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=== History


Expected Greed Development Tree:
================================

     Diku
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     Merc
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     Envy
       |
UltraEnvy 0.87k (Erased)
       |
(FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS)
       |
Greed 0.88aXX - Twilight to GREED!
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Greed 0.88bXX - Beta Testing, debuging, balance, cleanup of Greed.
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GREED codebase 0.88 GAMMA
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GREED codebase 0.88 - 1st public code release???
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       .
       ?



=== TODO'S

% - indicates these ideas have been incorporated in GREED

	ROM checks for null passwords.		-- LOW PRIORITY FOR NOW ---
	ROM race bonus skills.
	NiMud/Smaug adds fields for skls/spls TO_ROOM, and VICT. --- LOW PRI ---
	ROM saves pets.				-- LOW PRIORITY FOR NOW ---

%	Add IDENT protocol support.

%	Add ctitle, cpose, cslist, cstat, immskills.

	Bulletin boards like Erwin S.A.'s snippet.
	Add Erwin S.A.'s auction snippet.

	AWAY instead of AFK like in dragon.ods.com.

%	Split skill_table[] into skills & spells like Smaug and use bsearch to
	  speed up skill_lookup().  Profile: Now 0.01 vs Old 0.14 
%	NiMud area file format.				(90%)
%	Revamp OLC for new area format.			(80%)
	NiMud XL scripts.  Maybe Grok's moded script code will help, if i can
	persuade Grok's staff to share it...	--- LOW PRIORITY FOR NOW ---
	Fix problem with pagelen > 40 and alist.  Smaug also has this problem...
	Add '$n' thingie support.
%	Languages - Oblivion/Smaug.			(70%)
	lset, lstat wiz commands (languages).
%	Clone imm cmd.
	Skills are based on Guilds (?).		--- LOW PRIORITY FOR NOW ---
%	Teachers.
%	Fix new gizmo do_slay() options.
	Cleanup bugs on tables.c not initializing structs properly.
%	Max % limit on skills (Smaug)
	Learnability dificulty level (ROM).
	Mana channeling.
%	New skills/spells (including ice combat ones).	### WIP ###
	New classes (Oblivion/VME/Smaug).
	Mana channeling/Group spell casting.
	Mana & hp regen rate flags in rooms like ROM.
	HpMnMv Perm & HPMnMv Mod.
	Learn spells/skills from use - (reduce prac gain to balance things ?).
	"Teach" and "Study" skills.
%	NEWS system like dragon.ods.com's one.
%	Add pose table to class files.
	Add spell_identify info for ITEM_GEM.
%	Change area_update() or room_update() to new NiMud reset style.	# WIP #

	Help editor.
	Pose editor.
	Title editor.
	Social editor.

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	Rename mud engine to GREED = Greed Rpg's Enhanced Envy Diku
	Yep, its YANC (yet another name change!)


- Zen