Server Merge - How to save your backpack names

[Variable]

run what, type that stuff in where?

I try to run that php and it flashes on screen for half a sec then goes

[Wakizaka]

• Open up a command prompt: Start -> Run -> cmd
• Change directory to where your merge.php script is located.
• Run `php merge.php PreFilename PostFilename CharIdFolderLocation`

And do that for every applicable character you need to do it on.

[Variable]

thank you attempting now

[wyldebeast]

Ok, so the problem was that the AO folder is in 2 words, thus not working properly. Fixed that by adding quotation marks. Now I get a error message saying that the directories either don't exist or aren't writable. I've checked the folder location and that is correct and I have admin rights on the account. How to proceed?

[Variable]

Im at the same stage, with the same problem as you

[Misat0]

If you are running Vista/7/8 you might need to run cmd as Administrator.
To do so open the start menu ande type cmd in the search box. In the result list right-click on the cmd.exe entry and choose "Run as administrator".

Also make sure you add a trailing backslash (windows) or slash (linux/mac) at the end as the path argument, i.e.

php merge.php Misat0Live.csv Misat0Merge.csv "%LOCALAPPDATA%\Funcom\Anarchy Online\6daaf7c4\Anarchy Online\Prefs\account1234\Char1234\"

Then make sure that this and it's subfolders are writeable. In the example above you would open "%LOCALAPPDATA%\Funcom\Anarchy Online\6daaf7c4\Anarchy Online\Prefs\account1234\" in the explorer, right click on the "Char1234" folder and click "Properties".
Then at the "Attributes" section uncheck "Read-only" so that the checkbox is completely empty.
Click "Apply" and choose "Apply changes to this folder, subfolders and files" and click "OK".

[wyldebeast]

Still the same error. Funny thing is, when I check properties, there's a light blue square in the the check box. I can remove that and leave the field empty, apply and ok, but if I check the same folder 2 seconds later, it's back. Doing everything as admin.

[Misat0]

Do the "Containers" and "DockArea" folders exist, are writeable and contain the files from the same folders of your old char pref folder?

exist in "%LOCALAPPDATA%\Funcom\Anarchy Online\6daaf7c4\Anarchy Online\Prefs\account1234\Char1234\"

[wyldebeast]

yup, as instructed I copied the old prefs into the new prefs folder.

[Misat0]

Strange. Mind copying & posting the exact command-line you used and the output? Maybe per PN if you don't want that info to be public.

[Hopeasaukko]

My only problem has been that I haven't been able to open AOIA after AO patch & merge. Even tried to reinstall AOIA but it stops working after asking location for AO.. AOIA worked just fine before patch but not anymore. :/ And without AOIA I can't make those after merge files for characters..

Finally got AOIA working again! Only had to reinstall AO after unistall (+ patching it ofc). Next job: creating new database for AOIA.. and then I'll try to get those backpacks renamed. I hope it works.

[Misat0]

Strangely I did the AOIA parts with version 1.1.3.0 as I didn't notice it was an old version and this worked.

[Kilmanagh]

I am just manually moving over my prefs character by character. I look in the chat logs or windows xml and read the last few converstations in the window. I can figure out what toon it was and I move it over to the new location and rename the CharID to the new one..
I am guessing I will have to redo all the AOIA stuff, open all my backpacks, etc with AOIA running.....

[Variable]

doing the right click, properties, un selecting the read only box, applying.
when i go back into properties its selected again.

[Hopeasaukko]

Strangely I did the AOIA parts with version 1.1.3.0 as I didn't notice it was an old version and this worked.

Maybe I should try it with old version then.. so far two of my character's banks have caused weird bug with bank terminal in AOIA (image) and after that each time I have opened bank on few other characters, AOIA just crashes. I'm able to open AOIA again when bank is already open (without getting another crash) and get information for AOIA database that way but it would be good only for this backpack naming problem.. for future use it wouldn't be nice to make AOIA crash each time I open bank terminal. :/ Luckily nothing wrong with inventory so far.

Edit: Forgot to say that those characters who makes AOIA crash when opening bank, they don't cause that weird bank bug thing (check image). But crashing AOIA isn't actually good either.

Edit 2: Another character who didn't crash AOIA but caused that weird bank bug again. Getting a bit annoying. :/ Well, I'll try to get this database made asap and then I'll check if I can finally get that bp renaming working.

[sorhan]

Maybe I should try it with old version then.. so far two of my character's banks have caused weird bug with bank terminal in AOIA (image) and after that each time I have opened bank on few other characters, AOIA just crashes. I'm able to open AOIA again when bank is already open (without getting another crash) and get information for AOIA database that way but it would be good only for this backpack naming problem.. for future use it wouldn't be nice to make AOIA crash each time I open bank terminal. :/ Luckily nothing wrong with inventory so far.

Edit: Forgot to say that those characters who makes AOIA crash when opening bank, they don't cause that weird bank bug thing (check image). But crashing AOIA isn't actually good either.

I'm getting that same bank bug and I have version 1.1.3.0

Was hoping I could fix it by upgrading to the latest version, but guess it's something else.

[MisterBishop]

I'm having problems with the script, where it tells me OCI.dll and libcs.dll are missing. Apparently I can't just download the files, I need the installations for them. Is there another way around this?

EDIT: Found a tutorial on solving the problem. No more errors.

EDIT 2: No more errors, that is, except the read-only error that others have been having here.

EDIT 3: Command line: php merge.php Wallybertius.csv Wallybertius2.csv "%LOCALAPPDATA%\Funcom\Anarchy Online\9137a8e1\Anarchy Online\Prefs\(accountname)\(charid)\"

[Ophiuchus]

Still the same error. Funny thing is, when I check properties, there's a light blue square in the the check box. I can remove that and leave the field empty, apply and ok, but if I check the same folder 2 seconds later, it's back. Doing everything as admin.

That's what's happening to me too

[Variable]

Was really frustratng dealing with this issue, but trying these PHP programs and copy pasting lots of prefs around etc was taking so much of my time that it became more feasable to just suck it up and start renaming backpacks.

[MisterBishop]

Same here. Did my main with help from my old items db on another computer. Easier to rename the backpacks when I can look up what's in them like that.