NOTE: Version 0.91.8 should be considered beta or perhaps even alpha -
basically, I applied the patches that were submitted, made sure it compiled
and looked like it ran, but I did not do all that much testing on the actual
program.  However, this version probably isn't much buggier than typical
releases.

There are five separate tar archives in the Crossfire 0.91.8 distribution:

sums (bsd)  filename
49027    34 crossfire-0.91.7-0.91.8.diff.gz
08463   639 crossfire-0.91.8.arch.tar.gz
59378    70 crossfire-0.91.8.client.tar.gz
41730  1711 crossfire-0.91.8.maps.tar.gz
06253  1339 crossfire-0.91.8.tar.gz

crossfire-0.91.7-0.91.8.diff.gz is a context diff patch file to to
upgrade 0.91.7 to 0.91.8.  Note that files that can be regenerated are
not include - these files are lib/crossfire*, lib/archetypes, lib/faces,
lib/bmaps* and doc/spoiler.ps.  The arch distribution is needed to create
these files - I am not sure if old files have work, since face coloring
information is now stored in the faces file.

crossfire-0.91.8.tar.gz contains the actual program code, as well as
premade archetype, bitmaps, and xpm files.  See the CHANGES file
in this archive for everything that has changed.  Compiling without the
eutl library is now quite easy, however, doing this means that the new
client/server code is disabled.

crossfire-0.91.8.maps.tar.gz contains all the maps.  I am not sure what,
if anything, has changed in this release.

crossfire-0.91.8.arch.tar.gz contains the unpacked archetype (arch)
directory.  This file is not needed if you just want to compile the
games and play.  The contents of this archive is used to create
the archetypes, bmaps, font, and X PixMap (XPM) files.  You only need
it if you want to add new archetypes, mess around with the existing
ones, or recreate some files (see notes on the diff file above).
The changes since 0.91.7 are minor - a few new archetypes and bitmaps were
added for some new spells.

crossfire-0.91.8.client.tar.gz is the client program.  This is still not
completed version, but is usuable.  You do not need this file to play the
game - the old X11 support is still in place.  However, if you do want to
compile this, you will need the eutl library (should be in the same
directory as this).

AVAILABILITY:

Crossfire is avaible on the following ftp sites

Primary:
    ftp.i.net:/pub/crossfire2 (192.243.32.18)
    ftp.ifi.uio.no:/pub/crossfire (129.240.82.2) 

Secondary:
    yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au:/pub/crossfire (130.194.9.1)
    ftp.cs.city.ac.uk:/pub/games/crossfire/
    ftp.sunet.se:/pub/unix/games/crossfire (130.238.127.3)
    ftp.cs.titech.ac.jp:/pub/games/crossfire

I uploaded this version to just ftp.i.net - the administrators at
ftp.ifi.uio.no should have gotten a copy by the time you see this message.

Note:  The ftp.i.net site has two crossfire directories - /pub/crossfire
and /pub/crossfire2  The new source is in the /pub/crossfire2 directory.

Mark Wedel
master@rahul.net