This are the release notes for H-World 0.2.9

This is mostly a bugfix release. 

The 0.2.8 had a serious bug in the wilderness code. If the player
left the marketplace area, and entered it again, followers got lost
and sometimes very weird positioning problems occured. I hope all of
those problems are now fixed and the wilderness works again without
problems

Also, in 0.2.8 foes could die from starvation, and there was no way
to feed them. In 0.2.9 hunger and thirst are only applied to the PC
so the problem does not occur anymore, although now there is an
imbalance between PC and other beings (only PC needs to eat and drink)

Furthermore, the item chooser did not list containers (bags, belts)
inside containers. This made it i.e. impossibel to identify a belt
stored in the backpack.


Last but not least, a new feature has been introduced in this release:

- emoticon-like status icons are shown above the PC to indicate
  bad health, hunger, thirst, poison and other conditions.

-> they are used for monsters and followers, too, this should improve
   feedback for the player what's going on

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Chronological list of changes since the last release:


18-Apr-04: FIX: folowers can't die from starvation anymore
           FIX: game is won, too, if one of PCs followers kills the
                skeleton captain
           FIX: adventuress is female again
           FIX: rats can bite again
           FIX: PC movement speed is now calculated correctly
           NEW: added additional status icons

17-Apr-04: FIX: fixed various problems with persistent parts of the
                wilderness, keeping followers nearby PC after changing
                between persistent and transient wilderness areas
                and PC positioning. This also fixes a wrong minimap
                area update.
           FIX: item chooser now lists containers that are stored in 
                first level containers, too

16-Apr-04: NEW: new item: leather trousers
           
15-Apr-04: NEW: status icons can be used to show the status of the PC
                in the main map. The images are drawn over the PC
                image. 


written by Hansjörg Malthaner, Apr. 2004
Email: hansjoerg.malthaner@gmx.de