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Mined gems not working

Post by Lysha » Sat Dec 18, 2010 1:11 am

I know I've reported this before, but I feel that it still needs to be looked at. Mined gems are not working for raise dead and resurrection as they have in the past, even though I've been reassured before that they will work. Before, the gem in question was 'a ruby' but I don't think those work. Today's gem is 'some emerald' which I was told ICly and OOCly that it should work. Enclosed it the complete log from my end.

A priest of Ilmater is here.
Plutoch is standing here.
Plutoch drops the corpse of a moon elf.
Plutoch focusses n his amulet.
an amulet of communication glows briefly as Plutoch activates it.
Plutoch begins to chant.
Plutoch utters the words, 'gaoaquhl'.
Plutoch grows serious as wisdom takes root within him.
Plutoch begins to chant.
Plutoch utters the words, 'toralgjftoralqhuai'.
A golden ankh glows brightly, then disappears in a puff of smoke!
Plutoch says, OOC, '...That blows.'
You say, OOC, 'ew :('
(me) watches Plutoch.
Plutoch frowns.
You ask Plutoch 'Do you have a spare?'
Plutoch says calmly, 'My last one...they have been nearly non-existent since my return.'.
You say to Plutoch 'I have two.'
You get a golden ankh from a spell pouch.
You give a golden ankh to Plutoch.
Plutoch says calmly, 'Might you have a pink gem as well, madam? I will have her pennance fall to you.'.
You get some emerald from a spell pouch.
You say to Plutoch 'I have been told that this will work instead.'
You give some emerald to Plutoch.
Plutoch says calmly, 'Yes...I have supplemented this before.'.
Plutoch focusses, retrying.
You say to Plutoch 'I've never done this myself. I'm sorry if I seem a bit nosy...'
(me) falls silent as she watches.
Plutoch begins to chant.
Plutoch utters the words, 'toralgjftoralqhuai'.
A golden ankh glows brightly, then disappears in a puff of smoke!
You say, OOC, 'what are you trying?'
Plutoch says, OOC, 'Resurrection.'
You say, OOC, 'what are you typing?'
Plutoch begins to chant.
Plutoch utters the words, 'toralgjftoralqhuai'.
Plutoch sits down and relaxes.
Plutoch rises from his rest.
Plutoch says, OOC, 'FML'
You say, OOC, '?'
Plutoch says, OOC, 'I'm typing it right, but it didn't take the emerald for some reason'
You say, OOC, 'grah, I hate that.'
You say, OOC, 'did it say component not found?'
Plutoch says, OOC, 'Yup'
You say, OOC, 'boogers'
Plutoch says, OOC, 'Well, now that I've wasted the components, guess we'll have to NPC it...'
You say, OOC, ':( sorry'
Plutoch says, OOC, 'I should be the one apologizing.'
You ask 'Are minned gems no longer able to be used for resurrection?'
(yes, I know I typo'd)

As you can see, the ankh was consumed even though the spell was incomplete, another thing I'd like to point out.

Thank you for your time.
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Re: Mined gems not working

Post by Nysan » Mon Dec 20, 2010 6:09 pm

*sigh* This bug has been my nemesis of late. No matter how many gems I mine or how many times we try to figure out what is wrong, it's still bugged.

From personal testing, none of my current mined gems are functioning as "shiny pink gem" replacements. This includes "some emerald", "a diamond", "a ruby", "a sapphire", and "some obsidian". I want to believe this issue was a carry over from the resolved bug of gems acting like ore. Something overlooked while fixing that has left gems out of component code perhaps.

I know we fixed it once, because I have seen "some emerald" function for raise dead after the gem/ore bug was resolved. It seems to have reverted to the bugged stat somewhere along the lines. Unseen change during a copyover perhaps?
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Re: Mined gems not working

Post by Harroghty » Fri Apr 06, 2012 11:47 am

Is this still an issue?
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Re: Mined gems not working

Post by Raona » Sun May 13, 2012 2:48 am

On the testport, I do not fined mined gems to work as a component stand-in for shining pink gems. That doesn't surprise me, since they have a different vnum. Did they ever work in this capacity?

Mined gems currently have the vnum of mined ore. Do they work as a stand-in for any component? If so, it is likely a hard code override.
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Re: Mined gems not working

Post by Lirith » Sun May 13, 2012 4:02 am

If I recall correctly, all mined gems used to work as substitues for shining pink gems.
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Post by Aldren » Sun May 13, 2012 4:47 am

Yep, they certainly used to.
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Re: Mined gems not working

Post by Raona » Mon May 14, 2012 11:28 pm

Alrighty, thanks, that's one piece of the puzzle. Anyone know the answer to this part?
Raona wrote:Mined gems currently have the vnum of mined ore. Do they currently work as a stand-in for any component? If so, it is likely a hard code override.
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Re: Mined gems not working

Post by Tyeslan » Mon Aug 13, 2012 10:39 pm

I am not sure that they work for anything, other than the normal grinding. Using mined gems the other night to grind into gem powder still worked from them, but they do not seem to sub as anything else at this time.
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Re: Mined gems not working

Post by Raona » Mon Aug 20, 2012 11:25 am

Is there a way to convert "some <gem name>" into "a <gem name>" at present? Lapidary? If not, how about that as a fix? That is, you could attempt to FACET "some emerald" and turn it into "an emerald" which could then be used in a spell requiring a gem as a component?

Still, looking at the code I don't see any other gem currently able to stand in for a shining pink gem...that may have been a hard code override of some sort, which Mask may be able to fix or put back.
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Re: Mined gems not working

Post by Naida » Sun Aug 26, 2012 7:10 pm

I think the Facet idea would be wonderful! I really like that suggestion. It would allow a little more wiggle room, and perhaps a way to work with new gems in lapidary.
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Re: Mined gems not working

Post by Raona » Sun Sep 02, 2012 11:21 am

Ok, I'm now thinking of an area code fix for this, in which some <blah> mined raw gem can be converted to a renamed shining pink gem, except for some diamond, which would make more sense as an expensive diamond or some other diamond component. Are there any other gems needed as components?
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Re: Mined gems not working

Post by Gwain » Sun Sep 02, 2012 7:36 pm

Black Onyx gems, Jaciniths if you are looking for more gems to create.
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Re: Mined gems not working

Post by Lysha » Mon Sep 03, 2012 2:32 am

What about rubies for ruby dust?
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Re: Mined gems not working

Post by Gwain » Mon Sep 03, 2012 2:36 am

I was debating that myself, there is one place to buy them, and other ways to obtain them, but I could see them being found the way above just incredibly and utterly rarely sort of like all the ones that can be components should be incredibly rare, but still obtainable.
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