4-5-2017

Code:
Cavedude
* /who all will now display AFK and LFG.
* Pets will now use the same melee range as their owner.
* Damage done to a NPC used to credit XP and the corpse upon their death is now kept in its own list, instead of using hatelist.
* Removed the hatelist methods that previously handled this functionality. As a result, the Lua export GetHateDamageTop() has also been removed. (It was unused.)
* Damage added to this list by all player pets will now count towards their owner to correct issues with charmed pets losing damage credit when charm fades. (NPC pets will keep track of their own damage, since they don't despawn when their owner dies.)
* Rewrote a large portion of NPCeath() to implement this new list, optimize the method, remove obsolete code, and correct a potential zone crash.
* Rule AlKabor:HighLvlCorpsesAlwaysSpawn has been changed to AlKabor:LevelCorpsesAlwaysSpawn and now can be used to specify the level NPCs will always leave corpses if a player is present (defaults to 55.)
* NPCs will no longer seek out other NPCs to attack in zones that never idle and have no players. (Boat/Quest zones.) This saves a good amount of CPU in local testing.
* NPCs will no longer fully process death in zones that are idling (this shouldn't happen much anymore due to the above change.)
* Created a new variable for /assist range, and set it to be slightly higher than /target range.
* [Performance] Fixed a large overhead issue where every single NPC in a zone was checking to depop themselves as a swarm pet every 3ms regardless of being a swarm pet or not. Swarm pets now check to depop only when their timer is up (Akkadius from eqemu)
* Converted the loginserver to use LogSys, removing the old error_log system. The categories used in this commit are Login_Server, Netcode, and Error. Set all three to general in order to get full log output.
* The login's trace and world_trace options have been removed from the database. In order to enable those logs, set Netcode to general.
* The packet_dump in/out options are still valid, and require Login_Server to be set to general.
* Added DumpServerPacketToString() so that Server Packets can be dumped using LogSys instead of DumpPacket(). DumpPacketToString() already exists for Application Packets. Converted several DumpPacket() calls to use LogSys.
* Some console color syntax may have been lost in this commit. New LogSys categories with a custom color can be added in that's an issue. By default, the colors are yellow for Login_Server/Netcode and red for Error.
* Aggro scan timers will now be disabled in no combat zones.
Haynar
* Increased Rule PetCommandRange to 200. This is used for pursuit range of pets.
* Updated some message ranges to clients.
* Dragging your own corpse will no longer cause aggro in some Velious zones.
* Added some optimizations in hatelist management, where distance to mob was being calculated multiple times.
* Added a min persuit range where timers are used and mobs will continue to chase. This will help prevent runners in ring war from being kited.
* Pets will no longer apply hate bonuses due to closer proximity. Low HPs are still appealing though.
* Adjusted some spell casting AI values to save CPU cycles.
* Added combined packets for OP_MobUpdate
Robregen
* Updated glm library to 0.9.8.4 (from 0.9.6.1) (Uleat from eqemu)
* [Performance] Reduced CPU footprint in cases where a client is checking for aggro excessively every 750 millseconds. This has been adjusted to 2 seconds per new rule RULE_INT(Aggro, ClientAggroCheckInterval) - When zones have many players, with many NPC's, this adds up quickly (Akkadius from EQEmu)
* [Performance] Removed a timer where clients would constantly calculate light amount on equipment every 600ms, instead clients will update light when changing equipment or entering a zone (Akkadius from EQEmu)
* [Performance] Disabled enraged timer checks for NPC's that do not actually have enrage as a special attack (Akkadius from EQEmu)
* [Performance] Remove unecessary log calls from EQStream hot paths (read/write) (Akkadius from EQEmu)
* [Performance] Reworked how all log calls are made in the source (Akkadius from EQEmu)
Speedz
* Added settings to allow/block client types.

Database:
Robregen
* Coldain Ring 10: Narandi is now flagged for giant bane.

Script:
Robregen
* Coldain Ring 10: Added a missing shout from Zrelik when issue the command to call all Coldain.
* Coldain Ring 10: Removed an odd emote made from Dobbin Crossaxe when a command is issue to call all coldain or Dobbin.

 

The really upsetting part was every NPC on the server was going through the same thing. We got them all into group therapy, and I think we'll be okay.