This ChangeLog was begun on 2004-06-28.

Introduction

MayLith: The foundation text of Documentation is the in-game help from ToME 2.2.7.

I began this changelog after having worked on the documentation for several days. I will attempt to play catch-up with what I have already done, but I may miss some things. A concrete diff can be obtained by comparison of the doc files here with the in-game help files from ToME 2.2.7, though you'll get a lot of junk in the diff as a result of differences in formatting.

If you notice errors or inconsistencies, please either correct them and note the change here under specific changes, or note the problem in Documentation/Discussion. Thanks!

Goals

Overall: Make the documentation more helpful, organized, easier to read, and current, while eliminating spoilers.

  1. Make the help more...helpful.
    1. Improve readability
      1. Reorganize the tree and/or munge and/or rewrite as needed to clarify existing content.
      2. Correct grammar and spelling; reduce wordiness.
    2. Introduce wiki TOCs, headings and other wiki formatting wherever possible in order to improve readability and browsability. Tables only for tables.
    3. Remove outdated material and update with current information wherever possible.
    4. Add relevant non-spoily examples to clarify information given.
  2. Remove spoilers.
    1. Remove game-specific spoilers.
    2. Remove references to Angband and/or other roguelikes.
  3. Do all of this while tracking changes, so that the in-game help can more easily be altered to reflect new information here.

Changelog entry format

A good changelog entry contains:

Changes

MayLith: See RecentChanges for changes prior to creation of this page. I'll try to catch up.

MayLith: Removed 'winning the game' from 'exploring the dungeon' section

MassimilianoMarangio: Moved some old, orphaned pages to their correct location.


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MayLith: Doc/Races: Import, almost untouched -- very minor edits for grammar/etc.

MassimilianoMarangio: Documentation/Race modifiers: removed the old "restore life" power of skeletons and zombies.

MayLith: Doc/Classes/Alchemist: Import. Some spelling/punctuation. Tables not included, they don't wikiize well :(

MayLith: Doc/Characteristics/Mana: Updated as per MassimilianoMarangio's suggestion. 2004-07-24 15:23:49

MayLith: When I say tables/etc not included, I mean: "Starting stat modifiers, starting Skills, innate abilities and starting equipment: Please see the in-game help."

None of these classes below'll have the tables.

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MayLith: Content of Documentation/Fate (a subpage of Documentation/Extra help for new players -- and yeah, that needs to be fixed) removed until we get permission from author. 2004-08-24 02:33:19

MassimilianoMarangio: Documentation/Introduction to the Gods of ToME Added fire resistance to Melkor's benefits - This was already fixed in ToME 2.3. 2004-08-24

MayLith: Documentation/Introduction to the Gods of ToME, Praying vs. Prayers vs. Prayer skill section. Fixed my prose to make the format more uniform and readable. 2004-08-25 01:31:37

MayLith: Documentation/Race modifiers: Moved paragraph at top of page to formal "introduction" section. Added sentence about not all races supporting all race modifiers.

Also, two unlogged link changes were made (ToME --> Self); see the diff for details. (This does not affect in-game help.) 2004-08-28 17:34:38

MayLith: Documentation/Exploring the dungeon: Initial import of dungeon.txt. Parts of it are still a mess. See the page itself for assorted comments/changes, but consider this a major rewrite. bldgs.txt munged into dungeon.txt. 2004-08-31 03:13:30

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2004-09-12 05:02:34

MayLith: Documentation/Fate: Import/edit fatespoi.txt -- we have permission from original author. 2004-09-20 17:18:49

MayLith: Documentation: Added a basic description of what is in Exploring the Dungeon to the main Doc page, as an aid to browsing. I doubt this would affect in-game help, but there ya go. 2004-09-24 02:39:48

MassimilianoMarangio: Documentation/Exploring the dungeon: Changed the wording of one line in the section about posting a character sheet since CategoryCharacterSheet is included in the Template. 2004-09-24 05:46:36

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MayLith: Documentation/List of commands: starting import/basic wikification. Some very basic updates, e.g. "N" (access Abilities screen) is *not* unused!! 2004-09-26 03:15:05

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MayLith: Doc/Extra help for new players: Unlogged changes by general user -- partial fixing of wiki link. Change by me -- more fixing of links.

TheFalcon: Put in one ' to cure italics on Introduction to the gods... page. 2005-03-08 16:32:05

TheFalcon: MAJOR IMPORT main magic schools, wands, staves and rods page up and running. Subpages to follow over the next few days. 2005-03-15 16:58:15

TheFalcon: Big Changes to magic page structure. Now in tree format (see main docs page). All internal links done, and outwrard external links (e.g. to gods pages). Majority of school pages up and running, some still to do, but should be completed in the next few days. Also to do: links to character types (see below). 2005-03-18 17:24:33

TheFalcon: Links put in from Gods page to relevant magic school pages 2005-03-18 17:34:42

TheFalcon: Links from character classes to magic schools almost done (see below) 2005-03-21 16:39:56

TheFalcon: Links from classes to Gods now in place. 2005-03-21 16:59:17

TheFalcon: Links between magic schools and character classes (and vice-versa) completed.2005-03-21 15:21:15

TheFalcon: Created Classes/Possessor page, +linked. 2005-03-21 15:34:50

TheFalcon: Removed surplus apostrophe from main page. 2005-03-21 15:47:50

TheFalcon: Put in majority of stat info with relation to the schools. (Also put reference in main magic page).2005-04-18 14:57:23

TheFalcon: Major Import of game options docs. Have started wikiizing and editing.2005-04-19 17:35:58

TheFalcon: Finished linking in and editing game options. 2005-04-20 14:50:40

TheFalcon: Imported automatizer help, reformatted for wiki, and put in headings for navigation ease. Sample file area created. 2005-04-27 08:25:55

TheFalcon: Changed magic links on the main docs page from /foo/foo to wiki : Self type for purely cosmetic reasons. 2005-04-27 09:29:20

TheFalcon: Skills section imported, formatted and linked (2005-05-03 16:18:40)

TheFalcon: Finished the Game commands page: 2005-05-04 14:09:37

TheFalcon: Finished off bought abilities page: 2005-05-04 14:37:29

TheFalcon: Finished Gods page: 2005-05-04 14:51:13

TheFalcon: Added shimmer option description to Game Options and moved pet commands to the commands section. Also linked in various options and command subheadings. Removed talk of option to highlight magma and quartz. Whole section really needs more attention, but will have to go on hold for a bit.2005-05-06 12:47:14

TheFalcon: Attacking and being attacked section imported: 2005-05-06 15:59:01

TheFalcon: 2005-05-06 16:09:47

TheFalcon editing the Macros section: 2005-05-09 15:20:50

TheFalcon: Macros section: 2005-05-12 12:19:38

TheFalcon: Debug commands: 2005-05-12 13:00:59

TheFalcon: Lua help 2005-05-13 16:37:51

TheFalcon: Reverted massive deletion of Game Options section by unknown user. 2005-05-14 19:00:11

TheFalcon: Finished lua help section for now, not including "useful functions" files, due to out-of-dateness. 2005-05-16 10:52:18

TheFalcon: I have been through the entire docs section putting in missing anchor links, and other links. No major changes to any content. 2005-05-16 13:26:58 .

TheFalcon: Finished links in base abilities section. 2005-07-07 16:21:50

TheFalcon: Link to ToME API inserted in Modules help section of main docs page. Warning about out-of-dateness included. 2005-07-07 16:32:11

TheFalcon: 2005-07-07 17:40:40

TheFalcon: 2005-09-30 15:24:24 - Altered straight road reference in exploring the dungeon section.

TheFalcon: 2005-10-21 07:38:13 - Added blunder command and description to Game Commands section.

TheFalcon: 2005-10-30 18:14:27 - Changed blunder description to be more accurate.

TheFalcon: 2006-01-07 20:23:39 -


To Do Lists

This is an old todo list, and is not necessarily accurate anymore, although most of the things probably still need doing...

Documentation/ChangeLog (last edited 2006-01-07 20:23:39 by TheFalcon)