Changelog 1.0 - RodrigoOt/forgottenserver GitHub Wiki

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Complete invisibility for monsters (no longer visible to client when they are invisible)
Rework damage messages to group elemental damages as secondary in the same damage packet
Using pugixml (header-only library) instead of libxml2
Moved global server save code to startup.lua
Optimized hangables code
Optimized removeItemOfType (around twice as fast)
Optimized PropWriteStream allocation strategy and significantly decreased amount of heap allocations done during saves
Optimized clean map code (~130x speedup)
Significantly reduced memory footprint (over 15%)
Removed admin protocol
Removed exception tracer
Removed GUI
Removed ingame account manager
Removed SimOne's XML NPC system
Removed relational and binary house storage (no longer configurable, binary-tilebased is always used now)
Removed unused heal map
Removed builtin server save each minutes and global server save code and added an example global event for a global server save
Removed MD5 and plaintext as a password type options
Rewritten SHA-1 implementation
Fixed bugs with hangables
Fixed possible crash with monster spells
Fixed bug with /reload items
Fixed memory leak with reload command on script environments
Fixed client debug assertions with large packets

Game protocol 10.41 support
Browse Field
You can now choose default outfits by unlocking them in outfits.xml
You can now specify skulls for monsters and NPCs in their xml file
Party bonus shared experience is now based on amount of unique vocations
Left hand equipment slot is now only for weapons and right hand for shields, you can use the old setting by changing classicEquipmentSlots to "yes" in config.lua

Added timestamp and random value to gameworld authentication packet to prevent MITM attacks
Added protection against packet flood
- maxPacketsPerSecond in config.lua
Improved protection against connection flood
Fixed buffer overflow in NetworkMessage
Fixed issues in the RSA implementation

Added table guild_membership and removed rank_id and guildnick from players table
New bans structure
Removed SQLite database driver (only supports MySQL now)
Storing online players in players_online (online column removed from players)
Storing player skills in players table instead of player_skills
Storing player record in database instead of playersRecord.txt
Storing message of the day data in database instead of lastMotd.txt
Possibility to use UNIX socket instead of TCP connection to MySQL (mysqlSock in config.lua)
Recover from CR_SERVER_LOST and CR_SERVER_GONE_ERROR errors in Database (block threads until we're reconnected)

Events
- Party
  - onJoin
  - onLeave
  - onDisband
- Player
  - onLook
  - onLookInBattleList
  - onLookInTrade
  - onLookInShop
  - onMoveItem
  - onMoveCreature
  - onTurn
  - onTradeRequest
  - onTradeAccept
  - onGainExperience
  - onLoseExperience
Global script interface
Lua 5.2 compatibility
Chat channel events
- canJoin(cid)
- onJoin(cid)
- onLeave(cid)
- onSpeak(cid, type, message)
Lua event onPrepareDeath has been enabled for all creatures
Lua metatables to represent classes
- Combat
- Condition
- Creature
  - Monster
  - Npc
  - Player
- Game
- Group
- Guild
- House
- Item
  - Container
  - Teleport
- ItemType
- ModalWindow
- MonsterType
- NetworkMessage
- Party
- Position
- Town
- Tile
- Vocation
New creature events
- onModalWindow(player, modalWindowId, buttonId, choiceId)
- onTextEdit(player, item, text)
- onExtendedOpcode(player, opcode, buffer)
- onHealthChange(creature, attacker, primaryDamage, primaryType, secondaryDamage, secondaryType, origin)
- onManaChange(creature, attacker, manaChange, origin)
Moved database migrations to scripts in data/migrations/
Moved old Lua functions to compat.lua and implemented them using the new metatable functions