[resolved]NPC's laughing at me !

[rumpilstilskin]

Hello all !

Desperatly need help to extract mmaps.

At this point npc's are laughing at me escaping in walls and landscape where I can't get to them! This can not go on !^^

Ok I understtood I need to compile tools to start... but how do I do that?

What tool? Where are they? and how do I compile?

Tryed launching ad.exe in my wow file, got the following message :

Map & DBC Extractor

No locales detected

Got the info that mmaps are here : https://github.com/mangos/mangos/tree/m … ntrib/mmap

But what do I do with these program lines?

To make it short I would very much appreciate a detailed procedure to enhance my server with missing mmaps.

Just consider I'm a noob (yes I am^^) and please explain me step by step.

Thanks !

[herrtrigger]

What could be done to find the path to my wow installation?

Check under windows register if 'install path' is correct?

[fr1nge]

Use ad.exe -i <your wow folder> -o <output folder>

e.g.: ad.exe -i "D:/Games/World of Warcraft" -o "D:/Server Data"

[lillecarl]

To clearify what NoReturn said:

Open cmd (press windows button then R, then type cmd and press enter)

type cd C:\\whereisyourad.exe

THEN

Use ad.exe -i <your wow folder> -o <output folder>

e.g.: ad.exe -i "D:/Games/World of Warcraft" -o "D:/Server Data"

[rumpilstilskin]

Hi guys !

Sorry I didn't answer your messages here, I had tones of work !

Ok

@ LilleCarl tried C:\\whereisyourad.exe, got the message : Le chemin d'accès spécifié est introuvable. In clear : The specified access path is not found.

@ shlainn got your message clear and load^^... unfortunately, tried again launching ad.exe directly from my wow folder, the program runs... got brand new maps and dbc... but no mmaps ! And the best part of it all is that ad.exe just shuts down before event giving me the detail of his work !

Just wonder... why do I fell so stupid when it comes to my wow server...

Anyway... maybe the best solution would be to start all over from scratch ! I'm not happy with this server not updated! The problem if I start all over is that I am going to lose all the quest and items I created on my server... my wife is going to hate that... well might just get ready for that...

All the same thanks for your efforts !

[shlainn]

okay, so now you have maps and dbc. please check that both folders contain files.

If yes, your ad.exe works correctly.

after that copy everything from extractor_binary to your WOW folder.

gitbash.

run.

you should be done.

EDIT to clarify:

building MMAPS requires MAPS and VMAPS. building VMAPS also requires MAPS. (both statements are IIRC)

your MAPS extraction fails, because ad.exe needs to be in the same folder as WOW to work.

please copy every single file from extractor_binary to wow.

I assume this we also have a bit of a language problem here, am I right?

[rumpilstilskin]

Hi shlainn,

Okay ! Going to check this !

Thanks for your help... and yes we have a little language problem since I'm french^^

[rumpilstilskin]

Ok copied every thing from extractor_binary to my wow folder.

Now where (on wich file?) should I Gitbash and what command should I enter in the Git console ?

... ok I'm french... but dont forget above all I'm noob^^

[shlainn]

3) type in ExtractResources.sh

[shlainn]

For crying out loud, just copy ad.exe DIRECTLY INTO YOUR WOW FOLDER!

just as I said in my first post. DIRECTLY. Wow/ad.exe

Then run it. Then it works.

[rumpilstilskin]

Great ! finaly the folder mmaps is slowly being created with mmaps !

Thanks a million shainn for your help and patience !

questions... always questions...

should we shut off the server in the process or can we continue playing?

also once the mmaps are finished created, where should I put the folder?

also should I move the maps, vmaps and dpc files created in the wow folder elswhere, if so where too?

Thanks again!

"happiness IS creating mmaps !""

[ShiningDragon]

The folders 'buildings', 'dbc', 'maps', 'mmaps' and 'vmaps' should be copied into the folder of your MaNGOS-WotLK server path (the folder, where the realmd and mangosd binaries are).

If you really, really, really want, you can put these into a subfolder of your MaNGOS-WotLK server path (like 'data'), but remember to modify the 'mangosd,conf' file so that you point from the MaNGOS-WotLK server path to the subfolder 'data' like this:

(...)
DataDir = "data"
(...)

This means, that mangosd will look for the folders 'buildings', 'dbc', 'maps', 'mmaps' and 'vmaps' within the path <pathtoMaNGOS-WotLK-Server>\\data .

[rumpilstilskin]

Okay. Thank you ShiningDragon.

That means we can continue playing during the process

[ShiningDragon]

That means we can continue playing during the process

I think so, yes. At least me had (until now) never problems generating mmaps while playing.

My last mmaps generation took around 19 hours on one core of an intel p6200 (notebook).

So have fun while waiting.

[rumpilstilskin]

Yes I understood it takes some time

I have a AMD Athlon II... programed the building on the 2 cores... we will see how long it takes

[rumpilstilskin]

Ok! DONE!

It was over at 4 am, so id'say roughly 10 hours to build the mmaps. The mmap folder contains 3884 files for 1.67 Go.

Going to transfer along with the maps, vmaps dbc folders created yesterday in my wow folder to the Mangos folder.

Thanks a million guys !

[shlainn]

Hi rumpilstilskin,

I am wildly assuming you are using WoTLK. The procedure is pretty much the same for all of them anyway.

1) copy everything from contrib/extractor_binary to your wow folder

2) right-click and choose Git Bash from the menu - a new window should open

3) type in ExtractResources.sh

4) WAIT A LOOOOONG TIME

[rumpilstilskin]

Yes ! It's extracting all maps !

Guess I'll have to come to you when it's done to check where these maps are and where do I have to put them

"happiness is extracting mmaps"^^

[shlainn]

see you tomorrow

after that, copy the newly-created directories to the mangos dir - ("dbc","maps","vmaps","mmaps" I think) and you are done

[rumpilstilskin]

Thank you shlainn !

Will check on you tomorrow... or later... I have a crapy connection !

... npc's can go on laughing... for now... !

[rumpilstilskin]

Ok done... but I'm not sure it's really done !

First of all it took only half an hour... strange since my computer is 3 years old and I have a slow internet connexion...

But I have the following message in the extractor : « Finished creating MoveMaps »

Now in my extractor_binary file I have the following folders created today:

Buildings, with WMO and M2 files

mmaps, empty

vmaps, with VMO and VMTILE files

When starting to creat MoveMaps I had the following message on the console :

'maps' directory is empty or does not exist

Wed Aug 15 10:55:34 GMT 2012: (Re)created map 1

…

'maps' directory is empty or does not exist

Wed Aug 15 10:55:34 GMT 2012: (Re)created map 718

Wed Aug 15 10:55:45 GMT 2012: Finished creating MoveMaps

Can't find where these MoveMaps have been created.

Also the MoveMaps could they be in the « maps » folder? I am confused since a folder named « mmaps » have been created.

I do have a « maps » folder in C/mangos with maps from « 0002035.map » to « 7242732.map »... are these the MoveMaps?

Other question could these maps created when I tryed to upgrad from DB version 401 to 404 not be read by my still 401 DB version (missed something in upgradind and am still playing in 401 version^^)

Thanks!

[shlainn]

maps and db are two different things entirely.

so, if I am reading this correctly. it should ask you a couple of questions. Did you answer all of those with YES ?

if not, please do.

maps should go into the "maps" folder, movemaps into "mmaps"

[rumpilstilskin]

Ok gitbashed again in WoW/contrib/extractor_binary

ExtractResources.sh

This is what I have :

Welcome to helper script to extract required dataz for ManGOS !

Should all dataz (dbc, maps, vmaps and mmaps be extracted (y/n)

y

How many CPUs should be used for extracting mmaps? (1-4)

1

Current Settings: Extract DBCs/maps: 1, Extract vmaps: 1, Extract mmaps 1 on 1

processes

If you don't like this settings, interrupet with CTRL+C

« ENTER » to start extracting

Wed Aug 15...

DBC and maps files will be extracted

Vmaps will be extracted

Mmaps will be extracted

Wed Aug 15 … Start extracting dataz for ManGOS, DBCs/maps 1, vmaps 1, mmaps 1 on 1 processes

Wed Aug 15 … Start extraction of DBCs abd map files...

Map & DBC Extractor

================

No locales detected

Wed Aug 15...

Wed Aug 15 … Start extracting of vmaps

[shlainn]

I *LOL*ed. A bit.

This is easy to solve. Copy all of the FILES from WoW/contrib/extractor_binary to WoW and do it again...

[rumpilstilskin]

OK tryed again... same result... here is what I'v got in MaNGOExtractor_detailed.log :

Wed Aug 15 16:07:25 GMT 2012: Start extracting dataz for MaNGOS, DBCs/maps 1, vmaps 1, mmaps 1 on 1 processes

Map & DBC Extractor

===================

No locales detected

Extract V3.00 2010_07. Beginning work ....

Game path: C:\\Users\\Public\\Games\\World of Warcraft\\Data\\

Found locale 'frFR'

Adding data files from locale directories.

Scanning patch levels from data directory.

Scanning patch levels from locale directories.

Locale: frFR

Opening C:\\Users\\Public\\Games\\World of Warcraft\\Data\\frFR/locale-frFR.MPQ

Opening C:\\Users\\Public\\Games\\World of Warcraft\\Data\\frFR/expansion-locale-frFR.MPQ

Opening C:\\Users\\Public\\Games\\World of Warcraft\\Data\\frFR/lichking-locale-frFR.MPQ

Opening C:\\Users\\Public\\Games\\World of Warcraft\\Data\\common.MPQ

Opening C:\\Users\\Public\\Games\\World of Warcraft\\Data\\common-2.MPQ

Opening C:\\Users\\Public\\Games\\World of Warcraft\\Data\\expansion.MPQ

Opening C:\\Users\\Public\\Games\\World of Warcraft\\Data\\lichking.MPQ

Opening C:\\Users\\Public\\Games\\World of Warcraft\\Data\\patch.MPQ

Opening C:\\Users\\Public\\Games\\World of Warcraft\\Data\\patch-2.MPQ

Opening C:\\Users\\Public\\Games\\World of Warcraft\\Data\\patch-3.MPQ

Opening C:\\Users\\Public\\Games\\World of Warcraft\\Data\\frFR/patch-frFR.MPQ

Opening C:\\Users\\Public\\Games\\World of Warcraft\\Data\\frFR/patch-frFR-2.MPQ

Opening C:\\Users\\Public\\Games\\World of Warcraft\\Data\\frFR/patch-frFR-3.MPQ

Read LiquidType.dbc file...Done! (26 LiqTypes loaded)

Extracting World\\wmo\\Dungeon\\Azjol_Lowercity\\Azjol_Lowercity.wmo

Extracting World\\wmo\\Dungeon\\IceCrown_dungeon\\Icecrown_Dungeon_exteriorMicro.wmo

Extracting World\\wmo\\Dungeon\\IceCrownRaid\\IceCrownRaid.wmo

Extracting World\\wmo\\Dungeon\\IceCrownRaid\\IceCrownRaid_arthas_precipice.wmo

Extracting World\\wmo\\Dungeon\\IceCrownRaid\\IceCrownRaid_arthas_precipice_phase0.wmo

Extracting World\\wmo\\Dungeon\\IceCrownRaid\\IceCrownRaid_arthas_precipice_phase1.wmo

…

Extracting World\\wmo\\transports\\WMO_elevators\\org_arena_yellow_elevator_transport.wmo

Extracting World\\wmo\\transports\\passengership\\transportship_A.wmo

Extracting World\\wmo\\transports\\transport_ship_NE\\Transportship_NE.wmo

Extracting World\\wmo\\transports\\transport_ship_NE\\Transportship_NE_Stationary.wmo

Extracting World\\wmo\\transports\\transport_ship_UD\\Transport_Ship_UD.wmo

Extract wmo complete (No (fatal) errors)

Map - Azeroth

Map - Kalimdor

Map - test

Map - ScottTest

Map - PVPZone01

Map - Shadowfang

Map – StormwindJail

…

Map - Transport197348

Map - Transport197349

Map - Transport197350

Map - Transport201834

Map - Stormwind

Map - ChamberofAspectsRed

Processing Map 0

[################################################################]

Processing Map 1

[################################################################]

Processing Map 13

[################################################################]

Processing Map 25

[################################################################]

…

Processing Map 668

[################################################################]

Processing Map 723

[################################################################]

Processing Map 724

[################################################################]

Extract V3.00 2010_07. Work complete. No errors.

using buildings as source directory and writing output to vmaps

Read coordinate mapping...

spawning Map 0

spawning Map 1

spawning Map 13

spawning Map 25

spawning Map 30

spawning Map 33

…

spawning Map 658

spawning Map 668

spawning Map 723

spawning Map 724

Calculating model bounds for map 0...

Creating map tree...

Calculating model bounds for map 1...

Creating map tree...

Calculating model bounds for map 13...

Creating map tree...

Calculating model bounds for map 25..

…

Calculating model bounds for map 723...

Creating map tree...

Calculating model bounds for map 724...

Creating map tree...

Converting Model Files

Converting 1000Needlesbridge.wmo

Converting 40Manarmygeneral.wmo

Converting 40Mancanalinner.wmo

Converting 40Mancanalouter.wmo

…

Converting Zulgurubtree02.m2

Converting Zulgurubtree03.m2

Converting Zulgurubtree04.m2

Converting Zulgurubtree05.m2

Ok, all done

Start creating MoveMaps

'maps' directory is empty or does not exist

'maps' directory is empty or does not exist

'maps' directory is empty or does not exist

'maps' directory is empty or does not exist

'maps' directory is empty or does not exist

…

'maps' directory is empty or does not exist

'maps' directory is empty or does not exist

'maps' directory is empty or does not exist

'maps' directory is empty or does not exist

'maps' directory is empty or does not exist

'maps' directory is empty or does not exist

'maps' directory is empty or does not exist

'maps' directory is empty or does not exist

'maps' directory is empty or does not exist

'maps' directory is empty or does not exist

Wed Aug 15 16:45:14 GMT 2012: Finished creating MoveMaps

[Schmoozerd]

there is still some error with extracting map/ dbc files it seems

try to use ad.exe directly - maybe you need to pass on an additional param to help finding the path to your wow installation