MUD Coding

April · 02-21-2003, 07:40 PM

Greets;

We recently encountered this error after a Mud crash and have been unable to figure out how to correct it so as to get the Mud up and running again. Any and all help/remedies/thoughts on this matter would be more than appreciated:

Fri Feb 21 20:08:55 2003 :: [*****] FILE: forest.are LINE: 1
Fri Feb 21 20:08:55 2003 :: [*****] BUG: Boot_db: # not found.
1000.log (END)

Thanks. :)

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Terloch · 02-21-2003, 10:46 PM

Well, do you know what that error means in general?

Straight from the code (I'm assuming 1stMud is a ROM variant)...

log_string ( strArea );

for ( ; ; )
{
char *word;

if ( fread_letter( fpArea ) != '#' )
{
bug( "Boot_db: # not found.", 0 );
exit( 1 );
}

So it's looking for a # that isn't there, on the starting line.

Do you have a backup or original of that area file somewhere?

Basically you have an incomplete area file somehow, and that's your culprit...

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02-21-2003, 07:40 PM	#1
April New Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 19	Greets; We recently encountered this error after a Mud crash and have been unable to figure out how to correct it so as to get the Mud up and running again. Any and all help/remedies/thoughts on this matter would be more than appreciated: Fri Feb 21 20:08:55 2003 :: [***] FILE: forest.are LINE: 1 Fri Feb 21 20:08:55 2003 :: [***] BUG: Boot_db: # not found. 1000.log (END) Thanks. :) You can either reply here, or email us @

02-21-2003, 10:46 PM	#2
Terloch Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Chicago, Illinois Posts: 152	Well, do you know what that error means in general? Straight from the code (I'm assuming 1stMud is a ROM variant)... log_string ( strArea ); for ( ; ; ) { char *word; if ( fread_letter( fpArea ) != '#' ) { bug( "Boot_db: # not found.", 0 ); exit( 1 ); } So it's looking for a # that isn't there, on the starting line. Do you have a backup or original of that area file somewhere? Basically you have an incomplete area file somehow, and that's your culprit...

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