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+#   history.txt
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+#   UltraRogue: The Ultimate Adventure in the Dungeons of Doom
+#   Copyright (C) 1985, 1986, 1992, 1993, 1995 Herb Chong
+#   All rights reserved.
+#
+#   See the file LICENSE.TXT for full copyright and licensing information.
+#
+2.01 - Dec 17/84
+1)	MAXTRAPS set to 20, up from 15.  the dungeon gets nastier
+2)	hitpoints gained per level change/loss increased by 50%.
+	this will be essential when new monsters added and amulet
+	level is increased to 50 or so.
+2.01 - Dec 21/84
+1)	MAXPDEF set to 4 (maximum number of saved characters).
+2.01 - Dec 23/84
+1)	all load control and time code now non-optional.  controlled
+	by external variables initialized in tunable.c.  load average
+	is now read by a separate program and obtained via popen(3).
+2)	2 new armors added, mithril and crystalline.
+3)	when wearing crystalline armor, a wielded weapon can be turned
+	into a wand of lightning by bolts of lightning from monsters
+	(75% chance)
+4)	blessed (enchanted) food lasts 3 times as long as regular food
+	up to 6000 turns (regular food is 2000 max)
+5)	tidied up messages so they all have periods on the end, etc.
+6)	not being able to play because of holiday() code is distinguished
+	by a separate message
+7)	when wearing crystalline armor, monsters that normally hug won't
+2.01 - Dec 24/84
+1)	fixed handling of being hit by lightning shot by yourself
+2)	fixed inventory message for sticks with one charge
+3)	a highly charged (>50) stick or weapon of lightning can do extra damage
+2.01 - Dec 25/84
+1)	mithril armor decreases by 25% the chance of being hit by magic
+	or wands (VS_MAGIC and VS_WAND -5) except by silver arrows
+2)	all forms of teleportation cause confusion unless you are currently
+	affected by a clear thought potion.  wizard teleportation via ^X
+	is exempt
+3)	falling through a maze or normal trapdoor can cause damage and you can
+	die from it.  also, you are confused unless currently affected by a
+	clear thought potion
+4)	when askme is set, more prompting for names is made for scrolls and
+	potions
+2.01 - Dec 26/84
+1)	fixed bug for when wizard or after reading scroll of creation, making
+	an object of which there is only a single type does not redisplay the
+	level
+2)	ring of teleportation can also cause confusion.  oversight in changes
+	made in other code
+3)	19 new weapons added.  list of weapons used to start with has not
+	changed
+4)	calculation of worth of multiply occuring objects changed to include
+	multiplying by the count of the number of objects
+5)	silver arrows are aimed by magic and so miss only if monster saves
+	against magic and the arrow otherwise would have missed anyway
+6)	fixed bug if entering wizard's password from the command line and is
+	typed in wrong, then a game restore is attempted
+7)	changed format of asking for object creation to allow more objects
+	to be chosen
+8)	format of name being saved in the score file is changed to indicate
+	level number and level name of the person
+2.01 - Dec 27/84
+1)	added 17 new monsters.  the scorefile name of the monster that killed
+	you is incompatible in indexing, but that's life.
+2.01 - Dec 30/84
+1)	wererats can now summon giant rats, up to 4 of them
+2)	ogres are now greedy
+2.01 - Jan 2/85
+1)	elves that carry bows have a 10% chance of carrying silver arrows
+2)	slightly higher probabilities of traps being successfully set
+3)	format of top ten adventurers output changed to two lines for
+	neatness since more stuff added
+2.01 - Jan 3/85
+1)	a cursed scroll of create monster now creates 3 to 6 monsters
+	around you.  a normal one and a blessed one create just one
+2.01 - Jan 6/85
+1)	amulet moved up to level 50 for safety  :-)
+2)	added new weapons, including a claymore and a footbow
+3)	some of new weapons now available during initial selection
+2.01 - Jan 7/84
+1)	more weapons added
+2)	code to handle creation of objects completely rewritten to no longer
+	have a limit on the number of items
+3)	fixed bug in wizard monster creation routine to allow ESC to terminate
+	without selection
+2.01 - Jan 11/85
+1)	fixed code in chase.c so that a monster can actually use a footbow
+	if it's carrying one
+2)	fixed bug in chase.c that wrong pointer is used to point to a
+	monster's silver arrow.  it turns out that the code executes as
+	expected but the comments are then wrong
+2.01 - Jan 13/85
+1)	added fire traps as another type of trap.  needed for burning oil
+2)	changed name of molotov cocktails to burning oil.  when thrown and
+	misses monster, it makes a fire trap and also lights up the room
+3)	6 new rings added - carrying - pack loses 1/3 of its weight
+			  - adornment - worth 1000 gp, but nothing else
+			  - levitation - avoids traps and things like that
+			  - fire resistance, lightning resistance, and
+			    cold resistance - obvious
+4)	certain monsters will die instantly when hit by burning oil
+2.01 - Jan 14/85
+1)	full damage is always done with burning oils except on fireproof
+	monsters
+2)	monsters that divide will not do so when hit by burning oil
+3)	fixed bugs in messages for firetraps
+0.00 Alpha - Jan 15/85
+1)	flameproof monsters aren't burnt by burning oil
+2)	version and name of game changed to UltraRogue.  hopefully,
+	it will live up to it's name
+3)	format of scoring output changed to remove redundant information
+4)	crysknife can poison now.  if the monster doesn't save against
+	poison, it loses half its hit points
+5)	flameproof monsters ignore firetraps and can run through them
+6)	many special properties of weapons changed from hardcoded names
+	to flags
+7)	boomerangs and other weapons that return do so now
+8)	maximum attempts to set traps per level changed from 8 to 16
+9)	maximum transactions at a trading post changed from 4 to 8
+0.00 Alpha - Jan 16/85
+1)	corrected code for handling of silver and poisoned weapons
+1.00 Alpha - Feb 1/85
+1)	it's now possible to roll crystalline armor at start
+2)	enchanting armor causes it to weigh 20% less for each + and 20% more
+	for each -
+1.00 Alpha - Feb 4/85
+1)	quitting uses experience point score instead of gold
+2)	corrected handling of weight of enchanted armor
+3)	discovering a firetrap lights the room
+4)	it's now possible to die from fire traps
+1.00 Alpha - Feb 5/85
+1)	changed weight of enchanted objects in wrong place.  now fixed
+2)	minor fix to messages in trader.c
+3)	changed the effect of a scroll of acquirement.  a blessed scroll
+	now works as in old version, a normal or cursed scroll will
+	allow acquirement of an object of random type.
+4)	split rogue.c into rogue.c and monsdata.c
+1.00 Alpha - Feb 10/85
+1)	armor doesn't rust if you're not wearing any
+2)	added 8 artifacts, now trying to make rogue compile again
+3)	time window for restored games changed to 60s instead of 25s.
+1.00 Alpha - Feb 13/85
+1)	misc. tidying up of messages.  some changed to be wizard only
+	messages
+2)	one unique monster added, have not yet tested nastiness of beast
+3)	changed chasing code to hopefully remove bug that stops running
+	in a room even though monster is invisible or can surprise
+4)	seeing distance is now a variable so that later enhancements can
+	be made
+5)	added apply command ('A') to make an artifact work (does nothing
+	right now)
+6)	it is now possible to trip and fall down the stairs, and die
+	in the process
+7)	blessed objects weigh 20% less and cursed weigh 20% more
+8)	fighting (but not to death) allowed until 1/3 of max hit points
+9)	time of stiffening by basilisks, etc., is now randomized
+10)	tidied up code to handle signals and autosaving
+11)	poison pool traps implemented
+12)	quaffing a potion of haste self when already hasted lasts a
+	longer time than before
+13)	if strength is high enough, the hero can break free of
+	a hold
+14)	creation of artifacts now supported (sort of)
+15)	scoring routines changed to track gold and experience separately.
+	now i have to figure out how to set the gold to zero without
+	resetting the score file
+16)	gold is counted (including worth of objects) even for quitting and
+	dying.  however, position in scorefile is determined by experience
+	points only
+17)	three new scrolls 1) nothing - does nothing
+			  2) silver plating - magic aimed weapons seldom miss
+			  3) ownership - make weapons return
+18)	6 types of food now - details still to be fixed up
+19)	corrected handling of normal and cursed scrolls of acquirement
+1.00 Alpha Feb 14/85
+1)	creation of artifacts mostly working now.  no code to support
+	their special functions yet
+2)	corrected names of artifacts and food so the inventory routine
+	gives correct case and plural forms of names
+3)	handling of duration of enchanted food fixed
+1.00 Alpha Feb 15/85
+1)	creation, picking up, dropping, and throwing artifacts now apparently
+	correct.  no functions yet implemented yet
+2)	mad wizard changed to mad sorceress and is no longer confused.
+	level, intelligence, experience points and damage increased
+3)	nymphs try to steal the most valuable magic item carried now
+4)	picking up an artifact gives experience equal to 0.1 of it's
+	worth in gold
+5)	new wizard command 'V' added to find the worth of an object
+1.00 Alpha Feb 16/85
+1)	monsters that steal magic and gold no longer vanish when they've
+	stolen an item.  instead, it turns invisible and tries to run away.
+	a nymph isn't so bad, but watch out for the mad sorceress.
+	the monster will carry around the item until killed
+2)	picking up things with a full pack in a trading post no longer
+	identifies it
+3)	falling into a poison trap does not automatically poison current
+	weapon and there is a 75% probability of losing 1/3 hit points
+	and 2 strength
+4)	buying anything in a trading post tells you what it is and all others
+	of the same type
+5)	quaffing a potion of healing at or near max hit points increases
+	maximum by more
+6)	a wand of nothing does nothing
+7)	cursed scroll of ownership causes thrown weapon to always disappear
+1.00 Alpha Feb 17/85
+1)	corrected handling of wizard scorefile manipulation commands
+2)	corrected code to create objects via the scroll of acquirement
+3)	a cursed scroll of acquirement creates a cursed object
+4)	wearing a ring of levitation allows you to move over any kind of
+	trap without being harmed
+5)	poisoned weapons now identified as such in inventory name
+1.00 Alpha Feb 25/85
+1)	corrected handling of scoring of gold for total winners
+2)	changed mad sorceress to be non-unique to make dungeon really nasty
+3)	added code to calculate cost of silver, poisoned, and owned weapons
+4)	code to stop running when a monster appears corrected for when
+	monster can surprise or is invisible
+1.00 Alpha Mar 1/85
+1)	cursed potion of see invisible does nothing when wearing ring
+	of see invisible.
+2)	putting on a ring of see invisible while blind cures blindness
+1.01 Alpha Mar 4/85
+1)	changed encryption scheme used by read/write routines to code
+	supplied by Michael Mauldin (mlm@cmu-cs-cad.arpa)
+2)	eating too much causes paralysis for a short time
+3)	changed rnd (random integer in a certain range) routine to use
+	a better algorithm
+4)	changed version string for internal checking to something more
+	useful
+1.01 Alpha Mar 8/85
+1)	changed inv_name to show silver weapons properly
+2)	changed name of "silver weapon" scroll to "magic hitting"
+3)	scrolls of ownership and magic hitting now prompt for weapon to
+	apply scroll to
+4)	rnd changed back to old algorithm because new one is SLOW
+1.01 Alpha Mar 20/85
+1)	picking up an artifact more than once does not add more experience
+	points
+2)      new unique and VERY NASTY monster added, Lucifer.  only appears
+	on level one when you have an artifact on you.  he is NOT
+	pleasant.  i am certain that he will prevent total winners until
+	i can tune his parameters.
+1.01 Alpha Mar 22/85
+1)	changed maximum objects per normal level from 9 to 5
+2)	changed monster window to half it's current value to stretch
+	out the levels new monsters can appear over
+3)	increased traps per level again from 20 to 25
+1.01 Alpha Mar 28/85
+1)	decreased abilities of Lucifer to try things out
+2)	changed probability of food up and other stuff down
+3)	changed probability of potion of gain level down
+1.01 Alpha Apr 1/85
+1)	changed traps per level up to 30
+2)	fixed bug in wearing ring of cold resistance
+3)	changed window for saving to 180s because save/restore with
+	new algorithm is much slower
+4)	added support for lairs of unique monsters, 1 in 15 chance of
+	being summoned while going up the stairs
+5)	trading posts can't appear until level 15, up from level 5
+6)	you can't be blinded when wearing a ring of extra sight
+7)	hit points per level gained/lost reduced to original values
+8)	deleted some wizard commands and re-arranged some of the rest
+9)	changed how wizard teleportation specifies type of level
+10)	modified parameters of sucessfully striking a monster
+11)	Lucifer devalued again
+1.02 Alpha Apr 2/85
+1)	reduced probability of being summoned at random while running around
+2)	restored probability of hitting parameter
+3)	doubled requirements for experience level changes
+1.02 Alpha Apr 4/85
+1)	restored requirements for experience level changes
+2)	increased probability that a monster hits on an attack
+3)	changed probability of food downwards and other stuff upwards
+4)	changed probability of some scroll's cursed and blessed probabilities
+1.02 Alpha Apr 5/85
+1)	throne room monsters no longer hasted
+2)	fixed messages for scrolls of magic hitting and ownership
+3)	infinite loops in wanderer() due to trying to place a monster
+	in a different room than the hero on a THRONE level
+4)	changed format of scorefile to include what artifacts were
+	retrieved
+5)	initial attributes of a fighter increased
+6)	Lucifer downgraded again (sigh)
+1.02 Alpha Apr 12/85
+1)	food probability adjusted upwards
+2)	size of string to hold fruit food name increased
+3)	monsters per treasure room increased to 20 from 15
+4)	maximum number of magic objects per level increased from 5 to 7
+5)	added code to differentiate a winner carrying all artifacts
+	and some
+6)	reduced probability of summoning
+1.02 Alpha Apr 16/85
+1)	monsters that can walk through stone are not affected by wand of
+	antimatter.  so much for an easy kill of Lucifer
+2)	throne rooms always contain treasure, up to 3 times as much as normal
+1.02 Alpha Apr 23/85
+1)	max monsters/treasures in a party room upped again from 20 to 30
+1.02 Alpha Apr 26/85
+1)	improved wizard outfitting command to start with more and better stuff
+2)	fighters gain and lose 12 instead of 10 hit points max per level
+3)	throne rooms always contain lots of treasure
+4)	fixed message in experience level changes to include period
+1.02 Alpha Apr 28/85
+1)	monsters that can breathe can do so more than once with 50% chance
+	after each use of losing (or retaining) ability
+2)	catch zapping and bolts into darkened rooms, passages, and phased
+	players in walls and flag as error for wizard
+3)	mad sorceress improved in ability
+4)	changing name of fruit in options now also changes name in rest of game
+5)	handling of SIGINT and SIGQUIT corrected for when escaping to shell
+	and returning.  used to exit with endit().  now does quit() to
+	prompt before exiting
+6)	options listing now includes name of option for the environment
+	variable
+7)	throne rooms made nastier by increasing hit points further and also
+	decreasing AC of monster even more
+8)	monsters below level 80 start getting nastier in a lot of ways
+	and is level dependent (deeper == nastier)
+1.02 Alpha Apr 29/85
+1)	all monsters in throne rooms can now walk through walls
+2)	past level 80, all monsters that can use breath weapons will never
+	lose that ability
+3)	Lucifer upgraded
+1.02 Alpha Apr 30/85
+1)	algorithm for nastier monsters below level 80 changed (nastier)
+2)	potion of raise level made much rarer
+3)	being drained a level is restored only half the time
+4)	monsters in thone rooms can see invisible heros
+5)	scrolls of acquirement are rarer and are more likely to be cursed
+1.02 Alpha May 1/85
+1)	Lucifer hit points upgraded
+2)	Lucifer never loses ability to zap with breath weapon
+3)	fixed bug in returning of weapons with blessed scroll of
+	ownership read on them
+4)	circular buffer implemented for messages and each line of buffer
+	increased in size
+5)	rings, weapons, sticks, and armor can explode if enchanted too much
+6)	owned things show up that way in inventory
+1.02 Alpha May 2/85
+1)	length of time that all food lasts increased
+2)	throwing a scare monster scroll curses it
+1.02 Alpha May 3/85
+1)	attacking rust monsters with bare hands causes segmentation faults
+	fixed by checking for whether hero wields a weapon or not
+2)	evil sorceresses (and nymphs) will steal anything, including
+	what you're wearing, below level 95
+3)	it's now imposssible to enchant a ring of slow digestion beyond 3
+	since food consumption code is not designed to handle it
+1.02 Alpha May 6/85
+1)	adjusted probability of things exploding when enchanted too much from
+	1 in 8 to 1 in 5
+2)	being summoned while just wandering in the dungeon is changed
+	to 1 in 99999 to make life interesting
+3)	stick of fire now kills monsters that are flammable
+4)	fixed bug in handling firetraps for monsters
+5)	corrected new code to handle monsters running through fire traps
+1.02 Alpha May 8/85
+1)	fixed bug in wizard dungeon level change command
+2)	total daemons changed from 30 to 60 to allow for new things
+3)	fighting while blinded changed from "it" to "the monster"
+4)	algorithm for making monsters nastier below level 80 made
+	even nastier
+5)	fire traps always burn even when levitated
+6)	fixed monster name lookup in shoot_bolt when bolt misses
+7)	monster lair traps implemented for levels below 50
+8)	rust traps implemented to rust armor
+9)	messages for CANRUST monsters hitting you after armor is
+	destroyed is changed
+10)	placement of player in a throne room corrected
+11)	unique monsters are always awakened by the hero entering the room
+12)	a monster with enough strength can shatter crystalline armor with
+	a single blow
+13)	a monster with enough strength can make the armor ring when hit,
+	aggravating all monsters on the level
+14)	monsters that can shriek can shatter crystalline armor
+15)	strength of monsters below level 80 also increases with level
+16)	check more often for null pointers when refering to current armor
+	in fight.c and monster.c
+17)	selling or dropping an artifact in a post loses it forever, but
+	you can still go up the stairs as if you did have it.  same with
+	it being stolen by a monster
+1.02 Alpha May 10/85
+1)	creation of firetraps done only when there is room in the traps array
+2)	potion of extra hearing - cursed, normal and blessed
+3)	potion of extra scent - cursed, normal, and blessed
+4)	hero can smell or hear monsters whenever they appear in dungeon
+	or possibly when he enters a room, always when potions have been
+	quaffed
+1.02 Alpha May 11/85
+1)	scroll of food detection implemented
+2)	corrected algorithm for blessed food and added message when
+	eating it so people trying will know to try it again
+3)	code to handle super food consumption added
+4)	changed algorithm for ring of slow digestion food consumption
+	to not use hardwired enchantment levels
+5)	hearing and smelling new monster messages changed to reflect
+	distance and rooms somewhat
+6)	partial implementation of artifact powers completed
+7)	many of minor malevolent and side effects implemented
+8)	some major malevolent effects implemented
+9)	Phial of Galadriel implemented
+10)	Palantir of Might implemented
+1.02 Alpha May 12/85
+1)	fixed dying by fire traps to remove seg fault while trying to
+	print reason for dying
+2)	selling an artifact or having it stolen and vanishing when
+	monster that stole it is killed loses the artifact permanently
+	and the ability to go upwards is lost if it's the only artifact
+	in the hero's possesion
+3)	login name included in scorefile
+4)	stick of invisibility - makes monsters appear or disappear
+	cursed (all in room), normal(one in direction), blessed(one
+	appears in direction)
+5)	implemented Amulet of Yendor, Silmaril of Ea, Sceptre of Might,
+	Wand of Orcus
+6)	partial implementation of Magic Purse of Yendor
+7)	20 units of food are consumed every time a artifact power is attempted
+8)	code for blessed scrolls of magic mapping, gold detection,
+	food detection, potions of magic detection and monster detection
+	in place
+9)	minimal code for wand of invisibility implemented
+1.02 Alpha May 13/85
+1)	minimal code for potions of super heroism and disguise added
+2)	no healing when phased and in rock
+3)	changed "owned" to "claimed" in inv_name() for weapons
+4)	wand of invisibility implemented
+5)	bug in removing rings of add ability fixed when unwearing one
+6)	leaving rooms when wearing ring of illumination darkens it
+1.02 Alpha May 14/85
+1)	rewrote all code to handle changes in the five major player
+	abilities
+2)	completed implementation of the Crown of Might
+3)	implemented blessed mapping and detection abilities
+4)	more minor effects
+5)	more major effects
+6)	copy over login name to scorefile name entry only if it's
+	not the same as the name entry started with
+7)	falling down stairs probability shifted according to encumberance
+8)	undead monsters are not affected by poison
+9)	ring of regeneration restores hit points faster
+10)	ring of sustain health stops disease and parasitic infections, but
+	doesn't cure them
+1.02 Alpha May 15/85
+1)	fixed bugs in handling power boosted strength and dexterity
+2)	implemented potions of disguise and superheroism
+1.02 Alpha May 16/85
+1)	changed potion of disguise to be like a scare monster scroll and
+	shortened length of time it lasts
+2)	implemented more minor effects
+3)	cursed scroll of magic mapping done - forgets map
+4)	fighting stops "hits" and "misses" messages to stop having to
+	hit the spacebar all the time
+5)	1 in 50 chance when fighting to stop fighting completely at random.
+	a neater way of stopping fighting when neither side is hitting the
+	other
+6)	moving over some traps using the 'm' command can result in no
+	trapping, especially if player is thief
+7)	asleep on top of a sleep trap doesn't print many messages
+	about what the trap is
+8)	reduced nastiness of level-dependent monster characteristics
+9)	make probability of losing breath weapon dungeon level dependent
+10)	fixed bug in stopping running when a monster enters room
+11)	Magic Purse of Yendor code in place but not tested
+1.02 Beta May 17/85
+1)	fixed bag of holding code for Magic Purse of Yendor
+2)	can't put Magic Purse inside itself
+3)	lowered probability of a nonthief moving over a trap successfully
+4)	add contents of Purse to score
+5)	added more major and minor effects
+6)	lowered probability of an artifact being deactivated by a minor
+	effect
+1.02 Beta May 18/85
+1)	check for no wielded weapon or no armor worn when being hit
+	by breath weapon
+2)	check for no wielded weapon when blasting it in default major
+	effect of artifact activation
+3)	changed many messages in minor effects to check for blindness
+4)	it is possible to trip and stumble over your weapon, and die in
+	the process.  poisoned weapons do a lot of damage to the hero
+5)	fighting or shooting some wands at the quartermaster increases
+	the cost of things and probability of things being cursed
+	by other quartermasters and in trading posts.  monsters on level
+	are aggravated
+6)	fighters using the 'f' or 'F' commands are get bonus number
+	of attacks dependent upon level per turn
+7)	when not under influence of potions of extra scent or extra hearing,
+	thieves have higher probability of hearing or smelling a monster
+8)	cursed detection scrolls and potions implemented
+9)	scroll of electrification implemented
+1.02 Beta May 19/85
+1)	five new rings added
+2)	worth of artifacts increased by a factor of 10
+3)	when msgline is blank and last message is requested via ^P,
+	don't decrement message buffer index the same way since it was
+	not incremented to clear the line
+4)	initial hit point bonus for constitutions above 15
+5)	new command listen ('=') to listen for nearby monsters
+6)	ring of breathing - player is unaffected by gases
+7)	ring of free action - player can't be held or slowed except by an
+	artifact side effect
+8)	reduced duration of confusion after teleportation
+9)	ring of wizardry - doubles spell and prayer ability for players
+	who are not clerics nor magicians
+10)	listen for monsters nearby with higher probability for thief
+11)	ring of resurrection - you might come back from the grave: cursed,
+	normal, and blessed versions
+12)	ring of teleport control - get to choose position and might actually
+	end up there: cursed, normal, and blessed versions
+13)	corrected multi-attack code to allow only fighters
+14)	cursed detection magic identifies itself for later in the dungeon
+15)	silver weapons do twice damage to undead monsters
+16)	source frozen for version as reference.  further updates sent
+	out will be via context diffs
+1.02 Beta May 20/85
+1)	modified saving throw for resurrection to take into account current
+	constitution adjusted for luck and ring values
+2)	rings of resurrection and teleport control now has enchantment
+	amount printed
+3)	a failed resurrection now waits for the user to read the message
+	before continuing with termination
+4)	off-by-one error in counting resurrection attempts
+5)	added diagonal moves to teleport control (sort of)
+6)	successful control of teleport modified by luck and ring values
+7)	corrected initialization of resurrection count
+8)	moved tripping, summoning, and other things inside the test for
+	valid commands
+9)	changed algorithm for determining successful resurection with
+	everything
+10)	bug in listen command changed you to a thief when using it
+1.02 Beta May 21/85
+1)	a blessed scroll acquirement allows creation of an artifact or
+	monster even if not wizard
+2)	infestation is not supposed to be immediately fatal
+1.02 Beta May 22/85
+1)	moved new.things (this file) into directory rogue to make updates
+	via context diffs more easy to apply
+2)	corrected message of deactivation of artifacts
+3)	changed definition of .rog_defs to an external variable in
+	tunable.c for customization purposes
+1.02 Beta May 23/85
+1)	termination after load average is too high does a save instead
+	of just quitting
+1.02 Beta May 25/85
+1)	corrected code for adding userid after name in scorefile
+2)	redisplaying of messages after being cleared by msg("") fixed
+1.02 Beta May 27/85
+1)	dungeon level dependent monster ability algorithm made less
+	nasty
+2)	throne room monster ability modification algorithm made less
+	nasty
+3)	some of Lucifer's abilities made less nasty
+4)	levitated and phased allows upward movement through rock
+5)	discovered trading post stays lit when exiting room
+1.02 Beta May 28/85
+1)	fixed firetraps combined with rings of levitation
+2)	fixed messages for major effects blasting of weapon
+3)	disguise can be seen through by monsters with high experience
+	for hitting, zapping, and throwing things at the hero
+4)	increased safe amount to enchant ring from 4 to 5
+1.02 Beta May 29/85
+1)	documented 'f' and 'F' commands under help command
+1.02 Beta June 1/85
+1)	increased the value of some items
+1.02 Beta June 3/85
+1)	made leprechauns and nymphs harder to kill and more likely
+	to stay around
+2)	nymphs now attack whenever possible
+3)	monsters ignore rust traps now
+4)	changed help for 'f' and 'F' commands slightly
+1.02 Beta June 3/85
+1)	missed change of ".rog_defs" to ROGDEFS
+	(thanx jason%ucblilac.CC@berkeley.arpa)
+2)	anything can be claimed now.  inventory names and worth of objects
+	changed to reflect this
+1.02 Beta June 4/85
+1)	check for monster wielding a weapon didn't check for null pointer
+2)	changed #include "stdio.h" to <stdio.h> in save.c
+3)	include mach_dep.h in io.c, save.c, and wizard.c
+1.02 Beta June 6/85
+1)	shattering of crystalline armor when hit hard is less likely
+	when armor is well enchanted
+1.02 Beta June 7/85
+1)	check for null pointer to damage string in determining how much
+	damage a blow or weapon striking does
+2)	added code from jason@ucblilac.CC@berkeley.arpa for support
+	of job control and tty interfacing for 4.x bsd systems
+3)	quaffing non-cursed potion of super heroism removes fear and
+	also prevents it until super heroism wears off
+4)	corrected oversights in jason's code for when terminating
+	by various legal means
+5)	generalized message for selling/dropping artifact in trading post
+6)	prices of objects in trading posts are now fixed at object creation
+	time
+7)	algorithm for randomizing prices by quartermasters and in trading
+	posts changed
+8)	prices as determined by bad luck made worse
+1.02 Beta June 8, 85
+1)	corrected tty and job control handling for urogue -s and
+	urogue restore of saved games option
+1.02 Beta June 9, 85
+1)	too much movement when disguised turns it off
+2)	reduced gain in monster strength below level 80
+3)	improved resistance of crystalline armor to shattering when hit
+4)	confused monsters can lose their confusion
+5)	food detection also looks in monster's packs too
+6)	evil sorceresses and nymphs can curse something in your pack
+	while they are looking through it
+7)	fix tty characteristics when restoring a game
+8)	improved chances of taking it with you when you are resurrected
+9)	corrected author and SIGQUIT handling
+1.02 Beta June 10, 85
+1)	selling an object in a trading post marks the value in a private
+	location in case hero wants to buy it back
+2)	reduced slightly the chance of nasty side effects when using
+	artifacts
+3)	shattering armor removal algorithm fixed
+4)	lightning proof and being zapped by lightning checks for no armor
+	and/or no wielded weapons
+5)	change Makefile to be more efficient when maintaining distribution
+	and private copies by linking only once instead of twice
+6)	going to a new level and not wearing any armor causes seg faults
+	when testing for greedy monsters
+7)	null pointers when calculating damage caused by weapons handled
+	incorrectly
+8)	setting traps, traps due to falling objects that create traps,
+	and artifact side effects have more room by making trap array
+	bigger
+1.02 Gamma June 19, 85
+1)      put in changes and moved things around in preparation for
+	changes to be received from dan@ciprico for sys3 (aka USGV3)
+	unix.  generalized conditional compilation code to allow
+	further extension to multiple system source code versions.  no
+	recompilation is neccesary with these changes.
+1.02 Gamma June 21, 85
+1)	fixed bug in quaffing gain ability when dexterity or strength
+	has been lost
+2)	wearing a ring of wizardry doubles spell points for casting and
+	praying for all player classes provided that they have enough
+	ability to cast or pray
+1.02 Gamma June 24, 85
+1)	gazing monsters have no effect when hero is invisible
+2)	reduced probability of losing disguise when moving about
+3)	leprechauns now attack
+1.02 Gamma July 7, 85
+1)	can't read scrolls when blind
+2)	test for null pointers when refering to weapons and armor
+	in do_minor() in artifact.c
+3)	taking off armor removes stone from shoe
+1.02 Gamma July 8, 85
+1)	corrected flag handling for nymphs and evil sorceresses
+	cursing an object that hero is carrying
+1.02 Gamma July 10, 85
+1)	handling of ring of wizardry and spell points for clerics and
+	magicians fixed
+1.02 Gamma July 12, 85
+1)	fixed handling of wizard spell points because of limitations in
+	certain C compilers.  thanx to dan@ciprico
+2)	reset CBREAK mode in rip.c routine score() so that showpack() can
+	prompt and wait for a blank to continue displaying items
+3)	reduced slightly the probability of a monster hitting back to
+	original values as received from edjames@ucbshadow
+4)	incomplete changes to handle the ring of wizardry in casting
+	and praying
+1.02 Gamma July 18, 85
+1)	make dexterity of a monster level dependent past level 60 of
+	dungeon
+1.02 Gamma July 21, 85
+1)	silver weapons can't rust no matter what
+2)	hitting a rusting monster with a non-metallic weapon no longer
+	tells you the rust vanishes
+3)	no message of rust vanishing from your armor if it is
+	inherently rustproof
+4)	fixed grammar on messages about falling through various traps
+1.02 Gamma July 23, 85
+1)	changed code to ensure quartermasters sell things at positive
+	cost only
+2)	quaffing a blessed potion of gain ability sometimes increases
+	the player's body AC as well
+3)	fixed initialization code for fighters to give them extra
+	body AC and also more damage from bare handed attack
+1.02 Gamma July 26, 85
+1)	wearing a ring of adornment also causes greedy monsters to run
+	after you
+2)	monster's level dependent attributes are dependent upon the maximum
+	level you have been
+3)	a blessed scroll of magic mapping show traps and such too
+4)	monsters stepping into firetraps while hero isn't in room
+	also marks the room as lit
+1.02 Delta July 28, 85
+1)	sys3 support added, courtesy dan@ciprico
+2)	new random number routines added to the optional files
+	for people without srandom and random
+1.02 Delta, July 29, 85
+1)	teleporting turns off being held by a bear trap
+2)	being hit by a breath weapon while running stops you running
+3)	replaced Makefile.install with one supplied by jason@ucblilac
+4)	fighting mummies with no weapon usually causes seg faults so
+	pointer must be checked  (dan@ciprico)
+5)	entering a room through a secret door while phased is supposed to
+	light the room (dan@ciprico)
+6)	trying to dip where there's no pool gives wrong message
+1.02 Delta, July 30, 85
+1)	added support for news option in command line
+2)	quit signals produce core files only in wizard mode
+3)	wearing a ring of adornment adds 4 to number of transactions
+	allowed in trading posts
+4)	ring of burden deleted and replaced by ring of vampiric regeneration
+5)	ring of carrying comes in various degrees now and cursed is like
+	the ring of burden used to be
+6)	ring of vampiric regeneration restores amount of damage done to
+	monster to player, sort of like a vampire does
+7)	ring of regeneration hit points now made somewhat experience
+	level dependent
+8)	food consumption of the regeneration rings make experience
+	level dependent
+9)	wand of blasting and grenades implemented
+1.02	August 9, 85
+1)	baseline release for urogue
+2)	friendly fiend wants a ring of adornment
+3)	player startup body AC initialized wrong
+4)	negative transaction count after selling ring of adornment fixed
+5)	fixed opening of authors file
+1.02	August 11, 85
+1)	inventory name of a claimed ring had blanks in wrong place
+2)	fixed printing of inventory and counting of things inside
+	the Magic Purse of Yendor
+1.02	August 12, 85
+1)	Closes PERMOK and PASSCTL after they are no longer needed.  This is
+	a good practice, and was part of the reason for screwing up our server.
+2)	Quaffing a restoration after superheroism had nasty effects.
+3)	Screen no longer clears right after score file is displayed on death.
+4)	Changing your Ac from 10 would not affect status line.
+5)	Expression tree overflowed on trader.c using the 4.1 compiler.
+	above changes by tecot@cmu-cs-k.arpa.  the system they run has
+	a "networked" filesystem under 4.1 bsd.
+6)	a thrown grenade hitting a monster also explodes and makes a lot
+	of noise
+7)	probabilities of magic items of various kinds changed to make
+	things harder
+8)	costs of things re-arranged to reflect value to player more
+	accurately
+1.02	August 13, 85
+1)	being zapped by a breath weapon while not wearing armor causes
+	core dumps
+1.03 Alpha, February 16, 86
+1)	added 100+ monsters to the monster table with new attributes
+	supported
+2)	added mike cooper's new character classes
+3)	added mike cooper's changes to inventory display management to
+	be more like Berkeley rogue 5.x
+4)	changed experience level management to allow effectively no
+	limit on experience level
+5)	spell and prayer points are now taken from the same pool
+6)	healing rate reduced to make life harder
+7)	code to correct sun compiler laziness that is handled by
+	other compilers
+8)	redo flag structure to extend to 400+ monster flags
+9)	display remaining spell points in menu of spells to cast/pray
+10)	healing rates reduced
+11)	control rewritten to do what it says in README
+12)	README updated to tell about the environment variable
+13)	MOTD, PAGER, NOPLAY, and NEWS files supported for various
+	messages and display of same
+14)	uptime output is used for load control
+15)	control uses the login name rather than uid for authorization
+16)	code for RTU2 and 4.2 RT PC versions added
+17)	fixed up some sun problems
+18)	FLYing and FAST monsters move twice as quickly when not next
+	to hero
+19)	melee attack bonus for various character classes computed
+	by a function instead of code in the if statement
+20)	CTRL-<dir> keys deleted and option used for determining
+	type of running
+21)	fixed saving throw modification for mithril armor
+22)	changed message for monsters stealing magic
+23)	changed environment variable to UROGUE
+24)	dungeon-level-dependent attributes start sooner now
+25)	more weapon flags
+26)	silver weapons become metal ones too
+27)	monsters appear more often
+1.03 Alpha, February 21, 86
+1)	added changes to circumvent compiler bug in 4.2BSD on the RT PC
+2)	corrected maximum number of levels displayed in player level
+	calculation
+3)	corrected calculation of needed experience points to gain a
+	new level after losing a level
+4)	thrown weapons at gas spores kill them
+5)	synchronized messages and experience level numbers when
+	gaining levels
+1.03 Alpha, February 22, 86
+1)	Friendly Fiend appears in a trading post and follows you around
+2)	minimal code for support of CHARMED and FRIENDLY monsters
+3)	Friendly Fiend gets upset if you cast spells in his place
+1.03 Alpha, February 22, 86
+1)	fixed up Friendly Fiend handling when he has been hit or
+	"killed"
+2)	changed ninja experience level names
+3)	added paladin praying abilities at level 9 no matter what wisdom
+4)	reduced Friendly Fiends abilities
+5)	shops become normal levels for picking up objects when Friendly Fiend
+	is "killed"
+6)	handle a one room ordinary level properly
+7)	once Friendly is "dead", shop items are identified when picked up
+1.03 Alpha, February 28, 86
+1)	applied bug fix in inventory code sent by Mike Cooper
+2)	added AT&T 7300 sys5r2 support
+3)	implemented Jason Venner's improvements to handling getting the
+	load average
+1.03 Alpha, March 9, 86
+1)	applied fix to too many saves running out of file descriptors
+	submitted by Web Dove
+2)	applied fixes to messages and stuff for the quartermaster from
+	Mike Cooper
+1.03 Alpha, March 14, 86
+1)	applied bug fix by mike cooper in display of quartermaster's
+	wares to sell
+2)	applied mike cooper's patches for sys5 curses support
+1.03 Alpha, March 15, 86
+1)	added flags for size of monster and size of weapon and initialization
+2)	changed whatis command to display all possible monsters that match
+	the characters
+1.03 Alpha, April 14, 86
+1)	incorporated random() and srandom() from 4.2BSD
+1.03 Alpha, April 18, 86
+1)	fixed segv in control.c using patch from mike cooper
+1.03 Alpha, April 19, 86
+1)	fixed screen clearing in initialization and termination for sys5
+2)	added option to print version number
+3)	doubled healing rate
+4)	potion of gain ability is much rarer now
+5)	Tiamat and Bahamut can now summon dragons (suggested by carl hommel)
+1.03 Alpha, April 20, 86
+1)	fixed up terminal state when exiting
+2)	removed wizard scorefile commands from rip.c
+3)	fixed testing for valid initialization of player class
+1.03 Alpha, April 28, 86
+1)	added SAVETIME and WARNTIME to allow installations to tune
+	how strict they are on load checking
+2)	changed treasure room generation and room darkness constants
+	to create them less often and starting deeper
+3)	require return at game termination to handle windowing
+	systems
+4)	changed #ifdef and #ifndef to #if defined() and #if !defined()
+1.03 Alpha, May 2, 86
+1)	fixed up missed #ifdef changes
+2)	fruit name initialization screws up on very long names
+3)	monsters with multiple turns getting killed on their first
+	turn should never get a second turn (Mike Laman fix)
+4)	dropping and picking up multiple stuff sometimes screws up count
+	(another Mike Laman fix)
+5)	enhancement by Carl Hommel to zapping: save = 1/2 damage,
+	rather than no damage.  bolt damage peters off towards the end
+	of the zap
+1.03 Alpha May 5, 86
+1)	changed order of message and flag clearing for normal scroll
+	of remove curse to have a more consistent message
+2)	the gold sense command has been removed and it is automatically
+	done for thieves whenever a new level is created
+1.03 Alpha May 11, 86
+1)	fixed minor formatting error in last prompt for carriage return
+	before exiting
+2)	tons of minor and major bug fixes by Mike Laman, some pointed to
+	by lint and others from looking at code, with more for me to fix
+	(sigh!), including sys5 curses things and temporary absence of
+	brain
+1.03 Alpha May 12, 86
+1)	putting on a ring of free action turns off being held and those
+	monsters can never hold hero again (ever)
+2)	diddled around some more with format of prompt before exiting
+3)	changed define of "reg" in curses.h to have less warning messages
+4)	added a single new monster
+5)	changed name of NUMUNIQUE define in rogue.h to NUMSUMMON
+6)	use vowelstr() in giving name of monster summoning hero
+1.03 ALpha May 19, 86
+1)	added a whole lot of things by Carl Hommel including different
+	algorithms for shooting bolts, new armor and weapons, and
+	general tidying up of things
+1.03 Alpha, May 20, 86
+1)	added 67 new monsters from Carl Hommel and miscellaneous bug fixes
+1.03 Alpha, May 21, 86
+1)	initial support for SCO/Microsoft Xenix implementation of sys5r2
+	supplied by Tom Haapanen
+2)	fixed monster flags in new monsters supplied by Carl
+3)	changed number of new monsters/level constant from 3 to 4
+	(this number is too high given the actual number of monsters in
+	the monster table and the levels one has to go down.  there
+	should be 320 non-summoning monsters to be about right)
+4)	healing rate restored to original value
+1.03 Alpha, May 22, 86
+1)	protected and claimed objects stay with the hero when he
+	resurrects
+2)	no saving throw against magic missile
+3)	magic missile damage depends upon player exp level
+4)	electrification bug fixed and range depends on hero exp. level
+5)	stepping into a pool when electrified is painful
+6)	monsters summon only when low on hit points and damage taken
+	above changes by Carl Hommel
+7)	number of magic items per level increased
+8)	bunches of monsters created less frequently
+9)	summoning while running around reduced in probability
+10)	don't kick any daemons off when being summoned to give initiative
+	to the player
+11)	increase the number of objects in a throne room
+1.03 Alpha, May 24, 86
+1)	changed algorithm for creating monsters with CANSHOOT weapons
+	and increased probability slightly
+2)	added new monsters from Carl Hommel and a bunch of my own
+3)	rearranged the hero-summoning unique monsters to be strictly
+	in order of hit points
+4)	rearranged some of ordinary monsters to make progession of
+	experience points for killing monster more monotonic
+5)	fix handling of extra long monster names in wizard monster creation
+	and monster genocide
+1.03 Alpha, May 25, 86
+1)	more modifications in and around chase.c, command.c, and fight.c
+	to remove the electrification bug.  Carl's fixes removed one,
+	the one that Jason reported is still there.
+2)	maximum traps/dungeon level increased
+3)	massively rewrite Makefiles, installation procedure, and
+	various sources to reorganize sources
+1.03 Alpha, May 28, 86
+1)	charmed monsters, new spells for druid and illusionist,
+	monsters striking each other, etc.  by Nick Flor
+2)	save throw handling changed to be centralized in one routine,
+	blessed/cursed stick handling, and wizard ^O command improved
+	by Carl Hommel
+3)	fixed save throw test for monster and hero differentiation
+4)	monster is not allowed to hit itself
+1.03 Alpha, May 29, 86
+1)	fixed pointer to struct bug save_throw() in fight.c
+1.03 Alpha, June 4, 86
+1)	check for NULL pointer when zapping with wand
+2)	potions have some food value
+3)	fix body AC for ninja
+4)	fix ucount for RTU3
+	obove fixes by Carl Hommel
+5)	including files in wrong order in main.c and rip.c pointed
+	out by Mike Cooper
+1.03 Alpha, June 5, 86
+1)	new program to replace all the print_* commands by Mike Cooper
+2)	fixed bug in urprint to use right flag word size and to use
+	correct number of flag words in monster initialization structure
+3)	experiment with allowing many familiars but only one at a time
+1.03 Alpha, June 6, 86
+1)	fixed format of scorefile output
+2)	familiars are never confused
+3)	changed algorithm for generating a summoned familiar
+1.03 Alpha, June 7, 86
+1)	yet another change to generating summoned familiar
+2)	not clearing familiar_ptr when familiar is killed
+3)	handling of monsters that may be friendly with some
+	probability
+4)	handling of monsters that do not breathe air
+5)	algorithm for blessed scroll of charm monster changed
+6)	groups of monsters will all be friendly or none
+7)	all familiars can use armor and weapons
+8)	familiars have extra hit point and better ability scores
+	based upon the hero's experience level
+9)	fixed up a few messages here and there
+1.03 Alpha, June 9, 86
+1)	handling of quartermaster selling stuff that is overpriced fixed
+2)	enchanting a stick might bless/curse it
+3)	new potions and powers to go with them and other misc. modifications
+	such as food value for potions, change in damage done by a firetrap,
+	and other miscellaneous stuff
+	above by Carl Hommel
+4)	set familiar_ptr to NULL when going to a new level
+5)	use ISGOD flag in monsdata.c to give special abilities to gods
+	dynamically
+6)	move trading post and throne rooms display lower on screen
+7)	changed ISBIG flag to ISTWOH for weapons
+8)	added various degrees of friendliness into monster table
+9)	make temporary buffer in inventory() bigger
+1.03 Alpha, June 10, 86
+1)	added yet another fix for summoning when scroll of charm monster
+	been read and monsters are still alive
+2)	handle passing of pack to next familiar when going to a new level
+3)	CANWIELD and CANSHOOT monsters pick up things on the dungeon
+	floor too if they are weapons or armor
+1.03 Alpha, June 11, 86
+1)	ISSCAVENGE is not turned on automatically for familiars
+2)	monsters created by a normal and cursed scroll of create monster
+	are not friendly
+3)	monsters summoned by another monster are never friendly
+4)	normal and blessed wand of polymorph leave friendly monsters
+	friendly
+1.03 Alpha, June 11, 86
+1)	fix for updating mw correctly by Pat Place
+2)	remove Dr. C. reference in vers.c
+3)	remove extra turn wizard message from do_chase()
+4)	fixed rogue/Makefile to find hdrs correctly for lint
+1.03 Alpha, June 13, 86
+1)	potion of continuous breathing R_BREATHE, turns on HASOXYGEN
+2)	potion of flying CANFLY. hero is levitated, and have rnd(2)
+	of getting an extra attack
+3)	CANFLY means never setting off non-fire traps
+4)	HASOXYGEN means never getting zapped by a pool or gas trap,
+	or breath weapons
+5)	NOSHARP not affected by arrow or dart damage but affected poison
+6)	ISUNDEAD and CANPOISON not affected by dart poison
+7)	you don't automatically know what cursed potions are
+8)	wizards get a higher chance to ressurect
+9)	prayer command changed
+	above by Carl Hommel
+1.03 Alpha, June 14, 86
+1)	wearing a ring of wizardry gives spell abilities no matter what
+	intelligence or wisdom ability is
+2)	implemented armor and weapon restrictions by player class
+3)	preparations for having shield/cloak/charms and eventually
+	rings as all objects to wear
+4)	renamed short pike to ranseur and long pike to pike to be more
+	historically accurate
+5)	corrected testing of genocided monsters in summon()
+6)	create lots of monsters when making them standing still in
+	the dungeon
+7)	use killed() to throw away the monster list when generating a
+	new level of the dungeon because it recovers storage from
+	objects that monsters are carrying
+1.03 Alpha, June 15, 86
+1)	changed startup procedure to enforce armor and weapon restrictions
+2)	hero goes through trading post at startup to outfit pack
+3)	no more rolling of player characteristics
+4)	druid charm monster prayer now a very early and cheap spell
+5)	hero may have more things in pack depending upon player class
+6)	charm monster depends slightly on hero experience level too
+1.03 Alpha, June 16, 86
+1)	fixed up pointer usage in discarding monster list
+2)	increased purse that hero starts up with
+3)	fixed up format of display of saved heros and new ones at startup
+4)	increased maximum number of saved heros
+5)	changed how wizard commands are started up to get around
+	all the control character restrictions (Mike Cooper)
+6)	added keypad support for terminals that have them (Mike Cooper)
+1.03 Alpha, June 17, 86
+1)	fixed up a lot of bugs in handling familiars (Nick Flor)
+2)	improved steal() routine from Carl Hommel
+1.03 Alpha, June 18, 86
+1)	fixed up garbage display on screen left over from throwing away
+	monsters using killed()
+2)	fixed multiple messages for killing only one gas spore
+3)	added HASOXYGEN flags to monsters that are not affected by
+	gas breath weapons
+1.03 Alpha, June 19, 86
+1)	removed code to curse all things bought from a quartermaster
+2)	fixed up FRIENDLY and CHARMED monsters not moving
+3)	fixed up monsters picking up things and their display
+4)	killed() called with NULL killer from shoot_bolt() shouldn't be
+5)	hopefully fixed up stuff for killing Friendly Fiend in new_level()
+6)	allow more than 1 digit to indicate saved player number
+1.03 Alpha, June 22, 86
+1)	check order of inclusion of rogue.h and mach_dep.h and curses.h
+2)	fixed up message in Friendly Fiend's place
+3)	simplified expression too complex in move.c
+4)	fixed up display of objects picked up by monsters
+5)	probability of major side effect of artifacts reduced
+6)	urogue save file name made definable by installer
+7)	prompting to save character done only when new one rolled
+8)	friendly monsters next to hero run around when '.' is being hit
+9)	character displayed when monster killed updated from dungeon
+	level map instead of using abritrary character '.'
+10)	lighting of room when monsters and weapons are just outside
+	doorway fixed
+11)	paladin's get better saving throws against anything
+12)	rangers and ninjas are hardly ever surprised
+13)	paladins never get diseases or infections
+	other misc player class enhancements by Carl Hommel
+1.03 Alpha June 24, 86
+1)	yet another null pointer usage bug when monster can't be found
+	fixed by Pat Place
+2)	when a missile fired by a monster misses another one, it wakes
+	up anyways
+3)	garbage characters when killing a monster are displayed using
+	unctrl() in wizard message
+4)	paladin's have no fear
+5)	fixed up setting of hero AC during startup
+6)	fixed up range of numbers testing in geta_player() and puta_player()
+7)	don't add anything to familiar's pack if there is nothing to add
+8)	& no longer used as suspend in BSD versions
+9)	more cash given to heros at startup time
+1.03 Alpha, June 25, 86
+1)	deleted some macros from rogue.h that are used only in a few places
+2)	turn off ISMEAN flag from familiars and friendly monsters
+1.03 Alpha, June 26, 86
+1)	changed deletion of monster in killed() to after monster's pack
+	has been deleted
+2)	fixed up room lighting problem permanently
+3)	minor bug fixes
+4)	yet more removal of macros
+1.03 Alpha, June 28, 86
+1)	created new include files and deleted some macros
+2)	implementation of ring of carrying changed to reduce weight
+	by 150 gold pieces per enchantment
+3)	amount of gold generated increased
+4)	backstabbing for thief, ninja and assassin character classes
+5)	monsters can wield weapons against hero
+6)	amount of gold that hero starts with increased again
+7)	initialization of sticks for hero at startup fixed
+8)	frequency of monster creation reduced
+9)	pluses of weapons used by monsters increased by a random
+	function of the experience level of the monster
+1.03 Alpha, June 29, 86
+1)	fixed fighting of monster carrying no weapons
+2)	message in wrong place for monster thrown weapon that misses
+3)	more fixing of room lighting and darkening bugs
+4)	fixed lighting of rooms during new level creation
+5)	increased starting gold once again
+1.03 Alpha, June 30, 86
+1)	changed monster that Friendly Fiend summons
+2)	monsters that CANSHOOT pick from a wider variety of weapons
+3)	monsters that CANWIELD don't always
+4)	monsters zapped run toward the hero
+5)	split creat_mons() into creat_mons() and place_mons() routines
+	so that other programs can use it too
+6)	renamed familiar_* to fam_*
+7)	reduced probability of monsters in a given room when level is
+	generated
+1.03 Alpha, July 1, 86
+1)	algorithm for assignment of wielded weapons changed
+2)	fixed stupid typo error in place_mons() in scrolls.c
+3)	monsters that CANTELEPORT do so when running away
+1.03 Alpha, July 2, 86
+1)	electricity zapping a friendly or charmed monster loses the
+	hero a friend
+2)	fixed bug in place_mons() in scrolls.c; stupid typo
+1.03 Alpha, July 5, 86
+1)	undid changes in killed() in fight.c to discard monster pack
+2)	corrected setting of fighting in killed()
+3)	removed useless variables in rogue.c
+4)	fixed initialization of character type in geta_player()
+5)	fixed typo in secretdoor() in misc.c causing them to show as 'p'
+6)	all remaining usage of cfree replaced with free
+7)	make a group of monsters all friendly or all non-friendly
+8)	removed debugging message in place_mons() in scrolls.c
+1.03 Alpha, July 6, 86
+1)	fixed up more bad pointer references in wanderer() in monsters.c
+2)	fixed bad test for player class in wield_ok() in weapons.c
+3)	make sure every new monster starts with ISRUN off
+1.03 Alpha, July 8, 86
+1)	new magic system installed.  magic.c, magic_item.c files.  Still buggy.
+2)	rogue.c and rogue.h worked over
+3)	various formatting improved
+4)	new wear_ok() that allows players to wear anything, but
+	penalizes their class-specific special abilities.  wield_ok() coming up.
+5)	scroll of regeneration duplicates monster's regenerative abilities
+6)	familiar summoning made a scroll
+7)	quaff(), read_scroll(), do_zap() calling changed.
+8)	the Artifacts of Might do something if you just have them
+9)	ring of piety analogous to ring of wizardry introduced
+	above by Carl Hommel
+1.03 Alpha, July 9, 86
+1)	changed format of status lines
+2)	fixed bug in increasing the hero's power and hpt in quaff()
+1.03 Alpha, July 10, 86
+1)	spiffed up message for familiar nearly hitting hero
+2)	changed when familiars are gotten rid of when changing dungeon levels
+3)	fix monsters getting attacks when dead
+	above by Henry Chai
+4)	fix nonagressive familiars to beat on unfriendly monsters
+5)	changed some weapons for ninja and ranger at startup
+1.03 Alpha, July 11, 86
+1)	some fixes for casting of spells for non-MU player classes by
+	Carl Hommel
+2)	fixed up replacement of familiar when going to a new dungeon
+	level by Henry Chai
+1.03 Alpha, July 12, 86
+1)	increased spell point regeneration rate
+2)	replaced testing code for whether hero wants to try a hard spell
+3)	fixed up the ranger's starting kit a bit
+4)	improved ninja capabilities slightly
+5)	increase duration of disguise spell
+6)	attempt to fix monsters and heros in same spot
+7)	moving through a friendly monster wakes it up
+1.03 Alpha, July 13, 86
+1)	fixed misc monster movement problems moving onto hero
+2)	some tidying up of formats
+3)	fixed up names of things carried by ranger
+4)	improved ninja character abilities and make experience level change
+	point higher
+1.03 Alpha, July 14, 86
+1)	fighters can stun their opponents by doing greater than 1/3 of
+	remaining hit points in one blow
+2)	fixed up messages in new hit() routine
+1.03 Alpha, July 24, 86
+1)	Change NUMMONST, MAXPOTIONS, etc to variables
+2)	Change some potion, stick, wand define names for spellcasting
+3)	P_SHIELD, S_MSHIELD WS_KNOCK, WS_CLOSE added
+4)	WS_MDEG changed to WS_XENOHEAL
+5)	Added defines to replace TRUE and FALSE values passed
+	to various subroutines)
+6)	Made P_REGEN cause SUPEREAT.  Made it fusable.
+7)	The usual formatting changes to artifact.c, maze.c, monsters.c, wizard.c
+8)	Dropping armor and weapon to avoid artifact major
+	effects	is no longer so good an idea
+9)	PHIAL does total healing, not light spell
+10)	Low-level monsters might break a hold spell
+11)	Everyone gets their hpts/pow changed against their armor/weapon,
+	not just paladins
+12)	Changed summon() to summon_help(), and added FORCE flag
+13)	Reordered hpt/pow regeneration in doctor()
+14)	Changed effect of R_CARRYING  - still buggy
+15)	PURSE intinsically allows more carrying
+16)	Reworked logic in fight()
+17)	Reordered status line to put Pow after Hpt
+18)	Some monster spell casting implemented
+19)	Created nothing_message() to print cryptic failure messages
+20)	Twiddled do_throne() to create just UNIQUE monster + attendants
+21)	Clerics get bonus exp. for turning/destroying undead
+22)	do_zap() logic changed
+23)	D_GODWRATH, D_CLUMSY deaths added
+	above by Carl Hommel
+1.03 Alpha, July 27, 86
+1)	added wizard debug message flag as well as wizard mode (Henry Chai)
+2)	stunning of monsters only when struck for 1/3 or more of
+	max hpt in one blow
+3)	various bug fixes by Mike Laman and Mike Cooper
+4)	saving a game clears the screen after prompt
+1.03 Alpha, July 29, 86
+1)	checking for penalties for wrong armor and weapons fixed
+	by Carl Hommel
+1.03 Alpha, July 30, 86
+1)	monsters now have probabilities of being a MU
+2)	fixed up readchar() to handle errors in a saner way
+3)	a monster type that is capable of using magic and is part
+	of a group will always use have magical abilities
+4)	the leader of a group of monsters will always be a bit better
+	than the run of the mill monster
+5)	patches by Mike Cooper to shorten names of variables and
+	various defines to support ATT 7300
+1.03 Alpha, Aug 5, 86
+1)	Len Picard's bag code is ready
+2)	changed ISWEARING to a function instead of a macro
+3)	fixed minor bugs in sticks.c
+1.03 Alpha, Aug 9, 86
+1)	yet another attempt at fixing monster killing flag fixes by Mike Laman
+2)	applied fix by Carl Hommel to magic casting code
+3)	changed inventory command display format
+4)	updated readchar() handling of read() system call
+1.03 Alpha, Aug 10, 86
+1)	added flag for summoned monsters that disappear
+2)	fixed up mapping of internal types of objects to things structure
+	in create_obj()
+3)	correct loop to pick object type to select in create_obj()
+4)	yet another attempt at getting rid of "invalid command ^@" message
+1.03 Alpha, Aug 11, 86
+1)	"leaders" of a group of monsters not so improved over others
+2)	remove last reference to namefinder in Makefile.INST
+1.03 Alpha, Aug 12, 86
+1)	The usual formatting changes in command.c, fight.c
+2)	Implemented '~' experience-to-next-level command.
+	Has next_exp_level() called from check_level)
+3)	is_carrying(TR_AMULET) protects vs CANDRAIN.
+4)	Made more "hit" and "miss" messages.
+5)	Moved extra exp code for clerics from affect() to killed().
+6)	Reworked spell costs.
+7)	Give MUs extra exp for casting spells.
+8)	Made fumbles less frequent.
+9)	Created feel_message().
+10)	Renamed spell abbreviations.
+11)	Corrected R_PIETY ordering.
+12)	Made some extra-planar monsters undead, fixed some monster letters.
+13)	Thieves get extra exp for picking up gold.
+14)	'p'raying asks if you really want to, and always maxes your hpt
+	and pow to max)
+15)	Casting 'HEAL' no longer increases pow.
+16)	Reworked P_GAINABIL as they occur less frequently.
+17)	Fixed S_SUMFAMILIAR.
+18)	Prelim fix to helpful monsters casting spells.
+	above by Carl Hommel
+19)	upgraded leaders of packs a bit more and also added experience
+	points for killing them
+20)	BMAGICHIT now requires only a +3 weapon, not a +4
+21)	druids can wield silver weapons even if they are metallic
+1.03 Alpha, Aug 13, 86
+1)	fix up keypad code to allow daemons to run after each turn
+1.04 Alpha, October 24, 1992
+1)      Update for modern compilation with ANSI C friendly compilers
+1.05 Alpha, September 1, 1993
+1)      Update save/restore code to not be simple core dumps so
+that they can work under modern memory management systems.
+1.06 Alpha, July 21, 1995
+1)      Many changes made to fix remaining parameter passing related bugs.
+2)      Also, changes made to toughen game. Entire dungeon is now only 50
+levels deep instead of 100 so that monsters get harder faster.
+3)      No more trading posts except at beginning or if entrance to
+trading post is found.
+4)      The hero now regains spell points more slowly, has a tougher time with
+some things, and generally is weaker than he used to be.
+5)      The game is not as hard as it needs to be yet, although i can make it
+to about level 20 or so most times I play it.
+1.06 Alpha, August 3, 1995
+1)      Many more changes to allow dropping of stuff even where monsters or the
+hero is, so there should almost never be messages of objects vanishing
+in a puff of smoke. Also more error checking, debugging messages, and
+generally much more bullet proof.
+2)      Restored ability to zap with charged weapons.

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