ContentDesigner:Groundspawns - Revision history

John adams at 16:48, 19 February 2012

2012-02-19T16:48:17Z

John adams: /* Linked Groundspawn Groups */

2012-02-18T21:38:53Z

‎Linked Groundspawn Groups

John adams: /* Advanced Groundspawns */

2012-02-18T20:54:58Z

‎Advanced Groundspawns

John adams at 19:47, 18 February 2012

2012-02-18T19:47:50Z

John adams: /* Combining Spawns */

2012-02-18T18:12:46Z

‎Combining Spawns

John adams at 18:12, 18 February 2012

2012-02-18T18:12:14Z

John adams: moved Tutorials:Harvest GroundSpawns to ContentDesigner:Groundspawns: wiki re-org

2012-02-18T16:30:07Z

moved Tutorials:Harvest GroundSpawns to ContentDesigner:Groundspawns: wiki re-org

John adams at 16:23, 18 February 2012

2012-02-18T16:23:28Z

John Adams at 22:38, 22 August 2010

2010-08-22T22:38:39Z

John Adams: /* Cleanup Remaining Junk */

2010-08-22T22:21:07Z

‎Cleanup Remaining Junk

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	GM Commands in the game server can be used to set this value:		GM Commands in the game server can be used to set this value:
−	/spawn set offset {x,y,z} - This will set the offset ~~x,y,~~z ~~to whatever you enter~~	+	/spawn set x_offset {val} - This will set the offset x
		+	/spawn set y_offset {val} - This will set the offset y
		+	/spawn set z_offset {val} - This will set the offset z

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 The end result will be 2-4 nodes popping at any given time per location, and they will appear to move slightly around because of the spawn location group "chance" percentages you will assign.
 === Groundspawn Placeholders ===
 If you see placements where 2 different types of nodes are in the exact same location, these can be /spawn combine'd to make 1 spawn out of them, and balance the spawn percentage chance to pop. Adding this option to the linked groundspawn groups makes for a very dynamic groundspawn configuration!

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		+	=== Linked Groundspawn Groups ===
	How we have decided to mimic this scenario is by using our [[ContentDesigner:NPCs#Linked_Spawn_Groups\|Spawn Group]] option. Similar to how NPCs are grouped together to randomly appear different spawns each time, we will set a line of groundspawns to appear along a given area, multiple node points, with a random chance that any one will appear at any given time.		How we have decided to mimic this scenario is by using our [[ContentDesigner:NPCs#Linked_Spawn_Groups\|Spawn Group]] option. Similar to how NPCs are grouped together to randomly appear different spawns each time, we will set a line of groundspawns to appear along a given area, multiple node points, with a random chance that any one will appear at any given time.
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		+	Example:
		+	[[File:GroundSpawns1.jpg\|500px]]
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		+	Note in this image the nodes spawn ''specifically'' around the base of this rock. Obviously, every one of those nodes are not spawned at the same time, so there has to be some control over what spawns where. One concept is to divide the rough circle they make into quarters (or thirds), then spawn 1 node in each quarter with "linked spawn group associates" on varying percentages to spawn in their static locations (no offsets used).
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		+	Same could be done for straight-line nodes, like one that follow a cliff wall, not a circle but a line. Find a spot comparable to Live between the nodes, and make that your "master" node, then set the other spawn locations as linked spawn group associates to fill the voids.
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		+	The end result will be 2-4 nodes popping at any given time per location, and they will appear to move slightly around because of the spawn location group "chance" percentages you will assign.
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		+	=== Groundspawn Placeholders ===
		+	If you see placements where 2 different types of nodes are in the exact same location, these can be /spawn combine'd to make 1 spawn out of them, and balance the spawn percentage chance to pop. Adding this option to the linked groundspawn groups makes for a very dynamic groundspawn configuration!

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-= EQ2Emulator: Harvest Ground Spawns =
+'''EQ2Emulator: Harvest Ground Spawns'''
 This article will demonstrate how the Content Design team builds Ground Spawns based off of collected data from EQ2 Live.
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 '''Note:''' ''In these screenshots, I had also cleaned up the "?" collection nodes separately, because they are not considered ground spawns and would not be grouped/linked to the spawn process of harvest nodes.
 ''
 === Cleanup Remaining Junk ===
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 == Offsets and Respawns ==
-/spawn set repawn {value}
+GM Commands in the game server can be used to set this value:
 === Respawn/Expire Timers ===
-/spawn set expire {value}
+Respawn timer tells the zone how long to wait after a node has been removed from the zone before popping it again. Most harvest nodes are on a 5 minute respawn timer for all areas outside the newbie zones, where there they are set to 1 minute respawn.
-/spawn set expire_offset {value}
+GM Commands in the game server can be used to set these values:
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-'''IMPORTANT:'''
+Groundspawn Harvesting was recently revamped (v2.0) according to guidelines discussed in this thread on the forums: [http://eq2emulator.net/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=2452 Harvesting Pull: Design]. A huge thank you goes to '''Eradani''' for her extensive analysis and input into how EQ2Live's harvesting system works. We have quite a bit of work yet to do to bring our system up to EQ2 Live standards, but after the last revamp, things are looking a little more live-like.
-''Currently, the ground spawn system requires a lot of work. While you can build loot lists to award players for harvesting nodes now, they will not behave like they do on EQ2 Live exactly. If you must build loot lists for ground spawns now, I suggest not spending a whole lot of time "tuning" them, because the system revamp will likely negate all your work.''
-__NOTOC__
+How we have decided to mimic this scenario is by using our [[ContentDesigner:NPCs#Linked_Spawn_Groups|Spawn Group]] option. Similar to how NPCs are grouped together to randomly appear different spawns each time, we will set a line of groundspawns to appear along a given area, multiple node points, with a random chance that any one will appear at any given time.

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-=== Combining Spawns ===
+=== Combining Nodes ===
 Using the [[Commands:spawn_combine|spawn combine]] command, you will do a rough cleanup on this small area, creating 4 spawn points with 2 possible spawn types each: roots and budding natural garden.
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 '''Note:''' ''In these screenshots, I had also cleaned up the "?" collection nodes separately, because they are not considered ground spawns and would not be grouped/linked to the spawn process of harvest nodes.
 ''
 === Cleanup Remaining Junk ===

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-== EQ2Emulator: Harvest Ground Spawns ==
+= EQ2Emulator: Harvest Ground Spawns =
 This article will demonstrate how the Content Design team builds Ground Spawns based off of collected data from EQ2 Live.
-[[File:Cleanup1.jpg|500px|right|Figure 1 - the RAW Data]]
+== EQ2 Live ==
-After you run '''packetparser.exe -populate {world_db}''' and all your RAW data is pushed into your EQ2Emu DB, first time you log in you might see something similar to Figure 1 - the RAW Data.
+You should study the area for 10-30 minutes as well, because we discovered that Harvest nodes, when untouched, seem to despawn after a period of time, stay missing for their specified respawn timer interval, then spawn again - sometimes as their partner node in the spawn location placement.
-Your Task:<br>
+''Spending the time to observe EQ2 Live's full functionality will allow you to build the best possible emulation of EQ2 Live. This is a must for our Content Designers, so please, no guessing.''
-=== Compare to EQ2 Live ===
+== RAW Data ==
-Log into EQ2 Live, find the same area you are working in, and compare the nodes in the Live area with the data you have present in the development environment. If there are nodes missing, you can easily create missing nodes using the '''/spawn create''' command. More than likely, you'll have plenty of spawned nodes to work with and should not need to create any.
+After you run '''packetparser.exe -populate {world_db}''' and all your RAW data is pushed into your EQ2Emu DB, first time you log in you might see something similar to Figure 1 - the RAW Data.
-You should study the area for 10-30 minutes as well, because we discovered that Harvest nodes, when untouched, seem to despawn after a period of time, stay missing for their specified respawn timer interval, then spawn again - sometimes as their partner node in the spawn location placement.
+[[File:Cleanup1.jpg|300px|Figure 1 - the RAW Data]]
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 After cleaning part of the area, you can start seeing it becoming like Live already!
-[[File:Cleanup2.jpg|500px|center|Figure 2 - Partially Cleaned Area]]
+[[File:Cleanup2.jpg|500px|Figure 2 - Partially Cleaned Area]]
 When you are finished you should have a nice, clean area like this:
-[[File:Cleanup3.jpg|500px|center|Figure 3 - Cleaned Area]]
+[[File:Cleanup3.jpg|500px|Figure 3 - Cleaned Area]]

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 * Determine depop/repop rates for a node.
 * Build the Ground Spawn '''Items''' lists (see special note at the end of this article).
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 '''Note:''' ''In these screenshots, I had also cleaned up the "?" collection nodes separately, because they are not considered ground spawns and would not be grouped/linked to the spawn process of harvest nodes.
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 === Cleanup Remaining Junk ===
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 It is very critical to not go hog-ass wild deleting everything in your path just to get the task completed. The result of hasty spawn removals will be a deletion of the entire zone, repop, and re-clean... and no one wants to do their work more than once ;)
 == Offsets and Respawns ==
-more...
 === Designing Offsets ===

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 === Cleanup Remaining Junk ===
-/spawn remove 1
+Anything else that is lingering around the area can be removed using the '''/spawn remove 1''' command - '''PROVIDING''':
 == Offsets and Respawns ==