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Altar area

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Posted by Chris   (37 posts)  Bio
Date Tue 17 Jul 2001 01:15 PM (UTC)
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What file contains the Altar area?
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Posted by Chris   (37 posts)  Bio
Date Reply #1 on Wed 18 Jul 2001 12:11 AM (UTC)
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Where you go when you die?
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Posted by Nick Gammon   Australia  (23,133 posts)  Bio   Forum Administrator
Date Reply #2 on Wed 18 Jul 2001 05:41 AM (UTC)
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Quote:

What file contains the Altar area?


I don't know about the "altar area" - do you mean the area with an altar in it?

Use "grep" or "find in files" in your favourite editor to search for such things.

For example, if you are using Cygwin, change to the area directory and type:

grep altar *.are
- Nick Gammon

www.gammon.com.au, www.mushclient.com
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Posted by Nick Gammon   Australia  (23,133 posts)  Bio   Forum Administrator
Date Reply #3 on Wed 18 Jul 2001 05:43 AM (UTC)
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Where you go when you die?


It depends if you are in a clan or not. The code says:


if ( !IS_NPC(ch) && ch->pcdata->clan )
    location = get_room_index( ch->pcdata->clan->recall );

if ( !location )
    location = get_room_index( ROOM_VNUM_ALTAR );

if ( !location )
    location = get_room_index( 1 );


Thus it appears that if you are in a clan you go to the clan recall room, otherwise room ROOM_VNUM_ALTAR (21194), otherwise room 1.
- Nick Gammon

www.gammon.com.au, www.mushclient.com
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Posted by Chris   (37 posts)  Bio
Date Reply #4 on Wed 18 Jul 2001 01:19 PM (UTC)
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Its kind a strange,because i deleted almost all the .area files,but i kept newacad.are,gods.are,limbo.are,help.are,newdark.are,newgate.are,ice-help.are and imc-help.are but i cant find the altar in any of them?!
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Posted by Chris   (37 posts)  Bio
Date Reply #5 on Wed 18 Jul 2001 01:20 PM (UTC)
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And the strange part it that when i die i wake up at the altar?!?
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Posted by Nick Gammon   Australia  (23,133 posts)  Bio   Forum Administrator
Date Reply #6 on Thu 19 Jul 2001 01:03 AM (UTC)
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It's not that strange. If you type 'zones' you see:


limbo.are | Rooms: 1 - 43 Objs: 2 - 99 Mobs: 1 - 99
newgate.are | Rooms: 100 - 199 Objs: 100 - 199 Mobs: 100 - 199
astral.are | Rooms: 800 - 899 Objs: 800 - 899 Mobs: 800 - 899
gods.are | Rooms: 1200 - 1201 Objs: 1200 - 1200 Mobs: 1200 - 1200
srefuge.are | Rooms: 1500 - 1599 Objs: 1500 - 1599 Mobs: 1500 - 1599
pixie.are | Rooms: 2070 - 2099 Objs: 2070 - 2076 Mobs: 2070 - 2073
unholy.are | Rooms: 2101 - 2172 Objs: 2101 - 2150 Mobs: 2101 - 2120
manor.are | Rooms: 2400 - 2499 Objs: 2400 - 2499 Mobs: 2405 - 2484
chapel.are | Rooms: 3405 - 3475 Objs: 3400 - 3430 Mobs: 3400 - 3416
midennir.are | Rooms: 3500 - 3590 Objs: 3500 - 3550 Mobs: 3500 - 3550
grave.are | Rooms: 3600 - 3651 Objs: 3600 - 3613 Mobs: 3600 - 3605
haon.are | Rooms: 6000 - 6156 Objs: 6000 - 6155 Mobs: 6000 - 6117
dwarven.are | Rooms: 6500 - 6554 Objs: 6502 - 6519 Mobs: 6500 - 6517
daycare.are | Rooms: 6601 - 6651 Objs: 6600 - 6647 Mobs: 6600 - 6610
sewer.are | Rooms: 7001 - 7445 Objs: 7190 - 7310 Mobs: 7000 - 7206
redferne.are | Rooms: 7900 - 7918 Objs: 7909 - 7911 Mobs: 7900 - 7900
grove.are | Rooms: 8901 - 8999 Objs: 8900 - 8919 Mobs: 8900 - 8911
Build.are | Rooms: 9500 - 9589 Objs: 0 - 0 Mobs: 0 - 0
export.are | Rooms: 9810 - 9899 Objs: 9810 - 9899 Mobs: 9800 - 9899
newacad.are | Rooms: 10300 - 10499 Objs: 10300 - 10499 Mobs: 10300 - 10499
newdark.are | Rooms: 21000 - 21499 Objs: 21000 - 21435 Mobs: 21000 - 21499
gallery.are | Rooms: 24800 - 24899 Objs: 24800 - 24899 Mobs: 24800 - 24899
Areas listed: 22 Loaded: 22


You can see that room 21194 is in newdark.are (that is in the range 21000 to 21499) and you have kept that area.

- Nick Gammon

www.gammon.com.au, www.mushclient.com
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Posted by Nick Gammon   Australia  (23,133 posts)  Bio   Forum Administrator
Date Reply #7 on Thu 19 Jul 2001 01:04 AM (UTC)
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And if you look in the newdark.are file you can see the altar:


#21194
The Cathedral Altar~
You are before the cathedral's altar. Those of ill luck or poor faith often
come here to pray to their God for guidance, or chance. An aisle leads back
south through the cathedral, while a large public board lies to the west.
~
0 1319944 0 0 0 0
D2
The walkway leads back to the pews.
~
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0 -1 21182 0
D3
The public board room of Darkhaven lies to the west.
~
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0 -1 21174 0
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- Nick Gammon

www.gammon.com.au, www.mushclient.com
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Posted by Chris   (37 posts)  Bio
Date Reply #8 on Thu 19 Jul 2001 12:21 PM (UTC)
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ok,thanks
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Posted by Chris   (37 posts)  Bio
Date Reply #9 on Thu 19 Jul 2001 12:35 PM (UTC)
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But can i make a new Altar area an delete the old one?
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Posted by Nick Gammon   Australia  (23,133 posts)  Bio   Forum Administrator
Date Reply #10 on Fri 20 Jul 2001 12:53 AM (UTC)
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It's not an area on its own, that's what I've been saying. It is part of newdark.are. You could edit that area in the Area Editor, or Notepad, and change that room, if you want it to say something different.
- Nick Gammon

www.gammon.com.au, www.mushclient.com
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Posted by Chris   (37 posts)  Bio
Date Reply #11 on Fri 20 Jul 2001 01:00 AM (UTC)
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I cant open newdark.are,i keeps saying:
"Skills table not loaded-cannot look up skill name"

"Error occured at (linw 1110)'Heal' "'NONE'" "'NONE'"

"Unexspected file format."
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Posted by Nick Gammon   Australia  (23,133 posts)  Bio   Forum Administrator
Date Reply #12 on Fri 20 Jul 2001 03:42 AM (UTC)
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Under the File menu -> Preferences, set up the commands.dat, skills.dat and socials.dat files for SMAUG.

Just click the browse button and locate those files (from wherever you put them when you unzipped the server).
- Nick Gammon

www.gammon.com.au, www.mushclient.com
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Posted by Tenchi   (7 posts)  Bio
Date Reply #13 on Sat 28 Jul 2001 11:46 PM (UTC)
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I'm pretty new to the mud too, but I've learned a lot over these 2 years being a newbie (That's a long time for a newbie!), so I'll tell you what I've experienced.

If you're going to actually delete the altar and move it elsewhere, make sure you either keep the same room vnum or edit the code. If you're using smaug, look for "Well known room". On the line, #define ROOM_VNUM_ALTAR, change the number to whatever vnum the new altar will be in.

After that you should be fine.
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