Another "Quest"ion

[Striat]

Originally Posted by Neiv

Striat,

The spell approach may be a good option if I can put some kind of perma status on it (I have not worked much with spells since no PC on my server will be able to cast them).

I haven't done a ton of test work lately. I'd recommend you use Bleh and Ailia's spell editor from the forums to make new spells. I believe you can set a function that prevents a buff from being dispelled. Perhaps treating it as a debuff. To be honest, however, I am not completely sure off the top of my head. I just know it can be done without too much trouble. To do this, you'll have to distribute your custom spells_us.txt file to your players.

That said, what my player.pl script really does is check to see if a player should have the buff. If it doesn't it'll immediately strip the buff. If the player doesn't have the buff (say they log in and their faction has taken over), they will receive the buff.

Originally Posted by Neiv

Btw, does the concept of pledging to a deity use a different function than granting a ton of faction using quest::faction()?

Originally Posted by Neiv

I'm not sure I understand all this. I know what the first variable means. What does "F" stand for? And why does "7" stand for players?

F stands for forever. So, the global will last forever or until it is replaced by a different value. 7 refers to the global table at the bottom of http://www.eqemulator.net/wiki/wikka...=QuestTutorial. 7 corresponds to npcid-all,player-all,zone-all. This means the global is set to the given value for all npcs, all zones, and all players.

[Striat]

Since my post got screwed up and I cannot edit, here goes.

deity is normally an aspect of faction. So, I wouldn't say it is the same thing. You could always make a faction called cazic thule or something (this one does already exist) and make it work practically the same though.

And on the last thing,

quest::setglobal("kingdomfaction","FactionA",7,"F" )

kingdomfaction is the global's name. FactionA is the value. 7 corresponds to who the variable will affect. You could use any number 1-7 from the table in the link mentioned above. However, 7 means the global variable kingdomfaction is set to FactionA for all players and all npcs in all zones. And again, F is the time variable. I normally use F for forever, but you can use other things such as "Y5" for 5 years if you really want to.

So, what exactly does the 7 mean?

I made an npc named Inny in hateplaneb. I made an npc named cazzy in fearplane. I gave them the exact same script:

if($text=~/hail/i){
  quest::say("Hi $name.  kingdomfaction is set to $qglobals{kingdomfaction}");
}

When Striat hailed Inny in hateplaneb, he sets kingdomfaction is set to FactionA. Then, Rondo hailed Cazzy in fearplane. Again, kingdomfaction is set to FactionA.

Next, I used 5 instead of 7. This is npcs-all, players-this player only, zone-all zones. I completed the initial quest with Striat. I hail Cazzy, I get the same response as above. Same response with Izzy.

Then, I use Rondo. I hail the npcs and he gets a blank value because the value is only defined for Striat. Hope that clears that aspect up a little.

[Neiv]

This may be a bit beyond my current ability. I'm not sure I understand the precise relationship between the player.pl (does this reside in the zone folder btw, or somewhere else?) the king's script, the quest::setglobal("kingdomfaction","FactionA",7,"F" ) statement (is this part of the king's script?), and the quest::say in your most recent note (is this for the player to get the buff or is it to initiate the kingdom faction?).

[Striat]

Originally Posted by Neiv

This may be a bit beyond my current ability. I'm not sure I understand the precise relationship between the player.pl (does this reside in the zone folder btw, or somewhere else?)

You'd put it in templates folder. It is the fairly new player quest system. Look it up in the wiki under quests section.

Originally Posted by Neiv

the king's script,

This would just be the npc that triggers current faction setting

Originally Posted by Neiv

the quest::setglobal("kingdomfaction","FactionA",7,"F" ) statement (is this part of the king's script?),

Yes

Originally Posted by Neiv

and the quest::say in your most recent note (is this for the player to get the buff or is it to initiate the kingdom faction?).

You can ignore that;p It's just for checking what the global value is set to. It doesn't really need to be in a script for the script to function

[Neiv]

Striat, I haven't yet tried your solution but will shortly. Thanks for responding. Didn't want you to think I was ignoring; just trying to get other quests to work at the same time.