Usefull tools :
- MYSQL Control Center : it is usefull to edit rows of a sql table, it's exactly what we need for npc editing
See Here :
http://www.eqemulator.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=11440
- my LootEditor's Program : for loot =)
See Here :
http://www.eqemulator.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=14357
- Mongrel's Spell Editor : to find spells !
See Here :
http://camongrel.hbnet.de/files/
- EQEmu's server GuideBook v1.3 : for races index, materials, textures for example =)
See Here :
http://www.eqemulator.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=10900
- And IEQ for merchants
See Here :
http://www.eqemulator.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=13944
The NPC_TYPES Table :
I will explain all fields one by one =)
The SQL Table :
Code:
CREATE TABLE `npc_types` (
`id` int(11) NOT NULL auto_increment,
`name` text NOT NULL,
`lastname` varchar(32) default NULL,
`level` tinyint(2) unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
`race` smallint(5) unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
`class` tinyint(2) unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
`bodytype` int(11) default NULL,
`hp` int(11) NOT NULL default '0',
`gender` tinyint(2) unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
`texture` tinyint(2) unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
`helmtexture` tinyint(2) unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
`size` float NOT NULL default '0',
`hp_regen_rate` int(11) unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
`mana_regen_rate` int(11) unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
`loottable_id` int(11) unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
`merchant_id` int(11) unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
`npc_spells_id` int(11) unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
`npc_faction_id` int(11) NOT NULL default '0',
`mindmg` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
`maxdmg` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
`npcspecialattks` varchar(36) NOT NULL default '',
`banish` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
`aggroradius` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
`social` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
`face` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL default '1',
`luclin_hairstyle` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL default '1',
`luclin_haircolor` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL default '1',
`luclin_eyecolor` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL default '1',
`luclin_beardcolor` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL default '1',
`fixedz` tinyint(2) unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
`d_meele_texture1` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
`d_meele_texture2` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
`walkspeed` float NOT NULL default '0',
`runspeed` float NOT NULL default '0',
`MR` smallint(5) NOT NULL default '0',
`CR` smallint(5) NOT NULL default '0',
`DR` smallint(5) NOT NULL default '0',
`FR` smallint(5) NOT NULL default '0',
`PR` smallint(5) NOT NULL default '0',
`ipc` tinyint(1) NOT NULL default '0',
`see_invis` tinyint(4) NOT NULL default '0',
`see_invis_undead` tinyint(4) NOT NULL default '1',
`qglobal` int(2) unsigned default '0',
PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
) TYPE=MyISAM AUTO_INCREMENT=88441 ;
1) ID
the id =)
2) name and lastname
npc names must have no blanks, use '_' character if u want that a blank appears in its name in the game
a npc with only '_' as its name will have no name in the game
that's usefull if you want to make untargetable statues for example
, or invisible npcs
3) level
the npc level
4) race, gender, texture and helmtexture
the npc race number
see the eqemu's server guidebook about races, it have a race index with images of each race by gender and material ( texture and helmtexture ) =)
race = 1 is a human for example
race = 288 is Rallos Zek himself =)
for a race number, it can exist different models
the most often there is a male and female model ( gender )
gender = 0 is a male
gender = 1 is a female
gender = 2 is neutral ( for monsters )
but for example for velious dragons, it can exist several different models and combinations ( with body and heads )
texture is used for the body
helmtexture is used for the head
all this is explained in the guidebook
5) class
it's the class of the npc :
Code:
warrior = 1
cleric = 2
paladin = 3
ranger = 4
shadowknight = 5
druid = 6
monk = 7
bard = 8
rogue = 9
shaman = 10
necromancer = 11
wizard = 12
magician = 13
enchanter = 14
beastlord = 15
gm warrior = 20
gm cleric = 21
gm paladin = 22
gm ranger = 23
gm shadowknight = 24
gm druid = 25
gm monk = 26
gm bard = 27
gm rogue = 28
gm shaman = 29
gm necromancer = 30
gm wizard = 31
gm magician = 32
gm enchanter = 33
gm beastlord = 34
banker = 40
merchant = 41
adventuremerchant = 61
6) Body Type
everything about body type is not discovered yet, it seems to be used by everquest's client program to identify which type of npc it is
here is a small list :
Code:
1 => "Normal" ( default ),
2 => "Lycanthrope",
3 => "Undead",
4 => "Giant",
5 => "Construct",
6 => "Extraplanar",
7 => "Monster",
8 => "Flying Monsters",
9 => "Unknown_9",
10 => "Unknown_10",
11 => "Untargetable",
12 => "Vampyre",
13 => "Atenha Ra",
14 => "Greater Akheva",
15 => "Khati Sha",
16 => "Unknown_16",
18 => "Unknown_18",
19 => "God",
20 => "Unknown_20",
21 => "Animal",
22 => "Insect",
23 => "Fire Creature",
24 => "Construct/Elemental/Gargoyle",
25 => "Plant",
26 => "Dragon",
27 => "Unknown_27",
28 => "Summoned Creature",
29 => "Unknown_29",
30 => "Unknown_30",
31 => "Unknown_31",
32 => "Illusion",
65 => "Unknown_65",
66 => "Unknown_66",
67 => "Unknown_67"
you should use 0 as default
to make a npc act as an undead ( for spells etc ... )
it is bodytype = 3
bodytype = 11 is used to create untargetable type npcs
so for example to create a gargoyle statue npc :
give it bodytype = 11
give it "_" as its name so no name will appear
give it no faction so it won't attack anyone
give it the race 203 of the gargoyle and texture = 0 helm = 0
then you have your gargoyle statue =)
7) hp, hp_regen_rate, mana regen_rate
hp : it's the hit points of the npc
hp_regen_rate : it is the number of hp it regens by ticks
0 makes a npc to not regen its hit points
mana_regen_rate : same but for mana
be carefull, npcs with an insane hp regen can be impossible to kill
8 ) size
it's the size of the npc =)
some examples :
humans => size = 6
dwarf => size = 4
big boss/giants => size = 20
9) loottable_id
it's the id of its loottable
it points to the 'id' field in the 'loottable' sql table
no loottable => loottable_id = 0
see in the loottable table section below for more information
10) merchant_id
it's the id of its merchant item list
it points to the 'merchantid' field in the 'merchantlist' sql table
see in the merchantlist table section below for more information
11) npc_spells id
it's the id of its spells list
it points to the 'id' field in the 'npc_spells' sql table
see in the npc_spells table section below for more information
12) npc_faction_id
it's the id of its faction list
it points to the 'id' field of the 'npc_faction' sql table
same =) see below for more information
13) mindmg and maxdmg
minimum damage and maximum damage of the npc =)
14) npcspecialattks
it's the special abilities of the npc, it uses letters like 'S' or 'Q' for each ability
here's the list of all special abilities :
Code:
E => Enrage
F => Flurry
R => Rampage
S => Summon
T => Triple Attack
Q => Quadruple Attack
U => Unslowable
M => Unmezzable
C => Uncharmable
N => Unstunable
for example :
if you specify 'SQFRU' to a npc :
he will summon, quad, flurry, rampage, and is unslowable, conclusion, it's a very nasty npc !
there is no order in the letters
you see it lacks the Unrootable/Unsnarable ability or the death touch ability ... devs have work ! =)
15) Banish
let it to 0 don't touch =)
it's an ability for a monster to banish people who have lvl 52+, it's used for nagafen and lady vox
16) Aggroradius
it's the distance of aggro from the position of the npc around him
default in eqemu is 70
so if you let 0, it will be 70
when a player will enter this distance, the npc will aggro, if other npcs are in this distance too, and if they have the same faction, they will help him and aggro too
mobai must be changed because at this moment, if all monsters are in aggro radius of other monsters, they will chain aggro and you can aggro all the zone like this
in eqlive the distance and line of sight to the npc interacts so it won't happen but not yet in eqemu =(
so be careful with aggro radius and npc placement =)
17) face, luclin_hairstyle, luclin_haircolor, luclin_eyecolor and luclin_beardcolor
it's used for luclin player models
see in eqemu's guidebook for more information
18 ) fixedz, dmelee_texture1, dmelee_texture2
don't touch =) not usefull I think
19) walkspeed and runspeed
when a npc move and has noone in its hate list, he is walking
if he aggroes, he is running
default speed are : walkspeed = 0.67 and runspeed = 1.25
fastest mounts speed = 1.75
20) MR, CR, DR, FR and PR
MR => Magic Resistance
CR => Cold Resistance
DR => Disease Resistance
FR => Fire Resistance
PR => Poison Resistance
the resistance system doesn't work perfectly yet, but it's a start =)
so don't bother too much with that, formulas have yet to be tweaked
21) ipc
If you don't know what it is, do like me =) Don't touch =)
22 ) see_invis and see_invis_undead
see_invis = 1 if you want that your npc sees invisible, else 0
see_invis_undead = 1 if you want that your npc sees invisible versus undead, else 0
normal npcs don't see invis, but sees invisible to undead
undead npcs don't see invisible versus undead but sees invisible
23 ) qglobal
it's a field used for perl global quests
don't touch =)
now you know everything about the npc_types table
Spawn Tables
here are the 3 sql tables that manage the npc spawns :
Code:
CREATE TABLE `spawngroup` (
`id` int(11) NOT NULL auto_increment,
`name` varchar(30) NOT NULL default '',
PRIMARY KEY (`id`),
UNIQUE KEY `name` (`name`)
) TYPE=MyISAM;
CREATE TABLE `spawn2` (
`id` int(11) NOT NULL auto_increment,
`spawngroupID` int(11) NOT NULL default '0',
`zone` varchar(16) NOT NULL default '',
`x` float NOT NULL default '0',
`y` float NOT NULL default '0',
`z` float NOT NULL default '0',
`heading` float NOT NULL default '0',
`respawntime` int(11) NOT NULL default '0',
`variance` smallint(4) NOT NULL default '0',
`pathgrid` int(10) NOT NULL default '0',
`timeleft` bigint(16) NOT NULL default '0',
PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
) TYPE=MyISAM;
CREATE TABLE `spawnentry` (
`spawngroupID` int(11) NOT NULL default '0',
`npcID` int(11) NOT NULL default '0',
`chance` smallint(4) NOT NULL default '0',
PRIMARY KEY (`spawngroupID`,`npcID`)
) TYPE=MyISAM;
spawngroup => spawn table
spawn2 => spawn location
spawnentry => mob
it works like this :
a) you define at first a spawngroup
b) you add mobs to this spawngroup
c) and then you specify at which locations this spawngroup will pop
a) you define at first a spawngroup :
so I look to the spawngroup table :
I need a unique spawngroup id
and I need to give to the spawngroup a name
for example :
I have no spawn yet in my database, I create the 1rst one at ID=1, it will be a spawngroup of rats in planes of disease
So I obtain this spawngroup :
spawngroupID=>1,name=>Plane of Disease Rats
b) I add mobs into this spawngroup
I look then at the spawnentry table:
I need the id of the spawngroup, the id of the npc, and its chance to spawn in percent
And i have to do that for each npc in the spawn group
In my example :
the spawngroupID is 1
I want that a diseased rat spawn as often as a swamp rat
disease rat can be lvl 50 to 52
swamp rat is lvl 52 or lvl 54
in my database I see that :
- a_diseased_rat lvl 50 is npcid 40010
- a_diseased_rat lvl 51 is npcid 40011
- a_diseased_rat lvl 52 is npcid 40012
- a_swamp_rat lvl 52 is npcid 40020
- a_swamp_rat lvl 54 is npcid 40021
a_diseased_rat must have in total 50% chance so I divide it for all the different diseased rat
same for the swamp rat
so I add 4 spawnentry rows :
spawngroupID=>1,npcid=>40010,chance=>20
spawngroupID=>1,npcid=>40011,chance=>20
spawngroupID=>1,npcid=>40012,chance=>10
spawngroupID=>1,npcid=>40020,chance=>25
spawngroupID=>1,npcid=>40021,chance=>25
I have now my spawn table, I just have to specify where it will pop
c) spawn locations
If you look at the spawn2 table :
we need a unique id, a spawngroupid, a zone name, a location ( x,y,z,heading), a respawntime
variance is a random time added or substracted to the respawntime =), you should use this only for boss monsters
pathgrid is a grid id if you want that the monsters that spawn at this point follow a grid
timeleft, don't touch it's used by eq to count how many time is left until a mob respawn
for our example we need that the rats spawn at 2 locations :
1rst one : x=1000, y=10, z=100, heading=0
2nd one : x=500, y=500, z=100, heading=0
I want they respawn in 2 minutes ( 120 sec ) after they are killed at the 2 locations
so we add 2 spawn2 rows :
id=>1, spawngroupID=>1, zone=>podisease, x=>1000, y=>10, z=>100, heading=>0, respawntime=>120, variance=>0, pathgrid=>0, timeleft=>0
and
id=>2, spawngroupID=>1, zone=>podisease, x=>500, y=>500, z=>100, heading=>0, respawntime=>120, variance=>0, pathgrid=>0, timeleft=>0
now i launch the server and the game i go in podisease and I can see a diseased rat at the 1rst location and a 2nd one at the 2nd location
I kill this last one, I wait and 2 minutes after that, a swamp rat spawn =)
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