changes.8

A Backlog of Hardcode Changes in TinyMARE v1.0.9557-v1.0.10214, Winds Year 0012.

----May 22, 2003
 1. TinyMARE Version 1.0.9557 released.
 2. '@list explore' now takes an additional <player> or !<player> argument to
     show a player's explored (or unexplored) rooms, respectively.
 3. Combat item matching is now performed only after room contents or inventory
     objects.
 4. Fixed an error in @event setting the wrong text field as a spell target.
 5. @lfight now locks off all fighting triggered by aggressive monsters and
     auto target selection.
 6. @vlock can now be set on rooms to function as a variable Dark flag.
----May 24, 2003
 1. Added the conditions MeatEater, VegEater, FruitEater, GrainEater,
     DairyEater, CandyEater, and FleshEater for variable affinity to food
     dropped in the room, from 1-7.
 2. Also added the $foodgroup spell attribute for setting the food type, from 1
     to 7.
 3. Added an $itemtype3 attribute to list more types allowed in an item
     container.
 4. Added a @plants attribute for specifying types of plants on a per-zone or
     room basis.
 5. Added a @laggr attribute (aggression-lock) for controlling automatic
     fighting against monsters as well as players.
 6. Added the Ambush condition to hide attackers, only seen with the Alert
     condition. Attackers who break their ambush put others Offguard for 4
     seconds.
 7. Message spoofing now checks that the first word after every %R doesn't
     match a playername, stripping out %G's and ANSI escape codes.
 8. Casting a spell now triggers monsters with the Aggrmagic condition set to
     fight back.
----May 26, 2003
 1. Monster aggression was rewritten for correctness, and players will now
     engage in battle with aggressive monsters first and non-aggressive ones
     last.
 2. Added a @minerals attribute for specifying ore to be found on a per-zone or
     room basis.
----May 29, 2003
 1. Changed the syntax of the @damage attribute to include 4 optional messages:
     <damage amt>:<death type>:<succ>:<osucc>:<death>:<odeath>. <damage amt>
     can be the symbol * for instant death. If not specified, random messages
     will be given for <succ> and <osucc>.
 2. Aggressive enemies with the Hearing condition will now attack even if they
     don't see the player.
 3. Coded the Preempt condition, which has a chance of catching enemies off-
     guard.
 4. MaxHP is now taken away when a player is Wounded instead of when he dies.
 5. Added a Sneak condition to allow players to enter a room unnoticed for
     several seconds.
 6. Added the @block/@ablock/@oblock attribute triplet to trigger when an enemy
     ambushes a player or otherwise blocks an exit.
 7. Coded the Ambush and Block conditions.
 8. Monsters with the Leader bitmap set will now follow their leaders around.
 9. Enemies with the Minion condition now die when their leaders die.
10. The game now updates LastRoom, LastUse, and LastSpell on players.
----May 30, 2003
 1. Infinite Loops now correctly abort the game when the number of crashes have
     exceeded 127.
 2. Sped up @vlock checking in various loops that look up the same attribute on
     <player>.
 3. Implemented a new architecture-independent stack API with better function-
     ality.
----June 2, 2003
 1. Rand() in combat equations now returns the same result when the equation is
     evaluated twice: once for LO and once for HI.
----June 3, 2003
 1. Redesigned enemy aggression to focus attacks only on those entering the
     room and to be more efficient with large numbers of enemies present.
 2. Added the timefmt(format,[optional xtime]) function for specifying the date
     or time in a user-defined format.
----June 8, 2003
 1. The 'equip' command now matches combat items in a player's inventory first
     over examining other objects in the room.
 2. Fixed a bug that set Quantity of items to 65535 during an 'unequip all'.
----June 15, 2003
 1. Fixed a major crash bug when an On-Death tactic kills an enemy in the room.
----June 23, 2003
 1. Activated the Sanctuary flag to prohibit players from fighting or using
     attack spells/techniques in the room.
----June 26, 2003
 1. Fixed a crash bug parsing the $areaatk spell attribute when it is set to 9.
----June 29, 2003
 1. The say, pose, whisper, and @emit-family of commands now parse %# correctly
     as the cause of the command and not the executor himself.
----June 30, 2003
 1. Fixed the @teleport command to keep exits from being teleported inside
     objects.
----July 1, 2003
 1. TinyMARE Version 1.0.9616 released.
----July 2, 2003
 1. NPCs set with the Familiar condition can now get treasure just like normal
     players.
 2. The Expxfer condition now awards GP, Techpts, and Treasure to their owners.
----July 3, 2003
 1. Added the 20th Technique Type, "Prayers", along with the 'prayers' and
     'recite' commands.
 2. The 'cast' and 'recite' commands now display a different message if you
     don't have any spells to cast or prayers to recite.
 3. Treasure System type 2 now shows '%N drops a treasure chest!' in bold and
     triggers @aclone on the Treasure Chest object.
----July 6, 2003
 1. Added a new function, path(obj1,obj2,max steps), to determine the exits for
     object1 to take to reach object2, up to <max steps>. Variable exits and
     multiple planes are checked accordingly. Highest max steps allowed is 100.
----July 11, 2003
 1. '@set <player>=slave' no longer requires POW_MODIFY on <player> to operate.
 2. The Knight class now gets POW_SLAVE by default.
----July 15, 2003
 1. Added the condition category 'Fatal' for marking conditions that will kill
     the player if the condition status (set or unset) is changed.
 2. Added the combat attributes "Current IP", "Drain %", "Current Moves", and
     "Maximum Moves". Each can be retrieved in combat equations.
----July 16, 2003
 1. The "Damage=" option in the Attack Event now takes equations that end in a
     % to damage a percentage of the target's base stat value. Equations like
     "25%" or "40%|60%" are acceptable.
 2. Added the 'Energy' combat variable for recording how much damage is
     received during a Store Energy / Boost-up spell.
 3. Added the @dbtop category 'Totalexp', used for when the Experience System
     setting is chosen to deplete a player's EXP value for every level.
----July 26, 2003
 1. +mail now reports a message if players do not have enough GP remaining.
----August 7, 2003
 1. Fixed a problem with 'drop' that let you drop any object# in the database
     if you had POW_REMOTE.
 2. Added the 'Decay' flag for the Attack Event to taper off successive status
     changes in a row.
----August 9, 2003
 1. Specifying the #dbref of an object in another plane can no longer be
     matched unless the MATCH_ABS flag is used in match_thing().
 2. Added game configuration variables HP_REGEN_DIVISOR, MP_REGEN_DIVISOR, and
     EN_REGEN_DIVISOR to control the speed of HP/MP/EN regeneration. Higher
     numbers give a lower regen rate.
 3. Added the configuration variable PYRAMID_RANGE, which defines a range in
     percent from which the Pyramid attack event flag expands a fixed result.
 4. Added the rdiv(x,y) function, which returns the result of "x / y" plus 1
     randomly depending on how much is left over in the remainder.
----August 10, 2003
 1. Added the Mobile condition to single-out players who can move during a
     Timestop placed on the room.
 2. Fixed a crash error dealing with the miscompile of skip_whitespace() when
     parsing combat equations and @lock attributes.
----August 11, 2003
 1. Added a new item type, Prayer, which has different properties apart from
     Magic and Special.
 2. Added EQFX Element to the game, for changing the base elemental damage
     properties for all elements, Physical, and Magical attacks.
 3. @o* attributes can now be masked silent by using a @ symbol as the first
     character of the attribute text.
 4. +com =who now shows you how many people are hidden on the channel.
 5. New game configuration variable ALLOW_COMTITLES to globally turn on & off
     the support for player @comtitles on +com channels.
----August 16, 2003
 1. Fixed a overused buffer when parsing the @damage attribute.
 2. Moved $cost and $chantrate to text-based attributes so they can accept
     functions.
 3. Rearranged spell attribute numbers for better clarity (requires a database
     rebuild).
----August 17, 2003
 1. Spell/item levels are now correctly set for the spell Captions in the
     'spells' and 'items' screens. Also, the correct level is now chosen for
     spells enabled through EQFX Teaching.
 2. Added the new $recharge attribute for specifying a minimum amount of time
     between spell casts.
 3. Added the new $battles attribute for specifying a number of enemies to
     defeat before the spell can be used again.
----August 21, 2003
 1. Fixed combat round numbers to only increment with each new technique cast
     instead of per event or attack.
 2. Absorbing magic spells with the "Runic" condition now picks a random object
     in the room to receive the MP.
----August 23, 2003
 1. Added a new function damage(atk,def) to calculate an attack's damage as if
     it were passed through the Battle Curve.
 2. Wizards with POW_PLANE can now see the plane of a player's Save Point using
     the 'examine' command (combat mode only).
----August 26, 2003
 1. Recoded the default 'status' screen to the original TinyMare layout.
----August 28, 2003
 1. Added the @ltalk lock for talking to NPC objects, as well as the @ftalk,
     @oftalk, and @aftalk "failed-talk" action set.
----September 3, 2003
 1. Added a new bitmap, Guildprof, which stores the total number of guild-based
     proficiencies a player can attain, across all guilds joined.
 2. Added Status Screen #5 for players using MareTerm to display a race
     portrait icon in the upper-left corner.
----September 5, 2003
 1. Rewrote combat equation parsing in $event attributes. The Attack Event can
     now take 4 combat equations per Condition= option. Also opens the avenue
     for other events to take combat equations as values.
 2. Added the Drain=<Equation> Attack Event option.
 3. Changed the syntax around for %1-%9 environment variables in $captions on
     spells with Attack Events.
----September 7, 2003
 1. Expanded the number of $foodgroups and respective conditions from 7 to 11.
 2. Added a new 'conditions' command (abbreviated 'cond') to list your current
     conditions and innate race abilities.
 3. Softcode commands that modify bitmap values by name, such as '@bitmap
     %#=Health,...' and '@magic %#=...', now automatically update that player's
     Status Bar fields.
----September 8, 2003
 1. The @wipeattr command now accepts spell names & numbers beginning with $ as
     valid arguments.
 2. Fixed a file-descriptor leak while loading combat messages from damage.txt.
----September 9, 2003
 1. @elock is now checked on destination rooms during a 'move'.
----September 11, 2003
 1. Fixed a bug in being able to repeatedly use items before all events on the
     spell are exhausted.
----September 12, 2003
 1. Added a new bitmap, Impact, which holds the amount of Impact Points
     accumulated during battle (out of 1,000,000 total). This value shows up as
     "Impact %" on the status screen.
 2. The Limit Attacks spell screen now shows IP% costs.
 3. Added new spell attributes $charges and $maxcharge for Wands.
 4. Slain enemies now unset LastKill from players in the room who have been
     attacked by the enemy. This prevents slow-kill conditions like Wounded
     from killing players with bad LastKill dbref#s.
 5. Implemented combination attacks through the use of $combo.
 6. New event flag 'Combo' that cycles to the next attacker in the combo list
     for the upcoming event. This only has effect when a $combo spell is used.
 7. Added a new Damage Type flag to [Arg0] of the Attack Event: Combo. Combo
     allows all casters to participate in the attack at once, summing Damage=
     equations and combining weapon elements for all involved.
 8. EQFX Apply "Random" now takes numbers out of 1000 instead of 1 in 'x'.
 9. Combat globals such as num_targets and current_level now get reset to
     default values in the case of an Infinite Loop.
10. Added the Charges=<Equation> Attack Event option.
----September 13, 2003
 1. Enlarged the size of the Condition/Status technique type's 'value' field to
     27 bits.
----September 14, 2003
 1. Fixed crash log reporting so that old command log data is not saved during
     internal TinyMare timers long after the command had finished executing.
----September 24, 2003
 1. Attack Event now checks the HP/MP/EN limits on all targets or attackers
     during a Cure or Drain.
 2. The 'status' command now shows two values for Attack Power if the player
     has two weapons equipped.
----September 25, 2003
 1. Added the "Hit=" combat equation to specify a +/- Hit % adjustment on a
     per-attack basis.
 2. Renamed the "Nomiss" damage type flag to "Fixedhit", which uses the "Hit="
     equation to determine a constant hit rate from 0 to 100%.
 3. Fixed a bug in lsema() that kept all the words from being displayed.
 4. Fixed a bug in 'grab' that displayed '%N doesn't have that object.' after
     successfully taking a combat item from a NPC.
 5. Added CARRY_RATIO configuration variable to specify how many grams per
     Strength point a player can carry. This also sets the default weight for
     normal database objects.
 6. Fixed the isnumber() macro to return false if given a blank string. This
     makes commands such as 'ex $' report "No such spell" now.
----October 8, 2003
 1. Added a 3rd argument to the enabled() function. If it begins with 'm', it
     will return the failure message of the bad condition instead of 0 or 1.
----October 9, 2003
 1. Added full icon support to TinyMARE! If +term icons is on, the server will
     send binary icon data that can be reassembled by the MareTerm client for
     full-color graphics. TinyFugue requires a patch to ignore icon definitions
     in /recall and logging.
 2. Fixed a crash bug when the Attack Event is used via the @event command.
----October 10, 2003
 1. Fixed a crash bug when using the '@list skills' command.
----October 11, 2003
 1. Added support for temporary status attacks.
 2. Permanent status attacks (other than HP/MP/EN) now silently switch to type
     ST:Inn when used on non-player objects, exits, and rooms.
 3. Fixed a long-standing bug in @trigger that passed along whatever was in
     %0-%9 even if no arguments were given.
----October 12, 2003
 1. Optimized match_thing() when searching lists of contents/exits. Also fixes
     the problem where objects in a different plane could be matched using
     #dbref, and fixes a problem where match numbers (i.e. the 2 in 'look sign
     2') wouldn't always work.
 2. Added the configuration variable EVADE_RATE to specify a base Evade% rate
     when the enemy's Luck is equal to the attacker's Dexterity.
 3. Added the Pyramid(x,y) combat equation function, which returns a random
     number between 'x' and 'y' weighted towards the center.
----October 13, 2003
 1. Finished recoding the Attack Event. This event now handles multiple targets
     internally and has preliminary support for combo attacks built-in. Also
     handles death after all damage has been dealt to the targets, and also
     tallies up all drain amounts for one final message at the end.
 2. Added a new Longrange relic condition for melee combat.
----October 14, 2003
 1. The command '@list spells=*' now displays decompile output for all spells
     and forged equipment in the item database.
 2. Implemented the CurePoison condition for non-players.
----October 15, 2003
 1. Implemented ST:Gradual temporary status attacks.
 2. Spells now accept random MP/EN $cost values, which are calculated at cast
     time. The system remembers the initial cost value until the round expires.
----October 16, 2003
 1. You can now target yourself with any technique regardless of your @lfight.
 2. Fixed Haste/Slow conditions to operate normally.
 3. Added the Abs(x) combat equation function.
----October 17, 2003
 1. Reimplemented the $action spell attribute.
 2. The Unconscious condition now blocks out game messages, much like Asleep.
----October 20, 2003
 1. Swimming now sets physical attack damage to 50%-100% depending on the Swim
     skill mastery.
 2. Implemented the Flooded and Shallow room conditions.
 3. Temporary stat modifications now use only the current stat type (Inn, Room,
     Gradual, etc.) for computing Decay and Limit options.
 4. Fight queue now saves all fight-entry parameters over reboots.
 5. Stop_fight() now correctly removes fallen foes from the spell's multiple-
     target list.
 6. Using items now checks all spell targets with the Attack Event's Limit
     option.
----October 21, 2003
 1. Fixed a crash bug when @copybitmap is used with both source and destination
     as the same object.
----October 22, 2003
 1. Fixed a problem where combat semaphores (such as the Divine condition)
     would crash the game.
----October 27, 2003
 1. Fixed a bug in the combat queue where the timer would not restart when
     executing a technique after the first hit of a multi-attack fight.
 2. Status Bar updates are now queued internally and displayed right before the
     output buffer for each player is transmitted.
 3. Added a set of icons for floor changes in the Status Bar.
 4. Added flags Physical, Magical, and Mental for condition.db definitions.
----October 28, 2003
 1. Group targetting for NPCs now classifies groups according to enemies having
     the same first parent object with a combat status.
 2. Fixed being able to equip weapons when enemies are attacking other players
     or parties in the room.
 3. Added game configuration variable ESCAPE_DELAY, which defines the longest
     *additional* delay an escape from the room could take in 0.1-second units.
 4. Escaping now guages an enemy's agility from 50% to 150% of the player's
     agility and maps it from 0 to 100% of the ESCAPE_DELAY variable. A random
     value between 50% and 100% is taken from that. This should fix the delay
     from being too low and too high most of the time.
 5. Added game configuration variable ESCAPE_TYPE, which can be 0 to block all
     escapes, 1 to use the "Escape" spell in the database, or 2-9999 which
     selects a preconfigured spell to use as Escape.
----October 29, 2003
 1. Typing in an exit name during battle will now attempt to escape in that
     direction.
 2. Added a new Levelup event.
 3. Rewrote the Escape event to handle multiple targets with fear attacks.
----October 30, 2003
 1. Implemented the Fog room flag & condition.
 2. Implemented the Barefist skill for fighting left-hand without a weapon
     equipped.
 3. Disconnected players can no longer use Runic to absorb MP.
----November 1, 2003
 1. Fixed a problem when unparsing combat equations in the Attack Event where
     any equation with a function showed '<Invalid equation>'.
 2. %R can now be used as a delimiter character in list functions.
 3. Added the @spinfo command to display a spell/item status screen to another
     player.
 4. Added the ^ exponent operator to the combat equation parser.
----November 4, 2003
 1. $action now initially returns Fail by default when no targets are present.
 2. @event's syntax changed to require : instead of , after the event name.
 3. @event can now target non-living things and inventory items (from the
     caster's point of view) based on the type of event chosen.
 4. Fixed a division-by-zero error when using the Decay attack-event flag and
     the enemy's status target is 0.
----November 6, 2003
 1. Added game configuration variable MIN_SPELL_LEVEL which sets the minimum
     level of spells in the fight queue for calculation purposes (i.e. SPLV).
     This value can only be 0 or 1.
 2. Rewrote the target handling portion of combat where a multi-event attack is
     being executed and the target disappears due to death or woundedness. The
     attacker now correctly stops and turns attention to the next threat.
----November 7, 2003
 1. Fixed a problem with losing Endurance points after using the 'stop' command
     to halt a technique/spell cast.
 2. Added a new event flag "Force", which, when encountered as an upcoming
     event, makes the technique unstoppable.
----November 10, 2003
 1. Fixed a problem where the combat target list was not being cleared out when
     casting a new spell during an existing spell execution (aka. Leftwield).
 2. Added a new spell attribute, $master, that sets the mastery level of a
     spell to something lower than its default.
 3. Fixed a problem where functions in @vlock turned off quiet matching and
     displayed an extra 'I don't see X here.' to the player.
 4. The items/spells info screen now show spell-specific variables.
 5. Added new game configuration variable ITEM_MODE, which contains flag bits,
     each which disable a portion of the items/spells screen. Bit definitions
     are: 1=No variables shown, 2=GP Value, 4=Weight, 8=Damage %, 16=Material,
     32=Item Type.
----November 11, 2003
 1. Added a new function spvar(player, enemy, spell, variable [,level]), which
     evaluates the %0-%9 environment variables and returns the requested
     <variable> number for <player> vs. <enemy>. These are the same variables
     that are parsed for a spell's $desc or $caption. <variable> can only be
     from 0 to 9. If no <level> is specified, it defaults to <player>'s current
     spell level.
 2. The lnum() function now takes floating point values for args 2 and 3.
 3. The function parser now closes arguments surrounded by {}'s only if the }
     is the last character of the argument. This also keeps }'s inside the
     argument from being stripped.
----November 12, 2003
 1. Fixed a crash problem with @event not setting the target text correctly.
----November 17, 2003
 1. Changed the syntax of the Stat=<Attr>:<Limit> combat equation. <Limit> is
     now a number of maximum points the spell can increase/decrease beyond the
     target's Base status value. <Limit> can contain a % at the end to use a
     percentage of the target's Base value instead of a number of points.
 2. Fixed the bug where if <Limit> was much lower than player's current stat,
     casting the spell to cure the stat will not decrease it anymore.
 3. @addtech can now be used with Status values using the '<Stat>:<Type>'
     format. Type defaults to 'Normal' if unspecified (equivalent to ST:Inn).
 4. Fixed a bug where stopping a player's battle on the last event consumed 2
     items instead of 1.
 5. The path() function and random exits now check @elock/@llock's on zones.
----November 18, 2003
 1. Added a new function, nearest(list,number[,how]), which returns the value
     in <list> closest to <number>. [how] can be L for Less-than matches, G for
     Greater-than matches, or anything else for Both.
 2. Fixed a bug where only 1 enemy with the Leader bitmap set would follow its
     leader.
 3. Fixed a bug that prohibited more than one event flag from being set with
     the $event command.
 4. Ambidexterity skill now maps Lefthand Attack Power from 75% to 100% based
     on skill mastery.
----November 19, 2003
 1. Players can no longer 'stop' an active item usage.
 2. Fixed a bug in 'stop' where the fight entry didn't get completely reset.
 3. Added the @addwish, @delwish, and @list wishes commands.
----November 20, 2003
 1. +com channels now only let you use ' to direct a message to a player
     currently online AND on the channel.
 2. Leftwield now checks the % to determine how often the left hand is used in
     combat.
 3. Added support to compile under the QNX operating system.
 4. Corrected a problem with skills not charging any Endurance points when
     $cost was set.
 5. Combat equations now take a % directly after an expression in ()'s.
 6. Wizards can now examine spell events using 'ex $spell/event1', etc.
 7. Added a new command, 'wish', which uses Task Points to cast a spell.
 8. @enter/@aenter/@oenter now set %0 as the previous room of the enactor.
 9. Enemies once again counterattack during a Miss.
10. $ufail now sets %0 as the number of the spell being called.
----November 21, 2003
 1. Rooms now display their @caption after the room name (with the same color
     intensity).
 2. @lcost, @cost, @cfail, @ocfail, and @acfail now set %0 as the amount of
     money actually given to the object.
 3. @tactics entries for deleted spells can now be removed via spell number.
 4. Shadowed spell lists (Minerals, Plants, etc) are now background objects.
     Spells can be defined on top of them rather than be obstructed by them.
 5. Softcode function parse_lock() now preserves environment variables %0-%9
     across calls.
----November 22, 2003
 1. Added new function hasexplored(<player>, <bit# | room-dbref#>).
 2. 'items' now shows Technique/Teach/Tactics EQFX information on individual
     equipment.
 3. Fixed a bug in the monster 'status' screen where large technique names in
     an enemy's @tactics list would corrupt the display.
----November 23, 2003
 1. Leftwield and Ambidexterity skills can now charge Endurance per use.
 2. Added two new bitmap variables, @mprate and @enrate, along with their
     respective status values MPRATE and ENRATE. These determine the percent
     of MP or EN Cost charged per spell/technique/skill use.
 3. Fixed the setting of status values for @addtech Levelup.
----November 24, 2003
 1. Internal parsing of $cost and $charge spell values now preserve %0-%9
     across calls.
----November 29, 2003
 1. Added a new attribute option, 'privs', which when used with 'function'
     makes a user-defined function operate with the privileges of the object it
     was @defattr'd on. This lets children with lesser privileges operate with
     some of the capabilities of the parents. 'privs' cannot be set on an
     existing attribute if a child had overridden the attribute text.
 2. Added a new spell $flag, 'FracCost', which makes the $cost value on spells
     and skills to require 1/x MP/EN instead of x. Players must have at least 1
     MP or EN to operate the technique.
 3. The 'privs' attribute option is now removed from @defattrs during a @chown.
----December 3, 2003
 1. Fixed a bug in charging MP/EN where the wrong variable was used to set the
     player's remaining points.
----December 9, 2003
 1. Fixed a bug in not being able to escape through a dark exit during battle.
 2. Added the ability to taper race levelup stats to a maximum player level
     using game configuration variable STAT_TAPER_LEVEL.
----December 10, 2003
 1. Fixed a whitespace parse error while reading status values from class.db.
 2. Added new game configuration variable STAT_ROLL_TYPE to specify how race
     stats are rolled during player creation. 0=Fixed value (based on racial
     strengths), 1=Random value between Lo & Hi, and 2=Weighted random stat
     bonus across all values.
 3. Rewrote the Race Selection Screen to display all 12 initial stats and fixed
     up screen positioning for both with and without ANSI support.
 4. Fixed a problem where the game doesn't think a player is logged in if he is
     on a character initialization screen over a @reboot.
 5. Added the @mlock, @mfail, @amfail, and @omfail combat action attributes to
     replace the inflexible Wall flag. Removed the Wall flag.
 6. @o* attributes can now display a message not prefixed by the enactor's name
     using @ as the first character of the message. Normal spoofing rules
     apply.
 7. Added a temporary Attack/Defense Power display line on the equipment info
     screen.
 8. The @notify attribute can be set on #0 to change the default "Welcome %N to
     our realm!" message. Set the attribute to % to disable it completely.
----December 11, 2003
 1. Fixed a bug in the $ and ! Event command parser to recognize \\ as a
     literal \ instead of requiring \\\\.
----December 13, 2003
 1. Fixed a bug where the execution of tactics would not tell the combat system
     a new round was started.
----December 28, 2003
 1. Objects speaking messages will no longer show the message to its container
     if @vlock'd, or if the container is Asleep or Unconscious.
----December 29, 2003
 1. Fixed a bug where @addexplore is automatically called during a @dig and the
     digger does not own the current room.
----January 1, 2004
 1. TinyMARE Version 1.0.9957 released.
 2. Willpower now keeps players alive when the attack would barely kill them.
 3. Implemented the @auncon attribute.
 4. LastKill now only sets on bosses when players attack them; enemies can no
     longer kill a boss and get EXP.
----January 2, 2004
 1. Added 6 new conditions to redirect damage to HP/MP/EN to a different
     HP/MP/EN stat.
 2. Added game configuration option ALLOW_WOUNDED to turn on/off the Wounded
     condition. 1=on, 2=even in rooms set Arena or Nest.
 3. Monsters with the M flag will no longer auto-@destroy when killed.
 4. Enemies will no longer strike Dead +party members waiting in the room.
 5. At death, the highest-ranking player in a +party in the same room as the
     fallen leader will now become the new leader, otherwise no change is made.
 6. Fixed group attacks to correctly bypass dead targets in the room.
 7. An object @destroying something during immediate-queue execution will now
     postpone the @destroy until the next queue run.
----January 3, 2004
 1. Added game configuration MULTIPLR_BOSSES, which allows entire +party groups
     to fight bosses in Nest rooms at once. When on, a +party is not defeated
     until all members have fallen. When the boss is defeated, EXP is given to
     all living members and slain comrades are restored with 1 HP.
 2. Arena now teleports fallen players to the room's Dropto and sets HP to 1 if
     no @akill is set on the room.
 3. You can no longer speak when Dead or use the 'to' command with a speech
     ailment.
 4. Added support for using Limit Attacks.
----January 4, 2004
 1. Battle damage now increases your Impact % counter.
----January 5, 2004
 1. Fixed combat miss messages that displayed both @emit and @oemit versions of
     the message to the room.
----January 6, 2004
 1. Only enemy types Normal and Horse can become wounded now.
----January 7, 2004
 1. Added a new function family(#obj) to return the name of an object's family.
----January 9, 2004
 1. Fixed an error in @ps where the report of total number of queued commands
     is incorrect if the player does not have POW_QUEUE.
----January 16, 2004
 1. Ambush/Block conditions no longer stop a player if either are @vlock'd
     against each other.
 2. Element names are now taken from conditions 224-239 to aid configurability.
     If the condition index does not exist, default names are used.
 3. Sector types are now loaded from the etc/sector.db configuration file.
 4. Rewrote '@list sectors' to show more information about each type.
 5. Added a new sector flag, 'Vacuum', which instantly kills if a player is not
     wearing a spacesuit.
----January 17, 2004
 1. Removed the 'sector' command, as it gives away too much information.
 2. Staying overnight at an Inn now clears Impact Points to 0.
 3. Hardcoded the 'suicide' command for when a player is mortally wounded.
 4. Added game configuration variable STAT_MAX_LEVEL, which sets the maximum
     level for receiving any stat levelups or for tapering stats. STAT_TAPER
     was also altered to accept only a 0 or 1 value.
----January 23, 2004
 1. Fixed a problem where the Attack Event no longer took integers for element
     names.
----January 24, 2004
 1. Logging player-kills now shows the room where the attack occurred.
 2. You can no longer target enemies @vlock'd from or against you.
 3. Fixed a problem where spells and events with automatic target selection
     would attempt to target inventory items.
 4. The 'run' command now escapes through the exit the player entered in when
     being attacked in battle.
 5. Renamed the 'wimpy' command and bitmap attribute to 'morale'.
 6. Players following a +party leader no longer perform a Morale check. It's
     the leader's job to escape the battle.
 7. Implemented the Garlic condition, and etc/class.db now selects which enemy
     families are susceptible.
 8. Fixed a major bug where the combat subsystems (conditions, plants, sectors,
     etc.) were getting loaded after @startups executed.
 9. A +party's combat formation now reverts back to Standard when changing
     leaders.
----January 26, 2004
 1. Implemented the Skin relic condition.
 2. Physical weaknesses to Blunt, Piercing, or Slashing attacks now decrease
     the target's Defense Power rather than increase attacker's Attack Power.
 3. Added the ST:Round temporary status attack type. This makes status attacks
     last for X rounds or until the player's battle ends. Use the "Charges="
     equation to set the number of rounds.
 4. Fixed temporary status attacks involving duration or charges to not reset
     the counter if 0 damage points were inflicted (as when a status limit was
     reached).
 5. ST:Duration attacks marked with the Quiet flag no longer show "Player's
     Stat has returned to normal".
----January 27, 2004
 1. Cleaned up ST:Gradual, ST:Charges, and ST:Round removals. They also now
     update the Status Bar during HP/MP/EN changes.
 2. Changes to Maximum HP/MP/EN now make sure Current HP/MP/EN values never go
     over when ST:Gradual decreases or a statmod is removed.
 3. Implemented the Teach Event.
 4. Fixed too many bugs to count in the TechPt-rewarding system for spells and
     skills.
----January 28, 2004
 1. Added combat-status restriction flags to the $areaatk spell attribute. New
     flags are Player, NPC, and Familiar. See 'help $areaatk' for details.
----January 30, 2004
 1. Fixed a bug with skills not leveling when only obtaining Technique Points.
----February 5, 2004
 1. Added support for loading Pennmush-style database files.
 2. Loading Tinymush and Pennmush databases now correctly sets the parents on
     objects.
----February 8, 2004
 1. Removed the restriction that God has to connect from 'localhost'.
 2. Added technique types: Powers, Ailment Causes, Defeats, and Recharge.
 3. Fixed a crash bug in @movesp when no wishes are defined.
 4. Removed the $bitpos spell attribute as it is replaced by Recharge techlist.
----February 9, 2004
 1. Turned on condition timers for Poisoned, Petrified, and Wounded.
 2. Reenabled the Food timer based on the FOOD_TIMER configuration
     variable.
 3. Implemented the @aouncon attribute.
----February 20, 2004
 1. @aclone now sets %0 as the enemy that died when dropping treasure chests.
----February 21, 2004
 1. Hardcoded the spcname() function, which displays a spell using its $cname
     color.
 2. Fixed the function parser so that beginning and ending {}'s are extracted
     out only when there is no }{ in the middle in the string, as in
     "{test} {test}".
----March 1, 2004
 1. Fixed a division-by-zero error in the Pyramid() combat-equation function.
----March 2, 2004
 1. Fixed a bug where 'run' or the Wander flag passing through a variably-
     linked exit can sometimes check #-1 for zones.
 2. Fixed a parsing bug when %|color codes| are used in a oper/foreach() loop.
----March 4, 2004
 1. TinyMare compiled for Cygwin (Windows) systems now defaults DB_FORK to 0
     for new databases.
 2. Added game configuration variable DB_NOTIFY to control whether players see
     the "Mudname Autosave..!" message with each DB save.
 3. Fixed a major bug in @reboot/@shutdown which could hang if some connected
     players had a slow connection and a lot of output remaining in the buffer.
 4. @reboots now save a player's pending command-line input in the case of a
     direct telnet session to the Mare.
----March 5, 2004
 1. The CRC-32 table used for icon-name checksums is now calculated at first
     use rather than stored in the executable.
----March 8, 2004
 1. @copytech now allows specific technique slots for both <dest> and <source>.
----March 9, 2004
 1. Added a Training flag to spell-style technique slots to hide them until
     they level-up after receiving enough Technique Points.
----March 10, 2004
 1. Rewrote the Advance Event with new syntax and functionality. See the help
     page for more information.
 2. Introduced Guild Specialties to the codebase as fight/guild.c.
 3. Added a new command called '@checkguild <player>', which forces the combat
     system to perform a check for mastered Guild Specialties.
----March 13, 2004
 1. The Limit Attacks page-list once again displays the correct percentages.
----March 15, 2004
 1. Fixed a bug in clearing an integer spell attribute, which mistakeningly set
     its value to the spell number instead of 0.
----March 19, 2004
 1. Added new @config variable TRAIN_SPELLS. When set to 1, this forces all
     spell levels to be at 1 or higher. When a spell is on level 0, its mastery
     percentage determines the rate of success or failure as if the player was
     training his spell and did not have enough experience to use it perfectly
     every time.
 2. Added new @config variable COMBAT_IDLELOCK, which specifies the number of
     seconds a player can go idle before he stops receiving EXP, GP, TechPts,
     AP, and Treasure from a defeated enemy. This also locks players from
     initiating fights or casting spells by command (not by behavior). Set to 0
     to disable.
----March 20, 2004
 1. Added a new power, POW_COM, for restricting players from speaking on or
     joining channels.
----March 27, 2004
 1. Added two new commands, @comblock and @comvoice, which give administrators
     the ability to block channels and/or a player's voice with POW_COM.
 2. Added wizard attribute @comlimit which stores the +com restrictions per
     player.
----March 31, 2004
 1. Fixed a crash bug due to the buffer when examining EQFX-flags not being big
     enough to display all numerical flags.
 2. @comblock and @comvoice now log actions to [_log_main].
 3. Added the Taper flag to the Attack Event. Helptext is available.
----April 1, 2004
 1. Implemented the stddev() function.
----April 2, 2004
 1. Integrated the new official race +/- stat chart into TinyMARE.
----April 4, 2004
 1. Fixed a crash bug when moving through an exit linked to Home.
----April 6, 2004
 1. Recompiled a correct list of function declarations for hdrs/defs.h,
     hdrs/fight.h, and hdrs/world.h.
----April 10, 2004
 1. Dead players are now visible in their Save Point room during the death
     sequence, marked as (Ghost).
 2. Fixed a fatal database corruption problem with @nuke and killing players in
     a room being destroyed when #0/akill is set.
----April 19, 2004
 1. Fixed an invalid access to #-1 if lattr() or lattrdef() had a null string
     as their arguments.
----April 20, 2004
 1. Removed several warnings when compiling under GCC 3.4 and above.
----April 21, 2004
 1. Function weapon(player,arg) now takes "left", "num", "leftnum", or
     "left num" as <arg>.
----April 23, 2004
 1. The @encounters attribute is now scanned for zone objects as well as rooms.
----April 24, 2004
 1. Fixed a possible crash bug in displaying typo messages if realloc() fails.
 2. The list of unacceptable playernames is now read from a system file:
     'msgs/badplayers.txt'.
----April 25, 2004
 1. Per-player encounter data and rooms-visited are now saved over reboots.
 2. Completed the new @encounters design. Helptext is available.
 3. Added a new combat wizattr for enemies, @adeathseq, triggered when
     condition Nodeath is set on an enemy and a player kills him.
 4. Renamed the condition Deathseq to Nodeathseq.
 5. @dbtop once again takes negative ranges to display the bottom-most results.
 6. Added new @dbtop Virtue category.
 7. Added @config variable UNCON_PERCENT, which sets the percentage of HP a
     target must have remaining in Wounded-mode. If the player's HP falls below
     this value at the moment he is wounded, he will also become unconscious.
 8. Added the Silent condition, for evading enemies who can hear but can't see.
----April 27, 2004
 1. Fixed a crash bug when dropping items into a room with its dropto (@link)
     set to *HOME*.
 2. MULTIPLR_BOSSES is now permanently set, and the @config variable has been
     removed.
----April 28, 2004
 1. Added two new options to @console: Reset and Sendoutput. Reset clears a
     connected player's input processing back to standard-game processing
     (terminating a helptext or @input prompt, for instance). Sendoutput
     flushes the current player's output immediately to the socket--useful when
     @console !output is about to be used.
----April 29, 2004
 1. Finished the new death system. All types of player/enemy death now goes
     through the same internal procedure, triggering @akill/@adefeat and
     awarding EXP to the victor. This new system supports enemies dying due to
     Poison, Sickness, Petrification, and Woundedness, and awards EXP to the
     player who inflicted the ailment.
 2. Fixed a crash bug when targetting inventory items with a combat event.
 3. Virtue now appears on the +sbar screen instead of Food if FOOD_TIMER is
     @configured as 0.
 4. Disconnecting in a Nest room now kills you (with the boss as the killer).
 5. Rewrote the making of static hash tables, thus drastically reducing the
     number of malloc() calls per table created.
 6. Added new attribute @owound, which displays a message to others when you
     die from the Wounded condition, for enemies and players alike.
----May 1, 2004
 1. Added the game configuration variable SBAR_MONEY_ABREV to set the
     abbreviation used in the +sbar for the game's currency.
 2. Added the @charge command to charge money from a player to pay to a object.
     The others in the room view as if the player gave money to the object.
 3. Fixed another error that removed spaces inside a {} in the function parser.
 4. Players can no longer attack havened combat objects owned by someone with
     the Combat power.
----May 5, 2004
 1. Fixed a problem in displaying failure messages due to spells being trained
     on Level 0.
 2. Fixed @charge to get it working the right way.
 3. @adefeat is now executed before @akill for everything except when players
     die in Nest rooms.
----May 9, 2004
 1. Fixed a problem with @relay when an object relaying information is
     @destroyed and teleported into #-1 (*NOTHING*).
 2. Fixed a problem with the destroy_old_objs() routine when destroying half-
     going objects that are still residing in #-1.
----May 10, 2004
 1. Fixed another segfault with @relay and #-1.
----May 12, 2004
 1. Fixed another segfault with unparse_color() and @destroying an object.
----May 18, 2004
 1. rank() no longer shows an administrator's rank if HIDDEN_ADMIN is set to 1.