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Oxtar · 01-09-2014 01:33 PM

Hi guys, i came across something really weird which is getting on my nerves.

I am currently using the latest version of sphere which is 56c.

I am also using the latest scripts with custom ones i've made and some which have been done by other scripters.

The issue i'm trying to figure is this.

After a Resync ( AND ONLY AFTER IT ) the players get affected by a bug which prevent them from using any skill and they cannot attack an npc. The only way to attack the npc within this bug is to double click it non-stop. After using a travel stone (which is how players wander around) they can attack npc's normally and they are REQUIRED to kill an NPC to be able to use their skills normally.

I've been through all my scripts, 1 by 1. Those made by my hand and those which aren't. After all, there is nothing that point me to something specific. At first i thought it might be related to my ethy mounts. Then i found out it still happened without me riding it before the resync.

SOOO.... Any help is pretty welcome if you ever experienced this in the past.

Thank you Wink

Code:

Quick edit:

Here's one ethy in case there is something wrong i didn't notice.

[itemdef i_et_ridgeback] 

name=Ethereal ridgeback

id=i_mt_ridgeback

TDATA3=c_etr

layer=25 

on=@create 

color=00 

on=@unequip 

src.newitem i_ethereal_ridgeback

src.act.color=<color>

src.act.bounce 

[chardef c_etr] 

name=Ethy Ridgeback

id=c_ridgeback

sound=0

on=@create 

color=00

str=1

food=10000

on=@click 

remove 

return 1 

on=@npcrestock 

remove 

return 1 

on=@skillstart 

remove 

return 1 

[itemdef i_ethereal_ridgeback] 

NAME=Ethereal Ridgeback

id=i_pet_ridgeback

type=t_normal 

CATEGORY=Ethereal 

SUBSECTION= Ethereal pets 

DESCRIPTION=Ethereal Ridgeback

Value=0

on=@create 

color=00

attr=14 

on=@dclick 

if (<SRC.FLAGS>&000000400)

src.sysmessage you can not use this right now.

return 1

elseif (<SRC.FLAGS>&080000000)

src.sysmessage you are already mounted 

return 1 

else

src.newitem i_et_ridgeback

src.act.more1=c_etr 

src.act.color=<color>

src.act.more2=<src.uid>

src.act.equip 

src.update 

remove 

return 1 

endif

[itemdef 03EBA] 

name=Rigdeback mount item 

defname=i_mt_ridgeback 

TYPE=T_EQ_HORSE 

LAYER=25 

TDATA3=c_ridgeback 

ON=@EQUIP 

LINK=<SRC.UID> 

attr=08010

Runcuks · 01-09-2014 09:45 PM

Maybe remove these ->
on=@click
remove
return 1

on=@npcrestock
remove
return 1

on=@skillstart
remove
return 1

Oxtar · 01-09-2014 10:00 PM

(01-09-2014 09:45 PM)Runcuks Wrote: Maybe remove these ->
on=@click
remove
return 1

on=@npcrestock
remove
return 1

on=@skillstart
remove
return 1

Since this script wasn't made by me i wondered about those lines as well... which i already tried.

The effect of removing those lines are that if you dismount the ethy mount, it does get into your backpack, but create a npc of that ethy mount into the world too.

Another odd thing is, it isn't happening 100% of the time when i resync the server. Even more odd, it can happen a couple minutes after the resync as well... This drives me nuts.

dagger4k · 01-09-2014 10:37 PM

this is from the original

Code:

[itemdef i_et_ridgeback] 

name = Ethereal Ridgeback

id = 01964

tdata3 = c_ridge

type = T_EQ_HORSE

layer = 25 

on=@create 

    color = 0ffff 

on=@equip 

    link = <src.uid> 

    IF (0<TAG.color>)

        COLOR = <TAG.color>

    ENDIF 

on=@dclick

    remove

    src.findid.i_et_el.remove

    return 1

on=@unequip

    obj = <src.tag.uid_Ethereal>

    obj.color = <QVAL (0<obj.TAG.color>) ? <obj.TAG.color> : 0481>

    obj.cont = <src.findlayer(layer_pack).uid>

    obj.update

on=@timer

    timer = 255

[chardef c_ridge] 

id = c_ridgeback

on=@create 

    color=0ffff

    str = 100

    dex = 100

    int = 100

    FLAGS = 08

on=@click 

    remove 

    return 1 

on=@npcrestock 

    remove 

    return 1 

on=@skillstart 

    remove 

    return 1 

[itemdef i_et_ridg] 

name = Ethereal Ridgeback

id = i_pet_ridgeback

type = t_normal 

on=@create 

    color = 0481

    attr = 14 

on=@dclick 

    if ( <src.f_isdonator> )

        if (<src.flags>&statf_polymorph)

            src.sysmessage You cannot ride this while polymorped.

            return 1

        elseif (<src.isevent.e_duel>)

            src.sysmessage You can't use this during a duel!

            return 1

        endif

        if !(<src.findlayer.25.uid>) 

            src.newitem i_et_ridgeback

            src.act.more1=c_ridge

            src.act.more2= <SRC.UID>

            src.act.timer = -1

            src.act.equip 

            src.update

            src.tag.uid_Ethereal = <uid>

            color = 079c

            cont = 0400091bf

            update

            return 1

        else 

            src.sysmessage You are already mounted!

            return 1 

        endif 

    else

        src.sysmessage Your donations have run out.

        return 1

    endif

Oxtar · 01-10-2014 12:18 PM

I just tried your script and it isn't working.

By the way, i finally managed to see that it IS the ethy mounts which are causing this bug.

So now there is something wrong in the script for sure.

**darksun84** · 01-10-2014 10:06 PM

I am using your ethereal script, after a while i got the problem too !

Looking into it

Oxtar · 01-10-2014 10:10 PM

Hah, at least i'm not crazy, Thanks! xD

I've been trying to fix it for 1 whole week now. I'll let you know if i find out something as well Wink

**darksun84** · 01-10-2014 11:10 PM

I noticed that when the problem appears, the player Action value is changed to 06f ( 111)
NPCACT_RIDDEN, // 111 = Being ridden or shrunk as figurine.

I think it's caused by this line :

src.act.more2=<src.uid>

More2 in a t_eq_horse item must holds the mount uid(used by stabler npc guy).

Also the @Equip doesn't fire(even if the item is actually equipped), so the link field and the ATTR are not properly setted

PHP Code:

newitem i_et_ridgeback
new.more1=c_etr 
new.color=<color>
new.link = <src.uid>
new.attr=08010
new.equip 

I am not getting the problem for now with those changes.

Maybe it looks weird that just placing the player uid in the more2 field of a t_eq_horse can cause that problem, but i think that sphere does something related to that more2 value after a worldsave is performed.

PHP Code:

42:CliPeriodic Action -1
43:RegPeriodic Action -1
43:CliPeriodic Action -1
43:RegPeriodic Action skill_evalint
43:CliPeriodic Action skill_evalint
GC: 70 Objects accounted for
43:World data saved   (save/sphereworld.scp).
43:Player data saved  (save/spherechars.scp).
43:Multi data saved   (save/spheremultis.scp).
43:Context data saved (save/spheredata.scp).
43:World save completed, took 0.3704 seconds
43:3:'pietro' commands 'save'=1
43:RegPeriodic Action 06f
43:CliPeriodic Action 06f 

More information : the action is not changed until a @RegPeriodic/@CliPeriodic is fired after the save
Also you'll get a skill failure message before the action change happens.

Oxtar · 01-11-2014 09:15 AM

Wow, ok i didn't go that deep into the code. I personally thought that the more2 wasn't a problem at all.

So you didn't experience any problem yet? I'll give it a shot that way then. Would be nice to get a Dev to tell us what's happening behind the code and see why it is changing the value of more2 haha.

EDIT:

Ok, i already found a problem about that fix.

After a save, the ethy mount just unequip itself and get back into the backpack. It's happening after about 3-5 second after the save has finished. I remember having this issue in the past and i think that's why it has been used on the more2 value.

***Ben*** · 01-12-2014 02:43 AM

MORE2 of t_eq_horse is the UID of offline creature. During saves, sphere tries to fix weird things with memory items.
Following this logic, the rider would become the ride...

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