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➜ SMAUG
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➜ Saving problems...
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| Posted by
| Scythe
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| Date
| Wed 08 Aug 2001 03:41 AM (UTC) |
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| Yeah, I'm new to Smaug and I was wondering why it seems not to save correctly? I have already made sure that the folders are in the players dir (a-z folders, all there...)
Might anyone know any other causes to this saving problem? | | Top |
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| Posted by
| Nick Gammon
Australia (23,158 posts) Bio
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| Reply #1 on Wed 08 Aug 2001 05:15 AM (UTC) |
| Message
| | Which version are you using? The precompiled .exe file, or are you using Cygwin and compiling it yourself? |
- Nick Gammon
www.gammon.com.au, www.mushclient.com | | Top |
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| Posted by
| Scythe
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| Date
| Reply #2 on Wed 08 Aug 2001 09:24 AM (UTC) |
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| | I'm using the precompiled exe, why? | | Top |
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| Posted by
| Nick Gammon
Australia (23,158 posts) Bio
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| Date
| Reply #3 on Wed 08 Aug 2001 09:57 PM (UTC) |
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| It helps when problem solving to know which version you are using. :)
If you have the player directory and one directory for each letter of the alphabet inside it, then it should work.
Is there an error message on the console output when the character is saved? |
- Nick Gammon
www.gammon.com.au, www.mushclient.com | | Top |
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| Posted by
| Scythe
(6 posts) Bio
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| Date
| Reply #4 on Wed 08 Aug 2001 10:44 PM (UTC) |
| Message
| | No error messages, the directorys go smaug\player\a and so on, which should work, but it just doesn't =/ | | Top |
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| Posted by
| Nick Gammon
Australia (23,158 posts) Bio
Forum Administrator |
| Date
| Reply #5 on Thu 09 Aug 2001 03:26 AM (UTC) |
| Message
| This is a guess, but try this ...
Make another directory "backup" at the same level as the player directory, and put the directories "a" to "z" in that as well.
I think your "save" flags ("Saveflags" in system.dat) indicate that a backup is to be made, and that is in the backup directory. |
- Nick Gammon
www.gammon.com.au, www.mushclient.com | | Top |
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| Posted by
| Scythe
(6 posts) Bio
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| Date
| Reply #6 on Fri 10 Aug 2001 05:26 AM (UTC) |
| Message
| | Wow, it worked, thanks! Saving is fixed... | | Top |
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| Posted by
| Scythe
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| Date
| Reply #7 on Fri 10 Aug 2001 05:47 AM (UTC) |
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| | Nevermind, I started it up and it seemed to work, cept now it doesn't save...again, all the folders are there, all the backup folders are there too, I just don't see whats wrong.. | | Top |
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| Posted by
| Nick Gammon
Australia (23,158 posts) Bio
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| Reply #8 on Fri 10 Aug 2001 09:10 PM (UTC) |
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| | What happened between working and not working? Must have been something? Are you using NT 4/2000 is it a permissions problem? |
- Nick Gammon
www.gammon.com.au, www.mushclient.com | | Top |
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| Posted by
| Scythe
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| Date
| Reply #9 on Sat 11 Aug 2001 12:16 AM (UTC) |
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| Well, as far as I can tell this is what happens to be the problem...
I can save, it works perfectly for me now (before it didn't though..)...some other people can save, but not many, which is kind of odd, I made sure all the letters were there in both player and backup dirs, so I'm not sure what it is.
(I'm running Windows 98) | | Top |
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| Posted by
| Nick Gammon
Australia (23,158 posts) Bio
Forum Administrator |
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| Reply #10 on Sun 12 Aug 2001 05:14 AM (UTC) |
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| | All I can suggest is download Cygwin, and compile it under that (Cygwin is free). Then, if the problem persists, which it probably won't, use the debugger to find out why. |
- Nick Gammon
www.gammon.com.au, www.mushclient.com | | Top |
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| Posted by
| Kh16
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| Date
| Reply #11 on Mon 24 Sep 2001 02:09 PM (UTC) |
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| I would just like to say that I am having the same, or a similar problem with the mud. I will try to explain what occurs.
I make a character, then save and quit out so I can change him to 65 and be the Imm account.
Then after I edit the pfile and I log on and go kill something, change skills, pickup items, etc. after I log off and come back I am reset again back to the Default lvl 65 with default skills, hp etc. that is in the pfile
It doesn’t seem to save anything I do. I even tried to make a new char and ‘Advance’ him with the first one. But after I quit and come back he isn’t 65 anymore. I don’t think my mud is actually writing to the pfiles at all. What could be the problem do you think?
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| Posted by
| Kh16
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| Date
| Reply #12 on Mon 24 Sep 2001 08:00 PM (UTC) |
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| As an update. I read previous posts in relation to this.
I do have a backup folder with all the letters of the alphabet and I am not missing any letters..
I have done some testing and Nothing is ever saved into the backup folders as of yet.
BTW> what is the god file that is in the Player folder?
-Kevin | | Top |
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| Posted by
| Nick Gammon
Australia (23,158 posts) Bio
Forum Administrator |
| Date
| Reply #13 on Mon 24 Sep 2001 10:00 PM (UTC) |
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| When I look at the recent source I see this:
#define PLAYER_DIR "../player/" /* Player files */
#define BACKUP_DIR "../player/backup/" /* Backup Player files */
#define GOD_DIR "../gods/" /* God Info Dir */
#define BOARD_DIR "../boards/" /* Board data dir */
#define CLAN_DIR "../clans/" /* Clan data dir */
#define COUNCIL_DIR "../councils/" /* Council data dir */
#define DEITY_DIR "../deity/" /* Deity data dir */
#define BUILD_DIR "../building/" /* Online building save dir */
#define SYSTEM_DIR "../system/" /* Main system files */
#define PROG_DIR "mudprogs/" /* MUDProg files */
#define CORPSE_DIR "../corpses/" /* Corpses */
This suggests to me (2nd line from top) that the backup directory should be *under* the player directory. Try that.
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- Nick Gammon
www.gammon.com.au, www.mushclient.com | | Top |
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| Posted by
| Kh16
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| Date
| Reply #14 on Mon 24 Sep 2001 10:15 PM (UTC) |
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| Already is... plus i made a copy of the backup folder containing all the letters and put it in the main directory as well, just in case.
Did some more testing. no chars are ever saved past the point where you enter the game and they are automatically made as lvl 2.
-Kevin
Using windows 2000. And all the files have 'Everybody' full access on them. So i dont know if its permissions. | | Top |
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