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A Backlog of Hardcode Changes in TinyMARE v1.0.4600-v1.0.5600, Winds Year 0005.

----May 15, 1996
 1. Unrecognizable commands on objects not set ~PUPPET will now be reported
     automatically to their owner.
----May 20, 1996
 1. Released version 1.3 of the 'medit' program.
----May 21, 1996
 1. Wrote a new @configuration subsystem database.
 2. Coded a new timer sequence for Poison, Regeneration, and Food.
----May 22, 1996
 1. Fixed bug in undefined sector bitmaps.
 2. Tested and adjusted Regeneration rate (slightly faster than before).
----May 23, 1996
 1. Rewrote regeneration timer sequence, adjusted a third time.
 2. Rewrote food system, based on # of moves in a particular sector.
 3. New 'sector' command layout.
----May 24, 1996
 1. Fixed a character mismatch in 8-bit compression.
 2. Removed the buggy @autotime wizcommand.
 3. Created @event wizcommand in place, used to trigger certain timer
     events on certain targets, such as poison, food, regeneration, and sick.
 4. Moved various functions from fight/routine.c to their appropriate place
     in the netmare sourcecode.
 5. Fixed an insignificant bug in the function parser (#-2 mismatch).
 6. Suppressed playernames beginning with . or _
 7. Reinstated poison's -5 damage per minute timer.
 8. Fixed a bug in the statusbar/cls output.
 9. 'Normal' sectortypes no longer have enemy encounters.
10. Added a slight increase to HitPoint regeneration for all levels.
----May 25, 1996
 1. Recoded the timer for sickness decrement.
 2. Added the Illness flag for rooms, people in these rooms will gradually get
     sick if they stay in them for long periods of time.
 3. Monsters that are poisoned are now inflicted with damage every 100 seconds
     or so. If monsters die from poison, the player who last attacked them
     gets its experience.
 4. All regeneration status methods now apply to monsters, but at speed 25.
 5. Fixed bug in @nuking the owner of #0 or #0.zone
----June 4, 1996
 1. Wizards no longer have the power to @newpass other wizards from the game,
     or even God for that matter. (oopsie)
 2. @clone cannot be used to copy objects that have a combat status, unless
     the player operating the @clone has POW_COMBAT.
 3. Same goes for @addparenting to objects with a combat status set.
 4. Renamed @tchest to @forge.
----June 5, 1996
 1. @apage now takes %0 as the contents of the entire sent message.
 2. Removed the @apemit attribute. I didn't even know we had such a thing.
----June 6, 1996
 1. Removed the @awhisper attribute.
----June 10, 1996
 1. Removed the @fight command.
 2. Using 'status' on another player now shows their health, like 'look' did.
----June 13, 1996
 1. @asunrise and @asunset only execute on players when they are connected.
----June 20, 1996
 1. Fixed a bug in ; posing while using the 'to' command.
 2. Miscellaneous 'Permission denied.' messages rewritten with correct grammar.
 3. Fixed the bug in Sell Value on items priced higher than 127gp.
----June 25, 1996
 1. Fixed the Hidden 'c'onnected flag & +finger Age bug.
 2. God can only connect from localhost successfully now.
 3. Made the login message under wizlock mode say 'Wizlock mode in progress.'
----June 26, 1996
 1. Sickness count depletes HitPoints exponentially. 15=MAXHP Damage. Get Food.
----June 27, 1996
 1. Added new messages to 'use' so people know who is using their items.
 2. 'eq optimum' now handles 2 Finger slots appropriately.
 3. Equipment is now set up for Relics (future use).
 4. Fixed bug in checking for Cursed shields that cannot be removed even if you
     equip a 2-Handed weapon using 'eq optimum'.
 5. Renamed Magic Missile to Magic Arrow.
 6. If you have 0 food, you can no longer recover naturally from illness.
 7. Fixed POW_DARK to view any object in a room no matter what.
----June 30, 1996
 1. Fixed file-descriptor leak during reboots.
 2. Added fsize() and fdate() filename lookup support.
----July 1, 1996
 1. Rewrote entire Command Queue handling system.
 2. Fixed bug that crashes MARE when objects issue a queue command to @destroy
     themselves.
 3. Added linear formatting and justification to the upcoming 'help' command.
----July 4, 1996
 1. Added POW_SLAVE abilities for lower administration.
 2. Fixed a bug in equipping items for str/dfp.
----July 5, 1996
 1. Added pings back into the game, for dmg < dfp/2.
 2. Removed ability to send items and equipment to NPC objects.
----July 11, 1996
 1. Completely rewrote the attribute database.
----July 13, 1996
 1. Added prefix * to joining/leaving +com channels.
 2. Fixed all references to wildcard pointers (wptrs). rewritten from MUSH v2.2
 3. Added a new wild_compare routine which does not record data in wptr[].
 4. Added escape character in wildcard matching. Ex: \* = literal *
 5. removed the AF_NOCLONE attribute option.
 6. renamed the attrdefs function as aflags. (on MUSE this is attropts)
 7. Fixed a bug concerning logfiles sending messages to channels from #-1.
 8. Exits linked to HOME(#-3) no longer try to get A_ENTER from #-3.
 9. Rewrote edit_string utilities (fixed a rather hazardous bug for edit() and
     $edit commands).
10. Rewrote the @clone command. Several unwanted side effects are fixed.
11. +finger for immortals with POW_WHO now shows the hostname that a player
     has last connected from.
----July 16, 1996
 1. Altered magic attack power for nonphysical forged weapons.
 2. Fixed an exponential bug involved with floating point functions.
 3. If you use a second argument with the +finger command, the target player's
     @plan will not be shown.
----July 19, 1996
 1. Fixed a crashing bug in @defattr.
----July 20, 1996
 1. Fixed the bug with critical hits (DFP_DOOM).
 2. Fixed a bogus attribute call to #-1 when a player gets nuked.
----July 27, 1996
 1. Added channel ^GM for occupational guildmasters.
 2. Rewrote the layout of the 'page' command.
 3. Removed Poison from the elemental list and added Water. List is now as
     follows:  Blaze, Ice, Wind, Water, Fire, Earth, Thunder, Magic, Cure,
     Revive, Drain, Doom, Poison, MP, EN, Physical.
 4. Fixed regeneration rate for both players and monsters.
 5. Added plants back to descriptions, though one may not 'pick' them yet.
----July 29, 1996
 1. Fixed a MAJOR MEMORY LEAK in @text <directory list>. All files present
     in directory now show up. This was probably the full cause of our crashes.
 2. Rewrote some inconsistent permission denied messages.
 3. Fixed the major bug in database loading that forgets about players being
     connected during @reboot.

 All known TinyMARE bugs fixed.

 4. RESTRICT_CREATE, RESTRICT_DIG, RESTRICT_OPEN, RESTRICT_ZONE, and
     RESTRICT_TELEPORT are now separate configuration variables.
 5. Added new object type: Zone.
 6. Added new flag, 'Universal'.  There can now be >1 Universal Zone object.
     Zone objects will take the place of World Sectors in the near future.
 7. Added ability to @chown a CHOWN_OK-set zone if you are in one of its rooms
     (or Origin Room, the zone's @link).
 8. Added Zone Creation Cost: 2500gp.
 9. Renamed configuration DEAD_ROOM to PLAYER_REVIVE.
10. Coded @zone command, which now creates zone objects.
11. Fixed a miscalculation in the objmem() function.
12. One may now @link or @unlink zones to Origin Room points in the database.
----July 30, 1996
 1. @zlink and @unzlink removed. @addzone and @delzone added in place.
 2. Rewrote parents(), children(), relay(), zwho(), and zone().
 3. Rewrote parents/children/relay/zone lists on all objects. Much cleaner.
 4. Rewrote the free_list structure. Much cleaner also.
 5. Fixed a bug in teleporting anything inside of zones.

 6. Back to combat....Fixed the ambush timer sequence. You are not allowed to
     cast spells faster than your current vigor.  This also puts a dent in
     switching spells. Say you cast Ultima which takes 25.5s and then Refresh,
     it'll still wait 25.5s to cast Refresh. So be careful.  This is no bug. :)
----August 1, 1996
 1. Object names are now limited to 50 characters maximum.
 2. The character name 'Wanderer' is no longer restricted.
----August 3, 1996
 1. All poison-forged equipment have been changed to physical and had +str
     doubled.
 2. Renamed notify_word_list functions in src and rewrote wmatch().
 3. Implemented full guild-based restrictions on all players.
----August 4, 1996
 1. Added checks to equipment names in the shops to show which you can equip.
 2. Fixed the forge to conform to the new non-poison elemental layout.
 3. Fixed a bug in the guild-skill conversion table.
 4. Added the 'Forge' wish to add strength to equipment.
----August 5, 1996
 1. Redid the racelist display screen when you create a new character.
 2. Rearranged @idle message layout.
 3. Sages may now join any %Guild channel they wish.
 4. Items that you cannot equip are dimmed out on the 'items' inventory list.
----August 7, 1996
 1. Added @list races=type and @list occupations=guild for player convienence.
----August 8, 1996
 1. Fixed parents/relay/zone layout in object descriptions.
 2. Added zones to all rooms in Chapter 1.
----August 17, 1996
 1. Fixed a parser bug in @defattr.
 2. The @powers command has been rewritten. Also need POW_MODIFY to view other
     people's powers now.
 3. Reorganized classes and powers.
 4. NPC Timer Regeneration set from 8 minutes to 15 minutes.
 5. Rewrote name-display routines to output ' instead of 's for names ending
     in "s".
----August 20, 1996
 1. Fixed an error in calculating damage for poisonous attacks.
 2. Fixed a bug in defining and setting attributes beginning with a #.
 3. Fixed a bug in designated speakers for Fixing Free List at startup.
 4. Fixed a bug in emitting messages with first word as alias of a person.
----August 24, 1996
 1. Recoded session summaries, built into server i/o.
 2. Rewritten +/- attribute status modifications on all guilds.
----August 25, 1996
 1. HP/MP/EN regeneration is finally fixed for good.
 2. @sbar event names and fields have been coded for easier use.
 3. Fixed levelup statistics to new format on WindsMARE.
----September 2, 1996
 1. Poison and sickness now interrupt casting spells or skilled techniques.
 2. Added the attribute @lsearch (search-lock) for 'search'ing in rooms.
 3. Added a general message to the @exp_raise command for quest purposes.
 4. Recoded the list of levelnames (20-1000..) and altered @list levels.
----September 3, 1996
 1. Fixed a bug in automatic Poison Attacks made by enemies.
 2. Added items list for non-player objects.
 3. Altered the Windmill / Dragonfly Statue / Mayor Brant quest to make sense.
----September 5, 1996
 1. Sickness decreases weapon-attack damage from 1/5th to a full 2/3rd str.
 2. Fixed a bug in parents/children/relay functions.
 3. Fixed a bug in teleporting objects to the same room they're already in.
 4. Pings now need defense+50 / 2 to take effect.
 5. Added global player death messages for any cause.
 6. New feature: Enemy's HP is random 90% to 100% full when created in wild.
 7. Fixed a bug in gethostbyname; it quits now after 3 seconds of checking
     rather than halting the entire TinyMARE for 3 minutes.
----September 6, 1996
 1. Removed all occurances of 'Race' attribute in softcode.
 2. T1 Line is fully activated.
----September 7, 1996
 1. Inability to swim in oceanic waters decreases both weapon and spell by 1/2.
 2. Added new configuration variables FUNC_RECURSION and MAX_FUNCTIONS.
----September 8, 1996
 1. Added a time limit of 3 seconds in checking for hostnames of IP addresses.
----September 12, 1996
 1. Added the wizcommand @alter_magic to add mastery% to spells or skills.
 2. Every so often a player will get an extra hit on an enemy. Cool!
----September 13, 1996
 1. Added the Longevity wish to decrease 10 deaths from your character.
----September 15, 1996
 1. Guild +/- Modifications for Endurance Points were redone.
 2. 'open' command for treasure chests/doors/etc is now coded.
----September 25, 1996
 1. Revised screen-scroll region to work with any system whose #rows on their
     terminal incorrectly matches the #rows set on WindsMARE.
 2. Removed the death limit from the status screen.
 3. Races Demon and Troll no longer have 75% Experience Rate.
 4. Suicide messages are now correct in nature, depending upon unconsciousness.
 5. Fixed bug in +mail undelete/unprotect messages.
----September 26, 1996
 1. Fixed a bug in quick connections crashing WindsMARE.
----October 10, 1996
 1. @ulock now determines triggering of ! Events on objects.
----October 12, 1996
 1. Fixed a memory allocation bug derived from TinyMUSE, which crashed when
     functions exceeding a total sum of 32,760 bytes in length were used in
     between commands.
 2. Added new 'tech' Weapon Proficiency lists for Soldiers.
 3. Redid code involving random skill mastery from Technique Points.
 4. Fixed a bug in Vigor < 1.0 Sec.
 5. Revised Fightrate, Critrate, Randrate, Halfrate, and Nearrate.
 6. Added Deathrate for OnDeath attacks.
 7. Added random fighting abilities for enemies (Fight Ring, The Good Bee).
----October 16, 1996
 1. Marked difference between Strength and Defense on 'item <eqname>' list.
 2. When you die from battle and your food is below 125, food gets set to 125.
----November 8, 1996
 1. Treasure Chests now give you a random near Enemy's Luck * 2 GP.
 2. Added POW_NEWPASS for the immortal @newpassword command.
----November 11, 1996
 1. Removed unused configuration variable WCREAT.
 2. Replaced MORTAL_LOCKOUT with WIZLOCK_LEVEL, which locks out a certain rank
     of players. Set to -1 and it will disable new users from creating.
 3. Renamed all occurances of WINDSFONT to GRAPHICS.
 4. Fixed a crashing bug in @addsector and @bitmap.
----November 14, 1996
 1. Fixed a bug in host/concid/port/cmds functions, which unsecurely gave any
     player information about yourself.
 2. Created 'stat' as an alias for 'status'.
----November 15, 1996
 1. Altered the 'Items' display for rooms and objects.
 2. Modified @addeq so that You can specify a certain number of pieces of
     equipment that you would like to add on a player.
----November 19, 1996
 1. B_LASTKILL flag is now ported to all normal enemies, fixing several bugs
     involving Poison, indirect attacks -> experience gained, etc.
 2. Rewrote @afight. @afight on enemies now gets executed at the start of each
     round of battle. @afight on players continues to be executed only once
     per fight.
----November 20, 1996
 1. Fixed the timer on STATUS_INTERVAL so that it updates every minute on the
     minute.
----November 23, 1996
 1. @fail now gets displayed when players attempt to pick up enemies.
 2. New configuration variable ENCOUNTERS, used to turn random monsters on/off.
----November 24, 1996
 1. Fixed MAJOR bug in dark, unseen object matching. It matched privledges on
     the location of the object rather than the player who is looking for the
     object.  Sorry folks, you can no longer 'look' for dark exits, you
     actually haveta move in that direction to see if anything's there. >8)
----November 25, 1996
 1. Added Smoke Bomb item and Ruse spell for escape route / obscure target.
 2. Added Mirror Images spell for multiple enemy targets (displacement).
 3. Code enhancement on Condition display and selection; now uses one array of
     32 words with all the conditions in them rather than multiple if-else
     statements.
 4. Fixed a bug with negative spell levels while using items.
----November 27, 1996
 1. Fixed a major bug in the function checking whether players are able to see
     or match objects and exits in the room. Objects normally not visible are
     now listed as (hidden) and unseen exits are listed as (dark).
----December 1, 1996
 1. Redid a multitude of error messages with common commands.
 2. Removed the send and discard commands.
 3. Added item-functionality to take/drop/give in room.
 4. Players may now type 'items <obj>', where <obj> is in the room.
 5. Treasure chests containing items are now dropped in the room by normal
     enemies. Fighting guards or bosses, player will automatically win item.
 6. Added new technique types Relic and Esper.
 7. Added new technique features: Normal, Weapon, ReplenishHP, NearFatal,
     FullHP.
 8. 'look' now views additional items in your inventory, equipped, or in room.
 9. Added technique feature: Gamble. for 111/333/555/777/999/1111/etc damage.
10. Major rewrite to battle sequence in fight code. Accidental hits do not
     cause other monsters to stop fighting you. Ending battles is completely
     fixed.
----December 2, 1996
 1. Fixed the bug with accidentally hitting yourself (monsters stopped
     fighting.)
 2. Reconnecting to WindsMARE is once again available, with your previous
     OnFor time intact in the game.
 3. Added 'input' and 'output' counters for each individual connection id.
----December 4, 1996
 1. Fixed a bug in the removal of Ruse, Quick, and Slow conditions when moving.
 2. Fixed a bug in the normal matching of disconnected players in a room.
----December 5, 1996
 1. Fixed a bug in dropping items into objects or non-room containers.
 2. Fixed a bug in objects taking items from rooms.
----December 6, 1996
 1. Items are now dropped from treasure chests only when the player is in a
     room and when not fighting a dungeon boss.
----December 7, 1996
 1. NetMARE Exeception Handling Code ALPHA 1.
     All fatal errors (those which normally crash the game) return control to
     game driver, and the game continues as if the command was never pressed.
     Sigmentation Fault errors check the database for inconsistencies before
     continuing. If an inconsistency is found during the check or if the game
     crashes twice before the next command is pressed, the process will abort.

     Runtime crashes are logged with the player who typed in the fatal command.
     Login processes are prepended with Connection ID# for trace purposes.
     Currently there is no check against database objectlist errors.

     Future changes of this code may allow the database to save and the game
     to reboot every time netmare receives a Segmentation Fault signal from
     the processor. Currently, control is given back to the game driver with
     hopes that it was only the command that caused this problem.

 2. Added running database statistics to the @purge wizard command.
 3. Fixed a bug in accessing dark objects owned by a non-immortal.
----December 8, 1996
 1. Fixed a bug in displaying the location of a hidden player on +finger.
----December 10, 1996
 1. Enabled administrators to rename capitalization on playernames.
 2. Hidden players will not be shown leveling to even administrators now.
 3. Fixed the bug with casting Ruse spell on disconnected players in room.
 4. Fixed a CPU Usage bug in normal fight: doesn't redisplay Endurance on
     screen and take time to check learning the 'Fight' skill anymore.
----December 13, 1996
 1. Fixed a bug in message display while defeating bosses.
 2. Added @eventkey attribute for objects accepting event items through
     @agive or automatic Mystic Keys.
 3. Bugfix on destroying multiple enemies in one swing.
----December 14, 1996
 1. Now able to give event items to objects and use event items on exits.
 2. New NOCHEST bitmap variable for monsters who should not drop tchests.
 3. Using event items with no arguments checks @eventkey on the Room.
----December 23, 1996
 1. Race special effects have been added.
 2. Condition display on the Status Bar has been enhanced.
----December 26, 1996
 1. Fixed a bug in the multiple announcement of defeating bosses set NOKILL.
----December 27, 1996
 1. Fixed up NetMARE's Exception Handling Code further (Alpha 2).
 2. Altered the look of 'status' and 'lore' to include Food and Carry-Weight.
 3. Enemies now drop items that they are carrying when defeated.
 4. Items in dark rooms are no longer visible without a torch.
----January 1, 1997
 1. Eight races were dropped.
----January 2, 1997
 1. Commands @addmagic, @delmagic, @alter_magic, @addeq, @deleq now accept
     the actual name of the spell or equipment as the first argument rather
     than an item reference number. It's much easier.
----January 3, 1997
 1. Added Technique Mantra to the list.
 2. Reconfigured the database so that it also stores the amount of techniques
     to load for each player.
 3. Installed new socket_table checksum information so that when coding in
     the socket_table output changes, it totally resets the program, booting
     people offline from the game because old code is no longer available to
     read it.
----January 4, 1997
 1. Recoded the combat defense system.
 2. Players are now able to type 'stop' to refrain from combat activities.
----January 6, 1997
 1. CR/LF now added to output streams, easier for people to direct telnet in.
----January 10, 1997
 1. Guild Skill Mastery% returns to zero upon death.
 2. Added code to enable Weapon Technique Proficiencies.
----January 11, 1997
 1. Players set with the slave flag can no longer connect to the game.
----January 13, 1997
 1. Added Battle Strategy Tactics to hardcode.
----January 20, 1997
 1. 'configure' script for Netmare recoded for SunOS systems.
----January 21, 1997
 1. +mail command does not cost any money for administrators with POW_MEMBER.
----January 22, 1997
 1. Program #0:startup is now guaranteed as Process Id #1.
----January 27, 1997
 1. occupation() is now renamed as guild().
 2. New function race() has been created.
 3. Swimming modified so that 1 EN is removed every minute in the water.
     One Technique Point is also given every minute now.
 4. Fixed a bug in leading spaces at server prompt.
 5. Added TECH_EMAIL compile configuration variable.
----January 28, 1997
 1. Technical Email Address is now displayed on the +version command.
 2. Added configuration variables SURPRISE_RATE, AMBUSH_RATE, and RETRACE_TIME
     for user-level monster manipulation.
 3. Added capability for +term *playername so officials can see other player's
     terminal settings.
----January 29, 1997
 1. Moved textfiles/race/list to msgs/races.txt for independency.
 2. Added HP_REGEN, MP_REGEN, and EN_REGEN Configuration variables for rate.
----January 31, 1997
 1. MAJOR BUG FIX. Wildcard pointers; completely rewrote the entire wptr
     function set. All pointer text is now preallocated in a separate memory
     location which keeps other processes from destroying old text that may
     still be needed.
----February 1, 1997
 1. Security Fix: If God is set Slave upon login, the flag will be
     automatically removed.
 2. Administrative Bypass Authorization code implemented.
----February 3, 1997
 1. Added weakening of character via sickness.
 2. Fixed 2 bugs in Random Fights (i.e. Fight Ring stopping).
----February 4, 1997
 1. Players/Objects are only allowed to enter other Objects. Not Players.
 2. Added adaptability in fight system for Amorphic Figurines.
 3. Fixed bug in wildcard * at end of string, not removing leading spaces.
 4. Added new flag THING_UNSAVED. Object bearing this flag becomes instantly
     destroyed upon NetMare Startup if it is not being carried by a player.
 5. Added '@redirect', in use to redirect output of command to another player.
----February 5, 1997
 1. Removed PLAYER_DUEL_OK flag.
 2. Added EXIT_DOOR flag for commonly locked doors in residential areas.
 3. Added 'wimpy' command, B_WIMPY 0-255 HitPoints; Automatic flee from battle.
 4. Monsters no longer disappear from the next room when they -< Escape >-
 5. Wilderness monsters occasionally move around, surprising players in room.
 6. Fixed crash error in reading undefined builtin attribute, usually occuring
     when porting to a new database without redefining the new attributes that
     the system administrator has created.
 7. Installed player-level flag costs for rooms in the residential area. Flags
     covered are: Link_Ok(100gp), Dark(500gp), Abode(500gp), Healing(500gp),
     Illness(500gp), Shaft(1000gp), Oceanic(1000gp), Wall(2000gp).
 8. Colorlist Tables revised. Color# is from 0 to 15 with additional flag.
 9. Colors added to all equipment items and spells.
----February 6, 1997
 1. Database Modification; Added fgp->color.
 2. @color attribute now takes the form of Day,Night,Winter,Spring,Summer,Fall
 3. Security Bug Fix: Wildcard pointer matching now strips out escape char 27.
 4. Fixed the bug in sunrise/sunset where hardcode night/day was different from
     the weather system right before the sunrise/sunset occured.
----February 7, 1997
 1. Wrote rainbow() function to change a string into rainbow. For wizards with
     POW_ANIMATION.
 2. Modified @destroy so that if you do not have POW_SECURITY and you destroy
     an object owned by another player (using POW_MODIFY), it gives you a
     warning and waits 15 minutes before the object actually disappears.
 3. Fixed a bug in +sbar clock=off; the color does not reset.
 4. Colorized the health message that you see when you 'status' other players.
----February 8, 1997
 1. Fixed a bug in giving money to objects that don't accept money; the status
     bar shouldn't toggle the GP while doing so.
 2. Fixed a bug in <<Output Flushed>>. Also fixed various other i/o bugs.
 3. Restored old Wishlist.
----February 15, 1997
 1. Given TinyMARE the ability to start program execution with no database
     file. TinyMARE creates its own database with one object, Limbo(#0R).
     The first player to create a new character is classified as God with
     a database reference of #1. There are still some side-effects dealing
     with a new 2-object database and will be worked out within the month.
 2. Added @locklev for use with Commonly Locked Doors. Door types are:
     Wooden Bronze Platinum Iron Steel Crystal Adamantium Astral
 3. Skill Pick Locks now completely working. Master Keys and Doors can now be
     bought from the Locksmith in Starn.
 4. Removed the necessity for program #0:startup.
----February 16, 1997
 1. Fixed a major bug involving the NS_OUTPUT counter counting the amount of
     output from TinyMARE twice.
 2. Fixed a bug where God(#1) did not see any color on objects.
 3. Removed unneeded occurances in TinyMARE Statistics Listing where a new
     database file was not yet saved.
----February 18, 1997
 1. Improved efficiency on pos(). pos(stringlist,match) checks <stringlist> for
     any occurances of <match>. <match> may be a single character or a word.
     It returns the position that the first letter begins, else 0 if nothing
     was found. Note that the order of pos() changed from MUSE's pos(match,
     stringlist).
 2. Removed strchr(). New function hasflag() created in softcode object.
 3. Hardcoded lcon(), lexits().
 4. Added oexit(exit), which gives the # for the return exit leading back into
     the room.
----February 19, 1997
 1. Completely rewrote combat system's multiple-hit triggering techniques. All
     fights work in perfect condition independent if it's a Special, Single,
     Group, All, or Global attack.
 2. Added debug option for Typeof(dbref); checks if dbref is valid.
 3. Fixed a bug on loc(#-1) built-in function.
 4. Improved efficiency on all bitwise and logical built-in functions by using
     direct boolean expressions available in C (gcc 2.5.8+).
 5. Fixed a bug in gaining Gold Pieces > 999,999,999 during normal combat.
 6. Fixed a bug with color in the logs due to God's terminal set to Ansi.
 7. Added @ffail, @affail, and @offail attributes for failing a 'fight' command
     against a NPC.
 8. Fixed the bug in dying twice in a row when not in an XZONE room.
 9. Bug fixed where players should receive the full half amount of a victim's
     Gold Pieces when killed instead of the recent quarter amount.
----February 20, 1997
 1. Installation of Mage Guild Skill complete!
----February 23, 1997
 1. Fixed a glitch in wildcard pointers. Forge and 15-number game now works.
----February 25, 1997
 1. Recreated the wizard command @dflag for editing temporary unsaved data
     registers on objects in the database.
 2. Reinstalled the dflag() function to display the dflag register on objects.
----February 27, 1997
 1. Fixed another pointer-based glitch in oper() function.
----February 28, 1997
 1. Began 1st stage of rewriting function parser.

    Removed miscellaneous softcoded user-defined functions from #15.
    Hardcoded timeofday(), between(), fill(), room(), cjust(), and wdate().
    Rewrote 86 hardcoded functions for efficiency.

 2. Fixed a bug in Textline Prompt display switching between game driver modes.
----March 1, 1997
 1. Removed the Pqueue attribute.
 2. Damage from falling off of a cliff is no longer based on MAXHP, but instead
     on a set amount depending upon the exit's @damage attribute.
----March 8, 1997
 1. Fixed @set flags to charge money *after* it checks if you own the object.
 2. Bug: Removed $execute command. Example: $execute #188:keep=800 would allow
     the player to deposit 800 Gold Pieces into the vault from any location.
 3. Destroyed objects can no longer be matched for by any player but God.
 4. The name of destroyed objects is a null string, saving excess space.
----March 9, 1997
 1. TinyMare now supports the loading of TinyMuse databases v1 through v15.
----March 10, 1997
 1. Fixed memory positioning bug in item viewing, causing game to crash.
----March 11, 1997
 1. Installed Carry Weight.
 2. Removed resocking support for netmare; useless.
----March 18, 1997
 1. Added scramble() Mush utility function.
 2. Removed Intelligence/Agility/Wisdom/Luck modifications from equipment desc.
 3. Added Weight and Condition of equipment to display screen.
----March 19, 1997
 1. Implemented a configuration variable for daily Allowance.
 2. Added ability to knock a weapon out of an enemy's hand.
 3. Renamed Merchant guild to Mariner.
 4. Fixed a bug in the descriptive output of Weapon Technique Proficiencies.
----March 20, 1997
 1. Increased efficiency even further while loading the database.
 2. Player Status now replaces Vigor with Virtue.
 3. Bitmap variables Poison, Sick, and Petrify rates are now located in the
     temporary enemy section, bit-positions 1-31.
 4. Added B_PROTECT, similar to B_CONDITION but has conditions protected from.
 5. Added an objectlist which contains which rooms have been picked of plants.
 6. Final rewrite of Guild Attribute Modifications.
----March 21, 1997
 1. Added new database object list code for Parents, Children, Relay, & Zones.
 2. Fixed bug in multiple @addparenting of the same object to the same object.
----March 26, 1997
 1. The Items screen now displays the available towns for Warp Boots.
 2. Configuration variable TOWNS is no longer checked in getbitmapname().
 3. New bitmap B_ENEMYCOND for enemy-specific combat conditions.
 4. B_PROTECT and B_ENEMYCOND now show up in 'status' Protect/Attributes field.
 5. Invididual weapons or armor can now be set to injure the target with a
     status ailment on impact or protect the wearer from certain attacks.
----March 29, 1997
 1. Fixed a slight bug in the clear-screen output which prints a small K in the
     upper left corner of the screen on some non-ansi terminals.
 2. Added several new special-effect and ailment conditions.
 3. Fixed a bug in the extract() function.
----April 3, 1997
 1. A player may no longer drop items into rooms marked Nest.
 2. Channel prefixes * . and _ can now be added if you have powers Security,
     Who, and Member respectively.
 3. Setting someone Slaved now instantly disconencts that player from the game.
 4. Vault and Shop Keeper rewritten without the use of error-checking Key flag.
 5. Shops no longer put up cursed, legendary, or forged equipment on menu.
 6. Shops now check if you exceed the carry limit before selling items.
 7. 'give' command now checks if recipient exceeds carry limit in items.
----April 4, 1997
 1. Added a separate Rules screen for new players upon character creation.
----April 6, 1997
 1. Added # Runtime Crashes to +db cpuinfo screen.
 2. Percent CPU Usage display now prints 'Startup' if a calculation has not
     yet been present, or 'Sleeping' if usage reads absolute 0.00% during
     runtime.
 3. Added B_ATKCOND for monster inate condition-setting ability with no weapon.
 4. Individual database and forged equipment now contain condition abilities.
 5. Rewrote the front end to the function parser and added %u, a symbol which
     references to the name of the object performing the command as opposed to
     %n, the cause.
 6. Improved efficiency with field parsing in room viewing and speech commands.
 7. @away, @idle, @doing, @haven, and @reply now parse functions when printed.
 8. Status summary now takes into account the amount of GP in the Vault.
----April 12, 1997
 1. Improved efficiency in getting/setting bitmaps on combat-related objects.
----April 15, 1997
 1. Fixed an error in the soul()/v() function returning combat bitmap data.
 2. Successfully removed the database 'hacksize' (TinyMUSH v1.7) of 5 objects
     beneath #0 which served as crash buffering for invalid parameter calls to
     database reference objects #-1 through #-5.
----April 18, 1997
 1. When enemies become wounded, they now stop performing techniques properly.
----April 19, 1997
 1. New environment configuration variable: GAME_DRIVER. (default #0).
 2. All condition-setting techniques are now easily handeled in the elemental
     attack table (item numbers 256-3999). Separate functions are no longer 
     needed.
 3. Added new type DMG_AILMENT for storing damages as a duration (in seconds)
     for how long the condition shall be active on the player. The duration
     obtained works just like normal elemental damage, with a random number
     between hi/low and a level modifier added to the result.
----April 21, 1997
 1. Increased database compression by using character 127 for another bigram
     and removed some redundant coding in the uncompress algorithm.
----April 22, 1997
 1. Combat Technique -< Messages >- are now displayed in their appropriate
     skill colors.
----April 23, 1997
 1. Durations are now listed in a new queue called Semaphores. This queue
     contains a list of events or actions that are to take place after #seconds
     and are saved in the database through reboots and shutdowns. This prevents
     people from getting set with a bad condition, say Stunned for example, and
     then rebooting and being unable to unstun the player. Semaphores can also
     be used to easily display messages to players in a specific room # seconds
     after they do something specific in the room.
----April 24, 1997
 1. Major combat renovations. Installed a new item type, Materia Orb, for
     instantly learning spells when equipped.
----April 26, 1997
 1. Added a selective flag for spells and skills allowing them to 'never miss.'
 2. Messages for setting/removing the 32 basic ailment conditions installed.
 3. Expanded the item color attribute to include background color & rainbow.
----April 27, 1997
 1. Added Critical Rate to the common algorithm for level-up stat increments.
 2. All guilds now have their appropriate skills and commands set up.
 3. Added automatically created spell descriptions for all non-normal damaging
     techniques, for all defense types and area attacks.
 4. Expanded the Area Attack table to include Everyone Online and Parties.
 5. Rewritten technique tables to expand regardless how many different kinds.
 6. All semaphores pending on a defeated player get executed at death's door.
----April 28, 1997
 1. Fixed a bug with v() that returned 'v' if no attribute was matched.
 2. Several string alignment bugs fixed in the function parser.
 3. Defensive items setting special conditions never miss now.
----May 1, 1997
 1. Code implemented for DMG_DISPEL, removing conditions from target.
----May 3, 1997
 1. Halfway attacks now never miss its intended target.
 2. Fixed bugs on multiple On-Death attacks, including killing oneself.
 3. Code implemented for DMG_LEVELUP, for power-up seeds or temporary strength
     or other status attribute increases during combat.
 4. Random treasure chests in wilderness monsters now have a very slight chance
     of obtaining something special from them.
----May 4, 1997
 1. New effect: If you are frozen, objects around you appear in shades of blue.
 2. Added a new type of weapon, 'Rod', equippable only by Mages.
----May 9, 1997
 1. Rewrote various @wait routines to use semaphores instead of the GameDriver.
 2. Rewrote the Status Bar 'Floor' window for more efficiency.
----May 12, 1997
 1. Bug fix on rooms set Wall for magic-specific attacks.
 2. Rewrote battle attack damage algorithm, including all ailments and effects
     of the player vs. his opponent.
 3. Added 'Back Row' status to all parties, giving greater defense and lower
     attack power against enemies. Those closer to party leader have more
     attack power. Special weapons (Crossbow, Boomerang, etc) are unaffected.
----May 13, 1997
 1. Added a new area attack feature, Random, which strikes a random enemy in
     <target>'s group.
 2. Fixed a bug in unsetting 'use' itemtyp in multiple combat situations.
----May 14, 1997
 1. Successfully implemented the Assassin Guild Skill: Throw.
 2. Added any Chanting Rate modification to the 'spells' screen.
 3. When a player dies, all temporary variables now get reset to default value.
 4. Added a new @dbtop category, Inactivity, showing the most inactive players.
 5. Spells screen adjusted for viewing TYPE_ITEM.
 6. Reconfigured the item database and added a new structure for skills-only
     from 5000 through 8999.
 7. Added maximum skill % limits to invididual skills.
 8. Added the display of a special description for skill mastery above 100%.
----May 15, 1997
 1. Added individual Endurance Point costs for skill mastery above 100%.
 2. Fixed a bug in @destroy object=now, in that it didn't check for @protect.
----May 16, 1997
 1. Added auto technique-casting command: @fight <player>=<target>,Skill#,Args
----May 17, 1997
 1. Fixed a bug in lvlstat() for level requests above 65535.
 2. Changed various messages from mortal/immortal to player/administration.
 3. Fixed an infinite loop in the Levelup routine for levels beyond 410.
----May 19, 1997
 1. Completely rewrote the 'who' command. Who_Flags attribute now uses full-
     word flags for specifying what gets put on the screen.
 2. Renamed Who_Flags to Whoflags.
 3. Rewrote version information procedures for TinyMARE release.
 4. Recoded the @init <Character Reset> command for wizards.
 5. Give command now checks Carry Weight if giving Gold Pieces to others.
 6. Added automatic commands to the skill list.
 7. Improved the command parser by removing a lot of useless function calls.
----May 22, 1997
 1. Added the skill technique driver.
 2. Successfully implemented the Thief Guild Skill: Steal.
 3. The Magic-Level routine now searches specific technique types. This
     prevents skills created as spells/rages/etc from being recognized as
     guild levels and also improves efficiency.
 4. Fixed a bug in skill costs of -1 showed up as 65535.
 5. Improved the efficiency in the notify_except routines.
 6. Special commands via skill-list are not executed if insufficient Endurance.
 7. Enemies now take half of players' GP upon defeat, which may be given to
     the person who avenges the victim's death.
 8. Enemies give out random x/2 to x GP now, instead of 0 to x*2.
 9. Infinite loop fixed when enemy with equipment accidentally kills itself.
----May 23, 1997
 1. Fixed the bug that gave you 1/4 GP on defeating player, 1/4 GP was lost.
 2. Fixed various bugs in not charging Endurance Pts for special techniques.
 3. Fixed a bug in AREA_ALL attacks that tried to hit unconnected players.
 4. Added a new damage type, DMG_MAXHP, which inflicts/cures enemy's Max Hp.
     Also, it does not allow 'Enemy's HP is already full.' message.