Exult Studio bugs

[drcode]

SB-X: I saw on the IRC logs that you were having some problems with Exult Studio. I'm interested in fixing any bugs, so feel free to submit them to our bug list, or post here. It would help if you could suggest what steps you took that led to the problems.

[SB-X]

Ahoy!
I had hoped so, because I wasn't sure who else is working on the studio. I probably should have said something earlier but I got a little too frustrated with it and moved on to other things. I'll submit what I can asap...

[SB-X]

I might have compiled it wrong because the failed assertion still occurs. Thanks for telling me how it really works. That should probably be in the documents(is it?). When I double click a group that has items in it, everything works fine. The abort only happens when I click an empty group.

Actually most of those things that happened earlier were more like annoyances than bugs(can't repeat the other bugs now), so I'll send feature ideas to the ML.

[Pertex]

Is anybody interested in ES-bugs/-probs with Win32? Is anybody working on this version?

[Dominus]

Pertex, sure we are interested. Shoot! (but make sure you always have the latest snapshot or you compiled it yourself from the latest source).

[drcode]

SB-X: It was only about 10 hours ago that I checked in the fix.

I'm definitely interested in usability issues, as I know it's kind of confusing to use.

[Pertex]

Ok, here is one

-doubleclick in the shapebrowser opens shape info but no shape is in it

-doubleclick on NPCs opens msdosprompt with text like this:
exult_studio (pid:4294381565): Gtk-WARNING **: invalid cast from `GtkLabel' to `
GtkCheckButton'
Read 158 bytes from server
ID = 3

exult_studio (pid:4294381565): Gtk-WARNING **: invalid cast from `GtkLabel' to `
GtkCheckButton'

it seems to work correctly but its a pain in my neck

-somtimes i exit ES unintentionally. when I try to restart it with ctrl+alt+m nothing happens

some questions:
-is it possible to zoom out in the chunk browser to see more chunks?
-it would be fine, if ES will shutdown automatically if you close Exult

[pertex]

ah, just another one
if you create an egg to play music you see a blue music note. If you change it to start a usecodefunction, it is still the note.

[Dominus]

hm, restarting ES by leaving and re-entering Map Edit Mode (ctrl+Alt+M) works for me.

- Closing ES with Exult. I thought about this as well but I think it's better to leave it like it is.

[Raving Idiot]

Here's one-

I cannot start ES unless I open it via DOS prompt with exult_studio -data. It reads the data but refuses to connect to Exult (win 0.98rc1). I configured it with the preferences menu in Exult Studio. Whenever I try to start ES via alt-ctrl-m (I think, the keystroke that opens the map editor) it displays the grid, but doesn't start Exult Studio.

[drcode]

A warning for Unix/Linux users about recent changes: Both Exult and ExultStudio have been changed so they create a socket file in $HOME/.exult if that directory exists. So if you update one, you have to update the other or they might not be able to connect.

(This doesn't apply to Windows users, so you can relax:-))

[Raving Idiot]

Nevermind on the bug above, I had the wrong version (.96 beta1). I updated and everything worked fine.

[Jonathan]

I can't start exult studio

It start and it close suddenly

ver. Windows

[Valliant Dragon]

Windows version : the Glade is a mess (invalid casts left right and center) ... doesn't want to save the map when Save Map is clicked (creates patch dir and nothing else)

[Dominus]

ah, Valliant Dragon returns.
Hm, could you make sure you have the latest snapshot and the Exult Studio in the Exult dir and the glade file in the data dir.Also, you never answered what your Windows version is or at least if you have XP pro or XP Home...

[Skutarth]

Message:
i r to stoopid to joyn IRC chanl...
how i joyn?

Translator:
I don't know how to join the IRC channel...
How may I join it?

[Dominus]

http://www.google.at/search?q=IRC&hl=de&meta=

Actually it seems you were able to connect to the channel just fine, but no one was in it, save for our bot

Note however the (GMT) when it tells you of the time.

[Skutarth]

Oh, I figured it out with years of research, actually just a few minutes...
Hehehe...

[excessus]

Windows 2000 Pro here.

I have the latest snapshoot, the "patch" directory created and Exult Studio throwing chunks to Exult properly. But when I click on "Save map" it forces Exult to close, and not saving anything to the directory Patch.

Also, I noticed Exult Studio creates broken paths in the exult.cfg file, like... c:/ultima7/\patch (double / and then \ symbols).

Thanks