Hi everyone, first post here.

I'm using Pol 098.2. I've compiled all the scripts/pkg's with no errors, but pol can't read the ecl files.

Exception caught while loading script pkg/items/debris/:debris:debris/method.ecl: Unable to open pkg/items/debris/:debris:debris/method.ecl for reading.
Unable to read script 'pkg/items/debris/:debris:debris/method.ecl'
Error reading script pkg/items/debris/:debris:debris/method.ecl

The path to the script is right, since the the file is in pkg/items/debris/debris/method.ecl
The itemdesc of this pkg shows the correct path too.

Someone know what can be the problem here?
Thank you.

When does the error occur?

If you are using start_script you must remove the ".ecl"

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var script := Start_Script(":debris:debris/method");


You must enable the package too
In pkg.cfg

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Enabled       (0/1)
Name          (string package name)
[Requires      (string package name) [(int version)] ...]
[Replaces      (string package name) ...]
[Conflicts     (string package name) ...]
[Version      (string version number)]
[CoreRequired (int core version without leading 0, or full version string)]
[ProvidesSystemHomePage (0/1)]

[Maintainer   (string name)]
[Email        (string email)]


the name between the colon is the name in the pkg.cfg, not the real directory name.
You can rename your debris folder in "beautifulldebrispackage" and still access it with :debris:

It occurs after loading the packages.

...(Pkg loading)
Loading package in pkg/utils/worldSaver/
INSTALLING: Exported Vital - RegenRate and MaxValue functions ...
Exception caught while loading script pkg/items/debris/:debris:debris/method.ecl: Unable to open pkg/items/debris/:debris:debris/method.ecl for reading.
Unable to read script 'pkg/items/debris/:debris:debris/method.ecl'
Error reading script pkg/items/debris/:debris:debris/method.ecl
Exception caught while loading script pkg/items/deed/:deed:deed/method.ecl: Unable to open pkg/items/deed/:deed:deed/method.ecl for reading.
Unable to read script 'pkg/items/deed/:deed:deed/method.ecl'
Error reading script pkg/items/deed/:deed:deed/method.ecl
Exception caught while loading script pkg/items/deed/:deed:deed/method.ecl: Unable to open pkg/items/deed/:deed:deed/method.ecl for reading.
Unable to read script 'pkg/items/deed/:deed:deed/method.ecl'
Error reading script pkg/items/deed/:deed:deed/method.ecl
Exception caught while loading script pkg/items/deed/:deed:deed/method.ecl: Unable to open pkg/items/deed/:deed:deed/method.ecl for reading.
Unable to read script 'pkg/items/deed/:deed:deed/method.ecl'
Error reading script pkg/items/deed/:deed:deed/method.ecl
Exception caught while loading script pkg/items/deed/:deed:deed/method.ecl: Unable to open pkg/items/deed/:deed:deed/method.ecl for reading.
Unable to read script 'pkg/items/deed/:deed:deed/method.ecl'
Error reading script pkg/items/deed/:deed:deed/method.ecl
Exception caught while loading script pkg/items/deed/:deed:deed/method.ecl: Unable to open pkg/items/deed/:deed:deed/method.ecl for reading.
Unable to read script 'pkg/items/deed/:deed:deed/method.ecl'
Error reading script pkg/items/deed/:deed:deed/method.ecl
...

As you can see it occurs to 90% of pkg's.
The pkg is enabled and Im not using start_scritpt(). In debris pkg for example I the itemdesc.cfg:

Item 0xC2D
{
Name debris
Desc debris

Movable 0
SaveOnExit 0

ControlScript :debris:debris/control
CreateScript :debris:debris/onCreate
MethodScript :debris:debris/method
}

Is there anything wrong here?
Thank you.

Check ecompile and *.em files version.

- what do you have in pkg.cfg for debris?
- what your ecompile.cfg says and what is full path to POL?

If ecompile and *.em files are up to date try recompile all scripts 'ecompile -A'

And hmm... what do you have in your method.src script?

http://docs.polserver.com/pol098/script ... thodScript make sure it has right syntax

Edit: well i think that you can't have method.src script and start it with start_script function. method.src is POL special type of script. Looks like itemdesc entry for MethodScript should be noted with .ecl extension so: MethodScript :debris:debris/method.ecl Rest of entries like Script/OnInsert/OnRemove/Control... should be written without .ecl

Ok, using the .em files provided in the 098.2 core package.
Just a few constants definitions in uo.em and vitals.em


Enabled 1
Name debris


Its exactly like the file ecompile.cfg.example but with the actual paths to modules, scripts and pkg folders.

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use uo;
use os;

program Install()
   return 1;
endprogram

exported function IsDebris(item)
   return 1;
endfunction


I tried that, didn't work here, no additional errors anyway.