Nwnx areas - any luck?

[Baaleos]

I was just wondering if anyone has found a fix for the issue raised in this thread
http://nwnx.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=1610

Which is demonstrated in this video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRKRsltcohQ

1. Create Area
2. Enter Area
3. Log out in area
4. Log in
5. Area appears to be completely black

Re-sending the area data to players does seem to cause the blackened areas, to become illuminated, however, I havent managed to make a function which is stable enough that it doesnt cause the occasional crash.

Could someone assist?

[Baaleos]

For anyone interested,
I managed to make a work around for this bug, by utilizing the ClearPlayerTURDS function.

It just means that I also had to utilize a persistent player location system, otherwise when a player leaves the server, they keep returning to the starting location.


This does kinda highlight the fact that the problem with the areas plugin, is localized to the TURDS of the players - once you clear them, the server sends a fresh, non-glitched version to the player, which allows the areas to display fine.

[MaxRock]

ok, I've got version 0.2 uploaded to the repository and you can get the precompiled dll here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/mrnwnxstuff/files/dlls/nwnx_areas.dll/download

From what limited testing I was able to do it seems to work without problems:

• Adding/Removing areas with no players logging in/out
  
• Player logs in and out, add an area, player logs back in
  
• Player logs in, add an area, Player logs out, remove area
  
• Player logs in and out, add an area, remove the area, player logs back in
  
• Player logs out, remove the area they logged out, Player logs back in
  

In all cases none of the areas were ever black and there were no crashes either.
I'd be grateful if you guys could give it a thourough testing and let me know how it works.

... off to work on the area name issue

[MaxRock]

So I figured out that debug mode is a big problem if you mess around with memory allocated by the server process.

I've uploaded a new release version - and also the script include and a readme: https://sourceforge.net/projects/mrnwnxstuff/files/nwnx_areas/

I removed a lot of code which is unnecessary since I don't have to catch all new and delete calls in the release version. This also fixes the crash for SetAreaName calls.

[Baaleos]

Hi,
I just built the version from svn, and can confirm that it fixes the area blackout effect that we were seeing.

Method of testing...

1. Join server
2. Generate area
3. Enter Area
4. Leave Game
5. Return to Game

Result before build: Area would be black
Result with this build: Area appears normally.

Good work.

[Zunath]

Sorry to bug you with my issues again, MaxRock but when I try to create a copy of an area in the module the server crashes.

My logs look like this:

nwnx_areas log

[Terra_777]

Hook to the ResMan doesnt work properly. You have to place your area files (git gtc are) in your override folder instead.

I've not managed to get the delete function to work either.
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[Zunath]

I'm actually not trying to load anything using ResMan. I'm just trying to copy an area that already exists in the module. Do I still need to put the areas in the override folder?

EDIT: I tossed the area in my override folder with the same results.