Only one npc moving along grid?

Saethan · #1 09-01-2003, 07:03 PM

Question on a quest I'm working on. Have a ghetto fix up right now by just only having one waypoint per grid, but here's the problem:

Code:

EVENT_ITEM
{

	if($item1 == "993")
	{
		say("Ah, a soul essence stone.  Be prepared, $name, I am about to release it.  Please return the broken stone back to me.")
		me("You feel something rush past you, almost like a gust of wind.")
		spawn("7200", "250", "0", "1165", "-905", "-27")
		spawn("7201", "251", "0", "425", "-780", "-50")
		spawn("7201", "252", "0", "435", "-775", "-50")
		spawn("7201", "253", "0", "445", "-770", "-50")
		spawn("7201", "254", "0", "455", "-765", "-50")
		spawn("7201", "255", "0", "465", "-760", "-50")


		
	}

Each one moves to the first waypoint of their assigned grid just fine, but then, only one(seemingly random) moves on to the second waypoint, the rest just sit at their first waypoint and never move. Is this known to happen, did I code something wrong, or what?

For the grids, I just used the #grid add and #wp add commands in-game. Something like this:

#grid add 250 0 1
#grid add 251 0 1
#grid add 252 0 1
#grid add 253 0 1
#grid add 254 0 1
#grid add 255 0 1

Then in the various places I wanted the waypoints to be, for each grid I did this(every waypoint is in a different location, there aren't any sitting on top of each other, so npc's getting stuck in each other isn't the problem):
#wp add -gridnumber- 10 1
#wp add -gridnumber- 10 2

Etc etc. One npc will go along all of the waypoints just fine, but the rest just go to the first waypoint and sit there. Anybody see something that I did wrong?

Talon0202 · #2 09-02-2003, 02:59 AM

Here's a good moving npc guide: Guide

Hope this helps

Scorpious2k · #3 09-03-2003, 10:58 AM

Hmmm... that looks familiar....

BTW, we have added a quest building reference there too.

Saethan · #4 09-03-2003, 04:11 PM

So now I have a guide on moving npc's, and a guide on quests, but no guide on spawning npc's that move from quests. :-P

Read completely through both of those guides, heh.

tcsmyworld · #5 09-06-2003, 07:04 PM

The problem you are having is a known problem, that I have tried in the past to get addressed without success.
It is a problem somewhere in the pause timers for waypoints.
As for putting more than one npc on a grid...........
Good luck , you will wind up with npcs piled on top of each other on single waypoints , when more than one npc occupies the same waypoint they stop and never move again until zone is restarted/repopped.
The guides also fail to mention that the terrain makes a huge difference as to which grid type to use , since there is no "Z" axis check/correction in the pathing.
Using a random grid in a hilly terrain will result in bouncing/floating npcs due to the varying Z coordinates.
As of now , the only work-around for the pause bug , is to set all waypoint pauses to 0.
It makes the npcs hard to target , since they never stop , but it's the only way I have found to get them to all move thru thier waypoints without the one grid at a time , single npc moving syndrome.
Pathing and npc movement animations in 050 (CVS that we the public are allowed to use) are broken , I have not seen any posts saying anything about repairs to it yet.
Anyways , good luck with your project/s.

krich · #6 09-08-2003, 07:30 AM

Tcsmyworld,

Find me on #eqemu as krich or on #wr as Wany. I am back in action and can start working on that bug again.

regards,

krich

tcsmyworld · #7 09-10-2003, 11:07 AM

Hiya Krich

I'll have my second line back this friday or saturday, then will be on irc , in #npcmovDB channel, and will have forums up at website.
Looking forward to squashing that bug :twisted:

Scorpious2k · #8 09-12-2003, 01:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tcsmyworld

Looking forward to squashing that bug

tcsmyworld, in case you're interestd:

http://www.eqemulator.net/forums/vie...?p=51638#51638

tcsmyworld · #9 09-12-2003, 06:05 AM

Checking it out now

just_add_water · #10 09-13-2003, 10:36 AM

Try this

Code:

EVENT_ITEM { 
if($itemcount("993") == "1") 
{ 
say("Ah, a soul essence stone.  Be prepared, $name, I am about to release it.  Please return the broken stone back to me.") 
me("You feel something rush past you, almost like a gust of wind.") 
spawn("7200", "250", "0", "1165", "-905", "-27") 
spawn("7201", "251", "0", "425", "-780", "-50") 
spawn("7201", "252", "0", "435", "-775", "-50") 
spawn("7201", "253", "0", "445", "-770", "-50") 
spawn("7201", "254", "0", "455", "-765", "-50") 
spawn("7201", "255", "0", "465", "-760", "-50") 
}
}