You guys must hate noobs...

Wulfrune · Post by **Wulfrune** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 1:55 pm

For which I'm a terminal case.

I would be really grateful for some help.... the problem is, I'm not very good with computers.... I'm also too old to even try to learn

If you could help me, I would be really grateful.

Ok, my problem is this:

I think this speaks for itself.

I've tried various fixes, but I'm not even sure that I'm going in the right direction

If anyone can help me that would be great, I miss UO.

Thanks

Wulfrune

stranf · Post by **stranf** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 4:58 pm

Sorry, I'm short on time so I can't post a more detailed repair:

Basically your server is not "pointing" to the directory of your UO client. Uox3 still needs to read UO files (like maps and objects) in order to function.

In your uox3 directory, open the file marked uox.ini and scroll to about the second or third section.

It should say "paths c:\<directory" or something like that.

Make sure it points to the location of where you installed UO, for my computer it is Path=c:\games\UO

Only the top line matters, the rest of the lines will automatically work if you point to the correct location of UO.

Hope that helps..... and don't worry, everyone is a noob.

All questions welcome.

Post by **Xuri** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 6:10 pm

Also check if your filepaths in uox.ini have a "\" at the end, from the screenshot it looks like it doesn't add them automatically.

Mindless Automaton · Post by **Mindless Automaton** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 8:37 pm

I usually install the client into something off root like c:\UOML
so I don't have to deal with the long directory name
(c:\program files\ultima online\blah blah blah\)

However, as Xuri says, you are missing a \ for your game data directory.

Wulfrune · Post by **Wulfrune** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 1:14 am

Thanks so much for the replies so far. I think it would help in included the uox.ini file.... so here it is..... can you see anything?

// UOX Initialization File. V258
//================================

[system]
{
SERVERNAME=Wulfrune Server
PORT=2593
NETRCVTIMEOUT=0
NETSNDTIMEOUT=3
NETRETRYCOUNT=0
CONSOLELOG=1
CRASHPROTECTION=1
COMMANDPREFIX='
ANNOUNCEWORLDSAVES=1
JOINPARTMSGS=1
BACKUPSENABLED=0
BACKUPSAVERATIO=5
SAVESTIMER=300
ACCOUNTISOLATION=1
UOGENABLED=0
}

[play server list]
{
SERVERLIST=Online Server,1XX.XXX.X.XXX
SERVERLIST=Offline Server 127.0.0.1.2593
}

[skill & stats]
{
SKILLLEVEL=5
SKILLCAP=7000
SKILLDELAY=5
STATCAP=325
MAXSTEALTHMOVEMENTS=10
MAXSTAMINAMOVEMENTS=15
SNOOPISCRIME=0
ARMORAFFECTMANAREGEN=1
}

[timers]
{
CORPSEDECAYTIMER=900
WEATHERTIMER=60
SHOPSPAWNTIMER=300
DECAYTIMER=300
INVISIBILITYTIMER=60
OBJECTUSETIMER=1
GATETIMER=30
POISONTIMER=180
LOGINTIMEOUT=300
HITPOINTREGENTIMER=8
STAMINAREGENTIMER=3
MANAREGENTIMER=5
BASEFISHINGTIMER=10
RANDOMFISHINGTIMER=5
SPIRITSPEAKTIMER=30
PETOFFLINECHECKTIMER=600
}

[directories]
{
DIRECTORY=./
DATADIRECTORY=C:\Program Files\Ultima Online
DEFSDIRECTORY=./dfndata/
BOOKSDIRECTORY=./books/
ACTSDIRECTORY=./accounts/
SCRIPTSDIRECTORY=./js/
BACKUPDIRECTORY=./archives/
MSGBOARDDIRECTORY=./msgboards/
SHAREDDIRECTORY=./shared/
ACCESSDIRECTORY=./accounts/
HTMLDIRECTORY=./html/
LOGSDIRECTORY=./logs/
DICTIONARYDIRECTORY=./dictionaries/
}

[settings]
{
LOOTDECAYSWITHCORPSE=1
GUARDSACTIVE=1
DEATHANIMATION=1
AMBIENTSOUNDS=5
AMBIENTFOOTSTEPS=0
INTERNALACCOUNTCREATION=0
SHOWOFFLINEPCS=1
ROGUESENABLED=1
PLAYERPERSECUTION=0
ACCOUNTFLUSH=0
HTMLSTATUSENABLED=-1
SELLBYNAME=0
SELLMAXITEMS=5
TRADESYSTEM=0
RANKSYSTEM=1
CUTSCROLLREQUIREMENTS=1
NPCTRAININGENABLED=1
HIDEWILEMOUNTED=1
WEIGHTPERSTR=5
POLYDURATION=90
CLIENTSUPPORT=0
OVERLOADPACKETS=1
}

[speedup]
{
SPEEDCHECKITEMS=1.5
SPEEDCHECKBOATS=0.75
SPEEDCHECKNPCAI=1
SPEEDCHECKSPAWNREGIONS=30
NPCMOVEMENTSPEED=0.7
}

[message boards]
{
MSGBOARDPOSTINGLEVEL=0
MSGBOARDREMOVALLEVEL=0
}

[escorts]
{
ESCORTENABLED=1
ESCORTINITEXPIRE=900
ESCORTACTIVEEXPIRE=600
ESCORTDONEEXPIRE=600
}

[worldlight]
{
LIGHTMOON1=0
LIGHTMOON2=1
LIGHTDUNGEONLEVEL=15
LIGHTCURRENTLEVEL=0
LIGHTBRIGHTLEVEL=0
LIGHTDARKLEVEL=12
DAY=0
HOUR=0
MINUTE=0
AMPM=0
SECONDSPERUOMINUTE=5
}

[tracking]
{
TRACKINGBASERANGE=10
TRACKINGBASETIMER=30
TRACKINGMAXTARGETS=20
TRACKINGMSGREDISPLAYTIME=30
}

[reputation]
{
REPSYSMURDERDECAYTIMER=60
REPSYSMAXKILLS=4
REPSYSCRIMINALTIMER=120
}

[resources]
{
RESOURCEMINECHECK=2
RESOURCEOREPERAREA=10
RESOURCEORERESPAWNTIMER=600
RESOURCEORERESPAWNAREA=10
RESOURCELOGSPERAREA=3
RESOURCELOGSRESPAWNTIMER=600
RESPAWNLOGSRESPAWNAREA=10
}

[hunger]
{
HUNGERRATE=6000
HUNGERDMGVAL=2
PETHUNGEROFFLINE=1
PETOFFLINETIMEOUT=5
}

[combat]
{
COMBATMAXRANGE=10
COMBATARCHERRANGE=7
COMBATSPELLMAXRANGE=10
COMBATDISPLAYHITMSG=1
COMBATMONSTERSVSANIMALS=1
COMBATANIMALATTACKCHANCE=15
COMBATANIMALSGUARDED=0
COMBATNPCDAMAGERATE=2
COMBATNPCBASEFLEEAT=20
COMBATNPCBASEREATTACKAT=40
COMBATATTACKSTAMINA=-2
SHOOTONANIMALBACK=0
}

[start locations]
{
LOCATION=Yew,Center,545,982,0
LOCATION=Minoc,Tavern,2477,411,15
LOCATION=Britain,Sweet Dreams Inn,1495,1629,10
LOCATION=Moonglow,Docks,4406,1045,0
LOCATION=Trinsic,West Gate,1832,2779,0
LOCATION=Magincia,Docks,3675,2259,20
LOCATION=Jhelom,Docks,1492,3696,0
LOCATION=Skara Brae,Docks,639,2236,0
LOCATION=Vesper,Ironwood Inn,2771,977,0
}

[startup]
{
STARTGOLD=1000
STARTPRIVS=0
}

[gumps]
{
TITLECOLOUR=0
LEFTTEXTCOLOUR=0
RIGHTTEXTCOLOUR=0
BUTTONCANCEL=4017
BUTTONLEFT=4014
BUTTONRIGHT=4005
BACKGROUNDPIC=2600
}

[towns]
{
POLLTIME=3600
MAYORTIME=36000
TAXPERIOD=1800
GUARDSPAID=3600
}

giwo · Post by **giwo** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 2:15 am

Your problem is this line

DATADIRECTORY=C:\Program Files\Ultima Online

Should look like this

DATADIRECTORY=C:\Program Files\Ultima Online\

Wulfrune · Post by **Wulfrune** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 2:56 am

I did what you told me, but I think that I've found the root of the problem, the files won't load... because they're simply no there. I downloaded the game off the net.... I'm guessing that the missing files are probably on the original disks

I have no objection to going out and buying the game (again) lord knows that in the past I bought enough..... maybe this is the problem, one can't load what isn't there... can you?

SO... back to the drawing board. People, advise me, what game should I be aiming for?

OR am I totally missing the point?

Regards and thanks in advance

Wulfrune

Wulfrune · Post by **Wulfrune** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 3:03 am

Incidentally

At the top you'll notice that some of the missing files are in red and some are in blue... the one's in red I ended up finding and by creating a DATAFILE folder in my UO folder I was able to load the RED ones, BUT... as I mentioned about the missing files.... well, they're conveniently highlighted in Blue.

If I'm too much trouble, just tell me and I'll go back to World of Warcraft... albeit with my tail between my legs

Wulfrune · Post by **Wulfrune** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 1:03 pm

Ok, got it... sort of.

I had an old UO disk and worked it out

however, I'm stuck on the validating account screen

Wulfrune · Post by **Wulfrune** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 1:27 pm

Got past that..... Hey.... I'm working stuff out on my own lol

HOWEVER lol

Having made some "Adjustments" I'm stuck with a screen saying "Couldn't coonnect to Ultima Online. Please try again in a few moments"

Now I know this is just to piss me off..... Oooooh, so close now.... just need that final push

Wulfrune · Post by **Wulfrune** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 1:30 pm

//AI3.0-UV0.97.03-BD1-DS1047069577-ED0
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// UAD Path: /uox3/accounts/admin/
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// UOX3 uses this file to store any extra administration info
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ID 0
NAME Wulfrune
PASS xxxxxxxx
BANTIME 0
LASTIP 0.0.0.0
COMMENT unknown
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CHARACTER-1 0xffffffff [UNKNOWN]
CHARACTER-2 0xffffffff [UNKNOWN]
CHARACTER-3 0xffffffff [UNKNOWN]
CHARACTER-4 0xffffffff [UNKNOWN]
CHARACTER-5 0xffffffff [UNKNOWN]

and yet on the forums it says it should look like this :

SECTION ACCOUNT 0
{
NAME newusername
PASS newpassword
FLAGS 0x8000
PATH /uox3/accounts/admin/
TIMEBAN 0x0
CONTACT unknown
CHARACTER-1 0xffffffff [UNKNOWN]
CHARACTER-2 0xffffffff [UNKNOWN]
CHARACTER-3 0xffffffff [UNKNOWN]
CHARACTER-4 0xffffffff [UNKNOWN]
CHARACTER-5 0xffffffff [UNKNOWN]
}

Hmm?

Wulfrune

Post by **Xuri** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 4:58 pm

Nothing to do with that. I'm guessing it's an incompability between the client version you're running and the UOX3 version you're trying to connect to. Make sure your client version is somewhat up-to-date.

Also - are you using a program to remove the client encryption before trying to connect?

Wulfrune · Post by **Wulfrune** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 5:33 pm

If by client you mean the UO client I'm using UO Version 6.0.10.0 (patch 117)

Also Razor v1.0.11

and Ultima Offline eXperiment 3 v0.98-3.7

It looks like Razor is dealing with the Patch client encryption.

puzzling?

I'm using zonealarms firewall as a matter of interest.

thanks

Wulfrune

Wulfrune · Post by **Wulfrune** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 5:41 pm

after I started the game, the last line popped up

Grimson · Post by **Grimson** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 7:54 pm

Wulfrune wrote:If by client you mean the UO client I'm using UO Version 6.0.10.0 (patch 117)

That version is too new, there haven been changes to the packets and the encryption that cause problems with UOX3 and (at least) uo_rice. Let the client only patch up to the last 5.x version or the first 6.0 version, then it should work.

Wulfrune · Post by **Wulfrune** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 8:25 pm

Thanks Grimson

Can I just "pull the plug" if needed midway though patching? or is there another option?

Wulfrune · Post by **Wulfrune** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 12:20 am

Altered to Patch UO version 5.0.9.1 (patch 92)

And I get this screen

This is driving me mad

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giwo · Post by **giwo** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 1:21 am

Re-check your name and password in accounts.adm. Ensure there are no trailing spaces, and that you are typing them in (case-sensitive) exactly as they are in the file.

Wulfrune · Post by **Wulfrune** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 10:36 am

Hi Giwo

I checked meticulous the details that I entered, even tweaked some of the command lines with stuff like:

PATH ./accounts/wulfrune/

to PATH ./uox/accounts/wulfrune/

and then back again when I realised it didn't work.

What on earth am I doing wrong?

Wulfrune · Post by **Wulfrune** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 10:41 am

//AI3.0-UV0.98-3-BD7-DS1222421319-ED0
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// UAD Path: ./accounts/wulfrune/
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// UOX3 uses this file to store any extra administration info
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ID 0
NAME wulfrune
PASS woofbark
BANTIME 0x0
LASTIP 127.0.0.1
CONTACT unknown
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CHARACTER-1 0xffffffff [INVALID]
CHARACTER-2 0xffffffff [INVALID]
CHARACTER-3 0xffffffff [INVALID]
CHARACTER-4 0xffffffff [INVALID]
CHARACTER-5 0xffffffff [INVALID]
CHARACTER-6 0xffffffff [INVALID]

As you can see; I entered a simplistic lower case password of:

wulfrune

&

woofbark

still get the same

Ultima Offline eXperiment 3 forums

You guys must hate noobs...

You guys must hate noobs...