I24 Common Setup Issues

How to debug a few common issues that can occur during/after setup...

ERROR: Player.txt error

When running mapserver.exe you will come across an error pertaining to player.txt.

• Player.txt error message:

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• Solution: In MapServer\srv\srv_init.c comment out line #437:

  // playerCreatedStoryArc_GenerateData();

ERROR: Loading costumes

• If you really want to use the I24 costumes.bin with the leaked source, delete "InternalProducts" from ParseMaskSet[], ParseCostumeCostumeTexSet[], ParseCostumeCostumeGeoSet[], and ParseCostumeBone[] in Common/gameData/costume_data.c and fix whatever compile errors you get as a result
• Need to update client side too
  • Results before:
  • After modification:

ERROR: Loading templates for Dbserver.exe

You will begin getting errors once you try to launch dbserver.exe around “Loading Templates….”. To resolve this issue, you must run mapserver.exe -productionmode -templates to generate new templates and attribute files (for any missing attributes).

Templates location: Root_Directory_ServerFiles\\server\db\templates. Folder should look like the following:

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Location of template files:

Additionally, you will need to create a coh_data\attributes directory in your C:\ drive. The mapserver.exe will drop .attribute files that will need to be moved to the templates folder mentioned before (templates location).

Contents of attributes folder after mapserver.exe runs successfully:

In case you just want to jump right in, [here are the template files].

Also, [here is the maps.db file].

ERROR: Version difference between client/server

Add version.ini in the server executable directory, containing:

• Version=XXXXX

where XXXXX is the client version.