Question about Events and NPC's

[SavageDeath]

Sorry for the double post I just realized how I made that sound, I did edit the source as well not just the table.

[ghanja]

Originally Posted by SavageDeath

Sorry for the double post I just realized how I made that sound, I did edit the source as well not just the table.

Then, it may be a limitation of the client itself, albeit, I'm not in a position to check at the moment, maybe someone else knows off the top of their heads. First time encountering a desire for a > 2B HP mob sorry.

[Derision]

NPC HP is only communicated to the client in percentages (i.e. 0 to 100%) unless I am mistaken, which is why the packet collector cannot collect absolute NPC max/current hitpoints, so I don't think it is a client limitation.

[Zaela_S]

If just making the NPC heal up at certain points or similar is totally not an option...

Originally Posted by Derision

NPC HP is only communicated to the client in percentages (i.e. 0 to 100%) unless I am mistaken, which is why the packet collector cannot collect absolute NPC max/current hitpoints, so I don't think it is a client limitation.

The server has control over what % HP the NPC appears to be at by way of Mob::CreateHPPacket(). A system could be created where literal HP values are not used; probably the most straightforward way to do it would be to have an NPC's HP value define how much HP they have per percent. That way you could have an NPC with ~210 billion HP easy. A more complicated system with multiple values to track effective HP could give you more if that limitation is still too low.

It would be a pretty big and very custom overhaul, though. You'd need to split Client HP checks from NPC HP checks since they wouldn't work the same anymore.

Originally Posted by SavageDeath

First question is, is there some type of sub EVENT for when someone equips any piece of armor?

I added an EVENT like this on my server, but unfortunately not for Perl and so not something I can offer up. It shouldn't be too hard to add by copying from other EVENT triggers though; just needs to occur at the bottom of Client::SwapItem(), in a certain part of Client::AutoPutLootInInventory() where things are auto-equipped on loot, and (with a little care) in Client::SetBandolier(). There might be other spots where it's needed I haven't found yet... but I bet someone who knows the Perl system could add it pretty easily. I called it EVENT_EQUIP_CHANGE myself.

[ghanja]

Originally Posted by Zaela_S

I added an EVENT like this on my server, but unfortunately not for Perl and so not something I can offer up. It shouldn't be too hard to add by copying from other EVENT triggers though; just needs to occur at the bottom of Client::SwapItem(), in a certain part of Client::AutoPutLootInInventory() where things are auto-equipped on loot, and (with a little care) in Client::SetBandolier(). There might be other spots where it's needed I haven't found yet... but I bet someone who knows the Perl system could add it pretty easily. I called it EVENT_EQUIP_CHANGE myself.

Sigh. No comment, beyond, well, this obvious comment. To be PC and all.

Though thanks to the above said, research time for the insertion/addition has been cut, let me have a look see, as I believe it would be a beneficial event to have.