CoffeeMud Changelog

What's new in CoffeeMud 5.8.5

Dec 30, 2014

Sailing ship creation and distribution now actually works.
Sailing Ships are now only as fast as their item's "ability" score. (1 means 1 move per tick, etc)
Sailing Ships now properly count as Property for the purposes of certain spells and skills.
Shipwright can retitle/redescribe sailing ship rooms now.
Improvement to context-usage when targeting items, mobs, or exits, e.g.: look item.3
MUDGrinder item adder/editor will now only show options appropriate to the area theme -- keep this in mind!
There is now a mundane/player version of the STAT command for -- wait for it -- viewing character stats
Several electronic/tech/space editor fields finally added to MUDGrinder item editor.
ShopKeeper view now shows more useful information about ships for sale.
New resource: aluminum

New in CoffeeMud 5.8.4 (Dec 10, 2014)

Database Schema Updated for CMBKLG and CMCLIT. See the Installation Guide about running DBUpgrade.
Channels now save their back messages to the database for perpetual enjoyment. See DISABLE,CHANNELBACKLOG in coffeemud.ini.
Bit geeky, but exposed the Cross Class skill analysis and Recovery Rates analysis from MUDGrinder (char class and control panel respec)
Scroll Scribing is now available to low level mages and arcanists for limited scroll making, and new transcribing feature.
Bankers can now handle deposited containers as a single deposited object. Players can now have their safety deposit box type thingys.
Weaving has gotten a little recipe love; not much, but a little.
New Delver chant: Magma Cannon
Broken limbs are now a thing, but not as severe as amputation. Falling and taking damage will cause it. Bandaging and healing can help.
New Charlatan skills: Break A Leg, Monologue, Cast Blocking, Strike The Set, Upstage, Exit Stage Left, Curtain Call, Ad Lib
New Expertise: Acting
New Alterer spells: Polymorph Object, Magic Bullet, Flame Arrow, Shape Object, Keen Edge, Fabricate
New Illusionist spells: Color Spray, Disguise Undead, Disguise Self, Disguise Other, Simulacrum, Invisibility Sphere
New Abjurer spell: Anti-Plant Shell
New Evoker spells: Purge Invisibility, Helping Hand, Produce Flame, Forceful Hand, Pocket
New Conjurer spells: Watchful Hound, Insect Plague
New Cleric spells: Death Guard, Death Knell, Sense Injury, Anti Undead Field, Hold Undead, Incite the Dead
More Cleric spells: Mercy, Awaken, Dream Feast, Corpse Walk, True Resurrection, Devourer Curse, Snake Staff
Even More Cleric spells: Protection from Outsiders, Unholy Portent, Joyous Rapture, Protection from Curses, Bloatbomb
New Oracle spells: Sense Faithful, Speak with Dead
New Purist spells: Judgement, Piety Curse, Sanctimonious
New Shaman spells: Refuge
New Assassin skills: Two Dagger Fighting, Cut Throat, Dagger Defense, Deep Cut, Dagger Specialization
Tons of new animal noise languages added, and tacked onto various races as racial abilities. New MudChat possibilities for animals!
New Ranger skills: Camouflage, Repel Vermin (chant), Delay Poison, Sense Snares and Pits, Set Snare, Air Wall
More Ranger skills: Speak with Animals, Hunters Endurance, Bow Specialization, Fierce Companions
Trap and Bombs can now be utilized as useable Abilities -- weird, but there ya go.
New Paladin skills/prayers: Resurrect Mount, Hammer of Light, Abiding Aura, Paladin's Mount, Command Horse, Heal Mount, Holy Strike
New Fighter skills: Toughness, Toughness II, Toughness III, Desperate Moves
Beyond new skills, mage specialists and some clerics have had their spell lists tinkered with to make them a bit better
STAT command now allows CHARSTATS for some number table happiness.
AUTOINVOKE command now allows masks for multiple skills
All Fighter classes now get a nice little XP bonus for winning duels (and not between two chars on same account!).
Although somewhat Beta-ish, there are now GenSailingShip items for large multi-room sailing ships. See Archon's Guide.
New Locales: Sea Port, for Sailing Ship sales locations, and WoodenDeck for non-resource outdoor room, OceanGrid, and OceanThinGrid.

New in CoffeeMud 5.8.3 (Oct 27, 2014)

Database Schema Updated for CMCHAR.CMDESC and CMCHAR.CMCHID. See the Installation Guide about running DBUpgrade.
(FakeDB): DBUpgrade is now application independent, and can handle big tables better. See installation guide for new recommended usage.
Generic Character Classes now support starting money values. (Standard support requires code).
Socials action cost can now be controlled and tweeked from ini file/control panel.
MiniWebServer renamed to CoffeeWebServer -- so many path/name changes! Also upgraded to 2.2.
Clan Position-based effects/abilities implemented. Standard Powers also still apply.
Random Generator now supports post-processing tags in XML, MERGE parameters and NODETYPE_[dir] tags. See example.xml re-organization.
Portals can now be entered using the CLIMB skill, and their put, mount, and dismount strings are modifiable.
New Property: Prop_Climbable - use for making rooms, exits, or portals require climbing (and benefit from ropes and ladders).
New Guide in guides/randomareas.html. Also, random races are easier to build now.
New Assassin skill: Scratch, for doing very very little damage without entering combat.
moter behavior's "inroom" parameter changed to comma delimited -- it just wasn't working the other way.
Scriptable GET_PROG is now functional on container items, as it will match the item being retreived, not the container.
Default XP chart (lists.ini) modified to make low levels faster, and level off around 5k per level.
WanderHomeLater property expanded into more usefulness -- about 8 new parameters added.
FireBuilding now gained by all classes at level 1.
QUESTS command, used by an admin, can target other players to get info about them. See AHELP QUESTS for more info on this.
New property Prop_Uncampable -- prevents a mob or room from respawning if non-admin players are present.
VIEW will now notify users if the armor they are interested in is too large or too small for them to wear.
Player description 256 char limit is now gone. New limit is 128k, expandable in code.
QUALIFY command now has CRAFTING and NON-CRAFTING optional parameters.
RESET command can now be used to reset player/account passwords using RESET PASSWORD syntax, assuming both cmdplayers and reset security.
STAT [player name] and MODIFY PLAYER [name] will now show common account information. It was so annoying not having this.
Account Manager in MUDGrinder now has a page to create massive numbers of accounts. Done for a teacher who emailed me once.
Races now include an isRideable flag to help inform mob class choice during character creation. Make rideable players!
To go along with the above: Centaur is now a playable race.
New Ranger chant: Resuscitate Companion
New GENERATEable themes in /resources/randreas/example.xml: forest, jungle, desert, swamp, mountains, snow, plains
New Behavior: TaxiBehavior. Also, Concierge has more optional arguments.
Geeky MOBPROG change: can now Read variables in the global scope from script in a local scope when variable is not defined locally. No writing!
Item container types now have their "defaultsClosed" property modifiable, instead of implied.
Lock command will now close the thing first, if it's not closed.
Expanded GMCP support to include char.items package, support for mal-formed core.hello, room.wrongdir, and a few others.
New Armor-Item type: StdThinArmor and GenThinArmor -- see Archon's Guide for more information.
Jewelmaking can now make jewelry that Requires piercings from BodyPierce. Works off new class GenEarring.
ScrimShaw got some serious love, becoming only common skill that can make doppleganger items at high levels.
Prop_Doppleganger now supports ASMATERIAL argument to alter the way stats are calculated.
New expertise: Shadow -- for lower cost sneaking and hiding
Wimpy hit point score goes up and down with level hit point gains, maintaining roughly same percentage between levels.
New Misc effect: Loyalty, for making mobs return to and follow players. Prayer "Feed the Dead" and others will use it to protect companions.
New Beastmaster chant: Give Life -- similar to feed the dead, leading perhaps to an animal follower role for that class.
New Archon command: EVERY, similar to AT, but allows applying a command to multiple rooms, and multiple targets in each room.
(Internal) Adjusted caps on spell effects based on level is now about 20 min, and about an hour after max adjustments. (Mostly affects Archons)

New in CoffeeMud 5.8.2 (Jun 17, 2014)

Database Schema Updated! Run DBUpgrade, OR manually alter table CMCHCL to add CMCLSTS (see appropriate schema file)
CMServer has "FILE" command now for directory browsing/manipulation
GenAbility additions: can now alter default duration of effect skills, and whether the damage/healing/extra casts happen periodically.
Added an example of a "Channeling" mechanic to spells, though it's pointless with the default combat system. See GenAbility and Spell_ChannelingMissiles/
Coffeemud now has a Char/Account approval system. Use expiration system w/trialdays of . Archons are notified of expired/unapproved users.
Clan-Player level PVP ranking support in clans. CLANKILLS and CLANPVPKILLS commands added. ClanData WebMacro capable of the same.
Clan forums and web sites supported -- see CLANWEBSITES and CLANFORUMDATA in coffeemud.ini file. Still thinking about how clan leaders could modify it.
Fighter classes now have armor & shield specializations, plus new expertises (Focuses) to allow wearing/wielding of slightly higher level items
Players and Accounts now track PVPs, Rooms explored, mins played, xp & qp gained, and quests completed. Main web page or TOP command to see winners.
Embedded MiniWebServer upgraded to .
Regen rate formulas are now in INI/control panel. New formula allows faster recovery, esp at higher levels.
PROMPT command now allows you to include current and max action points per tick %p and %P
A simple fantasy name generator is now included for account and character names.
New combat system: TURNBASED -- rather simple and beta-y for now. Comments/Suggestions welcome.
New disable flag: ALL_AGEING to disable the ageing system
Script commands requiring location specifiers (mpat, mpgoto, mptransfer, mpechoat, etc) can find mobile mobs better using new syntax with the AT (@) sign. For example, mptransfer $n hassan@midgaard#
New Fighter skill: Weapon Sharpening (for a small damage bonus)
Containers of all sorts now expose modifiable "open delay ticks".
Localization has been amended, and partially redone. See the FAQ for more info. The new scheme should make CM much more localizeable in the future.
GMODIFY now supports change=destroy=true to obliterate objects matched!
Scriptable MPOLOAD, MPMLOAD, and MPOLOADROOM can now source from a autogen-formatted xml file (such as those for the GENERATE) command.
Random generation system (GENERATE command) now supports random races! See example.xml for more details.
Follower behavior has new flag: NOFOLLOWERS
Obesity can now also be cured by simple starvation.
Can now disable factions that have already been spread amongst the mobs using DISABLE= entry in coffeemud.ini file.
Ship Component Tech install skill (AstroEngineering) done-ish... like all tech, it's subject to change without notice.
Area editor for planets now includes space positioning editors, including relative positioning calculators.
List command now includes SPACE, SPACESHIPS, SPACESHIPAREAS, MOONS, PLANETS, and STARS
Create/Modify/Destroy can now be used to create and alter objects in outer space.
Several new "shortcut" item and area types for space: moon, gasgiant, star, dwarfstar, massivestar, planet, moonlet, asteroid, etc.
MoneyChanger behavior can now discount currency by its distant origin (farther planet is from origin of currency, less its worth).

New in CoffeeMud 5.8.1 (Mar 14, 2014)

**** Database Schema Changes Were Made **** Make sure you follow the Installation Guide to upgrade your database.
QuestManager "STEP"ping feature now supports "STEP AUTO" to have steps proceed based on duration instead of MOBPROG triggers.
Areas and Rooms now support "atmosphere" to designate what players have available for breathing.
Rooms "climate" is now an editable feature, usually inherited from the area Climate, but modifiable at will.
Races now designate what sort of resource they can breathe, which means GenRaces have a new field you can edit.
New Archon command: JCONSOLE, for playing around with javascript commands (and accessing your muds running systems!!)
New Forum features: All Forums Search, and better threading for all searches.
Can now disable CharStats (attribute) display
New WebMacros: IsDisabled, CatalogCatNext
New Artisan skills: Master Drilling, M. Farming, M. Fishing, M. Foraging, M. Mining, M. Shearing, M. Chopping, M. Butchering
More New Artisan Skills: Master Cooking, M. FoodPrep, M. Baking, M. Distilling -- make more than one dish at a time!
Split command will now double as GET [AMOUNT] from [BUNDLE] (kept getting requests to add a split command, though GET worked).
And yet more Artisan Goodness: Animal Husbandry -- lots of race baby naming and aging-system tweaking behind this simple funness.
Crafting Skill owners can now LIST ALL to see what recipes are coming down the road.
Catalog items and mobs can now be flagged in categories (does not change the global unique name rule).
Catalog items and mobs can now be accessed via the VFS at /resources/catalog/mobs/.. and /resources/catalog/items/.. as CMARE files.
Some new multiclassing system options: NO-BASE, NO-SUBONLY, NO-[X], and NO-GRP-[X] -- see the coffeemud.ini
SHELL command now (finally) supports diff (thanks google code!).
Similar to #, the entire world map, w/ cmare files, is in VFS at /resources/map/... along with editable properties files.
(Tech) numerous gun and shield types created -- most of them templates for a murder-motel-type game
PRIVATE setting in coffeemud.ini expanded to allow moving players and area objects between hosts.
You can now YELL in a direction, which expands by the number of rooms you are heard in, and which way.
IMPORT now accepts zip files containing *.cmare files.
Say command: if a player speaks same language as person being addressed is speaking, they will try to speak it.
Also, untargeted speaking, when only one other person is in the room, will assume to be addressing them. New DISABLE=AUTOLANGUAGE
(Tech) New TriCorder item (portable computer). Also, internally, class names and locations are shifting as tech takes shape.
New GENERATEable area target in /resources/randreas/example.xml: random_dungeon (rand level, theme, aggro, size, etc)
For those using account system, can now register for an account from ANY page in the forum system (really an oversight)
New GENERATEable themes in /resources/randreas/example.xml: town, orcs, trolls, and goblins. Also, lots of work done to fill it all out.
New DISABLE flags: IMC I3 -- alternative means to turn them off. At runtime, it puts those systems into idle.
Another DISABLE flag: NEWCHARACTERS -- used for account-based muds to turn off (or not) char creation when NEWPLAYERS (accts) are.
: Disguise now checks badnameslist
IndoorWaterSurface now generates IndoorUnderWaterGrid - would normally shy from this as a backward compatibility issue, but its an oversight.
New locales: IndoorUnderWaterGrid, IndoorUnderWaterThinGrid, and IndoorWaterThinSurface classes
Can now export/import entire accounts
Quests will now save/restore their suspended status.
Characters logged out for over 1 mud year will not have their age advance more than year. See SLOW_AGEING DISABLE flag to revert to previous alg.
Archons can now use MODIFY command to set one/all skill proficiencies to a set value.
Prop_Doppleganger has new parms to help you fine-tune who the mob considers for part of duplication.
Emote now has the ability to add special codes to alter how your emote is seen in context.

New in CoffeeMud 5.8.0 (Jul 22, 2013)

CoffeeMud and MiniWebServer are now integrated -- this means a much faster and better web service all around.
Character Classes now use formulas for mana, movement, and hit point gains/losses.
Character Class race/stat requirements can now be modified separately from qualifications mask. Race qualifications shown in help now.
Changed the wysiwyg forum editor to one that's also chrome compatible (nicEdit)
Generic Abilities will now import/export when races that use them export
(Internal) New factions now default into /resources/factions -- legacy locations will work too though.
New Channel flag (ACCOUNTOOC) to force account names instead of channel names into messages.
(Internal) randomdata.xml now at /resources/randareas/example.xml -- update your random area files and random Areas!
MUD Logging to separate files now has more options, such as rolling logs based on entries or bytes, etc.
Web Forum system now supports participation by empty Accounts (if using the account system), and web subscribe/unsubscribe
Consolidated Session and Tick threads: check new coffeemud.ini file for new MAXWORKERTHREADS and MINWORKERTHREADS. Major drop in thread usage!
MUDGrinder Control Panel now supports Debug flags, and the whole flag business has been put into its own "Tab"
Web Server now supports @for?@ @next@ loops! See the web server guide for usage, or checkout an example in control.cmvp
MUDGrinder Control Panel "Channels" editor is now much friendlier and easy to use.
CoffeeMud now supports MSDP as specified at the tintin sourceforge web site
Siplet now also supports MSDP, in an undocumented, testable sorta way. Usage \MSDP ([JSON OBJECT]). Example: \MSDP {"LIST":"LISTS"}
The "sessions" archon command has been replaced with "list sessions". On the bright side, all of the LIST [X] parms now have their own help entries.
JavaScript embedded in Scriptable scripts can now access all the Scriptable commands and functions from within JavaScript. See the Scriptable Guide.
CoffeeMud now has a working computer console, working power source for the computer, and working example software. New command: TYPE for interacting.
(No documentation, MUDGrinder support, and limited editor supp for Tech so far. To use computer, create elecpanel, put battery inside, then activate computer)
Bards songs/dances/plays now show an ambiance during performances (depending on the viewers ability to hear, of course).
MUDGrinder Factions Manager now allows pre-loaded faction toggling.
The changelog.txt has been reformatted, and is slightly easier to read now!
CoffeeMud now supports GMCP according to CMUD and Aardwolf specs. SHELL .edit command supports GMCP editor -- I'll look for other places for it later.
Siplet now also supports GMCP, in an undocumented, testable sorta way. Usage \GMCP [PACKAGE] ([JSON OBJECT]). Example: \GMCP core.supports.set ["char 1"]
Scriptable now has an "arrive_prog" to handle situations with mobile mobs.
(Internal) the entire login, char creation/account creation process is now asynchronous
Thiefs have new "small" pit traps that, unlike normal pit traps, only trigger when you move through a room instead of when you enter.
New INI entry 'DEFAULTPARENTAREA' for automatically giving new areas (or existing ones) that use the global clock to a default parent area.
CoffeeMud will now convert MSP tags to MXP SOUND tags if the session supports both, allowing us to hear sounds in CMUD/ZMUD once again.
New commands for moving in space ships: foreward, portside, aft, above, below, and starboard. Compass versions included of course.
When entering "?" in the Affects/Behaviors command line modifier, it will now highlight the appropriate abilities/behaviors. It's awesome!
New Property: Prop_ImproveGather, for modifying the yield of gathering skills based on masks

New in CoffeeMud 5.7.10 (Feb 18, 2013)

New in CoffeeMud 5.7.9 (Sep 11, 2012)

New in CoffeeMud 5.7.8 (Sep 10, 2012)

New in CoffeeMud 5.7.7 (Sep 1, 2012)

New in CoffeeMud 5.7.6 (Apr 24, 2012)

New in CoffeeMud 5.7.5 (Nov 5, 2011)

New in CoffeeMud 5.7.0 (Mar 10, 2011)

New Property (From 5.x snippets): Prop_IceBox (thx Robert!)
CharStats can now be customized with ADDCHARSTAT_ in coffeemud.ini file.
New Commands (From 4.x snippets): Experience, Wealth (thx again Robert)
RawMaterial can now be customized with ADDMATERIAL_ in coffeemud.ini file.
Wearable can now be customized with ADDWEARLOC_ in coffeemud.ini file.
Only Artisan's learn the Master common skills now. Other classes have their common skill levels lowered.
New language: Sign Language
New ZapperMask(s): -CHANCE
New Property(s): PresenceReaction (for new faction reaction system, etc.)
New Mage Spell(s): Awe Other, Shrink Mouth (-- it's back! where did it go, anyway?)
Factions now have new mob modification system similar to affects/behaviors: reactions
New automated MOB reaction system -- see coffeemud.ini under REACTION, and the guide under FACTIONS for more info.
Factions now have lots of new triggers: KILL, BRIBE, TALK, MUDCHAT, ARRESTED
Faction triggers support parameters; see one of the new faction.ini files for details
New Prayer for Healers: Divine Constitution
STAT commands now supports: FACTIONS, ROOMSEXPLORED, AREASEXPLORED, WORLDEXPLORED
PROMPT now supports new codes to display all manner of personal variables.
Abilities/GenAbilities now support delays between allowed invocations
New Thief Skill: Turf War!
Run-time compiled java from LOAD command will now display any compile errors to user.
Socials now support various item-type target options.
New Multi-Character account system -- see COMMONACCOUNTSYSTEM in ini file.
a.Can now LIST, CREATE, DESTROY, and MODIFY ACCOUNTS
b.For transition muds: char selection IMPORT command lets players import their old chars to new accounts.
c.EXPIRATION system works with accounts, when common account system is enabled.
New command: LOGOUT/LOGOFF -- exits back to login prompt/char selection
New INI entry: EXVIEW, for selecting types of exit views for the players
XP Bonuses for killing HL targets will only apply if player/mob close to highest level players level.
New Forum system -- see FORUMJOURNALS entry in the coffeemud.ini file
BIG fakedb upgrade: indexing, multi-keys, ORDER BY, LIKE, COUNT, complex WHERE conditions, optomizations. ** Real DB is still better.

New in CoffeeMud 5.6.1 (Apr 23, 2010)

New in CoffeeMud 5.6.0 (Apr 19, 2010)

New Property (From 5.x snippets): Prop_IceBox (thx Robert!)
CharStats can now be customized with ADDCHARSTAT_ in coffeemud.ini file.
New Commands (From 4.x snippets): Experience, Wealth (thx again Robert)
RawMaterial can now be customized with ADDMATERIAL_ in coffeemud.ini file.
Wearable can now be customized with ADDWEARLOC_ in coffeemud.ini file.
Only Artisan's learn the Master common skills now. Other classes have their common skill levels lowered.
New language: Sign Language
New ZapperMask(s): -CHANCE
New Property(s): PresenceReaction (for new faction reaction system, etc.)
New Mage Spell(s): Awe Other, Shrink Mouth (-- it's back! where did it go, anyway?)
Factions now have new mob modification system similar to affects/behaviors: reactions
New automated MOB reaction system -- see coffeemud.ini under REACTION, and the guide under FACTIONS for more info.
Factions now have lots of new triggers: KILL, BRIBE, TALK, MUDCHAT, ARRESTED
Faction triggers support parameters; see one of the new faction.ini files for details
New Prayer for Healers: Divine Constitution
STAT commands now supports: FACTIONS, ROOMSEXPLORED, AREASEXPLORED, WORLDEXPLORED
PROMPT now supports new codes to display all manner of personal variables.
Abilities/GenAbilities now support delays between allowed invocations
New Thief Skill: Turf War!
Run-time compiled java from LOAD command will now display any compile errors to user.
Socials now support various item-type target options.
New Multi-Character account system -- see COMMONACCOUNTSYSTEM in ini file.
a.Can now LIST, CREATE, DESTROY, and MODIFY ACCOUNTS
b.For transition muds: char selection IMPORT command lets players import their old chars to new accounts.
c.EXPIRATION system works with accounts, when common account system is enabled.
New command: LOGOUT/LOGOFF -- exits back to login prompt/char selection
New INI entry: EXVIEW, for selecting types of exit views for the players
XP Bonuses for killing HL targets will only apply if player/mob close to highest level players level.
New Forum system -- see FORUMJOURNALS entry in the coffeemud.ini file
BIG fakedb upgrade: indexing, multi-keys, ORDER BY, LIKE, COUNT, complex WHERE conditions, optomizations. ** Real DB is still better.
Raw material resources can now have effects (for eat/drink/whatever)
CL Editor for weapons/armor will now automatically rebalance damage/value/etc whenever level is changed.
Web Catalog: can substitute a user-selectable column (damage, basegold, etc) and sort by it.
Two new NOCACHE entries in coffeemud.ini file: FILERESOURCES, CATALOG (for you memory conscious people)
Internal: slight improvement to db connection management that should improve memory use.
MUDSTATE variable in coffeemud.ini file has changed. Please update your ini files!
CLASSSYSTEM has been expanded with another apprentice-based set of choices.
New command: MPRUN -- for Archons to run Scriptable scripts, and for use in automated testing.
Help on classes and races give much of same details as found on web now.
Channel HELP entries are automatically generated.
CoffeeMud's bugs were all cured, at public expense.

New in CoffeeMud 5.5.5 (Apr 10, 2010)

New INI entries: DEFAULTPLAYERFLAGS, FORMULA_* for combat formulas, RECOVERRATE
New DISABLE flags: AUTODISEASE, WEATHER, WEATHERNOTIFIES, WEATHERCHANGES
RESET MOBSTATS and RESET ITEMSTATS have been documented for normalizing combat stats
Character classes, and mob stats have been rebalanced along pre-3.0 lines. This makes hl PVP possible.
Thieves and Fighters are most altered classes.
Mobs are an average of players now.
Combat Fudge Factors are more strict, effective, and rational.
Bonuses from stats are capped by the players current Max Stat value. Period.
Use RESET MOBSTATS WORLD command to pull your mobs into compliance.
This will, as a side affect, reset all area content to db baseline.
CoffeeMud now supports critical hits for spells and physical damage: high int supports former, and high dex the later.
New Zappermasks: +BASECLASS, -MOOD, +MOOD
New DEBUG flag: HTTPACCESS, SMTPCLIENT
SMTPSERVERNAME ini entry expanded to allow SMTP auth support.
Siplet now supports multiple windows.
Players can now get HELP on deities by name.
Rhino (Javascript library) upgraded to 1.7R2
Several new Oracle Prayers added for sensing the skills of others
Behaviors ItemRefitter,ItemMender,ItemIdentifier have COST parameter now.
New DISABLE flags: EQUIPSIZE, AUTOPURGE, MSSP
WEAR command now supports specified wear locations.
New Locales: CaveGrid, WetCaveGrid
Note (coffeemud.ini): I3EMAIL and I3STATE changed to ADMINEMAIL and MUDSTATE
CoffeeMud now supports MSSP request at login (not the telnet code version -- kept colliding with mccp in tintin)
STAT command now supports titles.
Dye now supports light and bright colorings. Various other recipes trickled in here and there.
Wand magic words are now from lists.ini -- your players will need to relearn their trigger words.
New Scriptable command: MPMONEY, MPHEAL
Remorted chars get a single random max stat bonus point, instead of one to everything.
CharClasses now support max/caps in common skills, crafting skills, non-crafting common skills, and languages.
Injury text is a bit more decorated now. (Thanks gmdenna!)
Many many more mxp images scrounged up, and several old ones replaces with better ones. There is a light at the end of the tunnel!
A whole years worth of bugs fixed.

New in CoffeeMud 5.5.2 (May 12, 2009)

Journal Show All Messages allows batch processing now
I3 will now properly respond to chan-user-req, and has a new default server in the ini
trailto supports nohomes flag now.
Crafting Expertises are no longer such a hideous hit on the time required
Wimpy can now accept a percentage of hit points as an argument
Messing up a mending now results in a partial mend.
Clarify Scroll now has a ceiling, to help balance against mages.
New Shaman Prayer: Cleanliness
Replay will now show the commands you entered also.
New Command Journal option: confirm
New Zapper Mask: GROUPSIZE
Catalog System has lots of new features -- faster, usage counters, & auto updating your map
Catalog command has new parameters: scan, dbscan, overlook, dboverlook
New player command: PAGEBREAK. Also, pagebreak and linewrap added to CONFIG command.
You can also enter x, quit, or exit at the pagebreak prompt to stop output.
LIST LOG now streams its data for extreme speed.
Players more than 10X fatigued will have a 1% chance/tick to fall under the sleep spell.
New Spells: Dispel Divination, Teleport Object
Players will be notified when users on FRIENDS list log off, just like logins.
FieryRoom Behavior tick parms apply to damage now, instead of room destruction (other parms for that anyway).
CL Player Editor now allows Quest-Scripts to be Removed manually (to fix players with bad quest scripts attached to them)
MG Catalog Manager will now show "most popular" area for stuff, and allows sorting by column
Common text files (intro.txt, newchar.txt, rules.txt, etc) are sent through webmacro system now -- add macros!
Behavior MobReSave now saves/restores a mobs charstats.
Thief Mark skill can now unmark, BodyPiercing can now "heal" piercings,
You can Leech yourself now, always Hide from sleeping mobs, and assassinate packs a larger punch.
If a cage containing a mob is opened and left open -- the creature will now escape in 30 ticks (2 min)!
New Prayer: Sense Alergies
Internal: Some time/CPU control has been implemented for skills that require scanning the whole map (like Teleport
or Gate, etc. This means that for large maps, players may notice those skills have gotten much "slower", though
in reality, it will help your mud support more people doing such things.
New Disable Flags: DBERRORQUESTART, DBERRORQUE, CATALOGCACHE
New LIST parameter: SCRIPTS (for finding script usages and scriptables in your world)
Help money/currency/etc will show local currency. help world currency shows all active currencies.
Scriptable codes $h/$H $s/$S added to support him/her. LOG command also changed to prevent spoofing.
Quests now save their authors, if the questmaker is used.
Cooking will now give slightly more specific names to the final recipe (Fried Water Fowl instead of Fried Poultry, etc)
Channel socials can now target Cataloged mobs (targetting other out-of-room mobs would have required a world scan)
CoffeeTables STATS system will now gather statistics on quests, though some stats require mobprog "hooks" to gather.
The templates for the questmaker have been updated.
Necromancers will now be notified of the deaths of mobs nearby and of other players online.
Players will now get a message if they attempt to put on armor outside their class restrictions. Messages are in lists.ini
ShopKeepers can now sell multiple-types of items. Conflicting types are resolved when set.
CommandJournals now support SCRIPT= flag to allow you to scrip entries into your journal. An example for BUG is included.
New Death/Flee consequence: ASTRAL_RES -- same as ASTRAL, but players can use ENTER [body] to self-res.
New Area type: StdThinInstance. Yep, CoffeeMud supports real-life instances now! Check out the Archon Guide for more info.
CharClass ability mappings now support "maximum proficiency" values per skill.
New un-qualified-for Skill: Flee -- just calls the Flee command, but can be used as a replacement of the command if set up properly.
New un-qualified-for Common Skill: ScrollScribing -- inferior to the scribe skill, but ties into metacrafting!
Random object generator done. See HELP GENERATE, and play around with it. Let me know if this is interesting in any way.
EXPORT command now supports single players by name.
I changed the name of a few of the library interfaces, so make sure you follow the
part of the upgrade instructions regarding deleting your old "com" directory before
running the new build.
CoffeeMud-bug values dropped 700 points in overnight debugging.