EQEmulator Forums - Client freezes

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It seems that if there is an item that has a casttime less than -1, it causes the client to freeze (can't cast other spells, usually can't log out, etc). I believe it's because there isn't really a check against negative casting times.

I think I've narrowed it down to the following code:

zone/spells.cpp:

Code:

  257 bool Mob::DoCastSpell(int16 spell_id, int16 target_id, int16 slot,

  258                     sint32 cast_time, sint32 mana_cost, int32* oSpellWillFinish, int32 item_slot)



  298         if(cast_time == -1) {

  299                 // save the non-reduced cast time to use in the packet

  300                 cast_time = orgcasttime = spell.cast_time;

  301                 // if there's a cast time, check if they have a modifier for it

  302                 if(cast_time)

  303                 {

  304                         cast_time = GetActSpellCasttime(spell_id, cast_time);

  305 

  306                 }

  307         }

  308         else

  309                 orgcasttime = cast_time;

If I'm not mistaken, if line 298 is changed to

Code:

if(cast_time <= -1) {

that should fix the issue. Then again, the calculation for the casting time might be in GetActSpellCasttime(), which I think is in zone/mob.cpp.