[QUESTION] Static Xp for Creatures

[spitfire103]

I'm trying to get each creature to give a set amount of Xp per kill instead of calculating the Xp based on levels.

I've already found out how to modify the amount of Xp for any kill. I changed it to 10,000 in the code, I ran it and it worked.

 Plus I tested to see if It would reference the variable "Type" under the "Creature.h" which would then lead to my "creature_names" database on my server. I ran it and that also worked. Wolves were worth 1xp and Kobold Miners were worth 7xp.

The Part I am hung up on is when I add the new variable "Exp"

creature_names
-I add a new row, Datatype Int, Length 10, Unsigned, Default 0

Creature.h
-I add "uint32 Exp;"

Stats.cpp
-I change "Type" to "Exp" in "xp = (victimI->Exp)"

I don't know why it doesn't want to reference my new variable. All I can do is speculate, is there a different part of Arcemu's code that registers the variables for "CreatureInfo"?

I would greatly appreciate any help with my issue.

[Garthog]

You have to assign a value to Exp. Check where are creature_info loaded from DB, and then assign the value to Exp.

[spitfire103]

I did assign values to Exp in creature_names

Other than creature.cpp I don't know another place where the variable would reference my new line in creature_names.

[Rimewynd]

This... May or may not be unrelated.

The following applies to Trinity. I dunno if Arcemu's the same, although MaNGOs probably is.

I was trying to do something similar once, and I discovered that only part of the XP given comes from the DBs (DataBases) .

There's a curious bit of code in player.cpp that may also be hamstringing you.

It starts around line 387, with the heading:

"// == KillRewarder ===================================================="

Part of the section's function is actually adjusting the amount of XP the player receives based on the difference in levels.  I'm not really sure how to disable it so I can't give you any more help than that on that end, but even if you're doing everything else right, that bit of code might still be re-balancing how your XP is distributed.

Good luck!
-Rimewynd