Muling & Reporting: The ATMA/GoMule/Flavie Thread ifra

[purplelocust]

@Skinhead On The MBTA or @purplelocust:
What is this command-c thing (is it a special copy key on your keyboard ?)

@purplelocust:
- menu bar version, must have forgotten it.

The Mac generally has modifier keys "control", "option" and "command" which correspond roughly to the rest of the world's "control" "Windows" and "alt" keys. If you plug a Mac keyboard into a Linux/Windows machine or viceversa, those keys usaually all get mapped to each other and usually there is no problem. Under MacOS, the most common modifer key used is the "command" (looks kind of like a four-leaf clover flower) key, whereas under Linux/Windows it's control. A typical MacOS application uses command-C and command-V for cut and paste, command-Q to quit, etc. So sometimes applications written for multiple platforms (like GoMule!) get the modifier keys a little jumbled, and it's not a big deal as Mac users are often used to coping with oddities like that. I'm still not sure why it changed from 0.16 to 0.17 in GoMule though!

Keep up the great work! I didn't see any unknown modifiers in my set/uniques stash. It would be great to be able to get a text dump of a whole stash or the "All items" view- then you could just grep for "No display" on a huge stash to see if there are still any display modifer problems.

 

[silospen1]

The Mac generally has modifier keys "control", "option" and "command" which correspond roughly to the rest of the world's "control" "Windows" and "alt" keys. If you plug a Mac keyboard into a Linux/Windows machine or viceversa, those keys usaually all get mapped to each other and usually there is no problem. Under MacOS, the most common modifer key used is the "command" (looks kind of like a four-leaf clover flower) key, whereas under Linux/Windows it's control. A typical MacOS application uses command-C and command-V for cut and paste, command-Q to quit, etc. So sometimes applications written for multiple platforms (like GoMule!) get the modifier keys a little jumbled, and it's not a big deal as Mac users are often used to coping with oddities like that. I'm still not sure why it changed from 0.16 to 0.17 in GoMule though!

Keep up the great work! I didn't see any unknown modifiers in my set/uniques stash. It would be great to be able to get a text dump of a whole stash or the "All items" view- then you could just grep for "No display" on a huge stash to see if there are still any display modifer problems.

That's what I did, which was why I was pissed that Helx managed to find one

 

[Randall]

Keep up the great work! I didn't see any unknown modifiers in my set/uniques stash. It would be great to be able to get a text dump of a whole stash or the "All items" view- then you could just grep for "No display" on a huge stash to see if there are still any display modifer problems.

I'll add this as a option for stashes and characters. You actually do not need (to put everything in) a huge stash as you can just use the "all item view" output :wink3:

A typical MacOS application uses command-C and command-V for cut and paste, command-Q to quit, etc. So sometimes applications written for multiple platforms (like GoMule!) get the modifier keys a little jumbled, and it's not a big deal as Mac users are often used to coping with oddities like that. I'm still not sure why it changed from 0.16 to 0.17 in GoMule though!

I enforced the Java Look and Feel in R0.17, most likely the Java L&F does not support this key (as it's not part of all platforms). I'll see if I can detect and activate it again (under the java L&F).

Randall

 

[Dragonlover]

A friend of mine recently got into D2 and wants to use ATMA/GoMule. Trouble is, his computer is running Windows 98, and wouldn't run ATMA. He's going to try GoMule, but if that doesn't work, does anyone have any ideas how to get around it?

Dragonlover

 

[Randall]

@Dragonlover

My computer @home runs with win98 SE, so it should work (I actually develop GoMule on win98). I use linux/vista for testing only.
I also have no problem running ATMA.

What does he do that he can "break" both ATMA and GoMule :wink3:

I can not help for ATMA, but for GoMule, you do need a running java system. For win98 that means Java 1.4 or Java 1.5 (The Java Runtime Edition, JRE).

Does he has a JRE installed ?

Randall

 

[Dragonlover]

No idea, when I see him this week I'll find out.

Dragonlover

 

[kobold]

Sorry for the dumb question all.

Does ATMA violate the TOS for b.net? I've been looking/searching and can't seem to find the answer.

I have a friend that I'm trying to convince to stay SP with me, haven't gotten him there yet, so I need to retain the ability to play on b.net with him occasionally.

 

[Thyiad1]

Can't see how. It doesn't interact with the Realms.

 

[diaBECKtic]

ATMA Question...

This is my first post on this account. My old account was "gibsonSG" so I guess I'll spare you the introduction (unless you really care to know more about me...) this time around. I've played on and off for a while but have recently switched to Single Player. I felt that with my "on-and-off" nature of playing that this is the best option (as my stuff doesn't get deleted after not playing for ~3 months). Anyways, I had a question about the newest version of ATMA.

My problem is essentially this: I make a stash and put things in it, save, and exit - but whenever I try to open the program again my stash is empty. It seems that every time I click on the icon/stash in the D2X side menu, it deletes whatever was in this. I have auto-save on, so I don't know what the problem is. Can someone help me with this?

Thanks.

 

[Sinningthings]

Are you saving across a network/hard-drives? Trying this at home has left me with missing items and corrupt RWs.

That's all I've got.

 

[skoolbus1]

Try clicking the save all button (the one with the multiple disks) instead of relying on autosave before you close ATMA.

 

[MerLock]

I'm having a problem with ATMA. I just downloaded ATMA version 5.05 and running it on Windows XP.

Sometimes when I make changes to my stash or character (by moving things around), I get an error window message saying it failed to create a backup copy and I'm given the option to contine, yes or no. The info windows says "File......Darkblade.d2s not found, casuse = A sharing violation occured while accessing an unnamed file."

Darkblade is the name of my toon and I checked to make sure the file exists, which it does. Also, I don't have the game opened or anything else that would be accessing these files.

Anyone know what the problem might be and how to make it stop? It doesn't happen all the time but pretty often.

Thanks

 

[rykuss]

My Single Player characters won't show up when I start LOD and click on "Single Player". I can open them with ATMA, I opened the save file in the D2 folder and the character info is there, ATMA is also reading the info straight from the save folder so I know it's there. Yet when I try to play SP it goes straight to the create new character screen, I exit that and there's nothing there. I don't understand what happened, nothing has changed since I last played. I installed my other two copies of the game for online play but they're seperated.

The files are in the right place, the D2 folder, they just aren't showing up in my game. This is for 1.11b RWM. HELP?! :hanky:

 

[RevenantsKnight]

My Single Player characters won't show up when I start LOD and click on "Single Player". I can open them with ATMA, I opened the save file in the D2 folder and the character info is there, ATMA is also reading the info straight from the save folder so I know it's there. Yet when I try to play SP it goes straight to the create new character screen, I exit that and there's nothing there. I don't understand what happened, nothing has changed since I last played. I installed my other two copies of the game for online play but they're seperated.

The files are in the right place, the D2 folder, they just aren't showing up in my game. This is for 1.11b RWM. HELP?! :hanky:

I'm far from an expert here, but have you tried creating a new character, exiting, messing around with that new character file in ATMA, and then come back to see if Diablo II still recognizes the file? Also, which files do you have for your characters in the save folder?

 

[rykuss]

I'm far from an expert here, but have you tried creating a new character, exiting, messing around with that new character file in ATMA, and then come back to see if Diablo II still recognizes the file? Also, which files do you have for your characters in the save folder?

My ATMA is set to save directly to my D2 folder, I created a new character in ATMA and it doesn't show up in LOD. I've done this twice now and nothing works. As far as the files in the D2 folder, they're the same files that have always been there. Nothing out of the ordinary, except that nothing works. :undecided:

 

[purplelocust]

I'll put this on the Sourceforge page for GoMule as well, but I just noticed that damage for ethereal items doesn't seem to be correct. Notice the following:

Soulfeast Tine
War Fork
Two Hand Damage: 42 - 105
Durability: 17 of 28
Required Level: 35
Required Strength: 64
Required Dexterity: 76
Fingerprint: 0xd5ab421b
Item Level: 87
Version: Expansion 1.10+
Properties:
164% Enhanced Damage
+230 to Attack Rating
7% Life stolen per hit
7% Mana stolen per hit
+15 Maximum Durability
Requirements -20%
20% Slower Stamina Drain

War Fork
Two Hand Damage: 43 - 108
Durability: 30 of 15
Required Level: 35
Required Strength: 56
Required Dexterity: 68
Fingerprint: 0x35dc408f
Item Level: 87
Version: Expansion 1.10+
Properties:
172% Enhanced Damage
+215 to Attack Rating
7% Life stolen per hit
7% Mana stolen per hit
+15 Maximum Durability
Requirements -20%
20% Slower Stamina Drain
Ethereal

The in-game display of the ethereal one is different (higher) but the in-game display of the non-ethereal one is the same as GoMule shows.

 

[Cattleya]

My Single Player characters won't show up when I start LOD and click on "Single Player". I can open them with ATMA, I opened the save file in the D2 folder and the character info is there, ATMA is also reading the info straight from the save folder so I know it's there. Yet when I try to play SP it goes straight to the create new character screen, I exit that and there's nothing there. I don't understand what happened, nothing has changed since I last played. I installed my other two copies of the game for online play but they're seperated.

The files are in the right place, the D2 folder, they just aren't showing up in my game. This is for 1.11b RWM. HELP?! :hanky:

The most common "missing character" issue is having the game patched to a lower version than what your characters were, but that doesn't look like it's the case here.

The other thing to take a look at is this thread:
http://www.purediablo.com/forums/showthread.php?t=466523
(Look down to Paladingo's post for another thing to try.)

Aside from that, I wonder if your D2 is just looking in the wrong save directory. You could try copying the save directory to one of your other installs and see what happens.

 

[rykuss]

The most common "missing character" issue is having the game patched to a lower version than what your characters were, but that doesn't look like it's the case here.

The other thing to take a look at is this thread:
http://www.purediablo.com/forums/showthread.php?t=466523
(Look down to Paladingo's post for another thing to try.)

Aside from that, I wonder if your D2 is just looking in the wrong save directory. You could try copying the save directory to one of your other installs and see what happens.

I don't know what to make of this anymore, I found one of the new chars I created in another copy of D2 and then I found some of my US West chars in my SP copy of the game despite never using that copy to go online. None of my SP chars are showing up still so I've copied them to a folder in My Documents and will just reinstall my SP copy of the game. Only this time I'll only install the files necessary for Single Player only. I hope this works.

I reinstalled, payched up to 1.11b, copied my chars from My Documents to the save folder, fired up LOD and it worked. All of my wonderful characters are there!

 

[Randall]

I don't know what to make of this anymore, I found one of the new chars I created in another copy of D2 and then I found some of my US West chars in my SP copy of the game despite never using that copy to go online. None of my SP chars are showing up still so I've copied them to a folder in My Documents and will just reinstall my SP copy of the game. Only this time I'll only install the files necessary for Single Player only. I hope this works.

I reinstalled, payched up to 1.11b, copied my chars from My Documents to the save folder, fired up LOD and it worked. All of my wonderful characters are there!

What exactly do you mean with "another copy of D2" ?

If this means you installed D2 multiple times, I can make a small guess in the direction the problem goes.

D2 saves the "save" directory location in the registry, there is only one "save" directory location on your machine (or perhaps user profile, not sure here).
Meaning if you installed D2 multiple times, both installations will still point to just one single save directory location. (the other save dir is not used at all)

Randall

 

[purplelocust]

I noticed one display problem with GoMule 0.17 so far, the "+5% to experience gained", as shown in this Ondal's:

Ondal's Wisdom
Elder Staff
Two Hand Damage: 80 - 93
Durability: 22 of 35
Required Level: 66
Required Strength: 44
Required Dexterity: 37
Fingerprint: 0xd88ddfcc
Item Level: 87
Version: Expansion 1.10+
Properties:
+49 to Energy
+520 Defense
Magic Damage Reduced by 8
No Display for property: 85
45% Faster Cast Rate
+3 to All Skills