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Rayvolution · 08-10-2012 02:47 PM

I am trying to force my NPCs to "go home" at night, and return to their stores in the daytime. I setup a basic test script attached to my test vendor's event, and the script works fine and WILL fire even if a player is not around, but the NPC won't move unless there is a player in the area.

I find it odd that the timer will still fire even if a player is no where in the area, but the NPC won't teleport/walk back to his home/store until after a player walks near the NPC.

The only thing I can think of, is the timer is still ticking when the sector is sleeping but the NPC himself won't move until the sector is woken up.

So, is there anyway to "wake up" a sector when the memory timer fires? Really, I'd like to disable sectorsleep entirely, but that doesn't seem like an option for some strange reason.

Code:

[EVENTS e_AI_Vendor]

ON=@NPCLookAtChar  //Just the initial first-time setup.

IF (<RESTEST i_mem_vendor_home>)

ELSE

   SERV.NEWITEM i_mem_vendor_home

   EQUIP <NEW>

   NEW.TIMER=5

ENDIF

[ITEMDEF i_mem_vendor_home]

ID=i_memory

NAME=Test

TYPE=t_eq_script

on=@equip

LINK=<SRC.UID>

on=@timer

if <sector.isdark>

LINK.SAY Time to go home! //Test-fire to make sure it works.

LINK.HOME 2537,2154,0 //Changes "Home" to his house, making him walk to or teleport to it.

ELSE

LINK.SAY Open the store!

LINK.HOME 2460,2062,0 //Same as above, for the store

ENDIF

TIMER=10 //reset the timer to check the area again.

RETURN 1

Note: I have tried using @EnvironChange, it won't work when a sector is sleeping. That's why I opted to use a timer instead. Smile

Threaded Mode \| Linear Mode Trying to move NPCs at night to "go home", I blame sectorsleep.
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