FKCheck Error's - I cant figure out the errror! Help!

[Rhytania]

I keep getting this error when I run the FKCheck Program:

Load_mobiles: # not found.
LINE: 41
Boot_db: # not found.
Line: 41
Finished

Everything else passes the check except for this. Below is line 40-42 of my area:

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ACT_NOWANDER|ACT_AGGRESSIVE
AFF_INFRARED
~

So I say to myself maybe the AFF_INFRARED is bad so I removed it and now this is what I get:

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Load_mobiles: # not found.
LINE: 41
Boot_db: bad section name.
Line: 43
Finished

Heres what I got from Lines 40 - 44:

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ACT_NOWANDER|ACT_AGGRESSIVE
~

#QQ52
dirty, ugly female wererat~

So I thought maybe it was the spacing between my mobs, however I looked in all the sample areas and building pages but havent found anything out of the ordinary, compared with mine, but Im sure I messed something up...

Any Ideas?

[Tyr]

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Load_mobiles: # not found.

This means that it has finished reading the previous mob and is trying to start reading the next mob. When the mud reads a mob it reads a specific number of fields depending on complex or simple. If it finishes the mob before you have then it means you have too many fields in your mob. Look above the line reported to see where you might have an extra field or misplaced tilda.

[Rhytania]

Ok this is what is found in the Sample Area of Lathanders temple:

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#MOBILES 

#16201 
cleric guard~ 
{70}a cleric guard~ 
{70}A cleric guard of the temple stands here.~ 
This tall and strong human wears a steel breastplate decorated 
with the symbol of Lathander. It is one of the warrior-priests 
who have sworn to defend the temple and its inhabitants. 
~ 
U 45 CLASS_LATHANDER RACE_HUMAN SEX_MALE POS_STANDING DEITY_LATHANDER 
ACT_SENTINEL|ACT_CITIZEN 
0 
ARMOR_TYPE_FULL_PLATE MATERIAL_STEEL 
d8+2 650 
13 13 13 13 13 13 13 
0 0 0 0 0 
LANG_COMMON 
LANG_COMMON 
0 0 0 
>death_prog 100~ 
mpjunk all 
~ 
| 

#16202 
fighter guard~ 
{70}a figher guard~ 
{70}A fighter guard of the temple stands here.~ 
This tall and strong human wears a steel breastplate decorated 
with the symbol of Lathander. It is one of the warrior-priests 
who have sworn to defend the temple and its inhabitants. 
~ 
U 45 CLASS_FIGHTERS RACE_HUMAN SEX_MALE POS_STANDING DEITY_LATHANDER 
ACT_SENTINEL|ACT_CITIZEN 
0 
ARMOR_TYPE_FULL_PLATE MATERIAL_STEEL 
d10+2 650 
13 13 13 13 13 13 13 
0 0 0 0 0 
LANG_COMMON 
LANG_COMMON 
0 0 0 
>death_prog 100~ 
mpjunk all 
~ 
| 

These are the unique mobs, this is the example for simple mobs given off of the builders lessons:

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#QQ00
smelly dwarf short~
a short smelly dwarf~
A short smelly dwarf is drinking an ale here.~
He is very short for a dwarf with dark hair and a dark beard. He has a stubby nose and beady eyes. His hands are large and calloused from many hours of work at the forge. He is of a very sturdy build with arms and legs like small tree trunks. He is dressed in mithril chainmail.
~
S 25 CLASS_WARRIOR RACE_DWARF SEX_MALE POS_STANDING DEITY_NONE ACT_SENTINEL|ACT_CITIZEN 

Now here is an example of the mobs in my area:

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#MOBILES

#QQ51
dirty, ugly wererat~
{30}a dirty ugly wererat~
{30}A dirty, ugly wererat is nervously watching you.~
{30}Layers of dirt, grime, and filth cover this hideaous beast. A mix of man and
rat, his feralness is seen in the rat-like face and tail. His eyes reflect the
glimmer of light, and burn with contempt towards you.
~
S 20 CLASS_WARRIOR RACE_HUMAN SEX_MALE POS_STANDING DEITY_NONE
ACT_NOWANDER|ACT_AGGRESSIVE AFF_INFRARED
0
~

#QQ52
dirty, ugly female wererat~
{30}a dirty ugly female wererat~
{30}A dirty, ugly female wererat is nervously watching you.~
{30}Layers of dirt, grime, and filth cover this hideaous beast. A mix of woman and
rat, her feralness is seen in the rat-like face and tail. Her eyes reflect the
glimmer of light, and burn with contempt towards you for invading her home. She
stands in fron of her nest ready to protect her home.
~
S 10 CLASS_WARRIOR RACE_HUMAN SEX_FEMALE POS_STANDING DEITY_NONE
ACT_SENTINEL|ACT_AGGRESSIVE AFF_INFRARED
0
~

Somewhere my layout is messed up. At first I thought that it was becuase I didnt include a pipe at the end of my mobs like in the Sample Area example but I read later that pipes are only needed if they contain a program and since mine are simple mobs they do not need one. Im thinking maybe its in my AFF_INFRARED tag since I could not find a good example of where AFF's go.

[Andreas]

Has the bit list been updated?

[Stayne]

Hi all -

When using FKCheck on my area file it seems to bug out on the first MOB and scan the rest of the file, though it reports the rest of the file as fine when its not.

The error it reports is:
Fread_Number : bad format 'd10+4'
Fread_Number : bad format '>rand_prog'
Fread_Number : bad format '>1~'

And so on on the first MOB. The code is correct, yet it bugs out at this spot. Any suggestions as I cannot test my file properly while it does it.
Thanks in advance
S.

[Stayne]

I checked for missing tildas as suggested but I am sure I got them all right. Perhaps I am missing something. Here is the piece of code. Please let me know where I am going wrong.

#QQ00
temple quartermaster~
{70}the temple quartermaster~
{70}The temple quartermaster is sorting through some paperwork here.~
{80}Skin of ebony holds large muscles to the tall frame of this man. His head is shaved and he bears patterns of possibly ritualistic scarring over it that run down onto his face. He is dressed in simple clothes for his duties but wears a large curved sword prominently on his waist.
~
U 50 CLASS_FIGHTERS RACE_HUMAN SEX_MALE POS_STANDING DEITY_BANE
ACT_SENTINEL|ACT_NOSHOVE
ARMOR_TYPE_CLOTH MATERIAL_CLOTH
d10+4 -500
17 13 15 16 15 8 13
0 0 0 0 0
LANG_COMMON
LANG_COMMON
RIS_NONE RIS_NONE RIS_NONE
>rand_prog 1~

Thanks
S.

[Stayne]

I made some minor changes to my area and now the FKCheck program is giving me 3 errors. The first is -
load_objects: # not found.
Line 366

the second is -
Fread_number: bad format 'grave~'.
Line 367

And finally -
Bootdb: # not found
Line 367

here are the lines it is refering too (and the lines before and after).

~
#0

#ROOMS
#100000
A freshly dug grave~
{80}This grave is freshly dug, its smooth soil edges rising six feet in

with line 366 being #ROOMS and line 367 being #100000
I don't think the mistake is in these lines but perhaps somewhere else. I added two new objects and some code to 3 rooms (to a previously passed area file). I recheked all these additions and can find no obvious errors. Is anyone able to give me a suggestion as to what is going on here or what I should look for and where as this is frustrating me exceedingly.

Thanks in advance
S.

[Dalvyn]

Check the definition of the last object. The mistake is most likely there (missing tilda, ...).

[Stayne]

Check the definition of the last object. The mistake is most likely there (missing tilda, ...).

Yeah - was looking for a missing tilda as well myself, ended up finding I had an extra one!
Ahh well - its driving me nuts, but its working now

Thanks
S

[Torm]

I was running an area thru FKcheck, trying to fix all the little boo-boos in it. All of a sudden, Fkcheck will not work on that area. All it does is hang up and nothing happens. When I close FKcheck, I get a MS no response window and am asked to send a report to MS about it. Any ideas why this is occuring?

P.S. I can still run other areas thru FKcheck with no problems.

[Stayne]

I added the #QUESTS section to my area as specified on the builders pages for the quest logs. The checker finds fault with the first line '#QUESTS' every time. It reports the error as - bad section name.
Is this part not added into the checker?

S.

[Jharthyne]

Just something to share. I was told by Mystra that the area checker has not been updated yet to handle the #QUEST section yet, so everytime we need to run the area check, we have to take out the #QUEST section from the file, run the program, and put it back again when submitting.

[Argentia]

I know there's been a previous post about this, but it's giving me problems still. FK check keeps freezing on me... It was working on me earlier, but suddenly stopped. I closed the program and opened it again. I also tried restarting the computer, changing some of the code, and renaming the file itself, but it always freezes on me. I even tried reinstalling it. Any ideas? Thanks.

[Elwin]

I went by the example it has on the builder's lessons for extra descriptions on objects. I put it in the check program and it comes up with bad format on the description part. Here is the format I have it in. Any help is appreciated.

E
dark red platemail spiked armour~
This armour is dark red and has multiple spikes sticking from the
shoulders of it.~

[Beshaba]

Post the code for the entire item, it is difficult to say just from that snippet.

[Kirkus]

I think the last tilda is in the wrong spot.
Please someone correct me if Im wrong
I think it should look like this.....

E
dark red platemail spiked armour~
This armour is dark red and has multiple spikes sticking from the
shoulders of it.
~

[Elwin]

Sorry about that Besh. I had to remake the item, but here it is. Oh, Kirkus, I tried it both ways and it gave me the same error.

#QQ00
dark red platemail armour spiked~
{10}Dark red platemail armour~
{10}Dark red platemail armour is lying here.~

ITEM_TYPE_ARMOR
0
CAN_WEAR_TAKE|CAN_WEAR_BODY
QUALITY_SUPERIOR MATERIAL_TITANIUM COND_PERFECT SIZ_MEDIUM
0 0 LAYER_ARMOR ARMOUR_TYPE_PLATE_MAIL 0 0
E
dark red platemail spiked armour~
This armour is dark red and has multiple spikes sticking from the
shoulders of it.
~

[Caius]

SIZE_MEDIUM

You forgot the E in size.

[Beshaba]

Along with Caius' correction, you are also missing a tilda. The one between the long desc and the attributes of the item.

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#QQ00 
dark red platemail armour spiked~ 
{10}Dark red platemail armour~ 
{10}Dark red platemail armour is lying here.~ 
~
ITEM_TYPE_ARMOR 
0 
CAN_WEAR_TAKE|CAN_WEAR_BODY 
QUALITY_SUPERIOR MATERIAL_TITANIUM COND_PERFECT SIZE_MEDIUM 
0 0 LAYER_ARMOR ARMOUR_TYPE_PLATE_MAIL 0 0 
E 
dark red platemail spiked armour~ 
This armour is dark red and has multiple spikes sticking from the 
shoulders of it. 
~

[Elwin]

Ahh, thanks. You guys rock. This was the last part of my area I needed besides loading up the items in resets. *dances around hugging everyone*