#advnpcspawn

[jenco420]

alright here is how i'm currently using it (nay not be the intended way ;p)

target the mob you want to randomly roam.

#advnpcspawn editgroupbox <spawngroupID> <dist> <max x> <<min x> <max y> <min y> <delay> (as described above by Secrets)

It gives me a message saying GroupID 0 being created. But i hav'nt played around with it much. Only the roamboxes.

<edit> I have to shut down the zone and reboot it to have the mob start roaming also.

I have also been unsuccesful spawning a mob with this command, but i'm sure it's something on my end :P Imma look at the tables this command uses and see if i can get a better understanding.

[cavedude]

I've been editing the db directly, I'll have to see what the command does to the DB.

[ChaosSlayer]

I am getting confused as hell by this new system
which DB table does roam box data stored in?

[cavedude]

spawngroup:

mysql> describe spawngroup;
+-------------+-------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+
| Field       | Type        | Null | Key | Default | Extra          |
+-------------+-------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+
| id          | int(11)     | NO   | PRI | NULL    | auto_increment |
| name        | varchar(50) | NO   | UNI |         |                |
| spawn_limit | tinyint(4)  | NO   |     | 0       |                |
| dist        | float       | NO   |     | 0       |                |
| max_x       | float       | NO   |     | 0       |                |
| min_x       | float       | NO   |     | 0       |                |
| max_y       | float       | NO   |     | 0       |                |
| min_y       | float       | NO   |     | 0       |                |
| delay       | int(11)     | NO   |     | 0       |                |
+-------------+-------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+
9 rows in set (0.03 sec)

[ChaosSlayer]

Originally Posted by cavedude

spawngroup:


mysql> describe spawngroup

ah I see I thgout this was made into grid system, this clears a few things up... thanks!

[trevius]

I know I have successfully used roamboxes. I used them for an event I was working on and they actually worked really well. That event isn't currently running on my server anymore though.

If I was to guess to what might be causing problems, I would think it could maybe be related to the timeleft field being moved into it's own table. I am not positive, but I think timeleft was a field in the spawngroup table. If so, maybe #advancespawn and the roamboxes stuff is failing because it is still looking for that field and not finding it. That is pure speculation though. I haven't done any research into it yet.

[ChaosSlayer]

Ok I seem to have problem simular to what Cavedude is describing - I have entered data for roambox into DB spawngroup table - and nothing is happening. NPCs just sit there doing nothing.
I have zoned out and zone back in - do I have to fully restart the server for this to take effect?

BTW I still don't get what is the diffirence betwin: dist and delay:
dist - how far npc will travel
vs
delay - how long it will travel?

isn't it kind of same thing for the purpose of roaming around?

[cavedude]

Originally Posted by trevius

I know I have successfully used roamboxes. I used them for an event I was working on and they actually worked really well. That event isn't currently running on my server anymore though.

If I was to guess to what might be causing problems, I would think it could maybe be related to the timeleft field being moved into it's own table. I am not positive, but I think timeleft was a field in the spawngroup table. If so, maybe #advancespawn and the roamboxes stuff is failing because it is still looking for that field and not finding it. That is pure speculation though. I haven't done any research into it yet.

That's a great thought. I'll give it a look now.

[Arcaan]

Originally Posted by trevius

I know I have successfully used roamboxes. I used them for an event I was working on and they actually worked really well. That event isn't currently running on my server anymore though.

If I was to guess to what might be causing problems, I would think it could maybe be related to the timeleft field being moved into it's own table. I am not positive, but I think timeleft was a field in the spawngroup table. If so, maybe #advancespawn and the roamboxes stuff is failing because it is still looking for that field and not finding it. That is pure speculation though. I haven't done any research into it yet.

Ahhhhh the Turkeys...almost went insane

[jenco420]

it seems to be using the X,Y, as a loc for the npc to move there and just chill indefinitly, i'm even more confused now ><

the #ai roambox command seems to be working flawlessly tho, just would like to be able to save them correctly :P