Mmmmm simulated patch day

[Raavak]

There are plenty of people reading this that know how it works, but I don't. I think the spawn is determined from the moment the mob dies with a /random generated number, and is therefore set. This number or time is then accessible by a GM with a command, like /spawntimer #. I'm also sure extended windows screws some of this up and it is re-randomed at the end of the window. But, like I said, I don't know... these are guesses. Jeremy, Loly, etc would know (or a P99 coder if they can share).

[Splorf22]

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

There are plenty of people reading this that know how it works, but I don't. I think the spawn is determined from the moment the mob dies with a /random generated number, and is therefore set. This number or time is then accessible by a GM with a command, like /spawntimer #. I'm also sure extended windows screws some of this up and it is re-randomed at the end of the window. But, like I said, I don't know... these are guesses.

It would be natural but silly to implement extended windows this way; after all you know whether the timer will fall in the last 25% of the window when you make the initial dice roll. So something like this would work:

int respawn_ticks(base, variance)
{
    int window = random(0, variance);

    if(variance-window < ONE_DAY && random(0, 100) > 75)
       return respawn_ticks(base+window, ONE_DAY);
   else
      return base+window;
}