Objects randomly changing level

Posted by Zeno on Mon 26 Jul 2004 04:22 AM — 7 posts, 17,697 views.

Zeno USA Mon 26 Jul 2004 04:22 AM #0

Objects sold in shops are randomly changing levels. One time it will be level 13, another it will be level 10. Why is this? Here is an object that does that:


Name: small stick
Vnum: 1010  Type: weapon  Count:  27  Gcount: 1
Serial#: 5  TopIdxSerial#: 262  TopSerial#: 505
Short description: a small stick
Long description : A small stick lies here
Wear flags : take wield
Extra flags: inventory
Magic flags: none
Number: 1/1   Weight: 4/4   Layers: 0   Wear_loc: -1
Cost: 50  Rent: 5  Timer: 0  Level: 13
In room: 0  In object: (none)  Carried by: armor shopkeeper
Index Values : 0 2 3 7 0 0.
Object Values: 12 2 6 7 0 0.
Attached shards: 0

Nick Gammon Australia Forum Administrator Tue 27 Jul 2004 03:27 AM #1

I believe that in order to provide game balance SMAUG actually uses a random calculation for objects based on the area they are in (the level range for the area). However it is randomised slightly so that objects are not always identical.

Zeno USA Tue 27 Jul 2004 05:22 PM #2

Ugh! More and more I am finding things I dislike. Such as the random stat roll is not so random. Its based on the players name.

You wouldn't happen to know where this random set level would be in? I'll try finding it myself, though I don't know what to look for, except obj->level.

Nick Gammon Australia Forum Administrator Wed 28 Jul 2004 05:49 AM #3

Not sure, try looking for combinations of level, rand, maybe number_fuzzy, and object.

Zeno USA Wed 28 Jul 2004 06:00 AM #4

Already found it, in reset.c, heh. Thanks. Still trying to figure out this other reset problem, on the other thread.

Zeno USA Sat 31 Jul 2004 05:44 PM #5

Actually, the function generate_itemlevel is how its done, so I changed the line that called it to:


      if ( mob->pIndexData->pShop )
      {
        int olevel = pObjIndex->level;
        obj = create_object(pObjIndex, olevel);
        xSET_BIT(obj->extra_flags, ITEM_INVENTORY);
      }

Only problem now, is on a reboot, all items in a shop are level 0. Whats up with that?

Nick Gammon Australia Forum Administrator Sat 31 Jul 2004 11:24 PM #6

Don't know, try the debugger. Maybe pObjIndex->level is 0. Maybe it gets changed later.