Several questions from a newb.

[uomadeez]

I believe this to be the newbie threads. If not I apologize in advance. I have, what I hope to be, several easy questions. First of all, running a server/scripting is very new to me. However, I was hoping to get some insight to get the ball rolling on a decent server.

I currently have the most recent client all patched up, downloaded RunUO 2.3 +Rev131, and Editplus3. The server runs fine for the most part I believe, yet I am get a Premiumbadspawn.log error with the following:

# Bad spawns : 6/19/2013 9:30:39 PM
# Format: X Y Z F Name

1015976-27TerMurVernix
10141000-43TerMurXenrr
12041041-42TerMurJaacar
1189989-27TerMurBarreraak
11351132-42TerMurQuartermasterFlint
10891128-42TerMurGretchen
11041128-52TerMurElderDugan
11211132-42TerMurFiddlingTobin
1150963-43TerMurNevilleBrightwhistle
11281165-12TerMurGaramon
917308837TerMurFeralTreefellow
839308683TerMurFeralTreefellow
7623073105TerMurFeralTreefellow
8872773TerMurFairyDragon
8872773TerMurWyvernRenowned
674828-109TerMurSkeletalDragonRenowned
44070824TerMurPixieRenowned
684579-15TerMurAcidElementalRenowned
601905-60TerMurFireDaemonRenowned
5366578TerMurAncientLichRenowned
526766-92TerMurFireDaemonRenowned
581815-45TerMurGrayGoblinMageRenowned
581815-45TerMurGreenGoblinAlchemistRenowned
974161-11TerMurFireElementalRenowned
949555-14TerMurTikitaviRenowned
919502-12TerMurVitaviRenowned
982491-12TerMurRakktaviRenowned
9923379TerMurDevourerRenowned
45512320-2Feluccaboatpainter
45692304-2Feluccadockmaster
45472321-2Feluccabodysculptor
45512320-2Trammelboatpainter
45692304-2Trammeldockmaster
45472321-2Trammelbodysculptor

Not sure what to do about this, but that truly isn't my main question.

When I had the bright idea to create my server, I believe I neglected the fact that there would be a bit of a learning curve that requires educating myself, trial and error, and researching to understand the ins and outs of creating a slightly custom/new server. In all actuality, I guess I was kind of hoping that I could find an all inclusive, download that is pretty easy to setup without a whole lot of knowledge on the topic. However, unless I'm wrong, this just does not seem to be the case. If there is a simple step by step guide that provides all the current content with easy to use tools, I would be greatly appreciated if pointed in the right direction; a list of programs that has the latest content and features for customization would be a nice start.

With work, college and kids, it is difficult to find the time to learn an entirely new language to enjoy one of my favorite past times (playing UO). Nonetheless, any help that gets me moving into the right direction on this hobby would be greatly appreciated. Lastly, I apologize for the lengthy post, and if I was not making much sense. I just got home from chemistry exams, so my brain kinda feels like mush right now.

 

[Soteric]

There is Getting Started guide on https://code.google.com/p/runuo/w/list

It's enough to run the shard and connect to it. The rest things like scripts customization or writing your own is a bit more complex but it's about C# language. You can find any guides or books like "How to become uber C# developer for 24 hours" and apply them to RunUO sources.

 

[Safera]

Like Soteric said, getting a basic shard up and working isn't all that difficult if you don't want to customize it, especially if it's on a home network. As a matter of fact, it sounds like you pretty well have it working if you're spawning the map. Now, getting it past your firewall; however, so others can play it can be a bit tricky. As a matter of fact, we never could figure out how to get it through my Comcast modem/router....but I'm pretty stubborn and now have mine hosted online.

Re: Bad Spawner Log error

While I prefer Nerun's Distro; I do not use Premium Spawner. However, the Premiumbadspawn.log

reports misspelled, invalid or missing items/creatures which the spawner is attempting to spawn.

Now I remember with Nerun's, Adam making me pop to the locations given in the error log to check to see if there was anything messed up that I needed delete by hand (and often there was), but I don't know what the repurcusions are if you don't do that.

 

[Hammerhand]

The bad spawns are simply because 2.3 doesnt have those mobiles. TerMur is Stygian Abyss. Looks like the Premium Spawner is set for an SA server. Just go to those locations & delete those spawners, its that simple and wont hurt anything. You're just removing spawners that arent set to valid mobiles.

 

[pelletierjosh]

where can i find the scripts for the monsters ?