> Anyway, after a player logs onto the mud, if they pick a name with three > letters, then go through the entire process, after they've rolled their > stats but before the motd shows up, the mud crashes. > > I looked through the code a bit (I haven't used gbd or such just yet) and > thought it was possibly the abbreviation, for some reason, but I'm using > BAMUD4 compilation and it only has midgaard area, so not many matches. > > To complicate the matter further, you can create a character with a two > letter name without problem. So, as far as I've seen, it's only three > letter names. All starting characters seem to cause it (i.e., it's not > just' starts with letters b or m'). I'm boggled. I am assuming that you are using pre-2.1 ASCII Pfiles. If this is a correct assumption then: http://www.circlemud.org/maillist/1999-06/0063.html Sean -- +---------------------------------------------------------------+ | FAQ: http://qsilver.queensu.ca/~fletchra/Circle/list-faq.html | | Archives: http://post.queensu.ca/listserv/wwwarch/circle.html | +---------------------------------------------------------------+
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