How to Create your own Shard!

[gundamwing84]

i have another problem, when i try start up the POL program(on the last step), its saying theres an error: unable to open configuration file config/multis.cfg

i saw a post about it on page 4, and it says to run UOconvert to create the multis file. i have the necessarry files in MUL( map0.mul,multi.idx,multi.mul,staidx0.mul,statics0.mul,tiledata.mul) but when i run UOconvert, it doesnt make the multis.cfg file(into the config folder). ive searched my computer and its not anywhere, so it hasnt been created. but the UO converter doesnt seem to be failing?(ive posted a picture of when it says theres a failure due to multis.mul and what the UOconverter says)

thanks in advance for help

[Tomi]

use these uoconvert commands

uoconvert multis
copy multis.cfg config

now I see from your uoconvert that you only converted the map and static files

these should be done aswell or it will complain about them next

uoconvert tiles
copy tiles.cfg config

uoconvert landtiles
copy landtiles.cfg config


small hint: Read uoconvert.txt for all possible commands

[gundamwing84]

heh sorry, i dont know how to insert the commands into the uoconvert? and i read the uoconvert.txt thing and dont quite understand...is it saying to make my own .dos? if so how?

[*Edwards]

Uses starthere.exe

[gundamwing84]

how so? (sorry im new to this, but i like learning =d)

[gundamwing84]

so i figured out most things on my own(with what u gave me) and it came to this, when i star pol(on the starthere.bat):

[Tomi]

and you see there "Pol is Active" which means its started up.

Then just connect your client and enjoy

[gundamwing84]

err....sorry to bother you yet again. but when i open ultima online(the no cript client thing made by rice) i use username and pass as : admin, and admin. it just sits there on veryfying account. any help?

Thanks in advance

[zombiecorpse]

probably a stupid question but do I do both (a) and (b) when i do command j?

Well after (a) is done, do I then do j again and then do (b)? =P

[gundamwing84]

any help with what i said^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^?

[gundamwing84]

NVM GUYS I GOT IT UP AND RUNNING!!! WHOOOO!

now i just have to find the admin . commands

[gundamwing84]

ok so im in the game...i close it to make sure everythings right, and when i log out, and log back in, the account ive just created isnt there? it wants me to make a new one?

and also, when i try to get my friends online(using razor, which is wat im using to connect, because the file made by rice isnt logging me on) they cant log on, its keeps "not responding"for them, even though im giving them the exact same details ive been entering into razor to connect(ive even tried giving them my ip from a site that gives u ur ip address)

any help?

[CWO]

Remember to do a world save before closing POL.

When your friends can't connect, what client version are they using? What version of POL are you using? At exactly what point does it not respond? With the client there are many steps it goes though. And each one of these steps it could get stuck for different reasons. So we need to narrow down those 3 questions first.


The client steps I'm talking about are:
Login screen where you put your username and password.
Verifying account...
Shard Selection
Connecting...
Select Character
Entering World

[gundamwing84]

its fine, thanks for replying but 2 days ago i figured out we were using the wrong IP and Port givin thanks anyways

[*Edwards]

Stick this thread!

[MrGreenPants]

I think the download links are down...

I can't download the client, core, or distro

[LeoX9]

I also cannot access the links.... Could someone fix this or guide me to a spot where I can get them? Thank you.

[miXer]

Hi guys. I have something like this on my POL99:



What I should do with it?

Thanks for help. Im a realy newbie

I should type commands from uoconvert.txt to uoconvert.exe?
But how?
Maybe its a very easy thing but my english isnt good. Im still learning.
Anyway, thanks for any help

[gundamwing84]

this is a veyr hard to understand guide when it comes to the newer POL cores. (as you can tell by earlier posts i had aloot of trouble with it when i first started haha luckily i had alot of help and will to learn!). you should download Distro 99: http://downloads.polserver.com/download ... tro099Full

it comes with the core (developed by the pol team) and a starting distro (i believe was set up by Edwards using his own shard) that will help you start using pol. make sure you have winrar (http://rarlab.com/download.htm) to "unrar" the files. once you have done so, there will be a .txt file in the distro folder called "README" that has an up to date installation guide.

you shouldnt get the same problem you have right now if you follow the guide, just make sure you do everything as it tells you to do it.

only this distro is fully supported by Polserver, the rest are player made or examples to help people. POL is a very great tool and easy to learn scripting from, just like all things it seems over whelming and very hard at the start but you will get used to it hope you stick around!

if you have any more trouble feel free to post it up and i can help there arnt as many active posters on polserver.com as there used to be so i guess your stuck with me!

[miXer]

Now i have the same problem as you had.
Whats the solution?

[Tomi]

Check uoconvert.txt how to convert the tiles.cfg, multis.cfg, landtiles.cfg aswell as the realm files
Or use Starhere.bat to convert everything

Your error message is because of missing multis.cfg in pol/config dir

[miXer]

Ok in StartHere.bat i press:

[a] Realm Gem menu

then

[d] Build all config files

and now i have this:

[gundamwing84]

did you create the maps britain, britain_alt, ilshenar, malas and tokuno?

[Ulrich]

Hi, can I ask you for help?



POL.bat (v 1.0) by Austin
=========================
Starting pol.exe
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POL099beta-2010-01-02 (VS.NET 2005)
compiled on Jan 2 2010 13:53:51
Copyright (C) 1993-2009 Eric N. Swanson

Reading Configuration.
checkpoint: reading config/bannedips.cfg
checkpoint: reading servspecopt.cfg
checkpoint: low-fragmentation Heap ...activated
checkpoint: init default itemdesc defaults
checkpoint: loading POL map file
Loading Realm britannia.
Server Shutdown: loading POL map file
Execution aborted due to: BinaryFile::Open('realm/britannia/statidx.dat, 0x8) failed.


=========================
POL has finished running
=========================

[gundamwing84]

open the program "starthere.bat"

select option 'a' realmgen. then choose option 'd' to build all config files. after that is done (shouldnt take long) select option "j" to build all realms. this will take a while but is necessary for the map files to be converted and playable.

if this doesnt work show me the error you get from it