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Auto generate grid points

I notice that there are a lot of animal spawns in Qeynos Hills that are not assigned to grids. I want to make them wander. Now, I know how to build grids and assign mobs to them, but I am wondering if there is a way to auto create grids with large numbers of randomly placed points. Doing this manually is pretty tedious.

If I am not mistaken, not too long ago, someone posted a "random roam" script to put
on npc's and set the distance they roam. It's on the forums here somewhere.

Quote:

Originally Posted by superemu (Post 251570)

RandomRoam.
https://github.com/EQEmu/Quests-Plug.../path_tools.pl

https://github.com/EQEmu/Quests-Plug...k_o_lantern.pl

Code:

sub EVENT_SPAWN {

my $min = 1;

my $range = 4;

my $randomspawn = int(rand($range)) + $min;

        plugin::RandomRoam(250, 250);

        quest::settimer(1,$randomspawn);

}

        

sub EVENT_TIMER {

        plugin::RandomRoam(250, 250);

}

For more granular control, would need to create an array with boundaries and other clever tactics, I don't think there's a builtin feature for that.

you can also add roambox in the database for max xy and min xy. distance, and pause timer as an alternative to scripting.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Robregen (Post 251579)

you can also add roambox in the database for max xy and min xy. distance, and pause timer as an alternative to scripting.

I just found a thread about that option. I'll play around with it. I assume that the mobs will still walk through tress and stuff. Thank for all the suggestions, all.