TUD Changes

Version: 0.9.21 not yet released

• display current shooting destination (mainly for debugging) and possible shooting range

Version: 0.9.20 released 01 Aug 2000 (not playable)

• sprites are now generated from png's (thx to erikyyy) - in fact a png is converted to 1 or 2 ppm's which are converted to a spr
• speeded up sprite generation (color lookup with exact match and no remap - remap is done by ppmquant)
• also replaced the gif's in the documentation with png's

Version: 0.9.19 released 17 May 2000 (first release after important redesign - not playable)

• shots are now sprites and not ugly pixels (anyway shooting stuff needs a rewrite)
• changed object hirarchy in detail: (was a lot of work) joined object_datatype (object_datentype) and unit_datatype (einheit_datentype) into product_datatype => kicked off lot of code which was nearly twice - not yet complete splitted server and client stuff out of object-hirarchy (much cleaner and more flexible now) - I think in english it's called delegating (for each object exists a server adapter class and a client adapter class) - there are some bugs (server game load/save doesn't work) and it needs a clean-up
• added new artillery unit from cran

Version: 0.9.18 released 17 April 2000

• generate new landscape if generation of start positions fails (repeat if required)
• right mouse click on units which can't drive now sets a way-point and doesn't set follow mode (+)This solves the B->A and C->A => C->B->A problem for factories (f.e.) (-)now you must drive in manually again (-)This doesn't solve the B->A and C->A and B far away from C => C->B->A problem for vehicles
• fixed very tricky bug in ground-checking and sprite-lib code which caused roads to be buggy just because of their color (took a lot of time to find this one - early in the morning ;-)
• now only one unit is build at a time, objects still are builded until you stop it (with ESC and mouse over the build icon) - in the future there will be a build list
• jeep can look further, crane/kran/building unit ;-) (what is the english word for the german "Kran"?) lesser
• fortress gets destroyed faster, drives slower, min. vertical degree of canons inc.
• Powerboat now faster
• small ammo more explosive

Version: 0.9.17 released 15 April 2000 (playable - but buggy)

• updated erikyyy's start position generator to v. 3 and encapsulated it further (create_startpos.H and .C)

Version: 0.9.16 released 15 April 2000 (playable - but buggy)

• reimplemented unit contacts menu(this time it displays a list of all units in contact with)
• added erikyyy's start position generator for tile-based landscapes (by interpolating the landscape with tiles)
• fixed explosion painting bug (the movie wasn't removed after finish playing)
• added command "playsample" to client
• server now uses the new neutral relationship (you will only attack military units with this)

Version: 0.9.15 released 05 April 2000 (perhaps playable)

• fixed visibility bug in unit transmission
• reduced traffic a little bit (still needs major improvement)

Version: 0.9.14 released 01 April 2000 (not playable)

• applied parts of cran's "patch" ;-) (sound_esd.H sound_esd.C), start sound
• splited code further up - still needs documentation and cleanup
• rewritten parts of the player stuff (start positions now are given randomly - login with nick and "password")
• player relationships extended - contain now: friend/neutral/enemy (neutral should mean only military units are attacked) receive chat messages and send chat messages
• reimplemented the gui-part for the playerlist (displays now also disconnected players with status)
• menu variable lookup now continues with parents (verry useful for the playermenu)
• improved client/server handshake (now they check the protocol version and use binary mode if possible)

Version: 0.9.13 released 25 Feb 2000 (not playable)

• fatalfehler function (fatal error) wrapped by a makro (Now line and file are displayed - thx to erikyyy)
• fixed stupid bug in chat (delete key)
• fixed bug in server's autofollow code
• fixed bug discoverd by cran
• fixed memory leak bug in screen interface
• complete client GUI rewrite (in fact nearly a complete client rewrite ;-) (splited the client into smaller modules)
• fixed memory leak in communic stuff and in client server handshake
• network communication stuff didn't survive write errors - now it should (SIGPIPE)
• fixed even more memory leaks
• fixed transporter bug (when the transporter of a unit died it was still in a transporter) - now it still may stay in water this will be fixed by a complete rewrite of the transporter stuff
• created a new GUI (you can switch the GUI in setups/setup_client.set)
• the GUI is defined in one file: fe. misc/default_800x600.menu or misc/newscreen.menu

Version: 0.9.12-3 released at 08 Feb 2000

• darkdown in 16/24/32 Bit mode uses now corresponding color space and not palette (again?)
• Fixed? compilation problem (missing object file) reported by Vladimir Naprstek

Version: 0.9.12-2 released at 07 Feb 2000

• fixed a clipping bug which caused client death when a unit died ;-(

Version: 0.9.12 released at 07 Feb 2000

• fixed "name clash" of map() with STL map
• Added sound (esound) from cran (until now there are no good samples)
• changed explosion stuff and shot stuff (still needs a major remake)
• Fixed chat bug (didn't work anymore)
• fixed some memory free bugs
• cleaned up all the display stuff (the device dependent part) now it should be easy to write an interface implementation (starting point is screen.H)
• added workaround from erikyyy for egcs compiler problem s.a. egcsbugfixer.H , now TUD should compile with -O2 again !!
• removed the different mask modes - only darkdown
• Started complete rewrite of event handling stuff (and menu stuff). Until now I use a new interface to old interface mapping which is definitely buggy, I did release this version anyway because 0.9.11 didn't even compile on newer compilers and it seems like I do not have enough time to make a good release within this week

Version: 0.9.11 released at 04 Feb 2000

• cran organized new web hosting at http://tud.pandur.org
• Once more changed keyboard input stuff (Now shift works again)
• Added some keys in scroll-screen: Page-Up,Page-Down,Home(Pos1)
• Added delete key for chat
• added signaling stuff (signals from server to client on special events f.e out of fuel, vehicle crashed, hit, destroyed, built, ...)
• added signalling stuff to event-mask
• added signalling stuff to client (He displays a text message. If you click on it he scrolls to the pos.)
• cleaned up the auto-drive stuff (set_autodrive_mode())
• Added a fuel and a speed display
• added crash colors (mainly for ships because people didn't like it to see their fortress crashing on the beach)
• changed driving stuff once more (now acceleration and breaking doesn't depend on ground - made everything only more complicated)
• building is now only blocked if it would really result in a crash => you don't have to keep the build-circle clean anymore
• units don't crash anymore when following (they keep exactly the max. breakpath? away - would be a great thing in the real world ;-) - units now also slow down to reach way-points exactly
• cleaned up the code (splited into smaller pieces and changed once more the object hierarchy)

Version: 0.9.10 released at 01 Feb 2000

• erikyyy submitted memory check (operator overload of new/delete)
• all arrays allocated with new [] should now be freed with delete []
• Fixed some bugs in a session with erikyyy ;-) (the 0.9.9 ver. in fact isn't playable)
• Started cleaning up the code (the server part)
• changed unit characteristics (in general they drive faster and are build faster)
• if you like arcade games you can still use accelerate 10 in the server terminal ;-)

Version: 0.9.9 released at 27 Jan 2000

• server save command now doesn't overwrite existing files anymore (see below)
• Added ground number to name mapping (is used when scrolling in client for example)
• Improved creation and modification of ground tables
• Added ground high sea
• painted nicer road sprite (well it is still ugly)
• Added ground view switch (mainly for groundtable "debugging")
• Fixed bug in sprite cache (server needed 10MB RAM;-)
• Added text output
• Added text input (hack)
• client uses text/input output for chat (type t in the scroll-screen and then the text)
• Started GUI contest
• you can use the cursor keys to scroll in the scroll-screen
• you can use the cursor keys to drive the selected unit in the scroll-screen
• added a switch to enable scroll on selected unit
• units have now 3d coordinates (for airplanes and submarines mainly but perhaps also for a 3d landscape)
• added smooth acceleration/breaking and rolling out (3 new values in vehicle file) in fact I completely changed the driving model (I am still not happy with it and there may be some bugs)
• Added font sent in by erikyyy (i wrote a gimp scheme script to extract the letters from the image)

Version: 0.9.8 released at 21 Jan 2000

• added a example interface as starting point for porting the graphics to other targets than X11 (GGI/svgalib)
• added a first suggestion for a sound interface
• added remote administration (off by default) ATTENTION: Remote administrators are allowed to do all server console commands (save is dangerous because it allows to overwrite files - when file permissions allow it) best choice is to run the server as nobody or special TUD user (anyway the remote adm will be able to write to temp - if it is allowed ;-)
• added non-interactive server mode (for running as daemon - you still have it to detach from console yourself - perhaps you want to run it from init) default is interactive mode (if you set it to non-interactive in setups/setup_server.set you perhaps also want to enable remote administration) - to exit the TUD server you just need to send it a SIGTERM
• added timeout value for connecting to meta-server (anyway it is annoying if you aren't connected to the Internet => DEFAULT is off)
• Charles provides a web-server for the meta-server
• Added a porsche (fast car ;-)
• Added simple terminal chat features (type in client: send player X hello (replace X with the no of the player;-) )
• Added possibility to choose which players should receive a message (A new switch on the right of the friend/enemy switch) Up means no-chat and down means chat) To test (you need 2 clients!): put switch down and type in the client window: send chat hello

Version: 0.9.7 released at 14 Jan 2000

• fixed clipping bug reported by erikyyy
• improved auto-drive once more (now units slow down to get way-points - you can still have unreachable way-points ;-)
• way-points now are reached when unit only touches them (before the middle of the unit had to reach the way-point)
• Now roads are buildable (and destroyable !) And all the complicated visibility stuff seems to work
• fixed a server cleanup bug which led to strange (terminal killing) output and an endless loop when the server tried to exit with connected clients
• started to catch network communication errors - the server should survive a client crash now

Version: 0.9.6 released at 09 Jan 2000

• now objects needed to build another product are subtracted (you can win the game now;-)
• the landscape files are no more (only levels)
• you can now script in the level files (best way to create new levels is to take the empty.lev and add a script)
• added some commands to the server
• moved random landscape generator into server (starting positions still must be created manually)
• raw materials are now returned if you stop building
• reorganized building stuff (a little bit better now ;-)
• changed autodriveto (calculates rotation now exactly - not always full left or full right) - should improve gameplay and very slow servers (or with accelerated time)

Version: 0.9.5 released at 02 Dec 1999

• Fixed filename bug (server sent complete filename (with path) to client)
• improved ferries to be more usable
• improved random landscape generator (now you can choose to have more rivers)
• display ground when scrolling (on client terminal window - mainly for debugging) by the way the color of a pixel defines the ground type !
• started automatic generation of html documentation of "vehicles" and objects
• landscape is now changeable (mainly to make roads and railroads possible but also for god mode and random landscapes)
• landscape is now explorable
• added some statistics (uptime / network traffic)

Version: 0.9.4 released at 18 Nov 1999

• Added a metaserver (small perl-scripts, depend on perl and libwww-perl (Module LWP) and libcgi-perl) disabled by default because I don't have a web-server connected to the Internet - but perhaps you ?. It is a small CGI script which uses the DBI interface to connect to a database. If you are behind a firewall you can use a proxy by setting http_proxy (export http_proxy="http://proxyhost.xxx:port" with bash) of course you will anyway have a problem to let clients connect to you. (If you have a ssh account in the Internet you can use this as proxy see man ssh - only if you are allowed to connect out with ssh ;-) but then you must submit your tud-server manually (because in the moment the tud_notifymetaserver.pl script uses hostname -i to report the server ip to the meta-server)
• Removed some more byte order bugs from communic (now tud should work on all ASCII machines - and between all 32Bit (and ASCII) machines). I don't think that the 64Bit - 32Bit mixture will work immediately. But normally you should only have to change allgtypedef.h. Perhaps you want to try it ?
• Peer is now build in the correct direction ;-)
• Fixed some building bugs
• Fixed exchange bug (with icons that present more than one part of a resource)

Version: 0.9.3 released at 12 Nov 1999

• fixed transporter bug
• created ferry unit
• Fixed (one not all) byte-order bug
• Painted new tiles
• added a tool for random landscape generation
• Added ferry
• Now you can build a harbor
• explosions differ in size (but are still ugly)
• Fixed some build bugs

Version: 0.9.2 released at 15 Oct 1999

• Petter sent me some automake scripts (a week later also Falk Hueffner ;-). Now you just type: ./configure;make; make install (as root if you use the default installation directories). BTW. in the moment you must do a make install.
• All sprites are now kept in spr_src (use make clean to remove them - not rm *.spr because this will remove some sprites which are not created out of ppm files)

Version: 0.9.1 released at 01 Sep 1999

• Fixed bug reported by Petter Reinholdtsen
• Added another switch (overview switch)
• Added transport units
• chose-able (in setup_client.set) between nice dark-down mask (slow but improveable) and ugly black lines
• Auto-follow much better now
• server may now accelerate time
• removed yyysound completely (unfortunately it isn't continued by erikyyy ;-))

Version: 0.9.0 released at 29 Aug 1999

• Simplified the object hierarchy
• Units that can drive and build (but not while driving ;-)
• Some small bugs fixed
• Two or three undocumented switches ;-)
• client scrolls to a unit after startup
• you can stop building

Version: 0.8.2 released at 11 Jul 1999

• Added X11-16Bit patch from Petter Reinholdtsen
• Added formation follow (no graphical interface yet)
• Patched click on units of enemy (never follow them)
• Way-point list is now displayed with lines (switch-able with second undocumented switch :-)
• Active unit is rounded by a circle
• Speeded up (sprite_puzzletype)
• Soft-scroll could now be disabled (switch-able with third undocumented switch :-)
• Started with vehicles that can build (merging the objects together - perhaps I should change the complete design of the object hierarchy)

Version: 0.8.0 released at 8 Jan 1999

• Auto follow is much better now. Followers get all way-points of parent.
• Lend / Give / Take Back / Give back work
• Friend / Enemy selection works again
• Client actions on right mouse click are better now.

Version: 0.7.18

• Painted much better GUI
• Fixed many bugs
• Vehicles now have a restricted capacity for objects
• Started the player menu

Version: 0.7.16

• Objects and Vehicles may need now other objects to be build (this is not yet displayed)
• Added some displays
• Added buttons with fixed size (sprites are zoomed to maxpect) menu.H

Version: 0.7.12

• replaced stringtype.h with string
• Everything in one Window
• Much better user interface
• TUD is now simply licensed by the Artistic License
• moved the TUD WWW pages to http://www-ti.informatik.uni-tuebingen.de/~thiele/tud/doc/tud.html

Version: 0.7.10 released at 28 Jul 1998

• Now compilable with egcs. But only with a snapshot (not compilable with egcs-1.0.3 release - you need a newer one)

Version: 0.7.8 released at 28 Jun 1998

• Fixed problems with newer compilers (typeof construct)
• Started to extract a game engine (2D layered - very fast and simple)

Version: 0.7.6 released at 4 Feb 1998

• Added sound
• More than one canon on one vehicle
• Factories are build-able
• Now there can be different ammos and they are needed to shoot
• Game starts with your first "object" in the middle
• Game should be compilable on Solaris (Thanks to Bjoern Augustsson)
• Made the landscape 6 times bigger

Version: 0.7.4 released at 17 Dec 1997

• Replaced usage of String.h and strclass.h with string
• Linked libstdc++ statically, hope this fixes the problem with the binaries
• Fixed some problems with the source
• Added this change log
• Improved the documents
• Made some speedups in the graphics
• Added setup file for client
• Added visibility mask mode