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File Name : glad_history.txt
Description : A revision history of the development of the Glad codebase.
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Date/Author : 17-Nov-2009 Richard Woolcock (aka KaVir).
Description : Tweaked to compile under the latest gcc, and relicenced under
the MIT licence as Glad20b.
Date/Author : 16-Jan-2001 Richard Woolcock (aka KaVir).
Description : License version 2 clarifies use of the word "Glad" in derivatives.
Date/Author : 15-Jan-2001 Richard Woolcock (aka KaVir).
Description : Documentation updates. Soundex checks added to help files.
Date/Author : 14-Jan-2001 Richard Woolcock (aka KaVir).
Description : Macros removed from sockets.h and converted into functions.
Date/Author : 12-Jan-2001 Richard Woolcock (aka KaVir).
Description : Additional helpfiles have been added.
Date/Author : 11-Jan-2001 Richard Woolcock (aka KaVir).
Description : A text justification bug has been fixed and more helpfile added.
Date/Author : 10-Jan-2001 Richard Woolcock (aka KaVir).
Description : The help file system has been added.
Date/Author : 09-Jan-2001 Richard Woolcock (aka KaVir).
Description : The copyright notices in all the files have been updated, both to
reference the Glad license and to take into account that it's now
year 2001.
Date/Author : 28-Dec-2000 Richard Woolcock (aka KaVir).
Description : My text justification snippets has been added into the codebase.
Date/Author : 27-Dec-2000 Richard Woolcock (aka KaVir).
Description : Additional variables have been added for the dynamic descriptions.
Date/Author : 26-Dec-2000 Richard Woolcock (aka KaVir).
Description : The Combat commands have been moved into the combat tables.
Date/Author : 20-Dec-2000 Richard Woolcock (aka KaVir).
Description : A soundex parser written and released as a codebase-independant
snippet, then inserted into the Glad codebase.
Date/Author : 18-Dec-2000 Richard Woolcock (aka KaVir).
Description : String library put together using one of my old snippets.
Date/Author : 11-Dec-2000 Richard Woolcock (aka KaVir).
Description : Player file Loading/Saving error checking added and a bug with
the initialisation of data during loading has been fixed.
Date/Author : 08-Dec-2000 Richard Woolcock (aka KaVir).
Description : Loading/saving of player files reimplemented to use ASCII format
rather than binary.
Date/Author : 06-Dec-2000 Richard Woolcock (aka KaVir).
Description : A new ChopToken() function is added, allowing command arguments
to be broken up for parsing. Passwords are now available upon
character creation (via the "create" command).
Date/Author : 05-Dec-2000 Richard Woolcock (aka KaVir).
Description : The codebase has been overhauled to handle link-death properly.
In order to do this, many of the references to conn_t data were
replaced with references to body_t data.
Date/Author : 02-Dec-2000 Richard Woolcock (aka KaVir).
Description : The new combat system is now fully operational. My "dynamic
description" snippet has been modified and added to the codebase.
Date/Author : 20-Nov-2000 Richard Woolcock (aka KaVir).
Description : The files are split up into an appropriate directory structure.
Date/Author : 09-Nov-2000 Richard Woolcock (aka KaVir).
Description : The combat system is redesigned to utilise combat tables, with
each location stored via an array. Combination attacks are also
added.
Date/Author : 08-Nov-2000 Richard Woolcock (aka KaVir).
Description : Block and kick options are added to the combat system, allowing
left hand, right hand and legs to operate independantly of each
other.
Date/Author : 07-Nov-2000 Richard Woolcock (aka KaVir).
Description : The Initial version of a new combat system is added. This system
consists of a couple of different types of punch, which take a
few seconds to connect. This is done by storing the the address
of the command along with a timer - when the timer expires, the
command is called again by dereferencing the pointer, completing
the attack.
Date/Author : 07-Aug-2000 Richard Woolcock (aka KaVir).
Description : The last "tidied up" version of Gladiator Pits is placed onto my
website. At this point I start working on the code seriously,
under the codebase name "Glad 2.0". It is assumed that Glad 1.0
was the version of Gladiator Pits I submitted into the 16K mud
competition, with the tidied up versions being Glad 1.x.
Date/Author : 30-Jul-2000 Richard Woolcock (aka KaVir).
Description : Gladiator Pits comes 3rd place overall and is the winner of the
Maintainability category. I start tidying up the code and place
these updated versions on my website.
Date/Author : 28-Apr-2000 Richard Woolcock (aka KaVir).
Description : Gladiator Pits submitted into Erwin's 16K mud competition.