Not All AA Displayed

[Cilraaz]

I'm attempting to create a PoP-era server. I've managed to get most of the core functionality working, so now I'm working on tailoring the content to be correct. I logged in to a test character and noticed that Luclin-era AAs are visible and available, but PoP-era AAs are not visible. This occurs in both the Titanium and SoF client.

Here's an example of an AA that should be displayed, but is not. This is the Ferocity AA (melee archetype AA):

aa_abilities table:

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altadv_vars table:

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I checked rule_values for anything specific to AA and didn't really find anything other than xp per AA, max slots, and "stacking". Are there any specific settings I should look for or further information that would be helpful? Please let me know.

Edit: Oops. This was intended for general support, not Windows support. I was digging around for the answer and must have forgotten to swap forums.
Edit2: Side note while talking about AA. Is the "BotAAExpansion" rule a reference to the raw expansion number (8=OoW) or bitmask (8=PoP)?

[Cilraaz]

Bump?

My World:ExpansionSettings value is 15 on all rulesets.

I'm still scratching my head on this one.

Edit: This happens on the Titanium, SoF, and UF clients with a max level character.

[AdrianD]

My World:ExpansionSettings value is 15 on all rulesets.

I can say for certain this setting is a bitmask. I've read a few threads where people say it can act kinda funny but, that could be dated info.

All enabled up to:

Expansion Value	All Expansions	
0	Original0	Original
1	Kunark	1	Kunark
2	Velious	3	Velious
4	Luclin	7	Luclin
8	PoP	15	PoP
16	Ykesha	31	Ykesha
32	LDoN	63	LDoN
64	GoD	127	GoD
128	OoW	255	OoW
256	DoN	511	DoN
512	DoD	1023	DoD
1024	PoR	2047	PoR
2048	TSS	4095	TSS
4096	TBS	8191	TBS
8192	SoF	16383	SoF
16384	SoD	32767	SoD
32768	UF	65535	UF
65536	HoT	131071	HoT
131072	VoA	262143	VoA
262144	RoF	524287	RoF
524288	CoF	1048575	CoF
1048576	tDS	2097151	tDS

* I read you wrong - couldn't get over needing 4 screens to fit the thread in =p

maybe this will help more http://wiki.eqemulator.org/p?Server_Rules&frm=Main

[Noport]

Expansion Value:
Hot 10,118
CtoF 60,182
TDS 90,780

[demonstar55]

We revamped the AA system to be more inline with how live is. This means that the pop ranks were merged into other ranks. I'm guessing you see for example Innate Strength having 15 ranks instead of 5?

[annarchy]

sorry to ask this in an unrelated thread, but if we are talking about world:expansionsettings and say we wanted to allow up to TDS

There's 3 different values listed in just this one thread...how do we decide which is right
1048576
2097151
90,780

?

[Shendare]

The 1048576 is the bitmask value in ExpansionSettings for -just- the TDS expansion.

The 2097151 is the bitmask value for all expansions up to and including the TDS expansion.

Not sure what the values Noport linked are for.

[Noport]

Shaendare
I don't use numbers pulled out the air for World and Client Expansion
Expansion Value: you can use what you posted if you want too
Hot 10,118
CtoF 60,182 Recivied from client produced a string error 6,082
TDS 90,780

[Shendare]

I'm still lost there. You're clearly talking about something other than World:ExpansionSettings in the rule_values table.

I have no doubt that it has something to do with the expansions, though, Opcode Ninja.

[Noport]

Shaendare
I don't use numbers pulled out the air for World and Client Expansion
CtoF Client produced a string error code 6,082 was change after fixed 60,182
Expansion Value TDS: you can use what you posted if you want too
player_tables
rule_values
variables
(5,'World:ExpansionSettings','90780','Expansion settings. Affects client features related to expansions.')
('Expansions','90780','Accessible expansions for each player','2010-09-06 15:03:51')

[AdrianD]

Interesting, so either one will work? Maybe this has something to do with the "funny" thing about this setting people noticed some time ago, unless they were mistaken. I use the bitmask and it works so far and that's as much as I remember about it. It was a post from at least a couple/few years ago.

Only one way to find out.

[Cilraaz]

Originally Posted by demonstar55

We revamped the AA system to be more inline with how live is. This means that the pop ranks were merged into other ranks. I'm guessing you see for example Innate Strength having 15 ranks instead of 5?

The innates in General are 5 ranks in my current setup.

Side note, if a mod wanted to chop up the text within code tags in the OP, that's fine with me to stop the left-to-right scrolling. I guess we have a time limit on being able to edit our own posts.

[Shendare]

Originally Posted by Noport

Shaendare
I don't use numbers pulled out the air for World and Client Expansion
CtoF Client produced a string error code 6,082 was change after fixed 60,182
Expansion Value TDS: you can use what you posted if you want too
player_tables
rule_values
variables
(5,'World:ExpansionSettings','90780','Expansion settings. Affects client features related to expansions.')
('Expansions','90780','Accessible expansions for each player','2010-09-06 15:03:51')

Ohhhh, so these are values the client expects to receive from the server regarding which expansions are enabled, and they don't follow the bitmask pattern we use in the server code with 1 bit per expansion.

I think ima have to experiment a bit!

[Cilraaz]

I had UseClientBasedExpansionSettings disabled in ruletypes.h prior to compiling. I've since disabled it properly via an entry in the rule_values table (or should it be in the variables table instead?). I assume the setting was working when altered in ruletypes.h, since the AAs are being limited to SoL instead of the expansions of the client. I just figured I should do it properly so something doesn't screw up on a future git pull.

I've been digging around the code and I can't quite nail down where the expansion limit comes into play. I'll try upping the expansion limit a bit and see what happens when.

[Cilraaz]

Well, setting the ExpansionSettings variable to 31 (LoY and all prior) made PoP AA appear. Just to see what would happen, I set it to 16 (LoY only). It showed only PoP AA. I'm even more confused now.

Edit: 24 gave me SoL and PoP AA. It's almost like the bitmask values are being doubled.
Edit2: Well, not doubled, but shifted. 1=Vanilla, 2=Kunark, 4=Velious, etc. If that's correct, then 24 was SoL/PoP and 23 should be Vanilla/Kunark/Velious/PoP (so no SoL AA should show). I'm trying that now... and 23 shows only PoP AA. I have no idea where this shift would have come from.
Edit3: The only changes I had made to source was a hack for old-time race xp penalties in zone/exp.cpp, some default rules changes in common/ruletypes.h, and a hack to try to limit client types on the server (still not sure about this one). To be safe, I've hard reset back to HEAD and am recompiling. We'll see what happens on the new binaries in a few.
Edit4: Recompiled. Same result. Thoughts?
Edit5: Yes, I like edits, apparently. So AA is acting as if the expansion bitmask is shifted, but other things tied to ExpansionSettings aren't (such as Frogloks being allowed when set to 31). This is really confusing.