Versions of zMUD (v4.x)

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4.62 9-Jun-97 (last 16-bit version)
  • !!MUSIC(off) and !!SOUND(off) now work
  • fixed error message about "cannot open xxx.mud file" when using connection wizard
  • map files saved to proper directory for new characters
  • fixed settings files that take a long time to save (just read into 4.62 and resave to fix/shrink files)
  • fixed access violation on exit when DDE functions or URL command used
  • Fixed %dde function
  • Fixed access violation in %ddeopen and %ddeclose functions
  • gagged lines no longer trigger activity light in window tab
  • no longer freezes when splitbar dragged to top
  • properly updates screen after splitbar dragged to bottom
  • fixed problem with displaying large fonts on a non-black background (same with status window)
  • status window loads proper font and color when #STW command is used
  • Ctrl-Z after using Find works.
  • <ESC> key closes Find dialog
  • Startup window can now be closed when opened from Help menu
  • Can now change Movement character properly from default
  • Fixed problem with Bold Fonts not displaying
  • Autolog triggers and atconnect alias now properly expand variables
  • Exclamation point ! at end of lines no longer causes crash
  • Fixed access violation when moving after using a teleport portal in mapper
  • Mapper no longer sets "Reload" flag when linking to an existing map file (only when linking to template)
4.61 1-Jun-97 (BETA)
  • Settings for child windows now searched for in zmud root also
  • fixed missing line problem when using vt100 emulation cursor movement
  • Fixed bug in ESC [ A cursor movement
  • Fixed problem with clearing screen messing up scrolling region
  • Fixed problem with Window/Empty not properly refreshing
  • Sound list in MSP settings dialog now displayed properly
  • Save Zone in mapper now saves in proper directory when using directory hierarchy
  • Volume of WAVE and MIDI devices now saved and restored
  • Volume of MSP sounds now relative to max volume set for WAVE and MIDI devices in volume control
  • PgDn/PgUp in editor now work properly
  • Moving multiple character MUD files to new directory structure now works
4.60 28-May-97 (BETA)
  • Added MUD Sound Protocol (MSP) support
  • fixed macros with ~ at beginning so they only append when there is a space in the command line
  • fixed problem with various VT100 codes (like cursor position, and clear screen) when buffer was full
  • fixed problem with MUDs that send CR NULL ESC [0m CR LF (namely, Duris)
  • Tab Stops now align properly
  • fixed "bleeding" of text background color to edge of screen
  • Select All in editor now properly highlights
  • row,col in editor now start at 1,1 instead of 0,0
  • ESC [0;0r should now reset scrolling region properly
  • Removed line length limit for pasting into editor
  • implemented hierarchical settings directory structure
  • now allows _ in words for double-right click selection
4.58 4-May-97
  • Fixed problems with prompt line repeating
  • Fixed problem with repeating lines during looping commands in triggers
  • Fixed problem with screen clearing on reconnect
  • Fixed %ansi in status window
  • #CAP 0 properly ends capture when blank line received
  • Window tabs no longer get messed up when a window is closed
  • Copy Alias and New Alias not longer give "duplicate node" error
  • Now handles missing/null button numbers
  • Print buffer in editor properly prints entire buffer rather than just screen
  • Blank character name no longer sent in response to autolog triggers
  • Enter selects Reconnect, and Esc select Abort buttons when autoreconnecting
  • Selecting text with mouse properly freezes screen while mouse button is held down to prevent scrolling
  • #prompt with undefined variable works properly
  • Blinking text properly doesn't scroll in scrollback
  • Highlighting a blank line highlights entire line on screen
  • Scrolling highlighted lines displays properly
  • Change of directory in editor no longer effects settings directory
4.57 27-Apr-97
  • Plugged many many memory leaks thanks to a new debugger
  • Fixed GPF with VT100 clearscreen
  • Fixed problems with #YESNO and added Cancel button to dialog
  • Fixed several GPFs caused when exiting zMUD
  • ANSI sequences are no longer broken by user commands
  • Fixed several problems with window: and :window: commands
  • Now looks for ZMUD.DAT in the same directory as ZMUD.EXE rather than current directory
  • ~ at beginning of macros appends macro to command line and sends resulting command
  • Added support for Blink, Underline, Reverse Video ANSI attributes
  • Added screen to Color dialog to change mapping of new ANSI attributes
  • Fixed ANSI routines so that change in background color doesn't go to end of line, unless using CLR EOL or #COLOR commands
  • Fixed font used in Editor window
  • Fixed GPF with clear-to-end-of-screen VT100 code
  • Ctrl-F now acts as Find Again key when Find dialog is already open
  • When reconnecting, any leftover VT100 scrolling region is cleared
  • Position of screen splitbar saved properly
  • Used Boyer-Moore search algorithm to speed up trigger processing
  • Used hash table to speed up variable and alias expansion
  • Optimized proportional fonts so they are as fast as fixed fonts
4.56 20-Apr-97
  • Now handling screen updates and network transmit/receive in a more standard "windows" way to prevent dropped lines
  • Implemented formal command queue so that commands sent are not sent in the wrong order
  • Added parameter to #WINDOW command to send string to window. Window is not longer given focus
  • Fixed GPF when choosing Another Char from reconnect window
  • Reconnections now always occur on status bar...countdown dialog box eliminated
  • Fixed #YESNO dialog so it isn't resizeable
  • Added All and None buttons to Export dialog
  • Escape works with #YESNO and %yesno (aborts or returns nil respectively)
  • Null buttons no longer cause GPF
  • Null byte at end of terminal type negotiation fixed
  • Carets (^) now display properly in output
  • Added option (default on) to save backup settings to .BMU file
  • Added timer for autosaving log files (default 5 minutes)
  • Commands entered into child windows are actually sent to primary window
  • Added optional number of lines to match to #SCROLL command
  • #CLOSE can now close a window by specifying window name
  • Various problems with colons in %pick and %yesno have been fixed
  • Fixed font problems with status window
  • Fixed problem with right margin wrapping
  • Fixed problem with black-on-black text not displaying properly
  • Plugged many memory leaks...should run better on long sessions now
4.55 13-Apr-97
  • Fixed extra line problems on MUDs that violate telnet protocol standards
  • zMUD now recognized NAWS telnet option (for setting window size)
  • Added VT100 and ANSI terminal types to telnet option negotiation for systems that did not recognize DEC-VT100
  • Implemented internal memory management to reduce memory fragmenting and speed up long MUD sessions
  • Added %exec function
  • Added #SCROLL command to recall matching lines from scroll buffer
  • Added #YESNO command and %yesno function for popup buttons (see Help file for details)
  • Fixed problem with ANSI cursor positioning. Medievia opening screens now display properly
  • Removed 256 char limit from File/Read command in Editor
  • Removed 256 char limit for pasting text into command line
  • Fixed various problems with file logging and added Log icon to icon status bar
  • Fixed GPF when cancelling from Export/Ascii
  • Fixed something;~someting
  • Enter in Feedback no longer activates Send button
  • Added #VERBATIM command for tintin compatibility
  • Fixed problem that caused commands to execute out of order on slow systems
  • Picklist in #PICK and %pick now autosizes to largest string
  • Added p:prompt to #PICK and %pick for specifying dialog prompt
  • Added o:1 to #PICK and %pick for restricting selection to one item
  • A * at the beginning of a pick item selects it as default item(s) in dialog
  • Improved dynamic tab completion (Shift-Tab) to handle specifying multiple characters to distinguish word matches and pressing Shift-Tab again expands next match in buffer (clear back to beginning of buffer if necessary)
  • Added #DEFAULT command for saving special characters and setting defaults
  • Added #NODEF to restore special characters saved by #DEFAULT
  • Fixed screen flickering when using the scroll bars
  • Added URLs from MUD Connector Big List to Connection Wizard
  • Added emulation option for MrTerm (for Mortal Realms players)
  • Punctuation no longer added to %selword
  • Change in font refreshes screen properly
4.54 6-Apr-97
  • Disappearing bottom line when clicking on MUD window fixed
  • Problem with displaying bright and dim ANSI colors fixed
  • Added special kludge to handle Sojourn non-standard telnet protocol to remove double spaced lines
  • Fixed improper echoing of #LOG messages to log file
  • Fixed #MENU command to that it takes the same names as the commands in the menus
  • Added expanded syntax to #BUTTON so that buttons can now be Exported as ASCII and also imported with the #READ command
  • Added button to Autolog dialog to never ask for autolog info for that character again
  • Fixed problem with pasting Ascii text into Editor
  • Removed extra blank line when sending text from Editor to MUD
  • Added Control-P as shortcut key for Prefix string in Editor
  • Fixed problem with Feedback on new zuggsoft.com site by adding SMTP server option
  • Removed 256 char limit from #READ, Import, and Export
  • You can now have inherited buttons in the Inherited settings file
  • Added %* wildcard pattern for triggers...matches ALL characters (even special zMUD characters)
  • #ECHO and #SAY now always display text regardless of Echo Info setting
  • Font in status window definition box now matched font in status window
  • Implemented application keypad and cursor modes for vt100
4.53 30-Mar-97 (BETA version)
  • fixed more extra blank lines
  • Fixed recent character pulldown on systems with large fonts
  • Fixed verbatim triggers so that they still recognize ^ and $
  • Fixed hanging when backspace (#8) character received
  • Removed infinite loop triggering on Show Trigger messages
  • Fixed problem with showing text after a #GAG
  • Fixed problem with horizontal scroll bar
  • Screen now momentarily frozen while mouse is selecting
  • Selected text in scrollback works properly
  • Multiple lines can be pasted into command line from external editors
  • Fixed Divide by Zero for misformed Alarm triggers
  • User defined functions now fully expand properly
  • Bug in vt100 cursor movement fixed
  • Various problems with cursor focus in character mode fixed
4.52 23-Mar-97 (BETA version)
  • fixed extra blank lines that were appearing
  • arrow keys properly access command buffer instead of scrollback region
  • Proportional fonts are now handled (including word wrapping!) but they are 3 times slower than fixed-space fonts. Bold characters also handled properly with no loss of speed.
  • Font dialog allows you to choose Editor and Status window font. Also added vertical adjustment to make fonts like Courier New work better
  • Child windows now inherit colors from main window when first created
  • Added Verbatim triggers for autolog usage (turns off pattern parsing)
  • Fixed problem with 'refresh' and 'vt102' commands on Mortal Realms
  • Added 'Trigger on Trigger' option to allow recursive triggering (for those that know what they are doing :)
  • Tweaked welcome screen (again :) to make it work and look better
  • #LOAD command now refreshes button bar
  • Changing inherited triggers now works properly
  • ANSI Color can now be pasted into Trigger Pattern field
  • Multiple lines can be pasted into command line (cr/lf are replaced with ;)
  • Added short-cut keys to various editor commands (like close, send, send line, etc)
  • Added Auto Clear option to editor that clears window when it is closed
  • Fixed reverse capture order
  • Fixed problem with commands getting dropped sometimes after sending text to MUD (e.g., send test;#command sometimes would not execute #command)
  • Added visual indicators for parse mode, trigger mode, and alias recording in a icon bar next to the clock (icons can be clicked to toggle status)
  • Added option to not strip " quotes (just like the strip ' quote option)
  • Put back the Expand Var option that allows variables on the command line to be expanded (for expert users)
  • Fixed focus problem with #MESS command and added an option first numeric parameter to specify the time delay for the message box
4.51 16-Mar-97 (BETA version)
  • Added Color Triggers
  • Added Multi-line triggers
  • Added parameter to #GAG to specify number of lines to gag
  • CAPTURE 0 window captures block of text (till next blank line)
  • Triggers now match characters with ASCII values > 127 (foriegn language characters)
  • Cut/Paste now works in all dialog boxes
  • Performance of keyboard and mouse during scrolling improved
  • Fixed problem of not responding to mouse-up in some situations
  • Fixed more problems with word-wrapping in SUB commands
  • Fixed problem with #SLOW wiping out path definition
  • Fixed several access violations in Speedwalk dialog
  • Added help bars to the bottom of the major dialogs, and cleaned up several dialogs to make them more standardized
  • Major dialogs, mapper window, and editor window now appear in Win95 task bar
  • Fixed problem with dynamic tab completion
  • Added button in editor to toggle parsing of ANSI color
  • Added option in General Preferences to turn off all control code processing and display codes in screen
  • Added Character Mode which sends characters to the server rather than just entire lines
  • Implemented visual cursor in MUD window when in Character Mode
  • Fixed problem with parsing * and ? in some cases (#MATH x @x*3 now works)
  • Fixed AND OR XOR
  • Added AutoSave on Exit option to General Preferences
  • Implemented the screen Printing functions with the new code
  • Implemented the file logging functions with the new code
  • Allow lines to be logged before or after triggers are processed
  • Allow ANSI color to be saved in log files
  • Implemented Find command with new screen code (note: #FIND mapper command still doesnt work)
  • Implemented word selection with new screen code
  • Selection now properly tracks insertions and deletions in editor
  • Fixed problem in alpha version with black-on-black color codes
  • Fixed Feedback problems
  • Fixed the lookup IP button in Character database
  • %s in patterns now matches ZERO or more spaces
  • added %n which matches numbers (including negative numbers). %d still just matches digits.
  • Reconnecting to a MUD resets triggers to their starting state
  • %grep no longer echos its result and it now returns lines separated with | instead of ;
  • Added option to surpress the zMUD informational messages on the screen
  • Memory usage further optimized to reduce memory fragmentation
  • Relative time ALARM triggers added (use +time to trigger action after the time expires)
  • Added Trigger Class to uniqueness so that the same pattern can be used in different classes
4.50ab Feb-97 (ALPHA versions)
  • Rewrote the entire low-level screen drawing routines to improve performance, allowing handling of VT100 codes, and to fix many many bugs
  • Rewrote the Trigger processing code to speed it up
  • Rewrote the Command Buffer editor to fix lots of bugs and speed it up
  • Added -last command line parameter to resume most resent session
  • Added support for telnet://hostname:port/ command line parameters
  • Added word-wrap indent value
  • Added left margin which allows entire lines to be selected when the mouse is clicked there
  • Added a splitbar to the status bar to allow the size of the horizontal scroll bar to be changed
  • Buffer size is set by number of lines, rather than total bytes. 16-bit version limited to 16,000 lines while the 32-bit version is limited to 64,000 lines (and available memory)
  • Fixed problem with WinSock routines that could cause a hang after receiving a large block of text
  • Updated the startup window to show pulldown box of characters and added online and offline buttons
4.43a 23-Jan-97
  • Fixed the problem with {@name} patterns in triggers
4.43 beta 20-Jan-97
  • Fixed %word function for delimiters greater than 1 char and for words over 10
  • #BUTTON command now properly updates button appearence
  • [] and {} work properly again within triggers to indicate set and or patterns
  • only @var expanded within patterns...[] is for sets and does not indicate evaluation
  • %expand(var,-2) implements parsing for trigger patterns (@var expanded only)
  • ~ now works properly within trigger patterns again
  • Added option to not strip ' quotes (on by default). " quotes are always stripped
  • Fixed bugs in %delitem
  • Fixed bugs in %ismember
  • Added %literal function to return parameters untouched
  • #VAR name "" now properly assigns a null value to the variable
  • ; is now ignored at the beginning of the line
  • #IF, #WHILE, and #UNTIL all fixed (evaluates expressions properly)
  • No longer expand Command-type parameters...they expand as needed when the commands execute
  • #ERASE no longer gives access denied error
  • #RESET properly resets file pointer to beginning
  • #MENU command works again
  • #RECORD properly saves recorded aliases
  • #RENAME command implemented
  • Yes No True False On Off fixed and work again
  • %pick returns strings separated with | (#PICK command used ; char)
  • %pick only expands the string that is picked
  • #PROMPT changed so that second parameter is prompt string, and third parameter indicates whether prompting for a password
  • Changed URL for secure registration form
  • < within expressions now works
  • Added Work Offline button to main window
  • first word in script/alias is now expanded to see if it is also an alias
  • Generally fixed ~ in various places
  • Fixed telnet option negotiation in 32-bit version again
  • Macros ending in ~ no longer clear the entire line
4.42 beta 12-Jan-97
  • No longer evaluates first word in command
  • Add [] evaluation syntax
  • Add <> expansion syntax
  • Make parser driven by parameter types in command/function wizard
  • Implement language as defined in zMUD Programming Language paper
  • Blank line ends description in mapper if not followed by other parse lines
  • Fixed problem with telnet terminal-type option negotiation
  • Lines that start with . are sent properly
  • Loading a settings file with Parse turned off no longer messes up command line color
  • Lines beginning with ' or " are properly handled
  • Added #FUNCTION, #EVAL, and #EXPAND commands
  • Added %expand function
4.41c 6-Jan-97
  • Triggers now properly expand variables in their commands
  • Aliases now properly expand variables in their commands
  • #var name [expression] syntax added for immediate expression evaluation
  • (a b c) now works as a list evaluation, e.g (10/5 5+1) returns 2 6
  • quotes added to parameters in command wizard replaced with {}
  • @ no longer required in buttons variable field
  • Fixed .3s speedwalk problem
  • Fixed problem with #FOR parameter not evaluating
4.40 (5-Jan-97) (abcd were beta versions)
  • Rewrote the command parser to make programming more intuitive (many many parser changes)
  • Added v4.34 compatibility for this version only
  • Fixed several GPF/access violations when windows closed or zMUD exited
  • Added button to settings dialogs to update window to show settings of current MUD window
  • Added caption to settings dialogs to show which MUD window settings are for
  • Added on/off colors to buttons
  • Allow button size and position to be changed
  • Added user-defineable image for buttons
  • Added separator option to define blank space on button bar
  • Added %btncol function to manipulate button colors
  • Added %btnimage function to manipulate button image
  • Fixed "component not found" error on Win 3.x systems
  • Fixed corruption of vertical scrollbar
  • Fixed clearline and clearscreen vt100 commands
  • Fixed problem with vt100 scrolling regions
  • Now allows a blank line in room description for mapper
  • Reconnection in background no longer changes window focus
  • Window tab bar can now be disabled
  • Added detection for incompatible ZMUD.DAT file
  • Added #WHILE command
  • Added #UNTIL command
  • Added %number function to convert strings to numbers
  • Fixed problems with delimiters larger than a character in %numword and %word
  • Fixed problems with parsing () and {} within quotes
  • Command recall no longer truncates to 255 characters
  • Alias and Macro buttons now work in Button dialog
  • %lastcom fixed
  • Now uses MUD Connector list by default instead of Geiger's MUD list
  • #NAME no longer corrupts character database when using Empty window
  • %random(x,y) now has possibility of generating y
  • In mapper, Open Zone now properly creates a new zone
  • Added option to link to an existing MAP file when creating a new portal
  • No longer crashes when current zone is deleted
  • Added hourglass cursor to zone loading in mapper
  • Window position saved properly when prompted to save settings
  • %{1} syntax changed to %-1 (expands to first parameter plus following text)
  • A pattern of $ now matches a blank line
  • Updated MOD operator to \
  • Added support for RFC1091 telnet terminal negotiation (zmud responds as DEC-VT100)
  • Added option for cleaning up scrolling when other windows on top
  • The variable character (@) *must* be used to expand variables: a=@b+1
4.34 (5-Dec-96)
  • Fixed #VAR command (now supports #VAR name {commands} syntax again)
  • Fixed %ends command (so %ends(Zugg,g) now returns true)
  • Fixed evaluation timer
  • Fixed reconnect logic so it tries more than once
4.33 (4-Dec-96)
  • Fixed #SUB command (again!) so it doesn't mess up scrolling
  • Selecting window from Window menu in 16-bit version now updates window tab bar
  • You can now assign a null value to a variable: #VAR name ''
4.32 (3-Dec-96)
  • Fixed problem with not being able to close windows
  • Fixed problem for new users that said evaluating zmud for 35,402 days
4.31 (2-Dec-96)
  • Changed all clBlack text in dialogs to clWindowText
  • Access violation when movement character or vairable character were disabled
  • Access violation when double-clicking the output window
  • Position of scrollback when using Find fixed
  • Changed bitwise boolean AND, OR, XOR, NOT operations to logical boolean operators
  • Now evaluates second parameter in #VAR command
  • Access violation when quitting zMUD
  • Map no longer read twice when first opened
  • File/Save in command buffer editor fixed
  • Map background color now saved
  • Changed %%1 syntax to %{1}
  • Send Selected text in editor now properly sends last character
  • zMUD no longer is forced to be maximized
  • Quotes in trigger class now stripped with importing
  • Added Cancel option to SaveAs dialog to abort quitting zMUD
  • Implemented window "tab bar" to select windows and show activity
  • Reconnection of a background window now happens in the background with status info and buttons on the status bar
  • Reconnection when zMUD is mimimized now occurs in background
  • Removed window picklist from command line
  • Added Parse button to command line
  • Added %ddeopen and %ddeclose functions
  • %char and %pass updated when autolog is created
  • Moved clock from individual MUD window to the command line
  • Added option to disable clock
  • Added postfix option to #SEND command
  • #KEY command now lists macros when used with no parameters
  • Added option to capture commands with #C+ command
  • Added dynamic tab completion: the last word beginning with each character longer than the Tab Limit preferences is saved. Typing that character followed by Shift-Tab expands to the last word beginning with that character displayed in the window that was saved.
  • Added %parsemode function to control Full/Brief setting from scripts
  • Added option to toggle echo of commands to log file
  • Added option to gag #GAGed lines to log file
4.30 (beta version)
  • #SUB command no longer messes up scrolling
  • %w works properly in case sensitive triggers
  • Mapper no longer accessed when it is closed (fixes access violations, and prevents mapper from adding rooms when it is closed).
  • Exits now matched properly when using a Room Trigger
  • Reverse video attribute added
  • Added vt320 25th status line support
  • Responds to terminal type inquiry as a basic vt100
  • Handles vt100 cursor movement commands (and cursor save/restore commands)
  • Handles vt100 scrolling region (probably buggy because this is *really* tricky)
  • Generally absorbs (does nothing) with other vt100/320 control sequences
4.22 (Oct-96)
  • Toggling the enable flag for special characters no longer overrides with defaults
  • #session command no longer corrupts MUDCHAR.DAT file
  • 004AEC22 access violation in mapper fixed
  • Diagonal directions now work in #LMAP
  • Stick pin buttons do not cause tabs to replicate in Speedwalk and Mapper dialogs
  • 9 and 3 keypad no longer does PgUp/PgDn when screen is split
  • Changing the speedwalk character now works properly and converts your old paths to the new character
  • Changing the variable character now properly converts your old variables
  • Word wrap in scrollback now works properly
  • Sound directory now properly used in #PLAY command
  • Using patterns such as [#] now work
  • #SHOW commands now expands variables independant of expand variables option
  • Message about "cannot give focus to invisible window" now fixed
  • %walk function now allows room numbers
  • Added %roomnum and %zonenum functions
  • Added some protection against cracking.  Crack zMUD at your own risk
4.21
  • Lines that were GAGged messed up the new scrolling routines
  • Fonts with wider bold characters not displayed properly
  • Scrollbar sometimes overwritten and messed up
  • Saying No to Do Not Enter caused crash
  • Speedwalking on map doesn't work when Direction codes redefined
  • Fixed parsing problem in Large MUD Connector list
  • Saved split-scroll position in settings
  • Saved map mode (Explore,Track,etc) in settings
  • Allow Exit string in Prompt
  • Updated Help file
  • Added functions for accessing map data: %roomname, %roomdesc, %roomexit, %roomobj, %roommob, %roomcom, %roomportal, %roomkind, %roomflag, %roomid, %roomlink, %roomnote, %numrooms, %numzones, %zonename, %walk
  • Added command #LMAP for looping through map paths
4.2a
  • Fixed the problem that caused immediate crashes on Win NT
4.2
  • ? pattern for triggers was not matching 0 characters
  • % wildcards for triggers were matching 0 characters
  • several GPFs when zMUD exited were found and fixed
  • lag when scrollback buffer got large fixed
  • F1 now properly brnigs up command wizard
  • Changes to memory settings now take effect right away
  • Paths no longer messed up when Reverse is used
  • Fixed several GPFs when using Empty command
  • Fixed GPF when speedwalking to Do Not Enter rooms in mapper
  • Use Full Parsing flag now saved properly
  • Automapper can now be closed and will not reopen automatically when zMUD is run again
  • Fixed Delete and Backspace in Command Editor
  • Fixed problem with %delitem leaving vertical bar at beginning of string
  • Added split-screen scrollback buffer
  • Speeded up scrolling by factor of 4
  • Lookup timeouts now changeable in Connection tab of General settings
  • Triggers can now be set to trigger on Newline, trigger on Prompt, or both
  • Triggers can now be disabled when loaded
  • Triggers can now be case sensitive or case insensitive (default for all old triggers)
  • Fly/Swim modes added to mapper Mode menu and now used by speedwalk to avoid the proper rooms
  • Added teleport portals to each room (non-standard exits)
  • Exit triggers for Full/Brief/Look are now seperate, along with exit type (word/character)
  • The gagging of lines containing your password can now be disabled in General Settings
4.13
  • Entering room with reload flag set does not update description
  • Map loading, saving, recomputing, and editing speeded up dramatically
  • Fixed problem when adding a line to the map (other lines were being added extraneously)
  • Commands sent when room is entered are now properly sent at the right time when speedwalking (useful for opening doors, etc)
  • If line segment was selected and edit panel was opened, a room was shown instead
  • Mapper didn't work unless at least one trigger was defined
  • Room now matched is only description is stored in database (for LPmuds)
4.12
  • Fixed problem that prevented Registration Codes from being entered properly (ack!)
4.11
  • Dialogs redone with small fonts to prevent some text from getting cut off in some dialog boxes
  • Quotes stripped from strings used with the #SAY command
  • Tab order on registration screen fixed
  • Problem with stuck Brief mode in mapper fixed...maps will be fixed when they are loaded.
  • The above fix also fixes the mob and object colors which were not saving
  • Clicking OK in Speedwalk dialog properly saves path
  • When you open a blank preferences dialog (like Aliases, Triggers, etc), the New function is automatically activated
  • Pressing ESC no longer gives access violation
  • Registrations codes are scrambled in INI file
  • MUD Connector (small file) now loads in 16-bit version
  • All commands added to Help file
  • All Help buttons now properly link to the correct help topic
  • All functions are in the help file
  • 4.1 (Initial Shareware version) (Aug-96)
    • Fix message when looking up IP address of an IP address
    • Allow deletion of Special Characters
    • Multiple "floating point" errors in Character database (invalid time fields?)
    • Check sound directory (and other directory settings)
    • "unable to make window modal" for Reconnect dialog
    • When you abort Slow walk, the Stop Walk button stays in dialog
    • Check button and menu functions in Command Editor
    • #REVERSE stores reversed path instead of being temporary
    • Paths sometimes get deleted
    • Access violation related to DDE functions
    • Bug in Brief/Full and Word/Character exits
    • Parse map after gag processing to avoid gagged text
    • Going up a level doesn't always refresh map
    • Its not waiting for match of room name in speedwalk
    • Check IsConnected flag before mapping
    • Check for undefined portals
    • Check portals to same level
    • Double-click on a room displays it as a portal??
    • Right-click on a line segment messes up display
    • Water/normal gets drawn wrong
    • Portals don't work in track mode?
    • Make starting a new Master Map easier
    • Save map doesn't update master zone list (on quit)
    • Do not create portals for undefined room exits
    • Store entire description, not just 256 chars
    • Portals do not move with other rooms
    • Do not execute path if map is off
    • Check speedwalking through one-way links
    • Deleting a line doesn't remove links from corresponding rooms
    • Shareware
    • Registration program
    • License dialog form
    • Links to SSL registration page
    • Registration codes from Kagi
    • Interface mudlist to MUD Connector
    • provide ability to display MUD description.
    • update mudlist from Connector via a command
    • Allow disable of autoconnect feature
    • Test zMUD as a Netscape Telnet helper app
    • Show old characters in database in red
    • Add #URL command
    • Make URLs in About box and registration box active (call web browser)
    • Auto-unfreeze when scrollbar dragged to bottom
    • Support %1 syntax (tintin syntax) in trigger patterns
    • Add separate parse table for LOOK command
    • Need multiple "ignore" triggers
    • Add Move Up and Move Down functions
    • Allow insertion of new level
    • Allow renumbering of levels
    • Add #LOOK command
    • Add #FIND command
    • Add nicknames for rooms
    • Add speedwalk for nicknames
    • Add icons to rooms to indicate mobs and objects
    • Warn when overwriting exiting map files
    • Fix the active "zone name" field (causes accidental overwriting)
    • Check #MAP command to allow mapping while following group
    • Warnings for entering "do not enter" rooms
    • Add display of room number
    • Compile 16-bit version of automapper
    • Add command line to be executed when room is entered
    • Automatically add a <skip> to beginning of each parse table
    • Handle dark rooms
    • When new room is created, use "room type" from previous room
    • Set start location in master map (also for recall)
    • Auto-release erase/add buttons unless Shift key held during mouse click
    • Allow left click to select rooms also (right click centers map, left click doesn't)
    • Don't alter actual map location when left/right clicking (add Set Location command)
    • Allow adding lines anywhere on map
    • Add RECALL function to mapper
    • Display one-way links
    • Mini-map window (without buttons etc) as a mode
    • Add TELEPORT command
    • Tips were deleted! They are no longer used (they were just annoying)
    4.01 (based upon 3.61)
    • Improved mapper parse table user interface
    • Added Zone functions to mapper
    4.0 (based upon 3.61)
    • Initial Automapper module


    This page was last updated on July 23, 2001 .