$npc->CastSpell Working on Target, Not Self

[Hateborne]

Evening gents, I've gone and broken something again!

I am experiencing a weird issue with CastSpell. If I use it to cast on a player, it works fine. If I use it on the npc that is casting (as in self buffing) it is always interrupted.

A few previous posts I've found say to use $npc-GetID() for self targetting, but that just end in the script refusing to run certain parts.

Enclosed are relevant portions of the script:

This is the 'header' to the subroutine. Note @groupMembers is not listed here as it is filled in at the start of the fight on agro (which is relevant, but isn't broken).

sub doDiscord
{
	my $victim = "";
	my $randy = int(rand(1000));
	my @moblist = $entity_list->GetMobList();
	foreach $ent (@moblist)
	{
		if($ent->GetID() == 999173)
		{
			$selfEnt = $ent;
		}
	}

This next part fails to set $victim to the top threat target. Gives an unknown variable error in logs. Both spells always give Interrupted (guessing due to lack of legitimate target). The spell referenced is a targetted AoE with snare component.

	
	if($randy > 875)
	{
		quest::say("Slow down friend. No need to be in such a hurry.");
		$victim = $npc->GetHateTop();
		$npc->CastSpell(9895, $victim, 10, 0, 0);		## cast druid 4.0 vines on top threat
		$npc->CastSpell(9895, $victim, 10, 0, 0);		## cast druid 4.0 vines on top threat
	}

This bit was me trying 3 different ways of getting it to work. The spells referenced here are spell damage bonus, melee haste, and casting haste (respectively). The error produced is "Perl runetime error: Can't call method "GetID" without a package or object reference at quest/xxx/yyy.pl line 151". Line 151 is the Ancient: Vampiric Thunder line.

	elsif($randy > 625)
	{
		quest::say("Let's play pretend! I pretend to be an Enchanter!");
		$npc->CastSpell(9936, $selfEntity->GetID(), 10, 0, 0);		## buff self with Ancient: Vampiric Thunder
		$npc->CastSpell(9937, $selfEnt, 10, 0, 0);		## buff self with Ancient: Melee Haste
		$npc->CastSpell(9938, $selfEntity, 10, 0, 0);		## buff self with Ancient: Spell Haste
		
	}

This section will randomly mezz a few player but refuses to actually do the heal cast. I am assuming it has something to do with targetting again.
The spell first referenced is unresistable npc mezz, second is incredibly strong Complete Heal v2.

	elsif($randy > 125)
	{
		quest::say("Stop that! I need to heal...");
		my $temp = int(rand($size)) - 1;			## random pick a number of players to mezz
		if($temp < 1) {$temp = 1};				## minor catch to ensure no out of bounds
		for ($i = 0; $i < $temp; $i++)
		{
			$npc->CastSpell(9757, $groupMembers[$i], 10, 0, 0);	## cast NPC Mesmerize on target
		}
		
		$npc->CastSpell(9712, $selfEntity, 10, 8, 0);			## 8 second cast of Cleric CH 2 (with Amp Healing, should do ~400k)
	}

This just produces a massive block of interrupts. Again, targetting I guess :-P
Spell referenced is a 25k x 5 (per cast) wizard nuke.

	elsif($randy < 50)
	{
		quest::say("Hmm...never used this spell before!");
		$npc->CastSpell(9746, $selfEntity, 10, 0, 0);    ## wiz t3 nuke
		$npc->CastSpell(9746, $selfEntity, 10, 0, 0);    ## wiz t3 nuke
		$npc->CastSpell(9746, $selfEntity, 10, 0, 0);    ## wiz t3 nuke
		$npc->CastSpell(9746, $selfEntity, 10, 0, 0);    ## wiz t3 nuke
		$npc->CastSpell(9746, $selfEntity, 10, 0, 0);    ## wiz t3 nuke
		quest::say("OWW! Now I remember what that does.");
	}
}

Thank you in advance!


-Hate