Changelog

This is a record of all changes made to zomg since the original release. I find it interesting to view my own development patterns, you might as well.

Version 0.8.4 – In Progress

• Fix: zomg should no longer apply nickfilters to the entire channel when someone joins
• Added !xbl and !psn
• Fix: HTML::Entities applied to a number of commands
• !weather no longer displays a URL when it can't get the weather.

Version 0.8.3 – October 25th 2010

• Dropping the "Defiance" name from the code and docs. People recognize the bot as "zomg".
• Moved zomg to my own server (freeing up some resources on the SG server for RB3)
• Set up a persistent ZNC connection for zomg
  • Ideally you won't even notice when I reconnect the bot for updates and fixes

Version 0.8.2 – August 11th 2010

• Added !weather
  • Added GeoIP support to !weather
• Added !locate
• Added .addword
• Added .delword
• Added .loadwords
• Added several new custom commands to demo new functionality
  • For example, !8ball and !fight
• Bot now leaves 'empty' channels and waits for a notice from ChanServ that a person has joined before coming back.
  • A channel containing only the bot and ChanServ is considered 'empty'
• Using !alias and .alias will now allow you to put*!*@ in front of a hostmask, just for convenience.
• Converted documentation to Wiki format and moved to new location
• Extended the functionality of Custom Commands considerably
  • Added $pick[arg1,arg2,arg3,...,argN] (Does not support spaces in the args yet)
  • Changed $rint to $rand
  • Added $rand[min,max] (Integer values only)
  • Added $uc[text] and $lc[text] (Do not support spaces yet)
• Extended the functionality of Custom Variables considerably
  • Variables can now be added on the fly by an oper with the addword command
  • All [ ] variables are fully nestable, including with existing optional args that have defaults enclosed in [ ]
  • Variables can be enclosed in { } if ambiguous. For example,
    • $balls will look for a word category "balls"
    • ${ball}s will look for a word category "ball" and add the "s" to the end of whatever $ball it chooses.
• Optimized startup time
• Fixed bug where bot would not respond to custom commands if addressed by name
• Fixed several command parsing bugs
• Restored !wotd hint option for regular users
• Moved zomg's code into a subversion repository
  • Made svn repository publicly accessible
  • svn co ​svn://vsterminus.homelinux.org/zomg
• Secured code to load sensitive data from elsewhere

Version 0.8.1 – December 2nd 2009

• Moved help page to static.socialgamer.net
  • Updated help command to reflect this
• Updated help page formatting and style
• Bot no longer auto-rejoins when kicked by ChanServ
• Fixed !stfu length when a time was not specified
• !nowplaying now uses the Last.FM API instead of screen scraping
  • Smaller output (1 line instead of 3)
  • API doesn't give me the player information (yet). Sorry.
• Added more functionality to !lastfm
  • You can now customize your !nowplaying output
  • Syntax is different now, please read the entry for it
• !alias now accepts and removes*!*@ prefix on hostnames.

Version 0.8.0 – October 28th 2009

• Big update, long time
  • With school, working on the new SocialGamer? beta site, and other commitments it can be hard to find time to develop zomg further
• Changed the database serialization (storage) system
  • Previously used the XML::Dumper perl module to convert all of my hash tables, important variables and other data into a convenient XML file that could be read on startup to restore information.
    • XML::Dumper is Extremeley inefficient, and was causing me to use several hundred MB of RAM at run time! o_O
  • Switched to YAML::XS (A perl module written in C) I can serialize the database into a single human-readable string of data and store that in a file
  • RAM usage is now 1/10th of what it was previously
    • I can still reduce this further with optimizations to save/load and cleaning old/invalid/unnecessary data in other areas.
• Added !fml
  • May add an option to select a specific entry or grab the latest entry if there is interest
• Added !wtf
  • Uses the system wtf command, which contains definitions for common acronyms (Like 'LOL' and 'wtf') as well as man page entries for most apps
  • The wtf database is not really that extensive, and a response of 'Nothing Appropriate' means 'I don't know'
• Modified the now playing (!mp3) command to use Last.FM
  • Renamed the !mp3 command to !nowplaying
  • Added a hard-coded alias, !mp3 which redirects to the new command. Usage doesn't change.
  • Command spans 1-3 lines of output, and so can only be used every 20 or so seconds to reduce spam.
• Added !lastfm <last.fm-account> | none
• Fixed a couple regex matches (Thanks Thierry for breaking it and Grinnz for solving it)
• Added !drums
  • Wrote a search function into this command, so if you can't spell it will try to help.
• Added the ability to use the $ variables from custom commands in all commands (With the exception of $1,2,3 etc because that's just silly)
• Added some new variables for use (They work in any command, not just customs!)
  • $noun, $verb, $pronoun, $adverb, $preposition, $adjective, $clothing
• Fixed default parameter parsing
• Added new words to the word of the day file

Version 0.7.4 – September 1st 2009

• Added uptime to restart message
• Added a 10 second ban to channel protections by default
  • Breaks sf ban currently, will be removing that.
• Added <nick>++ or <nick>-- triggers for awarding wins to users
• Added <nick>+=, -=,*= and /= as well
  • eg. toymachine++ is equivalent to .award toymachine 1
  • and toymachine+=5 is equivalent to .award toymachine 5
• A word of the day system to award users with wins
  • The word is selected at random, but can be set by an oper
  • When the word is guessed, a new word is chosen (At random)
  • A word un-guessed for 24 hours will expire next time anyone uses !wordoftheday
    • Might update this to use a timer system in the future
• Tripping the spamfilter also removes 1 win now.
• Commands via PM can now be done without a trigger
  • eg. /msg zomg time
• Custom Commands now support required parameters
  • Variables defined with $ are optional, where as variables defined with & will be required. If a required parameter is left undefined, the command will error and ask for more input.
• !listcmd now displays the access level required to use the command
• Fixed glitch in !wins when looking up offline users
• Added !slogan
• Added $rword, $rnick, and $rint variables to custom commands
• Added defaults-system to optional args in custom commands
• Added !bantime to allow channel admins to adjust the default ban length in their channel
• Fixed arg swapping in custom commands
• Fixed .enable to support command aliases
• Made the word of the day game configurable per channel
  • By default, disabled. Can be enabled with !wordoftheday on
• Removed the word-of-the-day hint, too spammy
• Time input for bans, kickbans and stfu now support a more human-readable format (ex, 5h15m10s)
• Bot no longer freaks out if words.txt doesn't exist
• Database is now loaded before connecting to the server
  • The DB is getting so big that it was causing the bot to time out and lose connection
  • Considering splitting this file up into a few smaller files, or maybe truncating data

Version 0.7.3 – July 29th 2009

• Fixed bug in timed kickbans using regex matches
• Fixed !uptime's parsing of CPU uptime when there is only 1 user
• !mass now supports custom commands
• Re-wrote the todo list to use a hash instead of an array
  • Index values will be unique to each item added. They will continue to increase, instead of the list squishing down when something is removed.
• Added greet type 'public' to greet users publicly in the channel
• oper .alias <user> will send via PM if more than 15 results are found in a lookup
• Fixed bot's own nick recognition if the server changes its name
• added !top3 wins
• Improved sorting code in !top3
• Added !top3 peaks
• Reduced resolution of time tracking since peak was set
• Added !top3 customs
• Added 'who is banned' (Thanks SoccerThierry?)

Version 0.7.2 – July 15th 2009

• Added !uptime
• User definitions are now displayed with !whois as well
• Variables in custom commands that are left undefined will be hidden from output
• Added $server, $unixtime and $localtime to the custom command variable list
• Fixed a bug when adding custom commands using a command alias
• “Who/What? is defined” now sends via PM
• !alias shows the user's hostmask as well
• Fixed custom commands with 'Service' access level
• Fixed !cmdlist when applied to a global custom command
• Prevented saving during DB loading, hopefully to stop accidental DB corruption
• Modified the error message when a user tries to kick an admin to include the username
• Added !time global custom command (Access required: None)
• Added 'who banned <user>' to go along with 'who kicked <user>'
• Modified the way 'who kicked <user>' is stored and displayed
• Better tracking of the $server variable
• Added .restart for opers

Version 0.7.1 – May 11th 2009

• Started tracking how many messages each user sends (April 30)
  • Used for top3 command
• Added !top3
• Added !text
• Updated !stfu, !ban, and !kickban to allow users to specify a duration (in minutes)
• Improved Auto-Save to create a backup of the db every hour
  • Database got corrupted on May 5, most recent manual backup was April 22
• Various grammatical, aesthetic changes
• Bug fixes to
  • Nick Filter
  • Stfu
  • kick/kickban
    • Specifically regex matches no longer match against the bot's nick, regardless.
  • Top3 commands works properly now

Version 0.7.0 – April 29th 2009

• Added Custom Commands!
  • Big help file entry for these.....
  • In any channel, Voiced users can use !cclist to view existing custom commands in that channel
  • Voiced users can also use !ccinfo <custom-command> to see info on any existing custom command
• Added Global Custom Commands
  • Same as regular custom commands, but apply to all channels
  • It is possible, using customs and global customs, to give regular users access to oper-only commands, or certain parts (eg pre-defined args) of an oper-only command.
  • In any channel, voiced users can use !gclist to see all existing global customs
  • voiced users can also use !gcinfo <global-custom> to see info on a global custom command.
• Added !greet
• !cmdlist now supports custom commands as well
  • This obsoletes the global !ccinfo custom command, which I will be removing
• Nickfilter now ignores self
  • aka you cannot make the bot ban itself using a nick filter
• Added !wins
  • For users to check wins
• Added .award
  • For opers to hand out wins
• Added !floodban (About time)
• Added additional syntax to !autobans
  • This supports banning repeat offenders automatically in your channel
  • By default, anyone who trips your spamfilter, or any of the autobans 3 times in 5 minutes will receive a 30 minute ban. This is configurable, but always enabled.
• Fixed a small glitch with spamban where looking for excess repeat chars was not done properly
• Some updates to .stats
  • Addition of .stats customs (For custom command stats)
  • Syntax modification

Version 0.6.9 – April 19th 2009

• Added repeat support to timers
  • Syntax change, please note it
  • Timers command now assumes channel if not specified
• Kick and Kickban now support Regex matching!
  • Works for opers and regular users too
  • Case insensitive by default
• Added .amsg
  • Send a message to all channels the bot is currently in
  • Not particularly useful I suppose, but it's something.
• Added .enable and .disable
  • Opers can disable commands now
  • Only applies to regular user commands (.disable enable would be stupid)
• Added oper version of .stfu
  • Check for oper removed
  • Auto-devoices, dehalfops and deops the person in question
• Added !me
  • Same as /me, but makes the bot use it
• Added handler for actions
  • Previously, the bot did not see actions (/me) at all

Version 0.6.8 – April 14th 2009

• Improved mode parser
  • Still doesn't handle -qaohv well though
• Improvements to timer system
  • See: Total overhaul
• Improved timer accuracy from 10s to 1s
• Added !nickfilter
• Added hourly auto-save
• Found out that Net::IRC doesn't parse extbans properly
  • Added a workaround for this in my mode parser
• Added .timers
  • No args: list existing timers
  • add
  • del
  • # (Display info for a specific timer)
• Timers are now saved between sessions
• Modified the way timers are parsed
  • Now stores the nick that created the timer
• All Private Messages sent to zomg are now forwarded to vsTerminus

Version 0.6.7 – April 1st 2009

• Added .whisperback
• Added !mp3
• Fixed Modelock
• Added some extra protection against XML db corruption
• Added !spamfilter
• Added .kickban for opers
• Added a mode parser
  • No longer need to /who the channel on mode changes!
• Help file updates
  • Moved to an HTML format
  • Hosted on my machine instead of omploader

Version 0.6.6 – March 2nd 2009

• Added .addchan
• Added !announce
  • Very different from announce in the old zomg
• Added logging
  • One file per channel
  • Command log
  • Kick log
• Added an option to !who
  • !who <banned|kicked> <user>
• Fixed to-do list saving.
• Added !autobans
• Added !capsban
• Added !spamban
• Added !repeatban
• Fixed some warnings in on_text and parseCommand subs
• Improved command handling and multi-command handling

Version 0.6.5 – February 27th 2009

• Modified topic template
• Fixed topic tracking for topics set by other users
• Added command aliases, definable by opers
  • .addcmd <New Command> <Existing Target Command>
  • .delcmd <Command Alias>
  • .listcmd <Command Alias | Command>
• Removed the 'did you mean' responses, they were just annoying and cropping up too often
• Added more options to .stats
  • .stats users|kicks|text|peak|defs

Version 0.6.4 – February 23rd 2009

• Added comical 'did you mean' on invalid commands
• Added protection to !stfu to stop it from accepting empty args
• Upgraded the multi-command parsing to be more intuitive
  • If a command in the string does not exist, it will be treated as the arg for the most recent successful command, allowing any command to take multiple args (essentially).
  • eg. !stfu Xyzzy; Scissors, Pie
• 'who is defined' now lists users for opers.
• Topic text is now filtered when stored to prevent XML errors.
• Added .todo
• Added .done
• Fixed another glitch with nick changes
• Bot will no longer attempt to parse blank commands during multi-parsing
• Fixed problem with 'who/what is defined' not splitting lists into multiple messages
• Added option 'list' for the oper join command.
• Added !peak
  • Also added oper .peak
• Added peak info to .stats
  • Stats by default uses a compressed, one-message format
  • Optionally, user can pass 'v' or 'verbose' to get the full, multi-line version with additional info.
• Fixed regex for special 'who is' and 'what is' commands
• Added oper .help which allows sending to other users (also massable)
• Fixed a check in the mass command

Version 0.6.3 – February 11th 2009

• Added !kickcount
• Added !kickme
• Added two new hashes
  • %kicks # Stores info on all kicks seen
  • %mykicks # Stores info on kicks by the bot
• Fixed tracking of hostmasks on nick changes
• Added more info to stats
• Fixed glitch in the mass command where it wasn't checking the opers hash
• Reset the kick counter in favor of having accurate kick data

Version 0.6.2 – February 11th 2009

• Removed !addban
• Added a %hosts hash to keep the hosts for users seperate from the user objects
  • This makes it easier to track whether a user is online or offline
• Adjusted !whois output to reflect offline users
• Added .stats
• Adjusted on_quit and on_part events
• Changed !help to send a NOTICE instead of a PM

Version 0.6.1 – February 10th 2009

• Added .say

• Added !cycle
• Added !rr
• Added !nn
• Added !censor
• Added !mute
• Added !strip
• Added support to catch SIG{TERM} and SIG{INT} and save before exiting

Version 0.6.0 – February 10th 2009 (Initial Release)

• Why start at 0.6.0?

*For those who remember the original zomg project, it was written in mIRC script and as it grew it became increasingly troublesome to work with.

• It was at version 0.5.x when I dropped it and moved to zomg in Perl, so I just bumped the version up to 0.6.0 and kept going.