Task System Quest

[Bdiddy]

thx, anyway this can be explained a little simpler for someone w/a novice programming background? thx

[Derision]

To assign the task, add a Perl quest to the NPC. E.g. if I wanted V'Lynn Renloe in PoK to assign the task, I would put this:

sub EVENT_SAY
{
        if($text=~/hail/i)
        {
                if(!quest::istaskactive(1000) && !quest::istaskcompleted(1000))
                {
                        quest::say("Assigning you task to kill Fennin Ro,");
                        quest::assigntask(1000);
                }
        }
}

in quests\poknowledge\V-Lynn_Renloe.pl

Note the Perl checks if you already have the task in your active tasks, or if you have completed it before.

[Bdiddy]

thx, when i try it out and hail the npc i get Invalide TaskID 303. 303 is the id of the task in my tasks table.

[Derision]

If you added the task to the task table but did not restart your server, issuing the GM command #task reloadall will make it available.

Also to address your other point about rewards, the task system currently is designed for single player tasks.

Shared Tasks, which reward a group of players are not currently implemented.

You could reward members of the group, by having the task RewardMethod set to 2 and using something like this:

sub EVENT_TASK_STAGE_COMPLETE
{
        if(($task_id == 1000) && ($activity_id == 0))
        {
                $g = $client->GetGroup();

                if(!$g)
                {
                        quest::say("You are not in a group, just rewarding you.");
                        $client->SummonItem(5500);      # SSoY
                }
                else
                {
                        for($i = 0; $i < 6; ++$i)
                        {
                                $c = $g->GetMember($i);
                               
                                if($c)
                                {
                                        $name = $c->GetName();
                                        quest::say("Rewarding group member $name");
                                        $c->SummonItem(5500);
                                }
                        }
                }
        }
}

in the player.pl of the zone the final activity takes place in (e.g. quests\pofire\player.pl), but if two or more players in the group have the task active, then all group members will get rewarded two or more times using that code.

[Bdiddy]

for the reward if each player in the group/raid gets the task and they are all grouped/raid together will each player get the reward on the kill then? instead of just getting one task for the entire group/raid

[Derision]

Yes, if every player in the group/raid has been assigned the task, by hailing the task giver, or whatever, then they will all get the reward if the final activity is a Kill activity, as all the members of the group or raid get merit for the kill.

[Bdiddy]

I restarted the server, did the gm command also and still got the same error Invalid id 303

[Derision]

Probably your activity IDs for the task don't start at 0, or are not sequential as Akkadius suggested.

If the Task ID really is 303, then there should be messages in your zone log files detailing why it couldn't load the task, but the above is most likely.

If that isn't the problem, we would need to see the relevant rows from your task and activity table, i.e. the output of:

select * from tasks where id = 303;
select * from activities where taskid =303;