Lua "obsolete file error", blargh

[Therem Harth]

So I created a new skill for a new category of weapons, modifying all the right files as far as I could tell - defines.h, player_c.pkg, w_play_c.c, and s_info.txt. And now the game won't start, complaining about an "obsolete file error" in s_info.txt.

That is... pretty cryptic. What does it mean, how can I fix it, and where can I change the error message so that I get useful information when faced with similar issues in the future?

[Nick]

Obsolete file error in my experience usually means you've got the version number wrong in one of the .txt files or in defines.h.

[Therem Harth]

In this case though, it was the number I'd assigned to the new skill. I had made it 60 which for some reason the game didn't like. Making it 38 solved it.

[ekolis]

Perhaps there is a MAX_SKILLS constant somewhere set to less than 60?

[Slow]

Perhaps there is a MAX_SKILLS constant somewhere set to less than 60?

Exactly. /lib/edit/misc.txt:

# Maximum number of skills in s_info.txt
M:k:60