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2009-01-29 Al Riddoch <alriddoch@googlemail.com>

* server/CommHttpClient.h: Correct the description in the doc
comments.

2009-01-29 Al Riddoch <alriddoch@googlemail.com>

* server/Makefile.am: Update the optional cyslave build.

2009-01-29 Al Riddoch <alriddoch@googlemail.com>

* server/CommClient.cpp, server/CommClient.h,
server/CommHttpClient.cpp, server/CommHttpClient.h:
Convert two stream classes to use the stream base class.

2009-01-29 Al Riddoch <alriddoch@googlemail.com>

* server/CommStreamClient.cpp, server/CommStreamClient.h:
New base class for client socket objects using skstream tcp
streams.

2009-01-29 Al Riddoch <alriddoch@googlemail.com>

* server/CommHttpListener.cpp, server/CommHttpListener.h,
server/CommListener.cpp, server/CommListener.h,
server/CommSlaveListener.cpp, server/CommSlaveListener.h:
Remove a bunch of unused listener classes made obsolete by
moving their functionality into the base class.

2009-01-29 Al Riddoch <alriddoch@googlemail.com>

* server/CommClientFactory.cpp, server/CommClientFactory.h: Add a
new factory for http client objects.

* server/CommStreamListener.cpp, server/CommStreamListener.h:
Move the client factory behavior into this base class
as all listners will now be using it.

* server/CommTCPListener.cpp, server/CommTCPListener.h,
server/CommUnixListener.cpp, server/CommUnixListener.h:
Require a client factory reference and pass to the base class
which uses it.

* server/Makefile.am: Remove obsolete special purpose listeners.

* server/server.cpp: Use straight TCP listeners for everything
as no special purpose listener functionality is required any more.

2009-01-28 Al Riddoch <alriddoch@googlemail.com>

* server/CommListener.cpp, server/CommListener.h,
server/server.cpp: Rename class to CommAtlasListener.

2009-01-28 Al Riddoch <alriddoch@googlemail.com>

* server/CommLocalClient.cpp, server/CommLocalClient.h,
server/CommPeerListener.cpp, server/CommPeerListener.h,
server/CommRemoteClient.cpp, server/CommRemoteClient.h,
server/CommSlaveClient.cpp, server/CommSlaveClient.h:
Delete obsolete removed code.

2009-01-28 Al Riddoch <alriddoch@googlemail.com>

* server/CommMaster.cpp, server/CommMaster.h,
server/Makefile.am, server/Master.cpp, server/Master.h,
server/slave.cpp: Clean up the bitrot in the optional cyslave
target.

2009-01-28 Al Riddoch <alriddoch@googlemail.com>

* server/CommLocalClient.cpp, server/CommLocalClient.h,
server/CommRemoteClient.cpp, server/CommRemoteClient.h,
server/CommSlaveClient.cpp, server/CommSlaveClient.h:
Mark these files as removed form the build.

2009-01-28 Al Riddoch <alriddoch@googlemail.com>

* server/CommPeer.h, server/CommPeer.cpp: Re-factor CommPeer to
only be used for initiating peer connections.

* server/Admin.cpp: Use the modified CommPeer constructor.

* server/CommClient.h, server/CommClient.cpp: Make the connection
a pointer rather than a reference, and pass it in during setup.

* server/CommClientFactory.h, server/CommClientFactory.cpp: Re-factor
the commclient factory to take connection type as a template param,
and create the client and connection objects separately.

* server/server.cpp: Use the modified CommClientFactory parameter.

* server/Makefile.am: Remove the different kinds of client class
from the build.

2009-01-28 Al Riddoch <alriddoch@googlemail.com>

* server/CommSlaveClient.cpp, server/SlaveClientConnection.cpp,
server/SlaveClientConnection.h: Re-factor the constructor interface
to be consistent.

2009-01-28 Al Riddoch <alriddoch@googlemail.com>

* server/CommLocalClient.h, server/CommRemoteClient.h,
server/CommSlaveClient.h: Clean up the interface formatting so
these class look the same.

2009-01-28 Al Riddoch <alriddoch@googlemail.com>

* server/CommLocalClient.cpp, server/CommLocalClient.h: Fix the
constructor interface to match that used by the factory.

* server/CommClientFactory.cpp: Add support for CommLocalClient.

* server/CommUnixListener.cpp, server/CommUnixListener.h:
Convert the unix listener to use the CommClientFactory to remove
duplicated code.

* server/server.cpp: Use the new style of listener API on the unix
socket.

2009-01-28 Al Riddoch <alriddoch@googlemail.com>

* server/CommClientFactory.cpp: Add support for CommSlaveClient.

2009-01-28 Al Riddoch <alriddoch@googlemail.com>

* server/CommListener.cpp, server/CommListener.h: Refactor from
a template to a regular class that uses the factories.

* server/server.cpp: Fix usage of CommListener.

2009-01-28 Al Riddoch <alriddoch@googlemail.com>

* server/CommSlaveClient.h, server/CommSlaveClient.cpp,
server/Makefile.am: Fix the constructor interface to match
that of other client socket classes.

2009-01-28 Al Riddoch <alriddoch@googlemail.com>

* server/SlaveClientConnection.cpp, server/SlaveClientConnection.h:
Fix to build with changes to the parent classes.

2009-01-28 Al Riddoch <alriddoch@googlemail.com>

* server/CommClientFactory.cpp, server/CommClientFactory.h,
server/Makefile.am: A new experimental way to create socket objects.

2009-01-27 Al Riddoch <alriddoch@googlemail.com>

* server/CommListener.h, server/CommListener.cpp: Make the
Atlas listener a template for handling the various types
of socket to use.

* server/server.cpp: Use the CommListener template correctly.

* server/CommPeerListener.cpp, server/CommPeerListener.h,
server/Makefile.am: Remove the obsolete explicit peer listener
from the build.

2009-01-27 Al Riddoch <alriddoch@googlemail.com>

* server/CommTCPListener.h, server/CommTCPListener.cpp,
server/CommListener.h, server/CommListener.cpp: Move the generic
TCP accept code into the base class.

* server/CommHttpListener.h, server/CommHttpListener.cpp: Use the
simpler generic TCP listener rather than overriding the class
designed for listening to Atlas.

2009-01-27 Al Riddoch <alriddoch@googlemail.com>

* server/CommUnixListener.h: accept() should be virtual.

2009-01-27 Al Riddoch <alriddoch@googlemail.com>

* server/CommStreamListener.cpp, server/CommStreamListener.h:
Remove tcp specific code forcing other classes to use
the tcp specific class.

* server/CommListener.cpp, server/CommListener.h: Inherit from the
tcp base class.

2009-01-27 Al Riddoch <alriddoch@googlemail.com>

* server/CommUnixListener.cpp, server/CommUnixListener.h,
server/Makefile.am: Use the stream base class for this, to
re-use common code.

2009-01-27 Al Riddoch <alriddoch@googlemail.com>

* server/CommTCPListener.cpp, server/CommTCPListener.h: Add another
new base class with the TCP specific listener code in.

2009-01-27 Al Riddoch <alriddoch@googlemail.com>

* server/CommListener.cpp, server/CommListener.h: Adapt the Atlas
client listener code to use the new base class for listeners.

2009-01-27 Al Riddoch <alriddoch@googlemail.com>

* server/CommStreamListener.cpp, server/CommStreamListener.h:
Add a new more abstract base class for listen sockets.

2009-01-27 Al Riddoch <alriddoch@googlemail.com>

* common/log.cpp: Modify the log time stamps to be a single column
in ISO format.

2009-01-27 Al Riddoch <alriddoch@googlemail.com>

* autopackage/default.apspec.in: Expand the full name used in the
autopackage.

2009-01-27 Al Riddoch <alriddoch@googlemail.com>

* rulesets/basic/mind/goals/humanoid/mason.py: Fix a potential issue
with goals not having full dependencies imported.

2009-01-15 Al Riddoch <alriddoch@googlemail.com>

* server/server.cpp: Add commented out code to set up the
UpdateTester.

2009-01-15 Al Riddoch <alriddoch@googlemail.com>

* server/Makefile.am, server/UpdateTester.cpp, server/UpdateTester.h:
Add a generic class for injecting test operations, and set it up
to test type updates.

2009-01-12 Al Riddoch <alriddoch@googlemail.com>

* physics/BBox.cpp, rulesets/BBoxProperty.h, rulesets/Py_BBox.h:
Include more wfmath headers as it makes better use of forward
declarations.

2009-01-12 Al Riddoch <alriddoch@googlemail.com>

* physics/BBox.h: Use wfmath forward declarations.

* modules/Location.h, physics/BBox.cpp, rulesets/BBoxProperty.h,
rulesets/Py_BBox.h: Include axisbox.h definition where required.

2009-01-12 Al Riddoch <alriddoch@googlemail.com>

* physics/Vector3D.h: Use sqrtf to ensure efficient use of floats.

2009-01-12 Al Riddoch <alriddoch@googlemail.com>

* tests/Makefile.am: Fix linking the tests to get functions which
are no longer inlined.

2009-01-12 Al Riddoch <alriddoch@googlemail.com>

* physics/Quaternion.h: Use forward declarations.

* physics/Quaternion.cpp, rulesets/Py_Quaternion.h: Include
quaternion definition where required.

2009-01-11 Al Riddoch <alriddoch@googlemail.com>

* physics/Vector3D.h, physics/Vector3D.cpp: Move a bunch of inline
functions in the header to be non-inline in the body. Use
the forward declaraions in wfmath/const.h instead of having to
include the full headers.

* rulesets/Motion.cpp, rulesets/Motion.h, rulesets/Movement.h,
rulesets/Py_Point3D.h, rulesets/Py_Vector3D.h: Include wfmath
headers as required.

2009-01-06 Al Riddoch <alriddoch@googlemail.com>

* rulesets/Motion.cpp: Add assertions for consistency of the entity
we are colliding with before resolving the collision.

2009-01-06 Al Riddoch <alriddoch@googlemail.com>

* rulesets/Motion.cpp: Move the assertions before the debug output,
as otherwise the asserts won't catch things that could make the
debug code crash.

2009-01-06 Al Riddoch <alriddoch@googlemail.com>

* rulesets/MemMap.cpp: Add an assert as getAdd() is supposed to
always return non-zero.

2009-01-06 Al Riddoch <alriddoch@googlemail.com>

* rulesets/LocatedEntity.cpp: Add an assert to make sure entity is
part of an intact container tree.

2009-01-06 Al Riddoch <alriddoch@googlemail.com>

* server/ExternalMind.cpp: Extend the time before nuking player
characters to an hour.

2008-12-16 Al Riddoch <alriddoch@googlemail.com>

* rulesets/TransientProperty.cpp: Remove some debug output.

2008-12-15 Al Riddoch <alriddoch@googlemail.com>

* rulesets/mason/define_world.py: Make everything with goals
transient for now, so it can be replaced by a run of cyclient
after restore from database.

2008-12-15 Al Riddoch <alriddoch@googlemail.com>

* rulesets/mason/define_world.py, rulesets/mason/tests.py: Clean up
the imports, and add the correct copyright notices.

2008-12-15 Al Riddoch <alriddoch@googlemail.com>

* rulesets/mason/benchmarks.py: Add a client script which exercises
entity creation, destruction and all connected subsystems.

2008-12-15 Al Riddoch <alriddoch@googlemail.com>

* client/Py_CreatorClient.cpp, client/CreatorClient.h,
client/CreatorClient.cpp, rulesets/basic/editor.py: Make a delete
method available to the client editor interface.

2008-12-15 Al Riddoch <alriddoch@googlemail.com>

* rulesets/mason/define_world.py: Add checks for NPCs and their
owner structures before adding them. This script can now be run
repeatedly without cluttering the world.

2008-12-15 Al Riddoch <alriddoch@googlemail.com>

* rulesets/TransientProperty.cpp: If the transient property has
a negative value, don't expire the object, just leave it is
ephemeral.

2008-12-15 Al Riddoch <alriddoch@googlemail.com>

* client/CreatorClient.cpp: Avoid an error report when there
is an Unseen response to a Look.

2008-12-15 Al Riddoch <alriddoch@googlemail.com>

* rulesets/mason/define_world.py: Clean up and restructure more.
Add checks to ensure fixed features only get added once.

2008-12-15 Al Riddoch <alriddoch@googlemail.com>

* client/CreatorClient.cpp: Include the type when reporting things
the client has searched for on the server, making client output
clearer.

2008-12-15 Al Riddoch <alriddoch@googlemail.com>

* rulesets/mason/define_world.py, rulesets/mason/tests.py: Move all
the test client functions into their own file.

2008-12-15 Al Riddoch <alriddoch@googlemail.com>

* rulesets/mason/define_world.py: Clean up and modularise the setup,
moving the parts that are made less necessary by persistence
dependent on the current world state.

2008-12-14 Al Riddoch <alriddoch@googlemail.com>

* client/CreatorClient.cpp, client/Py_CreatorClient.cpp: Fix
look_for so that it can fail safely.

2008-12-14 Al Riddoch <alriddoch@googlemail.com>

* server/ExternalMind.cpp, server/ExternalMind.h: Operations have
to be injected directly into the world, not returned, or it
won't work on non-prived characters. Add a check that removes
characters completely after they've been unused for a while, to
cut down server clogging.

2008-12-14 Al Riddoch <alriddoch@googlemail.com>

* server/ExternalMind.cpp, server/ExternalMind.h: Purge the inventory
of deleted characters when they are deleted by disconnection.

2008-12-11 Al Riddoch <alriddoch@googlemail.com>

* server/server.cpp: Improve the message on a security check failure.

2008-12-10 Al Riddoch <alriddoch@googlemail.com>

* server/ExternalMind.h, server/ExternalMind.cpp: Improve the
interface to make it cleaner, and add a way to track the time
at which the character lost it's connection to the client.

* server/Connection.cpp: Change to use the cleaner ExternalMind
interface.

2008-12-10 Al Riddoch <alriddoch@googlemail.com>

* server/ExternalMind.h: Make all the member variables protected,
and create an API to expose as needed.

* server/Connection.cpp: Update the code to use the interface to
interact with ExternalMind.

2008-12-10 Al Riddoch <alriddoch@googlemail.com>

* server/Connection.cpp: Remove some of the debug output.

2008-12-10 Al Riddoch <alriddoch@googlemail.com>

* rulesets/Creator.h, rulesets/Creator.cpp: Remove the special
case for sending to the mind of Creator, as the difference
is now handled by ExternalMind itself in a more general way.

2008-12-10 Al Riddoch <alriddoch@googlemail.com>

* common/Identified.cpp, common/Identified.h, rulesets/Character.h,
rulesets/LocatedEntity.h, server/Account.h, server/Admin.cpp,
server/CommClient.cpp, server/CommClient.h, server/Connection.cpp,
server/Connection.h, server/ExternalMind.h,
server/ExternalProperty.cpp, server/ExternalProperty.h,
server/Lobby.h, server/Master.h, server/Peer.h,
server/ServerRouting.h, server/SlaveClientConnection.h:
Rename IdentifiedRouter to Router as it's the base class
for pretty much all routers.

2008-12-09 Al Riddoch <alriddoch@googlemail.com>

* rulesets/Creator.cpp: Remove code for removing Creators once
they've been disconnected, and simply mark them as ephemeral.

* server/ExternalMind.h, server/ExternalMind.cpp: Change
the external mind so it stores a reference to the character it
is the mind for, and stores a pointer to the connection rather
than a reference so it can be nulled when the connection is
removed on unsubscribed. Implement removing an ephemeral avatar
character on disconnection.

* server/Connection.cpp: Re-work the connection code to deal with
a character still having an external mind on connection, and not
removing the external mind at disconnection.

2008-12-07 Al Riddoch <alriddoch@googlemail.com>

* tools/cydb.cpp: Add code for handle db connection.

2008-12-07 Al Riddoch <alriddoch@googlemail.com>

* rulesets/basic/mind/NPCMind.py: Remove a few chunks of unused code.
Clean up and simplify the logic when dealing with converting plain
talk ops into structured interlinguish. Add some doc strings and
comments.

2008-12-07 Al Riddoch <alriddoch@googlemail.com>

* rulesets/Py_Operation.cpp: Don't create a message list when
adding an operation to none, just return the operation. This
should result in a small performance improvement.

2008-12-07 Al Riddoch <alriddoch@googlemail.com>

* rulesets/Character.cpp, rulesets/Character.h: Remove an unused flag
used to signal a character is dead.

2008-12-01 Al Riddoch <alriddoch@googlemail.com>

* tools/cydb.cpp: Add the ground work for a new tool to perform
various admin tasks on the database.

2008-11-30 Al Riddoch <alriddoch@googlemail.com>

* configure.ac: Increment version to 0.5.18 for release.

* NEWS: Update NEWS announcement for release.

* Release 0.5.18

2008-11-30 Al Riddoch <alriddoch@googlemail.com>

* server/Account.cpp: Don't give names to items in the default
inventory.

* rulesets/mason/world/objects/buildings/House3.py: Don't give
names to the invisible wall objects.

2008-11-30 Al Riddoch <alriddoch@googlemail.com>

* tests/AllPropertytest.cpp: Statistics property no longer needs
to be connected to a character.

* tests/Makefile.am: Remove deleted object files from server.

2008-11-30 Al Riddoch <alriddoch@googlemail.com>

* rulesets/PythonArithmeticScript.cpp,
rulesets/StatisticsProperty.cpp: Remove the debug output.

* rulesets/mason/world/statistics/Statistics.py: Get rid of the
useless del property, and clean up debug output.

2008-11-30 Al Riddoch <alriddoch@googlemail.com>

* rulesets/mason/world/statistics/Statistics.py: Make this a new
style class so properties work right, and implement it all
as properties.

* rulesets/StatisticsProperty.cpp: Move the setup of the script
instance into apply rather than install, otherwise it doesn't get
called in the right place.

* rulesets/ArithmeticScript.h: Add a set method to the interface.

* rulesets/PythonArithmeticScript.cpp,
rulesets/PythonArithmeticScript.h: Implement getting using
PyObject_GenericGetAttr() as it works. Add a completely new set
function.

* rulesets/Entity.cpp: When a new property is installed it needs
to be applied.

2008-11-30 Al Riddoch <alriddoch@googlemail.com>

* rulesets/Makefile.am: Add ArithmeticFactory to the build in this
directory.

* data/characters.xml: Add test statistics to the class.

* rulesets/StatisticsProperty.cpp, rulesets/StatisticsProperty.h:
Add an install method which creates a script instance.

* rulesets/mason/world/statistics/Statistics.py: Make the reference
to the owner optional.

* server/CorePropertyManager.cpp: Add "statistics" to the factory.

* server/Makefile.am, server/ArithmeticFactory.cpp,
server/ArithmeticFactory.h: Remove unused ArithmeticFactory code
from the build.

2008-11-30 Al Riddoch <alriddoch@googlemail.com>

* server/EntityFactory.h: Remove obsolete forward declaration.

2008-11-29 Al Riddoch <alriddoch@googlemail.com>

* rulesets/ArithmeticFactory.h, rulesets/ArithmeticFactory.cpp:
Fix up ArithmeticFactory code to be in rulesets, and allow
for the case where there is no owner for the script.

2008-11-29 Al Riddoch <alriddoch@googlemail.com>

* rulesets/Character.cpp, rulesets/Character.h: Remove all traces
of the hard coded statistics property from Character.

* rulesets/Py_Property.cpp: Don't use Py_StatisticsProperty as the
default wrapper for a statistics property because it will no
longer work this way.

* rulesets/Python_API.cpp: Remove the setup for the Statistics
wrapper.

* rulesets/StatisticsProperty.cpp, rulesets/StatisticsProperty.h:
Change the footprint of this class so it is no longer hooked
into part of the Character class, and instead handles looking
up values from the script directly, and owns the script itself.

* server/ArithmeticFactory.cpp, server/ArithmeticFactory.h,
server/EntityFactory.cpp, server/EntityFactory.h,
server/PersistantThingFactory.cpp: Remove setup of hard coded
statistics property.

* rulesets/Statistics.h, rulesets/Statistics.cpp,
rulesets/Py_Statistics.h, rulesets/Py_Statistics.cpp,
rulesets/Makefile.am: Remove clases that are no longer used.

2008-11-24 Al Riddoch <alriddoch@googlemail.com>

* rulesets/Character.cpp: Remove the hard coded property for wielding
as it will always be handled dynamically as required.

2008-11-21 Al Riddoch <alriddoch@googlemail.com>

* rulesets/Character.cpp: Use std::strings rather the literals for
property names.

2008-11-20 Al Riddoch <alriddoch@googlemail.com>

* server/StorageManager.cpp: Hook restored entities to the update
functions, or they never get subsequent updates.

2008-11-18 Al Riddoch <alriddoch@googlemail.com>

* server/StorageManager.cpp: Remove some debug output, improve
error checking and reporting.

2008-11-18 Al Riddoch <alriddoch@googlemail.com>

* common/Database.cpp: Disable purging the database on startup.