EUREKA!!!
you are brilliant. I forgot that that was there.
seems that stat and other functions will remove the hiding flag.
it was killing the flag ... but not the gsn ... so now I have
to just put the gsn strip in there, and add a whole bunch of log_hides
Thanks guys.
---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: Witt Hinton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2004 09:57:16 -0700 (MST)
>Be sure to add the hiding but into handler.c (I think that's where it is)
>and also check interp.c for the affect_stip of hiding whenever a command
>is entered. Hide comes stock as a skill that only works while stationary.
>Use a char and hide with that char then use your imm to stat them - don't
>type anything with the hiding char until you stat them with the imm.
>Hope that helps some, I had this same problem.
>--Witt
>
>On Tue, 6 Jan 2004, Rick St Jean wrote:
>
>> I changed AFF_HIDE to AFF_HIDING hoping that it would solve the
>> issue, but it didn't. I did a global find and replace. My bad
>> for the confusion. The skill is 100%. When I hide the hiding affect
>> is not showing. and it is not set in the bits.
>>
>>
>> Affected by detect_hidden haste dark_vision regeneration
>> Affected2 by vampire
>> Spell: 'detect hidden' modifies none by 0 for 888 hours with bits
>> detect_hidden, level 978.
>> Spell: 'hide' modifies none by 0 for 999 hours with bits hiding, level 1000.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
>> From: "Jeremy Hill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2004 10:20:59 -0600
>>
>> >Make sure you have holylight off too, of course.
>> >
>> >-- Jeremy
>> >
>> >
>> >----- Original Message -----
>> >From: "Jeremy Hill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> >To: <rom@rom.org>
>> >Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 10:19 AM
>> >Subject: Re: Another affects bug
>> >
>> >
>> >> > af.bitvector = AFF_HIDING;
>> >>
>> >> Let's start with the easy troubleshoots. Could it be as something small
>> >> as
>> >this
>> >> (and other checks) supposed to be AFF_HIDE? Although you should be
>> >> getting
>> >> compiler errors if it's supposed to be AFF_HIDE since AFF_HIDING should be
>> >> undeclared. Or maybe your test character's 'hide' skill is 1%, or they
>> >> don't
>> >> know it at all. Definitely a problem there.
>> >>
>> >> What do you mean 'will not work for chars'? Clarify. They are not
>> >> hiding?
>> >> Have you tried to see if the bit is setting correctly by stat <charname>
>> >> after
>> >> they have typed 'hide'? (In stat, you'll see a line "Affected by <XXX>".
>> >> If
>> >> 'hide' is not showing up here, then see below). If the hide bit is being
>> >> set
>> >> correctly, then you'll have to take a look through bool can_see (*ch,*ch)
>> >> to
>> >see
>> >> if maybe that's the culprit. If not there, then repost, identifying what
>> >> you
>> >> have boiled the problem down to.
>> >>
>> >> - Jeremy
>> >>
>> >> If hide is not showing up in a stat, then there's a few potential
>> >> problems.
>> >> Firstly, there's a possibility that hide is not in the ascii table lookup.
>> >Look
>> >> in char *affect_bit_name( int vector ) for that. Or the bit is not being
>> >> set
>> >> correctly.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> ----- Original Message -----
>> >> From: "Rick St Jean" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> >> To: <rom@rom.org>
>> >> Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 10:07 AM
>> >> Subject: Another affects bug
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> > I am working on actually cleaning up hide, trying to get
>> >> > it to work properly, but I am having a problem getting
>> >> > the IS_AFFECTED to check and see of the AFF_HIDE flag is set
>> >> > on chars. This works fine when set on mobs with olc.
>> >> >
>> >> > All of the other equivalents of IS_AFFECTED work just fine
>> >> > with the Q bit. I have an AFF_BURY (for vampires) does the same thing,
>> >> > and
>> >> works fine. it is an IS_AFFECTED2 bit.
>> >> >
>> >> > I pasted the skills and the code that strips them. For some
>> >> > reason bury is perfect .. but hide will not work on chars.
>> >> >
>> >> > and insight would be wonderful. Thanks. Snippets below
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > ---------in skills.c
>> >> >
>> >> > void do_hide(CHAR_DATA * ch, char *argument)
>> >> > {
>> >> > AFFECT_DATA af;
>> >> >
>> >> > send_to_char("You attempt to hide.\n\r", ch);
>> >> >
>> >> > affect_strip(ch, gsn_hide);
>> >> >
>> >> > if (number_percent() < get_skill(ch, gsn_hide))
>> >> > {
>> >> > af.where = TO_AFFECTS;
>> >> > af.type = gsn_hide;
>> >> > af.level = ch->level;
>> >> > af.duration = ch->level;
>> >> > af.location = 0;
>> >> > af.modifier = 0;
>> >> > af.bitvector = AFF_HIDING;
>> >> > affect_to_char(ch, &af);
>> >> >
>> >> > check_improve(ch, gsn_hide, TRUE, 3);
>> >> > }
>> >> > else
>> >> > {
>> >> > check_improve(ch, gsn_hide, FALSE, 3);
>> >> > }
>> >> > return;
>> >> > }
>> >> >
>> >> > void do_bury(CHAR_DATA * ch, char *argument)
>> >> > {
>> >> > AFFECT_DATA af;
>> >> >
>> >> > if (!IS_VAMPIRE(ch))
>> >> > {
>> >> > send_to_char("You are to claustrophobic to bury yourself.\n\r", ch);
>> >> > return;
>> >> > }
>> >> >
>> >> > if (IS_SET(ch->in_room->room_flags, ROOM_INDOORS) ||
>> >> (ch->in_room->sector_type==SECT_INSIDE) || (ch->in_room->sector_type ==
>> >> SECT_WATER_SHALLOW) || (ch->in_room->sector_type == SECT_WATER_DEEP)
>> >> > || (ch->in_room->sector_type == SECT_AIR) || (ch->in_room->sector_type
>> >> > ==
>> >> SECT_WATER_DEEP_SURFACE))
>> >> > {
>> >> > send_to_char("You cannot cover yourself here.\n\r", ch);
>> >> > return;
>> >> > }
>> >> >
>> >> > affect_strip(ch, gsn_bury);
>> >> >
>> >> > send_to_char("You attempt to bury yourself.\n\r", ch);
>> >> > act_new("$n tries to bury $mself.", ch, NULL, NULL, TO_ROOM,
>> >> > POS_RESTING,
>> >> TRUE, C_DEFAULT);
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > if (number_percent() < get_skill(ch, gsn_bury))
>> >> > {
>> >> > af.where = TO_AFFECTS2;
>> >> > af.type = gsn_bury;
>> >> > af.level = ch->level;
>> >> > af.duration = ch->level;
>> >> > af.location = 0;
>> >> > af.modifier = 0;
>> >> > af.bitvector = AFF_BURY;
>> >> > affect_to_char(ch, &af);
>> >> >
>> >> > send_to_char("It is very dark, and you feel claustrophobic.\n\r",
>> >> > ch);
>> >> > check_improve(ch, gsn_bury, TRUE, 3);
>> >> > }
>> >> > else
>> >> > {
>> >> > check_improve(ch, gsn_bury, FALSE, 3);
>> >> > }
>> >> >
>> >> > return;
>> >> > }
>> >> >
>> >> > ----- in act_move.c
>> >> > if (IS_AFFECTED(ch, AFF_HIDING))
>> >> > {
>> >> > affect_strip(ch, gsn_hide);
>> >> > send_to_char("You slip out of hiding.\n\r", ch);
>> >> > }
>> >> >
>> >> > if (IS_AFFECTED2(ch, AFF_BURY))
>> >> > {
>> >> > affect_strip(ch, gsn_bury);
>> >> > send_to_char("You exume yourself.\n\r", ch);
>> >> > }
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > --
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>> >>
>> >
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