New Engine bug?

[ApothiX]

I was writing a script the other day, and couldn't figure out why it wasn't working. I was attempting to call a public function stored in a WNPC but the problem was, I had a DBNPC with the same name, so it was attempting to call the functions from the DB NPC. I then copied the code from the DB NPC, created a new one with a different name and deleted the old one. The script still failed to function. After an hour of frusturation, I tried creating a new WNPC with the exact same code in it, with a different name and the script worked flawlessly. I think there is a bug in the new engine that is preventing the deleted DB NPCs from being taken out of memory upon deletion.

[Admins]

There was a problem with the npc or with the weapon (could follow completely) ? If there is such a case you can probably also use findnpc/findweaponnpc

[ApothiX]

I used the exact same code in both cases, the only thing I changed was the WeaponName.PUBLICFUNCTION(); and the findNPC("NPCNAME").PUBLICFUNCTION();

[napo_p2p]

I think Stefan is just saying that if there is a db NPC and a weapon with the same name, you have to distinguish between them using either:

findnpc("name").function();
findweaponnpc("name").function();

As for why the NPC Server tried to still call the functions of a non-existant NPC, I am not sure why. It could have something to do with the NPC not being deleted from the npcs/ folder. Maybe trying '/savenpcs' could fix that?

[ApothiX]

Originally Posted by napo_p2p

I think Stefan is just saying that if there is a db NPC and a weapon with the same name, you have to distinguish between them using either:

findnpc("name").function();
findweaponnpc("name").function();

Oh, I understand now. But the problem still persists that its' trying to call functions from a deleted NPC.

Originally Posted by napo_p2p

As for why the NPC Server tried to still call the functions of a non-existant NPC, I am not sure why. It could have something to do with the NPC not being deleted from the npcs/ folder. Maybe trying '/savenpcs' could fix that?

I checked the npcs/ folder, and the NPC wasn't present there. I haven't tried /savenpcs though.