Awaiting Authorisation and Newbie Area

Posted by Goblin on Sun 06 Jul 2003 07:36 PM — 6 posts, 21,594 views.

Goblin Sun 06 Jul 2003 07:36 PM #0

heya.

ok this is what i want :

1. new characters to go into the newbie area.

2. BUT no name resolving to be done (as there cant always be an imm about ALL the time to verify them).

would that be done by this?

Nameresolving 0
Waitforauth 1

um would it? lol

Nick Gammon Australia Forum Administrator Sun 06 Jul 2003 09:11 PM #1

Nameresolving is for TCP/IP domain-name resolution (translation of IP addresses into names). It is nothing to do with the authorize function.

The relevant code seems to be in comm.c, here ...


if (!sysdata.WAIT_FOR_AUTH)
  char_to_room( ch, get_room_index( ROOM_VNUM_SCHOOL ) );
else
{
  char_to_room( ch, get_room_index( ROOM_AUTH_START ) );
  ch->pcdata->auth_state = 0;
  SET_BIT(ch->pcdata->flags, PCFLAG_UNAUTHED);
}

Notice how if you don't have Waitforauth set it starts you at the school, and doesn't set the PCFLAG_UNAUTHED flag? What might work would be to comment out two lines like this:


if (!sysdata.WAIT_FOR_AUTH)
  char_to_room( ch, get_room_index( ROOM_VNUM_SCHOOL ) );
else
{
  char_to_room( ch, get_room_index( ROOM_AUTH_START ) );
//  ch->pcdata->auth_state = 0;
//  SET_BIT(ch->pcdata->flags, PCFLAG_UNAUTHED);
}

I'm not sure whether you will still get stuck at the bell-pull, but it is worth a try. :)

Goblin Sun 06 Jul 2003 11:11 PM #2

yeah u get stuck there :(

Meerclar USA Mon 07 Jul 2003 08:13 AM #3

Granted, I havent tested this, but it should be possible to setup a mob to handle the tedium of authorizing ppl when they pull the rope based on a series of checks to be sure they've actually done what you want em to do in the school. Might be worth looking into instead of trying to tinker with the screwball authorization code (never did like that feature).

Goblin Mon 07 Jul 2003 02:54 PM #4

thanks for your comments, but i think what ill just do is change the "rope" room to the academy start.

Goblin Mon 07 Jul 2003 02:54 PM #5

ah yeah. and probably make it a one way room.