096 startup error

Devloper BCL · Post by **Devloper BCL** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 7:36 am

hi,

i had latest version of pol95 and then replaced files with from the
pol-core-096-2005-12-08.. then i had run the uoconvert.exe.. after
this i got these files in the realm/britannia folder..

thats the files i have" d:\serveur\pol\096\realm\britannia "

03.01.2006 05:13 50.331.648 base.dat
03.01.2006 05:13 75.497.472 maptile.dat
03.01.2006 05:13 155 realm.cfg
03.01.2006 05:13 13.646.559 solids.dat
03.01.2006 05:13 393.216 solidx1.dat
03.01.2006 05:13 20.411.416 solidx2.dat

when i have started pol.exe i got this error:

Reading Configuration.
Loading Realm britannia.
Server Shutdown: loading POL map file
Execution aborted due to: BinaryFile::Open
('realm/britannia/statidx.dat, 0x8) failed.

but the statidx.dat isn't in that folder and it won't create after
converting over converting (did more than 10 times and nothing)..

and this is the uo convert.cfg:

LOSOptions
{
UseNoShoot 0
LOSThroughWindows 0
}

StaticOptions
{
MaxStaticsPerBlock 1000
WarningStaticsPerBlock 1000
ShowIllegalGraphicWarning 1
}

MultiTypes
{
Boats 0x0 0x1 0x2 0x3 0x4 0x5 0x6 0x7 0x8 0x9 0xA 0xB 0xC
0xD 0xE 0xF 0x10 0x11 0x12 0x13 0x14 0x15 0x16 0x17

Houses 0x64 0x65 0x66 0x67 0x68 0x69 0x6a 0x6b 0x6c 0x6d
0x6e 0x6f 0x70 0x71 0x72 0x73 0x74 0x75 0x76 0x77 0x78 0x79 0x7a
0x7b 0x7c 0x7d 0x7e 0x7f 0x87 0x8c 0x8d 0x96 0x98 0x9a 0x9c 0x9e
0xa0 0xa2 0x1f4 0x1f5 0x1f6 0x3e8 0x3e9 0x3ea 0x3eb 0x7d0 0x7d1
0x7d2 0x7d3 0x7d4 0x7d5 0x7d6 0x7d7 0xbb8 0xfa0 0xfa1 0xfa2 0xfa3
0xfa4 0xfa5 0xfa6 0xfa7 0xfa8 0xfa9 0xfaa 0xfab 0xfac 0x1388 0x13ec
0x13ed 0x13ee 0x13ef 0x13f0 0x13f1 0x13f8 0x13f9 0x13fa 0x13fb
0x13fc 0x13fd 0x13fe 0x1404 0x1405 0x1406 0x1407 0x1408 0x1409
0x140a 0x140b 0x1410 0x1411 0x1412 0x1413 0x1414 0x1415 0x1416
0x1417 0x1418 0x141c 0x141d 0x141e 0x141f 0x1420 0x1421 0x1422
0x1423 0x1424 0x1425 0x1428 0x1429 0x142a 0x142b 0x142c 0x142d
0x142e 0x142f 0x1430 0x1431 0x1432 0x1435 0x1436 0x1437 0x1438
0x1439 0x143a 0x143b 0x143c 0x143d 0x143e 0x143f 0x1442 0x1443
0x1444 0x1445 0x1446 0x1447 0x1448 0x1449 0x144a 0x144b 0x144f
0x1450 0x1451 0x1452 0x1453 0x1454 0x1455 0x1456 0x1457 0x145c
0x145d 0x145e 0x145f 0x1460 0x1461 0x1462 0x1463 0x1469 0x146a
0x146b 0x146c 0x146d 0x146e 0x146f 0x1476 0x1477 0x1478 0x1479
0x147a 0x147b

Stairs 0x1d4c 0x1db0 0x1db1 0x1db2 0x1db3 0x1db4 0x1db5
0x1db6 0x1db7 0x1db8 0x1db9 0x1dba 0x1dbb 0x1dbc 0x1dbd 0x1dbe
0x1dbf 0x1dc0 0x1dc1 0x1dc2 0x1dc3 0x1dc4 0x1dc5 0x1dc6 0x1dc7
0x1dc8 0x1dc9 0x1dca 0x1dcb 0x1dcc 0x1dcd 0x1dce 0x1dcf 0x1dd0
0x1dd1 0x1dd2 0x1dd3 0x1dd4 0x1dd7
}

Mounts
{
Tiles 0x3ea2 0x3e9f 0x3ea0 0x3ea1 0x3ea6 0x3ea3 0x3ea4
0x3ea5 0x3ea7 0x3ea8 0x3ea9 0x3eb0 0x3eb2 0x3eb3 0x3eb4 0x3eb8
0x3eaa 0x3eab 0x3eac 0x3ead 0x3eba 0x3ebb 0x3ebc 0x3ebd 0x3ebe
0x3eb3 0x3e90 0x3e91 0x3e92 0x3e94
}

can anyone help me to fix this problem?

Mithril · Post by **Mithril** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 8:09 am

It looks like you didn't run the statics step with uocovert:

uoconvert statics realm=britannia

That or something bad happened during that step. Could you open up a command window, do that step and then post what the output of the command is? It should have an error message there or some indication of failure if that is the problem. If the probelm is that that step was not done, well, that should fix that too

Devloper BCL · Post by **Devloper BCL** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 9:40 am

ok hmm... can u just say exactly what i need to do... please
im new in this but i like that and i want to learn about it

Pierce · Post by **Pierce** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 11:17 am

Mithril wrote: It looks like you didn't run the statics step with uocovert:
uoconvert statics realm=britannia

You have to run uoconvert with the syntax Mithril posted above

So simply type this as DOS command or Linux command, depending on what system you have:
uoconvert statics realm=britannia

If your static files are containing errors, uoconvert will write that.

Devloper BCL · Post by **Devloper BCL** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 11:44 am

can someone just explain this in french please lol
im not the best in english

Mithril · Post by **Mithril** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 12:24 pm

1 - Open a command prompt window (On Windows) or a console window (On Linux)
2 - Change your directory to the directory with pol.exe in it. (Ex., on windows, if pol.exe is in the folder c:\pol, you would enter this command to change your directory to there: cd c:\pol)
3 - Type in this command and hit enter: uoconvert statics realm=britannia
(On linux the above command may need to be entered as ./uoconvert statics realm=britannia, its been awhile since I've used linux...)

uoconvert should then launch and should start building the needed statics files. If it has problems with your statics, it will print them to the screen.

One other note: I just realized, in rereading your first post, that you previously were running 095 and have now put in the 096 core. Please realize that you are most likely going to have to make ALOT of script and config file changes for it to run. There are ALOT of things that have changed, been added, been removed fromm 095 to 096. Just so you know in case it hadn't been realized

Devloper BCL · Post by **Devloper BCL** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 12:34 pm

ok thx it work.. THX!!

Devloper BCL · Post by **Devloper BCL** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 12:41 pm

ok now i have a other problem... i have compiled and qhen i start pol.exe it say

Warning! pkg/foundations/hooks/regen.ecl does not exist!
Exception caught while loading script pkg/foundations/hooks/regen.ecl: Unable to open pkg/foundations/hooks/regen.ecl for reading.
Unable to read script 'pkg/foundations/hooks/regen.ecl'
Error reading script pkg/foundations/hooks/regen.ecl
Error reading configuration file pkg/foundations/hooks//vitals.cfg:
Export Script pkg/foundations/hooks/regen.ecl not found
Element: Vital Life, found on line 1
Server Shutdown: load_vitals_cfg: load_packed_cfgs
Execution aborted due to: Configuration file error

i go in the folder and the regen.ecl is not here...
what i need to do

Mithril · Post by **Mithril** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 12:43 pm

I assume that the compile stopped with errors? Or did it actually compile anything?

It sounds like your scripts are not compiling.

Devloper BCL · Post by **Devloper BCL** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 12:47 pm

hmm it possible the compile stopped ... but i dont no why my ecompile is correctly setted...

that my ecolpile.cfg

ModuleDirectory D:\serveur\pol\096\scripts
IncludeDirectory D:\serveur\pol\096\scripts
PolScriptRoot D:\serveur\pol\096\scripts
PackageRoot D:\serveur\pol\096\pkg
PackageRoot D:\serveur\pol\096\devpkg
GenerateListing 1
GenerateDebugInfo 1
GenerateDebugTextInfo 1
DisplayWarnings 1
CompileAspPages 1
AutoCompileByDefault 1
UpdateOnlyOnAutoCompile 1
OnlyCompileUpdatedScripts 1
DisplaySummary 1
GenerateDependencyInfo 1
DisplayUpToDateScripts 0

Mithril · Post by **Mithril** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 12:50 pm

After you issue the command to compile, watch its output and it will print to the screen any errors that occur during compile.

Mithril · Post by **Mithril** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 12:51 pm

And just to reiterate what I stated above:

One other note: I just realized, in rereading your first post, that you previously were running 095 and have now put in the 096 core. Please realize that you are most likely going to have to make ALOT of script and config file changes for it to run. There are ALOT of things that have changed, been added, been removed fromm 095 to 096. Just so you know in case it hadn't been realized

Devloper BCL · Post by **Devloper BCL** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 1:12 pm

what do you think is the problem?

Mithril · Post by **Mithril** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 1:17 pm

I have no idea at this point, you need to compile the scripts and see where that fails. See what error messages ecompile comes up with.

Pierce · Post by **Pierce** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 1:21 pm

Did you read the core-changes?

When you change from 95 to 96 you have to do a lot of changes in all scripts, config files ...

e.g. just some changes you have to do:

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	CreateItemAtLocation( x, y, z, objtype, amount := 1, realm := _DEFAULT_REALM );
	CreateMultiAtLocation( x, y, z, objtype, flags := 0, realm := _DEFAULT_REALM );
	CreateNpcFromTemplate( template, x, y, z, override_properties := 0, realm := _DEFAULT_REALM);
	FindPath( x1, y1, z1, x2, y2, z2, realm := _DEFAULT_REALM, mobilesblock := 0, searchskirt := 5 );
	GetHarvestDifficulty( resource, x, y, tiletype, realm := _DEFAULT_REALM );
	GetMapInfo( x, y, realm := _DEFAULT_REALM );
	GetRegionString( resource, x, y, propertyname, realm := _DEFAULT_REALM );
	GetStandingHeight( x, y, startz, realm := _DEFAULT_REALM );
	GetWorldHeight( x, y, realm := _DEFAULT_REALM );
	HarvestResource( resource, x, y, b, n, realm := _DEFAULT_REALM ); // returns b*a where 0 <= a <= n
	ListGhostsNearLocation( x, y, z, range, realm := _DEFAULT_REALM );
	ListItemsAtLocation( x, y, z, realm := _DEFAULT_REALM );
	ListItemsNearLocation( x, y, z, range, realm := _DEFAULT_REALM );
	ListItemsNearLocationOfType( x,y,z, range, objtype, realm := _DEFAULT_REALM );
	ListItemsNearLocationWithFlag( x,y,z, range, flags, realm := _DEFAULT_REALM );
	ListMobilesNearLocation( x, y, z, range, realm := _DEFAULT_REALM );
	ListMobilesNearLocationEx( x,y,z, range, flags, realm := _DEFAULT_REALM );
	ListObjectsInBox( x1,y1,z1, x2,y2,z2, realm := _DEFAULT_REALM );
	ListMultisInBox( x1,y1,z1, x2,y2,z2, realm := _DEFAULT_REALM );
	PlayMovingEffectXYZ( srcx, srcy, srcz, dstx, dsty, dstz, effect, speed, loop := 0, explode := 0, realm := _DEFAULT_REALM );
	PlayStationaryEffect( x, y, z, effect, speed, loop := 0, explode := 0, realm := _DEFAULT_REALM );

All these listed commands need that realm param. Did you make these changes already?

Devloper BCL · Post by **Devloper BCL** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 1:52 pm

where i need to write that

CWO · Post by **CWO** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 1:52 pm

Devloper BCL wrote:ok hmm... can u just say exactly what i need to do... please
im new in this but i like that and i want to learn about it

You should work with POL 095 a lot more of you dont know how to solve many of these errors. These are the same types of things you might encounter in 095 but 096 is an extremely rough conversion to make. It took me almost a month just to update my scripts to 096 and now almost 2 months later, I'm still fixing a lot of things that act differently due to the new core.

My advice, dont use 096 right now until they're completely done with it and have a distro. Especially if you're even somewhat new to POL. It takes a lot of time and experience to keep a steady 096 shard going.

Pierce · Post by **Pierce** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 4:03 pm

Devloper BCL wrote: where i need to write that

You need to check every script for these commands.
Don't get me wrong, I don't want to be rude, but I think CWO is right.
It is a test core. Even if you are experienced it takes you a lot of time to convert a complete pol 95 scripting to pol 96. I need about 80-100 hours to do that and i consider myself as relatively experienced. If you perhaps don't know what these commands or config files really do, you should wait for the final Pol Release and for the Distro on that. Otherwise you will still get problems. The only way to get around this is to read the core-changes carefully. And even then you get problems to solve if you perhaps switch to Mondain's Legacy cause OSI also changed some things on clients.

Devloper BCL · Post by **Devloper BCL** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 4:15 pm

but this is the basic script of pol95... and i need to change it for pol96?

Pierce · Post by **Pierce** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 4:24 pm

I think you don't understood, what we all wrote.
Therefore i gave a simple example:

In one of your Pol 95 Scripts it is:

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  plateitems := ListItemsAtLocation( character.x, character.y, character.z );

That won't work on Pol 96. You have to change that to e.g.:

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plateitems := ListItemsAtLocation( character.x, character.y, character.z,character.realm );

And that's only 1 command to change. You need to change every script with ListItemsAtLocation Commands that way. And all other scripts containing changed commands that way. I don't know how to explain that more easier. Perhaps others do

Devloper BCL · Post by **Devloper BCL** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 4:36 pm

damn.... i want to work with pol96 and learn about it.... but its very hard.....

Devloper BCL · Post by **Devloper BCL** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 5:03 pm

can someone juste show me i script to change for 1 example...

the directory of the files and what you have change.. that could be help me

CWO · Post by **CWO** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 6:30 pm

look for core-changes.txt in the POL path.

look for the line

-- POL095 --

In the 1-18-2006 core, I think its on line 1208.

If you have scripts from 095, read from that line all the way up to the top and those are the changes you need to make to your scripts. If you dont know exactly how to change them or what paths scripts are in, its going to be overly frustrating for you to even use 096. POL096 is really not the greatest learning tool especially when its not even complete and even worse, if you're working with 095 scripts. (You must change at least one thing if not 10 or more in almost every script)

The best way to learn is to use POL095. It has a nice set of scripts to start with and full documentation here of everything you need to know to start scripting.

Its great that you want to learn how to script POL and many of us would be happy to help you but we're telling you the honest truth that you shouldnt learn POL by converting it to 096. You should understand a lot more about how POL works and how to write scripts before trying anything like what you're doing.

www.polserver.com wrote:Development Release (096)

POL 096 is our development release, you should avoid downloading it, because we offer no support for it. It is intended for advanced users and beta testers only

Even those who make POL say that you shouldnt try POL096 unless you are advanced at using it.

Devloper BCL · Post by **Devloper BCL** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 12:47 pm

ok i have do that pierce have say

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   CreateItemAtLocation( x, y, z, objtype, amount := 1, realm := _DEFAULT_REALM );
   CreateMultiAtLocation( x, y, z, objtype, flags := 0, realm := _DEFAULT_REALM );
   CreateNpcFromTemplate( template, x, y, z, override_properties := 0, realm := _DEFAULT_REALM);
   FindPath( x1, y1, z1, x2, y2, z2, realm := _DEFAULT_REALM, mobilesblock := 0, searchskirt := 5 );
   GetHarvestDifficulty( resource, x, y, tiletype, realm := _DEFAULT_REALM );
   GetMapInfo( x, y, realm := _DEFAULT_REALM );
   GetRegionString( resource, x, y, propertyname, realm := _DEFAULT_REALM );
   GetStandingHeight( x, y, startz, realm := _DEFAULT_REALM );
   GetWorldHeight( x, y, realm := _DEFAULT_REALM );
   HarvestResource( resource, x, y, b, n, realm := _DEFAULT_REALM ); // returns b*a where 0 <= a <= n
   ListGhostsNearLocation( x, y, z, range, realm := _DEFAULT_REALM );
   ListItemsAtLocation( x, y, z, realm := _DEFAULT_REALM );
   ListItemsNearLocation( x, y, z, range, realm := _DEFAULT_REALM );
   ListItemsNearLocationOfType( x,y,z, range, objtype, realm := _DEFAULT_REALM );
   ListItemsNearLocationWithFlag( x,y,z, range, flags, realm := _DEFAULT_REALM );
   ListMobilesNearLocation( x, y, z, range, realm := _DEFAULT_REALM );
   ListMobilesNearLocationEx( x,y,z, range, flags, realm := _DEFAULT_REALM );
   ListObjectsInBox( x1,y1,z1, x2,y2,z2, realm := _DEFAULT_REALM );
   ListMultisInBox( x1,y1,z1, x2,y2,z2, realm := _DEFAULT_REALM );
   PlayMovingEffectXYZ( srcx, srcy, srcz, dstx, dsty, dstz, effect, speed, loop := 0, explode := 0, realm := _DEFAULT_REALM );
   PlayStationaryEffect( x, y, z, effect, speed, loop := 0, explode := 0, realm := _DEFAULT_REALM );

now.. what other tings i need to do?

CWO · Post by **CWO** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 3:38 pm

Like I said, look at that entire changelog from line 1 to line 1208. You need to figure out exactly how everything listed in that changelog for 096 affects your scripts. And you need to make changes based on what your scripts say.