NPCs sleeping

[cbk1994]

I need to wake up the NPCs in a certain level where noone is in (It's a gmap).
Is there any possible way to do this?

[godofwarares]

PHP Code:

if (playerscount == 0)
{
 //...
} 


[Chompy]

What you mean? You want a timeout to keep going when no one is in the level?
Or if you know the npc id you can do trigger( "update", "");?

[Chandler]

Originally Posted by godofwarares

PHP Code:

if (playerscount == 0)
{
 //...
} 


I'd go with this

[cbk1994]

Originally Posted by Chompy

You want a timeout to keep going when no one is in the level?

Exactly
[Edit: or a way to wake it up using a script]

[godofwarares]

PHP Code:

function onTimeout()
{
     if (playerscount == 0)
     {
          //...
     }

     setTimer(0.05);
} 


Put your code where the "//..." is and it will only initiate when there are no players in the room.

[cbk1994]

I know that. When noone is in the level, the NPCs sleep. They don't do anything. The timeout stops, etc.

[excaliber7388]

Do it serverside?

[cbk1994]

Originally Posted by excaliber7388

Do it serverside?

Uhm ... it is serverside?

[Admins]

The npc timeout is not stopped when players leave. Eventually you have set the serveroptions so that the npcserver is sleeping when no player is online?

[godofwarares]

Originally Posted by cbkbud

I know that. When noone is in the level, the NPCs sleep. They don't do anything. The timeout stops, etc.

Maybe you could set a variable like this:

PHP Code:

function onCreated()
{
     if (this.initiate)
     {

          //...

     }
     
     setTimer(0.05);
}

function onTimeout()
{
     if (playerscount == 0)
     {
          this.initiate = false;
     } else {
          this.initiate = true;
     }

     if (this.initiate)
     {
          // Do whatever code you want.
     }

     setTimer(0.05);
} 


( I feel as though i've made a mistake in the above code, but it looks fine ... )

[xXziroXx]

Add this to serveroptions:

PHP Code:

sleepwhennoplayers=false 


[cbk1994]

Let me try to clear this up ...
The NPC-Server has just been rebooted.
None of the levels are loaded.
I want the NPCs to be loaded before a player enters.
I have a setlevel2, but before that I want to wake the level's NPCs.

WAKENPCS();
sleep( 1 );
setlevel2( ... );

[Googi]

Originally Posted by cbkbud

Let me try to clear this up ...
The NPC-Server has just been rebooted.
None of the levels are loaded.
I want the NPCs to be loaded before a player enters.
I have a setlevel2, but before that I want to wake the level's NPCs.

Huh? Are you saying that the NPCs are asleep by default (i.e. they're asleep even though they haven't been commanded to sleep?)

If you want to wake up an NPC from another level, getnpc (or I guess now findnpc) should do the trick.

[Chandler]

Originally Posted by Googi

Huh? Are you saying that the NPCs are asleep by default (i.e. they're asleep even though they haven't been commanded to sleep?)

If you want to wake up an NPC from another level, getnpc (or I guess now findnpc) should do the trick.

Or you could do something like

npcs[testnpc(this.x, this.y)].trigger("activateNPC", "");

[Admins]

Ok so its about local level npcs ? Levels are not loaded when there is no player, so if you want to have npcs always awake it is best to use putnpc2s.

Another way is to let some dbnpc/putnpc2 do findareanpcs() on the area that you want to have alive, but that would be more a hack than a solution.

You can also use special gmap options in your case:

LOADFULLMAP
will load the full gmap and not deactive map parts, although it will slow down the start of the server.

LOADATSTART
levelnames,...
LOADATSTARTEND
will load the specified levels at the npcserver start, then you just need to use some timeout (and eventually findareanpcs() from time to time) to prevent the level from unloading.

[Googi]

Originally Posted by Chandler

Or you could do something like

Doesn't that only work for NPCs that are in the same level?

[cbk1994]

Originally Posted by Stefan

it is best to use putnpc2s.

NPC Code:

---

/clearnpcs battleground.gmap

---

[Chandler]

Originally Posted by Googi

Doesn't that only work for NPCs that are in the same level?

Only if you assign it to, I suppose. I suspect it would work on a GMap.

[cbk1994]

What is findareanpcs()?
Wiki tells me nothing.

[Riot]

Originally Posted by cbkbud

What is findareanpcs()?
Wiki tells me nothing.

http://wiki.graal.net/index.php/Crea...evel#Functions

findareanpcs(float x, float y, float width float height) object Returns an array of all npcs within the specified area.

[cbk1994]

Originally Posted by Riot

http://wiki.graal.net/index.php/Crea...evel#Functions

findareanpcs(float x, float y, float width float height) object Returns an array of all npcs within the specified area.

So for this to work I would have to put a DB NPC in the levels, or have 1 DB npc that warps between them all every 5 seconds or so, using this and then somehow calling the NPCs?

[Chandler]

Originally Posted by cbkbud

So for this to work I would have to put a DB NPC in the levels, or have 1 DB npc that warps between them all every 5 seconds or so, using this and then somehow calling the NPCs?

I wouldn't say every 5 seconds. I'd make it every 5 minutes for each activate.

[cbk1994]

*bump*
What's wrong with this?

PHP Code:

function onCreated()
{
  canwarp2();
  canwarp();
  this.battlegrounds =
    {
      "syn_battleground1.gmap",
      "syn_battleground2.gmap",
      "syn_battleground3.gmap",
      "syn_battleground3a.gmap",
      "syn_battleground1_cavec1.nw",
      "syn_battleground1_cavea1.nw"
    };
  setTimer( 5 );
}
function onTimeOut()
{
  for ( temp.i: this.battlegrounds )
  {
    warpto( temp.i, 30, 30 );
    for ( temp.a: npcs )
    {
      temp.a.trigger( "update", "" );
    }
    //echo( this.level.name );
  }
  setTimer( 5 );
} 


[Chandler]

function onCreated()
  {
  this.canWarp();
  this.battleGrounds = {
    {"gmap", {1, 2, 3, "3a"}},
    {"nw", {"1_cavec1", "1_cavea1"}}
  }; 
  setTimer(5);
  }

function onTimeOut()
  {
  for (temp.levelData: this.battleGrounds)
    for (temp.curArea: temp.levelData[1])
      {
      warpto("syn_battleground"@ temp.curArea  @"."@ temp.levelData[0], 0, 0);
      temp.allNPCs = findareanpcs(this.x, this.y, 5000, 5000);
      for (temp.foundNPC: temp.allNPCs)
        temp.foundNPC.trigger("update", "");
      }
  setTimer(5);
  }

Did some alterations...

[cbk1994]

That code didn't work ... It didn't wake all of the npcs in a gmap. It woke the ones in the level it warped to, not the whole gmap ... or maybe it was the players that woke the ones in the level.

[Gambet]

On a side note, players.size() would be the GS2 version of playerscount.

[Chandler]

Originally Posted by cbkbud

That code didn't work ... It didn't wake all of the npcs in a gmap. It woke the ones in the level it warped to, not the whole gmap ... or maybe it was the players that woke the ones in the level.

temp.allNPCs = findareanpcs(0, 0, 5000, 5000);
Also, check if it's finding any NPCs. EG echo(temp.foundNPC);, what would this produce?