instancing regular zones
 

I don't know if this is the right area to post this, if its not i apologize. i've read quite a bit about instancing, but i've yet to see a definite yes or no on this. can you instance regular zones, say west commons, or freeport west? I want to make a few quests which involve regular zones that are instanced. basically like you gotta kill X mob in Y zone, but to keep it on a more personal level, in an instanced zone, so it doesn't interfere with normal zone activitys. any response would be greatly appreciated.

thanks

in short YES
any zone can be instanced.
There is a small guide how to set up an instance somewhere around the forums. Just search for the word "instance"

I was rummaging around, and because there are soooooo many references to the quest perl commands I didn't really anything about this, but is there a quest perl command to find out if the person that the npc is talking to is the grp leader? I want to use it to make it so only the grp leader can open the instance. then after he does that the others in the grp can enter it after a successful check if they are actually in the same grp.

also another thing. I noticed there is a quest::movegrp() command, is that possible to use to move whole grps to an instance, or can it only be used to move to zones and thats it?

I just wrote http://www.eqemulator.net/wiki/wikka...reSystemSample into the wiki and it should help answer your questions.
Yes @ instance any zone.
@ Your perl question: http://www.eqemulator.net/wiki/wikka...=QuestTutorial
Namely, quest::MovePCInstance(zoneid, instanceid, x, y, z) - Moves a player to an instance
Is what you're likely after.