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Sagerious
Joined: 10 Jun 2006
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 Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 9:46 Post subject: Getting started...:) |
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Okay, so...I hope no one minds if I start a noob thread so that i can refer back to this thread in order to see my progress and in order to see exactly what i had trouble with and how it was resolved in the future (see I'm thinking ahead!)
Okay, here's my status...
I am using MySQL. I have MySQL, MySQL Admin, and MySQLQuery Browser installed. GO ME!
(I also have a MySQL GUI thingy called SQLyog to help me get started)
I also think I created the nwn database, but...maybe not. 
I have NwNx and the ODBC 2 plugin installed. I imported the .erf into the aps_demo.mod.
Then, using the Command Line, I started MySQL. Then, I logged into the demo mod and started clicking on the signs from left to right. Sadly, the third ones for both the string test and the object test laughed at me  For the string test, I got a bunch of "..................................." as the variable it was trying to retrieve. For the object test, I got TMI (too many instructions).
For reference, here is my nwnx.ini:
| Quote: | ; NWNX2 configuration file
; These are the default values for NWNX2. Values specified on the command
; line take precedence.
[NWNX]
ServerPort = 5121
ModuleName = "Monk Villiage.mod"
WatchdogProcess = yes
UpdateIntervalProcess = 5
WatchdogGamespy = no
UpdateIntervalGamespy = 20
GamespyRetries = 5
OldGamespyProtocol = no
RestartDelay = 5
[ODBC2]
; Log file
MaxLogSize = 512 ; in KByte
LogLevel = 2 ; 0=nothing, 1=only errors, 2=everything
; Use these two settings for the SQLite internal database
;source = sqlite
;file = sqlite.db
; Use these two settings for ODBC connections
;source = odbc
;dsn = nwn
; Use these five settings for MySQL connections
source = mysql
server = localhost
user = Sage
pwd = Sage
db = nwn
; Set hookscorco to false if you want to disable hooking of
; StoreCampaignObject and RetrieveCampaignObject entirely
hookscorco = true
[PROFILER]
MaxLogSize = 512 ; in KByte
LogLevel = 1 ; 1=overall statistics, 2=full script callstack |
And, here is the log.0:
| Quote: | NWN Extender V.2.6.1
(c) 2005 by Ingmar Stieger (Papillon) and Jeroen Broekhuizen
visit us at http://www.nwnx.org
* Loading plugins...
* Error: No plugins found
* NWNX2 activated.
* NWNX2 shutting down...
* NWNX2 shutdown successfull. |
The log confuses me becasue I have the nwnx_odbc.dll dropped in my NWN folder...maybe it's looking in the wrong place?
Anyway...thanks in advance for your time  |
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Sagerious
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| Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 9:58 Post subject: |
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Doh!
*smacks self*
I fixed my own problem...I didn't have NwNx OR NWServer running! lol
But, I'm sure I'll have more questions. Stay tuned! |
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Sagerious
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| Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 10:08 Post subject: |
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Okay, I've since learned that I don't necessariily have to leave NwNx running. I just have to start NWServer and load the mod in it with NwNx. Then I can shutdown NwNx, leave the NWServer up, sign in to the server, test it, and all is great.
BUT, my questions are...
(noob questions, but inquiring minds, you know...)
1) Why does the NWServer and the mod have to be loaded with NwNx?
2) Why do I have to sign on to the mod through gamespy in order for this to work, rather than just signing in to the mod on my local machine? |
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dougnoel
Joined: 21 Mar 2005
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Location: VA
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| Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 22:12 Post subject: |
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| Sagerious wrote: | | 2) Why do I have to sign on to the mod through gamespy in order for this to work, rather than just signing in to the mod on my local machine? |
Not sure exactly what you're asking here, but I can log into my mod from another machine on the network using the LAN option instead of loading up Gamespy. |
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Papillon
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Joined: 28 Dec 2004
Posts: 1060
Location: Germany
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| Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 23:05 Post subject: |
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| Sagerious wrote: | | 1) Why does the NWServer and the mod have to be loaded with NwNx? |
Because this is where the magic happens 
nwnx.exe starts the server and then injects the library nwnx-module.dll into the server process, which in turn hooks the SetLocalString function (which is what it's all about). The executeable of nwnx then just monitors the server (process and gamespy watchdog), but other than that, it just idles and can be closed, as you already found out.
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Sagerious
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| Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2006 2:05 Post subject: |
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| dougnoel wrote: | | Sagerious wrote: | | 2) Why do I have to sign on to the mod through gamespy in order for this to work, rather than just signing in to the mod on my local machine? |
Not sure exactly what you're asking here, but I can log into my mod from another machine on the network using the LAN option instead of loading up Gamespy. |
Okay, perhaps I just misinterpreted something. I tried using the aps_demo tests in several circumstances, just to see how it all worked, and I was only able to get it to work when I executed nwnx.exe and then access the module that had loaded in gamespy through NWServer.
| Quote: | | Quote: | Sagerious wrote:
1) Why does the NWServer and the mod have to be loaded with NwNx? |
Because this is where the magic happens
nwnx.exe starts the server and then injects the library nwnx-module.dll into the server process, which in turn hooks the SetLocalString function (which is what it's all about). The executeable of nwnx then just monitors the server (process and gamespy watchdog), but other than that, it just idles and can be closed, as you already found out. |
Okay, thank you. Now my curiousity is satisfied for the moment.
Next, I will be learning MySQL and APS... wish me luck! |
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