XP Craft v0.2 released

[Carter_DC]

sorry for i got really little time to explain the whole thing..
but..
here it is :
http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=NWN2Other.Detail&id=127

every thing is explained on the vault and more in the read me file.

that's still a proptotype though... and it only allows basic things.

you're much welcone to test and tell me if it seems ok.. and if i must go on with it.. .

if every thing fine with this version, i'll ask for my own page to explain my thing (and every thing), for i got some plans on the next step of this plugin..

(you may also vote for this contrib if you like )

[Urlord]

Carter, You amaze me!

This will be a huge plugin once you and those helping you get the kinks worked out. I'm just getting excited about being able to set an item's cost or modifycost from the database. I can't even imagine being able to alter item appearances and colors dynamically.

I am so looking forward to seeing this mature.
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[Carter_DC]

you can actually already use a modifycost in your scripts if you want..
the thing is i wouldn't go in a loop with this kinda things for it needs to create files in the bioware database and then get the items out and create them. it's kinda heavy...


i haven't tested it much though.
i don't even know the time it needs to perform a "craft"
that kinda info coul be helpfull. knowing the time it takes to get an item into the bioware database, the timeit takes to get or set a prop with the plugin and the timeit takes to get the item outta here and create it on the module..


As i've been asked, i'll write down some comments about the way it does the trick in the next few days. (but i also got a pw to develop)

[nosfe]

@Urlord

For the Cost of item, you can't modify this field into file of item because it is calculate dynamicly by the game, but the ModifyCost field into item it is modify possible

[Lokey]

Profile from last run of your test mod:

[Carter_DC]

yopsh !

Good thing you talk bout that, for i forgot to mention it in the read me file...
this plugin use a class by Edward T. Smith called CNwnHierarchy.
which offers structures that deals with gff elements hierarchy.

the rest is well hum.. nothing more but file access.

As a matter of facts i'm kind of a newbie in c++, for i did the plugin in 3 days but i spent one of them trying to understand how to input a single string into win32 console app (man the web is fairly poor bout such basic things).
Thank god I discovered the CString class lol and it changed my life.

[brockfanning]

Thank you for releasing this!!

We're using it to allow crafters to modify the appearance of weapons.

It is working, but took a lot of tweaking, because I got a lot of server crashes. I wish I could give you detailed bug reports, but I honestly couldn't find a definate reason for the crashes. I only have suspicions of what may have possibly caused the crashes:
1. Trying to do something to the oItem object after using XPCraft_SetItemProperty. (ie, after the old item has been replaced with a new one)
2. Having LOTS of local variables on the item (like 20+) and then using XPCraft_SetItemProperty.
3. Using XPCraft_GetItemProperty and then XPCraft_SetItemProperty in the same script without any delay.
4. Trying to use XPCraft_SetItemProperty on an item that I had tried previously and gotten a crash from. In other words, if I tried and got a crash while using XPCraft_SetItemProperty, it seemed like all future uses of XPCraft_SetItemProperty on that item would also give me a crash.

Another thing I noticed was that if I got a server crash, the database would not be destroyed.

Anyways, all of these things are simply suspicions, in the hopes it may help in a small way.

Thanks again for releasing this, on behalf of the team and players of our PW (The Known Lands).

[Carter_DC]

would it be possible that you lend me your scripts that use the set/get itemprops.. ?
for i've been testing those on weapon appearances without crashes...

knowing how you do your thing could possibly help in finding a solution.

an interesting info bout this would be to know if crashes occur while a single player is performing a craft, or if muliple player do, at the same time...

don't hesitate a grab me on msn, if you need to.

anyway, i'm gonna try the cases you talk about, to see if i get the same thing..



The fact is that the database files aren't destroyed if your server crashes, but it shouldn't be a prob for they would be replaced with new ones as soon as the same player performs an oter craft.

[Carter_DC]

As a matter of facts, i'll certainly quit the plugin coding, for i'm far too busy with my pw, and mainly for i'm a terrible c++ coder...

but i still want to go on with the project itself for i got a good knowledge of how that shit works and a pretty good guess bout how to improve things.

So if you wanna go on with this thing, you may join me sometimes on msn in order to talk about it.

[brockfanning]

Well the script is actually working now, so that wouldn't be much help to you.

But I'm going to keep messing with it, to try and recreate those crashes. And see if I can narrow down the problem. If I can get the crash happening again, I'll get you the script.

We've got weapons working, so next I'm going to try modfiying armor. Love this plugin!

[Carter_DC]

Heavy tests have been doing on Syloan2 this afternoon, with 3/4 playrs crafting armors/weapons at the same time.

took them 45 min to get a server crash, but no clue if it's related to the plugin or what.
tests will go on untill knowing what happend...

but the fact is that the next version will be a little improved..
with spécific SetNext functions that won't allow one to mess with variation numbers on models

[brockfanning]

To modify armor, I assume you'd use the "Variation" path? Or does ModelPart1 etc. affect armor too?

[Carter_DC]

armor or clothes modifying come through Variation indeed, to iterrate through the models within a spécific material..

but you can also change the ArmorVisualType, witch stands for the Materail, (cloth, leather, studded leather, padded cloth, chain, plate etc... )

theses thigns also work on cloaks, boots, helmets, gloves and belt (forgot to test this one lol).

[brockfanning]

Great, got armor working as well. It's working like a charm. Eventually I will go back and try to recreate the older scripts that were giving me crashes.

Just a random question:
1. Is it feasible to get/set strings? I'm just curious if it would be possible for you to also beat Obsidian to fixing SetDescription.

[mostal]

Carter,

i'have made some tests: if a player target a DM player instead of an item.....it crashes module...do you have any ideas why ?

Mostal