More help needed with Deadron's lib...

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Dec 17 2001, 12:46 pm (Edited on Dec 20 2001, 2:28 pm)
My mob loading code(thx to Deadron):

client
    base_LoadMob(char_name)
        var/mob/the_mob = ..()
        if (the_mob)
             the_mob.Move(locate(/area/start1))


The mob loads perfectly, but I get these weird errors. Some of these come from Deadron's characterhandling lib and I don't really understand what wrong.

runtime error: Cannot execute null.base CharacterNames().
proc name: ChooseCharacter (/mob/BaseCamp/ChoosingCharacter/proc/ChooseCharacter)
usr: ChoosingCharacter (/mob/BaseCamp/ChoosingCharacter)
src: ChoosingCharacter (/mob/BaseCamp/ChoosingCharacter)
call stack:
ChoosingCharacter (/mob/BaseCamp/ChoosingCharacter): ChooseCharacter()
ChoosingCharacter (/mob/BaseCamp/ChoosingCharacter): ChooseCharacter()
ChoosingCharacter (/mob/BaseCamp/ChoosingCharacter): Login()
Connection closed.

Thx.

Dec 17 2001, 12:57 pm
Cravens wrote:
The mob loads perfectly, but I get these weird errors. Some of these come from Deadron's characterhandling lib and I don't really understand what wrong.

I can look at this tonight. One thing that would help a lot is if you turn this on and run it:

#define DEBUG


Then the errors will have line numbers, which would help me debug the problem.
Dec 17 2001, 5:44 pm
In response to Deadron
I can look at this tonight. One thing that would help a lot is if you turn this on and run it:

#define DEBUG

Then the errors will have line numbers, which would help me debug the problem.

Ok, I tried loading a new mob and the same errors keeps
appearing.
Anyway, here they are again (with the DEBUG mode):

runtime error: Cannot execute null.base CharacterNames().
proc name: ChooseCharacter (/mob/BaseCamp/ChoosingCharacter/proc/ChooseCharacter)
source file: implementation.dm,103
usr: ChoosingCharacter (/mob/BaseCamp/ChoosingCharacter)
src: ChoosingCharacter (/mob/BaseCamp/ChoosingCharacter)
call stack:
ChoosingCharacter (/mob/BaseCamp/ChoosingCharacter): ChooseCharacter()
ChoosingCharacter (/mob/BaseCamp/ChoosingCharacter): ChooseCharacter()
ChoosingCharacter (/mob/BaseCamp/ChoosingCharacter): Login()
Dec 20 2001, 2:27 pm
In response to Cravens
It's been a couple of days and I haven't fixed my problem yet (I've been working on some other things).
Will you update your CharacterHandling lib soon ?
If not, could you tell me what's missing in my loading
code ? (see first post for it.)

Thx.
(Sorry for bumping, don't see why I should post this
a second time.)
Dec 20 2001, 2:58 pm
In response to Cravens
Cravens wrote:
It's been a couple of days and I haven't fixed my problem yet (I've been working on some other things).
Will you update your CharacterHandling lib soon ?
If not, could you tell me what's missing in my loading
code ? (see first post for it.)

Thx.
(Sorry for bumping, don't see why I should post this
a second time.)

I should get to this shortly. Sorry for the delay.
Dec 20 2001, 9:25 pm
In response to Deadron
hey Deadron, do you think it is possible to save all the users' saves into one save file?

I`m trying to make the hubfiles work like a save server so that all servers have the same saves

I hope i can figure it out.
Dec 20 2001, 9:34 pm
In response to Pillsverry
I believe savefiles encode keys into them (but I'm not too sure)

So maybe saving like this will work:

mob
    proc
        save()
            var/savefile/F = new("players.sav")
            //Code all  tmp vars etc.. here.
            Write(F)

mob
    proc
        load()
            var/savefile/F = new("players.sav")
            Read(F)

mob/Logout()
    src.save()
    del(src)
mob/Login()
    src.load()
    ..()


I don't know if the savefile complex can load all players seperate vars from one savefile, but it's worth a try.
Dec 21 2001, 8:05 am
In response to Pillsverry
Pillsverry wrote:
hey Deadron, do you think it is possible to save all the users' saves into one save file?

I`m trying to make the hubfiles work like a save server so that all servers have the same saves

I hope i can figure it out.

You can do it, but to do it yourself, you'll need to override several of the procs, including the base_SaveMob() and base_LoadMob() procs, and the character names proc.

I can add an option for one savefile in the near future.