NPC Editing Tutorial

[GeorgeS]

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GeorgeS

[sklead]

I was going to post a new thread, but I figured I would ask here before posting a new thread. I was trying to spawn a new NPC and I wanted it to have a apostrophe in the name, like: L'Vaen Kestal. When I did the #spawn command he popped up just fine, and when I did the create command everything went well, but when I repopped the zone he didn't show up. I checked my DB and he was in there as L'Vaen Kestal, but he wouldn't show up. I even tried using ASCII code (39 for ') in the DB and he still wouldn't spawn. I have this problem with player names as well; when I try to rename a player with an apostrophe I can't do it. So my question is how do I do this? I've played on a few other servers where I've seen players and NPCs with names like this.

[Kingly_Krab]

Have you tried escaping the apostrophe using a \?
So like this:

#spawn L\'Vaen_Kestal

#npcedit name L\'Vaen_Kestal

[sklead]

I wasn't aware that you could do that lol, but yes it worked as far as allowing me to spawn the mob. However when you con mobs with names like that or fight them it cuts off everything after the apostrophe. So in this case the NPCs name is literally just "L" when conning or fighting. Another mob I had was Mora V'tali which shows up as "Mora V".

[Uleat]

If that's not acceptable, try using the accent mark ` (under tilde ~)

I know players could get that added to their names on live.


I don't know if the con issue is client- or server-related..but, 'fixing' it might cause problems with other server features..like scripting?