Minor Bug [NPC Script] Ronar Flametip in PoTranq alt access

[Ash]

NPC "Ronar Flametip" in the Plane of Tranquility offers the "alternative access" quest to Solusek Ro's Tower    

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Right now, he neither checks to see if a character is already flagged by progression or by completing his own alternative quest.

The very first thing his script should check, is if a player has defeated Solusek Ro, in which case his output should be "Congratulations on defeating the Lord of Flame."

If a player has not yet beaten Sol Ro, but is flagged for entrance into the tower, either by progression or by Ronar's very own quest, his output should be something along the lines of "I see you are ready for entrance into the Flame Lord's tower. Good luck to you, adventurer."

I'd rewrite it myself if i knew more about the conditions, any chance if small patches like this here, or should I post to EQEmu?

The main problem with reporting things like this there is that if it is not "sniffed" no one will work on it; they demand actual live data to be "live-like"- hell they don't even accept screenshots of NPC dialogue, since those can so easily be manipulated and there are hidden factors/prerequisites now for some of the NPC dialogues. 

But no worries, if this is beyond the scope, or not worth the time, everyone will live.

Thanks

[Osiris]

what your describing is a script related fix - all that is needed is for the script (on 'Hail') to check for the appropriate quest global, and depending which one is found, have the NPC respond accordingly. in essence, the same thing happens when someone hails drubo...


Drubo responds differently to someone if they:

-are a newbie
-are over 50, and never finished the armor upgrades (mainly so older chars can still complete the bonus quest from Drubo)
-if you are a newbie, but you have completed all 8 upgrades.


since its free to play on Live, I can log into a live server and use my old account to hail Ronar and see how he responds.

[Ash]

Wow, informative, thank you!

[Osiris]

there is no conditional on the Ronar script(however he is the turn in for the alt access - Banished Efreeti Heart)....there is a conditional on Miak_the_Searedsoul in that same hut.

He responds differently if have the solro flag, or not:

-if you dont have the flag tells you 'you're going to have to 'convince' the Burning Prince to remove his seal'.
-if you do have the flag he says 'So, you actually defeated Solusek Ro. Impressive, for a mortal. Enjoy your stay in the Burning Lands. It has been a while since I smelt a burning $race .'