Llamaserver bug?

DeSangre · #1 June 11th, 2010, 09:50 AM

Dear forum members,
it is now the 3rd time that llamaserver decides to erase my game as soon as it is about to start.

I tried with the Land of Legends (Crusaders) and the Land of Legends maps.

In both cases the game just didn't start and got ERASED from the server.

Now, is this a common bug? Is it a common bug regarding "some maps"? If that is the case, I'd put some kind of warning on llamaserver starting page.

Anyway, now that we're at it, if you can suggest a good 6-8 players non-wraparound map that would be great.

Graeme Dice · #2 June 11th, 2010, 11:02 AM

Don't use files with spaces in the names.

DeSangre · #3 June 11th, 2010, 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Graeme Dice

Don't use files with spaces in the names.

I can't find any space in the landoflegends.map filename

Graeme Dice · #4 June 11th, 2010, 01:05 PM

Oh, there can't be spaces in the name of the game either.

DeSangre · #5 June 11th, 2010, 01:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Graeme Dice

Oh, there can't be spaces in the name of the game either.

The game was called Caduta3

Can it be that the landoflegends.map has got a different filename STORED on llamaserver? Any way to check that?

Why doesn't llamabeast remove the bugged maps?

If he needs help, I think a lot of members of this community would be glad to help!

llamabeast · #6 June 11th, 2010, 02:45 PM

I bet the name of the tga file has a space in it.

It would be a good idea to remove the bugged maps, yes. Good thinking.

The server is designed not to allow them to be uploaded in the first place, but there is some kind of bug that allows them to be uploaded anyway (though not for me when I test it). I *really* should fix that, as it accounts for almost all the reported llamaserver errors.

Sorry it caused you inconvenience. Sounds frustrating.

DeSangre · #7 June 11th, 2010, 03:57 PM

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Originally Posted by llamabeast

I bet the name of the tga file has a space in it.

Do you mean on your server? Because here, locally, I have
landoflegends.tga

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Originally Posted by llamabeast

It would be a good idea to remove the bugged maps, yes. Good thinking.

Not to mention sort the maps alphabetically, but I can't believe this issue hasn't been raised before soooo....

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Originally Posted by llamabeast

I *really* should fix that, as it accounts for almost all the reported llamaserver errors.

Sorry it caused you inconvenience. Sounds frustrating.

As I said, if there's some way I could help, I would.

It was especially frustrating because the game was called Caduta3 because that was the third time we tried. ANother problem is that most of the players in that game aren't expert, so they're getting a very bad first impression of the server and of the game due to that, which is a shame, because llamaserver is a great resource and Dom3 a great game

If you could check specifically what's wrong in the land of legends map, at least I'd have some "way" to spot if a map "could" be defective or not, because the "space" issue doesn't seem to be the case here.

llamabeast · #8 June 14th, 2010, 08:52 AM

DeSangre - just spotted this again; sorry, I had missed your reply. I will look into it. Don't want to give new players a bad impression!

The maps aren't alphabetical, but in the order that they were uploaded. Had never occurred to me to make them alphabetical, but I suppose there is something to be said for that.

Gandalf Parker · #9 June 14th, 2010, 09:33 AM

If it is going to be by date, could you reverse it?
One of the complaints I have against the Dom3 UI is its tendency to sort by date without reversing. After years of playing Dom3 the lists have gotten long. I dont WANT the oldest game, I dont WANT the oldest mod, I dont WANT the oldest original maps. I usually want the latest game, the latest map, the mod I just downloaded to try out or at least the latest version of my favorite one. I get tired of scrolling for it.

Im thinking that in the case of your server it might be the same. I see many mods and maps created which are instantly used in some game. So maybe the latest uploads first would be usable.

llamabeast · #10 June 14th, 2010, 05:59 PM

Okay, I have no idea how the "landoflegends.map" ended up listed on the server, as it doesn't even have a copy of the map, and nor do I, and in fact I can't even obviously find a copy. Do you have a copy?

The Crusaders map would have failed as it was specific to a particular set of nations - it was only valid for the game Crusaders.