This are the release notes for H-World 0.2.1


There is a new major feature: pets, friends and hirelings. Currently
they just follow you around and fight at your side.

You can 'T'rade things with the hirelings/friends, and the 'I'nspect
command allows to see and arrange their equipment. You can 'D'isband
them if you want to go on without them.

There is new branch level in the castle cellar where a dog and a
cat wait for you to free them. Also an adventuress is known to 
inspect the dungeon currently. She will surely join you if you
meet her there. Rumours say she found a new side branch of the
dungeon.

Another new feature are themed treasure chests. Currently there are
two types, one for the temple and one for the castle cellar dungeons
included. Rarely chests can be found elsewhere, too.

Furthermore the castle type dungeon generator has been reworked and
creates a wider variety of stuffed rooms now. Some minor quirks in
the dungeon level generator have been fixed.

A few new items and mosters have been included: bronze amulet, skull
cap, cat, dog, adventuress and marble chests.

The animation support has been reworked, but isn't used by the example
game "The Jungle" yet.

Last but not least hitpoints of all creatures including the player
regenerate slowly now - see scripts/effects.lua

(Linux version: removed dependency to libstdc++-3-libc6.1-2-2) 

For more info, please read the readme.txt file and the old release
notes.


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Chronological list of changes since the last release:

04-Oct-03: NEW: new item: amulet
           NEW: new friend: adventuress
           NEW: new level: dungeon chamber
           CHANGE: changed some details in display of thrown projectiles
            
03-Oct-03: NEW: further animation support - 8 level of pause durations
           NEW: pets/hirelings can now be 'D'isbanded
           NEW: new pet, a dog
           NEW: new level: castle den (persistent level)

01-Oct-03: NEW: pets, first pet included is a cat
           CHANGE: further animation support - 8 levels of animation speed

30-Sep-03: NEW: further animation support - 4 levels of animation speed

29-Sep-03: NEW: further animation support - partial screen updates
                -> very efficient unless too many animations are shown

28-Sep-03: NEW: probability chains for item creation - currently only 
                used by room generator
           NEW: new lua interfaces:
                  thing_get_location()
                  square_get_thing()
                  square_add_thing()
           NEW: hirelings/friends now follow the player into new levels.
                This even works with persistent levels.
           CHANGE: reworked image overlay facility -> limbs can now
                   have overlays, too (needed for left hand and forearm
                   which must be drawn over armor/jacket/trousers)

27-Sep-03: CHANGE: improved 'castle' type dungeon generator
           NEW: new item: rubble

26-Sep-03: CHANGE: included feedback messages when opening things

25-Sep-03: NEW: autoswapping of positions with friendly beings in
                narrow corridors 
           NEW: new item: skull cap

22-Sep-03: NEW: chests now get semi-random contents (chests are themed)
           NEW: new item: marble chest


written by Hansjörg Malthaner, Oct. 2003
Email: hansjoerg.malthaner@gmx.de