Recent Changes

Version 4.20 (14 May 2002)

• Chieftains may now initiate only one person per day.
• Clan members must be initiated for three days before being allowed to vote.
• The 'catalogue' and 'list' commands can now be asked to list items by the location of the body on which they are worn.
• 'Equipment' now lists all body locations all the time.
• Turf law enforcement officials come to the aid of shopkeepers.
• Added a variety of new movement messages.
• Added skill 'renew'.
• Added command 'listen'.
• Added 'config' option 'autovis'.
• The 'help' command now allows searching.
• Bursts of insight now last longer.
• Contents of clan bins are now saved over reboots.
• Drowning is slightly less dangerous and more realistic.
• Fleeing from PK made less desirable.
• Improved coronary care.
• Shopkeepers now tout their wares.
• Implemented many player ideas.
• Fixed many bugs.
• A few more socials.
• Lots more typos fixed.

• Added command 'affects'.
• Added command 'shop markup'.
• Added config option 'norecall'.
• Movement over seas during gales is now possible.
• Clan membership petitions 28 days old are automatically accepted.
• Greatly improved cauldron system with more varied results.
• Much improved shopkeeping.
• New login messages for clan members.
• New area 'Summer Holiday' by Hiero.
• New area 'Army Life' by Atlas.
• New area 'Rensythe Valley' by Trillion.
• Extensions to area 'Stargate' by BlueVelvet.
• New clan locations for Boot.
• Added clan locations for TKBoom.
• New Turf train service.
• New title screen by Nog.
• Many internal improvements and bug fixes.
• Lots of typos removed.

• Added new command 'finance' and a clan shopping finance system.
• Added new command 'salestax'.
• Added new record for highest level obtained without dying.
• 'Exile' may now be used on offline players.
• The confidence vote now considers a vote of abstain as abstain.
• The confidence vote now resets to abstain for those idle 30 days.
• Overlords may now demote themselves / resign from their clans.
• Overlords now have a 14 day grace period following appointment.
• Player killing is restricted to those within eight levels of each other.
• Now possible to gain xp during pk if a player flees or retreats.
• 'Estimate' and 'value' now support 'all' / 'all.' notation.
• 'Friend' flagged persons now have precedence in ambiguous abbreviations for global and current room searches.
• Changed the precedence of special room target 'it'.
• Replaced the old socials system for mobile reactions.
• Added 'note' extension 'forward' for note forwarding - see help notes2.
• Added 'unmakeclan' for online clan dissolution.
• 'Slotfod' now accepts names as well as slot numbers.
• Added new command 'vacation' to allow players limited tax relief.
• Minor change to clan scoring, see 'help clan scoring'.
• Added new area 'Beneath the Sea'.
• Added some of the Turf Mini Area Competition locations.
• Many more typo fixes and bug fixes.

• New damage status messages for mobiles without blood.
• Addition of 'LOD' clan locations.
• Addition of 'TKDire' clan locations.
• Relocation of old clan locations.
• A new vampire slayer for the game.

• Turf now dances to the Mersenne Twist.

• Added command 'petition'.
• Added command 'vwho'.
• Added 'cough' and 'hiss' socials.
• Clan members may now be initiated offline.
• Clan members who are exiled may now rejoin a clan after 14 days.
• Clan members who resign may now rejoin a clan after 28 days.
• Clan members who have previously departed clans may now re-petition.
• Clan player thefts and losses are now recorded.
• 'Repair' now accepts all / all. notation.
• Implemented many player ideas.

• Clan renaming is now possible. Ask your local God for details.
• Added a new data retrieval system for external applications.
• Added 'clear' as an option to 'shop price', and re-included 'shop add'.
• Added a new area 'Quantum Leap'.
• Lots of typo fixes and area improvements (an eternal task).
• More bug fixes (the other eternal task).

• Added 'note block' and 'note unblock'
• Removed 'shop add' command - use 'shop price'.
• New record added for greatest modern day hero.
• Lots of improvements to the weather system.
• More typo fixes and area file corrections.
• Automatic checking for locations that can't be reached.
• New clan scoring system, see 'help clan scoring'.
• More bug fixes.

• Resets finally work exactly as intended.
• Added a more automated way of dealing with the nuking of old players.
• Problems relating to introduction of new skills/spells fixed at long last.
• Temporary reduction in experience loss on death for high level heroes.
• Further tax relief granted to high level heroes (see 'help tax').

• Added skill 'prod'.
• Added the ability to select individual shopkeepers in the same room.
• Clans now get the 'sacrifice' value of objects in their tubs at reboots.
• Revamped the odds offered when betting on the heroes league.
• Fixed bug which produced false messages about changes to clan position.

• Added new command 'label'.
• Added skill 'spellcraft'.
• Added new command 'join', to aid clan membership.
• Extended 'use' command.
• Spells re-written for added realism.
• Hunger and thirst are now temperature dependent.
• Clan rank changes are now broadcast on the wartalk channel.
• Slightly more realistic wind (i.e. less of it).
• Added many debugging tools including code to detect infinite loops.
• Possible for very high level heroes to use the 'consider' command again.
• NO's clan locations added.
• Boom's clan locations added.
• Lots of typo fixes.
• Need we say yet more bug fixes?

• Now possible to 'promote' or 'demote' a player that is not on the game.
• More experience for higher level heroes.
• Cap on hp/mana/mv gains for heroes moved up to level 500 from level 250.
• Recovery of hp/mana/mv more frequent.

• Players may now run their own shops - see help shop.
• Added new command 'shop'.
• Added new command 'catalogue' - free for a limited time only.
• Added voting issue 'confidence' - see help 'vote confidence'
• Added voting issue 'elect' - see help 'vote elect'
• Added new 'config' option 'shop'.
• Added new admin command 'lag'.
• Added new wizard command 'wstat'.
• Entirely new weather system.
• Output from 'inspect' skill is more sanely formatted.
• 'List' command keyword searching improved (search by type keywords added).
• Warnings are now saved and visible to the recipient in 'finger'.
• Deities and higher are informed when a newbie/lowbie connects.
• Deny now lists entries in reverse order so new entries are at the bottom.
• Many player ideas implemented.
• Lots of bug and typo fixes.
• Spyder's clan locations included.

• Clan system re-written - see help clans.
• New command 'vote'.
• New Hero skill 'inspect'.
• New Hero spell 'recall items'.
• Temporary player flag list entries are now possible.
• Added 'check word' command which compares a word to the swearing filter list.
• MudFTP support for editing home rooms and notes.
• Closed some disparities in disarming/wielding between mobiles and players.
• Better distribution of damage messages.
• Internal optimisation and various bug fixes.
• New area 'Stargate'.
• Lots more typo fixes.

• Added 'nofriends' flag to block specific friends channels.
• Clan score contributions are tracked and visible in 'members'.
• The 'friend' flag for 'all' can no longer be set.
• 'Finger' now shows information about unread notes.
• Note expiry dates can now be changed by note recipients.
• No longer possible to eat pills in home rooms.
• Many internal and aesthetic improvements.
• No more hp/mana/mv awarded beyond level 250.
• More fiscal tightening, yet again.
• New area 'Star Wars'.
• Larceny's clan locations included.
• More typo corrections.
• Yet more bug fixes.

• Immortals no longer participate in the waypoints league.
• Improvements to game internals.
• Bugs in area files found and removed.
• Typo corrections.
• Mud Client Compression Protocol v2 (MCCP v2) is supported.
• Multi-mode is now indicated in the prompt, similar to edit mode.
• A slight fiscal tightening.
• More stringent effects of swearing on extreme offenders.

• Added a note expiry system, see help notes.
• Higher level heroes can charge higher level mobiles.
• Better support for abbreviation of spell names.
• Various internal improvements.
• Fixed a number of bugs.
• Added a waypoints league.
• Typo corrections.

• Quirks no longer accumulate, but are instead out-grown at levels 60 and 80.
• Low level players now recall to where they start.
• Offensive language filter applied to titles.
• New area 'Arenas' in which all players can enjoy some fighting each other.
• Several general improvements.
• Add on to area 'Space Station Krios'.
• Some bug fixes.

• Plague is now less virile, but comes in multiple strains.
• The 'raise' spell may allow you to control the created zombie.
• The 'pick' command may now be used to lock doors and objects.
• Added the 'mount' command - display the remains of your enemies in style.
• Added special target 'it' which is the last character target used.
• Improved some of the game's internals.
• Silenced people can now use the wartalk channel.
• Renamed 'cdonate' to 'donate'.
• Fixed bug in 'pass door' spell.
• Added new area 'Red Dwarf'.
• Added new area 'Flying Circus'.
• Fixed typos.

• Waypoints record is now for the most exp scored through waypoints.
• Minor bug fixes.

• Being reasonably drunk may help you be more daring during combat.
• Titles can now be blanked.
• Tightened fiscal policies for Immortals.
• Added a record for greatest percent of Turf gold owned.
• Added a record for most xp lost in one go.
• Added 'notitle' immortal command.
• Some throwing in home rooms is allowed.
• Various minor bug fixes.

• Added quemote and ansemote.
• Added the new wizard command 'suspend'.
• Further tightening of fiscal policies.
• Better support for hundreds of simultaneous connections.
• Descriptions filtered for bad language.
• Some general improvements to http://turf.org:4001/
• The 'consider' command is now more accurate for higher level heroes.
• Fixed several other minor bugs.

• The 'summon' spell now creates teleportation residue.
• The 'score' command now shows waypoint score and insight spell.
• Added command 'check friends'.
• Slightly more powerful advantages.
• Hunger and thirst can now injure you after a while.
• Mud Client Compression Protocol (MCCP) is supported.
• Introduction of a new connection method: http://turf.org:4001/
• Multi room explosions and throwing of objects restricted in home rooms.

• Added character advantages and quirks.
• New command 'afk'.
• New command 'throw'.
• New skill 'retreat'.
• New skill 'herbalism'.
• New skill 'defuse'.
• Multiple-room explosions.
• Clan members can steal without learning it.
• 'Kill' and 'consider' can now be used on clan members.
• The 'finger' command now shows the time of your last death.
• The 'practise' command can now take a numerical filter argument.
• The 'sacrifice' command can now take 'all' or 'all.' as an argument.
• Now possible to gain xp through exploration (see 'help waypoints').
• Bar flags overrule key flags.
• Block flags now block notes from the blocked player which are not to "all".
• Clan members not seen in over a month ignored when replacing overlords.
• Spell affects are now sorted in order they will wear off.
• Major reduction in CPU usage.
• Very high level heroes must work a little harder for xp.
• Setting a new record is now announced.
• Better protection against flooding the game with connections.
• General bug fixes.
• More typo corrections.