<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <title>Dead Souls Mudlib - General Fixes</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"> <link rel="shortcut icon" href="favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon"> <link href="style.css" media="screen" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"> <meta name="Keywords" content="mudos,lpmud,dead souls,dead,souls,mud,installation"> <meta name="Description" content="Dead Souls hotfixes."> </head> <body> <!-- Begin: Header --> <div id="header"> <p id="headertext">Dead Souls - General/Minor Fixes (non-critical stuff)</p> </div> <!-- End: Header --> <p>Obviously, no release of Dead Souls is going to be pefect. However, not all bugs need a "hotfix". A hotfix is a remediation for a very important functionality bug or a security exposure. Such important fixes will be listed on the <a href="http://dead-souls.net/hotfix.html">hotfix page</a>.<br> </p> <p>This page is for the more casual, run-of-the-mill bugfixes that become available for Dead Souls. You don't *have* to apply them. The reason for this page is that as time goes on, I expect more and more minor bugs in 2.1 will be found. I don't want to clutter the hotfix page with small stuff, because I want people to take very seriously what gets posted on the hotfix page.<br> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Always back up files before overwriting them with these fixes.</span><br> </p> <p>For Dead Souls <span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">2.1</span>, the following fixes are available: </p> <ul> <li>There is a peculiar bug in room messages when entering/leaving a room that mixes up teleport messages and regular movement messages. The fix is to replace /lib/creator.c and<span style="font-style: italic;"> </span>/lib/player.c with <a href="http://dead-souls.net/code/fixes/creator.c">this</a> and <a href="http://dead-souls.net/code/fixes/player.c">this</a> , then type: <span style="font-weight: bold;">update -r /lib/creator</span> , then log out and log back in (NOTE: this also fixes a problem with the <span style="font-style: italic;">return</span> command).</li> <li>The shutdown command generates a carry capacity leak and possible loss of some inventory data in admins. Replace /secure/cmds/admins/shutdown.c with <a href="http://dead-souls.net/code/fixes/shutdown.c">this</a> , then type: <span style="font-weight: bold;">update /secure/cmds/admins/shutdown</span> .</li> <li>The reaper daemon destructs shadows every 15 minutes, meaning that your remote-controlled NPC's will get dested for apparently no reason. The reap_other() sefun has been fixed to correct this. Copy <a href="http://dead-souls.net/code/fixes/reaper.c">this</a> over /secure/sefun/reaper.c , then type: <span style="font-weight: bold;">update /secure/sefun/reaper</span> , then <span style="font-weight: bold;">update /secure/sefun/sefun</span> . Note that this is a replacement for the reaper <span style="font-style: italic;">sefun file</span>, and not the reaper <span style="font-style: italic;">daemon</span>.</li> <li>If you go on an economic rampage and delete all the existing currencies you can, you will run into a problem adding new ones with admintool, because, well, admintool wasn't coded to handle that situation. <a href="http://dead-souls.net/code/fixes/admintool.c">This version is</a>, though. Copy it over /secure/cmds/admins/admintool.c and then type <span style="font-weight: bold;">update /secure/cmds/admins/admintool.c </span>. I would suggest however, first *adding* your new currencies before removing the ones you don't like, because if you do it this way, admintool can give you some helpful comparisons of weight, value, and inflation.</li> <li>The reload verb has been updated to handle temp objects and virtual rooms more gracefully. Copy <a href="http://dead-souls.net/code/fixes/reload.c">this</a> over /verbs/creators/reload.c and type: <span style="font-weight: bold;">update /verbs/creators/reload.c</span><br> </li> <li>Non-arches/non-creators have a hard time dropping objects in rooms set "no teleport". <a href="http://dead-souls.net/code/fixes/room.c">This room file</a> corrects it. Copy it over /lib/std/room.c and type: <span style="font-weight: bold;">reload every room</span> .<br> </li> </ul> <br> <p><a name="2.1.1"></a>For Dead Souls <span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">2.1.1</span>, the following fixes are available: </p> <ul> <li><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span>When using a TalkResponse in a sentient, sometimes the act happens before the speech message is seen. This is due to the message queue handled by rooms. To fix this, replace /lib/std/room.c with <a href="http://dead-souls.net/code/fixes/room.c">this file</a>, then type: <span style="font-weight: bold;">reload every room</span></li> <li>There is an issue using SetItems() on tangible objects (for example, the runes on Orcslayer). Copy <a href="http://dead-souls.net/code/fixes/look.c">this file</a> over /lib/events/look.c , then type the following commands: <span style="font-weight: bold;">reload every item</span>,<span style="font-weight: bold;"> reload every weapon</span>, <span style="font-weight: bold;">reload every armor</span>,<span style="font-weight: bold;"> reload every worn_storage</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span>.</li> <li>"reload every container" errors out. Copy <a href="http://dead-souls.net/code/fixes/reload.c">this file</a> over /verbs/creators/reload.c then <span style="font-weight: bold;">update /verbs/creators/reload.c</span><br> </li> <li>Locking things has a bug. To fix this, copy <a href="http://dead-souls.net/code/fixes/lock.c">this file</a> over /lib/events/lock.c, then reboot, or <span style="font-weight: bold;">reload every container.</span><br> </li> </ul> <br> <div id="footer"> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="index.html">Return to Dead Souls Homepage</a></p> </div> </body> </html>
