tier/remort

[Rick St Jean]

I am totally stumped, and I know I am getting in over my head.
I am trying to put in new tier code, that resets a player to level 1 and 
allows them
to choose a new path.  I was trying to modify some existing tier and remort 
code.
The remort code deletes a player file and all data, which is no good since 
I want
to keep all my skills/spells/stats.   It works some of the time as long as 
the update
doesn't hit while you are in the tier process.  If there is a tick, and 
update runs,
then the code blows up when ever something accesses the player_list.  I cannot
figure how to pull someone out of the list.  I set d->connected = 
CON_BEGIN_ASCEND;


void ascend_complete(CHAR_DATA * ch)
        {
        DESCRIPTOR_DATA *d;

        if (IS_NPC(ch) || (d = ch->desc) == NULL)
                return;

        if (ch->pcdata->confirm_remort)
                {
                save_char_obj(ch);
                stop_fighting(ch, TRUE);
                reduce_known_skills(ch);
                ch->pcdata->class_remort[ch->class] = TRUE;
                ch->pcdata->tier_list[class_table[ch->class].class_type]++;

                d->character = ch;

                ch->level = 1;
                ch->exp = 0;
                ch->max_hit /= 10;
                ch->max_mana /= 10;
                ch->max_move /= 10;
                ch->max_blood /= 10;
                ch->hit = UMIN(ch->hit, ch->max_hit);
                ch->mana = UMIN(ch->mana, ch->max_mana);
                ch->move = UMIN(ch->move, ch->max_move);
                ch->blood = UMIN(ch->blood, ch->max_blood);
                ch->pcdata->perm_hit = ch->max_hit;
                ch->pcdata->perm_mana = ch->max_mana;
                ch->pcdata->perm_move = ch->max_move;

                write_to_buffer( d, "Now beginning the ascention 
process.\n\r\n\r", 0 );
                
                d->connected = CON_BEGIN_ASCEND;
                ch->pcdata->confirm_remort = FALSE;
                return;
                }
        }

It bombs on the code below when I am in the nanny CON_BEGIN_ASCEND

  CREF(wch_next, CHAR_NEXT);
  for (wch = player_list; wch != NULL; wch = wch_next)
  {
    wch_next = wch->next_player; <=== bombs here.
    if (wch->in_room == NULL || IS_NPC(wch) || wch->level >= LEVEL_IMMORTAL
        || wch->in_room == NULL || wch->in_room->area->empty)
      continue;