If Maps/ dir doesn't exist then some zones crash after a few seconds of being up leading to a stack trace ultimately in Map::FindBestZ zone/map.cpp:108 from mob_ai.cpp... not the easiest error message to follow when someone names Maps dir maps/ instead of Maps/
LogInfo("{} is using {} for its map_name", zonename, zone->map_name);
zone->zonemap = Map::LoadMapFile(zone->map_name);
zone->watermap = WaterMap::LoadWaterMapfile(zone->map_name);
zone->pathing = IPathfinder::Load(zone->map_name);
unfortunately all 3 of these 'Load' functions handle the naming convention of the Maps/ dir differently.
additionally, IPathfinder's Load returns a special null class while the other 2 will return nullptr.
would have liked to check all 3 for nonexistence, but too much for minimal issue
now instead of stack traces logged to logs/crashes/mapname.log, the regular logs/zone-mapname.log contains the following message
root@46d989864a05:/takp/logs# tail -5 zone-firiona.log
[ZoneServer] [Info] Init Finished: ZoneID = 84, Time Offset = 0
[ZoneServer] [Info] firiona is using firiona for its map_name
Zone->Loading map files failed for Maps/firiona
[ZoneServer] [Error] Zone Bootup failed :: Zone::Bootup
[ZoneServer] [Info] Starting EQ Network server on port 7383
additionally, trying to enter any zone now from character select presents "The zone is unavailable" instead of letting you log in and crashing few seconds later
If Maps/ dir doesn't exist then some zones crash after a few seconds of being up leading to a stack trace ultimately in Map::FindBestZ zone/map.cpp:108 from mob_ai.cpp... not the easiest error message to follow when someone names Maps dir maps/ instead of Maps/
unfortunately all 3 of these 'Load' functions handle the naming convention of the Maps/ dir differently. additionally, IPathfinder's Load returns a special null class while the other 2 will return nullptr. would have liked to check all 3 for nonexistence, but too much for minimal issue
now instead of stack traces logged to logs/crashes/mapname.log, the regular logs/zone-mapname.log contains the following message
additionally, trying to enter any zone now from character select presents "The zone is unavailable" instead of letting you log in and crashing few seconds later