NPC setimg() from another NPC

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It seems as though NPCs don't update their image on a player's screen until actually interacting with the NPC (onCreated(), onPlayer____()). At least, this is seen on Unholy Nation with their Event Doors. Is there any way to get the image to update with a (public) function called from another NPC?

Edit: Seems like they don't update anything (to the player) unless an interaction with the player is done.

[DrakilorP2P]

Maybe it's just asleep and you need to wake it by triggering an event?

[fowlplay4]

All you need to do is..

this.trigger("Update", "");

Which will force an update (Any event will do not just Update)

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Originally Posted by DrakilorP2P

Maybe it's just asleep and you need to wake it by triggering an event?

It's triggering a function from the other NPC. The problem is that it won't update to the player, though is updated on the server, until player interaction occurs (onPlayerTouchsMe, onPlayerEnters).

Edit: Seems like having a timeout triggering (starting from onCreated) can update the NPC to the player.

Edit: That worked too, Jer, and will be more efficient, thanks. Still pretty weird that it needs this in the first place.

[cbk1994]

Originally Posted by fowlplay4

All you need to do is..

this.trigger("Update", "");

Which will force an update (Any event will do not just Update)

No need for the second parameter now

PHP Code:

this.trigger("update"); 


[fowlplay4]

Another note to my post, originally Novo had stored clan data and so on in a DB but we experienced a random data loss when the server restarted/crashed. To counter this:

PHP Code:

function saveData() {
  // Just setting a test variable
  this.variable = "lolwhatever";

  // Forces the DB to update/save to the HDD (from what I understood from Stefan)
  this.trigger("Update");
}