What's the fread_temp_char do? I'm assuming it reads from the file. Might it be what is causing problems when the #PLAYER section is missing?
How is the player not being loaded? At all? Where does it exit from the function at? On 4/23/05, Tom Whiting <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi, gang > usually, I have no problems going through code and debugging crap myself, > but, occasionally (a bit more often than I'd like), I need the advice of > "experts" ;) This is one of those times, hopefully someone can point me into > the right direction, cuz I'm beating my head against the wall here (and it's > sore:)) > > The goal: > To effectively load users FROM an SQL database, rather than from files. > That part is easy, really. I've been over this one pretty thoroughly, > crossed my T's, dotted my I's, that usual stuff. Everything is saving (and > loading) from the database quite successfully. > > So, what's the problem? > The pfile is the problem, to be honest. Something, inside of the code is > looking for #PLAYER at the top of the pfile. Eventually, I'll be getting rid > of those entirely, loading everything (objects, pets, spells, affects, etc) > from SQL, and when that's done, there will be no pfile. For now, #PLAYER in > the pfile is fine, but when everything gets done, there will be nowhere to > put that. > > Now, I know of this code in save.c which reads that line: > > if ( !str_cmp( word, "PLAYER" ) ) fread_char ( ch, fp ); > else if ( !str_cmp( word, "OBJECT" ) ) fread_obj ( ch, fp ); > else if ( !str_cmp( word, "O" ) ) fread_obj ( ch, fp ); > else if ( !str_cmp( word, "BOX" ) ) fread_bobj ( ch, fp ); > else if ( !str_cmp( word, "PET" ) ) fread_pet ( ch, fp ); > else if ( !str_cmp( word, "MOUNT" ) ) fread_mount( ch, fp ); > else if ( !str_cmp( word, "END" ) ) break; > > And I've modified that to read: > fread_temp_char(ch, fp); // the new loading structure, checking for any old > players > word = fread_word( fp ); > > if ( !str_cmp( word, "OBJECT" ) ) fread_obj ( ch, fp ); > else if ( !str_cmp( word, "O" ) ) fread_obj ( ch, fp ); > else if ( !str_cmp( word, "BOX" ) ) fread_bobj ( ch, fp ); > else if ( !str_cmp( word, "PET" ) ) fread_pet ( ch, fp ); > else if ( !str_cmp( word, "MOUNT" ) ) fread_mount( ch, fp ); > else if ( !str_cmp( word, "END" ) ) break; > > So, the word "PLAYER" isn't even called here, or it shouldn't be > Yet (and this is after many clean compiles, shutdowns, reboots, etc), the > problem remains that IF that #PLAYER line is not at the top of the pfile, > then the player's file is not even loaded. When it is, the file is loaded > perfectly, when not, the file isn't. Like I said, I'm stumped on this one, is > there somewhere else that the #player check is made here? > > -- > ROM mailing list > ROM@rom.org > Unsubscribe here ->>> http://www.rom.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/rom >
