Serverside npc questions

prozac424242 · #1 11-29-2003, 05:53 AM

On making very simple actions work such as say, say2, noplayerkilling, and sparringzone :
serverside, I find that they do not work on a map level.

I have tried them with loadmap and a gmap file, also with the old setmap command, with and without the //#CLIENTSIDE declaration.

They work offline but not on my server. Anyone know why and how to make those very simple things work on a mapped level?

Lance · #2 11-29-2003, 06:01 AM

noplayerkilling & sparringzone are clientside-only commands.

prozac424242 · #3 11-29-2003, 06:12 AM

so why does the npc

NPC Code:



//#CLIENTSIDE

noplayerkilling

not work on the server?
What is the correct format?

Lance · #4 11-29-2003, 06:29 AM

You're probably better off putting that inside an event block, e.g.:

NPC Code:



//#CLIENTSIDE

if (playerenters) {

  noplayerkilling;

}

Beyond that, dunno what your problem might be.

prozac424242 · #5 11-29-2003, 06:54 AM

thank you, that worked for the noplayerkilling event.

But wouldn't you know it, that does not work for sparring zones?

Anyone know how to make a sparringzone on a map level in a server?

in non-map level I have this one line npc

NPC Code:
sparringzone

and that room works fine.

put that npc on a mapped level, does not work. Cliendtside line, nope. Event block with or without clientside, nope.

anyone know how to make it work?

Lance · #6 11-29-2003, 07:08 AM

NPC Code:



//#CLIENTSIDE

if (playerenters) {

  sparringzone;

}

Should do it...

prozac424242 · #7 11-29-2003, 07:15 AM

you would think that would work, but it does not.

I thnk sparringzone has to do with the server becasue you can press R to see your and other's ratings?

Anyone else want to take a guess before I pm stefan on this apparent error?

Lance · #8 11-29-2003, 07:16 AM

Nah, sparring zones are handled clientside - the server's got no idea whether or not you're in a sparring zone - only the client knows this.

DIABLO2099 · #9 11-29-2003, 08:24 AM

Did you try...

NPC Code:

//#CLIENTSIDE

sparringzone

This command sort of confused me before because it was required that it did not have semi-colon or any spaces when I used it.

Lance · #10 11-29-2003, 09:11 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by DIABLO2099
Did you try...

NPC Code:
//#CLIENTSIDE
sparringzone

This command sort of confused me before because it was required that it did not have semi-colon or any spaces when I used it.

Come to think of it, that rings a bell. I remember having similar difficulties with it when I was but a newbie.

Alexander · #11 11-29-2003, 10:03 AM

Make sure theres no spaces after sparringzone or it won't work.

Loriel · #12 11-29-2003, 01:40 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Lance
Nah, sparring zones are handled clientside - the server's got no idea whether or not you're in a sparring zone - only the client knows this.

Actually the server should - AP and rating calculations better not be done clientside.

Other than that, sparringzone is not a script command and thus has to be in an npc by itself. Stefan probably got lazy implementing proper parsing

prozac424242 · #13 11-29-2003, 03:54 PM

I have tred every suggestion in this thread, and none of them work on a mapped level on a server. Thank you all for your time in trying to help, I will pm Stefan about this now.

Luigi1 · #14 11-29-2003, 05:50 PM

On SL, I've had to make 2 seperate NPC's containing these codes respectively to get the sparring zone to fully work:

NPC Code:
sparringzone

NPC Code:

//#CLIENTSIDE

sparringzone

Err. Or maybe the first one isn't needed. Either way, I'm still the biggest idiot to ever exist

osrs · #15 11-29-2003, 08:15 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Luigi1
On SL, I've had to make 2 seperate NPC's containing these codes respectively to get the sparring zone to fully work:

NPC Code:
sparringzone

NPC Code:
//#CLIENTSIDE
sparringzone

Err. Or maybe the first one isn't needed. Either way, I'm still the biggest idiot to ever exist

As Lance said, you're probably better off putting that inside an event block.

Loriel · #16 11-29-2003, 09:20 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by osrs
As Lance said, you're probably better off putting that inside an event block.

asjkdhaksdjasdk NO, as I just said.

NPC Code:

sparringzone

//#CLIENTSIDE

sparringzone

should work.

prozac424242 · #17 11-29-2003, 09:44 PM

Stefan replied to my pm; I was right, it's a programming oversight, he said:

Quote:

Re: Sparringzone server error
Yes the sparring zone thing is not working for levels in a gmap. I should probably add the sparring calculation as scripting command.

so I guess we can look for a fix in the next graal version?