What do the #'s mean in mob names?

[Rogean]

# in a mob name means there can be only one of that mob up at a time.

For example: A named mob could spawn in multiple places if hes part of multiple spawn groups, however if he has a # in his name, if he spawns at one of those places he can't spawn at any of the others until he is killed.

[Angelox]

Originally Posted by Rogean

# in a mob name means there can be only one of that mob up at a time.

For example: A named mob could spawn in multiple places if hes part of multiple spawn groups, however if he has a # in his name, if he spawns at one of those places he can't spawn at any of the others until he is killed.

You mean for Live? because I have seen named mob #spawns duped in zones, and have resorted to other methods for avoiding this.



In my own defense, I never asked what # was for, because I always thought the answer was so obvious - and I didn't know, because I didn't look for it.
I really thought one of the Devs made/used it at one time.
Anyway's, regardless the real use for it, I've found many more.

[fathernitwit]

well, we do not enforce the unique spawn thing with #.. we use spawn_limit...

bah... post edited...
I thought I ran a query to enforce this uniqueness with spawn_limit on PEQ, but my query was wrong... none the less.. it tends to mark "named" mobs, although its far from 100% accurate.