The master server dropped a transfer request it started no instance
for, so the world server never heard back and the player waited. It
now answers the request with an empty address and the reason in place
of the port: no room for another instance (max_instances), a zone that
is not in the ZoneTable, or another reason. A request for a private
zone that does not exist is answered the same way.
The world server passes this on as a TRANSFER_TO_WORLD without an
address, which the client shows as a failed map change, and leaves the
character where it is. The auth server fails the login when there is
no character select to send the player to.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.2 <noreply@anthropic.com>
A transfer or private zone request started a world server for whatever
map ID it named, and for as many instances as were asked for. A new
instance now needs a row in the ZoneTable for its zone, and no more
than max_instances (masterconfig.ini, 256 by default, 0 for no limit)
run at once. The character select has no row and is always started.
A request that gets no instance is logged and dropped. Before, the
handlers went on to use the missing instance.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.2 <noreply@anthropic.com>
