What do the maps do?

[Shiny151]

Not to hijack this thread but perhaps that explains why Skyfire is jumpy with some mobs in peq? They seemingly drop from the sky, walk a few paces, then drop from the sky again. I presume that's because the map file doesn't account for the inconsistent topography? I've noticed this with Talendor mostly.

[Sourdough35]

That makes sense. I haven't been using maps in my offline repack server, and the bots I use frequently bob up and down for no reason.

But I'm pretty sure I noticed that in EQ classic back in 2000 or so. Monsters would walk through trees or the little houses in common lands. Or they would shoot up in the air and come back down. Maybe the maps have gotten better in the last 10 years?

[sorvani]

Originally Posted by Shiny151

Not to hijack this thread but perhaps that explains why Skyfire is jumpy with some mobs in peq? They seemingly drop from the sky, walk a few paces, then drop from the sky again. I presume that's because the map file doesn't account for the inconsistent topography? I've noticed this with Talendor mostly.

That is more likely just a bad pathing grid in the database. When a NPC is pathing on a grid that is not set up exactly right you will see the NPC warp to the grid point, but then fall down to the zone geometry, walk along, then warp at the next grid point.