Miscellaneous: Classic system messages from old log files

[MilanderTruewield]

[Mon Nov 19 02:07:29 2001] You are not sufficient level to use this item.

Correct on P99.

[Rygar]

Originally Posted by MilanderTruewield [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Correct on P99.

Thank you, I must never have tried to use a clicky below the necessary level. I only had the 'you will is not sufficient' style message in my P99 logs.

EDIT: Also just confirming that the 'You have lost experience.' message should not exist on P99, it wasn't in any of the mcoy logs.

[feniin]

Originally Posted by MilanderTruewield [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Correct on P99.

Poor Camien.

[Rygar]

Originally Posted by Rygar [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Another message is the drinking of alcohol. The message you receive when you drink a beverage yourself is correct, but when you see others drink alcohol you get a wrong message.

I forgot to mention that after running a larger parse I saw some correct messages for alcohol drinking later in my P99 log file (such as minotaur home brew). So not sure if you guys fixed that already or if there is just some clean up to verify all the alcohol gives a consistent 'swig' message.

[Rygar]

Another potential find, from Qien logs:

[Thu Jan 24 19:30:05 2002] Sadaasy regards you indifferently -- You could probably win this fight.
[Thu Jan 24 19:30:09 2002] Sadaasy shouts, '14lvl druid lfg. plz send tells'
[Thu Jan 24 19:30:11 2002] Zorach says out of character, 'he'll be easy to pull, don't worry'
[Thu Jan 24 19:30:12 2002] You forget Cobalt Scar Gate.
[Thu Jan 24 19:30:12 2002] Beginning to memorize Manaskin...
[Thu Jan 24 19:30:13 2002] Felnema waves at Cinamini.
[Thu Jan 24 19:30:14 2002] You have finished memorizing Manaskin.
[Thu Jan 24 19:30:17 2002] Your spell is too powerful for your intended target.
[Thu Jan 24 19:30:17 2002] Your spell is too powerful for your intended target.
[Thu Jan 24 19:30:18 2002] Felnema begins to cast a spell.
[Thu Jan 24 19:30:21 2002] Your spell is too powerful for your intended target.
[Thu Jan 24 19:30:22 2002] Cinamini experiences a quickening.
[Thu Jan 24 19:30:24 2002] You begin casting Manaskin.
[Thu Jan 24 19:30:26 2002] Cinamini beams a smile at Felnema.
[Thu Jan 24 19:30:29 2002] Your skin gleams with an incandescent glow.

I found it odd that a wizard was getting this message for spell casting restriction. I wrote a little sub program to see what he had memorized at the time. I went up to his last death (where we know all his spell gems were cleared). Every time he finished memorizing a spell I added it to the list, every time he forgot a spell I removed it from the list. I see he had this memorized:

Atol’s Spectral Shackles
Draught of Fire
Gate
Harvest
Lure of Frost
Manaskin
Paralyzing Earth
Rend

Manaskin being the only 51+ Level spell that is a buff. Even though it is self-only, for whatever reason, the level restriction check occurs first and then prevents casting. If you look at his log record, he previously targeted and conned a level 14 druid shortly before casting.

I don't have a high enough character with this type of self-buff to test, so not sure if it is working correctly. I did forum search and found this:
https://www.project1999.com/forums/s...ntended+target

In the thread OP mentions the restriction message only occurs when targeting a corpse, which seems to imply it doesn't happen when targeting players (improper behavior).

I'm sure its not major priority, and the logs are very early Luclin that just show this, but I find it unlikely the behavior changed post Velious.

[mcoy]

Regarding the "you have joined the group" message on zoning - I think I remember a patch note in live along the lines of resolving missed /group messages while zoning because the server/client now maintains group membership while zoning - or something along those lines. I'm guessing those messages are from before that fix being implemented.

-Mcoy

[mcoy]

Also I noticed in some of your excerpts that /who results return yourself as the first result, instead of the last one on the list like we get on p99.

I really should read through my own logs sometime...

-Mcoy

[mcoy]

I don't know how to do the neat box thingy that Rygar uses but here's one I see from Loading's log on RZ:

[Thu Nov 22 18:42:49 2001] A shriveled mummy tries to hit YOU, but misses!
[Thu Nov 22 18:42:49 2001] a shriveled mummy was hit by non-melee for 1 points of damage.
[Thu Nov 22 18:42:49 2001] A shriveled mummy was pierced by thorns.
[Thu Nov 22 18:42:49 2001] A shriveled mummy hits YOU for 24 points of damage.
[Thu Nov 22 18:42:49 2001] You have been slain by a shriveled mummy!
[Thu Nov 22 18:42:51 2001] Your Location is 1843.00, 93.00, 12.40
[Thu Nov 22 18:42:51 2001] Returning to home point, please wait...
[Thu Nov 22 18:42:51 2001] LOADING, PLEASE WAIT...
[Thu Nov 22 18:43:13 2001] You have entered West Freeport.

You're able to run the /loc command after dying. On p99 I don't believe you're able to do so, as I still have the habit of hitting my /loc hotkey when I die and I'm pretty sure it doesn't work. I'm not on a char that I'd be willing to eat a death on to test it atm.

-Mcoy

[Rygar]

Originally Posted by mcoy [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I don't know how to do the neat box thingy that Rygar uses but here's one I see from Loading's log on RZ:

[Thu Nov 22 18:42:49 2001] A shriveled mummy tries to hit YOU, but misses!
[Thu Nov 22 18:42:49 2001] a shriveled mummy was hit by non-melee for 1 points of damage.
[Thu Nov 22 18:42:49 2001] A shriveled mummy was pierced by thorns.
[Thu Nov 22 18:42:49 2001] A shriveled mummy hits YOU for 24 points of damage.
[Thu Nov 22 18:42:49 2001] You have been slain by a shriveled mummy!
[Thu Nov 22 18:42:51 2001] Your Location is 1843.00, 93.00, 12.40
[Thu Nov 22 18:42:51 2001] Returning to home point, please wait...
[Thu Nov 22 18:42:51 2001] LOADING, PLEASE WAIT...
[Thu Nov 22 18:43:13 2001] You have entered West Freeport.

You're able to run the /loc command after dying. On p99 I don't believe you're able to do so, as I still have the habit of hitting my /loc hotkey when I die and I'm pretty sure it doesn't work. I'm not on a char that I'd be willing to eat a death on to test it atm.

-Mcoy

I would have to check the rest of the logs to verify, but in the other death example I posted there was also a 2 second delay from slain to load message. Not sure how much delay is on P99.

And Caiu, I'm pretty sure at least some are fixable, as nilbog changed the zone load name of the Hole based on what I found in Mcoy logs. I wouldn't put it past that EQmac logs were used for a lot of system messages.

Would definitely like confirmation if I'm wasting my time though.

[Pringles]

Curious how implementable this stuff is maybe someone like Telin/Nilbog can chime in? Devs must have plenty of their own logs and this seems like low hanging fruit if it isn't blocked outright by client shenanigans.