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Posted By RhinoDude

Yeah we will be hosting voice chat outside the...

Yeah we will be hosting voice chat outside the game which will be used for in-character discussion only, and discussions with NPCs. The quality of these discussions as well as how much they stay in...

Forum: Development::Database/World Building

10-22-2008, 09:55 AM

Replies: 10

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Posted By RhinoDude

Thanks again George. Do you know if the...

Thanks again George.

Do you know if the npcID and spawngroupID is written out anywhere (lot files, eventlog table, etc.) when a mob is killed? This is really all the info I need. I assume at...

Forum: General::Server Discussion

10-22-2008, 09:26 AM

Replies: 7

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Posted By RhinoDude

Thanks for the info George. The way I was...

Thanks for the info George.

The way I was going to handle initial respawn so that thigns do not pop again is to simply batch update the database ahead of time so that all spawnentires within...

Forum: General::Server Discussion

10-22-2008, 09:17 AM

Replies: 7

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Posted By RhinoDude

Sure thing, if we end up short on players I'll...

Sure thing, if we end up short on players I'll post here. Right now I have enough for the first full group

Yep, I've already thought of the xp issue. I figure in-game killing and quests will...

Forum: General::General Discussion

10-21-2008, 04:34 PM

Replies: 5

am I overlooking a GM command?

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Posted By RhinoDude

am I overlooking a GM command?

Hey folks,

I just reviewed the command list in the wiki and perhaps i'm overlooking something, but I can't figure out (assuming it's even possible) how I would "posess" an already spawned NPC. I...

Forum: Development::Database/World Building

10-20-2008, 04:01 PM

Replies: 10

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Posted By RhinoDude

So to permanently kill all mobs in a dungeon once...

So to permanently kill all mobs in a dungeon once my adventurers have cleared it, could I simply do something like this?

DELETE FROM spawn2 WHERE zone = 'blackburrow'

Alternatively this would...

Forum: Development::Database/World Building

10-20-2008, 03:41 PM

Replies: 10

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Posted By RhinoDude

Thanks you AndMetal, I didn't see the schema docs...

Thanks you AndMetal, I didn't see the schema docs before. Now I'm all set. ;-)

I concur with your analysis for deleting unnamed placeholders. I think this is the algorithm. If I am...

Forum: Development::Database/World Building

10-20-2008, 02:59 PM

Replies: 10

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Posted By RhinoDude

Thanks again So. These actually get me quite far....

Thanks again So. These actually get me quite far. Thanks a ton!

I assume "spawn2" table means respawn? Is there some db documentation somewhere that defines the tables and cols? Or better yet a...

Forum: Development::Database/World Building

10-20-2008, 02:42 PM

Replies: 10

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Posted By RhinoDude

I figured those first 4 would be easy like that....

I figured those first 4 would be easy like that. ;-)

Take your time on the hard ones, I'm in no rush. As I said I don't mind figuring it out for myself, but if you have the time that's fantastic....

Forum: General::Server Discussion

10-20-2008, 02:23 PM

Replies: 12

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Posted By RhinoDude

Yep, that is what I meant, sorry I wasn't clear. ...

Yep, that is what I meant, sorry I wasn't clear. And I've already gone through some of the code and noticed the #ifdef's right off. Thanks for the heads up though.

- Rhino

Forum: Development::Database/World Building

10-20-2008, 01:36 PM

Replies: 10

Views: 8,127

Posted By RhinoDude

how to make these changes for a RP server

I don't mean to cross-post, but I realize now that this forum is a far better location than what I posted yesterday in General : Server, and whereas that post was more for discussion, I want this to...

Forum: General::Server Discussion

10-20-2008, 12:50 PM

Replies: 12

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Posted By RhinoDude

Thanks, I actually found a Bug Report thread that...

Thanks, I actually found a Bug Report thread that Trevius started dealing with exactly that issue, so I've chimed in there:

http://www.eqemulator.net/forums/showthread.php?t=24424

Hopefully we...

Forum: Development::Bug Reports

10-20-2008, 12:38 PM

Replies: 15

Player Character Ghosting (after player leaves game)

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Posted By RhinoDude

Trevius, did you end up making this change to...

Trevius, did you end up making this change to your Linux server, and if so, did you note any adverse side effects?

If not, perhaps we could submit this as a fix, or find somebody who can test it...

Forum: General::Server Discussion

10-20-2008, 12:24 PM

Replies: 12

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Posted By RhinoDude

Thanks I already started surfing the development...

Thanks I already started surfing the development forum and downloaded the code, I'll take a look for it as time permits.

I assume the C++ code is portable, ie the same source is used to compile...

Forum: General::Server Discussion

10-20-2008, 08:41 AM

Replies: 12

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Posted By RhinoDude

Doesn't sound like it should be too hard to track...

Doesn't sound like it should be too hard to track down. I wonder if the same issue happens with linkdead players?

Is the server completely written in Perl? That's certainly not one of my...

Forum: General::Server Discussion

10-19-2008, 04:29 PM

Replies: 7

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Posted By RhinoDude

kicking a private RP server idea around

Last night I was brainstorming with a few friends of mine, both of whom used to tabletop D&D with me as well as play EQ back in '99 to '01. I told them about the idea of setting up a private EQ...

Forum: General::Server Discussion

10-19-2008, 05:52 AM

Replies: 12

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Posted By RhinoDude

Is this player ghosting something that is...

Is this player ghosting something that is considered a bug, or just a design issue that would take a large effort and/or major refactoring to eliminate? I'm curious because I thought Windows and...

Forum: General::Server Discussion

10-18-2008, 03:47 PM

Replies: 12