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FATAL: Msg string hangs ZC

8 replies · 1,957 views · Started 18 September 2006

just enter the first dungeon and you will see the intro text does not disappear thus freezing you in place.

edit: applys to "The Legend of Link: and His Return To Snortsia master quest" and possibly other quests

He's talking about The Legend of Link: and His Return To Snortsia master quest. I edited his titled to be more informative about the nature of the bug but accidentally removed that critical piece of information in the process 😉

I've played The Legend of Link: and His Return To Snortsia and the intro string to the first level disappeared without incident. What is the "master quest"? Where can I download it? It's not in the PureZC or AGN QDB.

Alright, thanks. I played until I had entered the Wetlands, and the intro text did not hang the game. Either the bug is fixed in b14 or it is sporadic.

I know what causes (or caused) the bug but I thought I had fixed it several times before. Essentially, when a quest is being loaded, the strings are being clipped at 70 characters instead of 72. Since ZC doesn't stop displaying a string until all 72 characters are accounted for, it sits there stupidly, waiting for 2 more characters that aren't coming to the party. But, as I said, I *thought* I had fixed this. 😞

DarkDragon wrote:Either the bug is fixed in b14 or it is sporadic.

Well it isn't fixed as I just encountered this nasty bug. 😞
Those DMap Intro Strings just love to randomly hang ZC every now and then. Oh well... hopefully it is fixed in b15.