Test player cannot login after I edited their player file.

[JoshMars]

I edited a player file with a text editor (geany) over ftp and I cannot seem to be able to log that player back in. Login gives me the 0, 0.5, 0, no HUD, no chat; grey emptiness. I cannot connect from another computer OR login directly on the server.

Things I've tried:

Logging in as another existing user (works fine)
Restoring the player file from backup (over ftp while server was online, player not connected)
Restarting server.

Anyone have any ideas?

[maikerumine]

I edited a player file with a text editor (geany) over ftp and I cannot seem to be able to log that player back in. Login gives me the 0, 0.5, 0, no HUD, no chat; grey emptiness. I cannot connect from another computer OR login directly on the server.

Things I've tried:

Logging in as another existing user (works fine)
Restoring the player file from backup (over ftp while server was online, player not connected)
Restarting server.

Anyone have any ideas?

Yes, I have had this too.

You need to make sure the inventory slots are all there and indexed correct. I believe this to be a missing inventory slot.

[TARD]

I would try offliine, server down.
Also write permission on the file? I've had the problem before I believe is caused by editing on my computer then the permission wasn't valued on the server and I had to login to server to give it write permnission again

[red-001]

You should try restoring from backup while the server is offline, as minetest is likely to overwrite the file otherwise.