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 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.
14. Level of healer raised to 100.
15. Sailor can now gain.
16. New Socials added (type socials to see what they are)
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. (??)
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)
28. Clan Sehkma added.
29. Help Mephiston, Help SEHKMA added. (Mephiston)
30. Scan command added.
31. Guild command lowered to level 93.
32. gouge, chop, bite, melee, brawl, guard, kung fu, leg sweep, endurance, uppercut, war cry, tumbling, feint, distract, avoidance skills added. (Smote)
33. Dual wield and dual 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)
41. Helps for skills (from #32) added. (Smote)
42. Help DAMAGE updated. (Smote)
43. Lore implemented. (Smote)
44. Appraise skill added. (Smote)
45. Info channel added. (Rimbol)
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 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)
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 1997
64. OnLine Creation with Mob Programs! (Ivan)
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)
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 -- 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)
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)
80. Improved sockets command added. (Stumpy/Silverhand)
81. Automated auction channel added. (Erwin)
82. Automated auction channel removed. (Smote)
83. Command disabling added. (Erwin/Rimbol)

September 1997
84. Clan ranking system added. (Rimbol)

October 1997
85. Ranger skills forage, torch, first aid, shelter, detoxify, tame have been added. (Rimbol)
86. Imm command Omni added. (Prism)
87. New races and classes added, along with pwipe. (Smote)
88. Basic 4 classes had skill levels redone. (Smote)
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)
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)
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)
99. Assassins can now use bounty hunter commands. Bounty payoff added (Smote)
100. Adjustable reset lengths for areas implemented. (Smote)