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NPC's finding other NPC's $x,$y,$z

i'd like to request somethin to the effect of $npc->$GetNpcX(NPCID); i'm wantin to use it to update npc positions based on the discussion here. think it would be a viable addition, and could be used for other purposes as well.

There are already a couple ways to accomplish this, we don't need another.

could you please explain how? i've been trying everything, and apparently noone else knows of a way to do so, based on the answers provided on the forums, and IRC.

The first step is to get the npc, the second step is to get the locations.

I can think of two ways to do this, the first with $entity_list and the second with $entity_list and list iteration:

Code:

    my $x_loc = 0;

    my $y_loc = 0;

    my $z_loc = 0;

    my $target_to_follow = $entity_list->GetMobByNpcTypeID(12345);

    if($target_to_follow)

    {

        $x_loc = $target_to_follow->GetX();

        $y_loc = $target_to_follow->GetY();

        $z_loc = $target_to_follow->GetZ();

    }

Code:

    my $x_loc = 0;

    my $y_loc = 0;

    my $z_loc = 0;

    my @npclist = $entity_list->GetNPCList();

    foreach $ent (@npclist)

    {

        if($ent->GetNPCTypeID() == 12345)

        {

            $x_loc = $ent->GetX();

            $y_loc = $ent->GetY();

            $z_loc = $ent->GetZ();

            last;

        }

    }

I suggest the first one in this case because it's less complicated and a little faster code wise, the second is more for if there's more than one target you want to track easily.

thank you KLS, i've been at this all day, and noone knew this lol. another learning experience.