TServerPlayer.isobserver
 

While debugging a serious problem on Valikorlia, I noticed that TServerPlayer.isobserver is not correct, at all.

The problem involved certain variables on the player object not being created, because the player was in observer. However, the function creating those variables should never have been triggered, because TServerPlayer.isobserver is checked. If it's true, the function shouldn't be triggered. If it's false, it should.

What I noticed was that, on login, even if the player is in observer mode, TServerPlayer.isobserver still returns false.

Ideally players should just be logged off while in observer. This is how it's supposed to work.

Observer mode is a burden on Graal :(

I ended up adding the MUD object creation in the observer switch actions (onObserverSwitchToPlayer, etc). These act like onActionPlayerOnline() and onPlayerLogout().

In fact, onActionPlayerOnline() seems to be triggered when a player comes out of observer mode. However, I could only get the MUD objection creation to work by using the switch actions.

I've read tons of forums I found on Google about GraalOnline, most people really enjoyed it and liked it.. But it was the subscription plans and obs mode that keeps them from actually playing.