Classic Spell Effects Do Not Come Out of Hands

[Tabidzukare]

Hi everyone!

I apologize this issue has rested for so long! Indeed I've been busy programming and learning everything I can about programming to affect some greater changes in this community.. Difficult stuff really!!

Consequently I haven't had much time to work on this, however, recently I did make a character on Tallon/Vallon Zek. Guess what.. renaming arena.eqg, nektulos.eqg and lavastorm.eqa to .old + downloading their spells_us.txt file fixed the old spell graphics to launch properly out of the hands.

What is interesting about this is that I did NOT erase my spellsnew files at all! Yet old graphics for buffs, leech effects etc show up now.. This btw is from an absolutely fresh install of Titanium, I just changed what was mentioned above and began to play.

Regardless of where I play (any other server) the old spell graphics stick except for some newer effects which might not be linked to older style graphics internally.
I have not tested:

• • Removing the spellsnew / naming spells.eff
  • Playing with the original spells_us.txt to see the old graphics still work without it
  • Renaming the eqg files back to normal.

This can lead us to two possibilities:

• 1. Spells_us.txt controls the 'problematic elements' of classic spells 'misfiring'
  2. The eqg files somehow factor into spell graphics.

Once we figure out what is really affecting the changes all we need to do is institute those changes and everything should work flawlessly. If it is in fact the spells_us.txt files (I didn't back up the original one from install so I can't see it.. ) then the question arises as to how they edited it.. Not that it matters at this point since it works and the only important thing is saving it or downloading it for use on your own server. Also, if someone has a fresh spells_us.txt, can you open it up in a plain txt editor?? Does it display plain text for you or is it all jumbled crap? The T/V Zek spells_us if all garbage and voodoo while spells_en is plain English.

Either way, the solution is a few steps off, and when I get the time I'll do these myself, in the mean time if some industrious individual decides to try post your results here please!

With success close at hand,
Kindest Regards~~