Amdahl Netrek mods
Questions/comments to Andy McFadden (fadden@uts.amdahl.com)
05-Feb-92

Client/Server
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Changes involving client & server:
- UTS2.1 (mostly SVR4) support (this took a week).
- Scanning beams (get shields, fuel, damage, armies from enemy ship).
- Addition of Galaxy-class starships (bitmaps, ship entry key, getship(), etc).
- Addition of ATT-class starships.
- Ability to send messages to GOD.
- Report of current configuration (available ships, etc) displayed on galaxy
  map side of initial screen.
- Addition of "killed because of non-blessed binary" message.
- Visible tractor/pressor beams (currently restricted in the client to show
  only your OWN tractor/pressor beams).  The client automatically determines
  whether nor not the server supports them.
- UDP

All but UTS support is harmless w/o a modified server (i.e., they won't cause
problems, but they won't work).

Changes involving client only:
- Independent team (Iggy) and Galaxy-class bitmaps.
- Wait queue box shows server name.
- Mouse warp to message window ('m' key).
- Message beep when messages arrive to you or to your team (selectable from
  .xtrekrc).
- Bug fix: moved "you were killed by" message to galactic map area.

Changes involving server only:
- daemonII can be restarted w/o flushing memory (-R flag).
- Added another level to HIDDEN mode, so that it can be active during non-
  tournament play.
- Log file shows account name with "Joining" message.
- Reset keymap to default every time.  Since the keymap can be set from the
  .xtrekrc file, there's no reason not to do this (and lots of reasons in
  favor of resetting it, like users who switch .xtrekrcs and get hosed).
- Enhanced robots:
  - runs when low on fuel
  - DD can be used (moves faster)
  - robot's name can be specified on command line
  - can specify which team to be hostile toward
  - (finally switched to Bronco robot code)
- Support for independent-team robots (HunterKiller, TERMINATOR).
- Blanked login name on entry (less confusing when you try to get player
  status with a utility just as somebody is signing on).
- Can allow all binaries, blessed binaries, or blessed binaries and cyborgs.
- Cyborgs get a '+' prepended to their pseudonym.
- Server reports the #of armies carried in kill messages.
- Bug fix: NUMTEAM in getentry.c.


Admin Tools/Startup stuff
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- Merged in bronco changes and new commands.

- New "nuke" command removes leftover shared memory segment.

startd:
- Ported "newstartd" to UTS, cleaned up a bit.

players:
- added 'c' option to continously poll game for #of players.
- Added ATT and GA support.

showgalaxy:
- Displays player/planet stats continuously.
- Updates messages while in player/planet display.
- Displays "daemon not running" after the daemon shuts down; displays
  "nobody is playing" if nobody is in the game.
- Doesn't lock up under UTS when typing message text.
- Panic button clears the screen and waits for a key (for fascist environs).
- Added support for ATT and GA starships.
- Beeps when a message is sent to GOD.
- Fixed 'z' glitch in messages.

