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[Ciderpress]

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

The following things do not reset quest mob inv: killing it, giving it items

the following thing resets quest mob inventory: completing the quest, a scheduled server reset (every 30-40 days)

What is different about a mob spawning on a server restart VS respawning after it's been killed, on a technical level? Cause their normal inventory certainly resets.

[Kavious]

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

What is different about a mob spawning on a server restart VS respawning after it's been killed, on a technical level? Cause their normal inventory certainly resets.

How the database field being used gets reset. Killing it doesnt reset the space the quest script is using

[Ciderpress]

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

How the database field being used gets reset. Killing it doesnt reset the space the quest script is using

So somebody can troll\grief every quest npc in the game by just handing them one of the turn in items at any time? Cause that sucks.

[magnetaress]

Lol

[Ciderpress]

If a quest needs items A B C and D to complete, but the npc is already holding item C, what happens if somebody comes along and hands in all four items? Does the duplicate item C just get merged into the existing item C and the quest finished normally? Or can the server think you handed in 2x item C plus two others and eat all of them?

[Jimjam]

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

If a quest needs items A B C and D to complete, but the npc is already holding item C, what happens if somebody comes along and hands in all four items? Does the duplicate item C just get merged into the existing item C and the quest finished normally? Or can the server think you handed in 2x item C plus two others and eat all of them?

It should credit the extra c for the next player, but a few times p99 has been shown to have quest glitches dissimilar to the live experience so i am interested to see if anyone has investigated more thoroughly.

[Ciderpress]

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

It should credit the extra c for the next player, but a few times p99 has been shown to have quest glitches dissimilar to the live experience so i am interested to see if anyone has investigated more thoroughly.

So... wouldn't this mean that any npc that gets "out of sync" mq wise will eff up every single attempted turn in until a legitimate "server reset"? Does a quake reset this inventory? Something is not adding up.

[hagglebaby]

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

So... wouldn't this mean that any npc that gets "out of sync" mq wise will eff up every single attempted turn in until a legitimate "server reset"? Does a quake reset this inventory? Something is not adding up.

Yea I see what you’re saying. What happens if you give hasten 500 shadowed rapiers and 500x3250 gold. Does that mean the next 500 Ring of the Ancient Turn ins are not MQable?

[Rimitto]

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

Yea I see what you’re saying. What happens if you give hasten 500 shadowed rapiers and 500x3250 gold. Does that mean the next 500 Ring of the Ancient Turn ins are not MQable?

We should talk in game haggle.
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[fortior]

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

If a quest needs items A B C and D to complete, but the npc is already holding item C, what happens if somebody comes along and hands in all four items? Does the duplicate item C just get merged into the existing item C and the quest finished normally? Or can the server think you handed in 2x item C plus two others and eat all of them?

You should see a quest NPC as a portal for you to interact with a quest inventory. Killing it doesn't remove or reset the inventory, it just closes the portal until respawn. A full server restart (NOT a quake, but a full restart) resets everything like its a full reboot.

If a quest needs A/B/C/D to complete, someone hands in C, and someone else hands in A/B/C/D, the following happens: player #2 gets the item reward for handing in A/B/D, the only items needed. Player 2 then also hands in C, which wasn't needed, once more stacking the NPC with item C.

This is why you should, if you are able to do so (i.e. if you are completing a quest yourself), hand in items one at a time. If the NPC was messed up, you 'fix' the NPC this way by completing the item, and you get to keep the item that someone else already handed in.

This stuff is often used on velious quest turnins because some gems are cheap, so people try to fish for free items by turning in just the gems.