Chucksta

This was being caused by an incorrect cast in the core:

https://github.com/mangosthree/server/pull/120

This was being caused by an incorrect cast in the core:

https://github.com/mangosthree/server/pull/120

Looking like an issue in the core.

If you log off, then on again, the exclamation mark turns into a grey question mark, which is what it is supposed to be.

Fixed:

https://github.com/mangosthree/database/pull/68

image located after extracting the blp files and using a blp viewer for explorer:

http://www.wowinterface.com/downloads/info16700-BLPView.html

SpecialFlags is set to 0 in the quest_template table, therefore it should not be repeatable.

It looks like there is an issue with the acquiring of quests system, as I have come across 3 other issues with quests and quest givers.

Beating Them Back

Extinguishing Hope

And question marks appearing above Sergeant Willem's and Milly Olsworth's head, after accepting the Beating Them Back quest from Marshal McBride.

Closing, as not relevant to this quest, although the quest portrait issue has been resolved.

Further searching around, and the only vids showing that portrait were made after WoD was released.

Nice find, necrovoice

That's interesting, necrovoice; there's no portrait panel opening up for that guy in that vid, and it looks like that was made not too long after Cataclysm came out.

In researching this, I have been on 8 different private servers, and only 2 of them had the portrait popping out.

I have actually figured out why the portrait is not showing; it's because the packet that is sent to the client is not correctly made up. I managed to get the portrait panel to show:

I need to do further testing to make sure all data is sent correctly, plus do as Rochet said in order to get the image to show.

That being said, it might not be required for this quest in Cataclysm, judging by the vid linked by necrovoice.

It's not reading the portrait name and test from the table; those column names are not included in the SELECT statement.

It looks like all column related to the portrait have not been loaded. This is going to throw up a load of other issues, besides the one logged in this thread.

IN BRIEF: the name of the portrait is not being loaded/stored properly in the core

IN DETAIL:

It looks like the name of the portrait is not being loaded/stored properly within the core. The portrait name for this quest is "Blackrock Battle Worg", which is correct in the quest_template table. I confirmed that by running a packet sniffer on a private server where this feature, the displaying of a portrait does work.

In function:

void PlayerMenu::SendQuestGiverQuestDetails(Quest const* pQuest, ObjectGuid guid, bool ActivateAccept)

It takes the details that were previously loaded in from the quest_template table, and sends them to the client, but on outputting these details to the terminal, I found the variables that should contain the name and title of the portrait to be blank.

Presumably it is failing to load the name and title from the table. 

It looks like this issue exists elsewhere too, as I found many NPCs on the 1st floor (2nd floor in the USA) of the main building in Saldean's farm kneeling down whilst having fistycuffs.