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Apprentice Joined: 24 Jul 2005 Posts: 137

Hi,

I recently purchased zmud and eveything was smooth, now however everytime at random intervals, the settings i have open crash whenever i save/open or do anything at all! I then have to re build the intier client settings (i've now made a -huge- notepad file that i simple copy and paste, but still its very annoying.

Know of any pathches? Or maybe an older version I could dl without this bug.

Thanks,

Scarn - Loyal Mudder of The Two Towers - A JRR Tolkien MUD
(towers.angband.com 9999)

Enchanter Joined: 10 Oct 2000 Posts: 698

You probably have a corrupted MUD settings file. It is actually easy for files to get corrupted, especially in earlier versions of zMUD. Saving your settings after getting an Access Violation error is the most common way for this to happen. However, not all is lost.

First, find the *.MUD file for your character. It is usually in the folder for the MUD you are playing.
Rename this MUD file to something else.
Run zMUD again and connect to your character Offline. This allows zMUD to create a new, blank MUD file for your character.
Select the Import/Settings command from the Settings menu, and when prompted for a filename, select your old MUD file that you renamed. You should be able to import your aliases, triggers, etc, from your old file.
When you have recovered your settings, don't forget to save them with the Settings/Save menu command.

OR

Unlicense, maybe d/l again, reinstall then,

First, find the *.MUD file for your character. It is usually in the folder for the MUD you are playing, within the ZMUD directory.
Rename this MUD file to something else.
Run zMUD again and connect to your character Offline. This allows zMUD to create a new, blank MUD file for your character.
Select the Import/Settings command from the Settings menu, and when prompted for a filename, select your old MUD file that you renamed. You should be able to import your aliases, triggers, etc, from your old file.
If the Import doesn't work (because the old file is badly corrupted), go to your Copy of your old zMUD folder and run the old version of zMUD. Load your character offline, and select the Export option from the Settings menu. Export your settings to a text file. Then, go back to your previous version of zMUD and open your blank character, and use the Settings/Import/Ascii menu command to read the file you just exported. If you have trouble, you can edit the text file that you saved and as least import some of your settings.
When you have recovered your settings, don't forget to save them with the Settings/Save menu command.
Corrupt Map Files

Apprentice Joined: 24 Jul 2005 Posts: 137

I've tired both things...neitehr work...i reinstal blah blah....

get my settings back and then it crashes again randomly. Im thinking of learny VBscript so i can get back on MUSHclient.

Wanderer Joined: 03 May 2005 Posts: 72

haha heya scarn :P

Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 1:57 am

These kind of crashes can also be caused by a bad trigger or alarm running in your scripts. Try turning off all your triggers and see if the problem goes away. If so, then enabled them again one by one to determine which one is causing the problem.

Also, you should *always* report the exact version of zMUD you are using, along with what version of Windows you are using if you expect to get much help.