[Ferok]

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

It would involve adding a global variable for each item turned in for the NPC and then cycling that variable out when the last item is turned in... This could also change writing a quest from probably 30 minutes to several hours.

Just throwing out some ideas here, I totally understand what you're saying. Perhaps I'm being naive here - I'm not real familiar with perl. I'm just looking at this from possibly a different angle. Obviously, no offense is meant.

For an NPC in the database, store 4 "inventory" fields which each would contain an item number, an iterator (that counts to 4) and (if necessary) the id of the last character to do a handin.

When an item is handed in, add that item to the inventory# of the iterator, and iterate. If the iterator = 4, set it to 0. On each handin, check quest completion. If the quest is completed, summon the item, and delete the appropriate inventory items.

Additionally, I would think that you could do this in such a way as to keep the majority of your quest code. Possibly writing a simple perl script or find/replace, in conjunction with some external methods, would allow you to affect the majority of the quests to be MQable.

In your example:

if (plugin::check_handin(\%itemcount, 10032 => 2, 10000 => 1)) {
		quest::say("Here is your prize - a lambent star ruby.");
		quest::summonitem(10117);
		quest::faction(320,5);
		quest::faction(291,-15);
	}

Creating a method here called check_inventory which takes the same parameters as "check_handin" would allow for easy replace all. Then, all you need is a method called "add_to_inventory" which gets triggered every time something is handed in (subsequently, the check function should be called... as I assume it already is.) Within the check function, delete the appropriate items from the inventory when the check succeeds (and obviously return true).

Sorry, I'd write up a bunch of pseudo code but I don't even know where to begin with parameters like the above.

I don't consider MQing really very important, so I wouldn't expect you to spend alot of time on such a fix. But if you were so inclined, an approach like the above might be worth looking into. Anyway, thanks for the early morning brain teaser.

Cheers.