NPCSPAWN command ..broken?

[sonicintuition]

Hello,

I think the NPCSPAWN command might be broken. Using build 1035, myself and others noticed that #npcspawn add doesn't do anything ...the chat window reports that it does, but it doesn't add NPC's to the database ...any info on this?

Kind Regards
Sonic

[GeorgeS]

I would suggest you check in your database, the last npc_id used. If' it's over 100K I think then that's the problem. JMO

try - SELECT MAX(id) FROM NPC_TYPES

GeorgeS

[John Adams]

I think we figured out the problem on our server tonight with #npcspawn add.

If the mob we're adding has 2 names "a_Ghost", it works.

If it has 3 names "a_Spectral_Ghost", it does not.

Our workaround was to change the names til spawning is done, then rename the base npcs.

[gernblan]

That may be true, but it's something else as well.

npcspawn only seems to work "part of the time" -- sometimes the new mob gets added or created, sometimes not.

For instance, say I create 10 new mobs, I zone out, only 3 may be there when I zone back. It seems random.

Add, same thing. Say I add 20 mobs based off of a dbspawn, when I zone back after the zone shutdown, not all will be there. Sometimes 1 or 2.

[cavedude]

I noticed the same thing trying to add mobs in cshome to test some disciplines on. I tried to create 6 mobs, all identical except for level, and 1 had a different name. When I restarted the zone, only 1 had popped. The 3 name theory is debunked on my end at least, 5 of the mobs had 3 names and as I said 1 of them did pop. A single mob with 2 names (keeping this thread in mind) did not pop.

[John Adams]

I think it's working for us mostly now. I'll have to ask my content masters. Cavedude, you are right - there could have been that one other odd bit of data that caused them to not insert. If I can find the patience, I'll see if I can fire up some logging and maybe catch a DB insert error...