[Request]Character Load Error!

Hello,

As you can read on the title, I keep having Character Load Error straight after the Server Selection. I've tried the following according another topic about this problem:

1. Extracted Skill.SData/Item.SData and successfully ran the Skill.sql, Item.sql que
2. Replaced npcquest.SData in /PSM_Client/Bin/Data (Extracted it from my client)
3. Made a .csv file out of PS_GameDefs.MobItems and PS_GameDefs.Mobs (With ANSI Encoding)
4. Imported both .csv files to Monster.SData, saved it and received Monster.sql and MonsterEx.sdata.
5. Executed Monster.sql

Now, do I have to do something with MonsterEx.sdata aswell? ('cause I didn't move it at all yet.)

I've checked my logs but there's no error (noticed).
I'm using the reupload from Svinseladden's files by I believe GMChronus.
And I'm using I believe it was Shaiya Eternity's Client from here: [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]

If I should try a different client, could anyone give me the right one then please?

Hello,

trying several clients is, from my opinion, not that useful.
a crash loading character loading is (very likely) due to an invalid .sdata file, and all clients will crash the same (I assume there is no format issue, such as using an episo 6 item.sdata file with a episo 5+ client; if you can open all your files with shStudio, this point is granted).

your first point deals with Skill.SData & Item.SData but you didn't say whether the crash occurred just after modifying these files. of course knowing with file was modified last is very helpful, since in most of the case the error is on that file.
without that information, check all .sdata files you may have changed, meaning you may have replace in your data.saf file.
also already said, a lot of errors / mistakes happen during such replacement, when you select a .sdata placeholder & import a new file, the "Shaiya Data File Tool.exe" tool indicates:

Quote:

The file is decrypted. Would you like to import it as decrypted or encrypt it? Click yes to import as is Or no to encrypt it and import.

if you import a file edited by shStudio, the file IS ciphered (encrypted) and the alert from SDFT is wrong / invalid.
You shall select "Yes" to not double encrypt the file.

If you failed to solve your issue with new replacements of some / all .sdata files, rebuild the whole archive with the "Build data file from folder" item, in this case the LPH tool process all files as they are and thus won't double-encrypt files.

If the issue is not solved then a file is corrupted (its internal data / structure), this happens easily if you edit the file with an hex-edit w/o perfect knowledge of their format. You may have to open each file (all but graphic ones) with shStudio to find the faulty one - shstudio will fail to open it; when found replace it with a backup or a valid source.

Hello Castor,

Thanks a ton for your help!

"your first point deals with Skill.SData & Item.SData but you didn't say whether the crash occurred just after modifying these files"
It happened before I did anything with the Data.sah(I did use Shaiya Helper to remove updater, replace game.exe and change IP and such), then I looked up a fix for it and made the que's out of the .sdata files. Also, I have not imported any files into the Data.sah before the crash, after the crash I have only imported the .csv files into Monster.SData. Neither did I modify any SData files yet. When importing the files I didn't had any error like you said about save de/encrypted, it all said "Extraction was Succesfull!"

Should I reattach the database that has to do with this, and use another client and do all que's/replacement of NpcQuest.sdata again? Would that have any chance of succes?

Thanks!

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Originally Posted by ϟƘƦƖןןΣ✘ #Nothing more to said #Please close

That's something I don't understand, 'cause it's not fixed yet. And there could be more people that would like to say something about this. Also you could have wasted your time and a post better on giving a positive answer instead of requesting a close...

EDIT: The problem has been solved! I have done this by deleting the WHOLE Databse (Could probably aswell just only delete PS_GameDefs, but I did other edits to the database aswell and to be sure that I did not ruin the game by the other edits, I decided to delete everything). Downloaded a new client(Finally found the one I used in my previous server with Svinseladdens files) and actually did nothing except replace the game.exe with one that has my IP and launched the game, and it actually worked, so I assume that the client I used before just got messed up, or at least it's Data.sah.

Because this problem is fixed, I think there is nothing more to be said now, so I guess the topic can be #closed(Moderator's decision)

Thanks for the given help Castor!

#Closed as requested