$client->GetStartZone() or similar

[realityincarnate]

Ok, I got sidetracked over the weekend, but I finished up and committed the home city code tonight. Here's an overview of the things I added:

The binds[4] slot in the player profile now tracks the home city bind point for all newly created characters. The bind point is set to where the character is initially bound, so it works for entries in the start_zones table as well as SoFStartZoneID rules and startzone variables.

For older characters, the char select screen will attempt to assign a home city. It does this by first checking for a starting zone variable, then checking the start_zones table. If there is only one possible home city, it assigns it. Otherwise, it leaves it unassigned.

For characters that have more than one possible city, or for later changes, I added a couple of commands. The client /setstartcity command gives the player a list of possible starting zones (pulled from the start_zones table) and allows them to select one. GMs have a #setstartzone command which takes either a zone number of shortname as an argument. Using #setstartzone 0 (or #setstartzone reset) will clear the player's home city and let them set it themselves.

Finally, $client->GetStartZone() and $client->SetStartZone() are new perl commands. GetStartZone() returns the zone number of the player's home city. The format to set a zone is SetStartZone(zoneid, x, y, z). The x, y, and z coordinates are optional, but if you specify one, you need to give them all. If they are left off, the coordinates are the zone's safe point.

That was a mouthful. Let me know if I missed anything or if there are any problems.

[joligario]

Sweet! That rocks. I can't wait to try it out. That will help me finish off the LDoN Adventurer's Stone quest.

[Sylaei]

This command $client->GetStartZone actually seems to do just that, get the start zone, not the home zone. I was wanting a way for someone to leave the tutorialb zone and go to their home zone. I could do this with a bunch of if statements but I thought maybe getting the start zone and porting them there would be better.

Anyway if you choose to get into the tutorial from character creation your startzone is listed as tutorialb. If you go to your home city first then the tutorial, it is listed as your home city.

So this is mostly an FYI.

[realityincarnate]

You're using SoF, right? As best I can tell, if you select the tutorial, the SoF client doesn't actually send your home city info at all. At this point, I think Sony just assumed everyone was going to Crescent Reach and didn't really care if you picked somewhere else.

I'd been meaning to change it so that it at least worked properly for characters with only one option for start city, but I'm writing a thesis at the moment, so my hobby programing time is pretty limited.

[Sylaei]

Yes I am using SOF. I just thought I'd through this out there, as it was confusing to start with. It would be nice if it worked with the characters with only one starting city. I have been toying with a task to automaticaly ask what they want the start city to be if the start city is set to tutorialb.