2006-09-16 POL 097 Win32 and Linux beta - Coregina

Post by **Shinigami** » Sat Sep 16, 2006 5:07 am

09-15 Austin
       Added: ENUMERATE_ROOT_ONLY for EnumerateItemsInContainer(container, flags)
              Will cause it to only list the contents in the container passed and not
              the contents of any sub-containers.
              
09-05 MuadDib
       Added: UOConvert now adds "season 1" to the realm.cfg file for each realm during
              conversion. Season will default to 1, if no season entry is given (aka
              you was to lazy to run the newest uoconvert for your maps!). Seasons
              are listed as follows:
              0 = Spring
              1 = Summer
              2 = Fall
              3 = Winter
              4 = Desolation (Felucca)
       Added: Realms() will now also return .season for each realm.
       Fixed: Core not sending season information correctly when logging in or
              changing realms if non-encrypted clients was set up in pol.cfg.
              
09-03 MuadDib
       Added: character.shield member. Returns an ObjRef of shield equipped.
       
09-02 MuadDib
       Added: Polsys::IncRevision(object). Used to increase the Revision number of an
              object (mobile or item). It then also runs a check for resending the
              tooltip data to client. This can be used in scripts when you change
              CProps or other items that normaly do not update the tooltips for
              custom tooltip hooks.
     Changed: Internal handling of UO.EM Function execution. Should not affect
              scripts. As always, be sure to recompile your scripts when you
              upgrade to a new core release.

09-01 MuadDib
       Fixed: Bug causing Pre-AOS status bars to freeze clients and/or generate core
              crashes.
     Changed: Adjustments to increasing the revision state for stacks, items, and
              mobiles. Rule of thumb, if you change a member like newbie, title_race,
              and so on via script, this is not automatically updated. Names, amounts,
              and so on that are more critical ARE increased. This is pre to a an
              upcoming ability to increase via scripts and force tooltips to be
              resynced with the client for custom tooltip hooks to be fired.

08-31 MuadDib
     Removed: All instances, calls, used and unused, code for the permitems.txt
              data file. This was never fully implemented, and as such, has been
              removed by decision of several developers.

and core-changes from Pol096.3:

Code: Select all

09-07 MuadDib
       Fixed: Validation issues with xyz of realm coordinates within boat movement
              commands.
              
09-05 MuadDib
     Changed: PerformAction() value restriction removed to support new animation ids.
              Be warned. Know what ID you are sending to clients, as an Incorrect id
              could cause the client to have "issues"

09-02 MuadDib
       Fixed: Core now checks for changes in light level for a character whenever
              the MoveObjectToLocation() is used on a player.
       Fixed: Core now sends the remove object packet correctly for items within
              containers or equipped, when moved out of view/realm.
       Fixed: Bug where the coordinates for a realm would be checked on an item's
              current realm, instead of the realm it was being sent to.
              
09-01 MuadDib
       Added: Reduncancy check for node parents in FindPath().

Win download : http://releases.polserver.com/win32/beta
Linux download : http://releases.polserver.com/linux/beta

or same files @ old place

Win download : http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/pol ... t%20Cores/
Linux download : http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/pol ... nux/files/

feel free to test it...

Post by **Shinigami** » Sat Sep 16, 2006 12:38 pm

to avoid problems... don't forget to recompile all your scripts (worst case: just remove all *.ecl files and compile...)

we've found some side effects with operators if u don't do it

Shinigami

Post by **MuadDib** » Sat Sep 16, 2006 1:10 pm

Blame me, shini will

IMO, I always recommend recompiling if you change cores, just in case. It never hurts to do so, and usually doesn't take to long to do so (unlike uoconvert, hehe).

*takes a hit from a shovel in the head*

Post by **Yukiko** » Sun Sep 17, 2006 12:14 pm

Shini's suggestion to remove all *.ecl files is very important too because sometimes eCompile doesn't recognize that you've changed cores. I've seen eCompile report "script is up to date" messages when attempting to compile under POL 96 when there is a POL 95 ecl file present.

Post by **MuadDib** » Sun Sep 17, 2006 12:55 pm

Hence why, for Windows based OS, I highly recommend Austin's starthere.bat setup from Distro.

Would be nice if someone designed the same setup for linux and submitted it

Xandros · Post by **Xandros** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 1:09 am

We tested this core for several hours yesterday with about 30 players,
and didn't find any problems. (We didn't use any of the new POL97
features in our scripts though, we just made the minimum of changes
to make it run with 97.) Looks good, I think we'll switch to that core
and start having a look at the new features.

Xandros

Post by **MuadDib** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 6:09 am

Nice to hear, and definately give us feedback

Developer Silver · Post by **Developer Silver** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 8:46 am

MuadDib wrote:Nice to hear, and definately give us feedback

If you need updated feedback: we always use latest core (2006-09-16 core is on live shard from 5 days), and all it's ok... and we also use new features

Online for 100+ hours without restart, max 50+ player, no lag, no crash

Good work guys!