Upgrading issue

princewally · Joined: 29 Dec 2004 Posts: 9

I'm upgrading from a very stable installation of v2.5.1.0.

I copied the executable, the dlls, and the odbc dll into the NWN folder. When I started NWNX, it opened the server, started loading the module, then apparently closed the module. Reload, crash, reload, crash. The module loads fine from the old version of nwnx.

I started nwnx with command line options that match the options from the old version.

Has anybody run into this before?

Acrodania · Joined: 02 Jan 2005 Posts: 208

Did you alter your include files and INI files to represent which type of database you are using?

Default now is SQLite. Both need to be set to use the proper database.

Also if you DID make sure your login name/password and database name is correct in the INI file.

princewally · Joined: 29 Dec 2004 Posts: 9

Yes, I did. And the last time I tested it, the module would run, even if the database was down completely.

Here is my nwnx.ini:

TulipVorlax · Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2005 6:57 Post subject:

Papillon · x-man Joined: 28 Dec 2004 Posts: 1060 Location: Germany

Always post interesting snippets of the various log files. Most problems can be diagnosed only by looking at the output NWNX2 and the plugins generate.
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princewally · Joined: 29 Dec 2004 Posts: 9

I can't post any logs, because one of the drives in my server died over the weekend while I was out of town. Sad

I really need to get RAID.

princewally · Joined: 29 Dec 2004 Posts: 9

None of the logs show a problem. NWNX loads, activates the plugins, starts the server, then 22 seconds later, the server crashes. The problem goes away if I use the previous version of NWNX.

Anatida · Joined: 21 Feb 2005 Posts: 7

I am having this exact same problem! However, I've been using ver 2.5.1.0. This began today when I rebuilt my server machine from XPPro to Win2k.

The mod still loads fine on my XP (client) machine (same version of NWNx2). It will load Manually in the NWServer, but if I try to load it with NWNx2 It does the repeated crash/restart as described above.

I backed up all relevent files, & replaced them after rebuild. & I've recopied them from the client machine in case of corruption.

BTW: I do not seem to have an NWNx.ini file... on EITHER machine.

Anatida · Joined: 21 Feb 2005 Posts: 7

My main builder got back with me yesterday & said he had had this same issue a few months ago with no changes to his system. He said to rename the Mod!

IT WORKED!

I have no clue why... even though the SAME mod with the SAME name had loaded previously...

For instance the mod that wouldn't load was named "BloodStone PRCe", I renamed it to "BloodStone_vH" and it loaded like a dream. It wasn't JUST dropping a letter either, because "* PRCc" through "* PRCe" had all worked fine previously. & *PRCc would load when *PRCe would not! So wierd!

Thought I'd post this in case it would help someone else.

Papillon · x-man Joined: 28 Dec 2004 Posts: 1060 Location: Germany

Could this have something to do with whether the module name contains a space or not ?
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TulipVorlax · Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 1:47 Post subject:

I'm using all latest files of NwnX2 'n the plugins.
And my mod is currently name Arcana CEP150+SQL v0_1_30.mod so space might not be the culprit here.
More testing might be needed.
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Anatida · Joined: 21 Feb 2005 Posts: 7

Anatida · Joined: 21 Feb 2005 Posts: 7

I have now had this happen to me 3 times since I posted. EVERY time I'll Save As under a different 'version' number, & after 3 or 4 updates, it STOPS loading the Mod.

I can open the mod in the toolset, change the name (to something completely different), and it works fine!

Example:

CotCS_BPWa & CotCS_BPWb loaded fine, once I 'Save(d) As' Cotcs_BPWc it would not load.

I reopened the mod, did a "Save As" to BloodstonePW, and it loads fine.

Again, I'm only posting this, because I've seen several other ppl having the same problem. If renaming works, you save yourself a LOT of heartache!

~Cheers

TulipVorlax · Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2005 1:12 Post subject:

Now that's a pretty weird thing !
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Blayde Windwalker · Joined: 02 Jan 2005 Posts: 18

I use a desktop icon to start NWNX2 with parameters passed in the target area of the properties option.

I cannot use a -servername parameter with a space in it because the passed name gets truncated at the space:

Ex: -servername Extreme Vault
results in the servername being Extreme
while using: -servername Extreme_Vault
working properly with the server name being Extreme_Vault (no truncation)

Any one else seen this problem?

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