More details of progress on new beta

[sparrowhawk]

I promised Matija this ages ago, so it's about time that I updated you on what's been done. Here's my completed list (* indicates in progress). Some items are already implemented live as interim patches/features, but may have been improved (eg Disband buttons)

Changes:
- Main view redesigned (as per screenshot releases earlier)
- * "Resign" button added to allow player to resign/surrender
- " Disband Riders" and " Disband Warriors" buttons added, with confirm prompts
- Displays race of stronghold in main view's text banner
- Dragons and Wise attack bonus greatly increased, but dragon range decreased
- Battles can now end in two lords killing one another off
- Changed text for garrisons seeking - now says the garrison "commander"
- The sizes that determine army graphic sizes have been revised upwards
- Wise always get good guidance at towers, even with low courage
- Creating/taking over a garrison requires a minimum of 50 men, which cannot be transferred back if this brings it under 50.
Can still transfer *all* men out of a garrison, but the garrison becomes non-aligned
- Added day to browser titlebar for in-game view
- Female gfx for races other than Fey implemented [UPDATED]
- * Targ cavalry speed bonus on plains
- Invitations now have the "info" icon to view other invitees
- Games page displays 10 games at a time rather than the whole lot
- New Game (1) page now uses a drop down rather than a text box for player number selection
- New Game (2) displays an asterisk against players who have Allow Alerts set on
- Scenario renamed to Victory Condition on New Game pages
- Added M/MU-specific HTML source file to downloads section - get gfx from the Icemark site
- Credits page updated to reflect the efforts of the newest contributors
(If I've forgotten you, let me know!)
- Some text documents (e.g. this one) are now displayed using html
- Various changes to admin pages - no longer deletes journals automatically when game deleted (now optional)
- Added link to Shandemiar's MU Toolset site on the Community page

Bug Fixes:
- Changed the way that "Move" is handled - cannot use Refresh exploit to keep moving at night or through enemies
- Changed the way that "To Battle" is handled - cannot use Refresh expoit to keep moving after attacking
- Fixed URL exploit that allowed a garrison to me moved
- Garrisons of 0 men no longer get a free hit in battles
- Stops recruitment of enemy troops (previous fix only worked at garrisons it seems)
- Stops transfer of troops of different races
- Prevents transfers of invalid numbers of troops using server-side validation
- Enemy garrisons nearby consisting of only riders now properly reported (prev. only warriors detected)
- If > 1 army present in same location, combines sizes to get correct army graphic
- Dwarf-owned citadels no longer generate riders overnight
- Tentative fix for stopping citadels generating exhausted troops - not fully tested yet
- Seeking at towers no longer has possibility of reporting on lords at that tower
- Numerous minor fixes to the PHP to remove the issues causing PHP warnings


Currently working on the * items, then I move onto to finishing the end-game conditions, and the updates to the invitations system and the personal details page. A new "Players" page will also be included, to see a summary of other potential players.

[sparrowhawk]

Plus a few others that I've forgotten to write up in the changelog. Will try to remember what they are and add them here.

Here's a few:

- Horses and other wild animals (when I create them) are reported if nearby
- Can't find 2 items together anymore when seeking at ruins and caverns
- Admins (well, me actually!) can generate formatted journals of any game, whether finished or not. If I can get the end-game elements working for the release, then all players will be able to do so too, but ony for finished games.
- Can't seek if enemies in same location, unless at allied stronghold
- Citadel regeneration is split over the number of living players in a game, so that super-garrisons are no longer created overnight
- If garrison is at 0R/0W at end of day, it is automatically rendered neutral (record deleted). Stops players spying on enemies present at a captured citadel.