is NPC spawned

[Esildor]

Hola,

Is there a way to check if an NPC is spawned before doing something?

Something like:

if (defined $qglobals{"MjarakIsDead"}){ 
		my $mjarak = $entity_list->GetMobByNpcTypeID(4770015);
		if ($mjarak == 1){
		quest::ze(15, "texthere");
		quest::settimer(4772, 120);
		}
		else {
		}
		}

The if ($mjarak == 1) { was just wishful thinking, I've tried if ($mjarak->IsMob()){ too.

[Esildor]

Found EntityVariableExists() under the mob-> commands,

Tried the following with no luck.

if (defined $qglobals{"MjarakIsDead"}){ ###Mjarak 2 min warning
		my $mjarak = $entity_list->GetMobByNpcTypeID(4770015);
		if ($mjarak->EntityVariableExists()){
		quest::ze(15, "texthere");
		quest::settimer(4772, 120);
		}
		}

[joligario]

Originally Posted by Esildor

The if ($mjarak == 1) { was just wishful thinking, I've tried if ($mjarak->IsMob()){ too.

What about just:
if ($mjarak)

[Esildor]

Originally Posted by joligario

What about just:
if ($mjarak)

Tadah! if ($mjarak) { works, Thanks Jolig!

[demonstar55]

EntityList::IsMobSpawnedByNpcTypeID() should work with both lua and Perl. (I'm not sure the exact syntax though :P)

[Esildor]

Originally Posted by demonstar55

EntityList::IsMobSpawnedByNpcTypeID() should work with both lua and Perl. (I'm not sure the exact syntax though :P)

Grabbing the entity with:

my $mjarak = $entity_list->GetMobByNpcTypeID(4770039);
if ($mjarak) {

Is working fine. Is there any reason that doing EntityList::IsMobSpawnedByNpcTypeID() any better?

[demonstar55]

Originally Posted by Esildor

Grabbing the entity with:

my $mjarak = $entity_list->GetMobByNpcTypeID(4770039);
if ($mjarak) {

Is working fine. Is there any reason that doing EntityList::IsMobSpawnedByNpcTypeID() any better?

It does the same thing, but in code, so you don't have to worry about go through the quest system. It also makes sure the NPC is alive, since the enity list can contain mobs that are dead and will be quickly removed :P (they get removed on the next cycle)

[Esildor]

I see.

The entity variables I'm using won't last long, only 2 minutes. Using it for a lockout system, if someone zones in and the mob is up it's going to despawn it w/in 2 minutes unless the player leaves the zone. If I'm only using the variables for a relatively short amount of time, should I really be worried about them being buggy?

Sidenote, anyone know of a way to return the time remaining on a qglobal to players?