omfg ;P you can get to much xp

[Iriche]

Power In Numbers available.
Nanoprogram Supressive Horde terminated...
You lost 17819454 xp.
280602 xp was gained as a side bonus!
Nano program aborted.
You were healed for 9 points.

Inf mission, boss, 100% perk + regain

int got to high and turned - ;P

[Syyceria]

Wow, that's way to high for smallint and way to low for integer.

[x] I don't want to see that part of the code.

[OneManArmy]

ouch!

[Iriche]

let me add ;P it was just visual but anyway ;D

[Redtricks]

My god.

[Negs]

I don't get it

[Redtricks]

Neither did I until I stopped assuming and read it again. O.o;

You lost 17819454 xp.

[Negs]

Neither did I until I stopped assuming and read it again. O.o;

You lost 17819454 xp.

O_O oh snap

[Boltgun]

The number in the chat and your xp bar are separated from your actual xp, and hopefully because it often goes wrong. If you are a programming nerd you'll understand what happened.

If such thing happened with the real gained xp that would be terrible.

[Maimed12]

Sorry, but what actually happened? I can't tell what's wrong with it.

[Cambo1]

Sorry, but what actually happened? I can't tell what's wrong with it.

The OP killed a mob. The amount of XP given was higher than the highest integer that AO can output in a chat message (not sure exactly at what point in the chain this occurs - Enno?), so the integer 'wraps around' to a negative value. The chat message is created within AO, taking into account this incorrect negative value, hence the "You lost 17819454 xp."

If you do a bit of messing around with numbers and such, it seems that the numbers displayed in chat messages by the system are represented by a 24-bit integer. Maybe this ought to be changed to 32-bit. Should be too bad a change to make.



Cambo

[Psyloche]

The OP killed a mob. The amount of XP given was higher than the highest integer that AO can output in a chat message (not sure exactly at what point in the chain this occurs - Enno?), so the integer 'wraps around' to a negative value. The chat message is created within AO, taking into account this incorrect negative value, hence the "You lost 17819454 xp."

If you do a bit of messing around with numbers and such, it seems that the numbers displayed in chat messages by the system are represented by a 24-bit integer. Maybe this ought to be changed to 32-bit. Should be too bad a change to make.



Cambo

I honestly suspect it could be WAAY more complex, since you talk about a 3 byte value who probably ALREADY belong to a 4 byte integrer.

[Cambo1]

I honestly suspect it could be WAAY more complex, since you talk about a 3 byte value who probably ALREADY belong to a 4 byte integrer.

I say it shouldn't be too bad, because the correct amount of xp was given to the OP. That means that the correct value _is_ in there somewhere - just not being properly propogated out to the message that appears on screen.



Cambo

[Psyloche]

It looks as the server use 4 byte's of integrer(32), while the client use 3(24), i am assuming of couse, the integrer IS there for some reason still, since i also assume its a full 32 bits who is made, and 3/4 used for integrer purpose, the rest for flag's and other purposes.

I honestly dont remember 24 bit data number from anywhere but graphics atm, and there ,the number is STILL stored as a whole one(16 or 32), but partitioned in sections for information purposes of the screen(one number store several sub numbers, used for one spot). I assume its possible the client do something like this here, since i cant think of much else atm.

[Mastablasta]

Only question is, why is this post in the 16.3 forum when it has nothing to do with it?

[Reneaa]

Only question is, why is this post in the 16.3 forum when it has nothing to do with it?

so it can be fixed?

[MachSchau]

you guys are smart. my hat off to you.

[Borsky]

is this why if you put a really high maximum ql/price in the GMS's it will turn to a negative number next time you go to one?

[Psyloche]

In a computer number, the highest number possible, is stored as same number as when you write -1(when you use unsigned integrers. it is possible to split a number between positive and negatives too).

First off, its nothing wrong with this in itself, its just how computers work. The BAD part, is when it rolls around and makes a bug. Since the bug seems cosmetically, i assume its a superficially bug only?

[emergency56]

ya lost me at "omfg" and i'm still lost....