[Zero] Problems with ad.exe [SOLVED]

[BeamMeUpScotty]

Hello!

Yesterday I downloaded Mangos directly from git and compiled it on Debian sequuze, without any problems.

Then I tried to create the dbc, maps and vmaps, with my WoW 1.12.1 Client.

On my Windows 7 (x64) I got that output from ad.exe:

Map & DBC Extractor
===================

Opening ./Data/dbc.MPQ
Opening ./Data/terrain.MPQ
Opening ./Data/patch.MPQ
Error opening archive './Data/patch.MPQ': Error in reading hashtable
Opening ./Data/patch-2.MPQ
Extracting dbc files...
Extracted 144 DBC files

Extracting maps...
Read Map.dbc file... Done! (44 maps loaded)
Read AreaTable.dbc file...Done! (1081 areas loaded)
Read LiquidType.dbc file...Fatal error: Invalid LiquidType.dbc file format!

So I compiled the tools (ad, vmapsextractor etc.) on my linuxhost (Sabayon 11), and got the exact same error, so I gueess my WoW client is broken?

After I tried for a while I googled for maps and vmaps (for Mangos Zero) on the internet and found some, but if I start the server with them I get:

...
Map file '/home/hyp3r/mangos/data/maps/0004331.map' is non-compatible version (outdated?). Please, create new using ad.exe program.
Correct *.map files not found in path '/home/hyp3r/mangos/data/maps' or *.vmtree/*.vmtile files in '/home/hyp3r/mangos/data/vmaps'. Please place *.map and vmap files in appropriate directories or correct the DataDir value in the mangosd.conf file.

as output.

Does anybody know how to solve this problem? There are a lot of threads on the internet about this "LiquidType.dbc", but noone has a solution in it that worked for me...

Thanks !

[antz]

could you try extracting the dbc's with my new extractor called MaNGOSExtractor in

github.com/mangoszero/tools.git to extract the dbc's ?

- I'm still working on the map creation part

[BeamMeUpScotty]

Thank you for your answer!

OK, I'll try. I'm a linuxuser so I have to install VisualStudio first on my Windows Machine... Or is there a compiled version?

[BeamMeUpScotty]

Your Program worked! I now have the dbc files and a folder called "maps" with the content:

AhnQiraj        Azeroth        CavernsOfTime      development   Kalimdor            PVPZone01  PVPZone03  RazorfenDowns          SchoolofNecromancy  Stratholme       TanarisInstance
AhnQirajTemple  BlackwingLair  DeadminesInstance  EmeraldDream  MonasteryInstances  PVPZone02  PVPZone04  RazorfenKraulInstance  Shadowfang          Stratholme Raid  Zul'gurub

Thanks, i think from now on I just have to use MoveMapGen, right?

Because when I try to start the server with the (now) existing maps folder I get the Error:

Check existing of map file '/home/hyp3r/mangos/data/maps/0004331.map': not exist!

[antz]

sadly not, my extractor does not extract the maps correctly yet (its a work in progress), although the dbc extraction does work correctly.

Please try these steps:-

1) copy all the DBC files into a folder called DBC in your wow folder

2) run ad.exe using the parameter -e 1 hopefully it will pick up the already extracted DBC's then proceed the extract the maps

Fingers crossed this will now extract the maps correctly.

then it's vmaps before mmaps

[BeamMeUpScotty]

Thanks for your help! But I still get the exact same Error:

./ad -e 1
Map & DBC Extractor
===================

Opening ./Data/dbc.MPQ
Opening ./Data/terrain.MPQ
Opening ./Data/patch.MPQ
Error opening archive './Data/patch.MPQ': Error in reading hashtable
Opening ./Data/patch-2.MPQ
Extracting maps...
Read Map.dbc file... Done! (44 maps loaded)
Read AreaTable.dbc file...Done! (1081 areas loaded)
Read LiquidType.dbc file...Fatal error: Invalid LiquidType.dbc file format!

$ ls -lh dbc/LiquidType.dbc 
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 143 Apr  7 18:32 dbc/LiquidType.dbc

: /

Any further Ideas? Because I don't have any...

[antz]

it certainly looks like the files have either got corrupted and not copied over correctly.

can you run ad.exe on a windows system to see ?

[BeamMeUpScotty]

Hi again, thank you for your help Antz! If you ever come near Stuttgart, I would be pleased to invite you to a few beers .

I (think I) solved the problem...

I cheated a little bit, I read some source of the Mangos-Zero Core and noticed the MAP-Version is "z1.3".

So I just changed the MAP-Versions in the map files:

cd maps
sed -i 's/MAPS10.1/MAPSz1.3/g' *.map

I don't know where the differences between the maps are, but It now works like a charm!