2015-01-12 22:50:31

I got addicted to Alter Eon Friday night.  So when I attempted to log on using Mush Z again this afternoon, and discovered that lots of config options were missing or changed, and that I was getting runtime errors I was rather distressed.  I have things set up quite nicely thank you and am wondering what goes on.  I'm going to post the output.txt file from a very brief session and hope that someone has insight or can suggest where I should go to fix this problem.

Transcript follows:


Welcome to MUSHclient version 4.92!
Written by Nick Gammon.

Compiled: Apr 20 2014.
Using: Lua 5.1.4, PCRE 8.35, PNG 1.5.14, SQLite3 3.8.4.3, Zlib 1.2.8

For information and assistance about MUSHclient visit our forum at:
   http://www.gammon.com.au/forum/
Can you trust your plugins?  See: http://www.gammon.com.au/security
Run-time error
Plugin: AlterAeon (called from world: alter aeon)
Function/Sub: OnPluginInstall called by Plugin AlterAeon
Reason: Executing plugin AlterAeon sub OnPluginInstall
...s\Chittendens\Documents\Mush-Z\worlds\alteraeon\/settings/charlist.mushz:1: unexpected symbol
stack traceback:
        [C]: in function 'dofile'
        [string "Plugin"]:5234: in function <[string "Plugin"]:5199>
Cannot open error log file: .\logs\script_error_log.txt

Welcome to Alter Aeon, a fantasy adventure game set in a world
of swords and sorcery, magic and dragons!
If you already have a character, enter the name now.
If you are new, you must create and name a new character.
Would you like to create a new character? 

Please enter your character name:
Password:

Welcome back!
Please mail questions and comments to: [email protected]
You might also want to check out our webpage at:
http://www.alteraeon.com
Press return to continue...
            Welcome to Alter Aeon!
        1)  Enter Alter Aeon
        2)  See where you will log in
        4)  Edit your long description
        5)  Read help pages
        6)  See who's logged on
        7)  Change password
        8)  Reset and restart this character
        0)  Leave Alter Aeon
Enter Selection ->
Run-time error
Plugin: LuaAudio (called from world: alter aeon)
Function/Sub: PPI_setVol_PPI_ called by Plugin LuaAudio
Reason: Executing plugin LuaAudio sub PPI_setVol_PPI_
[string "Plugin"]:256: bad argument #1 to 'volume' (number expected, got nil)
stack traceback:
        [C]: in function 'volume'
        [string "Plugin"]:256: in function 'func'
        C:\Users\Chittendens\Documents\Mush-Z\lua\ppi.lua:134: in function <C:\Users\Chittendens\Documents\Mush-Z\lua\ppi.lua:128>
Error context in script:
252 : function setPitch(x,id)
253 : audio.pitch(x,id)
254 : end
255 : function setVol(x,id)
256*: audio.volume(x,id)
257 : end
258 : function slideVol(x,id,time)
259 : audio.slideVol(x,id,time)
260 : end
Cannot open error log file: .\logs\script_error_log.txt
Error calling setVol in plugin LuaAudio using PPI from AlterAeon (Could not call plugin routine)
Run-time error
Plugin: AlterAeon (called from world: alter aeon)
Immediate execution
C:\Users\Chittendens\Documents\Mush-Z\lua\ppi.lua:110: Could not call plugin routine
stack traceback:
        [C]: in function 'error'
        [string "Check function"]:1: in function 'check'
        C:\Users\Chittendens\Documents\Mush-Z\lua\ppi.lua:110: in function 'setVol'
        [string "Plugin"]:2043: in function 'resetvol'
        [string "Plugin"]:1717: in function 'login'
        [string "Trigger: "]:9: in main chunk
Cannot open error log file: .\logs\script_error_log.txt
The Indira Shrine
This humble building is made from blocks of rough-hewn granite stacked into
thick walls with no mortar.  It has wide windows on the east and west walls,
with thin sheets of mica instead of glass or leather. There are four stone
benches for sitting, upholstered with straw-stuffed pillows.  Before the
altar a small fire burns in a brass censer, for burning incense and other
offerings to the gods. A circle of symbols is painted on the floor, denoting
this structure as a waypoint.
( 1)A bone white skeleton spider clatters noisily here.
( 6)A crude clay man stands upright here.
( 5)(linkdead)Thiefshadow is here.
( 6)An older man tends to the shrine and casts spells for a donation.
Egokid, and Greyse resting.
A pantheist priest casts 'bless'
There is currently a 'credit buy' sale in progress!
Use the 'sale' command for details.
The center of the town of Indira
( 4)A rat skitters along the ground, searching for food.
( 5)A mid-sized black bear watches its surroundings.
( 2)A sign with directions is here to 'look' at.
(35)A huge portal to another city hovers between colossal stone towers.
Incorporeal
The Indira Shrine
( 1)A bone white skeleton spider clatters noisily here.
( 6)A crude clay man stands upright here.
( 5)(linkdead)Thiefshadow is here.
( 6)An older man tends to the shrine and casts spells for a donation.
Egokid, and Greyse resting.
Egokid leaves north.
Your muscles deflate as your strength spell wears out.
Got friends?  Feel free to bring them to Alter Aeon or link
to our web site at http://www.alteraeon.com.
Warning - dexterity will fall in 3.
Your strength is now 16
Your spell save is now   5%
Your intelligence is now 18
Your fire save is now     5%
Your wisdom is now 19
Your cold save is now     5%
Your dex is now 16
Your zap save is now      5%
Your con is now 13
Your breath save is now   0%
Your chr is now 15
Your poison save is now   0%
Your physical save is now   0%
Your magic res is now    1%
Armor:          74   (you are only wearing 11 of 15 pieces of armor)
Your hitroll is now 6
Your damage is now 13
Huh?
Saving your character...
--- Received 187 lines, sent 11 lines.
--- Output buffer has 132/50000 lines in it (0.3% full).
--- Matched 79 triggers, 21 aliases, and 108 timers fired.

2015-01-13 14:14:48

Hi,
I am also having this experience before as well. The only way to solve it, is to remove mush z and delete the contents of mush z from your documents folder, and reinstall mush z again.
hth

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2015-01-13 18:13:29

Guys, the problem is in the very first error that you got - the one loading the worlds\alteraeon\settings\charlist.mushz file.  For whatever reason, that file is corrupt, and if you delete it, I'd expect it to start up ok.  If possible though, could you just move the file somewhere else and mail me a copy of it?  I'd like to see what went wrong and try to fix it.  My email address is soda at xirr.com.

2015-01-13 21:39:06

I have released a beta version that I think will fix your problems.  Please update to beta and let me know what happens.

2015-01-14 17:58:43

The fix is now in mainline.  Just update your client and things should work better now.