Aarchon MUD - Changes


Below is an index of (mostly) all of the changes we've made since the beginning of Aarchon. The changes are sorted in chronological order with the credits listed after each change. While most of the more current code changes were done by own immortal staff, many of the early changes included bug fixes and updates that were circulated throughout the community. We try our best to credit the original author(s) of the work.


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September - October 2011
We've made these improvements(?!) to Rom24b4a:
June 11, 1997:
1. Trust now goes to 100, Advance to 99.
2. Maximum damage raised to 3000.
3. Players can now group only within 15 levels.
4. Players' corpses go to temple upon death. (Belar)
5. New damage messages added.
6. Maximum stat raised to 35.
7. Maximum level raised to 100.
8. Gun weapon type added. (Siva)
9. 30 races added.
10. Bard, Ranger, Gunslinger classes added.
11. Mage weapon switched to polearm.
12. Clan Morningstar added.
13. Names in mudschool changed.
June 12, 1997:
14. Level of healer raised to 100.
15. Sailor can now gain.
16. New Socials added (type socials to see what they are)
June 13, 1997:
17. Remove all added. (FRiTZ)
18. gtell now echoes to sender. (Smote)
19. socials command now have page breaks. (Smote)
20. Now need a dagger to backstab.
21. Circle skill added. (mocat)
22. Clan Vertigo added.
23. Donate command added. (??)
June 14, 1997:
24. New skills added: Divine Light, Holy Binding, Feeblemind,
Pacify, Astral Projection, Detect Astral. (Siva)
25. New skills added: Fear and Betray. (Huang)
26. Hide and sneak have failure messages.
27. New Gunslinger skills added: Rustle Grub, Dowsing. (Siva)
June 15, 1997:
28. Clan Sehkma added.
June 18, 1997:
29. Help MEPHISTON, Help SEHKMA added. (Mephiston)
30. Scan command added.
31. Guild command lowered to level 93.
June 21, 1997:
32. gouge, chop, bite, melee, brawl, guard, kung fu,
leg sweep, endurance, uppercut, war cry, tumbling,
feint, distract, avoidance skills added. (Smote)
33. duel wield and duel daggers skills added. (Smote + Erwin)
34. new affect bits added. (Smote)
35. Title can be configured not to change each level (Smote)
36. Help PERMISSIONS added. (Siva)
37. `[' is now a shortcut for clan channel. (Smote)
38. Kick skill does more damage. (Smote)
39. New damage messages added. (Smote)
40. Mudschool items weigh less. (Rimbol)
June 25, 1997
41. Helps for skills (from #32) added. (Smote)
42. Help DAMAGE updated. (Smote)
43. Lore implemented. (Smote)
44. Appraise skill added. (Smote)
June 29, 1997
45. Info channel added. (Rimbol)
July 4, 1997
46. Reverse exits no longer log as bugs. (Smote)
47. Identify now level dependent. (Smote)
48. Cure blindness cures gouge. (Smote)
49. Sustenance skill added. (Rimbol)
50. Hunt skill added. (Mikko et al)
51. Color added. (Lope)
52. Donate nows gives only 1 silver piece. (Siva)
53. Spell and skill levels reassigned. (Siva)
54. Help BIGLIST added. (Siva)
July 5, 1997
55. Quest code added. (Addams)
56. Necromancy group (damned blade, animate dead,
turn undead, necrosis, dominate soul,
cannibalism, ritual sacrifice) added. (Smote)
57. Bank and commands deposit, withdraw, balance added. (Jek)
58. "color" command added, same as "colour" (Siva)
59. Sacrifice responses now read "Siva" instead of "Mota." (Siva)
60. Aff bits now display properly under stat. (Smote)
July 13, 1997
61. Clan Scarab and Clan [Quirky] added. (Siva)
62. Help NECROMANCY added. (Smote)
63. Spells added: cure mortal, minor group heal, group heal,
major group heal, restoration, angel smite. (Quirky and Tryste)
63. Cure Light, Cure Serious, Cure Critical heal more hit
points. (Quirky and Tryste)
August 19, 1997
64. OnLine Creation with Mob Programs! (Ivan)
August 20, 1997
65. Bounty code. (FRiTZ)
66. Drunk Talk (Apex)
67. Explosives, ignite, create bomb (Rimbol)
68. Smoke blindness caused by fire breath dracs is now removable
with the cure blindness spell. (Rimbol)
August 21, 1997
69. Permanent pkill flag added, replacing stock ROM link between
clan membership and pkill. (Rimbol)
70. Who and whois now show "HER" for hero players (lvl 91). (Rimbol)
71. Pkills no longer give an experience penalty to the victim or
a gain to the attacker. (Rimbol)
72. Steal has been ripped apart and rebuilt. It should now actually
do what was intended -- and those without the skill cannot get a
(THIEF) flag. (Rimbol)
73. [INFO] has been upgraded, let's call this version 2. (Rimbol)
74. Support for bombs and guns added to OLC. (Smote)
75. Mob Prog triggers added for dropped bombs and exploding bombs. (Smote)
76. Hot Reboot added (copyover command). (Erwin)
August 22, 1997
77. 12 stock areas removed and 7 RomLama areas added. (Smote)
78. Online social editor (sedit) added. (Erwin)
79. Bounty hunter mobs and Bounty List command. (Smote)
August 23, 1997
80. Improved sockets command added. (Stumpy/Silverhand)
81. Automated auction channel added. (Erwin)
August 24, 1997
82. Automated auction channel removed. (Smote) We've made these improvements(?!) to Rom24b4a:
June 11, 1997:
83. Command disabling added. (Erwin/Rimbol)
September 14, 1997
84. Clan ranking system added. (Rimbol)
October 16, 1997
85. Ranger skills forage, torch, first aid, shelter, detoxify, tame
added. (Rimbol)
86. Imm command Omni added. (Prism)
October 22, 1997
87. New races and classes added, along with pwipe. (Smote)We've made these
improvements(?!) to Rom24b4a:
88. Basic 4 classes had skill levels redone. (Smote)We've made these
improvements(?!) to Rom24b4a:
June 11, 1997:
89. Gunslingers, Rangers, and Bards removed until they are finished. (Smote)
90. Base creation points upped to 50. Initial trains set to 20. (Smote)
91. New race help files. (Swayde)
October 23, 1997
92. Guild code now works for classes sharing guilds. (Smote)
93. Tick length shortened to 30 seconds. (Smote)
94. Sacrifices are now made to your clan patron. (Smote)
95. Xp, alignment, and grouping modified. Hours penalty removed. (Smote)
October 24, 1997
96. New directions, northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest added. (Smote)
97. Info can now be used by Demigods and greater. (Smote)
98. Heal messages sent to sleepers. (Smote)
October 25, 1997
99. Assassins can now use bounty hunter commands. Bounty payoff added. (Smote)
October 26, 1997
100. Adjustable reset lengths for areas implemented. (Smote)
101. Pardon bounty and pardon pkill added. (Smote)
102. Areas in testing - 4 or lower security - immune to quests and teleport.
(Smote)
103. Note to builder added. Note to immortal upped to level 93. (Smote)
104. Default prompt modified. Score and worth show bank balance. (Smote)
105. Shield block required to use shields. (Smote)
October 31, 1997
106. Customizable flags - pflag command - added. (Smote)
(See HELP ALTERATIONS for the more current changes.)