[nadr man]

Well, i just did 2 things.

1. I reinstalled perl -- it went in fine.
2. I downloaded quests from quests.eqemulator.net.

At this point, those downloaded quests don't work. Atm i think it's my plugin.pl causing my problem. I'm using the plugin.pl from The Lazy Perl Quest Writer stickied in this forum.

it looks like this:

$SERVER="Khalzed-dur";
$version="0.0.1";

@remove=("job","mrace","interest","guild");


#this is the main controller routine for default quests
sub dispatch{
my($pack, $filename, $line, $subr, $has_args, $want_array)=caller(1);

#$debug && quest::say("[debug]in dispatch");
#$debug && quest::say("[debug] package : $pack");
#$debug && quest::say("[debug] subroutine : $subr");

#get all variables in caller's scope
# first, we want to cleanup what was set by previous call
undef $job;
undef $interest;
undef $guild;
undef $mrace;
#$debug=0;

no strict 'refs';
my $package;
($package=$subr) =~ s/::\w+// ;
my $stash = *{$package . '::'}{HASH};
my $n;

foreach $old (@remove){
defined ${$old} && eval { "undef $package"."::"."$old"};
}
foreach $n (keys %$stash) {
my $fullname = $package . '::' . $n;
if( defined $$fullname){
$$n=${$fullname};
# potentially unsafe, don't do :push(@remove,$n); for the moment

#uncomment to get report of what is available
#quest::say("$n -> $$n (eqiv to $fullname)\n");
}
}

$debug && quest::say("checking event");

#this looks for the correct routine to use, based on l=globals and event type
if(defined $subr){
my $event;
if($subr =~ /EVENT_SAY/) { $event="say";}
if($subr =~ /EVENT_SLAY/) { $event="slay";}
if($subr =~ /EVENT_DEATH/) { $event="death";}
if($subr =~ /EVENT_SPAWN/) { $event="spawn";}
if($subr =~ /EVENT_ITEM/) { $event="item";}
if($subr =~ /EVENT_ATTACK/) { $event="attack";}
if($subr =~ /EVENT_WAYPOINT/) { $event="waypoint";}

#now lookup the routine, and return after first match.
#the following assumes npc have a $job, $mrace and $guild global
# This is where precedence takes place :
# first look for an interest oriented event, then a job oriented match,
# then race dependant, then guild ...
# whatever you set as a global category for the mob
# If guild behaviour is more important (or more specific)
# than race or job, for example, move the line up.
# zone usually comes last, as it allows to reproduce the genuine
# 'default.pl' behavior.
# returning ensures you don't get 2,3 or 4 answers for an event

#$debug && showvars();
#$debug && showfuncs();
defined $interest && defined &{"$interest$event"} && &{"$interest$event"} && return;
defined $job && defined &{"$job$event"} && &{"$job$event"} && return;
defined $mrace && defined &{"$mrace$event"} && &{"$mrace$event"} && return;
defined $guild && defined &{"$guild$event"} && &{"$guild$event"} && return;

#eventually revert to the standard per-zone default.pl
defined &{"$zonesn$event"} && &{"$zonesn$event"} && return;

# we came here if there was no match (i.e. no specific routine
# for that event)
# do nothing then ? or ...
defined &{"default$event"} && &{"default$event"} && return;
}

#we very unlucky to get here
}


sub showvars{
my($pack, $filename, $line, $subr, $has_args, $want_array)=caller(1);
#get all variables in caller's scope
no strict 'refs';
my $package;
($package=$subr) =~ s/::\w+// ;
my $stash = *{$package . '::'}{HASH};
my $n;
foreach $n (sort keys %$stash) {
my $fullname = $package . '::' . $n;
if( defined $$fullname){
$$n=${$fullname};
#uncomment to get report of what is available
quest::say("$n -> $$n (eqiv to $fullname)");
}else{
#defined &$fullname && quest::say("function $fullname is defined");
if(defined @$fullname){
quest::say(" list \@$fullname : (". join(",",@$fullname) . ")");
}
if(defined %$fullname){
quest::say(" hash \%$fullname : (");
foreach $k ( keys %$fullname){
quest::say(" $k => ${fullname}->{$k} ");
}
quest::say(")");
}
}

}
}

sub showfuncs{
my($pack, $filename, $line, $subr, $has_args, $want_array)=caller(1);
#get all variables in caller's scope
no strict 'refs';
my $package;
($package=$subr) =~ s/::\w+// ;
my $stash = *{$package . '::'}{HASH};
my $n;
foreach $n (sort keys %$stash) {
my $fullname = $package . '::' . $n;
defined &$fullname && quest::say("function $fullname is defined");
}
}

#print "starting plugin for $SERVER\n";

This plugin.pl looks like it's made to call 4 categories (job,mrace,interest,guild). From the point of a perl-idiot, this looks like it could be the problem. If this plugin.pl is incorrect, could someone post the contents of theirs?