Re: Crossfire bug

[Mark Wedel <>]

 Just as a note, I have checked my change into the CVS repository.  Note
from README:

Change summon_cult_monster code so that it will no longer summon big monsters
on top of walls or the player.  Also, if there is not space for a big
monster, try to find another pet monster that will fit in the space.
File affected: server/spell_effect.c - msw

Mark Wedel wrote:
> 
>  Yeah - I just recreated this.  The summon cult monster function doesn't seem to
> check the placement for multi square monsters work properly.
> 
>  My guess on the crashes is that a big monster was summoned near the map edge,
> and some a piece of it was off the map - this then creates a situation where you
> have problems.
> 
>  I am going to start re-writing that function now.  While it would not be hard
> to put simple checks into the placement of big monsters, I think it should also
> revert to smaller monsters if the big monster does not fit, and that requires a
> little more work.  I may also change the logic for choosing the monster, since
> the function right now has a 50/50 chance of stopping on each monster in the
> race list that is less than the power range of the spell - to me, this then
> makes it much more difficult for gods that have lots of pet monsters, since
> getting the last one (and hence the toughest), is much more difficult than it is
> for gods who have few pet monsters.
> 
>  summon pet probably has a similar limitation, but I don't know if any multi
> space pet monsters exist, so it may not be something that is encountered.  At
> some point, summon_cult and summon_pet functions should get merged, since I have
> a feeling that there is lots of similar code.
> 
>  I'll send out further mail when I finish with the cult_monster code and checked
> it into the cvs tree.
> 
> >
> > Mark Wedel wrote:
> >
> > > Kimmo Hoikka wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I found out that as a follower of Gorokh I can't
> > > > use avatars... the server crashes every time I cast a summon avatar
> > > > prayer.. I tried it in many areas and it does that every time. the
> > > > avatar appears but when it moves one step the server crashes
> > >
> > >  I've fixed the problem in the cvs tree - the gorokh.arc file has an invalid
> > > animation (says Lucifer, should be devil).  I've checked in the specific .arc
> > > file, but there is a lock on the lib/archetypes file so I can't check that one
> > > in.
> > >
> > > >
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> > > > 
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