Post: #1

Hopefully this is a couple of really quick questions. I am using a fresh install from the nightly. I am just setting all this up to "relearn the scripting" after almost 6? years.

The changes I have made to sphere.ini is:

1. Various server IP and port changes
2. MySQL connection info (tested ok)
3. Set FeatureAOS = 01|02|04|08
4. Changes from the "how to install.txt" file that came with the nightly scripts.
5. Using the Enhanced UI Client latest (i actually like it).

Here is what I have found (and figured I missed a setting somewhere).

1. Some skills (combat related (ie. Swordsmanship, Archery)) do not increase at all.
2. We have seen no Stat increases (even INT has not increased after multiple skill increases in Tasting and Animal Lore)
3. Armor Values do not appear to work (can be adjusted old school with ARMOR values).
4. Context Menus all say "STRING MISSING"

Does anyone have any thoughts/suggestions on what I am missing to get these to work 'properly'?

Post: #2

1. Check your skills.scp to see if the gains are set to... impossible
2. same skills.scp to check if you can gain stats from those certain skills
3. Not sure
4. Check the client you are using. Are you using the same files that sphere is?.This happened to me on a few random servers, required me to download their exact files / client

Post: #3

1. I have set the skills_swordsmanship.scp to:
ADV_RATE=0.1,0.1,0.1 and see no advance... tactics keeps going up though, hehe.

As to 4: How would I know what files Sphere is using for that?

EDIT: It seems it is just very slow to gain against creatures. Against the training dummy, it goes quick.
EDIT2: Definitely something weird going on. Multiple successful hits against 'creatures' with Swordsman Skill at 1.0%. No increase. Around 1 hour of repeated hits and kills. SO MANY CORPSES!!! Not one skill/stat gain. Against a dummy, it goes up every hit. I am so confused.

Post: #4

So it took me some time to figure out "something". Basically, if you have all of the AOS or UO:R stuff enabled in the sphere_settings.scp, then combat is....bugged? It is the only thing that I could find. With that set to default sphere settings, it all works. I'll keep digging.

Post: #5

it's better to not use the sphere community pack, just use the default ScriptPack(the one in the nightly webpage) if you want restart scripting