Adding a new char makes client crash

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Hello guys,

I am making my Trickster server. My goal is to add some new equipment.
Since adding a new item is not easy work, I started with adding a single word to the description of an item (item_index: 600042). It doesn't work.

I read some threads. Here is how I did it:
1. use a hex editor (HxD) to decrypt the libconfig.dat (remove 01)
2. use Cabala_DatDec.exe to generate the xml file (libconfig.xml)
3. edit the libconfig.xml by VScode in binary mode (I add a single Chinese character)
4. use xml_idx_E.exe to generate a new index file (libconfig.idx) for the xml file.
5. use Cabala_DatDec.exe to compress the xml back to the dat (libconfig.dat)
6. encrypt the dat file by adding 01 at the first-byte position.

I tried a lot of ways based on what I learned from the posts in the forum but none of them works.

* the size of libconfig.dat should not be bigger/smaller than what it was
* the libconfig.idx should be re-generated if we add/remove the content from the libconfig.dat because the client side uses the idx file to locate the content in the dat file.
* the dat/idx files can be inconsistent on the client and server sides.

Can anyone point out what step is wrong?

Thanks to every contributor in the forum. I learned a lot from you.

 

[yoang]

why use hex editor to edit libconfig.dat ?.
use TO Toolbox to export dat file to xml
an use TO toolbox to edit xml file

at libconfig，add info：
edit ItemParam2 table ,add your item info
edit Equip_Property table，add item info

at database, add info:
ini_item_index
ini_item_compound_equip_index
ini_item_option_index