Possible Work-Around Quest Idea for PC Ghosting

[trevius]

Derail:
LOL. Looks like a client issue to me. Did the fresh install of Titanium fix the problem? I would suspect that the problem was a bad copy of titanium (most likely illegal).

Back to the current issue, I am still looking for a way to reset or crash a zone via NPC script/quest.

More failed crash attempts:
quest::addloot(111111111); - bogus item ID, but it had no effect.
quest::settimer("reset",1); - restarted the same timer over and over without stopping it. The timer restarted and the shout went out every second, but no crash...

[Derision]

Originally Posted by trevius

Derail:

Back to the current issue, I am still looking for a way to reset or crash a zone via NPC script/quest.

Try putting

CORE::Dump();

in your script. Crashes my zone under Linux.

sub EVENT_SAY {
 if($text =~ /Hail/i) {
        quest::say('Hello. I am the guild master.');
        CORE::dump()

 }
}

Edit: I just tried it in Windows ... says it's not supported there.

[trevius]

Originally Posted by Derision

Edit: I just tried it in Windows ... says it's not supported there.

Awwe! I was getting excited lol. Keep em coming guys. I can't wait to get this working and start using it on my server. I will post the exact scripts I use for it and will report any performance changes as a result of using them.

[Derision]

Another one to try, which will kill the current process is:

kill SEGV => $$;

Again, this causes a zone crash on Linux. I have Perl (but not EQEmu) installed on Windows and there it will cause the Perl script to stop. You'll have to try it to see if it kills the zone process on windows.

[trevius]

YES! It works wonderfully. Seems like it just stops the zone and then the zone restarts and everyone gets booted which is what I need. I still get the windows explorer window popup like a normal crash, but it doesn't actually popup the zone crash message.

I will set up my zones with this quest and test it a little further and then post the scripts and any info I find.

Thanks Derision and So_1337! I will make sure to credit you guys when I submit the quest I am almost positive this will help with server lag building up on Windows after about 1 day of running.

[trevius]

Ok, I posted the completed working scripts in quest submissions here.

Please reply there if you notice any issues or have feedback about the quest. Or you can always post on my forums or PM me there if there are any questions.

I will post updates there on how well the scripts are working and what I find with further testing. I will also post there on how server performance is affected.