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Player Resouce Consortium 2.2b Conversation Character Creator v1.3

Author

Primogenitor

Submitted / Updated

10-14-2004 / 11-22-2006

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NWN-1.64

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Player Resouce Consortium 2.2a 
Conversation Character Creator v1.2



This is a conversation driven in-game 100% serverside character creator allowing the use of custom content on a serverside game from level 1 (including new races and new base classes ).



You Need:

PRC 2.2a 
http://nwnprc.netgamers.co.uk/
http://nwvault.ign.com/Files/hakpacks/data/1071643329920.shtml
http://nwvault.ign.com/Files/hakpacks/data/1082946089000.shtml

NWNX 2
http://nwvault.ign.com/Files/other/data/1046636009723.shtml

NWNX-Leto
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/leto/nwnxleto-build-03%2B18.rar?download



This is an in-game conversation driven character creator. This is designed for servervault so that custom content is used at character creation. To work properly however, several things need to be done.

NWNX2 must be instlled and used to run the module ( http://nwvault.ign.com/Files/other/...636009723.shtml ) See the readme included with NWNX2 for instructions, its very easy.

The NWNX_ODBC plugin included with NWNX2 should be installed and setup. See the readme included with NWNX2 for instructions, this is quite straightforward but trickier than installing NWNX2. This is not 100% essential, but will be quicker than without it setup. In particular, make sure that the aps_onload script is setup and that the database can be read to and from using the demo module included in NWNX2. The ConvoCC should work with Access or MySQL databases.

In addition to using NWNX2 for database storage, the cache can also be stored as object in the bioware database. This cache is only updated when a character is created, and is only restored when the module is loaded. This is to keep lag to a minimum. To enable this, add RestoreCache(); to your OnModuleLoad script just after void main() and add #include "prc_ccc_cache" above void main()

NWNX-Leto plugin build 18 must be installed ( http://sourceforge.net/projects/leto/  ) See the readme included with NWNX-Leto for instructions, its very easy.

THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT NOTE Inside the module, in inc_letoscript, the constants NWN_DIR must point to your servers hard disk location where NWN is installed. After this, the scripts must be recompiled. THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT NOTE

The player start should be placed in an area with no access to the rest of the module. Then you should add code to jump the player to a starting waypoint in the mod_cliententer script. There is an example commented out, if you delete the comments ( // at the start of the line) then you can simply place a waypoint tagged "WP_RealStart" where you want players to be jumped to.

You must connect the mod_cliententer script to the modules on client enter event.
You must connect the mod_clientexit  script to the modules on client exit  event.


Since much of the data is read directly from 2da's, this can be very slow, especially for feats and spells where an enourmous amount of data is used. To speed this process up, all 2da reads are cached via NWNX_ODBC to form a persistant cache. Each 2da file should be in a separate table with all columns set to string datatypes. The row number column should be named RowNo. This means that the first time a character is created it is much slower than subsequent times will be. Also, whenever the PRC updates, or your 2da files change, you should delete these tables from the DB. In addition, if you use bioware DB caching, remember to delete that database when your 2das are updated as well.

If you wish to expand it to include more custom content (for example CEP portriats), you need to change the constants in inc_fileends to define the last lines of the relevant 2das. You will also need to recompile all the scripts.


You may be able to use FastFrenchs NWNX development, I havn't tested it particularly, but there is no reason why not. I have also only tested it with an MS Access database, though it should work with MySQL too.


Change log
v1.3
   Fixed a nasty bug 1.2 introduced where all characters were given elven radial feats and appearance
v1.2
   Fixed another bug with user and character names with unusual characters in
   Fixed bugs with MySQL database
   Added BiowareDB caching (at character creation and module load only)
   Added confirmation stages
   Added "keep existing" options to portrait and soundset
v1.1
   Fixed bug with usernames with spaces in them
   Fixed bug with cleric second domain scrolling
   Fixed bug with missing scripts in erf
   Added portrait selection
   Added soundset selection
v1.0
    First Release

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This is a conversation driven in-game 100% serverside character creator allowing the use of custom content on a serverside game from level 1 (including new races and new base classes ). This also includes a beta of v1.4 in the v1.4a subfolder. Its at an early stage, so expect bugs (but hopefully different ones to 1.3!) use at your own risk, etc.

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Name	Type	Size	Downloads
ConvoCCv1.3v1.4db.rarConvoCCv1.3v1.4db.rar Submitted: 10-14-2004 / Last Updated: 01-22-2005	rar	271.48Kb	3513
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Comments (27):

Posted by Stratovarius at 2006-02-10 06:06:43

You should stop by the PRC irc channel and talk to Primo, as this is rather outdated by now with almost a full years dev work on the new one in place.
_________________________
Head of the Player Resource Consortium
http://www.nwnprc.com

Posted by Lanessar at 2006-01-22 09:12:24

Running into similar difficulties as above. I have quite a bit of experience as a PW Admin and have gotten many NWNX-based programs to work on my server.

Here, howevr, I have set up NWNX and Letoscript as per the instructions. I then used the demo ConvoCCMod as included, altered the pathnames per instructions, and still nothing works in the included demo module when I log in as a player (running standalone server program, logging in via MP LAN).

I did attempt to rebuild the module after altering pathnames, however, I get the circular dependancy error (which may be why it's not working).

Error I get at login is: Letoscript path incorrect. Please check pathnames in inc_letoscript.

However, I have spent some hours ensuring pathnames, etc. were correct with no joy.

The earlier 1.3 works up to a certain point (right after the sex selection), but then stops there. I'm reasonably good at following instructions, but generally if I have done the steps to install basic systems and the Demo module does not work, it seems the code is in error.

Of course, I have been known to have a "blonde moment" or two.
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Posted by AdamBarrett at 2005-08-03 03:34:50

Umm... okay. The last post didn't look like that when I hit the submit button.
Well I think the relevant problem was somwhere in this line anyway:
(error)Invalid left or right side at NWNX-Leto line 1 pos 1.

Posted by AdamBarrett at 2005-08-03 03:31:25

I would like to use this but something is wrong.
I never get the "buildchar" conversation to fire off the start.
A look at the serverlog shows this:

[Wed Aug 03 04:21:52] Adam Barrett (FTMMYNUP) Joined as Player 1
[Wed Aug 03 04:21:59] SLS :
[Wed Aug 03 04:21:59] SCRIPT >:
[Wed Aug 03 04:21:59] SCRIPT

Posted by Stratovarius at 2005-07-16 17:21:16

You do know a further updated version of 1.4 is in testing in the PRC 2.3 Alpha, correct?
_________________________
Head of the Player Resource Consortium
http://www.nwnprc.com

Posted by ErikO at 2005-07-16 15:48:49

I fixed the circular dependancies and the compilation issues... anybody want the fixed 1.4b mod that compiles 100% under the Bioware Toolset?

Posted by ErikO at 2005-07-16 13:53:00

I fixed the circular dependancies and the compilation issues... anybody want the fixed 1.4b mod that compiles 100% under the Bioware Toolset?

Posted by Moradin at 2005-04-17 07:47:00

I'm having a problen with the inc_letoscript compiling. When I attempt to compile it (using mod_cliententer to call the include), I get a circular file dependency detected error. This appears to be the include files prc_ccc_inc_a and prc_ccc_inc_b.
Any suggestions?

Posted by Moradin at 2005-04-17 07:46:00

I'm having a problen with the inc_letoscript compiling. when I attempt to compile it (using mod_cliententer to call the include) I get a circular file dependancy detected error. this appears to be the include files prc_ccc_inc_a and prc_ccc_inc_b.
Any suggestions?

Posted by GreenBean at 2005-03-12 22:59:00

I was having a problem with it storing the cache in our MySQL database, because it couldn't create the tables-- some sort of complaint about PRIMARY and UNIQUE keys, and not being null.

So here's what fixed it for me. In the "inc_utility" script, there's a line somewhere around line 105 that looks like:

sSQL = "CREATE TABLE "+datafile+" ("+column+" varchar(255), RowNo varchar(255), PRIMARY KEY(RowNo))";

Change it to:
sSQL = "CREATE TABLE "+datafile+" ("+column+" varchar(255), RowNo varchar(255) NOT NULL, PRIMARY KEY(RowNo))";

(That is, add "NOT NULL")

Not sure if this is a MySQL version issue, or what.

Posted by jen at 2005-02-01 12:05:55 Voted 9.75 on 02/01/05

Posted by Jaguar_LOA at 2005-01-14 09:13:00

Sorry Prim..... I said "PROM" throughout my comment....

:-) oops... no disrespect intended
Jaguar

Posted by Jaguar_LOA at 2005-01-14 09:12:00

Al I have to say is.... I COMPLETELY agree with you 100% Prom...
I have dealt with Strat and all the PRC people in the past and they are doing a GREAT thing here...
I currently have the character creator running in a mod I am building and LOVE it...
I only have on wish Prom, Maybe have a Preview of the portraits.. It's tough to just go by the names..

Other than that.. This is an AWESOME TOOL....

Keep up the great work for the community..
Jaguar

Posted by worshipper of primogenitor ( 68.209.xxx.xxx ) at 2005-01-12 02:58:00

cool :)

Posted by silvercloud at 2005-01-04 12:57:00

I'm no programmer, but tnx to taking some time and reading a lot of information i taught myself how to make it work, also if you haven't had any NWNX2 experience previously it will be quite hard to learn (but more due to databases than this particular package) (it was for me anyway).

Primogenitor makes excellent packages and indeed flame your a** off only if you know what you are talking about.

Posted by Primogenitor at 2005-01-01 12:01:00

This isn't designed to be a simple any-idiot-can-use-it tool. It's designed for PW admins, who are assumed to be reasonably comptent at scripting and module creation. And ghowriter, stop flaming in forums that have no relationship to your original problem (difficulty running the java CC).

Posted by [email protected] ( 24.113.xxx.xxx ) at 2004-12-31 19:19:00

i must be a complete idiot as i could not get this running... of course it had nothing at all to do with the fact that no where in the instructions did it tell me where to put the files in this package....

i give up... when/if you guys ever decide to make an auto installer for your custom content that does all the modifications automatically i may consider using it.... i wont hold my breath...

thanks anyway...

note to the users who aren't hackers or programmers, you WILL have a thousand difficulties installing these files so get a degree first, you'll need it...

Posted by Acrodania at 2004-12-26 22:44:08 Voted 10.00 on 12/26/04

This excellent and very nicely done script is indispensible for a PW that wants to use custom classes, skills and feats from the initial character creation.
It is also very adaptable and can be used in many situations outside of its intended audience...

Posted by Inari ( 64.108.xxx.xxx ) at 2004-11-26 19:31:00

I'm having some serious difficulty with this script, which is a shame because it's pretty sweet. Here is what I'm experiencing, I can log onto my server and the dialog comes up for the script, it will let me go all the way till feat selection then it gives me 0% messages twice and hangs and timesout my client, argh!
I rebuilt the module several times just to be sure, but sadly to no avail, I am wondering if it is because when I use the PRC's module updater it builds a merge hak for my module, which is assigned the topmost position in hak order, maybe the script is getting confused?

Posted by Primogenitor at 2004-10-26 11:35:00

V 1.3 uploaded

This fixed a major bug where all characters are treated as elved for the purposes of racial feats and appearance.

Posted by Primogenitor at 2004-10-26 02:12:00

Toro:
1. Kind of :) Its different sorts of caching really. Normally the data is stored from the 2da. To speed this up, once the data has been read from a 2da it is stored as a local variable on a waypoint. This is the fastest way to store it, but it only lasts as long as the server; when you restart the module, you lose the cache. The NWNX2 DB cache improves on this, if there is no local on a waypoint, it looks in the DB before the 2da. If the value is in the DB, then it retrieves it from the DB and stores it as a local on a waypoint. If the value is not in the DB, it looks in the 2da, then stores it as a local on a waypoint and back into the DB. These DB lookups are slower than locals on waypoints, but are faster than 2da lookups and persist across server instances.

The bioware cache is a different approach. It stores the waypoint objects themselves, along with all the locals on them. Thus the actual act of restoring the bioware cache is only needed at the start of a module, but it is much slower than NWNX DB. However, after it is restored, it is quicker than NWNX DB for characters.

Its probably best to use both if you can, otherwise the bioware DB should be able to manage it. In any case, the first character you create will take a long time. And the first time you create a particular type of character may take longer than subsequent characters.

2. Yes, its all setup and ready to go (after you change the constants in inc_letoscript).

Posted by Toro at 2004-10-25 20:21:00

2 noobi questions,
1. Will using the bio database for cache speed things up? Whats preferable, just using nwnx2 or both?

2. Is the aps onload script setup in your mod?

Posted by Primogenitor at 2004-10-25 11:48:00

Updated to v 1.2

Major changes are a fix to work with MySQL, and confirmation stages during character creation.

Posted by Pitbull ( 212.15.xxx.xxx ) at 2004-10-20 01:30:00

Thank you for this set. Its great - but very slow....:(
Any advice on transferring 2da into mysql tables? what utility did you use for this transfer?

Thank you for future answer.

Posted by Primogenitor at 2004-10-18 13:43:00

v 1.1 is up, lets see if this one works any better!

Posted by Primogenitor at 2004-10-18 01:03:00

Since posting this a number of changes have been made. Mainly fixing small bugs (not being able to scroll the 2nd domain selection for example) but also adding portrait and soundset selection options.

Druffy: They could well be missing, Ill make sure they are included in 1.1

Posted by Druffy ( 206.169.xxx.xxx ) at 2004-10-18 00:57:00

I was installing this and cannot find the mod_cliententer and mod_clientexit scripts in the erf import. Please let me know if I am missing something?

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