Setting up a Windows POL server. A tutorial.
Setting up a Windows POL server. A tutorial.
Thank you for taking a look at POL!
The POL server comes in two (2) parts, the Core and the Distro. POL is a virtual machine (VM). That is the Core part of POL. The Distro is a collection of eScript programmes that emulates a UO server. There is some cross-over between the Core and Distro as far as the emulation of a UO server is concerned but most of everything that handles actual gameplay is done by the eScript programmes. Just for clarification, eScript is the language used to write programmes, called “scripts” by most people, that the POL Core runs to emulate the UO world we have all come to know and love.
I suggest you read through this tutorial first so you have an understanding of the steps involved. Then come back and follow the steps to get up and running.
First, download the Distro. We have two (2) versions available. If you want a classic UO experience with no special or custom wood types and no damage modifications based on the materials used to craft a weapon then the Classic Distro is for you. The Classic Distro was intended for developers who want a basic working UO emulator that they can modify to work the way they want it to without the need to remove a lot of unwanted extra functionality. It is available on the Downloads page as well.
The other option is the Modern Distro. It has a crafting system modeled after the OSI system as it looks today plus the additions of the resistances and damage types you find in the current version of UO. The Modern Distro is still a work in progress. So some things might not work correctly though most should. I bet by now you can guess where you are able to find the Modern Distro.
I recommend starting with the Classic Distro for the purpose of working through this tutorial.
Once you have downloaded the Distro, create a directory and extract the files from the ZIP file into that directory. Please note that the Distro files are inside a folder within the ZIP file. You will need to open that folder to extract the Distro files. You should not receive any warnings about overwriting files but if you do let Windows replace files with those from the Distro ZIP file.
Note: If you already have a set of scripts for a shard, you do not need to download one of the POL Distros. Create a directory and place your shard scripts in that directory.
Next, download the POL Core. You can find the latest stable release here on the Downloads page. Go and download it. Extract the contents of the Core ZIP file to the folder you created earlier.
The POL Core relies on settings contained in at least 7 configuration files. These files are in plain text. You can, if you choose, edit them by hand. I do not recommend that unless you enjoy doing things the hard way. Fortunately, there is a tool available, the POL Configurator, which presents these settings in a graphical user interface that makes configuring POL much easier. You can read about it on the POL Forums. The links to download it are there as well. This tutorial will use the POL Configurator to setup POL.
Once you have downloaded the Configurator, double-click the pol_configurator.exe file to start the program. Near the bottom left of the program window use the Browse button next to the text box labeled Location of your POL Directory to locate your new POL folder. Remember that the dialog box that opens is a directory selection box. Highlight the directory and click on the Select Folder button. You will be presented with a dialog box informing you that your POL installation is missing the ecompile.cfg file. This is normal because we do not provide a default ecompile.cfg file with the Core or Distro files. This is because some of the settings in that file are dependent upon the location of your POL installation. Click the Yes button to allow the Configurator to provide the missing file. A message will appear informing you the missing file has been added to your installation. Click the OK button.
Now you need to tell the Configurator where your UO client files exist. Use the Browse button next to the text box labeled Location of your UO installation to locate your UO client folder.
If you do not select the proper directories for POL or UO the Configurator will inform you. The Configurator looks for certain files in those directories to determine that you have selected valid locations. If you receive a notification that one of these directories is not a valid location, try locating the appropriate folder again. Remember that these are directory selection boxes. They differ from file selection boxes. You merely need to highlight, single-click, on the directory then click the Select Folder button.
If the Configurator still refuses to accept your directories as valid then post the issue here and I will try to help you.
Assuming there were no problems locating your POL and UO installations the next thing is to review the current settings. Click on the eCompile tab and verify that the directory settings are correct in the eCompile CFG Directory Setting group box. They should be, but if they are not, browse to the appropriate folders. If you need to do that use the following examples, assuming your POL installation is D:\pol
Module Directory
D:\pol\scripts\modules
Include Directory
D:\pol\scripts
POL Script Root Directory
D:\pol\scripts
Package Root Directory(ies)
D:\pol\pkg
The /devpkg directory is optional. You will not have a directory by that name in the Distro and no error will occur if it does not exist. It is intended for packages that are in development but not ready to be implemented.
As of this writing, 2018-12-27, if you are using a client version in the 7+ range the other default settings will work fine. If your version is below 7 then you may have to adjust certain settings to meet your client’s requirements. See the Expansion Settings group on the Server Settings page if you need to set your server for an earlier expansion.
Feel free to have a look at all the various settings that are available with POL. The Configurator has tooltips for most of the settings that explain, briefly, their function. Just hover the mouse pointer over the check box, text entry box, or drop-down box to see the tooltip. Once you have reviewed your settings and are satisfied with them, click the Save Settings button. You will now be presented with a dialog box informing you that you are missing accounts.txt and pol.txt files. This is normal when setting up one of the Distro versions. We do not include either of those files in the Distro or Core downloads. Check the Clear Game Data check box. Do not worry. As this is a new installation you have no game data. The text entry boxes for a username and password will be enabled. The username and password are used to create the shard developer account. Please note that the password is not masked in the text box with asterisks. Once you have entered a username and password click the Yes button. You will be presented with a message informing you of the creation of accounts.txt and pol.txt. Click the OK button.
It is time to create POL’s internal representation of the world maps and a few configuration files related to art tiles, landtiles, and multis. Go to the Facet Generation page. Note that the only enabled group is Copy UO Files. Again we are going to assume you are using a version 7 or later client. If you are using an earlier client version then uncheck the Copy only UOP, statics, and tiledata check box. Now click the Copy Required Files button.
Once the file copy process is complete, the other groups will be enabled.
If you are using the POL 099.1 stable release, which you should be for this tutorial and you are using a version 7 or higher client, then you must extract the *.mul files from the newer *.uop files that version 7 and higher clients use. At the upper right corner of the Facets Generation page, you will see the UOP/MUL Unpack and Repack group. Click the Unpack the MUL files from the UOP files button. This will open a command line window and run an external programme to perform the extraction. Once it is finished press any key to close the window.
I should mention that POL 100, which is currently in beta, does not require you to extract the *.mul files but there are other reasons, such as editing maps, where the MUL files need to be extracted. We will not be editing maps in this tutorial.
Now back to the left side of the page… Just below the Copy UO Files group there is the Tiles, Multis, and Landtiles group. The three check boxes in that group should be checked. If they are not all checked, please check them. Then click the Build the selected cfg files button. This will open another command window and run the uoconvert.exe programme that will generate the three cfg files. Again, once that is done press a key to close the window.
It is now time to generate the facets. POL uses the term realm instead of facet. I do not know why that was chosen but it was. So in eScript programmes, we use the term realm but here we will call the different maps by their official designation, facets.
In the Map Generation Settings group select your map size. For clients before Mondain’s Legacy choose Third Dawn Map Size. Otherwise, you can leave it set to Mondain’s Legacy Map Size. Below the map size selector, you may choose the facets you want to generate. I recommend selecting them all but at least select Felucca. You may also choose to use the additional *.Dif files when generating the facets. I am not exactly certain what the Dif files are but it is my understanding they are used to patch the main map files. If anyone knows more about their purpose I welcome your input.
Once you have made your facet selections click the Build the Selected Facets button. This will open a command window and run uoconvert.exe to generate the internal map files for POL.
We are almost finished. I know reading this makes it seem like a long process but it goes pretty fast once you are actually doing it.
The last step.
Click on the eCompile tab. At about the middle of the page, you will see three wide buttons. I like to see the programmes, usually called scripts, being compiled. So click on the Compile modified Scripts. Send output to the console button. A command window will open and you will see eCompile’s output as it compiles each eScript programme. Once the compilation is finished press any key.
I said that was the last step. I lied. You have one more thing to do. At the far right of the Configurator window, you will see two large buttons near the bottom, Test Launch POL and Run POL. The very last step is to choose one of those buttons. I suggest using Test Launch POL since this is the first time you are running POL. The tooltips for each button will explain the difference between them. A new command window will open and you should see POL loading the realms (facets), packages, and various other things it needs to do to start. When you want to shut the server down there are several ways to do that. One way is to press <ctrl>-c when the server command window is in focus. You can enter a question mark (?) when the server window is in focus to see a list of console commands available to you. Before POL will accept any of those commands you must first unlock the console for input by pressing <shift>-s. You can re-lock the console by pressing <shift>-s again.
Now all you need to do is set your client to log in. There is a default localhost IP already set in the configuration files. Set your client to use IP 127.0.0.1, port 5003, and no encryption. Now login and enjoy.
P.S. I suggested using the Classic Distro with this tutorial because I know for certain that there are no issues with its programmes (scripts). However, this same process can be used with the Modern Distro, and should work with any complete world shard that is POL 099.1 compliant.
The POL server comes in two (2) parts, the Core and the Distro. POL is a virtual machine (VM). That is the Core part of POL. The Distro is a collection of eScript programmes that emulates a UO server. There is some cross-over between the Core and Distro as far as the emulation of a UO server is concerned but most of everything that handles actual gameplay is done by the eScript programmes. Just for clarification, eScript is the language used to write programmes, called “scripts” by most people, that the POL Core runs to emulate the UO world we have all come to know and love.
I suggest you read through this tutorial first so you have an understanding of the steps involved. Then come back and follow the steps to get up and running.
First, download the Distro. We have two (2) versions available. If you want a classic UO experience with no special or custom wood types and no damage modifications based on the materials used to craft a weapon then the Classic Distro is for you. The Classic Distro was intended for developers who want a basic working UO emulator that they can modify to work the way they want it to without the need to remove a lot of unwanted extra functionality. It is available on the Downloads page as well.
The other option is the Modern Distro. It has a crafting system modeled after the OSI system as it looks today plus the additions of the resistances and damage types you find in the current version of UO. The Modern Distro is still a work in progress. So some things might not work correctly though most should. I bet by now you can guess where you are able to find the Modern Distro.
I recommend starting with the Classic Distro for the purpose of working through this tutorial.
Once you have downloaded the Distro, create a directory and extract the files from the ZIP file into that directory. Please note that the Distro files are inside a folder within the ZIP file. You will need to open that folder to extract the Distro files. You should not receive any warnings about overwriting files but if you do let Windows replace files with those from the Distro ZIP file.
Note: If you already have a set of scripts for a shard, you do not need to download one of the POL Distros. Create a directory and place your shard scripts in that directory.
Next, download the POL Core. You can find the latest stable release here on the Downloads page. Go and download it. Extract the contents of the Core ZIP file to the folder you created earlier.
The POL Core relies on settings contained in at least 7 configuration files. These files are in plain text. You can, if you choose, edit them by hand. I do not recommend that unless you enjoy doing things the hard way. Fortunately, there is a tool available, the POL Configurator, which presents these settings in a graphical user interface that makes configuring POL much easier. You can read about it on the POL Forums. The links to download it are there as well. This tutorial will use the POL Configurator to setup POL.
Once you have downloaded the Configurator, double-click the pol_configurator.exe file to start the program. Near the bottom left of the program window use the Browse button next to the text box labeled Location of your POL Directory to locate your new POL folder. Remember that the dialog box that opens is a directory selection box. Highlight the directory and click on the Select Folder button. You will be presented with a dialog box informing you that your POL installation is missing the ecompile.cfg file. This is normal because we do not provide a default ecompile.cfg file with the Core or Distro files. This is because some of the settings in that file are dependent upon the location of your POL installation. Click the Yes button to allow the Configurator to provide the missing file. A message will appear informing you the missing file has been added to your installation. Click the OK button.
Now you need to tell the Configurator where your UO client files exist. Use the Browse button next to the text box labeled Location of your UO installation to locate your UO client folder.
If you do not select the proper directories for POL or UO the Configurator will inform you. The Configurator looks for certain files in those directories to determine that you have selected valid locations. If you receive a notification that one of these directories is not a valid location, try locating the appropriate folder again. Remember that these are directory selection boxes. They differ from file selection boxes. You merely need to highlight, single-click, on the directory then click the Select Folder button.
If the Configurator still refuses to accept your directories as valid then post the issue here and I will try to help you.
Assuming there were no problems locating your POL and UO installations the next thing is to review the current settings. Click on the eCompile tab and verify that the directory settings are correct in the eCompile CFG Directory Setting group box. They should be, but if they are not, browse to the appropriate folders. If you need to do that use the following examples, assuming your POL installation is D:\pol
Module Directory
D:\pol\scripts\modules
Include Directory
D:\pol\scripts
POL Script Root Directory
D:\pol\scripts
Package Root Directory(ies)
D:\pol\pkg
The /devpkg directory is optional. You will not have a directory by that name in the Distro and no error will occur if it does not exist. It is intended for packages that are in development but not ready to be implemented.
As of this writing, 2018-12-27, if you are using a client version in the 7+ range the other default settings will work fine. If your version is below 7 then you may have to adjust certain settings to meet your client’s requirements. See the Expansion Settings group on the Server Settings page if you need to set your server for an earlier expansion.
Feel free to have a look at all the various settings that are available with POL. The Configurator has tooltips for most of the settings that explain, briefly, their function. Just hover the mouse pointer over the check box, text entry box, or drop-down box to see the tooltip. Once you have reviewed your settings and are satisfied with them, click the Save Settings button. You will now be presented with a dialog box informing you that you are missing accounts.txt and pol.txt files. This is normal when setting up one of the Distro versions. We do not include either of those files in the Distro or Core downloads. Check the Clear Game Data check box. Do not worry. As this is a new installation you have no game data. The text entry boxes for a username and password will be enabled. The username and password are used to create the shard developer account. Please note that the password is not masked in the text box with asterisks. Once you have entered a username and password click the Yes button. You will be presented with a message informing you of the creation of accounts.txt and pol.txt. Click the OK button.
It is time to create POL’s internal representation of the world maps and a few configuration files related to art tiles, landtiles, and multis. Go to the Facet Generation page. Note that the only enabled group is Copy UO Files. Again we are going to assume you are using a version 7 or later client. If you are using an earlier client version then uncheck the Copy only UOP, statics, and tiledata check box. Now click the Copy Required Files button.
Once the file copy process is complete, the other groups will be enabled.
If you are using the POL 099.1 stable release, which you should be for this tutorial and you are using a version 7 or higher client, then you must extract the *.mul files from the newer *.uop files that version 7 and higher clients use. At the upper right corner of the Facets Generation page, you will see the UOP/MUL Unpack and Repack group. Click the Unpack the MUL files from the UOP files button. This will open a command line window and run an external programme to perform the extraction. Once it is finished press any key to close the window.
I should mention that POL 100, which is currently in beta, does not require you to extract the *.mul files but there are other reasons, such as editing maps, where the MUL files need to be extracted. We will not be editing maps in this tutorial.
Now back to the left side of the page… Just below the Copy UO Files group there is the Tiles, Multis, and Landtiles group. The three check boxes in that group should be checked. If they are not all checked, please check them. Then click the Build the selected cfg files button. This will open another command window and run the uoconvert.exe programme that will generate the three cfg files. Again, once that is done press a key to close the window.
It is now time to generate the facets. POL uses the term realm instead of facet. I do not know why that was chosen but it was. So in eScript programmes, we use the term realm but here we will call the different maps by their official designation, facets.
In the Map Generation Settings group select your map size. For clients before Mondain’s Legacy choose Third Dawn Map Size. Otherwise, you can leave it set to Mondain’s Legacy Map Size. Below the map size selector, you may choose the facets you want to generate. I recommend selecting them all but at least select Felucca. You may also choose to use the additional *.Dif files when generating the facets. I am not exactly certain what the Dif files are but it is my understanding they are used to patch the main map files. If anyone knows more about their purpose I welcome your input.
Once you have made your facet selections click the Build the Selected Facets button. This will open a command window and run uoconvert.exe to generate the internal map files for POL.
We are almost finished. I know reading this makes it seem like a long process but it goes pretty fast once you are actually doing it.
The last step.
Click on the eCompile tab. At about the middle of the page, you will see three wide buttons. I like to see the programmes, usually called scripts, being compiled. So click on the Compile modified Scripts. Send output to the console button. A command window will open and you will see eCompile’s output as it compiles each eScript programme. Once the compilation is finished press any key.
I said that was the last step. I lied. You have one more thing to do. At the far right of the Configurator window, you will see two large buttons near the bottom, Test Launch POL and Run POL. The very last step is to choose one of those buttons. I suggest using Test Launch POL since this is the first time you are running POL. The tooltips for each button will explain the difference between them. A new command window will open and you should see POL loading the realms (facets), packages, and various other things it needs to do to start. When you want to shut the server down there are several ways to do that. One way is to press <ctrl>-c when the server command window is in focus. You can enter a question mark (?) when the server window is in focus to see a list of console commands available to you. Before POL will accept any of those commands you must first unlock the console for input by pressing <shift>-s. You can re-lock the console by pressing <shift>-s again.
Now all you need to do is set your client to log in. There is a default localhost IP already set in the configuration files. Set your client to use IP 127.0.0.1, port 5003, and no encryption. Now login and enjoy.
P.S. I suggested using the Classic Distro with this tutorial because I know for certain that there are no issues with its programmes (scripts). However, this same process can be used with the Modern Distro, and should work with any complete world shard that is POL 099.1 compliant.
Re: Setting up a POL server. A tutorial.
Great work.
Maybe new people come and use POL emulator on live shards. I think it will be good idea to add latest page download to main page, not only in forum.
Thanks.
Maybe new people come and use POL emulator on live shards. I think it will be good idea to add latest page download to main page, not only in forum.
Thanks.
Re: Setting up a POL server. A tutorial.
The link to the current Core and Distros downloads page is at the top of the forums page.
Re: Setting up a POL server. A tutorial.
What about map editing? I'm using CentrED software with UOP to MUL converter. What soft do you prefer?
Re: Setting up a POL server. A tutorial.
CWO is correct. This is a tutorial for getting a POL server up and working. I wrote this in response to a question from a user. He wanted to know if there was a good tutorial on the subject of installing POL and configuring it. My reply was that there are some tutorials but I could not say they were "good". This tutorial took me about 5 hours to write. I was going to do it from memory. That was a bad idea. So I went through the steps one-by-one and documented them along the way. I am certainly glad I took that route. I found a couple of issues with the Configurator I had to fix and there were steps I would not have included had I chosen to write this based upon my memory. Anyway, my point is, this was easy compared to writing a map editing tutorial. I know someone who is very good at map editing. He uses CentrEd.
Now, back to the topic of this thread. I hope this tutorial is useful for people who want to give POL a test drive and hopefully the Configurator simplifies the task of starting a POL server compared to the old way of editing all of the config files manually.
Now, back to the topic of this thread. I hope this tutorial is useful for people who want to give POL a test drive and hopefully the Configurator simplifies the task of starting a POL server compared to the old way of editing all of the config files manually.
Re: Setting up a POL server. A tutorial.
Your tutorial rox. Its tell everything what a new person need to run server. Thank you for the anserw about map editior. Map editing is the one of the great process of making UO server, so I think it is a part of POL forum now please.think how we.can promote UO for young people
Re: Setting up a POL server. A tutorial.
Thanks for the guide. I repeated all the steps, but in Britain there are no NPCs, as well as doors in the houses. There are no skeletons in the graveyard. Is this normal or did I make a mistake? For a long time I tried to find an answer on the forum, but so far I could not.
Re: Setting up a POL server. A tutorial.
Thanks for the guide. I repeated all the steps, but in Britain there are no NPCs, as well as doors in the houses. There are no skeletons in the graveyard. Is this normal or did I make a mistake? For a long time I tried to find an answer on the forum, but so far I could not.
Last edited by Densevoid on Mon May 06, 2019 10:28 am, edited 2 times in total.
Re: Setting up a POL server. A tutorial.
The facets are undecorated,,no doors, decorations etc., when you first launch the server. This is intentional. Some developers prefer to place their own decorations rather than have the default decorations placed in the facets. However, there is a command that you can use to place the default decorations in the world. Use decoratefacets to choose the facets you wish to decorate. Don't forget to precede the command with a period. POL uses a period to denote a command.
As far as NPCs are concerned, yes, this is currently the default for the server. The Distros are not fully spawned. I have been working on the code and have not had time to work on the spawns. So far the work on the Distros has been a one or two person team. I will be posting a tutorial on how to spawn NPCs in a few days after I finish a few things in the scripts.
Keep in mind that the Distros, especially the Modern Distro, are works in progress. So some things may not work properly. The Modern Distro receives updates from time to time and you should check the repo at least once a week for updates.
If you find any decorations that seem to be wrong use the whereat command to target the decoration and post the location in the Distro bugs forum.
Thank you for your help and patience.
As far as NPCs are concerned, yes, this is currently the default for the server. The Distros are not fully spawned. I have been working on the code and have not had time to work on the spawns. So far the work on the Distros has been a one or two person team. I will be posting a tutorial on how to spawn NPCs in a few days after I finish a few things in the scripts.
Keep in mind that the Distros, especially the Modern Distro, are works in progress. So some things may not work properly. The Modern Distro receives updates from time to time and you should check the repo at least once a week for updates.
If you find any decorations that seem to be wrong use the whereat command to target the decoration and post the location in the Distro bugs forum.
Thank you for your help and patience.
Re: Setting up a POL server. A tutorial.
Also, please report any other bugs or unexpected behaviour you may find. If you can, list anything you were doing when the issue occurred so I can try to replicate the problem. Be sure to include the Distro version you were using. If you followed the tutorial this will be the Classic Distro.
Re: Setting up a POL server. A tutorial.
So far, the only difference from the guide was that in my client version 7.0.15.1 there were MUL files. Although the guide says that they should not be in version 7 and above. Well, I just ticked off "Copy only UOP" checkbox.
The client downloaded this link: https://sourceforge.net/projects/ultima ... ient70151/
The client downloaded this link: https://sourceforge.net/projects/ultima ... ient70151/
Re: Setting up a POL server. A tutorial.
My memory of which client version shipped with uop files might be wrong. Also, the person who posted that version of the client might have extracted the mul files from the uop files before posting it to Source Forge.
If anyone knows the version that contained uop files, let me know so I can correct the tutorial if it is in error.
If anyone knows the version that contained uop files, let me know so I can correct the tutorial if it is in error.
Re: Setting up a Windows POL server. A tutorial.
I followed this guide using the distro 099 of the zh server downloaded with the tortoise sv program using pol 99.1,end using the pol conf, but i got this error
Error reading configuration file config/boats.cfg:
Property 'MultiID' was not found.
Element: Boat , found on line 31
Server Shutdown: read_boat_cfg
Uhm I think that I need to use the pol 099 not the 099.1 tomorrow i will try again !
Error reading configuration file config/boats.cfg:
Property 'MultiID' was not found.
Element: Boat , found on line 31
Server Shutdown: read_boat_cfg
Uhm I think that I need to use the pol 099 not the 099.1 tomorrow i will try again !
Re: Setting up a Windows POL server. A tutorial.
If I remember correctly, something changed with the boat configuration at some point. I will see if that was documented in Core-changes.txt.
Re: Setting up a Windows POL server. A tutorial.
Uhm I tried miss the multiid on the boat file, on the file core there is, on the disco miss, the problem is not the version pol i think.
this is the boat.cfg on the core/confing/boats.cfg end is ok , but on the distro file miss that "MultiID " .
#######################################################
### Small Boat - 0x0 to 0x3 ###
#######################################################
# Small Boat Facing North
Boat
{
>>>>>>> MultiID 0x0 <<<<<<
TillerMan 0x3e4e 1 4 0
PortGangplankExtended 0x3ed5 -2 0 0
PortGangplankRetracted 0x3eb1 -2 0 0
StarboardGangplankExtended 0x3ed4 2 0 0
StarboardGangplankRetracted 0x3eb2 2 0 0
Hold 0x3eae 0 -4 0
}
But im using the 099 but i got this error , im using the distro 099 of the ZH server, i have read that should be work without errors because it's a default distro of POL now, but it's not true ! ^^ miss files ecc
Warning! pkg/skills/warrior/anatomy/anatomy.ecl does not exist!
Warning! pkg/skills/ranger/animallore/animalLore.ecl does not exist!
Warning! pkg/skills/mage/itemid/itemID.ecl does not exist!
Warning! pkg/skills/crafter/armsLore/armsLore.ecl does not exist!
Warning! pkg/skills/bard/begging/begging.ecl does not exist!
Warning! pkg/skills/bard/peacemaking/peacemaking.ecl does not exist!
Warning! pkg/skills/bard/cartography/cartography.ecl does not exist!
Warning! pkg/skills/thief/detecthidden/detecthidden.ecl does not exist!
Warning! pkg/skills/bard/discordance/discordance.ecl does not exist!
Warning! pkg/skills/mage/evalInt/evalInt.ecl does not exist!
Warning! pkg/skills/other/forensicevaluation/forensic.ecl does not exist!
Warning! pkg/skills/thief/hiding/hiding.ecl does not exist!
Warning! pkg/skills/bard/provocation/provocation.ecl does not exist!
Warning! pkg/skills/mage/inscription/inscription.ecl does not exist!
Warning! pkg/skills/thief/poisonning/poisonning.ecl does not exist!
Warning! pkg/skills/mage/spiritSpeak/spiritSpeak.ecl does not exist!
Warning! pkg/skills/thief/stealing/stealing.ecl does not exist!
Warning! pkg/skills/ranger/animaltaming/animaltaming.ecl does not exist!
Warning! pkg/skills/bard/tasteidentification/tasteidentification.ecl does not exist!
Warning! pkg/skills/ranger/tracking/tracking.ecl does not exist!
Warning! pkg/skills/mage/meditation/meditation.ecl does not exist!
Warning! pkg/skills/thief/stealth/stealth.ecl does not exist!
Warning! pkg/skills/thief/removetrap/removetrap.ecl does not exist!
Warning! pkg/systems/attributes/hooks/vitalInit.ecl does not exist!
Exception caught while loading script pkg/systems/attributes/hooks/vitalInit.ecl: Unable to open pkg/systems/attributes/hooks/vitalInit.ecl for reading.
Unable to read script 'pkg/systems/attributes/hooks/vitalInit.ecl'
Error reading script pkg/systems/attributes/hooks/vitalInit.ecl
Error reading configuration file pkg/systems/attributes/config/vitals.cfg:
Export Script pkg/systems/attributes/hooks/vitalInit.ecl not found
Element: Vital Hits, found on line 28
Server Shutdown: load_vitals_cfg: load_packed_cfgs
Initiating POL Cleanup....
Execution aborted due to: Configuration file error
this is the boat.cfg on the core/confing/boats.cfg end is ok , but on the distro file miss that "MultiID " .
#######################################################
### Small Boat - 0x0 to 0x3 ###
#######################################################
# Small Boat Facing North
Boat
{
>>>>>>> MultiID 0x0 <<<<<<
TillerMan 0x3e4e 1 4 0
PortGangplankExtended 0x3ed5 -2 0 0
PortGangplankRetracted 0x3eb1 -2 0 0
StarboardGangplankExtended 0x3ed4 2 0 0
StarboardGangplankRetracted 0x3eb2 2 0 0
Hold 0x3eae 0 -4 0
}
But im using the 099 but i got this error , im using the distro 099 of the ZH server, i have read that should be work without errors because it's a default distro of POL now, but it's not true ! ^^ miss files ecc
Warning! pkg/skills/warrior/anatomy/anatomy.ecl does not exist!
Warning! pkg/skills/ranger/animallore/animalLore.ecl does not exist!
Warning! pkg/skills/mage/itemid/itemID.ecl does not exist!
Warning! pkg/skills/crafter/armsLore/armsLore.ecl does not exist!
Warning! pkg/skills/bard/begging/begging.ecl does not exist!
Warning! pkg/skills/bard/peacemaking/peacemaking.ecl does not exist!
Warning! pkg/skills/bard/cartography/cartography.ecl does not exist!
Warning! pkg/skills/thief/detecthidden/detecthidden.ecl does not exist!
Warning! pkg/skills/bard/discordance/discordance.ecl does not exist!
Warning! pkg/skills/mage/evalInt/evalInt.ecl does not exist!
Warning! pkg/skills/other/forensicevaluation/forensic.ecl does not exist!
Warning! pkg/skills/thief/hiding/hiding.ecl does not exist!
Warning! pkg/skills/bard/provocation/provocation.ecl does not exist!
Warning! pkg/skills/mage/inscription/inscription.ecl does not exist!
Warning! pkg/skills/thief/poisonning/poisonning.ecl does not exist!
Warning! pkg/skills/mage/spiritSpeak/spiritSpeak.ecl does not exist!
Warning! pkg/skills/thief/stealing/stealing.ecl does not exist!
Warning! pkg/skills/ranger/animaltaming/animaltaming.ecl does not exist!
Warning! pkg/skills/bard/tasteidentification/tasteidentification.ecl does not exist!
Warning! pkg/skills/ranger/tracking/tracking.ecl does not exist!
Warning! pkg/skills/mage/meditation/meditation.ecl does not exist!
Warning! pkg/skills/thief/stealth/stealth.ecl does not exist!
Warning! pkg/skills/thief/removetrap/removetrap.ecl does not exist!
Warning! pkg/systems/attributes/hooks/vitalInit.ecl does not exist!
Exception caught while loading script pkg/systems/attributes/hooks/vitalInit.ecl: Unable to open pkg/systems/attributes/hooks/vitalInit.ecl for reading.
Unable to read script 'pkg/systems/attributes/hooks/vitalInit.ecl'
Error reading script pkg/systems/attributes/hooks/vitalInit.ecl
Error reading configuration file pkg/systems/attributes/config/vitals.cfg:
Export Script pkg/systems/attributes/hooks/vitalInit.ecl not found
Element: Vital Hits, found on line 28
Server Shutdown: load_vitals_cfg: load_packed_cfgs
Initiating POL Cleanup....
Execution aborted due to: Configuration file error
Re: Setting up a Windows POL server. A tutorial.
a lot of ecl files don't exist... did you compile your scripts? No matter which scriptbase you're using, you must run eCompile from the version of POL you're using. If you change versions at all, you have to recompile the scripts.
Re: Setting up a Windows POL server. A tutorial.
Hello
I double clicked on the fast compiler, because the ecompile.exe on the pol/scripts seems not work, appears a cmd gump then disappears, I compiled even with the pol config following the guide above.
I compiled the files I have this on the ecompiler.log
./pkg/items/bandage/bloodybandage/method.ecl is up-to-date.
./pkg/items/spiderweb/spiderWeb/onCreate.ecl is up-to-date.
./pkg/commands/acctDelete/acctDelete.ecl is up-to-date.
./pkg/items/keys/keyRing/use.ecl is up-to-date.
./pkg/items/kindlings/burnedwood/burnedwood.ecl is up-to-date.
./pkg/items/kindlings/burnedwood/method.ecl is up-to-date.
./pkg/systems/spawnSystem/engines/reagentSpawn/spawnCycle.ecl is up-to-date.
./pkg/commands/admin/dupe.ecl is up-to-date.
./pkg/items/spiderweb/spiderWeb/walkOn.ecl is up-to-date.
./pkg/commands/admin/test.ecl is up-to-date.
./pkg/items/summoning/ground.ecl is up-to-date.
./pkg/items/summoning/magicCircle.ecl is up-to-date.
./pkg/systems/spawnSystem/initializer/firstRun.ecl is up-to-date.
./pkg/commands/admin/unloadcfg.ecl is up-to-date.
./pkg/items/summoning/waterFall.ecl is up-to-date.
./pkg/systems/timedScripts/subScripts/magery/bless.ecl is up-to-date.
./pkg/items/sysbook/book/methods.ecl is up-to-date.
./pkg/commands/admin/writequip.ecl is up-to-date.
./pkg/items/bandage/bloodybandage/use.ecl is up-to-date.
./pkg/items/sysbook/book/onCreate.ecl is up-to-date.
./pkg/items/blood/blood/control.ecl is up-to-date.
./pkg/systems/spawnSystem/spawnSystem.ecl is up-to-date.
./pkg/commands/building/coloritem.ecl is up-to-date.
./pkg/items/sysbook/book/onDestroy.ecl is up-to-date.
ECC ECC.
But now i have these errors..!
Warning! pkg/items/clothing/cloth/onDestroy.ecl does not exist!
Warning! pkg/items/scissors/useScissors.ecl does not exist!
Error reading configuration file pkg/items/weapons/config/itemdesc.cfg:
Weapon has INTRINSIC property, which is no longer needed
Element: Weapon 0xF020, found on line 16
Server Shutdown: load_itemdesc
Initiating POL Cleanup....
Execution aborted due to: Configuration file error
I double clicked on the fast compiler, because the ecompile.exe on the pol/scripts seems not work, appears a cmd gump then disappears, I compiled even with the pol config following the guide above.
I compiled the files I have this on the ecompiler.log
./pkg/items/bandage/bloodybandage/method.ecl is up-to-date.
./pkg/items/spiderweb/spiderWeb/onCreate.ecl is up-to-date.
./pkg/commands/acctDelete/acctDelete.ecl is up-to-date.
./pkg/items/keys/keyRing/use.ecl is up-to-date.
./pkg/items/kindlings/burnedwood/burnedwood.ecl is up-to-date.
./pkg/items/kindlings/burnedwood/method.ecl is up-to-date.
./pkg/systems/spawnSystem/engines/reagentSpawn/spawnCycle.ecl is up-to-date.
./pkg/commands/admin/dupe.ecl is up-to-date.
./pkg/items/spiderweb/spiderWeb/walkOn.ecl is up-to-date.
./pkg/commands/admin/test.ecl is up-to-date.
./pkg/items/summoning/ground.ecl is up-to-date.
./pkg/items/summoning/magicCircle.ecl is up-to-date.
./pkg/systems/spawnSystem/initializer/firstRun.ecl is up-to-date.
./pkg/commands/admin/unloadcfg.ecl is up-to-date.
./pkg/items/summoning/waterFall.ecl is up-to-date.
./pkg/systems/timedScripts/subScripts/magery/bless.ecl is up-to-date.
./pkg/items/sysbook/book/methods.ecl is up-to-date.
./pkg/commands/admin/writequip.ecl is up-to-date.
./pkg/items/bandage/bloodybandage/use.ecl is up-to-date.
./pkg/items/sysbook/book/onCreate.ecl is up-to-date.
./pkg/items/blood/blood/control.ecl is up-to-date.
./pkg/systems/spawnSystem/spawnSystem.ecl is up-to-date.
./pkg/commands/building/coloritem.ecl is up-to-date.
./pkg/items/sysbook/book/onDestroy.ecl is up-to-date.
ECC ECC.
But now i have these errors..!
Warning! pkg/items/clothing/cloth/onDestroy.ecl does not exist!
Warning! pkg/items/scissors/useScissors.ecl does not exist!
Error reading configuration file pkg/items/weapons/config/itemdesc.cfg:
Weapon has INTRINSIC property, which is no longer needed
Element: Weapon 0xF020, found on line 16
Server Shutdown: load_itemdesc
Initiating POL Cleanup....
Execution aborted due to: Configuration file error
Re: Setting up a Windows POL server. A tutorial.
So I removed the item with the INTRINSIC property, so appears another error now...
Execution aborted due to: Secure trade container (0x1ff01) must be defined in itemdesc.cfg as a container.
thank goodness the distro didn't have to give problems ... like default distro on pol 099..
Execution aborted due to: Secure trade container (0x1ff01) must be defined in itemdesc.cfg as a container.
thank goodness the distro didn't have to give problems ... like default distro on pol 099..
Re: Setting up a Windows POL server. A tutorial.
I have not encountered these issues when comping either the Classic Distro or the Modern Distro.
Did you get the Distro scripts you are using from either the GitHub repo or the Downloads page?
Did you get the Distro scripts you are using from either the GitHub repo or the Downloads page?
Re: Setting up a Windows POL server. A tutorial.
nono I used the distro that Edwards* donated to POL, the ZH Fantasia maybe?
I have read that it's the default distro of pol now it should be without errors
I have read that it's the default distro of pol now it should be without errors
Re: Setting up a Windows POL server. A tutorial.
Edward's scripts are NOT a working set of scripts! That is why they are no longer the "distro". They should have NEVER been accepted as the Distro. Please read this topic.
Re: Setting up a Windows POL server. A tutorial.
All right! thanks
Re: Setting up a Windows POL server. A tutorial.
Heya!
Thanks for all your effort into making the POL config and writing this guide. I had a error that i couldnt understand why i was getting while following your guide. I landed at the compiling part, and the reason for my error which is now gone (couldnt compile scripts) was due to me naming the location of the pol files "POL Server" with a blank in between. This messes with the compiling reading part and i believe it can mess with the reading of files since i got a bunch of strange errors.
Did another clean install of everything (up to 15+ times) and its finally working. time to continue building the new custom world.
Best regards.
Thanks for all your effort into making the POL config and writing this guide. I had a error that i couldnt understand why i was getting while following your guide. I landed at the compiling part, and the reason for my error which is now gone (couldnt compile scripts) was due to me naming the location of the pol files "POL Server" with a blank in between. This messes with the compiling reading part and i believe it can mess with the reading of files since i got a bunch of strange errors.
Did another clean install of everything (up to 15+ times) and its finally working. time to continue building the new custom world.
Best regards.
Re: Setting up a Windows POL server. A tutorial.
The <space> character was in the directory name? There is a way to allow for spaces in a directory name and I thought I had handled that correctly in the program. I'll take a look at the code.