Deadrons Character saving starting me off at 0,0,0 coordina

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Dec 11 2001, 5:18 pm
I am using deadrons character saving and i have every thing down and for the first location thing i am using a tag and i know i have the tag right but when i log in it takes me to a black screen with the coordinates of (0,0,0)
So does any one know how to fix this
Thanx alot
Dec 11 2001, 5:26 pm
Stimpy wrote:
I am using deadrons character saving and i have every thing down and for the first location thing i am using a tag and i know i have the tag right but when i log in it takes me to a black screen with the coordinates of (0,0,0)
So does any one know how to fix this
Thanx alot

This is unlikely have anything to do with the saving library.

To prove it either way: Create a new game, just put in the tag in the map and put your locating code in mob.Login (will be just a couple of lines of code), and see if it works.
Dec 11 2001, 5:29 pm
In response to Deadron
It worked
But i dont know why it doesnt work for my game
Becuase i need it to save verbs/tmp vars in it
and thats the only one i know of that does
Well thanx any ways
Dec 11 2001, 5:47 pm
In response to Stimpy
Stimpy wrote:
It worked
But i dont know why it doesnt work for my game
Becuase i need it to save verbs/tmp vars in it
and thats the only one i know of that does
Well thanx any ways

If it worked in that test case and not with the library, then it could have something to do with the library.

You'll need to post the code you are using to place players for us to figure it out.
Dec 12 2001, 4:32 am
In response to Deadron
Well here is the part from the demo i am using
src.client.mob = new_mob
var/turf/first_location = locate("Start")
new_mob.Move(first_location)
del(src)
That is what i used
it doesnt put me at the tag Start but coordinates (0,0,0)
Thanx
Hope this is enough code
Dec 12 2001, 4:55 am
In response to Stimpy
Move() can fail, leaving the new_mob at null. If you directly set new_mob.loc = first_location, the new_mob will move there regardless of any obstructions.
Dec 12 2001, 5:08 am
In response to Stimpy
Isn't the src the usr in this case? If that is true then del(src) would delete the usr which might give you the black screen.

But I'm new myself, so what do I know :p
Dec 12 2001, 5:11 am
In response to English
English wrote:
Isn't the src the usr in this case? If that is true then del(src) would delete the usr which might give you the black screen.

By the time it reaches del(src), the client has already been transferred to new_mob by this line:

src.client.mob = new_mob

If it had been deleting his mob, he would have been disconnected from the game.
Dec 12 2001, 5:43 am
In response to Stimpy
Stimpy wrote:
Well here is the part from the demo i am using
src.client.mob = new_mob
var/turf/first_location = locate("Start")
new_mob.Move(first_location)
del(src)
That is what i used
it doesnt put me at the tag Start but coordinates (0,0,0)
Thanx
Hope this is enough code

This part just doesn't have anything to do with the library...anyway, try testing first_location to see if you got something or got null:

if (!first_location)
    world << "Didn't find the Start tag!"
Dec 12 2001, 5:44 am
In response to Shadowdarke
Ok now i tried this
src.client.mob = new_mob
new_mob.loc=locate("Start")
del(src)
And i figured it would work but it doesnt
so is there any way i could modify this to work
Thanx
Dec 12 2001, 5:47 am
In response to Stimpy
Stimpy wrote:
Ok now i tried this
src.client.mob = new_mob
new_mob.loc=locate("Start")
del(src)
And i figured it would work but it doesnt
so is there any way i could modify this to work
Thanx

Look for the test I put in a message I just posted.