[Lua/Lub/ETC] Couple different errors when trying to make my own client

[angry_elf 0]

My server's folder is based on a clean kRO 2022-07-06 downloaded from this nemo page (which has a direct link to http://rofull.gnjoy.com/RAG_SETUP_220706.exe), updated with Ai4rei's RO Patcher Lite. I got all the latest ROEnglishRE files. I'm using 2022-04-06_Ragexe_1648707856.exe.

Step 01: Ran ClientGenerator.bat and AdditionsGenerator.bat.

Step 02: Got a client folder generated by the scripts, copied the SystemEN folder, DATA.ini, GuildTip.txt and tipOfTheDay.txt to my server's folder.

Step 03: Put the generated data folder into a grf. The name of the grf matches what is in the DATA.ini file:

[Data]
0=selune.grf
1=data.grf

Step 04: Loaded 2022-04-06_Ragexe_1648707856.exe obtained from the nemo website into WARP. Applied the 2019-06_Translation.yml session file to it. Selected recommended patches. Selected all the "Customize ... lub file" patches not already applied, making sure I had the files in the SystemEN folder. WARP doesn't give any errors or warnings, seems to be applying all patches successfully.

Step 05: I believe I followed all the documentation and tutorials/guides correctly. However when I run the patched ragexe, I get the following errors and can't open the client:

ResetTheHotKey
attempt to call a nil value

Lua Files\SkillInfoz\skilltreeview
[string "buf"]: 1080: attempt to index global 'JobSkillTab' (a nil value)

queryRegionInfo
attempt to call a nil value

I have annexed images to this post to further illustrate my issues.
I have had issues with making my own client work in the past, which I could not solve and made me put down the project for a few months. Now I'm trying again, still have issues I just can't solve, have been searching the internet, reading documentation and guides, watching video guides. Just can't get it to work. I deeply appreciate any and all help, a working client is all that is stopping me from having fun creating my own custom edits to RO.

 

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Edited yesterday at 11:42 AM by angry_elf
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[KirieZ 90]

It has been a long while since I last built one, and I never used WARP. But I think I can give you a few ideas...

 

All those errors are related to bad lua files. Maybe the way you generated them is giving bad results, maybe you have an issue loading them. I can't guide on the translation project as I only used it once or twice to mixed results, so I usually just build my client manually...

 

Here are some tips to try to debug these issues:

 

1. "attempt to call a nil value" means the function does not exists. Check if you have those LUAs and they have the required function

   - queryRegionInfo: data\lua files\seekparty\party_booking.lub or data\lua files\seekparty\party_booking_function.lub (I am not sure which one is loaded when, but I can see both has this function)

   - ResetTheHotKey: data\lua files\hotkey.lub

 

If you don't have these functions in those files, this is likely the cause. If you do, maybe you have an issue loading your GRF.

You can try tweaking how you generate your client from translation project and see if you get a better lua as output... just throwing ideas here as I don't know how to use it.

 

 

2. "attempt to index global 'JobSkillTab' (a nil value)"  as far as I remember, means some code is doing JobSkillTAb[IDX] while JobSkillTab is not initialized

 

Check if data/luafiles514/lua files/skillinfoz/skillinfo_f.lub is initializing a table: JobSkillTab = {} -- I think this is the root cause.

 

If it is not, your lua files are bad for this client

 

Hope this helps

[angry_elf 0]

Thank you so much for trying to help! I'll try using your tips to debug and see if I can fix it.
It's very frustrating doing the exact same thing the guides tell you to do and it not working, there is video out there of people doing exactly what I did and getting a working client! I'm starting to think my PC is the problem... Need to visit a friend and try using their PC and see if it works.

[KirieZ 90]

Yeah, I know the feeling. But I believe the PC is rarely the issue, most of the time is just incompatible files

[angry_elf 0]

Coming back to report that after hours upon hours of trial and error, I managed to make a working client with the features I want. I can't say I learned much about how it all works, my success was born of desperation and stubbornness and nothing else hahahahahahaha. The last error I squished was "CPetEvolutionMgr file init" that for some reason was being caused by having the patch "Disable map signs" applied. Ah, what I wouldn't give for a community made, open source, free RO client, well documented and easy to use like the server software... alas, we can't have everything, and it is way beyond my capacity to make or contribute. Thanks again for the help!

Edited 6 hours ago by angry_elf
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