Alter Aeon Recent Changes and Additions

Recent code and server updates can be found in this changelog.  Only the
last 20 changes are listed.  For a complete list, click here.

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---- Feb 04, 10 [954]
Display price and buyer to seller when auction completes.

---- Feb 03, 10 [952]
Minor dclient updates.
Fix minor autoupdate bug with random objects.
Added smooth decay of surplus mana when using new event based regen.
Exp cost for levels has been rounded to have more zeros in them.
Fix minor 'autoloot from neighboring room' bug.
Minor formatting/typo fixes.
Fix attack bug with prison spells, and clear certain spells on login.

From Locane:
Display 'random' tags on equipment that hasn't been picked up yet.
Display global fame list on web pages.
Show idle time on 'friends' list.
Add 'lowhp', 'lowmana', and 'lowmove' commands for group reporting.
Add group label/job flags.  No help page yet.
Player corpses now have more insult keywords.

---- Jan 30, 10 [950]
Level calculation changes for taunt, roar, and intimidate.  This will
probably require rebalancing of the experience levels for these skills,
which may take some time.

You can no longer fill spellcasting liquids from infinite springs.
The chance of escape from entangling roots has been changed.
The 'dice' command is no longer emote spoofable.
Add 'show report'.

From Locane:
Improve offline ignore against spammer flagged players.
Color added to noleave and defend toggle strings.
Improve parsing of spell names when groupcasting.
You can now use second wind while healing someone.
Healing touch with no target will now target yourself by default.
New string added to bash skill when target is knocked down.
Allow insulting of worn items by wear location.
Allow 'list search' in shops, similar to 'locker search' (llist).
Bound players can no longer be group summoned.

An option for event based regen, 'set regen', has been added as an
experiment.  This breaks regen up across the entire tick, instead of
just on tick boundaries.  Once set, you can only clear it by relogging.

Experimental changes to clan rosters to try to improve lists and clan
management have been installed.  These may or may not cause problems,
prepare for a bumpy ride.

---- Jan 26, 10 [947]
Don't display broken skills (hunting/tailoring/etc) on slist.
Gaze will no longer target clan rooms.
Consistency fixes to waypoints and recall sites.
Fix weirdness with graphs of room temperature.
Taunt exp for large numbers of mobs at once lowered.

From Locane:
Widen allowed range of luck and absorb stats.
Disable the 'you are fully healed' send for the 'haven' spell.

---- Jan 16, 10 [944]
The http area list can now take creator names as an option, to list areas
per creator.  For example, http://alteraeon.com:8080/areas/dentin

---- Jan 13, 10 [940]
From Locane:
Minor bugfixes to 'list' functionality.
Pk/ignore fixes to warrior skills.

---- Jan 11, 10 [938]
Major changes to low level exp and exp caps.  These changes affect only
total 59 and below.  60 total and higher are not affected at all.

The leveling table has been globally updated to use a calculated function
instead of manually set values.  In general, level costs should be within
a few percent of where they were before.

From Locane:
Minor fix to clan channel replay.
Make autodoor toggleable via 'autodoor' command.
Other autodoor display fixes.

---- Jan 07, 10 [936]
Minor parsing cleanup to http faq/rules/helpdir web pages.
You can no longer add bound equipment to player shops.
Group leader/follower now show up through ppk ignore.
Idle now works through ppk ignore.
Improvements to the item lists on the web page shops and stores.
Default dclient function key aliases changed to better match new player
'auto' settings.

From Locane:
Autodoor functionality added, similar to autoexit.  There's not currently
an auto toggle for it.

---- Jan 06, 10 [934]
Fix typo in level 33 thief stat requirements.
Shields now display wear strength on identify.
Noleave sends now only send to group members.
'group join' help sends added to bottom of main group list.
Empty/unrented shops will no longer show up on the web page shop lists.
The short version 'eq' list is now on by default for blind players, and
back to normal for everyone else.

An 'area new' command will now show a list of the 20 most recently
approved zones.  Zones are generally connected very quickly after they
are approved.

From Locane:
Heal touch will now fail more gracefully due to lack of levels, and
you can no longer heal touch someone else while hidden.
Absorb effects are now allowed to be a bit stronger.
Replay should now work on clan channels, try 'replay ct'.
Massive updates to storage llist/container list options and features.  See
updated help pages for info.

---- Jan 05, 10 [933]
Web page updates - added recent Thanksgiving Death March and
Christmas event pages.

Various minor social typo fixes, add snore/moan socials from Tyro,
greet social from Deazly, and fremen social from Draak.

Minor help page updates and fixes.

---- Jan 01, 10 [931]
Exp cap changed at lower levels (below about total 30) to more closely
match the level exp curves.  The cap above that may be different, but
pretty close to what it was before.

Colored bars added to autolook on mob death to make it more visible.
Noleave sends are now obnoxious and colored when turning it off.
Spellset will now sync the dclient spells window when used.
Strength requirements on shields now shows up on identify.

The format of the 'eq' command has been changed.  This should make
the equipment list a bit easier on screen readers, as well as more compact
for sighted players.  If this change is universally hated, we might be
able to make back it out or make it configurable.

All the auto settings have been cleaned up in the code, and you'll probably
need to reset them to your preferences.  We ran out of flag space and
decided to move them all to a different central location.  This has the
side effect that mobs can no longer use auto commands.  On the plus side,
autolook should now save.

Various minor dclient improvements such as map updating and code for exp
bars in new client builds.

From Locane:
Only show gaze strings to people who are awake.
Email fixes and improvements.

---- Dec 24, 09 [929]
Add 'spellset' command to alias to 'affects set'.
Builders can now make chained quests, to help eliminate deed list spam.
Northern continent areas will now be broken out and shown on the area list.
The group lists are now sorted in reverse order, lowest levels at the top.
'autolook' has been added.

---- Dec 23, 09 [926]
The 'where' command for city mobs will now show a general direction.
Tell will now only show 'Someone' for wizinvis gods.

Support for 'spell sets' added, so you can see missing spells.  This only
works on the 'affects' command.  See 'help spellset' for details.

From Locane:
Fix display bug in 'brag luck'.

---- Dec 22, 09 [924]
You will no longer autolook in corpses if you have autoloot and autosac off.
Minor updates to new grouping commands.
Safe room fixes to confusion spells.

---- Dec 21, 09 [921]
Fix display bug in leveling code.
Automatic update notices added for obsolete DClient versions.
Add 'set who title' option, clean up option toggles.
Group leaders and followers who are idle won't show up on the group list.
On a failed autoloot or autosac, you'll do an automatic 'look in corpse'
instead.
Restrictions on clan names added, to prevent another 'clan kindred' debacle.

More grouping utilities added:
group join <leader name>     - ask a leader to join their group
group summon <follower name> - summon and add someone asking to join

This should allow groups to form over larger distances without having to
get everyone together in a common recall.  Note that you can't summon
into antisummon rooms, so this won't break places like the ruins.

---- Dec 20, 09 [919]
Add command alias 'grwhere' for 'groupwhere'.
Make ungroup sends a bit less hateful.
Sanitize old and really old style group display.
Fix minor group leader display bugs.
Minor header display changes for 'who idle' and 'who active'.

From Locane:
Add 'brag luck', 'brag absorb', and 'brag <wearlocation>'.

---- Dec 18, 09 [916]
Monster lore algorithm changed, results will be different now.
Minor fix to ltype 2 leveling so bogus negative gains won't be displayed.
'who idle', 'who active', and 'who isort' added/updated.
'who spammers' should work better now.
'who newbie' now displays up to level 29 instead of level 25.

Cleanup to 'help group' pages and obsolete 'group :aim' stuff.
Removal and rework of most of the 'group aim' flags, as 'group comment'
and other facilities do a better job.
Massive updates to 'group set'.  This command now takes over/replaces
'group aim', and it should provide a more up-to-date set of group lists.

The gwhere/groupwhere/where group command has been added, to help keep
track of your group members.

Massive changes to default 'who' list options.  Use the 'set who'
command to change your who list configuration.  The default display
for new chars is new style, short mode, no microlevel.  Existing
chars may need to update their settings on login.

---- Dec 11, 09 [915]
Being 'busy' (posting on boards, writing aliases, etc.) no longer blocks
tells and beeps.
'who -idle' command added.

From Locane:
Improvements to failure strings if you can't wear/use an item.

---- Dec 08, 09 [913]
Exp tables adjusted for very low level characters.
Non-leading tanks now get a small exp bonus on mob death.
Unarmed combat can now improve through use.
The maximum starting bid for auctions is now 5 million gold coins.
Various minor newbie fixes.
Minor DClient map fixes.
Newbie characters are now created with the 'autosac' flag enabled.
Maximum replay size increased for user-created channels.
The 'you stop sneaking' send is now colored and more prominent.
Fix bug with timed out liquid container weight on login.
Enchant armor now has the chance to generate freak weird effects.
Maintain now requires minimum int and wis to maintain a spell.
Spammer flagged players can now use auction takedown.

Object UUIDs must now be specified with a minimum of four characters
instead of the previous minimum of 3 characters.

Code added for minimum strength requirements on shields.  This is a
pretty new feature and may change substantially in coming days.

---- Nov 30, 09 [911]
Default help page changes. Added 'section 0', changed 'help' vs. 'help me'.
Dclient additions in preparation for 0.983.
Yell while berserk now triggers the regular channel thwacker instead of
using 1/8 max movement.
Automatic pfile cleaner setup to free low level names that haven't been
logged in.