[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Re strange msg concerning ais (PR#928)

[Raimar Falke <hawk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, Sep 09, 2001 at 07:52:06PM -0400, Jason Dorje Short wrote:
> Raimar Falke wrote:
> > 
> > On Sun, Sep 09, 2001 at 02:16:05PM -0700, Christian Knoke wrote:
> > > 1.12.1
> > >
> > > Got the same, this is the client output:
> > >
> > > Server capability string: +1.11.6 conn_info pop_cost turn attributes 
> > > new_bonus_tech fund_added
> > > Welcome to the Freeciv version 1.12.1-devel Server running at 
> > > civserver.freeciv.org port 5570.
> > > Game: Sapporo may soon grow to size 2.
> > > Karamazov: '/ai Stimpos'
> > > Game: Stimpos is now AI-controlled.
> > > Game: Player 'Stimpos' now has skill level 'easy'.
> > > Karamazov: '/hard'
> > 
> > > Game: AI players now have skill level 'Bragu'.
> > 
> > I can't find this message in the source. Either it is constructed at
> > runtime or something weird is going on.
> 
> Nor I.  Searching for "skill level" or "AI players" doesn't give any
> useful runtime-generated strings, either.
> 
> In fact, the message "Player 'jshort now has skill level 'easy'."
> doesn't exist at all in the CVS code.  The actual message (at least
> under my locale) is "jshort is now easy.".  This is the same message you
> get playing on the 1.12.0 civserver.freeciv.org servers.
> 
> > Can you reproduce this error? Can you try another locale?
> 
> Yes, I've been able to reproduce it:
> 
> connect to civserver.freeciv.org
> do "/ai <yourname>"
> do "/hard"
> 
> Log follows.
> 
> 
> Freeciv is free software and you are welcome to distribute copies of it
> under certain conditions; See the "Copying" item on the Help menu.
> Now.. Go give'em hell!
> Welcome to the Freeciv version 1.12.1-devel Server running at
> civserver.freeciv.org port 5563.
> /list: List of players:
> /list:
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> /list: jshort (Human) 1 connection:
> /list:   jshort from DEVON.REM.CMU.EDU (command access level ctrl),
> bufsize=40kb
> /list:
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> jshort: '/ai Stimpos'
> /aitoggle: No player by the name of 'Stimpos'.
> jshort: '/ai jshort'
> Game: jshort is now AI-controlled.
> Game: Player 'jshort' now has skill level 'easy'.
> AI Mode is now ON.
> jshort: '/hard'
> Game: AI players now have skill level 'jshort'.
> 
> 
> I remember reading that civserver.freeciv.org was built with extra
> patches that were dropped into a FTP site somewhere.  The message has to
> be coming from the server, right?
> 
> Another (unlikely) possibility is that it's a buffer overflow somewhere,
> so that one message overflows into the text for another.
> 
> Yet another possibility is an out-of-date translation that has a
> misplaced %s (which then gets pointed to the player name, luckily
> enough).  What local does civserver use, and when it's compiled do all
> translations get updated?  How often is it rebuilt?

Paul?

        Raimar

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