#reloadpl bug?
 

Can anyone duplicate this one?
hit #reloadpl (in game) many times and freeze the server, usually I freeze mine on the third or forth #reloadpl

I just tried I did it 20 times no lockup I get the message "Clearing quest memory cache" but no lockup.

By the way what does that do?

Later,
Rob

Then it must be related to my set up, thanks.
Its for testing the quests - you can make changes "on the fly" then in game test them with out re-logging ot re-starting.
For some reason, my server freezes, and I have to push the hard restart button. I know it's not hardware, because it never happens with anything else.

Man I wish I knew that a while ago I now can stop rebooting my server every time I make a quest change or want to test something. hehe

Thanks
Rob

Don't feel alone, I did that too! But i have done so many pls now, they usually run on the first try.

U r uber! ;)

I'll second that #reloadpl is fine over here, too.

Mine works just fine too, but I haven't sourced in your latest release yet, nor have I switched to the emu release from the 20th yet. I'll try to get to those this evening.

i can replicate this.

it seems if any of the quests in the zone have a bug in them and dont reload properly, they "can" create an instability that causes a disconnect.

i found when i was editing quests, if the quest had a typo, bug, or bad syntax, when i did #reloadpl, the zone would become unresponsive to me, and after a minute or two, i would disconnect.

as a precaution now, i generally do a "perl quest_script_name" in a terminal window, to check the syntax. if perl exits quietly, i know i didnt flub somethign up and i then do a #reloadpl and its all good.

== sfisque

Good observation - this is the problem as I just ran #reloadpl about 15 times and nothing happened - did one with a bad pl and crashed everything