Level doesnt exist check?

hotrian · #1 08-01-2005, 11:45 AM

NPC Code:

   

copylevel orilevel.nw,folder/newlevel.nw; Copies orilevel.nw to folder/newlevel.nw

deletelevel level.nw; deletes level.nw

To reduce lag it would make sence to delete a copied level
Im sure that G2K2 doesnt have 10000 Dungeon levels
It would make sence to " if {playerscount<1} deletelevel #L; "

But then if I logged out then logged back in, the level would be gone

Is there a way to detect if the player is on a level that doesnt exist?
Sence if you log onto a level that has been deleted
it stops at "loading player attributes"

(Yes i do know that those commands are serverside...)

-Edit
I suppose it could also be done by checking who was in the level
then checking if they are all online or not
and like rechecking every 30 seconds or something

ChibiChibiLuc · #2 08-01-2005, 07:35 PM

Save the accounts of the players in the instance (copied levels) to a string in a database NPC when they enter. When they leave, make it remove them from the string. Every hour, make the DB go through the list of instances. If an instance's string is empty, it deletes that instance.