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A.j. - Fri Jun 25, 2004 8:41 pm
Post subject: MervBot Build 42. [INVALID] login error.

So I've searched these forums far and wide to see if my problem was already assisted. It was, BUT the solutions held no ground for me. I put my bot in my sysop.txt, vip.txt, followed all directions to the spawn.txt, readme.txt, logged in with the bots name manually to make sure it wasn't valid, change my server.ini to accept non-continuum users, unless my spawn format is incorrect...

Test.Bot : BotPassword : 0 : alias, flag, rampage : sysoppw

Any takers?

CypherJF - Fri Jun 25, 2004 11:41 pm
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Looks right, why don't you paste the bot's error so someone actually knows what kind of error your talking about..

Anonymous - Sat Jun 26, 2004 12:49 am
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It's not so much the bot that's having the error, it's the billing server(CatID)

Here's what the bserv says...

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Subspace Billing Server (Build 11)
Reading SUBBILL.INI... Done.
Reading Zone.dat: 0 zone entries found
Reading Banfree.dat: 0 banfree entries found
Reading Squad.dat: 0 squad entries found
Reading Ban.dat: 1 ban entries found
Reading User.dat: 4 user entries found
Reading User2.dat: 0 user2 entries found
Reading Op.dat: 1 operator entries found
Reading Score.dat: 2 score entries found
Connection request from 127.0.0.1:3114
1000 - Docking granted: S.H.I.T.
1000 - Player leaving(INVALID)

And the subgame2 says...

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Connection request from: Shitface.Bot
Connection status read as terminated: Shitface.Bot
Re-read Settings: 0 ms

D1st0rt - Sat Jun 26, 2004 12:51 am
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what a lovely name...

A.j. - Sat Jun 26, 2004 12:53 am
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Yes, lovely, because that's what zone names are regulated to, being lovely.

CypherJF - Sat Jun 26, 2004 1:17 am
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I meant the log from the bot.

A.j. - Sat Jun 26, 2004 2:35 am
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A.j. - Sat Jun 26, 2004 2:36 am
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the drwtsn32 log? that's the only log i have.

CypherJF - Sat Jun 26, 2004 2:37 pm
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No! No! No!

Merv.INI
// No terminal output. This will speed up the bot noticeably
NoTerminal=0

Set that to '1'. Then, copy and paste (using the MSDOS tools) the text ie: log; and paste it here.

Mr Ekted - Sat Jun 26, 2004 2:50 pm
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That's gay. Errors should be logged whether a generic log file is enabled or not.

Anonymous - Sat Jun 26, 2004 5:08 pm
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Its probably not technically an error; allowing the to console =1; it'll tell what the bot is thinking; so on and so forth...

A.j. - Sat Jun 26, 2004 5:32 pm
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Well, if you think it'll help, I finally copied it before the bot crashed.

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Added Owner-level operator: G.I._Hawk ()
Added Owner-level operator: Shitface.Bot ()

MERVBot Release Mode (Build 42) (DLL 6.6) by cat02e@fsu.edu
Press any key to close this window when done.

Mr Ekted - Sat Jun 26, 2004 6:15 pm
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If the bot is crashing, then it's not a login problem. It is a coding problem with the core or one of the modules. Debug it, or get someone who knows what they are doing to debug it.

A.j. - Sat Jun 26, 2004 6:22 pm
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then why is it saying

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1000 - Player leaving(INVALID)

in the billing?

Anonymous wrote:

It's not so much the bot that's having the error, it's the billing server(CatID)

Here's what the bserv says...

Quote:

And the subgame2 says...

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Connection request from: Shitface.Bot
Connection status read as terminated: Shitface.Bot
Re-read Settings: 0 ms

Underlord - Sat Jun 26, 2004 7:37 pm
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isolate the problem...

try bot entering without any plugins
try changing names for the bot
try having bot login to another server
see if anything is in server log

does bot enter zone then leave?
does bot crash?
does bot not even enter zone?
can other bots enter zone? if so, use their files to launch your bot and see where the problem is.

Mr Ekted - Sat Jun 26, 2004 7:49 pm
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If the bot is crashing, you are going to have to solve that problem regardless. So figure that out, and fix it.

A.j. - Sat Jun 26, 2004 8:14 pm
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The bot logs into other servers fine, it's just mine. I think my my format for spawns.txt is wrong or something, or i'm using the wrong passwords, i'm doing something stupid.

A.j. - Sat Jun 26, 2004 8:32 pm
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CypherJF wrote:

No! No! No!

Merv.INI
// No terminal output. This will speed up the bot noticeably
NoTerminal=0

Set that to '1'. Then, copy and paste (using the MSDOS tools) the text ie: log; and paste it here.

You meant set it to ZERO (0), because when I did that, it showed me what was happening. Here's what it said, It won't let me copy and paste so I'll type it out.

Yada Yada release mode <Build 42>

Quote:

Shitface.Bot Ext: DLL plugin connected.
Shitface.Bot Connecting zone at 127.0.0.1 port 1000
Shitface.Bot Sending password for Shitface.Bot
Shitface.Bot Possible virus: remote EXE checksum mismatch (local:-247292696) (remote:730860045)
Shitface.Bot Privileged access is required to remain connected to this zone.
Shitface.Bot Downloading latest news.txt [2011780368]
Shitface.Bot You do not have permission to play in this arena(1), see Web Site for more information.
Shitface.Bot Closing...
Shitface.Bot Ext: DLL plugin disconnected.

That should shed some light upon the situation.

CypherJF - Sat Jun 26, 2004 10:33 pm
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err right

0 1 same difference

...

Okay issues:
1.) Mismatch of EXE - this is not normal; however, merv b42 doesn't use the subspace.bin anymore; so I'm not too sure what's up w/ this.
2.) You do not have permission to playin this arena, doub check and make sure the bot has smod+ (and password is correct), and/or exists on the VIP log.

I'm not sure if the permission denial is linked the EXE mismatch :/

CypherJF - Sat Jun 26, 2004 10:35 pm
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Sorry, I'm on dialup and don't have the patience to wait for the 'edit' to load; but also make sure the obscene.txt doesn't include the blockage of SHIT or whatnot. But I'm sure that'd be a different error. (i think u said you were able to login w/ a normal client)

If all else fails, try creating the bot from scratch (grab the distribution file from catid's site again), and login w/o any plugins loaded.

A.j. - Sat Jun 26, 2004 11:48 pm
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I'm on dialup too man, I feel your pain.

I logged the bot into other servers, through the bot client(as in not the continuum client but the bot client), and it works. It's just not working for my server. I've allowed access for VIE clients and non-continuum clients. Nothing in the obscene.txt... So it has to be something in my server.ini file that's skrewing it up.

CypherJF - Sun Jun 27, 2004 12:43 am
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Maybe email catid the URL to this topic.. I can't think of anything off the top of my head :/

Bak - Sun Jun 27, 2004 12:54 am
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change

Test.Bot : BotPassword : 0 : alias, flag, rampage : sysoppw

to

Test.Bot : BotPassword : 0 : : sysoppw

(remove the plugins).

try to go in as your bot in continuum and then do *sysoppw and try to do *listmod and see if it actually has access.

the exe mismatch is probably because it's sending a VIE exe checksum instead of a continuum one, as it should, although i've never gotten that warning.

Ekted: I don't think the bot is crashing... just not connecting to the server.

A.j. - Sun Jun 27, 2004 1:00 am
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Yep he does.

A.j. - Sun Jun 27, 2004 1:01 am
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Cypher, I already have.

D1st0rt - Sun Jun 27, 2004 11:39 am
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Do you have something like ContinuumOnly=1 in your server.ini?

A.j. - Sun Jun 27, 2004 12:25 pm
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Quote:

AllowVIEClients=1
StaffChat=pandaspank,admin
ForceContinuumOnly=0
ServerIP=206.148.212.8
AllowPrerelease=1
client will be allowed in

A.j. - Sun Jun 27, 2004 3:28 pm
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Catid helped me get it working. Thank you so much Catid, you rock man.

For everyone who was wondering what was wrong, it was that I didn't have a copy of subspace.exe in my root folder. Who would've thought.
Thanks guys for trying though.

Mr Ekted - Sun Jun 27, 2004 3:33 pm
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Um, I thought the new MERV didn't use the EXE for checksum. Are you using an older one?

A.j. - Sun Jun 27, 2004 6:22 pm
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Cyan~Fire - Sun Jun 27, 2004 9:40 pm
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Yeah, everything >= version 40 (I think), has the necessary parts built in, thanks to a suggestion by Qndre.

CypherJF - Sun Jun 27, 2004 9:51 pm
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Ug, I thought that also; but it said build 42; so I was assuming subspace.bin wasn't required... *shrugs* but being it said EXE Checksum error...

Mr Ekted - Sun Jun 27, 2004 9:57 pm
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Maybe there's a switch to enable internal checksum generation.

CypherJF - Mon Jun 28, 2004 5:10 am
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I don't think so :/.. I run b42 and don't need subspace.bin (and it logs into zones just fine

)...

A.j. - Mon Jun 28, 2004 1:09 pm
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subspace.EXE

Cyan~Fire - Mon Jun 28, 2004 2:26 pm
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subspace.BIN

A.j. - Mon Jun 28, 2004 9:43 pm
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Sure.

Mr Ekted - Mon Jun 28, 2004 10:51 pm
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We have another Qndre on our hands folks...

Solo Ace - Tue Jun 29, 2004 12:53 am
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