4 GMs

Silver Lady · Post by **Silver Lady** » Wed Mar 22, 2006 2:42 pm

I know that if u wanna do some kind of event u have to prepare, for example, empty location. But after restart u have to this again, right? Just tell me if "yes" or "no".

I'll continue later.

Post by **Netrom.dk** » Wed Mar 22, 2006 4:28 pm

yes (it only took 1 DM to answer, does this mean there will be another 3 questions?)

Silver Lady · Post by **Silver Lady** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 11:59 am

k, and why I want to know if "yes" or "no"? Because I know somebody who did an one good thing in NWN. He is making PW and in his world u can - like GM - create in empty location a camp of goblins or something else.
If u want I can ask him and maybe u can use it here. If u think that is good for this server.
U can create something somewhere and after restart or crash of server u can continue in your quest. U don't need to do it again. And this camp can be in this location forever or just a few days.

JesterOI · Post by **JesterOI** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 6:00 pm

Wtf are you talking about?

Silver Lady · Post by **Silver Lady** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 12:26 am

only GM can understand to me

Death Dealer1 · Post by **Death Dealer1** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 12:46 am

i'm one on another server...and i don't really understand you.

Silver Lady · Post by **Silver Lady** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 12:55 am

if u know every GM can do a quests and he has to prepare empty location for this quest. But after restart is this location empty. Every restart will remove all objects.
So this is big issue. U have to do this again and again and again after restart.
But I know somebody who did something - I don't know because I didn't speak with him - and GM can prepare location for his quest and if server will go down he doesn't need to prepare this location again.
His items, NPCs or something is there forever. Or until he will remove all objects from this location.

Death Dealer1 · Post by **Death Dealer1** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 1:00 am

so basically the GM can make his own zone and put stuff in it for a quest. keep this location and all items and mobs in it even through resets and crashes. then delete it when he is finished?

Silver Lady · Post by **Silver Lady** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 1:01 am

right

Kromix · Post by **Kromix** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 1:16 am

that = lag.... and more areas... :/

on the run quests are fun

and if written down in paper are better to follow with even after reset...

lord_modred · Post by **lord_modred** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 2:46 am

holy crap, reading all of that just made my brain eat it's self

Kromix · Post by **Kromix** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 3:28 am

i ignored half, and didnr read the other, so i'm ok

Silver Lady · Post by **Silver Lady** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 7:24 am

Kromix wrote:that = lag.... and more areas... :/

on the run quests are fun and if written down in paper are better to follow with even after reset...

heh, maybe on your computer

maybe it is fun for u but not for GM is he must prepare this location 5x

Post by **Flailer** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 7:44 am

I could think of a couple of ways to do that (maybe not the right way, but...). OnItemCreate(), the tag and location is posted to a file/database location. On server load, it goes back through all the file/db entries and redoes all the placed objects. That file/db entry is cleared OnItemDestroy(), etc.

That'd be nice, but with the amount of things we're working on, I'm not sure that's where we'd want to focus our efforts. Maybe the DMs would disagree...

But thanks though.

Silver Lady · Post by **Silver Lady** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 9:23 am

Flailer wrote:That'd be nice, but with the amount of things we're working on, I'm not sure that's where we'd want to focus our efforts. Maybe the DMs would disagree...

But thanks though.

hm, new areas for lvl 30+