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1999 Website Updates

Log of all the changes and updates with the website

Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec

November

November 28, 1999
  • Based off the mailing list - Lower numbers indicate faster Weapon Speed with the Win32 client
    • Higher values indicate faster Weapon speed with the other clients (GTK, CF, and Java)
  • Map updates for Maze House and Darcap Inn - all found in Darcap (Dtabb)
  • Map screen shots of Darcap and Dtabb available Update for the proposed world map as well
November 23, 1999

October

October 20, 1999
  • Updated version of the Win32 client (Cfc06121) now available
  • Compiler (publishing) problem solved, website is back to being viewable

September

September 27, 1999
  • New Server in the UK - Read about it on the Servers page
September 8, 1999
  • New page at this site of a proposed world map
  • More help is needed (and detailed) on the page Opinions and thoughts needed on changes to see if they should be submitted to the CVS tree, a recent topic on the E-mail list See the post here

August

August 31, 1999
August 27, 1999
  • Read about the graduated protection code by visiting:
    http://tokweb.ics.es.osaka-u.ac.jp/~s-nisita/cf/prot/
August 25, 1999
  • E-mail list topics for July were moved to the E-mail Topic List page
  • New Server - see the information on the Servers page
August 23, 1999
  • The crossfire.oc.humbug.org.au server has some changes
  • Updates are on the Servers page, and announced in the mailing list
August 20, 1999
August 19, 1999
August 16, 1999
August 13, 1999
August 11, 1999
August 10, 1999
August 6, 1999
  • See the recent topics in the E-mail list about the new patches
  • The patches are also available at the CVS repository
August 4, 1999
  • Expanded section for the Clients page. Added a submit form to the Links page
August 2, 1999

July

July 28 & 29, 1999
July 26, 1999
  • Small updates for the Alchemy Spoiler section, and all the pages that list commands It has to do with an addition that I overlooked a while back
    • Thanks to Raphael Quinet and Preston.F.Crow for pointing it out
July 23, 1999
  • Added a new area to the Spoiler section called Alchemy
July 13, 1999
  • New update for Crossfire, version 0.95.4 - read more here
  • Working on a online submit form for map summaries and general comments
  • Some compliance problems with a perl script is slowing this down
  • Reference link to Babelfish at AltaVista at the top of every page now
July 6, 1999
  • Map summary for the Dark Forest (Dark Temple) just added
July 1, 1999
  • View the Crossfire page in the following languages: French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish by visiting Babelfish at AltaVista Add the translation tool directly to your browser when you visit here

June

June 29, 1999
June 24 & 25, 1999
  • Search capability of the website and E-mail list has been added
  • This site has been added to Prospector - Directory of Free stuff
    • See the actual section here
June 17, 1999
  • All the tables for the Monsters in the Spoiler section have been updated.
June 15, 1999
  • Minor corrections throughout the site
  • Updated the table for the Spoiler Section, Monsters: A to D
  • The other tables for the monsters in the Spoiler section will also get the same update
    • It looks the same but it´s actually much easier to work with
  • New site style If you have links to any other page besides the home page, you might want to double check on them
  • Added a few more ideas in the Survival guide, under the Technical Things heading
June 4, 1999
  • More maps, listed by suggested level are available in the section Maps by Level

May

May 27 & 28, 1999
  • Entire map of Scorn now viewable, actually I forgot I had it saved.
    • WARNING: It may take some time to load. (105 Kb image, ~60 seconds @ 14.4K, ~30 seconds @ 28.8K, ~15 seconds @ 56K )
    • Click on a structure to read a map summary (if it is available.)
    • Requires more work too
  • Mail Archive link problem(s) fixed
  • A couple of links added to the Screen Shot page
May 24, 1999

An updated summary for Old City

May 19 & 21, 1999
  • Recent post on the future development and changes for Crossfire, read it here
  • Read the first response, here, read the next response, here
  • New information in the Survival Guide about enchanting weapons while praying over a god´s alter is here
  • All the Old Announcements (more then 1 month old) can be found here
  • Information provided for the Old City quest in Scorn
  • Small updates for map summaries on Devourer´s Temple, The Arena, and Animal Quarantine (formerly Zoo Warehouse)
May 18, 1999
  • New information added to the Survival Guide, explaining more on protection and immunities provided by priest spells and gods, read it here.
May 14, 1999
  • A new server has been added to the Server Page
  • The section, Game Areas, now has most of Scorn listed by suggested level
  • Problem with the Mail Archive has been solved, and changed a little
  • Test out new maps for Crossfire, see the post here
  • Bug reports as well Further down the page is a spoiler also
  • A way to fix the Healing Hall exit bug (in Scorn) is here
May 13, 1999
  • Map summaries for Stronghold and Yarid´s House, and the Help reflect these updates
May 11 & 12, 1999
  • The server sunbroy53.informatik.tu-muenchen.de is no longer available, read more here
  • A follow-up response is here
  • A new section is being worked on All areas will be listed by suggested level
    • Not much there right now..
  • Server page has been updated, can anyone provide more information for me there?
  • Map summary for Harry´s Place
May 6, 1999
  • Suggested changes to the Crossfire Mailing List, read it here
    • Read a follow-up post here
  • Visit the early stages (you could almost say the testing stage) of the Crossfire FAQ-O-Matic
    • Send me some E-mail if you run into any problems with it
  • Find more on Crossfire at Links2Go
  • Practice logos for this site

April

April 30, 1999
April 29, 1999
  • Another server has been added to the list More posts concerning CVS
  • The spell listing in the Tome of Magic has been updated; alot of spells still need descriptions though
April 26, 1999
  • New Map summaries for the Kingdom Palace in Brest, also called "Nine Gates of Hell," Titan´s Castle (Castle/Fortress) found north of Navar, and Tower of Demonology
  • A section for Pupland just started with a summary for Raffle 1
  • Updates for the Wizard Spell List and Prayer List for all spells up to and including 0.93.4
    • I will have to fix the Magic Spoiler section now, along with the Tome of Magic as well
April 23, 1999
  • Background information about the gtk client (gcfclient) added to the Clients page.
April 20, 1999
  • Latest Win32 client, version 0.5.1.1 now available on the Clients page.