Zoning problem of a different kind

[trevius]

Yes, quest files can most certainly cause zones to crash or be unreachable. I have a script that I wrote that intentionally crashes the zone in order to remove player ghosts on Windows servers.

[EvoZak]

Originally Posted by trevius

Yes, quest files can most certainly cause zones to crash or be unreachable. I have a script that I wrote that intentionally crashes the zone in order to remove player ghosts on Windows servers.

I've not had this ghosting problem on my windows server. What causes this in general?

[trevius]

Sometimes when a player /exits or /quits the game, or even every now and then when they camp properly, they will leave a character ghost in game. This looks at first just to be a player that is AFK. You can easily tell if the player is a ghost by turning on inspect (/toggleinspect on) and then right clicking the player. If an inspect window pops up, they are just a normal player, but if no box ever pops up (might want to try multiple times just to make sure) then that player is no longer connected.

This issue can build up overtime and cause considerable bandwidth and performance issues for a server if you have a decent number of players. These ghosts will stay there until the zone is shutdown and restarted, or until the server is restarted.