Re: [SMAUG] skills again

["moclamoose" <moclamoose@sbcglobal.net>]

That miserly fread_char!!

Thanks again EOS, happy new year!


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eos" <Smaug@AuricMud.com>
To: "moclamoose" <moclamoose@sbcglobal.net>; "SML" <smaug@realms.game.org>
Sent: Friday, December 31, 2004 9:32 PM
Subject: Re: [SMAUG] skills again


> In fread_char:
>
>      ch->pcdata->learned[sn] = value;
>      /* Take care of people who have stuff they shouldn't     *
>       * Assumes class and level were loaded before. -- Altrag *
>       * Assumes practices are loaded first too now. -- Altrag */
>      if ( ch->level < LEVEL_IMMORTAL )
>      {
>        if ( skill_table[sn]->skill_level[ch->class] >= LEVEL_IMMORTAL )
>        {
>          ch->pcdata->learned[sn] = 0;
>          ch->practice++;
>        }
>      }
>
> You can't just give a character a skill. As soon as they reload and the 
> system
> realizes they have a skill that doesn't belong to their class, it takes it 
> back
> away and refunds it.
> Remove everything after
>      ch->pcdata->learned[sn] = value;
> in the preview above.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "moclamoose" <moclamoose@sbcglobal.net>
> To: "SML" <smaug@realms.game.org>
> Sent: Friday, December 31, 2004 7:57 PM
> Subject: [SMAUG] skills again
>
>
> Ok!
>
> Thanks to Pegasus I tracked down what was causing the crash, boo on me for
> missing that, thanks Pegasus.
>
> Now my problem is this!  (Im a problem child I guess)
>
> The teach function "bestows" the target the new skill while they are 
> logged into
> the game, but once the game reboots or they log out and then back in they 
> lose
> the skill they were just taught.
>
> What do I need to edit to stop this?  Is it something within that function 
> or do
> I need to edit other .c files such as save.c?
>
> What do you guys suggest?