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Posted by

mudsonthetires (5 posts)

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Wed 27 Apr 2005 06:20 PM (UTC)

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I`m having some problems with combat. Basically, whenever a player hits a bob for damage, the next line has a little chunk of odd text in front of it. This text is sometimes something from another room in the area, and sometimes just nonsense(as far as I can tell. Let me give you an example:

Your slash lacerates a lemure! [1]
C"A lemure thrashes you! [1]

I can only think of two things that could be causing this, but I can't see in eaither of them what the problem is. In fight.c, I added an autoglance snippet to violence_update that looks like this:

if ( IS_AWAKE(ch) && ch->in_room == victim->in_room )
{
retcode = multi_hit( ch, victim, TYPE_UNDEFINED );
/*
* Just some checks to keep the code from going off at unnecessary times.
* Also moved the call to show_condition after the call to multi_hit. This
* is to make sure the damage shown is accurate. -Orion Elder
*/
if ( !IS_NPC( ch ) && xIS_SET( ch->act, PLR_AUTOGLANCE )
&& ch != NULL && victim != NULL && who_fighting( ch ) == victim
&& !char_died( victim ) && !char_died( ch ) )
{
show_condition( ch, victim );
}
}

And also in fight.c, I changed new_dam_message to numerically display the amount of damage inflicted or received. For regular hits:

if ( dt == TYPE_HIT )
{
sprintf( buf1, "$n %s $N%c [%i]", vp, punct, dam );
sprintf( buf2, "You %s $N%c [%i]", vs, punct, dam );
sprintf( buf3, "$n %s you%c [%i]", vp, punct, dam );
}

For poisoned hits:

if ( dt > TYPE_HIT && is_wielding_poisoned( ch ) )
{
if ( dt < TYPE_HIT + sizeof(attack_table)/sizeof(attack_table[0]) )
attack = attack_table[dt - TYPE_HIT];
else
{
sprintf(bugbuf, "Dam_message: bad dt %d from %s in %d.",
dt, ch->name, ch->in_room->vnum );
bug( bugbuf, 0);
dt = TYPE_HIT;
attack = attack_table[0];
}

sprintf( buf1, "$n's poisoned %s %s $N%c [%i]", attack, vp, punct, dam );
sprintf( buf2, "Your poisoned %s %s $N%c [%i]", attack, vp, punct, dam );
sprintf( buf3, "$n's poisoned %s %s you%c [%i]", attack, vp, punct, dam );
}

And another one of these:

sprintf( buf1, "$n's %s %s $N%c [%i]", attack, vp, punct, dam );
sprintf( buf2, "Your %s %s $N%c [%i]", attack, vp, punct, dam );
sprintf( buf3, "$n's %s %s you%c [%i]", attack, vp, punct, dam );

Any idea what the problem is? I can clarify anything you have questions about.

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Posted by

Zeno USA (2,871 posts)

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Reply #1 on Wed 27 Apr 2005 07:00 PM (UTC)

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Does this happen only when fighting a certain mob? Or everyone, even players? Try using valgrind.

Zeno McDohl,
Owner of Bleached InuYasha Galaxy
http://www.biyg.org

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Posted by

mudsonthetires (5 posts)

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Reply #2 on Thu 28 Apr 2005 03:04 AM (UTC)

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The messages happen no matter what you're fighting, and if you have autoglance toggled on or off. I'll try and take a look with valgrind.

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Posted by

Txzeenath USA (54 posts)

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Reply #3 on Fri 29 Apr 2005 12:49 PM (UTC)

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Hmm you could try adding a ch_printf or bug function in there to test what it could be.

Looking at the fight code you posted it all looks normal.. which is weird.

I'd print ch->name, victim->name, and anything else, than try printing $n .... Some weird stuff can happen... perhaps this is one of those times. It could very well simply be that your $n variable isn't getting the name correct. or your autoglance code is changing some stuff by being called.

Darkness comes along thy path, searching, wanting, calling wrath,
shadows awaken, release the light, one and only.. here to fight,
challenge the darkness, the shadows they call, hunting the living,
more and all. Roaring thunder, full of hate, a single bound, seals
your fate.

-Txzeenath

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