Installing Mercs

[GurkhaPanzers]

Besides compiling the current rev of the world what else is required to get MERCs to work?

Are they even to a point where they do work?

[c0ncrete]

mysql> select * from rule_values where rule_name like "Mercs%";

[werebat]

Healer mercs are not healing in underfoot, latest build. Iksar.

[sorvani]

amazing note there... maybe because they are not implemented yet.

[bad_captain]

They are now. :)

[werebat]

Mercs were healing fine after the initial updates and now they dont heal anymore after the latest update. I didnt see anyone else posting about this issue so I figure it is an isloated incident on my box. They buff but do not heal. I have went back to using bots in the meantime. I am going to rerun the merc updates again just in case something was missed in the recent merc changes. I am on the latest build as of 1/29 per the changelog (cant remember the number). Any idea what might be missing on my part? Iksar Tier I Healer Merc.

[c0ncrete]

merc ai is under development. i would imagine the initial spell casting ai was a copy of how bots worked, so in the process of getting mercs to behave as they do on live, things have been changed. it's probably a safe bet to expect them not to function 100% correctly until you see an announcement otherwise.

[c0ncrete]

also, you probably need to resource mercs.sql if you haven't since the 26th

Mercs - Initial spell casting AI committed. Rerun mercs.sql for merc stat changes & spell lists.

[werebat]

Thanks, I will do that. Love the way this is coming along, eagerly waiting for RoF to be active as well.