No hidden characters, as for the source I uploaded directly from the herc .zip file.
Checked the sql files and they are completely clean.
I uploaded the latest vcproj files and removed vcroj 9 as well.
ran ./configure and compiled as well
Should also note:
Distributor ID: Debian
Description: Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.10 (squeeze)
Linux 2.6.32-042stab085.17 i686
Update:
I just installed a 100% clean version of Herc, the only thing I edited were the conf files for the server to connect. Still got the same issue. Vewy vewy confused to say the least.
Update 2:
After a quick chat with Dastgir we determined that the problem is because I was having the server read the items from the sql instead of the db folder. The server has been that was since day 1 and there have been no issues. I believe the recent updates to itemdb.c and itemdb.h have broken that part of it.
Update 3:
New feature not compatible with sql, works fine with .conf though.