Raid Mob Spawns Adds

[merb]

So I am trying to get a raid mob to spawn adds at certain amounts of HP. It breaks down like this:

75% = 3 lvl 68 adds
50% = 5 lvl 66 adds
25% = 8 lvl 65 adds

Now, I'm not too good at writing quests, so I was using GeorgeS's quest program as a template for this.

sub EVENT_COMBAT {
if ($combat_state == 1) {
quest::setnexthpevent(75);
}
}

sub EVENT_HP {
if ($hpevent <= 75) {
quest::spawn(999270)
}
}

This is just the 75% HP event, and if I can get this part working, the other parts will be ok. What I really need help on is the quest::spawn part. The 999270 is the first set of 3 mobs. Now, what am I supposed to be putting for the "grid" and "guildwarset"? I was thinking to just put 0 and then the x,y,z.

[Secrets]

Few things:

when making quests, make sure you end your commands with a semicolon ; and make your "if" statements have a { and a matching } when you are done with them. This is required and should become a habit.

Guildwarset and grid can be 0.

I'm not sure what guildwarset does (obsolete code?) but grid determines if the NPC is on a grid *AFTER* it spawns. This is useful for having adds roam a specific location.

You can look here for grid creating commands.

http://www.eqemulator.net/wiki/wikka.php?wakka=WaypointEditing

In addition, if you want to make NPCs spawn on the boss, or maybe a random direction 20 meters from the boss, you can use math to implement this:

This will spawn an NPC on top of where the NPC that triggered it is.
sub EVENT_COMBAT {
if ($combat_state == 1) {
quest::setnexthpevent(75);
}
}

sub EVENT_HP {
if ($hpevent <= 75) {
$x1 = $npc->GetX();
$y1 = $npc->GetY();
$z1 = $npc->GetZ();
quest::spawn(999270,0,0,$x1,$y1,$z1);
}
}

At a direction random from where the NPC started (probably not the best way to do this):

sub EVENT_COMBAT {
if ($combat_state == 1) {
quest::setnexthpevent(75);
}
}

sub EVENT_HP {
if ($hpevent <= 75) {
$x1 = quest::chooserandom(20,-20);
$x2 = $npc->GetX(); - $x1;
$y1 = quest::chooserandom(20,-20);
$y2 = $npc->GetY(); - $y1;
$z1 = quest::chooserandom(20,-20);
$z2 = $npc->GetZ(); - $z1;
quest::spawn(999270,0,0,$x2,$y2,$z2);
}
}

Finally, an NPC assigned to grid 1 in the zone. Note NPC location does not matter here, as grids put it in another xyz location as soon as the NPC spawns.

sub EVENT_COMBAT {
if ($combat_state == 1) {
quest::setnexthpevent(75);
}
}

sub EVENT_HP {
if ($hpevent <= 75) {
quest::spawn(999270,0,1,0,0,0);
}
}

Please note depending if you use quest::spawn or quest::spawn2, the heading becomes a requirement. Hope this helps.

[merb]

So this is basically what I've come up with:

sub EVENT_COMBAT {
if ($combat_state == 1) {
quest::setnexthpevent(75);
quest::setnexthpevent(50);
quest::setnexthpevent(25);
}
}

sub EVENT_HP {
if ($hpevent <= 75) {
$x1 = $npc->GetX();
$y1 = $npc->GetY();
$z1 = $npc->GetZ();
quest::spawn(999270,0,0,$x1,$y1,$z1);
quest::spawn(999270,0,0,$x1,$y1,$z1);
quest::spawn(999270,0,0,$x1,$y1,$z1);
}
elsif ($hpevent <= 50) {
$x1 = $npc->GetX();
$y1 = $npc->GetY();
$z1 = $npc->GetZ();
quest::spawn(999270,0,0,$x1,$y1,$z1);
quest::spawn(999270,0,0,$x1,$y1,$z1);
quest::spawn(999270,0,0,$x1,$y1,$z1);
quest::spawn(999270,0,0,$x1,$y1,$z1);
quest::spawn(999270,0,0,$x1,$y1,$z1);
}
elsif ($hpevent <= 25) {
$x1 = $npc->GetX();
$y1 = $npc->GetY();
$z1 = $npc->GetZ();
quest::spawn(999270,0,0,$x1,$y1,$z1);
quest::spawn(999270,0,0,$x1,$y1,$z1);
quest::spawn(999270,0,0,$x1,$y1,$z1);
quest::spawn(999270,0,0,$x1,$y1,$z1);
quest::spawn(999270,0,0,$x1,$y1,$z1);
quest::spawn(999270,0,0,$x1,$y1,$z1);
quest::spawn(999270,0,0,$x1,$y1,$z1);
quest::spawn(999270,0,0,$x1,$y1,$z1);
}
}

Now only the 75% event goes off. The 3 adds spawn, but at 50% and 25%, nothing happens. Any solution to this? I was thinking maybe taking out the "elsif"?

[cavedude]

Try this:

sub EVENT_COMBAT {
if ($combat_state == 1) {
quest::setnexthpevent(75);
}
}

sub EVENT_HP {
if ($hpevent == 75) {
quest::setnexthpevent(50);
$x1 = $npc->GetX();
$y1 = $npc->GetY();
$z1 = $npc->GetZ();
quest::spawn(999270,0,0,$x1,$y1,$z1);
quest::spawn(999270,0,0,$x1,$y1,$z1);
quest::spawn(999270,0,0,$x1,$y1,$z1);
}
elsif ($hpevent == 50) {
quest::setnexthpevent(25);
$x1 = $npc->GetX();
$y1 = $npc->GetY();
$z1 = $npc->GetZ();
quest::spawn(999270,0,0,$x1,$y1,$z1);
quest::spawn(999270,0,0,$x1,$y1,$z1);
quest::spawn(999270,0,0,$x1,$y1,$z1);
quest::spawn(999270,0,0,$x1,$y1,$z1);
quest::spawn(999270,0,0,$x1,$y1,$z1);
}
elsif ($hpevent == 25) {
$x1 = $npc->GetX();
$y1 = $npc->GetY();
$z1 = $npc->GetZ();
quest::spawn(999270,0,0,$x1,$y1,$z1);
quest::spawn(999270,0,0,$x1,$y1,$z1);
quest::spawn(999270,0,0,$x1,$y1,$z1);
quest::spawn(999270,0,0,$x1,$y1,$z1);
quest::spawn(999270,0,0,$x1,$y1,$z1);
quest::spawn(999270,0,0,$x1,$y1,$z1);
quest::spawn(999270,0,0,$x1,$y1,$z1);
quest::spawn(999270,0,0,$x1,$y1,$z1);
}
}

[ChaosSlayer]

want happens if mob drops from 51% to 49% in one shot? will that trigger the $hpevent == 50 part?

also. if mob kills all the players - the hp events needs to be reset back to 75% again

[cavedude]

Yep, if it skips it will still trigger it.

If the NPC regenerates back to full health it *should* reset everything. However, if it doesn't (or even if it does, best be safe than sorry) I would recommend having the NPC repop x amount of time after it leaves combat. That would certainly reset everything.

[ChaosSlayer]

actualy I was thinking that:

-npc agroes - hp event set to 75
-npc deagroes (all players dead) - combat state is 0 again
-players come back and attack again- combat state becomes 1 again AND it SHOULD triger the

if ($combat_state == 1) {
quest::setnexthpevent(75);
}

again and effectivly reset the encounter chain

now, if npc re-trigers abut have not regenerated I belive it will automaticly spawn all the adds betwin 75% and current health.

Let say npc killed all players when it was at 5%.
Players attack npc again when it got to say 20%
Now since combat state has been retrigered it automaticly should pass checks for 75, 50 and 25 hp events and spawn ALL THE ADDS at once.

Is my logic correct?

[cavedude]

The only thing I am unsure of is it may not retroactively go back and spawn everything in the previous events. Think about it, if they come back at 20%, then they wouldn't trigger any more adds, because the script has already gone past all the quest::setnexthpevent. Now, if they came back at 50%, then the 25% spawn should fire off, because the script has to run through that. See what I mean? The script actually has to get to those functions in order to trigger the events, if the NPC is at a HP level lower than the last function, nothing should get triggered. I think the part that is confusing is previously I said it would "skip" properly. That was incorrect in a way. Nothing gets skipped, if the NPC goes from 51% to 49% in one shot, the server will countdown everything inbetween, so 50% will return true. If the NPC STARTS at 50%, then Perl *should* skip down to the 50% event, and not run anything before that, because only 50% has returned true, not 75%.

Of course, this is only my theory. Give it a try, you could be right, I could be right, or we both could be wrong.

[ChaosSlayerZ]

I have finaly just tested this- and I was right =)

using the exact code above, if NPC was beaten to say 10% and then disengaged (all opponets killed)

as soon as npc is attacked again (still at 10% hp) he will run ALL the script events which happened at 75, 50 and 25% event all way down

in game this resulted in a whole crap of adds spawned instantly

so once Combat State=1 triger fires- the script effectivly resets and rolls through all events up to current hps