Newbie praise and question about #spawn command

[ednecro]

First of all I would like to give my undying
gratitude to you developer folks who started this project in the first place, you guys are the
BEST!!!! I canceled my eq account after being billed 9 times in 1 month and the hotline guy at verant told me , "well just pay it and we will reimburse you when we get our billing problem resolved."
I about pissed myself I was laughing so hard, I kissed my character good-bye, canceled, and contested the charges and won. So this emu thing is the greatest thing to me since sliced bread.

Now on to my question. and please note, this is not a bitch or moan as you guys have already walked on water in
my opinion getting this thing
to work in the first place.

I am pretty sure I am not running the latest version and I don't know if this would be a version specific question so
I apologize if it is.
The emu works great I can play in about 12 different zones, summon Items and create spawns.
I am having the problem where All of my spawns
come out as humans, I do a #spawn to get syntax
and I put in all the specifications, and I do get a NPC, with the right level and weapon that I specify. It does not bother me that much because it is still fun to play, I was just hoping you more experienced folks could post some examples of #spawn command lines that have worked for you. I would greatly appreciate it.:D

[Lurker_005]

It is a general spawn problem, and it is 2 fold.

1 not all mobs are avaliable in a given zone. Avaliable spawns are what models are in the zone file, and what are in the global files. There isn't a list of what that really is, mostly it is trial and error.

2 there are 3 genders (0,1,2) and you must have the propper one for the given model. All player models are either male or female, as well as most merchants/player race models. Most mobs are "monster" gender. Sorry I don't recall what relates to what number. Rule of thumb is if there is a male and female version in game, use the male and female settings.

[ednecro]

Thanks for the reply, and that makes sense.
So in freeport I should be spawning bats and rats
or I sould try orcs in ec or wc. I saw a previous
post about using - for the gender to have it assigned automatically? I will give it a try...

[ednecro]

Thanks again Lurker, Your advice worked,
playing with the gender flag was the problem.
However I am holding you responsible for my carpet. I got so excited when my orc finally spawned looking like a orc I blew pepsi through my nose!

THANKS ALOT!!!!

[Zeitgeist]

ahh youthful enthusiasm... just don't blow any citrus based soda out your nose, MAN does that sting!