droptype

[dragonarmor]

Sorry if this is the wrong area to post this but, in the mob_droplist table what is the meaning of droptype column? I see 0, 2 and 4

[TeoTwawki]

https://github.com/DarkstarProject/dark ... tils.h#L45

https://github.com/DarkstarProject/dark ... .lua#L1823

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DROP_NORMAL  = 0x00
DROP_GROUPED = 0x01
DROP_STEAL   = 0x02
DROP_DESPOIL = 0x04

Note groups and despoil aren't even implemented yet

[dragonarmor]

Much appreciated thanks for the Info!

[dragonarmor]

Is there a hard limit on the number of drops allowed per mob? Seems if I add to many the server hangs on startup "loading items"

[TeoTwawki]

Not really*, there is an overall limit to drop IDs which can be expanded with a tiny edit in a header file but not per-mob limit. Even then it wouldn't hang the server. Sometimes in debug mode with all zone son one map server it can take a very long time to load up, and appear hung. It should either eventually finish or crash out trying.

I would advise against putting a large number of drops on one mob however, the treasure pool can hold I think (without looking) 10 and that has to fit not just what your mob drops but also any global drops like seals, crystals, etc. We don't have them done yet but eventually geodes/avatarites as well. This is another reason its important I eventually get DROP_GROUPED working, so multiple items can share a slot with only one of them actually dropping into the pool, without work arounds hard coded in the core (seals) or scripted per mob (mee degi, king behemoth, etc).


*there it probably some upper maximum defined by the integer size used in the core, that we should never even come close to hitting

[dragonarmor]

I see. thank you for the explanation that helps clear a few things up for me.