level bug..

ilovegals · Post by **ilovegals** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 5:35 am

i got my server files by albert... i set my max level as 500 in npc.cfg.. but the problem is, whenever i get till lvl 289... it goes crazy.. after i from 289... it just shoot up straight to level 300+++... this really makes me sick... help pls

thanks... sry 4 that sux english...

wannabee · Post by **wannabee** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 5:51 am

i'm afraid this is one of the biggest set backs of HB high level servers ('level jumps' are what they are known as)

Technical reason:
The var used to store the exp for a player is a INT and this is 32bit (say it's like -3mil to 3min, not really 3mil, it's a example) and when it goes over the biggest number it can store, it emptys the int (sets it to the smallest number possible, in this case -3mil), thats why you get negative number exp. I tryed to fix this by setting the exp value to a 'unsigned __int64' (which has no negative and is 2x as big as a int). This only helped till like 490??? or was it 1k level... dono, it helped a little to a certain extent but didn't fix it. (there is nothing bigger than a __int64)

Confusing to you? well, don't worry, this confuses all of us

<_< :unsure: :blink:

edit: even if it is a int, it shouldn't jump untill lvl 314 (i simulated

), unless you set the exp to super high and jumps 20lvls per slime...

Nemeliom · Post by **Nemeliom** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 9:10 pm

well... something more.. remember to use a Client with more than 200 Max Stats :wacko:

forgottensoul · Post by **forgottensoul** » Mon Dec 20, 2004 10:46 am

i noe this is an old topic but can someone teach me how to set the exp value to a 'unsigned __int64' ?

cocho · Post by **cocho** » Mon Dec 20, 2004 5:38 pm

wannabee damit, i understood a shit haha, too much english for me ^_^
anyways, going a bit off topic, anyone have there the .bat that creates the ascII folders in account? would be good... i lost mine (i have the zip with all folders but i preffer the .bat :rolleyes: )

locobans · Post by **locobans** » Mon Dec 20, 2004 7:17 pm

cocho wrote: wannabee damit, i understood a shit haha, too much english for me ^_^
anyways, going a bit off topic, anyone have there the .bat that creates the ascII folders in account? would be good... i lost mine (i have the zip with all folders but i preffer the .bat :rolleyes: )

B) heres is the file that creates the folders from ASC1 to ASC256

<a href='http://hb.magsec4.net/files/ASCII_Folders.zip' target='_blank'>http://hb.magsec4.net/files/ASCII_Folders.zip</a> B)

forgottensoul · Post by **forgottensoul** » Mon Dec 20, 2004 7:27 pm

oh man, i found a post made by hypnotoad saying that if u change the int the server wil disallow the char data files to be saved properly...
perhaps the onli way the solve this is to have a lower lv server

cocho · Post by **cocho** » Mon Dec 20, 2004 8:31 pm

locobans wrote:
cocho wrote: wannabee damit, i understood a shit haha, too much english for me ^_^
anyways, going a bit off topic, anyone have there the .bat that creates the ascII folders in account? would be good... i lost mine (i have the zip with all folders but i preffer the .bat :rolleyes: )
B) heres is the file that creates the folders from ASC1 to ASC256

<a href='http://hb.magsec4.net/files/ASCII_Folders.zip' target='_blank'>http://hb.magsec4.net/files/ASCII_Folders.zip</a> B)

thanks but i have this zip... im searching for the ".bat" file...

locobans · Post by **locobans** » Mon Dec 20, 2004 8:57 pm

ahh lol dont have that

deese · Post by **deese** » Fri Mar 18, 2005 3:20 am

marburg and me found some kind of fix for this problem, you'll have to do some source editting though

in game.cpp :

// altered by hb XXXXXXXXXX for high level bugfix. Need to divide all xp values in npc.cfg by 100
// iRet = iGetLevelExp(iLevel - 1) + iLevel * ( 50 + (iLevel * (iLevel / 17) * (iLevel / 17) ) ); <---- original line, replace with

iRet = iGetLevelExp(iLevel - 1) + ( iLevel * ( 50 + (iLevel * (iLevel / 17) * (iLevel / 17) ) ) / 100);

in npc.cfg : divide all (for every monster) the min exp and max exp values by 100, easiest way is just to delete the last two digits

Finally you'll have to make a new xp-table, based on that new formula
Until now we hadnt had anymore lvl jumps, and highest lvl is close to 400 at the moment, before we did this fix, characters started to jump at about lvl 317
Hope this helps

Thunder · Post by **Thunder** » Sun Jun 19, 2005 9:44 am

I prolly sound dumb, but how do I go about doing the source editing. My problem isnt really as much the max lvl as it is getting a negative exp value at my max lvl of 300. It is very annoying having to change the exp back to positive every time this happens. For that reason my server hasn't gone up yet. So if u could tell me where to get the game.ccp and how to do it or something it would be very helpful. TY