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Newbie Joined: 26 Sep 2005 Posts: 8

Okay, after installing v3.40 of ACX Pro, I get the following error sometimes when I attempt to search for a route:

Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 9:15 pm

It's probably because AC Explorer doesn't have any terrain data for the new island. So if you have Terrain Pathfinding enabled and do anything that causes it to search for a path on the new island, it will probably crash.

Either that or there is some bad data in the places.dat file. It is possible to get a corrupted entry in that file that causes the path finding to crash.

To determine if the problem is related to the new island terrain, just turn off the Terrain-sensitive option for the path finding.

Newbie Joined: 26 Sep 2005 Posts: 8

No dice.

Disabled terrain use. Disabled all ties. Disabled use level. Renamed master_places.dat and re-downloaded from ACSpedia.

My test route was from Arwic to Candeth Keep, which should not involve the Haelatian Islands at all. Confused

BTW, thanks for the quick repl, Zugg. Smile

Newbie Joined: 28 Sep 2005 Posts: 6

Since I purchased the product, I have had the same problem except that I cannot download new dat files due to the following error message
Error getting database from http://www.acspedia...etc etc
Also, I have lost the beginning of the information on sites in the maps tab
Please Please help me to fix it.... right now it's less usefull than the old free version I was using! Sad

Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2005 4:29 pm

Delete all of the files in your AC Explorer Pro directory and then reinstall from scratch. That will give you the new INI file that has ACSPEDIA set up correctly.

If ACSpedia still doesn't work, then check your firewalls or network security so that AC Explorer is allowed to make a network connection to the ACSpedia server. Works fine here on a fresh install.

Newbie Joined: 26 Sep 2005 Posts: 8

My clean installs of 3.40 don't update properly either.

Idea

_603callum, if reinstalling doesn't work, try this:

In ACExplorer, go to Edit > Options.
Select the "Databases" tab.
On the left, you will see a list of the databases your copy of ACExplorer knows about. By default, you should see AC-Spedia and ACMaps...and AC-Spedia will be highlighted. If it is not highlighted, select AC-Spedia by clicking on it.
On the left side of the screen you will see a number of lines that contain various pieces of information. We need to edit two of these lines.
Find the line labeled "Get Full." Change it to

Code:

places.aspx
Find the line labeled "Get recent." Change it to

Code:

places.aspx?date=%m/%d/%y
Click "OK" and try to update again.

Zugg, any other suggestions for my invalid floating point operation?

Newbie Joined: 28 Sep 2005 Posts: 6

Many thanx for the headsup Shauna.... at least I'm up to date heheheh
BUT still no joy on finding routes! The ones that do work are wrong
eg. Arwic to Mayoi should say abandoned mines straight to mayoi
instead I get sent all over the shop....... what's going on?

Newbie Joined: 26 Sep 2005 Posts: 8

You may need to reset your ties.

Also make sure "use ties" is checked. :)

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Newbie Joined: 26 Sep 2005 Posts: 8

For the record, I am not a coder (unless you count XML, HTML, and some monkeying with JavaScript). Somewhere back in college somebody tried to teach me FORTRAN and C, which was fun, but I've forgotten most of it mainly due to lack of use. By trade, I'm in network and technical support. Confused

If I know how to do something, I'll usually attempt to explain it as best I can (this is the tech in me). I can crack usage and configuration over breakfast, but application development is outside my expertise. Wink