2018¶

12/30/2018¶

Akkadius (KLS)

NPC Movement Overhaul¶

Info

"Recently, we landed massive changes to pathing logic (Navmesh) with NPC's that took a while to iron out but has been an immensely positive addition to the EQEmu server core. With that, it's made us realize how much some related functionality needed to be addressed and that involves "NPC movement logic". We've been needing to address NPC movement logic for years as it has been fragmented and inconsistent all over the code which has made fixing actual movement related issues a nightmare. There are many other technical things that we can go into about it but the important part is that it is much improved! Special thanks to KLS for putting in a lot of work to make this happen"

NPC Behavioral Changes¶

NPC's should now smoothly path between source and destination, rather than "skipping" all over the place between path points and sending sometimes several position updates, there should only be one update until NPC changes heading or speed
NPC pathing during flee and fear should be far improved
NPC pathing inside of water should be far improved
NPC transitions between water and land should now be seamless
NPC transitions over verticals (hills) should be smoother as well
NPC "Stuck" logic during path finding should be improved
NPC Z coordinate plane correction now occurs during path calculation projection properly (as it should) instead of brute forcing the current Z location along different path projections

Example of Z-plane Correction

12/16/2018¶

Akkadius

Implemented Global Base Scaling, DevTools, GM Command Saylink Support and New Logging Categories¶

Implemented: Global Base Scaling: https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/wiki/NPC-Scaling
Implemented: Beginning of DevTools * more to be added over time (Status >= 200)
Display NPC info on target
Display Client info on target
Display NPC show commands on target
- Loot
- Grids
- Emotes
Implemented: Support for saylinks to be used in GM commands
Deprecated: Commands
listnpcs
Implemented: Commands
list [npcs.|players.|corpses|doors|objects] [search]
- Provides clickable saylinks to go to entities
scale [static/dynamic] (With targeted NPC)
scale [npc_name_search] [static/dynamic] (To make zone-wide changes)
scale all [static/dynamic]
devtools (alias #dev)
Implemented: New Logging categories automatically injected into logsys_categories table
Fixed an issue where newly injected categories were turned on by default

12/15/2018¶

Kinglykrab

# Allows you to pull the instance ID of a client by character ID
quest::GetInstanceIDByCharID(const char *zone, int16 version, uint32 char_id);

# Allows you to assign an instance to a client by character ID
quest::AssignToInstanceByCharID(uint16 instance_id, uint32 char_id);

# Allows you to remove a client from an instance by character ID
quest::RemoveFromInstanceByCharID(uint16 instance_id, uint32 char_id);

Added spell buckets, similar to spell globals¶

Uses a new spell_buckets table and the Spells:EnableSpellBuckets rule. Added max level by data bucket.
Uses data bucket char_id-CharMaxLevel and Character:PerCharacterBucketMaxLevel rule

10/09/2018¶

Uleat

Added bot owner options¶

Usage: ^owneroption [option] (or aliased as: ^oo [option])
Options are saved in the database and therefore, persistent
Implemented option 'deathmarquee'
Toggles client owner flag to show marquee message when a bot dies (default: disabled)

10/07/2018¶

Uleat

Fixed a few bot issues¶

Fix for bot item trades not attuning
Fix for bot mana, endurance not updating properly

10/06/2018¶

Uleat

Fixed a Few Bot Issues¶

Fix for bot 'stop melee level' not honoring setting level over rule level
Fix for missing bot combat spell casting when within melee range
Fix (in-work) for bots 'forgetting' current target when it flees

09/18/2018¶

Uleat

Notes for manual conversion of quest script inventory slot values¶

You should use reference/lookup values provided by the lua and perl apis to avoid skirting safety checks and to ensure that the values used are the correct ones for your needs

OldNew

my $charmitem = $client->GetItemIDAt(0);
for($for_x = 22; $for_x < 30; $for_x++) {...}
for($slot1 = 0; $slot1 <= 30; $slot1++) {...}

my $charmitem = $client->GetItemIDAt(quest::getinventoryslotid("charm"));

# General Inventory
my $slot_begin = quest::getinventoryslotid("general.begin");
my $slot_end = quest::getinventoryslotid("general.end");
for($for_x = $slot_begin; $for_x <= $slot_end; $for_x++) {}

# Possessions 
my $slot_begin = quest::getinventoryslotid("possessions.begin");
my $slot_end = quest::getinventoryslotid("possessions.end");
for($for_x = $slot_begin; $for_x <= $slot_end; $for_x++) {}

09/03/2018¶

Uleat

Re-work of #invsnapshot Command and Implementation of Automatic Inventory Snapshots¶

Inventory snapshots are now taken automatically using the interval rule values - if snapshots are enabled
Command invsnapshot now has more options available to include a restore feature
A pop-up help menu is available
Argument 'capture' is available to anyone with status high enough to register the command
Advanced options are only available to players with 150 status or greater
Argument 'list' provides a list of "timestamp : item count" entries
Argument 'parse' displays a "slot : item id : item name" listing of valid snapshots by timestamp
Argument 'compare' shows a 'difference' comparison of "snapshot-to-inventory" changes
Argument 'restore' applies a saved snapshot to the player's inventory (with a pre-clearing call)

08/13/2018¶

Uleat

Activation of RoF+ Clients Two Additional General Slots and Integration of SoF+ Clients PowerSource Slot¶

Inventory 'Possessions' main slots are now contiguous and implemented to RoF2 standards
slotGeneral9(31) and slotGeneral10 (32) are now active
Possessions slot enumerations are now defined as between slotCharm (0) and slotCursor (33)
slotPowerSource (21) is no longer a special case slot (9999)
Special code has been added to exclude 'slotPowerSource,' 'slotGeneral9' and 'slotGeneral10' from server actions in clients that do not support them.
The LUA Quest API has been updated to use the new slot enumeration as well as having some slot range definitions added
The Perl Quest API now has a look-up function to provide token-to-value translations, definitions are similar to LUA
In both LUA and Perl, it is HIGHLY recommended that any custom scripts using hard-coded inventory slot values be updated to use the constants/lookup methods as any old values are no longer guaranteed to be accurate
Database will have existing inventory slot values modified to the new standard and table items entries will also be updated to the 'correct' equipable slot bitmask
Script (quest) updates are required with this change

Info

The proper way to reference inventory slots is to use either intrinsic lookups (c/c++ & perl) or to use valid const ref declarations (c/c++ & lua). Any other method is not guaranteed to be accurate and may result in item loss and/or unexpected/undefined behavior

07/10/2018¶

Akkadius

Adjusted DataBuckets to Use Other Acceptable Time Formats¶

quest::set_data('key', 'value', '1d');

Databucket Time Input Examples¶

Input	Value
15s	15 seconds
s15	15 seconds
60m	60 minutes
7d	7 days
1y	1 year
600	600 seconds

07/09/2018¶

mackal

Rework of Task System - Shared Tasks Still Unsupported¶

The tables now have better named columns, which hopefully won't need to be explained
Text1 is now target_name, Text2 is now item_list, Text3 is now description_override
Tasks can now reward faction hits, this is just normal NPC Faction ID entries because I was lazy
The "Task" type tasks are now supported, a player can only be doing one of these at a time
Activity IDs for use spell on and use skill on have been identified but not implemented
Identified "duration code" for unlimited duration tasks (None = 0, Short = 1, Medium = 2, Long = 3)
Activities can now have multiple zones separated by ';'
tasks.startzone removed since it actually just uses first activity
skill_list and spell_list are both IDs that can be separated by ';' (still unimplemented though)

07/07/2018¶

Akkadius

Implemented a MUCH Better Replacement for "qglobals" called "DataBuckets"¶

Info

Guide can be found here https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/wiki/Data-Buckets

07/05/2018¶

Uleat

Reintegration of Inventory-Based EQDictionary References¶

Standardized 'CONSTANT_DECLARATION' and 'enumerationValue' tokens for most of the affected references
Added 'BEGIN' and 'END' constants to many inventory-based ranges to help eliminate '< SIZE'-type comparisons
Eliminated multiple, duplicated reference points of the same value context (bye, bye namespace legacy!)
Most server values are now linked to the implementation client directly through a 'using ##' directive

05/28/2018¶

Akkadius

Lots of Changes! Maps, Pathing, Zone Shutdown, Aggro Distances¶

Fixed an issue where size 0 NPC's hop in and out of the ground at idle
NPC's now open doors within proximity given the door doesn't have locked requirements
#reloadallrules will now display zones that have had their rules reloaded to GM's
Zones should now respect "shutdowndelay" in the zones table at all times
Fixed an issue where boats would snap to the bed of the body of water
Added rule Aggro:NPCAggroMaxDistanceEnabled * defaults to true
Changed map directory load structure to
maps/base/*.map
maps/nav/*.nav
maps/water/*.wtr
maps/path/*.path

KLS

All up to date maps and navs can be found https://github.com/Akkadius/EQEmuMaps
To update maps either check out the maps found in the above repository or use the maintenance command: perl eqemu_server.pl maps

03/28/2018¶

Kayen

Spell Changes to Fade Effect¶

SE_CastOnFadeEffect, SE_CastOnFadeEffectNPC, SE_CastOnFadeEffectAlway triggered spell will now hit the correct targets.

03/07/2018¶

Uleat

Added GM Command #ucs to Force a Reconnect to UCS Server¶

Works in place of client auto-reconnect packet in zones where feature is unsupported
Currently, you will need to manually re-join channels

03/04/2018¶

Uleat

Updated UCS Versioning¶

SoF and higher clients have a new opcode identified (update your *.conf files)
Rework of previous ucs connectivity code
Unrelated: Zone::weatherSend() now takes an optional parameter for singular updates (as in client entering zone) - prior to this, every client already in-zone received a weather update packet whenever a new client zoned in

02/18/2018¶

Uleat

Bug Reporting Fix and Overhaul¶

Fixed bug reporting for SoD+ clients
Added ability to disable bug reporting (set rule 'Bugs:ReportingSystemActive' to 'false')
Implemented a more detailed reporting system (set rule 'Bugs:UseOldReportingMethod' to 'false') - New system is not currently compatible with script-based monitoring
Soft-removal of defunct 'Petition Bug' system

02/14/2018¶

mackal

Fix Heading - Quests broken¶

Please report any other issues with heading, most things were tested and worked

You can use eqemu_server.pl to run a conversion to fix your headings in quests. Some may need manual review.

02/10/2018¶

mackal

Add Global Loot system¶

This will allow us to implement global loot similarly to how it works on live This system reuses our current loottable tables which the global_loot table references. The limits for the rules to govern if a table should be rolled are min level, max level, rare, raid, race, class, bodytype, and zone race, class, bodytype, and zone are a pipe | separated list of IDs.

01/31/2018¶

Uleat

Re-Work of Bot::AI_Process()¶

Removed a 'ton' of unneeded packet updates
Added a 'leash' to the distance a bot can travel
Added a 'main assist' feature to target control (set using group roles)
Added combat 'jitter' movement to complement the existing rogue movement
Attack can now be aborted if target contains no leash owner nor bot hate and leash owner turns off auto-attack
Please report any issues with the bot AI code

Added a work-around for heal rotations crashing the server - under certain conditions.

01/28/2018¶

Mackal

Spell AI Tweaks¶

AI spells are treated as "innate" spells (devs use this term, and I think this is what they mean by it) These spells are spammed by the NPC, lots of encounters on live work like this and this will greatly reduce the need to do quest scripting on these types of encounters.

You can safely run update npc_spells_entries set priority = priority + 1 where priority >= 0; if you want to disable this new behavior

2018¶

12/30/2018¶

NPC Movement Overhaul¶

NPC Behavioral Changes¶

12/16/2018¶

Implemented Global Base Scaling, DevTools, GM Command Saylink Support and New Logging Categories¶

12/15/2018¶

Added multiple new instance related quest functions.¶

Added spell buckets, similar to spell globals¶

10/09/2018¶

Added bot owner options¶

10/07/2018¶

Fixed a few bot issues¶

10/06/2018¶

Fixed a Few Bot Issues¶

09/18/2018¶

Notes for manual conversion of quest script inventory slot values¶

09/03/2018¶

Re-work of #invsnapshot Command and Implementation of Automatic Inventory Snapshots¶

08/13/2018¶

Activation of RoF+ Clients Two Additional General Slots and Integration of SoF+ Clients PowerSource Slot¶

07/10/2018¶

Adjusted DataBuckets to Use Other Acceptable Time Formats¶

Databucket Time Input Examples¶

07/09/2018¶

Rework of Task System - Shared Tasks Still Unsupported¶

07/07/2018¶

Implemented a MUCH Better Replacement for "qglobals" called "DataBuckets"¶

07/05/2018¶

Reintegration of Inventory-Based EQDictionary References¶

05/28/2018¶

Lots of Changes! Maps, Pathing, Zone Shutdown, Aggro Distances¶

Implemented navigation mesh¶

03/28/2018¶

Spell Changes to Fade Effect¶

03/07/2018¶

Added GM Command #ucs to Force a Reconnect to UCS Server¶

03/04/2018¶

Updated UCS Versioning¶

02/18/2018¶

Bug Reporting Fix and Overhaul¶

02/14/2018¶

Fix Heading - Quests broken¶

02/10/2018¶

Add Global Loot system¶

01/31/2018¶

Re-Work of Bot::AI_Process()¶

01/28/2018¶

Spell AI Tweaks¶