$gm is Broken

JohnQ · Post by **JohnQ** » Sun Jan 26, 2003 1:31 pm

Just to let everyone know:

The $gm variable is broken.
If you are relying on it in your scripts for any reason, it will fail.

Normally it returns TRUE is there is a gm in the zone, and FALSE if not.

Currently, it will indicates that there are no GMs present, wether there are any or not. Clearly this is a bug. Just wanted to give everyone a heads up about it. This "bug" just bit me preety badly (double banning), and I would like to give a warning to anyone else who might be in danger of being kicked in the head by it malfunctioning.

Why $gm is in the language at all is somewhat perplexing, since MQ is not used for unattended macroing...

But since it IS there, I didnt want anyone else to be relying on its functionality when in fact it does not work at all.

Cheers.
JohnQ

L124RD · Post by **L124RD** » Sun Jan 26, 2003 4:58 pm

Salutations,
Thank you for the information... did you submit a bug report on sf bug tracker?

Zorg · Post by **Zorg** » Sun Jan 26, 2003 5:44 pm

Are you sure that it fails in all cases, not just some cases? Perhaps the GM was monitoring you some other way?

JohnQ · Post by **JohnQ** » Sun Jan 26, 2003 8:20 pm

Yes, it fails in all cases. Under no circumstances does it correctly identify that a GM is in the zone.

And no, I did not submit a bug report, because for all I know, it is intentional... and besides, nobody actually reads the bugs in the sf bug-tracker.

rizwank · Post by **rizwank** » Sun Jan 26, 2003 11:13 pm

JohnQ · Post by **JohnQ** » Sun Jan 26, 2003 11:57 pm

Ok now whats your problem, little man?

rizwank · Post by **rizwank** » Mon Jan 27, 2003 2:26 am

LOL I liked the pic. needed *some* place to post it, this was fine enough.

I'll look at the $GM code... think the offsets in CHARINFO for GM is wrong?

JohnQ · Post by **JohnQ** » Mon Jan 27, 2003 3:02 am

Obviously. Gms do not show up in the mq /who either. So clearly that is what is wrong. Just like LD. Somone simply needs to actually rediscover that struct.

Its not a hard fix... just a rather important one.. with wather nasty side effects.

lifewolf · Post by **lifewolf** » Mon Jan 27, 2003 10:43 am

JohnQ wrote:And no, I did not submit a bug report, because for all I know, it is intentional...

Um... WHY would it be intentionally broken? Does that possibility exist? That would mean Plaz has gone psycho and wants to get us all banned.

Or possibly that he figures its only value is for AFK macroing, in which case we should all smack him anyway for not telling us for the sake of people that play on servers that have a set number of active guides/GMs greater than negative one.

No hint to what server I play on.

rizwank · Post by **rizwank** » Mon Jan 27, 2003 3:19 pm

It wasnt intentional. When one of us gets around to finding the fixed CHARINFO setup then it'll be fixed.

JohnQ · Post by **JohnQ** » Tue Jan 28, 2003 7:51 am

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Clawed · Post by **Clawed** » Tue Jan 28, 2003 7:56 am

Very good, JohnQ.

rainman · Post by **rainman** » Tue Jan 28, 2003 9:43 am

I can't help but look at rizwanks sig and think "why would you ever want a non-polygonal woman?" /shrug