[crossfire] Spellcasting Swords & Python Troubles

[Alex Schultz]

Alex Schultz wrote:

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      The python code for the spellcasting swords is now working perfectly 
     
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      now except for one issue. If the spell casted kills the monster before 
     
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      the monster gets hit by the sword normally, then the server crashes 
     
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      with this message:
     
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      PYTHON - triggerEvent:: eventcode 2
     
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      PYTHON - HandleEvent:: got script file >/python/swordcast.py<
     
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      PYTHON - HandleEvent:: script loaded (/python/swordcast.py)!
     
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      Object (null) is freed but has speed.
     
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      Aborted
     
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      Which would seem to be the case because the spell already killed the 
     
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      monster and it was freed from memory, and then when the sword tries to 
     
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      hit it, after the spell is cast it fails because the monster died so 
     
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      quickly. Cone spells to not appear to be effected (probably only 
     
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      damages after 1 tick or so), bolt spells like small lightning and 
     
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      steambolt are affected, and I haven't tested it yet, but finger of 
     
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      death  and bullet spells might be affected too. If anybody has any 
     
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      ideas on how to get around this, I would appreciate it.
     
     
Very sorry to be putting so many posts here in a row, but that previous 
analysis of mine of the the problem was incorrect. From further 
analysis, I found that it is happening somewhere inside this call 
"(PlugList[findPlugin(evt->plugin)].eventfunc) (&CFP);" (server/attack.c 
line 693) but after the spell gets a chance to activate.