new command #advnpcspawn and related functions

[ChaosSlayer]

hmm so you teling me if i want to make a randomly roaming npc, this thing will essentialy substitute the need of making a grid for random area roamers?

wouldn't this require a whole new table in DB? and it should also store a zone id somewhere no?

[Secrets]

Originally Posted by ChaosSlayer

hmm so you teling me if i want to make a randomly roaming npc, this thing will essentialy substitute the need of making a grid for random area roamers?

wouldn't this require a whole new table in DB? and it should also store a zone id somewhere no?

1)Yes, it will. No more grids for wide open areas.
2) No, it doesn't require a new table in the DB.
The spawngroup is loaded on a repop or zone bootup with this code, and because of this, the zone ID is stored in spawn2 rather than spawngroup.

Also, roamboxes are stored in spawngroup so a random NPC can spawn each time.

If no roambox is specified, the NPC finds a grid. If no grid is specifed, the NPC stays static and does nothing. Pretty easy system.

[cavedude]

This code is in the SVN for anybody who wishes to fiddle with it. It worked pretty well in my limited testing.

[warsonofrage]

wondering....need to remove a spawn group. client side how do i do that with this set of cmd's?

didnt see an argument to remove a spawngroup id so need to know how to do this remotely from the server