Quests

[maverick3n1]

I was testing quests in freportw. I was was looking into the quest folder, checking what npc names there were that had quests, and read the files to see what the command word was (as obvious, most of the time it was a hail) and then I tried numberous npcs with a repeat of the same issue.. none of them responded. If I hailed guards or an npc that was walking, it would stop walking for a moment, like it was responding to me interacting with it, but it won't put out a quest. The main one I kept going back to, to test was Boomba The Big.

[maverick3n1]

I'm attempting a complete re-install.. just wiped the EQEMU directory, wiped both dbases, starting install over from scratch (except for reinstall of perl and mysql). Hopefully that will fix it, but I'll find out soon enough.

[maverick3n1]

Reinstalled, tested in both PEQ and Cavedude, same results. quests don't work. Should I see somewhere within world.exe or zone.exe, something along the lines of (loading quests), or something that is spooling them?

[maverick3n1]

Alright, I pulled up quest logs, and here is what I found in there for a bunch of quests...

[09.10. - 12:05:25] WARNING: error compiling quest file quests/freportw/Boomba_the_Big.pl: Perl runtime error: Undefined subroutine &main::eval_file called.

Does that mean there is something wrong with the quest file, or does that mean Perl isn't communicating properly with MySQL?

[vales]

Actually, when you die and you're level 10 and under you still have all your gear and experience. If you're past level 10 and die, you'll have to CR as normal. That's how it is on retail now. They made the game too easy if you ask me. :p

Looks like Perl isn't set up properly.

IIRC, you can't use quests with Cavedude's database but you can with PEQ's. If you're switching back and forth between the two, you should really be careful. Just do a clean PEQ install from their website with the latest database and quest pack. And redo the command lines for the part when you installed Perl.

[maverick3n1]

I don't switch back and forth usually. The only reason I switched was just to see if it was just the PEQ Dbase.

As for re-running the command lines in Perl, whenever I re-run them, I just get an error that says they are already installed.

[Aramid]

The quest file itself for boomba should say this, minus the comments...

sub EVENT_SAY

{ 

if($text=~/Hail/i)
 {
 quest::say("Hullo!!  Me is Boomba.  Me make da bestest pickles in da Norrath. Me gots da dwarfies. da halflings. da humies - me even gots da pixie pickles!!  Of course all of dem were baddies from da dunjuns.  Da guards say it gud ta pickle da baddies.");
 }
}

If this is what ya have, then something must be wrong with the perl install....
Try uninstalling it and reinstalling Perl.

[John Adams]

Originally Posted by maverick3n1

Alright, I pulled up quest logs, and here is what I found in there for a bunch of quests...

[09.10. - 12:05:25] WARNING: error compiling quest file quests/freportw/Boomba_the_Big.pl: Perl runtime error: Undefined subroutine &main::eval_file called.

Does that mean there is something wrong with the quest file, or does that mean Perl isn't communicating properly with MySQL?

Did you do all the IO Stringy things that Perl needs when you first installed? There are 3 commands to install stuff into Perl once it itself is installed.

[maverick3n1]

Yes, it was something like DBD-mysql, IO-Stringy, and one other thing, don't recall what the last was off the top of my head. When I try to run them again they all say that they are already installed.

[fathernitwit]

none of the perl modules are required anymore unless you build a special build.