Load Skills, StartingKitTable, CharCreateRuneList and PowActionCostInfo

SkillParser: uid, name, icon, attribute weights and description per
Skills.cfg line (94 skills; the server's ids 1-63 stay in the DB).
StartingKitParser: each kit line is a list of up to 10 item ids under
its RACE= line, as the client reads it; the file's tab columns are not
used (451 kits, same count as static_rune_validkit).
CharCreateRuneParser: race (with sex), class, promotion and attribute
creation rune lists. PowActionCostParser: resource costs per id, the
source of static_effect_costmaps (524 entries). No consumers change.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

src/engine/parsers/objects/wpak/CharCreateRuneList.java

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+//  • ▌ ▄ ·.  ▄▄▄·  ▄▄ • ▪   ▄▄· ▄▄▄▄·  ▄▄▄·  ▐▄▄▄  ▄▄▄ .
+//  ·██ ▐███▪▐█ ▀█ ▐█ ▀ ▪██ ▐█ ▌▪▐█ ▀█▪▐█ ▀█ •█▌ ▐█▐▌·
+//  ▐█ ▌▐▌▐█·▄█▀▀█ ▄█ ▀█▄▐█·██ ▄▄▐█▀▀█▄▄█▀▀█ ▐█▐ ▐▌▐▀▀▀
+//  ██ ██▌▐█▌▐█ ▪▐▌▐█▄▪▐█▐█▌▐███▌██▄▪▐█▐█ ▪▐▌██▐ █▌▐█▄▄▌
+//  ▀▀  █▪▀▀▀ ▀  ▀ ·▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀·▀▀▀ ·▀▀▀▀  ▀  ▀ ▀▀  █▪ ▀▀▀
+//      Magicbane Emulator Project © 2013 - 2026
+//                https://www.magicbane.com
+
+package engine.parsers.objects.wpak;
+
+import engine.mbEnums;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
+
+// CharCreateRuneList.cfg: the rune ids the client offers at character creation,
+// in file order. Race runes carry the sex they are offered to (NONE = both).
+
+public class CharCreateRuneList {
+
+    public static CharCreateRuneList _runeList;
+
+    public final LinkedHashMap<Integer, mbEnums.SexType> race_runes = new LinkedHashMap<>();
+    public final ArrayList<Integer> class_runes = new ArrayList<>();
+    public final ArrayList<Integer> promotion_runes = new ArrayList<>();
+    public final ArrayList<Integer> attr_runes = new ArrayList<>();
+}

src/engine/parsers/objects/wpak/PowActionCostTemplate.java

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+//  • ▌ ▄ ·.  ▄▄▄·  ▄▄ • ▪   ▄▄· ▄▄▄▄·  ▄▄▄·  ▐▄▄▄  ▄▄▄ .
+//  ·██ ▐███▪▐█ ▀█ ▐█ ▀ ▪██ ▐█ ▌▪▐█ ▀█▪▐█ ▀█ •█▌ ▐█▐▌·
+//  ▐█ ▌▐▌▐█·▄█▀▀█ ▄█ ▀█▄▐█·██ ▄▄▐█▀▀█▄▄█▀▀█ ▐█▐ ▐▌▐▀▀▀
+//  ██ ██▌▐█▌▐█ ▪▐▌▐█▄▪▐█▐█▌▐███▌██▄▪▐█▐█ ▪▐▌██▐ █▌▐█▄▄▌
+//  ▀▀  █▪▀▀▀ ▀  ▀ ·▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀·▀▀▀ ·▀▀▀▀  ▀  ▀ ▀▀  █▪ ▀▀▀
+//      Magicbane Emulator Project © 2013 - 2026
+//                https://www.magicbane.com
+
+package engine.parsers.objects.wpak;
+
+import engine.mbEnums;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
+
+// One line of PowActionCostInfo.cfg: <id> ("<resource>" <amount>)*.
+// The resource cost of a prefix/suffix (client EffectCostMap 0x6E00C0); the source of
+// the server's static_effect_costmaps.
+
+public class PowActionCostTemplate {
+
+    public static HashMap<String, PowActionCostTemplate> _costs = new HashMap<>();
+
+    public String id;
+    public final LinkedHashMap<mbEnums.ResourceType, Integer> costs = new LinkedHashMap<>();
+}

src/engine/parsers/objects/wpak/SkillTemplate.java

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+//  • ▌ ▄ ·.  ▄▄▄·  ▄▄ • ▪   ▄▄· ▄▄▄▄·  ▄▄▄·  ▐▄▄▄  ▄▄▄ .
+//  ·██ ▐███▪▐█ ▀█ ▐█ ▀ ▪██ ▐█ ▌▪▐█ ▀█▪▐█ ▀█ •█▌ ▐█▐▌·
+//  ▐█ ▌▐▌▐█·▄█▀▀█ ▄█ ▀█▄▐█·██ ▄▄▐█▀▀█▄▄█▀▀█ ▐█▐ ▐▌▐▀▀▀
+//  ██ ██▌▐█▌▐█ ▪▐▌▐█▄▪▐█▐█▌▐███▌██▄▪▐█▐█ ▪▐▌██▐ █▌▐█▄▄▌
+//  ▀▀  █▪▀▀▀ ▀  ▀ ·▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀·▀▀▀ ·▀▀▀▀  ▀  ▀ ▀▀  █▪ ▀▀▀
+//      Magicbane Emulator Project © 2013 - 2026
+//                https://www.magicbane.com
+
+package engine.parsers.objects.wpak;
+
+import engine.mbEnums;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
+
+// One line of Skills.cfg: "<uid>" "<name>" <icon> (<attribute> <weight>)* = "<description>".
+// The cfg has no numeric ids; the server's skill ids 1-63 stay in static_skill_skillsbase.
+
+public class SkillTemplate {
+
+    public static HashMap<String, SkillTemplate> _skills = new HashMap<>();
+
+    public String skill_uid;
+    public String skill_name;
+    public int icon_number;
+    public final LinkedHashMap<mbEnums.AttributeType, Integer> attr_weights = new LinkedHashMap<>();
+    public String description;
+}

src/engine/parsers/objects/wpak/StartingKitTemplate.java

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+//  • ▌ ▄ ·.  ▄▄▄·  ▄▄ • ▪   ▄▄· ▄▄▄▄·  ▄▄▄·  ▐▄▄▄  ▄▄▄ .
+//  ·██ ▐███▪▐█ ▀█ ▐█ ▀ ▪██ ▐█ ▌▪▐█ ▀█▪▐█ ▀█ •█▌ ▐█▐▌·
+//  ▐█ ▌▐▌▐█·▄█▀▀█ ▄█ ▀█▄▐█·██ ▄▄▐█▀▀█▄▄█▀▀█ ▐█▐ ▐▌▐▀▀▀
+//  ██ ██▌▐█▌▐█ ▪▐▌▐█▄▪▐█▐█▌▐███▌██▄▪▐█▐█ ▪▐▌██▐ █▌▐█▄▄▌
+//  ▀▀  █▪▀▀▀ ▀  ▀ ·▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀·▀▀▀ ·▀▀▀▀  ▀  ▀ ▀▀  █▪ ▀▀▀
+//      Magicbane Emulator Project © 2013 - 2026
+//                https://www.magicbane.com
+
+package engine.parsers.objects.wpak;
+
+import engine.mbEnums;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+
+// One kit of StartingKitTable.cfg: a kit line under RACE= <race> <sex> "<class>".
+// The client reads a kit as a plain list of up to 10 item template ids; the tab
+// columns in the file (Legs, Torso, ...) are not used (0x620250).
+// kit_number counts the kits of one race/sex/class from 0.
+
+public class StartingKitTemplate {
+
+    public static ArrayList<StartingKitTemplate> _kits = new ArrayList<>();
+
+    public String race;
+    public mbEnums.SexType sex;
+    public String base_class;
+    public int kit_number;
+    public final ArrayList<Integer> item_ids = new ArrayList<>();
+}

src/engine/parsers/wpak/CharCreateRuneParser.java

@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+//  • ▌ ▄ ·.  ▄▄▄·  ▄▄ • ▪   ▄▄· ▄▄▄▄·  ▄▄▄·  ▐▄▄▄  ▄▄▄ .
+//  ·██ ▐███▪▐█ ▀█ ▐█ ▀ ▪██ ▐█ ▌▪▐█ ▀█▪▐█ ▀█ •█▌ ▐█▐▌·
+//  ▐█ ▌▐▌▐█·▄█▀▀█ ▄█ ▀█▄▐█·██ ▄▄▐█▀▀█▄▄█▀▀█ ▐█▐ ▐▌▐▀▀▀
+//  ██ ██▌▐█▌▐█ ▪▐▌▐█▄▪▐█▐█▌▐███▌██▄▪▐█▐█ ▪▐▌██▐ █▌▐█▄▄▌
+//  ▀▀  █▪▀▀▀ ▀  ▀ ·▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀·▀▀▀ ·▀▀▀▀  ▀  ▀ ▀▀  █▪ ▀▀▀
+//      Magicbane Emulator Project © 2013 - 2026
+//                https://www.magicbane.com
+
+package engine.parsers.wpak;
+
+import engine.mbEnums;
+import engine.parsers.objects.wpak.CharCreateRuneList;
+import org.pmw.tinylog.Logger;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+
+// Loads CharCreateRuneList.cfg (client loaders at 0xBA4C20 and three siblings, one per section).
+
+public class CharCreateRuneParser {
+
+    private static final String fileName = "CharCreateRuneList.cfg";
+
+    public static CharCreateRuneList parseCharCreateRuneFile() {
+
+        CharCreateRuneList runeList = new CharCreateRuneList();
+        WpakBlock root;
+        int failedCount = 0;
+
+        try {
+            root = WpakFileReader.readBlocks(fileName);
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            Logger.error(fileName + ": " + e.getMessage());
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        for (WpakLine line : root.lines()) {
+            Logger.error(line.location() + ": line outside a XxxRUNESBEGIN/END section");
+            failedCount++;
+        }
+
+        for (WpakBlock block : root.blocks()) {
+            try {
+                switch (block.name) {
+                    case "RACERUNES":
+                        for (WpakLine line : block.lines())
+                            runeList.race_runes.put(line.intToken(0), parseSex(line));
+                        break;
+                    case "CLASSRUNES":
+                        readRuneIds(block, runeList.class_runes);
+                        break;
+                    case "PROMOTIONRUNES":
+                        readRuneIds(block, runeList.promotion_runes);
+                        break;
+                    case "ATTRRUNES":
+                        readRuneIds(block, runeList.attr_runes);
+                        break;
+                    default:
+                        throw block.beginLine.error("unexpected " + block.name + "BEGIN");
+                }
+            } catch (WpakFormatException e) {
+                Logger.error(e.getMessage());
+                failedCount++;
+            }
+        }
+
+        Logger.info("Loaded " + runeList.race_runes.size() + " race, " + runeList.class_runes.size() + " class, "
+                + runeList.promotion_runes.size() + " promotion and " + runeList.attr_runes.size() + " attribute creation runes");
+
+        if (failedCount > 0)
+            return null;
+
+        return runeList;
+    }
+
+    // The client keeps the previous line's sex when one is missing; every race line in the file has one
+
+    private static mbEnums.SexType parseSex(WpakLine line) {
+
+        if (!line.has(1))
+            return mbEnums.SexType.NONE;
+
+        return line.enumToken(mbEnums.SexType.class, 1);
+    }
+
+    private static void readRuneIds(WpakBlock block, ArrayList<Integer> runeIds) {
+
+        for (WpakLine line : block.lines())
+            runeIds.add(line.intToken(0));
+    }
+}

src/engine/parsers/wpak/PowActionCostParser.java

@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+//  • ▌ ▄ ·.  ▄▄▄·  ▄▄ • ▪   ▄▄· ▄▄▄▄·  ▄▄▄·  ▐▄▄▄  ▄▄▄ .
+//  ·██ ▐███▪▐█ ▀█ ▐█ ▀ ▪██ ▐█ ▌▪▐█ ▀█▪▐█ ▀█ •█▌ ▐█▐▌·
+//  ▐█ ▌▐▌▐█·▄█▀▀█ ▄█ ▀█▄▐█·██ ▄▄▐█▀▀█▄▄█▀▀█ ▐█▐ ▐▌▐▀▀▀
+//  ██ ██▌▐█▌▐█ ▪▐▌▐█▄▪▐█▐█▌▐███▌██▄▪▐█▐█ ▪▐▌██▐ █▌▐█▄▄▌
+//  ▀▀  █▪▀▀▀ ▀  ▀ ·▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀·▀▀▀ ·▀▀▀▀  ▀  ▀ ▀▀  █▪ ▀▀▀
+//      Magicbane Emulator Project © 2013 - 2026
+//                https://www.magicbane.com
+
+package engine.parsers.wpak;
+
+import engine.mbEnums;
+import engine.parsers.objects.wpak.PowActionCostTemplate;
+import org.pmw.tinylog.Logger;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+
+// Loads PowActionCostInfo.cfg (client loader EffectCostMap_LoadPowActionCostInfo 0x6E00C0).
+
+public class PowActionCostParser {
+
+    private static final String fileName = "PowActionCostInfo.cfg";
+
+    public static HashMap<String, PowActionCostTemplate> parsePowActionCostFile() {
+
+        HashMap<String, PowActionCostTemplate> costs = new HashMap<>();
+        ArrayList<WpakLine> lines;
+        PowActionCostTemplate cost;
+        int failedCount = 0;
+
+        try {
+            lines = WpakFileReader.readLines(fileName);
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            Logger.error(fileName + ": " + e.getMessage());
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        for (WpakLine line : lines) {
+            try {
+                // A repeated id adds its pairs to the existing entry, as the client does
+                cost = costs.computeIfAbsent(line.token(0), id -> new PowActionCostTemplate());
+                cost.id = line.token(0);
+
+                for (int i = 1; i < line.size(); i += 2)
+                    cost.costs.put(line.enumToken(mbEnums.ResourceType.class, i), line.intToken(i + 1));
+            } catch (WpakFormatException e) {
+                Logger.error(e.getMessage());
+                failedCount++;
+            }
+        }
+
+        Logger.info("Loaded " + costs.size() + " power action resource costs from " + lines.size() + " lines");
+
+        if (failedCount > 0)
+            return null;
+
+        return costs;
+    }
+}

src/engine/parsers/wpak/SkillParser.java

@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+//  • ▌ ▄ ·.  ▄▄▄·  ▄▄ • ▪   ▄▄· ▄▄▄▄·  ▄▄▄·  ▐▄▄▄  ▄▄▄ .
+//  ·██ ▐███▪▐█ ▀█ ▐█ ▀ ▪██ ▐█ ▌▪▐█ ▀█▪▐█ ▀█ •█▌ ▐█▐▌·
+//  ▐█ ▌▐▌▐█·▄█▀▀█ ▄█ ▀█▄▐█·██ ▄▄▐█▀▀█▄▄█▀▀█ ▐█▐ ▐▌▐▀▀▀
+//  ██ ██▌▐█▌▐█ ▪▐▌▐█▄▪▐█▐█▌▐███▌██▄▪▐█▐█ ▪▐▌██▐ █▌▐█▄▄▌
+//  ▀▀  █▪▀▀▀ ▀  ▀ ·▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀·▀▀▀ ·▀▀▀▀  ▀  ▀ ▀▀  █▪ ▀▀▀
+//      Magicbane Emulator Project © 2013 - 2026
+//                https://www.magicbane.com
+
+package engine.parsers.wpak;
+
+import engine.mbEnums;
+import engine.parsers.objects.wpak.SkillTemplate;
+import org.pmw.tinylog.Logger;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+
+// Loads Skills.cfg (client loader ArcSkill_LoadSkillsCfg 0x584430).
+
+public class SkillParser {
+
+    private static final String fileName = "Skills.cfg";
+
+    public static HashMap<String, SkillTemplate> parseSkillsFile() {
+
+        HashMap<String, SkillTemplate> skills = new HashMap<>();
+        ArrayList<WpakLine> lines;
+        SkillTemplate skill;
+        int failedCount = 0;
+
+        try {
+            lines = WpakFileReader.readLines(fileName);
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            Logger.error(fileName + ": " + e.getMessage());
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        for (WpakLine line : lines) {
+            try {
+                skill = parseSkillLine(line);
+
+                if (skills.containsKey(skill.skill_uid))
+                    Logger.warn(line.location() + ": duplicate skill " + skill.skill_uid + "; the later entry wins");
+
+                skills.put(skill.skill_uid, skill);
+            } catch (WpakFormatException e) {
+                Logger.error(e.getMessage());
+                failedCount++;
+            }
+        }
+
+        Logger.info("Loaded " + skills.size() + " of " + lines.size() + " skills");
+
+        if (failedCount > 0)
+            return null;
+
+        return skills;
+    }
+
+    // Attribute/weight pairs run until the "=" token; the description follows it
+
+    private static SkillTemplate parseSkillLine(WpakLine line) {
+
+        SkillTemplate skill = new SkillTemplate();
+        int index = 3;
+
+        skill.skill_uid = line.token(0);
+        skill.skill_name = line.token(1);
+        skill.icon_number = line.intToken(2);
+
+        while (line.has(index) && !line.token(index).equals("=")) {
+            skill.attr_weights.put(line.enumToken(mbEnums.AttributeType.class, index), line.intToken(index + 1));
+            index += 2;
+        }
+
+        skill.description = line.has(index + 1) ? line.token(index + 1) : "";
+
+        return skill;
+    }
+}

src/engine/parsers/wpak/StartingKitParser.java

@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+//  • ▌ ▄ ·.  ▄▄▄·  ▄▄ • ▪   ▄▄· ▄▄▄▄·  ▄▄▄·  ▐▄▄▄  ▄▄▄ .
+//  ·██ ▐███▪▐█ ▀█ ▐█ ▀ ▪██ ▐█ ▌▪▐█ ▀█▪▐█ ▀█ •█▌ ▐█▐▌·
+//  ▐█ ▌▐▌▐█·▄█▀▀█ ▄█ ▀█▄▐█·██ ▄▄▐█▀▀█▄▄█▀▀█ ▐█▐ ▐▌▐▀▀▀
+//  ██ ██▌▐█▌▐█ ▪▐▌▐█▄▪▐█▐█▌▐███▌██▄▪▐█▐█ ▪▐▌██▐ █▌▐█▄▄▌
+//  ▀▀  █▪▀▀▀ ▀  ▀ ·▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀·▀▀▀ ·▀▀▀▀  ▀  ▀ ▀▀  █▪ ▀▀▀
+//      Magicbane Emulator Project © 2013 - 2026
+//                https://www.magicbane.com
+
+package engine.parsers.wpak;
+
+import engine.mbEnums;
+import engine.parsers.objects.wpak.StartingKitTemplate;
+import org.pmw.tinylog.Logger;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+
+// Loads StartingKitTable.cfg (client loader ArcBaseKitManager_LoadStartingKitTable 0x620250).
+
+public class StartingKitParser {
+
+    private static final String fileName = "StartingKitTable.cfg";
+    private static final int maxKitItems = 10;
+
+    public static ArrayList<StartingKitTemplate> parseStartingKitFile() {
+
+        ArrayList<StartingKitTemplate> kits = new ArrayList<>();
+        ArrayList<WpakLine> lines;
+        StartingKitTemplate kit;
+        String race = null;
+        mbEnums.SexType sex = null;
+        String baseClass = null;
+        int kitNumber = 0;
+        int failedCount = 0;
+
+        try {
+            lines = WpakFileReader.readLines(fileName);
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            Logger.error(fileName + ": " + e.getMessage());
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        for (WpakLine line : lines) {
+            try {
+                if (line.token(0).equals("RACE=")) {
+                    race = line.token(1);
+                    sex = line.enumToken(mbEnums.SexType.class, 2);
+                    baseClass = line.token(3);
+                    kitNumber = 0;
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                if (race == null)
+                    throw line.error("kit line before the first RACE=");
+
+                if (line.size() > maxKitItems)
+                    throw line.error("kit has " + line.size() + " items; the client reads at most " + maxKitItems);
+
+                kit = new StartingKitTemplate();
+                kit.race = race;
+                kit.sex = sex;
+                kit.base_class = baseClass;
+                kit.kit_number = kitNumber++;
+                kit.item_ids.addAll(line.intTokensFrom(0));
+                kits.add(kit);
+            } catch (WpakFormatException e) {
+                Logger.error(e.getMessage());
+                failedCount++;
+            }
+        }
+
+        Logger.info("Loaded " + kits.size() + " starting kits");
+
+        if (failedCount > 0)
+            return null;
+
+        return kits;
+    }
+}

src/engine/server/world/WorldServer.java

@@ -39,16 +39,24 @@ import engine.parsers.cache.RuneParser;
 import engine.parsers.objects.DeedTemplate;
 import engine.parsers.objects.ItemTemplate;
 import engine.parsers.objects.RuneTemplate;
+import engine.parsers.objects.wpak.CharCreateRuneList;
 import engine.parsers.objects.wpak.CompoundCurveTemplate;
 import engine.parsers.objects.wpak.EffectTemplate;
 import engine.parsers.objects.wpak.ModTypeTemplate;
+import engine.parsers.objects.wpak.PowActionCostTemplate;
 import engine.parsers.objects.wpak.PowerActionTemplate;
 import engine.parsers.objects.wpak.PowerTemplate;
+import engine.parsers.objects.wpak.SkillTemplate;
+import engine.parsers.objects.wpak.StartingKitTemplate;
+import engine.parsers.wpak.CharCreateRuneParser;
 import engine.parsers.wpak.CompoundCurveParser;
 import engine.parsers.wpak.EffectParser;
 import engine.parsers.wpak.ModTypeParser;
+import engine.parsers.wpak.PowActionCostParser;
 import engine.parsers.wpak.PowerActionParser;
 import engine.parsers.wpak.PowerParser;
+import engine.parsers.wpak.SkillParser;
+import engine.parsers.wpak.StartingKitParser;
 import engine.powers.RunePowerEntry;
 import engine.powers.RuneSkillAdjustEntry;
 import engine.server.MBServerStatics;
@@ -384,6 +392,38 @@ public class WorldServer {
             exit(1);
         }
 
+        Logger.info("Loading Skills");
+        SkillTemplate._skills = SkillParser.parseSkillsFile();
+
+        if (SkillTemplate._skills == null || SkillTemplate._skills.isEmpty()) {
+            Logger.error("ABORT! Skills failed to load!");
+            exit(1);
+        }
+
+        Logger.info("Loading Starting Kits");
+        StartingKitTemplate._kits = StartingKitParser.parseStartingKitFile();
+
+        if (StartingKitTemplate._kits == null || StartingKitTemplate._kits.isEmpty()) {
+            Logger.error("ABORT! Starting kits failed to load!");
+            exit(1);
+        }
+
+        Logger.info("Loading Character Creation Runes");
+        CharCreateRuneList._runeList = CharCreateRuneParser.parseCharCreateRuneFile();
+
+        if (CharCreateRuneList._runeList == null) {
+            Logger.error("ABORT! Character creation runes failed to load!");
+            exit(1);
+        }
+
+        Logger.info("Loading Power Action Resource Costs");
+        PowActionCostTemplate._costs = PowActionCostParser.parsePowActionCostFile();
+
+        if (PowActionCostTemplate._costs == null || PowActionCostTemplate._costs.isEmpty()) {
+            Logger.error("ABORT! Power action resource costs failed to load!");
+            exit(1);
+        }
+
         Logger.info("Loading PromotionClasses");
         PromotionClass.LoadAllPromotions();