Code Updates
Helix makes code changes with moderate frequency. While the most significant of these are announced to the in-game bulletin board, this wiki page keeps a running tally of changes on a day to day basis.
The base of our code systems is the Mudcore starter database (see that wiki page for more information).
The initial code notes and 2007 updates are recorded on the Code Updates 2007 page.
The changelog from 2008 is on the Code Updates 2008 page.
The changelog from 2009 is on the Code Updates 2009 page.
The remainder of this page goes from most recent to least recent changes.
August 18th, 2010
- Taking action on a gossip now requires writing an IC explanation for your involvement in that gossip, via the +gossip/act command, with the explanations visible when the gossip is traced
August 11th, 2010
- The entrance to a temproom can now be locked (+temproom/lock, +temproom/unlock)
August 8th, 2010
- Gossip cashed out within the 48-hour spread/suppress activity period results in a token that doesn't use the last 48 hours of spreading.
July 28th, 2010
- Support for authorization-list exceptions to NO_DRAW on rooms
July 9th, 2010
- Support for sense communications, +trump/detect
July 1st, 2010
- Support for Trump sketches (trumpsketch powerbit, +trump/study, +trump/sketch)
June 30th, 2010
- Support for Trump activity monitoring (trumpmon powerbit, +trump/monitor)
- +tempname supported by: whisper, tt, +knock, +shout
- Staff command +tokens/textfind does a fast raw text search (kludge around +tokens/allfind limits)
June 28th, 2010
- +decksense and +trumpsense/public split out the notion of Trump sense from regular deck looks
June 26th, 2010
- New Misc.TaskMail option for +config controls whether the Tasks system sends +mail to you
- Support for the trumpmem-l powerbit
June 25th, 2010
- org:org prereq
- Ship ownership can be changed (still requires a @chown of the ship itself)
June 24th, 2010
- +declare can now declare an unsealed queued message.
June 18th, 2010
- unique powerbit for tokens
June 17th, 2010
- +token/augment and the new augment powerbit
- New powerbits expire and nocreate
June 14th, 2010
- The new prereq queue:ID checks if someone has unsealed that queued message
May 28th, 2010
- Writing a reply or note on a completed +task generates a warning (since such comments are highly unlikely to be noticed or read)
May 20th, 2010
- Secret doors and +follow now work together
May 15th, 2010
- GM command +signoff/noneed waives an auto-generated chargen background signoff
- +signoff/check checks background-signoff status
- +lores shows already-bought lores in green, and lores that you can't currently uy in red
May 13th, 2010
- New quest flag public and +quest/take (allows taking of a public quest for which you pass the receive prereqs)
May 11th, 2010
- The +setting is automatically displayed when you enter a room.
April 23rd, 2010
- Added new +mail option notify, letting you notify arbitrary others when you receive +mail when offline
April 22nd, 2010
- Added +prefs nag to auto-nag-on-connect
April 18th, 2010
- +prefs/set now allows you to set multiple types at once
- +prefs/copy allows you to copy another character's prefs
April 13th, 2010
- Gift visibility is now cross-alt
- Last-read is now tracked on gifts, and an edit note is highlighted if the gift has changed since you last read it
- All use of +declare on gifts is now automatically +declare/offer; the latter is now just an alias
- +declare now notes when a gift was last edited
April 10th, 2010
- +mail commands such as +skim and +read can take complex mail ranges, in the form complex:string, where string can contain multiple criteria, joined by & and | (for "and" and "or"). For instance, "complex: author:Helix | author:Zakalwe & subject:Work ID" would find all messages sent by Helix or Zakalwe, where "Work ID" is in the subject.
April 7th, 2010
- Compact form of +prefs info added to default +finger format
March 25th, 2010
- +prefs system
March 24th, 2010
- +token/boost and the boost-N powerbits
March 16th, 2010
- When specifying a lore level to read via +lore, 'a' for all, a number range, and a list of numbers all work, letting you read multiple sections at once
March 15th, 2010
- +where respects the _Public flag
- Bboards now track read messages across all of your (RPG-registered) alts
March 13th, 2010
- +date command shows IC time
- Center-of-Pattern transfer can take you to certain places of power outside of Amber
- +mail status report reports memory used by a mailbox, and colors players by time since login
- +report idlers generates a resource consumption report on characters idle more than X days
March 11th, 2010
- Inactive characters cannot be co-propcos
March 10th, 2010
- Jobs system uses base 36 numbers going forward
March 9th, 2010
- Quest authorization lists display dbrefs as colored names
February 23rd, 2010
- +showto command shows a message locally to people who pass a prereq list
- Jobs can now have subjects
- +submit modified to require a subject
- +tasks display modified to show subjects, as well as number of notes on the task
- +task command works as documented (can use it to show just notes)
- +task task-ID/0 will show a task without its comments
- Added exploding bonus dice in prep for battle system; new powerbits explode-pool
February 22nd, 2010
- A quest:N prereq has been added
February 19th, 2010
- +want/here will show wants/wanted-by for your character, limited to people in their current location
- +compare and +challenge rewritten (no change to functionality)
February 14th, 2010
- +recycle here will mark a room with a new sequence ID (useful for plot rooms and other things re-used without being destroyed)
February 7th, 2010
- +want/del can also take numbers (from +wants)
February 6th, 2010
- Trump caller identification randomized, with support for new powerbits and gifts
- Quest templates for gifts with the quest powerbit; +token/quest extended for this
February 5th, 2010
- The Wanted system
February 2nd, 2010
- Permission to read someone else's quest is now auth list based, and set with +quest/auth
- +token/quest and quest-N powerbits for turning quests into tokens
February 1st, 2010
- +declare can now be used to show quests and quest scenes
January 31st, 2010
- +ed/inc command allows including the text of other things into the editor buffer
- +flag/detach command allows removing tokens from the flagpole
January 29th, 2010
- +powerbits/mine commands lists the powerbits on your gifts
January 28th, 2010
- Support for 'M' (second-tier, mystical) lores
January 27th, 2010
- A door, when +unlock'd, will automatically re-lock after the number of minutes specified by the RELOCK_TIME attribute on that door
- +compare altered to support the gossip-bonus powerbit
January 16th, 2010
- Players automatically have +build message privileges on the exits leading into and out of rooms that they own
- The +link command automates the linking-in of rooms owned by different players
January 9th, 2010
- The +seek set of commands are used to troll for random RP
- Amnesiacs are tracked by central RPG data, rather than by a flag, and this is no longer noted by the look command
January 8th, 2010
- A new packet flag, group, allows "single track" packets, collaboratively shared by a group
- +staff now uses the output format from zzz (showing idle times), and provides instructions if no admins are available
January 6th, 2010
- Quest system
January 1st, 2010
- Prop charters are publicly displayed
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