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Unixmad at 06:27, 3 February 2022

2022-02-03T06:27:52Z

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	The '''NPC Server''' allows for the serverside manipulation of scripts, players and objects. It allows scripts to run whilst no player is around, as well as allowing for players to pass data to and from scripts and players in other levels without any meddling with server strings.		The '''NPC Server''' allows for the serverside manipulation of scripts, players and objects. It allows scripts to run whilst no player is around, as well as allowing for players to pass data to and from scripts and players in other levels without any meddling with server strings.

	Reproduced below is the official NPC Server documentation, formatted for this Wiki and slightly annotated to indicate changes and updates. Annotations appear within single square brackets and are printed in boldface '''[like this]'''. ~~(Copyright for this material is held by GraalOnline and its agents and licensees.)~~		Reproduced below is the official NPC Server documentation, formatted for this Wiki and slightly annotated to indicate changes and updates. Annotations appear within single square brackets and are printed in boldface '''[like this]'''.

	NPC Server for GServer (Graal Server for Graal2001) '''[The NPC Server has since been introduced to all worlds with the exception of [[Graal: The Adventure]]. This world has been dedicating much of its development time to converting its old content for NPC Server use, but as of July 2004, this project is not yet complete.]'''

	The NPC Server is a program which logins to the GServer similar to a normal user and controls NPCs in a specified set of levels. '''[The NPC Server presently controls all of the server's scripts, regardless of their location.]''' It runs in a loop, executes NPC scripts and sends the updates of the NPC attributes		The NPC Server is a program which logins to the GServer similar to a normal user and controls NPCs in a specified set of levels. '''[The NPC Server presently controls all of the server's scripts, regardless of their location.]''' It runs in a loop, executes NPC scripts and sends the updates of the NPC attributes

Cbk1994: the NPC-server is not a "relatively recent addition" anymore

2011-08-21T17:50:13Z

the NPC-server is not a "relatively recent addition" anymore

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	[[Category:Scripting Reference]]		[[Category:Scripting Reference]]
	The '''NPC Server''' ~~is a relatively recent addition to Graal's scripting language, and it~~ allows for the serverside manipulation of scripts, players and objects. It ~~is fairly revolutionary in that it~~ allows ~~for~~ scripts to run whilst no player is around, as well as allowing for players to pass data to and from scripts and players in other levels without any meddling with server strings.		The '''NPC Server''' allows for the serverside manipulation of scripts, players and objects. It allows scripts to run whilst no player is around, as well as allowing for players to pass data to and from scripts and players in other levels without any meddling with server strings.

	Reproduced below is the official NPC Server documentation, formatted for this Wiki and slightly annotated to indicate changes and updates. Annotations appear within single square brackets and are printed in boldface '''[like this]'''. (Copyright for this material is held by GraalOnline and its agents and licensees.)		Reproduced below is the official NPC Server documentation, formatted for this Wiki and slightly annotated to indicate changes and updates. Annotations appear within single square brackets and are printed in boldface '''[like this]'''. (Copyright for this material is held by GraalOnline and its agents and licensees.)

Cbk1994: moved NPC Server to Creation/Dev/NPC-Server

2010-04-25T15:18:36Z

moved NPC Server to Creation/Dev/NPC-Server

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Pooper200000 at 15:15, 20 February 2010

2010-02-20T15:15:00Z

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			[[Category:Scripting Reference]]
	The '''NPC Server''' is a relatively recent addition to Graal's scripting language, and it allows for the serverside manipulation of scripts, players and objects. It is fairly revolutionary in that it allows for scripts to run whilst no player is around, as well as allowing for players to pass data to and from scripts and players in other levels without any meddling with server strings.		The '''NPC Server''' is a relatively recent addition to Graal's scripting language, and it allows for the serverside manipulation of scripts, players and objects. It is fairly revolutionary in that it allows for scripts to run whilst no player is around, as well as allowing for players to pass data to and from scripts and players in other levels without any meddling with server strings.

Stefan: Reverted edits by Anti-Up (Talk); changed back to last version by Stefan

2007-07-01T15:38:39Z

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Anti-Up: Replacing page with '{{antiunix}}'

2007-07-01T14:46:25Z

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Stefan: Reverted edits by Anti-up (Talk); changed back to last version by Tolnaftate2004

2007-07-01T12:21:26Z

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Anti-up at 06:38, 1 July 2007

2007-07-01T06:38:23Z

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Tolnaftate2004: Changed for GS2 (may not be complete)

2006-11-21T18:04:57Z

Changed for GS2 (may not be complete)

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80.177.222.207 at 19:31, 28 November 2004

2004-11-28T19:31:30Z

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	Explaination of new commands:		Explaination of new commands:
	* setshape:		* setshape:
	** Because the NPC Server doesn't load images and so doesn't know the size of the NPC this is needed for letting the NPC Server know what the size of the NPC is so that it can automatically detect if the player touchs the NPC; at this time only rectangle shapes are supported, so you need to do setshape 1,width,height; '''[Width and height are expressed in pixels here, not [[~~tiles~~]]: one tile is a 16x16 block of pixels]''' (0 would be directly take the image, this will be supported on client-side too someday)		** Because the NPC Server doesn't load images and so doesn't know the size of the NPC this is needed for letting the NPC Server know what the size of the NPC is so that it can automatically detect if the player touchs the NPC; at this time only rectangle shapes are supported, so you need to do setshape 1,width,height; '''[Width and height are expressed in pixels here, not [[tile]]s: one tile is a 16x16 block of pixels]''' (0 would be directly take the image, this will be supported on client-side too someday)
	* noplayeronwall:		* noplayeronwall:
	** When doing onwall() or onwall2() then the NPC Server doesn't check for players, this can be good if you want to do your own detection for near players or when the NPC shouldn't be stopped by players (like the Elephant, it alway has players on it so it couldn't move)		** When doing onwall() or onwall2() then the NPC Server doesn't check for players, this can be good if you want to do your own detection for near players or when the NPC shouldn't be stopped by players (like the Elephant, it alway has players on it so it couldn't move)