Q&A Thread

[Almusious]

Originally Posted by Huppy

I almost forgot about another question I had regarding this follow thing and wondering if an idea I had was possible.

For example, NPC starts following player, but then the player is moving too fast, creating a big distance between them.

Is there a way to set an "sfollow" when a certain distance happens ? Like if the player gets too far away, the NPC quits ?

You could set a timer when you initiate the follow, then use an event timer like:

sub EVENT_TIMER
{
	if ($npc->CalculateDistance($entity_list->GetClientByCharID($npc->GetEntityVariable("master"))->GetX(),
								$entity_list->GetClientByCharID($npc->GetEntityVariable("master"))->GetY(),
								$entity_list->GetClientByCharID($npc->GetEntityVariable("master"))->GetZ()) > 20)
	{
		quest::sfollow();
	}
}

This assumes you replaced $entity in the code earlier posted with $npc.

[Huppy]

Originally Posted by Almusious

You could set a timer when you initiate the follow, then use an event timer like:

That could be something that may help with my intentions here. You see, I am looking at a possible exploit with the follow event.

A player could end up using /warp and then wait for the NPC to arrive. That's why I thought a distance limit would help with that.

[JimB_1958]

Weird thing:

I want to fire an event in player.pl when the player takes damage from a mob.

Kind of like damage shields work.

I would prefer to get the id of the mob that did the damage, but that is not 100% needed.

Thank you for any assistance.

[Secrets]

Originally Posted by JimB_1958

Weird thing:

I want to fire an event in player.pl when the player takes damage from a mob.

Kind of like damage shields work.

I would prefer to get the id of the mob that did the damage, but that is not 100% needed.

Thank you for any assistance.

If you're doing that, do it in LUA. There are serious performance indications to doing this.