reloading perl quests

[m0oni9]

I got tired of having to restart the server when I made changes to perl quests. It works for me, YMMV.

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in command.cpp, add to command_init() below the reloadqst reference:

command_add("reloadpl","- Reload perl quest for target",0,command_reloadpl) ||

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in command.cpp, insert below the command_reloadqst() function:

void command_reloadpl(Client *c, const Seperator *sep)
{
if (c->GetTarget() == 0 || !c->GetTarget()->IsNPC()) {
c->Message(0, "Error: Bad target");
return;
}
c->Message(0, "Reloading perl quest script for NPC type %i.",
c->GetTarget()->GetNPCTypeID());

((PerlembParser *)parse)->LoadScript(c->GetTarget()->GetNPCTypeID(),
zone->GetShortName());
}

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in command.h, insert below the command_reloadqst() prototype:

void command_reloadpl(Client *c, const Seperator *sep);

[Scorpious2k]

Nice work!

Alternately, you could also just modify command_reloadqst to

void command_reloadqst(Client *c, const Seperator *sep)
{
#ifdef EMBPERL
	if (c->GetTarget() == 0 || !c->GetTarget()->IsNPC()) 
	{ 
		c->Message(0, "Error: Bad target"); 
		return; 
	} 

	c->Message(0, "Reloading perl quest script for NPC type %i.", 
	c->GetTarget()->GetNPCTypeID()); 

	((PerlembParser *)parse)->LoadScript(c->GetTarget()->GetNPCTypeID(), zone->GetShortName()); 
#else
	parse->ClearCache();
	c->Message(0, "Clearing *.qst memory cache.");
#endif

And have #reloadqst reload either old qst or perl depending on which is being used...

[farce]

you guys forgot to mention that one should

#include "embparser.h"

in command.cpp too =)



farce

[Lurker_005]

Originally Posted by farce

you guys forgot to mention that one should

#include "embparser.h"

in command.cpp too =)

Should already be in an ifdef statment at the top... Actually it is in

#ifdef EMBPERL_PLUGIN

so I guess if you don't do the plugins you are correct.

[m0oni9]

FYI: Been a problem or two with specific and default quests alike getting assigned incorrectly. Problems seem to come up when reload is used in conjunction with #depop.

[mollymillions]

I have found that using quest::depop(NPCID) depops the whole zone? Is it possible to Repop one NPC, or move it back to its spawn point, from a quest?

[farce]

Lurker... ahhh. yeah i dont think mine's set up for plugins. thanks for the info

farce

[smogo]

Any idea why this could not be included in the distro ?