writeable). ARGO is the weapon (if any).
@PersonalSpace, ARGN1 is the stamina required to move (writeable). "return 1" stops the movement, "return 0"
allows the movement but shows none of the hard-coded messages. Plain "return" or no return, works as standard.
@Hit, @HitTry and @HitMiss were also changed so that ARGO is the weapon being used (handy so you don't have to
be looking at layers n stuff).
I should add that ACTDIFF is also available, and it can be used to change the difficulty of a skill, even make
a skill succedd that would otherwise fail (by setting it to 0). It can also be used in @HitTry now, and if
set to any non-negative value, a missing hit will instead succeed.
- Added StrEat function, which removes a word up to the space, from a string (<streat("hello there friend")>
or <streat hello there friend> return "there friend")
- Added <SERV.LOOKUPSKILL skill name> which returns the skill number for some text or -1 if not found.
- After some beta-testing, a few fixes to dialogs.
- LOCAL.xxx within functions for LOCAL . They're a bit more efficient on servers with lots of global
vars due to faster lookups ). LOCAL variables always come up initially as "0".
- ARGN1, ARGN2 and ARGN3 are set for functions with numeric arguments. So whenever possible, use these instead
of argv. Example: "myfunction 123 50 89" - these 3 values will be parsed into argn1, argn2 and argn3

22-12-2003, Kell
- Functions can now return strings using "return". Notice that this behaves like TAGs, in that if you do
return 2+2
then "2+2" is returned, and not "4". You'll have to explicitly call "eval" on what you want
to return:
return <eval (2+2)>
Returning strings causes no extra lag, seeing as the old method of returning a value relied on the same
string which is returned (EVALed). So it is actually faster (although hardly noticeable).
This might pose a problem problem if you have "return rand" or similar, instead of "return <eval rand..."
seeing as multiple uses of the return value re-evaluate it, generating a new random number - again,
similar to TAGs.
MAKE SURE YOU HAVE "EVAL" on your "return" lines, wherever you want the result of a calculation to be
returned. The next version will probably not have an EF_ReturnString flag.

- Modified the profiling function to keep track of average consumption over time. The average time is
calculated each second as 90% of the previous average time plus 10% the current time. This poses some
resistence to spikes.
- Added a new keyword to @Create / @NPCRestock and template scripts: FULLINTERP. Set FULLINTERP=1 to allow the
use of functions, ifs, etc. Example:
ON = @NPCRestock
ITEM=i_cape
FULLINTERP
ITEM=i_robe
MY_FUNCTION_CALL
You can use FULLINTERP 0 to disable the feature, after you've enabled it, but it's usually pointless, seeing as
this FULLINTERP affects only the remainder of the current script. Bear in mind that the usual restrictions apply,
seeing as the created NPC is not ingame yet.

23-12-2003, Kell
- Added access to TERRAIN and STATICS either via P.key, MOREP.key or SERV.MAP(x,y).key, with key being one of:
TERRAIN The terrain ID
ISDIRT Checks the terrain ID to see if it's dirt.
ISGRASS guess
ISROCK dunno
ISWATER guess again
STATICS Number of statics in the position
STATICS(n) ID of static Nth static ( eg: <SERV.MAP(200,300).STATICS(0)>. Shows no error in the console
if static isn't present, returning 0 - useful to test for a static w/o counting or looping.
STATICS.n same
STATICS(n).key Get a key from the appropriate ITEMDEF. eg: <SERV.MAP(200,300).STATICS(0).NAME>

- Added basic iterator construct, WHILE, with the following syntax:
WHILE ( condition )
// do stuff, current iteration number in <LOCAL._WHILE>
END // or ENDWHILE

also added FOR, terminated with either END or ENDFOR, with the following syntax:

FOR 5 // loops from 0 to 5, current iteration number in LOCAL._FOR
or FOR 3 5 // loops from 3 to 5, current iteration number in LOCAL._FOR
or FOR K 5 // loops from 0 to 5, current iteration number in LOCAL.K
or FOR K 3 5 // loops from 3 to 5, current iteration number in LOCAL.K
// do stuff
END // or ENDFOR

Changing these LOCAL variables has no effect on the loop.
- Wrote a small assembly function to access the high resolution timer. Works for both windows and Linux,
now being used in profiling. Profiling works on Linux now. It also looks a lot better in the console
thanks to the monospaced font.
- Changed the console font under Windows to Courier, which is monospaced, so things come out aligned in
the console. Under Linux, the console is naturally monospaced.
- You can now add new SKILL sections, up to 70. SERV.MAXSKILL tells you how many skills are loaded. Notice
that they won't be sent to the client though, the client doesn't support them (hint: @UserSkills). There
is also a FLAGS key for SKILL section, with the following values:
[DEFNAME skill_defs]
SKF_SCRIPTED 01 // no hardcoded behaviour, only triggers are called.
// feel free to add new tags you find useful, but only above 01000 please, to make room for future
expansion
This is heavily experimental, mess with it at your own risk.
- SKILLSELECT skill - force a button select event on the skill list

24-12-2003, Kell
- Fixed TYPEDEFS section in spherefs.scp loosing values when resynced.
- Added <CANMOVE dir>, takes a direction as argument (like WALK), returns the area ID we're moving to,
or 0 if no move is possible.
- Added <MOVE dir>, takes a direction as argument (like WALK), returns the TILE flags for that position.
Notice that flag 04 is walkable. Here's a list of flags, you can copy&paste it into spheredefs.scp. This
keyword might change in the future.

[DEFNAME tile_flags] // by Shadowlord
tilef_background 01 // No idea. None whatsoever. Maybe it's the blackness.
tilef_weapon 02 // I smack thee with this here ... club?
tilef_transparent 04 // Yeah. So we can see through it?
tilef_translucent 08 // Okay...
tilef_wall 010 // Hey look, we can't walk through it!
tilef_damaging 020 // Lava, perhaps? Fires, hmm!
tilef_impassable 040 // Mountains and stuff, I'll wager.
tilef_wet 080 // Water? Or mud? Or a slick road in a rainstorm? Probably the first.
tilef_unknown 0100 // Uh...
tilef_surface 0200 // Tables or something?
tilef_bridge 0400 // I wonder why they'd have a flag for that.
tilef_stackable 0800
tilef_window 01000 // So we can see/shoot out?
tilef_noshoot 02000 // ? We can't shoot out or something? So, like a glass window maybe?
tilef_prefixA 04000 // A card
tilef_prefixAn 08000 // An apple
tilef_internal 010000 // hair, beards, etc
tilef_foliage 020000 // Probably bushes and tree leaves and stuff.
tilef_partialHue 040000 // semi-glowy?
tilef_unknown_1 080000 // Well, gee. I should see if it's used on anything...
tilef_map 0100000 // Sounds good to me.
tilef_container 0200000 // They flag these!?
tilef_wearable 0400000 // Omigod!
tilef_lightSource 0800000 // I'm getting tired of typing repetitive shiznit now.
tilef_animated 01000000 // Like fire again. And stuff. Those spinny propeller thingies!
tilef_noDiagonal 02000000 // !?!???!!?
tilef_unknown_2 04000000 // I really hope some of these unknowns are n/w/s/e facing flags.
tilef_armor 08000000 // Armor, okay, so does that count shields? Hmmm?
tilef_roof 010000000 // "Don't fall through me!" Or why isn't it just flagged surface or something?
tilef_door 020000000 // Okay...
tilef_stairBack 040000000 // Don't we have stairs that go forward or left too? This could cover both...
tilef_stairRight 080000000 // Well, whatever, you can climb them, so, hey... Good use for a

NOTE : EF flags change from version to version, so make SURE you're using only the EF
flags you want, if any.

SUMMARY of flags for Sphere.ini:
OptionFlags= // Flags for options that affect server behaviour but not compatibility
0001 // OF_Magic_IgnoreAR
0002 // OF_Magic_CanHarmSelf
0004 // OF_Magic_StackStats (Do NOT set this yet)
0008 // OF_Skill_DiffFirst
0010 // OF_Archery_CanMove
0020 // OF_Magic_PreCast

Experimental= // Flags for options that affect server behaviour and which might affect compatibility
0001 // EF_XCMD_Spy
0002 // EF_UNICODE
0004 // EF_CanSeeLOS
0008 // EF_ReturnString
Suggested value: EXPERIMENTAL=01

01-12-2003, Kell
- Added @EquipTest and @ItemEquipTest (return 1 cancels equiping).
- Changed @SkillItemMake so that "return 1" only deletes the item if it's container hasn't
been set.
- Fixed bug with skills apparently not finishing (also fixes cartography).
- Fixed summoning bug (Linux only). This has to do with doing propper memory initialization
prior to using points.
- Removed all specific handling for SERV.xxx(y).zzz and made it generic. You can now use
either syntax: SERV.xxx(y).zzz or SERV.xxx.y.zzz.
- Changed default release options for speed optimization.

02-12-2003, Kell
- Fixed REAPAMOUNT / AMOUNT. It can now take multi-point values in a format similar to
ADVANCE for skills.
- Added SPEECHSELF= to sphere.ini, to allow setting the name of the speech trigger that
should be called to intercept player speech. Suggested: SPEECHSELF=spk_player
"return 1" in said trigger stops the player from actually talking.
- Removed hard coded "home home home" - one can just use the default spk_player speech if
that feature is desired (but mostly it's not)
- Added SPEECHPET= to sphere.ini, to allow setting the name of the speech trigger that
is called when a pet listens to its master. "return 1" in said trigger stops the pet
from listenning.

09-12-2003
- Added TAGs to CHARDEF/ITEMDEF sections. If a TAG does exists at an instance it overrides
the def value.

10-12-2003, Kell
- Added OptionFlags to sphere.ini, to set multiple options. These will be named OF_
- Added OF_Magic_IgnoreAR = 0001, so that AR doesn't count to stop damage spells.
- Added ACTDIFF to characters to obtain the current action difficulty.
Suggestion: One can use ACTDIFF to modify difficulty within skill Start triggers.
- Added @Effect trigger to spells, triggered after @SpellEffect
- <TAG0.xxx> can now be used to assume "0" as the default value for a tag.
- TAG0.xxx = yyy can now be used, if yyy is 0, then no tag will be recorded (same as setting
to a zero length string)
Using TAG0, you can thus have tags that are only recorded if they are not 0. This is great
for tags that are usually 0 and are often used (e.g. tags that must exist on all characters).
- Added VAR0 (same functionality as TAG0, but for VAR).