https://smaugmuds.afkmods.com/index.php?a=rssfeed&t=4041 The largest Smaug community resource site. - en SmaugMuds 60 https://smaugmuds.afkmods.com/topic/updating-existing-areas-4041/&p=20798#p20798 No need, thanks. Managed to find the problem - self-inflicted as usual. Was trying to read plane data from the room when it doesn't exist in the new areas. https://smaugmuds.afkmods.com/topic/updating-existing-areas-4041/&p=20798#p20798 Tue, 8 Jun 2010 19:24:52 CDT Building nobody@example.com (Xucan) https://smaugmuds.afkmods.com/topic/updating-existing-areas-4041/&p=20797#p20797 I'll have a look at that when I get a chance then. Tilde stuff is fairly annoying to sort through. https://smaugmuds.afkmods.com/topic/updating-existing-areas-4041/&p=20797#p20797 Tue, 8 Jun 2010 15:26:39 CDT Building nobody@example.com (Samson) https://smaugmuds.afkmods.com/topic/updating-existing-areas-4041/&p=20796#p20796 The area files are all straight from the files section on this site and the errors are occurring in essentially the exact same place: first room, third ~ after the room description. Here's the bit from the log: [code]Sun Jun 6 23:24:09 2010 :: [*****] BUG: Fread_number: bad format. (~) Sun Jun 6 23:24:09 2010 :: [*****] FILE: pillars.are LINE: 1385[/code] Pillars.are is the Hidden Worlds of the Portal Stones area. Line 1385 is the ~ right above 0 -1 106001 [code]#ROOMS #106000 Sout https://smaugmuds.afkmods.com/topic/updating-existing-areas-4041/&p=20796#p20796 Mon, 7 Jun 2010 16:40:17 CDT Building nobody@example.com (Xucan) https://smaugmuds.afkmods.com/topic/updating-existing-areas-4041/&p=20795#p20795 Would need to see the log messages, and possibly ask you for a copy of the area file so it can be tested. Stock 1.4a areas are supposed to load fine. It may not be a perfect conversion, but it isn't supposed to crash the game either. https://smaugmuds.afkmods.com/topic/updating-existing-areas-4041/&p=20795#p20795 Mon, 7 Jun 2010 14:42:32 CDT Building nobody@example.com (Samson) https://smaugmuds.afkmods.com/topic/updating-existing-areas-4041/&p=20794#p20794 My understanding of what I'm reading here is that an area built for smaug 1.4a should be able to be loaded on FUSS 1.9. Doesn't seem to be working for me however. I've tried about 35 areas from the 1.4a area files here and every single one of them runs into issues immediately after the room descriptions. fread_number is attempted on a ~ which causes it to fail. Am I misunderstanding something on what needs to be done? I put the area file in the area folder and added the filename to the area https://smaugmuds.afkmods.com/topic/updating-existing-areas-4041/&p=20794#p20794 Mon, 7 Jun 2010 12:03:38 CDT Building nobody@example.com (Xucan) https://smaugmuds.afkmods.com/topic/updating-existing-areas-4041/&p=17625#p17625 It's been ages since I've even looked at any kind of area editor (/usr/bin/vim tinyworld.wld works for me!), but I remember at least a couple of them using config files to describe the world file format (IE: flags and such). Maybe there's one that can be configured to work with SmaugFUSS? If not, maybe there's one that's written in C++/C that you could replace the area loading and saving code with the actual routines from SmaugFUSS? It'd doesn't seem impossible, anyways. https://smaugmuds.afkmods.com/topic/updating-existing-areas-4041/&p=17625#p17625 Sat, 9 May 2009 19:35:41 CDT Building nobody@example.com (Quixadhal) https://smaugmuds.afkmods.com/topic/updating-existing-areas-4041/&p=17619#p17619 Nothing, unless for some reason it can't read the file because of some corner case I haven't accounted for. Once loaded the areas all behave the same. https://smaugmuds.afkmods.com/topic/updating-existing-areas-4041/&p=17619#p17619 Fri, 8 May 2009 19:12:39 CDT Building nobody@example.com (Samson) https://smaugmuds.afkmods.com/topic/updating-existing-areas-4041/&p=17618#p17618 Yeah, I was aware of that. What if I added an old format area and never saved it? What's the worse that would happen? https://smaugmuds.afkmods.com/topic/updating-existing-areas-4041/&p=17618#p17618 Fri, 8 May 2009 14:38:56 CDT Building nobody@example.com (Hanaisse) https://smaugmuds.afkmods.com/topic/updating-existing-areas-4041/&p=17616#p17616 With the understanding that if you then load that area in-game and save it in the OLC you can't then load it in Area Editor again. https://smaugmuds.afkmods.com/topic/updating-existing-areas-4041/&p=17616#p17616 Thu, 7 May 2009 23:57:36 CDT Building nobody@example.com (Samson) https://smaugmuds.afkmods.com/topic/updating-existing-areas-4041/&p=17614#p17614 http://www.gammon.com.au/forum/?id=7563 You can create areas using Area Editor and put them in FUSS. https://smaugmuds.afkmods.com/topic/updating-existing-areas-4041/&p=17614#p17614 Thu, 7 May 2009 23:35:31 CDT Building nobody@example.com (Zeno)