Exult Forum

Exult Studio helps to understand the objects in U7 but this still doesn't make sense to me. The Backpack object properties says volume=100, and Barrel volume=100 but the Barrel will hold a hell of a lot more. How do you calculate what a container will hold?

Also Bag volume is supposed to be 70 but I can put 2 bags in a backpack. How does this work?

I can't remember the details, but there's a "contain.cc" file in the "objs" directory that contains the volume-checking code.

volume of a backpack is 150, volume of a barrel is 250, volume of a bag is 70.

Looks like a bug in EStudio

Thanks wjp. I would also like to know the volumes of other containers. Where did you get this info?

DrCode, thanks. I downloaded exult and exult studio and neither one has any contain* file. What download has this file?

I just added some debugging output to exult

You need the Exult sources for contain.cc

I downloaded the source but couldn't find any constants fot the volume of containers. Maybe it just gets it from U7.

Container volumes are in the U7 data, yes.

wjp, can you give me another hint how you found these numbers? Is there a dump option on exult that will show these numbers?

No, but I added some code to exult to display the volume.


I think DrCode just fixed this Exult Studio bug, though, so the next snapshot should display the proper values.

Ah. Thanks DrCode.

I just realized that I could attach a barrel, chest, or crate instead of a backpack or bag on my characters. The barrel carries a lot but it's hard to find things in it. A crate or chest might be better.

Yes, the volume bug in ES is fixed, along with a couple other problems I noticed with that dialog. (The math class I taught just ended, so now I only have a regular job to distract me from open-source work:-).)

Thanks DrCode. I downloaded the Jan 29 version of Studio and it's still the same, everything has a volume of 100. When will the next update occur?

whenever Kirben adds the next snapshot.
Of course the Jan 29 snapshot can't have that fix when Jeff/Willem writes on Jan 30 that he "just" fixed it...

"just" is used very loosely sometimes, but of course you are right. I just wanted to make sure.