Need help building map

[HellRazor]

I'm trying to build a Serpent Isle map using the exult buildmap command line option.

From a DOS window, I'm starting exult with --si buildmap 2

Exult starts, and I start a new game. But I dont see where Exult is building a map anywhere? Am I doing this right, and where does Exult store the map? I dont see anything new in the Exult directory.

HellRazor

[wjp]

Usage: exult [--help|-h] [-v|--version] [-c configfile] [--bg|--si] [--buildmap 0|1|2] [--nocrc]
--help Show this information
--version Show version info
-c configfile Specify alternate config file
--bg Skip menu and run Black Gate
--si Skip menu and run Serpent Isle
--nomenu Skip BG/SI game menu
--buildmap Create a fullsize map of the game world in u7map??.pcx
(0 = all roofs, 1 = no level 2 roofs, 2 = no roofs)
only valid when used together with -bg or -si
(WARNING: requires big amounts of RAM, HD space and time!)
--nocrc Don't check crc's of .flx files


So:

exult --si --buildmap 2

[HellRazor]

Ahh... the docs gave an example of exult --si buildmap 2 !

Ok now I'm having another problem...it pauses for a sec then exits back to DOS... stdout.err shows this error:

============================
An exception occured:
Error opening file \initgame.dat
errno: 22
============================

Any ideas?

HellRazor

[IgnitusDragonn]

should that be \initgame.dat?

[wjp]

> should that be <SERPENTISLE\STATIC>\initgame.dat?

No.

> Error opening file <SERPENTISLE_STATIC>\initgame.dat

Hm, just tried, and I get that too. I'll see if I can fix it.

[HellRazor]

No thats exactly the error I'm getting. (SERPENTISLE_STATIC).

I'm using the 1.0.x release of Exult and the newest version of Serpent Isle from the Ultima Collection.

I don't think there is any problem with initgame.dat, I even re-copied it from my CD just to make sure. The game plays fine.

HellRazor

[HellRazor]

Is this an Exult bug then?

HellRazor

[Colourless]

Yes, it's an exult bug

[wjp]

Yup, it is. Shouldn't be too hard to fix, though.

[Dominus]

and whenever I return to my documentation job (and my ISP doesn't cut my connection for excessive transfer volume) I'll update the docs
(atm I'm in holydays on the lovely channel island Jersey - though it is very windy and feels more like late summer/early autumn )

[wjp]

It's fixed now. Sorry about that

(Should be in the next snapshot, as usual)

[HellRazor]

Bummer that I can't yet make the map...but I'm happy to have been able to help out with a bug! Thanks for the help everyone!

HellRazor

[wjp]

and thank you for reporting it