Companions, AI, and NPC Parties

[hypershadow66]

Hey guys, I was wondering if there was a way to get maybe a healer and a dps style companion for psuedo-soloing dungeons with, either LUA or C++ scripting.

Maybe if someone knows of some old LUA script for this I could update it, but if not I hope the idea of making an NPC party for when a real party isn't available attracts some of you C++ developers!

Let me know if anyone has any information.

[stoneharry]

[Double -H- Release] Merc System - Lua - ArcEmu

Something like this I guess.

Trinity have perfected a bot system that actually uses player characters that the AI controls, however this is the only one ArcEmu has and it is rather lacking. I doubt it even works with the latest version of ArcEmu.

[hypershadow66]

Thank you so much! I will test it out tonight when I'm off work and let you guys know if it works, my servers at rev4800 maybe a little newer.

[Facerolling]

If it's Revision 4800, then it's not an ArcEmu core. You will need to use the trinitycore bot scripts (I am assuming you're running Trinity, as Arcemu's latest revision is 4013.).

[hypershadow66]

lol while I was at work I was thinking about why I put that instead of 4008.

[hypershadow66]

Ok, my testing of this is finished It works great and seemingly as intended so far. I think the one problem (or potential problem) is that the companions might not follow you into instances or across zones even possibly.

I just fought a boss with all 3 (officer, tank, and healer) and they did their jobs great. I need to up the DPS of the melee though, I keep pulling the AI tanks aggro, but hes sundering and using abilities as he's supposed to. Thrall is my tank lol.

Maybe I will try to create some kind of item that summons the npc's so you can use them in an instance or whenever instead of hiring them at the inn.

edit: another thing I noticed is that these companions will steal your kill if you arent the one to attack a mob first. *ehem* meaning no loot or xp. On my server they'd only be for max level but still the loot thing could be a problem.