Spawngroup.despawn +

[AdrianD]

I would like to stop the despawning of certain npcs in various zones. Primarily the common npcs which may have a named in the spawnentry rotation. The idea is to have player action create the spawning of named mobs within a spawngroup.

I have some uncertainty on the function of (or how it works) `spawngroup.despawn` and `spawngroup.despawn_timer`. The wiki states `despawn` is "The despawn timer, in seconds, of the spawn group" and `despawn_timer` is "The despawn timer, in milliseconds, of the spawn group."

The despawn value seems more like hours and the despawn_timer? I don't know how that fits into this.

I figure setting despawn value to 0 will stop the despawning of that spawngroup and this is fine. I'm seeking clarification on the two despawn columns so I don't unintentionally screw things up and can utilize it's functionality in the future.

Thanks

EDIT: Please tell me what you think the value of having npcs despawn. I've thought of something like an "organic changing zone", to guarantee an npc will eventually spawn or to mess with trackers. Is there something I am missing?

[N0ctrnl]

I figure setting despawn value to 0 will stop the despawning of that spawngroup and this is fine.

I can confirm that this is correct. 2 will cause the mobs to respawn on the timer and 0 will disable it.

[AdrianD]

Thanks. It makes sense now. Despawn is the switch and despawn_timer is, well, the timer, in seconds. The wiki made me more confused than I already was.

[AdrianD]

Final question on this topic, hopefully.

If despawn = 2 turns it on what does despawn = 4 do that is different? (or any other value besides 0)

Thanks

[N0ctrnl]

0 - None
1 - Repop
2 - Repop using timer
3 - Depop
4 - Depop using timer

[AdrianD]

Awesome, thank you sir.

[Kingly_Krab]

Updated the page accordingly: http://wiki.eqemulator.org/p?spawngroup