Mmmmm simulated patch day

[Splorf22]

Originally Posted by Aeolwind [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

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In questmgr.cpp there exists:

void QuestManager::UpdateSpawnTimer(uint32 id, uint32 newTime)
{
	bool found = false;

	database.UpdateSpawn2Timeleft(id, 0, (newTime/1000));
	LinkedListIterator<Spawn2*> iterator(zone->spawn2_list);
	iterator.Reset();
	while (iterator.MoreElements())
	{
		if(iterator.GetData()->GetID() == id)
		{
			if(!iterator.GetData()->NPCPointerValid())
			{
				iterator.GetData()->SetTimer(newTime);
			}
			found = true;
			break;
		}
		iterator.Advance();
	}

	if(!found)
	{
		//Spawn wasn't in this zone...
		//Tell the other zones to update their spawn time for this spawn point
		ServerPacket *pack = new ServerPacket(ServerOP_UpdateSpawn, sizeof(UpdateSpawnTimer_Struct));
		UpdateSpawnTimer_Struct *ust = (UpdateSpawnTimer_Struct*)pack->pBuffer;
		ust->id = id;
		ust->duration = newTime;
		worldserver.SendPacket(pack);
		safe_delete(pack);
	}
}

This appears to do exactly what you want: it updates the database and communicates with the other zone servers if necessary. Is the QuestManager stuff not available from your perl scripts? Or is it difficult to get the NPC id? I poked around in the source a bit more and it *looks* like a static global id per mob, but maybe not.

Anyway, basically I agree with Jeremy: it simply cannot be that hard to implement this, and it would be huge for the community.