Saving raids, EPGP, our doom or our safety net?
Submitted by Rakesho on Tue, 2009-10-20 00:26.
As some may have noticed, yesterday EPGP sort of ... failed :)
Luckily, i crashed and found out that my files hadnt been "updated" to these incorrect values, meaning i have a snapshot of more recent values.
Detk examined these and apparantly, the values are correct, or mostly correct.
Both of us have saved a backup / snapshot of this file, so we're safe on the values, we just need to find a way to reset the values to that snapshot :)
If you want to take a look yourself:
World of Warcraft folder => WTF folder => Account => => SavedVariables => EPGP
This is an LUA script file though and requires at least a reader, something like http://luaforge.net/frs/?group_id=377 if you use windows. (sorry for non windows users, but i think you can get this at the homepage)
Saved changes probably won't matter, but i advise strongly against editing it, if we find out you did, well... :P *equips punting boots*
Now, let's see if we can fix this, shall we?
Uni
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I've not logged in as Luey
Submitted by Luey on Tue, 2009-10-20 08:02.I've not logged in as Luey since Sunday or Saturday, I can't quite remember..... if you want a copy of my EPGP savedvars let me know and I'll get you one before I log in with Luey again.
What happened to EPGP btw?
Something, somehow messed up
Submitted by Rakesho on Tue, 2009-10-20 08:50.Something, somehow messed up and people were mass awarded EP ... like Bladeskillz now has over 20K EP.
Several others have 13K+ EP
Well... fixing it somehow eh :p
dunno it bugged
Submitted by swordai on Tue, 2009-10-20 08:56.dunno it bugged somehow.
yesterday when raids mixed.
i recieved message from epgp :
cannot alter epgp for typlosion cause the charecter doesen't exist.
i removed typ twiche cause that error message was an uber spam and made me lag.
once typ was back invited it went ok till after 15minutes...
in my log bout 11 ppl recieved 15+ EP a few times in 1minute. for a couple of minutes.
i couden't remove typ during boss fights... and diden't knew it was causing it...
Well that pretty much says
Submitted by Rakesho on Tue, 2009-10-20 09:28.Well that pretty much says it all and i believe i had heard D say that as well, Typh must've had a faulty note, making EPGP go haywire.
Nothing we can't fix though :P
Just want to stress this isn't anyone's fault, maybe someone altered Typh's note by accident or it was faulty since he was inv'd.
Nevertheless, don't worry - you're in the clear :)
Uni
meh still... i should have
Submitted by swordai on Tue, 2009-10-20 09:30.meh still... i should have noticed the change in epgp faster.
no worries. what doesen't kill you... makes you stronger.
i noticed a few days ago
Submitted by Luey on Tue, 2009-10-20 11:06.i noticed a few days ago Typh didn't have any officer note... no 0,0 or anything, but i think when i looked he wasn't raider rank so I didn't bother telling an officer..... maybe i should have.... you can blame me if you like ;)
Not blaming anyone :) For
Submitted by Rakesho on Tue, 2009-10-20 12:42.Not blaming anyone :)
For all we know a the current version of EPGP could be a screw up and mishandled the note... :P
No really folks, none of you are in fault.
Uni
This is something the EPGP
Submitted by Dinac on Tue, 2009-10-20 12:48.This is something the EPGP author cautions users about - so, always make sure, if you're editing officer notes, that they work. Accents and everything. There's a command you can run to print out non-compliant notes in the chat window, but I can't remember it right now. I'll take a look tonight, if I get chance to log on.
Come back Dinac all is
Submitted by Snoozer on Tue, 2009-10-20 13:47.Come back Dinac all is forgiven we miss you a little anyway:)
Heh, I'm around, just very,
Submitted by Dinac on Tue, 2009-10-20 13:55.Heh, I'm around, just very, very busy :)
The issue appears to be
Submitted by detk on Tue, 2009-10-20 22:56.The issue appears to be Typhlosion not having an appropriate officer note. It is vital that mains do not have their officer notes touched in any way, shape, or form - except by trained professionals. At the moment that means me or Zaq! :p Maybe Dinac, but the power might go to his head, so best not let him. :)
Anyways... Officers, when you invite, be careful about setting notes. If you are not sure what to do...
Officer note is untouched for mains, and set to the name of the main for alts. Simples. No "+" at the end, no other characters. Double simples!
Anyways, I have pulled the data from immediately prior to the raid (conveniently saved in SV folder), run a few regular expressions over it (Bilge would squirm!) and am about to check that everything is up to date...
I thought there was a restore option, but that might be for GM rank only - but ho hum, no big deal.
Crisis averted before next raid.
d.
the + after alts i do as
Submitted by hondadylan on Tue, 2009-10-20 23:00.the + after alts i do as loads had it ...so i thought i was doing it right .
i will not add anything i think ... best ... i allready broke tengu today
The + in player note is
Submitted by detk on Tue, 2009-10-20 23:51.The + in player note is correct honda, not officer note. To be honest, now that the officer note is visible to all, I think we can maybe look at player notes being reused... but that is another day's topic. :p
I'm pretty sure there is a
Submitted by Zaqzon on Wed, 2009-10-21 11:42.I'm pretty sure there is a restore option in EPGP. Don't recall it being GM only, cos I'm sure I saw it before I became GM.
You dealing with getting the data back in Detk, or do you want to delegate it to me somehow to do something with?
i am free !!!!!!!!!!
Submitted by swordai on Wed, 2009-10-21 13:07.i am free !!!!!!!!!!
he was doing it last night
Submitted by hondadylan on Wed, 2009-10-21 13:45.he was doing it last night afaik
I posted elsewhere that it
Submitted by detk on Wed, 2009-10-21 20:23.I posted elsewhere that it is sorted.