Miscellaneous: Classic system messages from old log files

[Rygar]

Noticing some more things as I go through these files (I'm building a parser to compare P99 log messages to these logs... but its slow going with a 2 month old baby and a Three-nager).

In the above example where he died from the charbone skeleton there is this line:

[Sun Nov 11 23:38:16 2001] You have been slain by charbone skeleton!
[Sun Nov 11 23:38:18 2001] Returning to home point, please wait...
[Sun Nov 11 23:38:18 2001] LOADING, PLEASE WAIT...
[Sun Nov 11 23:38:45 2001] You have entered Firiona Vie.
[Sun Nov 11 23:38:45 2001] You have joined the group.
[Sun Nov 11 23:38:50 2001] It begins to rain.

Just a generic load message, but on P99 we get a zone specific message and an additional line:

[Wed Dec 07 19:57:54 2016] You have been slain by an elemental warrior!
[Wed Dec 07 19:57:54 2016] You have lost experience.
[Wed Dec 07 19:57:58 2016] Returning to The Hole, please wait...
[Wed Dec 07 19:57:58 2016] LOADING, PLEASE WAIT...
[Wed Dec 07 19:58:16 2016] You have entered The Hole.

It doesn't appear as if the 'You have lost experience.' message should be given? I actually don't have the raw logs on this computer, but can double check tomorrow to confirm.



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.

Classic message:

[Thu Nov 15 20:04:33 2001] Glug, glug, glug... Operian takes a swig of Fish Wine.

P99 message:

[Sat Sep 03 09:41:13 2016] Glug, glug, glug... Fannop takes a drink from a Fish Wine.

Lastly for tonight, I found these messages in mcoy's logs:

[Wed Nov 14 01:35:53 2001] You must stand up and be still to wave.
[Tue Dec 18 16:34:54 2001] You must stand up and be still to rudely gesture.
[Tue Jun 25 00:34:02 2002] You must stand up and be still to perform this action.

When I tried to sit and /wave and /rude on P99 I just get the generic 'You must stand up and be still to perform this action.'

I don't know what other emotes had specific standing instructions, but those 2 for sure did.


I'll keep posting messages as I find them... thanks for caring.

[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.]

Ugh, sorry for the bunch of replies... but also to be fair, I didn't see anything in the log file of mcoy clicking on a door that no key existed for (like the door in Seb). So not sure if those had a lock pick message. If anyone had some true classic logs to search through I would love to have them, never know what gems can be found.

Well mcoy shared with me the balance of his logs and it so happens he had a rogue log (Eyepick) that happened to be trying to pick the lock at the bank in North Freeport (which is pickable, but no key exists for). Here is some of the log:

[Fri Nov 16 17:52:48 2001] Players in EverQuest:
[Fri Nov 16 17:52:48 2001] ---------------------------
[Fri Nov 16 17:52:48 2001] [48 Rogue] Eyepick (Barbarian) <Dynasty> ZONE: freportn
[Fri Nov 16 17:52:48 2001] [53 Channeler] Cindani (High Elf) <Dynasty> ZONE: gfaydark
[Fri Nov 16 17:52:48 2001] [ANONYMOUS] Rarkorrn <Dynasty>
[Fri Nov 16 17:52:48 2001] There are 3 players in EverQuest.
[Fri Nov 16 17:52:54 2001] Soris Silverfield glowers at you dubiously -- he appears to be quite formidable.
[Fri Nov 16 17:52:56 2001] Soris Silverfield tells you, 'Welcome to my bank!'
[Fri Nov 16 17:53:01 2001] You are currently bound in: East Freeport
[Fri Nov 16 17:55:07 2001] Soris Silverfield tells you, 'Come back soon!'
[Fri Nov 16 17:55:14 2001] It's locked and you're not holding the key.
[Fri Nov 16 17:55:15 2001] It's locked and you're not holding the key.
[Fri Nov 16 17:55:33 2001] You do not Sense any traps.
[Fri Nov 16 17:55:45 2001] You begin to hide...
[Fri Nov 16 17:55:46 2001] You have hidden yourself from view.
[Fri Nov 16 17:55:47 2001] You begin to sneak...
[Fri Nov 16 17:55:47 2001] You are as quiet as a cat stalking its prey.
[Fri Nov 16 17:55:56 2001] You are not sufficiently skilled to pick this lock.
[Fri Nov 16 17:55:58 2001] You are not sufficiently skilled to pick this lock.
[Fri Nov 16 17:55:59 2001] You are not sufficiently skilled to pick this lock.

He is at the banker, and gets the 'It's locked and you're not holding the key.' message. Should confirm this message should be the universal locked door message for all classes (no special message for rogue / bard).

More info to come as I build this message sniffing parser!

[Rygar]

Section from Qien's logs:

[Wed Nov 14 19:04:20 2001] You have entered Western Wastes.
[Wed Nov 14 19:04:31 2001] Kiladen shouts, 'yes Your god has showen his face=)'
[Wed Nov 14 19:04:35 2001] A sentinel`s voice invades your thoughts: ''Beware mortal! This land is marked by Veeshan, and is sacred to her brood. None but Dragonkin are welcome here. Your life is forfeit if you proceed. Ignore this message at your peril!''
[Wed Nov 14 19:04:39 2001] Episcia shouts, 'godLET'
[Wed Nov 14 19:04:43 2001] Caym shouts, 'no im still wearing my mask'
[Wed Nov 14 19:05:14 2001] A sentinel`s voice invades your thoughts: ''Beware mortal! This land is marked by Veeshan, and is sacred to her brood. None but Dragonkin are welcome here. Your life is forfeit if you proceed. Ignore this message at your peril!''

[Wed Nov 28 13:57:34 2001] You have entered Western Wastes.
[Wed Nov 28 13:57:36 2001] A sentinel`s voice invades your thoughts: ''Beware mortal! This land is marked by Veeshan, and is sacred to her brood. None but Dragonkin are welcome here. Your life is forfeit if you proceed. Ignore this message at your peril!''

The 'A sentinel`s voice' shout is not in any of my P99 logs, so don't believe it is functioning properly. It seems like he gets it after the first few seconds after zoning in, but did find another section where he got it twice in same zone (maybe there was a area that tripped the message?). Do what you will.

Oh, and notice it should say 'You have entered Western Wastes.'

On P99 we get:

[Fri Sep 02 22:37:03 2016] You have entered Western Wastelands.

[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

[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.