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Invalid character - Player login refused. You aren't allowed to use that character.

JapualtahJapualtah Member Posts: 165
in Technical Support
Hi folks,
I can't seem to be able to use ActivatePortal anymore, here's what I did trying to narrow down the problem:
  1. Delete nwnplayer.ini and servervault from the Linux (Ubuntu 18.4LTS) server to get a fresh configuration
  2. Modify AllowLocalChars=0 in nwnplayer.ini
  3. Start 2 fresh modules with just a starting zone with a lever (ActivatePortal(GetLastUsedBy(), "myServer:xxxx", "", "", TRUE);)
  4. Connect to a module, create a character, log in, pull the lever
  5. I get the message "Invalid character - Player login refused. You aren't allowed to use that character."
  6. I then get prompted to chose a character from the server vault
  7. I chose the exact same character which was just refused and log in fine.
AllowLocalChars=1 in nwnplayer.ini works fine, my local character can portal at will between the modules.
Of course, I don't want of local characters in my PW, so what gives?

Cheers

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  • JapualtahJapualtah Member Posts: 165
    edited October 2018
    More info on this.

    I get different results depending on the address I'm using to changer servers.
    If I'm activating the portal with my local server IP - ActivatePortal(GetLastUsedBy(), "192.168.1.200:xxxx", "", "", TRUE); - after the 'Invalid character - Player login refused. You aren't allowed to use that character.' error message I'm prompted with the character selection screen, can select the very same character I was playing and get transfered fine after that.

    The logs also give some details:

    Connection Attempt made by Thierry (QRM3DWPV)
    [Mon Oct 15 10:39:39] Thierry (QRM3DWPV) Joined as Player 1
    *** FAULT *** Thierry [192.168.1.201] (QRM3DWPV) has attempted to load an invalid character.
    *** FAULT *** GFF Resource Load Failure in CNWSPlayer::LoadLocalCreature
    *** ValidateGFFResource sent by user.
    *** ValidateGFFResource sent by user.
    *** ValidateGFFResource sent by user.
    *** ValidateGFFResource sent by user.
    *** ValidateGFFResource sent by user.


    If I portal with a DNS - ActivatePortal(GetLastUsedBy(), "http://japu.synology.me:xxxx", "", "", TRUE); - I'm not prompted with the character selecting screen anymore and only get this error message ingame:
    Portal failed, server won't accept your character.
    Nothing in the logs.


    Edit: no clue if it's relevant, but when creating a character on the server vault, I also get a copy of that character in my local vault, never paid attention to that.
    Post edited by Japualtah on
  • JuliusBorisovJuliusBorisov Member, Administrator, Moderator, Developer Posts: 22,723
    Please create a report at support.baldursgate.com so that our QA could help you. Thanks in advance!
  • JapualtahJapualtah Member Posts: 165
    Will do, this is quite a strange behaviour since I successfully portal once in 15 tries or so O.o
  • JapualtahJapualtah Member Posts: 165
    I spent quite some time trying to resolve the issue on my own to no avail.

    Bug report is here.

    I would greatly appreciate some help here, this issue is kind of gamebreaking a few weeks away from my PW opening.

    Cheers.
  • JapualtahJapualtah Member Posts: 165
    Julius, is there anything you can do for the devs to have a look at this?
    I updated my one month old bug report for the third time with testing which are final at this point, need to open my PW in a few days, this issue is gamebreaking for me.

    Cheers!
  • JuliusBorisovJuliusBorisov Member, Administrator, Moderator, Developer Posts: 22,723
    Hello, @Japualtah . Turns out we have an internal ticket on it already (but haven't added the mention of it to your ticket). Thanks for all the feedback, tests, and other info.
  • JapualtahJapualtah Member Posts: 165
    Cool, Julius, very glad to hear it!
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