NPC Server->Client, Client->Server Identification

[jake13jake]

NPCs can get complex, and sometimes you might want a means to pass an identification of an NPC from the clientside to the serverside or vice versa. Even from different NPCs. Any chance that there's ever going to be a constant var between the clientside and the serverside of an NPC?

[Rick]

npc.name

Make sure you validate what the client sends though, or they could potentially edit it to affect a different NPC.

[jake13jake]

Originally Posted by Rick

npc.name

Make sure you validate what the client sends though, or they could potentially edit it to affect a different NPC.

odarn, so that only works for system NPCs.

[ZeLpH_MyStiK]

Originally Posted by jake13jake

odarn, so that only works for system NPCs.

dbnpcs have an npc index.
same with level npcs, but you can also use the level for level npcs.

[jake13jake]

Originally Posted by ZeLpH_MyStiK

dbnpcs have an npc index.
same with level npcs, but you can also use the level for level npcs.

don't think the index is consistent clientside/serverside.

[ZeLpH_MyStiK]

Originally Posted by jake13jake

don't think the index is consistent clientside/serverside.

I actually don't know about that, but you can easily test it out. But even if the indeces aren't consistent, the level will be and both level npcs and dbnpcs will have a level (except Control-NPC).

[Yen]

It's not consistant.

I transfered the ID of the NPC from the clientside to the serverside, then made it set the NPC with that ID's chat on the serverside.
It set a random NPC with no image's chat, not the one it should have.

[Admins]

Originally Posted by jake13jake

NPCs can get complex, and sometimes you might want a means to pass an identification of an NPC from the clientside to the serverside or vice versa. Even from different NPCs. Any chance that there's ever going to be a constant var between the clientside and the serverside of an NPC?

To be able to help better I would like to know what kind of things do you want to do exactly?

[jake13jake]

Originally Posted by Stefan

To be able to help better I would like to know what kind of things do you want to do exactly?

Well, pass a foreign NPC index/object through a triggeraction.

[Inverness]

this.attr[index] is constant between Serverside and Clientside if thats what you mean.