From: "George Greer" <greerga@circlemud.org>
> On Mon, 6 Mar 2000, Peter Babcock wrote:
>
> >i need HELP :) (dont we all) one of our imps was editing
> >the Handbook and for some reason the mun crashed
> >and now we cannot get it started again
> >below is the error
> >
> >Mar 6 17:41:02 :: 2400 rooms, 172800 bytes.
> >Mar 6 17:41:04 :: SYSERR: Format error, room #-1, direction D0
> >Quick boot mode -- rent check supressed.
> >Using file descriptor for logging.
>
> That frequently means your file is empty.
>
> It can mean other things, of course.
yeah, like a dropped (or EXTRA) tilde (~) or a missing roomflag or roomtype,
or ...
I just happen to be trying to fix one of those myself. As I type, even.
RECOMMENDATION:
STEP ONE:
Option ONE: Comment ALL of the offending file, and uncomment it piece
by peice (what I'm currently doing) until the problem comes back.
Option TWO: Comment the offending file a bit at a time, until the
problem goes away.
STEP TWO:
figure out what is wrong with that particular room
check for extra ~, missing ~, missing params, invalid params, wacky
comments, et cetera
(can you tell I don't liek this part :)
Larry Robinson@visi.net
Aspiring Galactic Overlord
http://users.visi.net/~robinson/
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