MAGA Change Log

01/24/2010

• Updated color parser
• Added cname parsing hardcode function
• Made the 'chat' use the cname and no longer parse the chat text.
• updated help
  • help topics
  • help attributes
  • help functions (NYI)
  • help colors
  • help =
• added @text command
• optimized the who command when -all is not given
• fixed the cname parsing of the who command
• Added a tempoarry Message Of The Day to the who command
• Put in alias
• Put in =' and =.

01/25/2010

• Made user names and aliases case insensative
• Made the game restrict names to only starting with a letter and containing letters, numbers and underscores.
• Added a NAME_Attribute class
• Made alias into a hardcoded field on Things
• Added an @alias command for setting the alias
• Changed the logic for detecting if the sql_db connection has dropped
• Added alias to who listing
• Added @ex command
• Added @password command
• Added password check to login and changed the login dialogue

01/26/2010

• Changed how load() and save() were handled fixing a bug with passwords getting rest to 'password'.
• Defined sql db layout for tracking admin powers
• Added an (undocumented) -nosave option to the @reboot command

01/27/2010

• Fixed recursive bug when two (or more) players were disconnected at the same time
• Created basic backend structure for keeping track of powers and admin ranks
• Added @list command and admin rank and power listsings
• Added powers to @ex for player objects

01/28/2010

• Finished the save/load for player powers
• Added location and owner info to @ex
• Made @ex check for the appropriate power
• Added @empower command
• Added @depower command

01/29/2010

• Added ; to = command
• Updated @set comand to the new syntax (now supports targets and type and checks powers)
• Made @ex show attribute types
• Fixed bug with attributes of type name where they were incorrectly getting set to type string

01/30/2010

• Created @define command
• Made the @define shortcut for @set check to see if the attr already exists
• Created @remove command
• Turned local echo off for entering password on login
• Added command queue
• Added atime and atime_timer attributes and functionality
• Fixed a bug with @set where it was griping about an attribute already being defined when no defining was being done
• Added @print command
• Added @teleport
• Added the MAGA's first room object #14 (The Cafe!)

01/31/2010

• Made @ex accept 'here' as a target
• Fixed a segfault bug with @ex
• Fixed a load problem with object locations
• Added a content listing to @ex
• Added rough look command ( Syntax test - only prints name of what you are looking at )

02/01/2010

• Added desc and idesc to look output
• Fixed #id and *player (and other invalid things) for look
• Added automatic looks on location changes
• Added hook for objects to 'listen' to stuff.

02/02/2010

• Removed default odesc and pdesc msgs from ROOM objects
• Updated the @set command to do object name lookups and recognize 'here'. Also made the 'on' optional syntax.
• Added power check to @reboot command
• Added power check to @shutdown command
• Added power check to @save command
• Updated the @define command to do object name lookups and recognize 'here'.
• Updated the @remove command to do object name lookups and recognize 'here'.
• Updated the @ex command to do object name lookups.
• Added a hardcode utility function get_target() to the MAGA_Command object.
• Updated the @alias command syntax to accept a target and added power check. (Name power)
• Updated the syntax for the @password command. Now allows spaces in pwds and can be used by admins on other players.
• Updated the syntax for @get
• Added content listing to look command
• Added complete set of ID attrs ( id, thing_id, player_id, room_id, exit_id, zone_id )
• Added exit object
• Added exit listing to look output for rooms
• Added object types to @ex conetnet listing
• Added seperate exit list for @ex on rooms
• Fixed bug with autosave only saving once and then never again

02/03/2010

• Fixed bug with ID attrs not loading properly
• Added command check for Exits (You can move now!)
• Added msgs for exits (oenter penter oexit pexit)

02/05/2010

• Added @create command (For THINGs)
• Fixed color issue with look output
• Added sepearte listing for players to look output and hid disconnected players
• Added arrival and departure messages when objects move (or are teleported)
• Made @define default to str type if not given
• Updated "help attributes"
• Fixed @alias to accept #id and *player
• Fixed object name lookups on @ex @set @define and @remove
• Made 'help commands' show them as a comma seperated list
• Fixed object name lookups on @tel
• Added leave command
• Added oleave and pleave msgs for leave command

02/06/2010

• Added @name command
• Added support fo prefix and caption attrs
• Added @create room command
• Added @create exit command
• Added @list rooms topic
• Added say command
• Added pose command
• Removed exit listings when looking at a room through an exit
• Added page command
• Added trigger attributes
• Added command attributes
• Added 'help user commands' page
• Added 'help triggers' page
• Fixed color bleed from prefix attrs in look output

02/07/2010

• Added @dig command ( help @dig )
• Tweeked the power check on creating exits so that tel power is not required if the player owns the rooms in question
• Also tweeked the link check on exits (what actually does the move) to behave in the same manner
• Added @destroy command ( help @destroy )

02/08/2010

• Added @chown command ( help @chown )
• Created Channel object and put in default public channel

02/09/2010

• Added the ability for channels to save()
• Added the ability for channels to load()
• Added @chan command
• Added @chan create
• Added @chan join
• Added @chan alias
• Added @chan color
• Added @chan cname
• Added @chan leave
• Added @chan password
• Added @chan mod
• Added @chan voice
• Added @chan devoice
• Added @chan gag
• Added @chan ungag
• Added @chan who
• Added @chan list
• Added @chan kick
• Added @chan invite
• Fixed being able to [to ] folks not on the channel.
• Added @chan chown

02/10/2010

• Prevented objects from hearing themselves on channels to help prevent trigger loops.
• Objects now get the channel name as %c in triggers
• Created base Function class (MAGA_Function)
• Created Function Arg class (Farg)
• Created basic parser class (Function_Parser)

02/11/2010

• Created base working function parser engine
• Added cname() function
• Made the help system work with functions
• Added get_var() / v() function
• Added 'help function parser' page
• Added pnum()
• Added name()

02/12/2010

• Added time()
• Made atime parse

02/13/2010

• Added optional timezone offset argument to the time() function

02/14/2010

• Put in check to prevent blank commands on objects from ever triggering

02/15/2010

• Fixed some help text bugs
• Added check to prevent blank entries from being placed in the command queue
• Added operator parsing code in the function parser
• Added + operator ( help +oper )
• Added - operator ( help -oper )
• Added * operator ( help *oper )
• Added / operator ( help /oper )
• Added % operator ( help %oper )
• Added ^ operator ( help ^oper )

02/16/2010

• Fixed bug with - when used as a negation operator (-23)
• Added BOOL type to Function Args/Variables
• Added to_num() function ( help to_num() )
• Added to/' command ( help to )
• Added to_float() function ( help to_float() )
• Added to_str() function ( help to_str() )
• Added to_id() function ( help to_id) )
• Added things and exits to the @list command
• Removed coloration from the "You peer through the exit and see:" msg.
• Wrote initial prototype for control functions: if()

02/17/2010

• Added ifelse() control function

02/18/2010

• Added foreach()

02/19/2010

• Fixed bugs in foreach() and pushed to alpha
• Modified foreach() to accept blank args for the optional args
• Modified the parser so that function returns are parsed.
• Added autolook on connect
• Added aconnect check on connect
• Modified @print to just print a blank line if no message is given
• Fixed %c expansion in triggers
• Rewrote backend code for stacking commands into the queue
• Fixed time() to not return an error if no args are given
• Added aunidle check
• Added adisconnect check
• Swapped %t v(t) and %n v(n)
• Added 'help vars'
• Swapped the default for the force argument in the to_ set of functions
• Fixed bugs with if() and ifelse() caused by foreach() code
• Added color()
• Added get()

02/20/2010

• Added location()
• Added @emit
• Control function bug fixes
• Added @remit
• Added @boot
• Added ACTION type attributes
• Updated @define syntax to make the various separators optional and to allow / for setting the type
• Updated @set so that it no longer cares if the attr already exists if the /type is given

02/21/2010

• Added switch()

02/22/2010

• Added ansi color escape stripping to triggers

02/25/2010

• Rewrote how v(#) and v(!) are passed into the do_function() call in the hardcode
• Added Function type attributes
• Made vars persist during a single call to the parser. (As opposed to before where they only persisted within the function parser call rather than the general parser)
• Added set_var() or sv() for short
• Added set()
• Changed "Contents:" to "Carrying:" for players in look output
• Fixed being able to look at objects contained by objects in your inventory
• Fixed the default object when none is given for get() set() and loc() to be %# for commands and %! for actions and triggers

02/26/2010

• Made cname() less likely to bleed

03/13/2010

• Made it so that =.. will not trigger the thought bubbles

03/17/2010

• Added regex() function

03/22/2010

• Added rand() function
• Added extract() function